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Down but not out, not by a long shot, Fluorescent picked himself back up despite fatigue weighing him down. He dragged himself over to a corner and went to work casting a spell, one that would incinerate the bucking unicorns and hopefully not kill anypony. It as usually an easy spell that came to him in seconds but at his current state even a simple levitation spell was the hardest thing in the world. He didn't bother to charge the spell, simply released it, watch the unicorns explode into a vivid sheet of flames. And inevitably blacked out. (Can somebody please drag him to the next room or just help him?)

Not wanting to be outdone or seen as weak, Fluorescent reared up and slammed into the weakened one with full body force clumsily even with the help of the spell from Silver Tongue, giving the other unicorns an opening to attack him while he got back on his hooves. Facing a rather unimpressive fireball, he could do nothing but embraced it head-on and dispel it, not knowing what to do with the massive amount of energy. Every second spent panicking was another for the enemy to charge their spells. Not able to hold it much longer, he released it in the general direction of the other unicorns, hoping his usual spot on aim didn't fail him and it would hit, not do something unexpected, say explode or something. Succumbing to exhaustion, he fell flat on his back, seeing stars in his eyes, oblivious to the damage he'd done, nearly passing out.

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"Good luck" Fluorescent murmured as he slowly trotted up the stairs. He couldn't tell which was real, which is a good thing he supposed. He realized out of all of them, he's the one who's probably done the least, just sitting back and chilling out in the background. He didn't have a actual purpose or motivation to fight anyway. He barely knows these ponies, let alone become battle buddies. If there came a time he had to fight, he was sure he could either weasel out or distract it long enough to escape or just watch it burn. He preferred the last option. Sitting back and waiting for their scout to return, he played around with the torches, making the flames dance and nearly burned their little waiting party when he got distracted and lost control.

Fluorescent, standing uselessly by the side simply watched them dispatch the foes. He hoped they didn't mind him not really doing anything. He wasn't a stallion of that type action. The illusions were simply amazing. But the fire gave it away. Nothing can replace true fire, his lecturer would always say. He snapped out of his musings and went to tie up the one out cold half expecting it to wake up and kill him. "Here, happy birthday." He pushed it over, wanting nothing more to do with it.

Fluorescent was battle ready and focused. After that last match caught him unprepared, he was jumpy and hyper alert, trying to take in his new surroundings. "What is this place?" The auto lights were fine and all, nothing peculiar but the room was weird, like everything else in the stupid tower.

Fluorescent wasn't really in a mood to introduce himself, especially after seeing them kill that thing. You tend to see ponies in a different light after you see them kill. "I'm Fluorescent Fire. Nice to meet you all. I don't intend to kill anything unless I have to. Fluorescent wasn't really in a mood to introduce himself, especially after seeing them kill that weird thing. You tend to see ponies in a different light after you see them kill. "I'm Fluorescent Fire. Nice to meet you all." He said half heartedly. He was starting to regret his decision. Stuck with a possibly violent bunch of strangers, getting randomly attacked by evil forces. He'd seen worse occupational hazards in his short career but this was just bucking insane!

Fluorescent's ears picked up the word 'bomb'. His eyes lit up immediately, which may have appeared rather unsettling at that moment. He scanned the weird unicorn, taking down mental notes. He came to a conclusion, it needed to go boom. "Everypony get as far as possible and then we detonate it!" It sounded far better than 'everypony buck off and left me hit it till it explodes'. If he could Fluorescent's ears picked up the word 'bomb'. His eyes lit up immediately, which may have appeared rather unsettling at that moment. His old job had took him places, mines, military... but never had he seen an actually walking bomb. He scanned the weird unicorn, taking down mental notes, still rather wary with its unsettling joker grin and unnatural red eyes. He came to a conclusion, it needed to go boom. "Everypony get as far as possible and then we detonate it!" It sounded far better than 'everypony buck off and let me hit it till it explodes'. If he could analyse and even design them, with a bit of luck he was sure he could defuse one.

Fluorescent found himself slowly backing up. The dark red eyes made his blood freeze and his hooves bolted to the ground and turned to jelly. "What the buck is that, that thing?!" He stammered, eyes fixed on it. He had the sudden urge to just kill it with fire.

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"Hey, count me in!" Fluorescent Fire shouted while pushing his way through the crowds from the back. He couldn't believe a humongous tower just popped out of the ground like a daisy in the middle of Equestria. It was so tall it looked ridiculous. Fluorescent suspected it must have really, really good support structure, probably rooted in the ground or it would topple over like building blocks. He wondered if the weird alicorn was up to something. Not many alicorns in Equestria and one just popped up? He pushed his way to the front, joining whoever had the guts to go in.

@ Mellownius sized him up, feeling a little intimidated even though he himself was no wimp with his strong build wasted by his inactivity. "I asked first and I don't know who you are or why you're in my bathroom but I am Mellownius. How are you, hello, blah. Boring." Elia nudged her brother hard.

@ "Who are you?" Mellownius was eyeing the mysterious stranger. He didn't enjoy having strangers in his house but Elia seemed to know him. He cringed at the sight of water dripping onto the floorboards. He had a deadline and a paper to write but it wasn't exactly high on his priority list (Nothing ever is) He was more interested in getting to know this strange but interesting individual. Elia didn't know what to do. She grabbed a clean towel and tossed it to the general direction they were standing in.

@ "Well, you're on our bathroom floor. Mel found you. Why are you in our bathroom?" Elia stuck a hoof out to the very wet pony. She could hear Mellownius's muffled words from the other side of the door. "Come on, Mel wants to take a shower. You better get out before he gets mad."

@ Mellownius was about to run himself a bath. He couldn't stand being icky and sweaty. It didn't help being roped into a sticky hug. Breaking off and giving Elia a gentle pat on the back, he pushed the bathroom door open only to have it jammed. Sticking his head in, he saw a passed out pony on his bathroom floor. He considered kicking him out of the way and leaving it to Elia. The bathroom wasn't very big and there was no way he'd be able to squeeze it with the door wedged only to open a small gap only allowed his head. "Elia! There's a thing in our bathroom. Can you get it out, please?" It suddenly occurred to him the passed out stranger could be dangerous. But even if he was, he certainly wouldn't be doing anything. But why their bathroom of all places! He grumbled and considered having a second bathroom extension. "What the hay?!" Elia squeezed herself in. She had banged the door on him a few times. She felt immense guilt. At least they did meet again. She took the shower head and drowned him with cold freezing water.

Mellownius was trying to complete his paper when he heard the door swing open and his sister bouncing in. The dark chain around her neck caught his attention. "Where did you get that?" Elia ignored him and gave him a big hug, mainly to stop him questioning her. She didn't plan on telling him anything. It was unlikely she'd ever see them again anyway.