02 ⊙ video/text | slightly forward dated to 7-8pm

[fulmination]

_{[At first all the screen shows is darkness until something sparks and pops somewhere presumably off-screen. For a split second, Kimblee actually looks surprised, but not for the reasons those who know him would think.]}

...Well, that was rude. I was starting to enjoy that film.

<sub>[There's some fumbling before he enables the backlight to the SFC and shines it around the living room, and the television. Whatever happened to it when the power went out, it sure doesn't look like it's going to work when it comes back on.

Especially since it seems to be... smoking?]</sub>

Oh dear... That's not good now, is it? No, of course not. <sub>[He's mostly just talking to himself at the moment.

And then he starts tapping the SFC]</sub>

Mustang, two things;

One, I believe we'll need a new television.
Two, I don't suppose we have any kerosene lanterns or some candles hidden somewhere in the house?

Right. Apologies, it slipped my mind. _{[Not really.]}

To everyone else in the city, is this one of those infamous curses I've heard about, or just a power shortage? I'm leaning towards the latter but one can't be too sure with how this world works.



Anyway. Roy, as I was saying, I think we'll need a new television.

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[incinerare]

[He's silent for a moment, thinking, one hand sliding over the other as the thoughts run through his mind.]

I could, but I couldn't control what I'm likely to come up with since I can't see to direct it or know how much I need to throttle it. None of it I believe should have cost us anything but time in the first place, so all it should cost us to replace it is that again. I imagine you'd rather deal with replacing the groceries, than thawing the kitchen out, in the attempt to save the time it'd take to replace everything.

[fulmination]

And the last time I checked, my title was the Red Lotus Alchemist. While I recall the circles that MacDougal used in his alchemy, I don't know how the icebo--refrigerator works so it'd be a gamble as to what would happen.

_{[Not to mention he wasn't really looking forward to having the blame pinned on him if the thing blew up.]}

[array_of_fire]

True enough, yet if this lasts more than a few hours.. It is something to be considered. [She bit her lip though. Roy was right. Without his sigh, t would be a risky thing indeed. And while Kimblee's title was the Red Lotus... he was still an alchemist.] We might not have to mess with the refrigerator. If we build something similar with hollow sides that are waterproof to keep water in... It would simply be a matter of keeping the water frozen or chilled.

[Otherwise both of you will be coming shopping with her of all the food spoils.]

[incinerare]

Build it out of what though? You might as well make whatever way you can to a store which has those portable iceboxes I vaguely remember seeing in my first exploration of the city. Pull water from the pool out back, fill the icebox up a small amount and freeze the water, then lay the food on top of the ice. It'd be a simple matter of making certain the ice remained frozen then. If you insist on saving it anyway.

[He should be capable of turning a small amount of water into ice at least, so that he and Kimblee could possibly take turns at such a task if the two decided to pursue it.]

[fulmination]

It's a shame Vanitas was killed recently or I'd ask him to lend a hand. The boy has a natural talent for spells--in fact, he and I worked together recently on disarming one of the bombs that a young lady set up around the city.

_{[He was almost envious of the kid. Almost.]}

But another matter; wouldn't putting ice in both sections work just as well? It'd be easier to remove in the event power does return, and we'd just have to replace it every now and then.