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Zane-la summons Demon Cam
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Conceivably depends what you mean by safety fireworks. I don't really care who sees if you don't.

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I don't know very much about how they work.

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Tiny safety firework?

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It's pretty!  And kind of tickly.  Cool, not hot.

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Yeah, I might interrupt some bit of the show but the shuttle'll be fine.

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Nod.  When are you planning to de-collar me?  Right before you make it?

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You could give me literally any indication of when you want this to happen, either in advance with some words or moment-of by, like, pointing at it? I'm not picky I just cannot fucking read your mind and you're bad at explaining shit, which is probably the fault of whoever brain damaged you but that doesn't help us here and now.

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I think the order of operations is probably we go to the roof, we agree on a spot for the shuttle, you free me, you make it, we get in, and we leave.  Should I pull this away from my neck so you don't miss and hit me?  Do I need a lesson on how to safely ride in a shuttle?

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I am not going to miss, I guess unless you decide to start dancing and even then I still probably won't. You do not need safety lessons, there aren't even any big red buttons you need to not press or anything. What are you imagining the process of agreeing to a spot looking/sounding like?

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Not even on how to strap into the seat belts?  If it's going to be less than a minute or so from takeoff I think it's fine to skip the pretty talk.

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It will be less than a minute. The ride's very smooth and you don't have to wear a seat belt.

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He nods.  Takes a breath.  While we were in the elevator I was wondering if leaving the hoverboard was going to cause any problems.  I don't know that it will, but if it's as easy to destroy things as it seems to be for you, maybe you should do that.

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I mean, I can't annihilate them completely, there'd be a pile of dust. Is there anything in there that might explode, I don't know how those jobbies work.

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...Zane goes over to poke at the hoverboard some more.  Tries to pry it open in a few spots.

It's not energy point or solar.  So I have no idea what it runs on.  Can we bring it with us?  Or if you make me a set of crash bracelets I can send it out of the city, though someone might still find it or see it on its way.

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We can bring it with us. You gotta have in mind the ultimate fate of any objects you ask me to make, I'm not an angel and can't just poof them into air again.

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Now that I believe you are a real magical person I will definitely do that.  He tucks the board under his arm; it doesn't seem very heavy.  Anything else?

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Not on my end.

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He - almost goes to type something, and then doesn't.  "Roof, please," he tells the elevator when they get there.

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Outside, the architecture is weirdly spindly for Earth, but otherwise not wildly different from things Cam's seen before.  A bit more cohesive of an aesthetic than he's used to, maybe.  People are shooting fireworks at each other from towers and the ground and several hot air balloons; it's kind of unclear whether there's any organized show or just individual people setting them off at will.  (Apparently the safety versions also don't boom like regular ones, although some of them do sizzle.)

The roof has a dozen or so people who look kind of like Zane, although all with browner hair.  There's a cluster standing around drinking and a few pairs making out in the corners.  There's a clear area plenty big enough for a nontiny shuttle, although not a large one.

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Despite Cam's assurances, Zane uses a finger to pull the chain well away from his neck.

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Cam points at the area. "There?"

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"Yeah.  - Who wants to see something bubbly?" he calls.  This gets a smattering of vaguely-interested cheers in response once people parse that he's addressing them.

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Cam interpolates a neat little gap in the necklace so it can come right off. Assuming that works normally he then produces a shuttle.

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This gets a few flat, shocked 'woah's from the crowd before it shifts into less-kneejerk 'ooh's and light applause.

Zane dumps the necklace on the ground and grinningly follows Cam's lead for enshuttling, waving to the onlookers on his way in.

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And the door shuts behind them and they are up up and away!

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