Gifts - Change

"Right... um..., this line down here." Zac pointed out on the page he was holding, "Something about Wedding gifts..., you know anything about that?"

Blackfire snatched it up and brought it to her face, scanning the words. She had seen it before yes but she only had a bit of an idea about it.

"The wedding gift I suppose? That's what you want to know about?" Blackfire said, tossing the page on the table and cocking her head off to the side, "I believe they are over on that stand. The one that had the condoms on it and if you get any ideas..."

"No no... I was just curious." Zac said, holding his hands up as he backed up. He took a few steps to the night stand and saw two boxes.

The gifts were colorfully wrapped in black and purple respectively with the black gift being addressed to Zac , while the Purple gift was decorated with a orange bow and addressed to Blackfire. Behind them was another box of condoms, which Zac quickly just shoved away into some compartment before Blackfire saw them. Cupid was gonna get him killed at this rate...., well get the tar beat out of him.

"Did you check what they were?" Zac asked as he picked up his box before giving it a small shake. Sounded a bit like liquid sloshing around.

"PLEASE... unless there's a deed to planet or some weapon in there; no I don't really care. Nothing in there could make up for the amount of insults this Cupid's Wish has done to me thus far." Blackfire said as she folded her arms.

“The only thing I know is that it's supposed to help us connect or match with each other.” The villain said with a roll of her eyes, “Unless there’s something that makes you…., maybe twice as big….” Her eyes angled downwards, “… everywhere…., and rich maybe.

Zac wasn’t sure how to take the glance Blackfire shot him. Yeah it was her already judging him but…, whatever. He wasn’t one to get really upset about jabs like that. Also Blackfire could probably just either nag or blast him into the ground; so just let her have that one.

“Given everything else, think it should be something we look at.” Zac said as he gestured towards her own package, “At worst maybe you can sell them. Fund the trip easier than trying to loot or steal the cash.”

“That…” Blackfire started, a clenched hand raised before breathing out and lowering it, “Isn’t a horrible idea.” The alien floated over to Zac as she continued, “At the very least, better make sure there’s no new surprises.”

The gifts were a bit… unexpected. Though what the pair were to expect in the first place?

Zac's gift was a strange looking belt, a large blocky form on the front with a key slot, along side a few keys and a thick pile of papers. For Blackfire, she too got a info sheet about her gift, but the gem looked far valuable than the snacks. Blackfire picked it up and started looking the gem over, bringing it close to her eye for a better look.

"Hmm... interesting... never seen a gem like this..." Blackfire said as she rotated it in her fingers.

"Sure it's a good idea to just pick it up bare handed?" Zac asked as he started flip through his pamphelt packet. It listed off warnings about what could happen during use and about how Cupid wouldn't be liable to anything that COULD possibly happen. The rest of it was something about 'enchancing' him with physical strength and possibly powers..., including surviving the vacuum of space.

"PLEASE what could this little thing do to... SON OF A BITCH!" Blackfire shouted.

Zac spun to see what was happening to make her curse, but the bright white light made it impossible for him to see anything. Save for a faded outline of Blackfire in the middle of it. He reached out an arm, trying to see if he could grab her or push her out of the way of whatever was happening. Part of him wondered why he did this, given that anything that Blackfire couldn't handle would probably just delete him from existence. It was a reflex though; he couldn't just sit there and let her get hurt by... whatever this was.

The burst of light faded just as quickly as it came. When his eyes had recovered, Zac notes that Blackfire was seemingly just fine. Complete with that annoyed look on her face. The gem though was no where to be seen.

“Hey…, you okay?” Zac asked, taking just a small step closer. He made sure to keep his hands off to the side in case Blackfire got violent or angry again.

“Fine. Just dandy. Gem seems gone so great… my gift is missing. Whoever thought to give me a flashbang as a gift.” Blackfire growled as she gripped her hands into fists and her jaw starting to clinch.

A small spark of energy coursed over the skin of her hand when she did so. That was something new to Zac, but he wasn’t sure about how her powers worked. Better to bring it up now before it becomes a problem. Especially because that crackling energy seemed to be spreading further across her body.

“Hey um… Blackfire…, you’re sparking.” Zac said, pointing out the arcs of energy forming around her.

“Hmmm?” The alien brought her hands up to her face, watching the energy dance between her fingers, “New…, seems the gem has effectively super charged me…”

“Weird thing to give you as a way to ‘make us more compatible’ don’t you think?” Zac asked, leaning a little backwards. That energy was still building up and he didn’t want to get too close. The arches of lightning were starting to creep along the floor now.

“Possibly, Cupid wished to make it so I could handle any threat that came our way. After all, I have two useless pieces of baggage to worry about.” Blackfire responded. She slowly flexed her fingers and bounced a little bit on her feet.

“So uh…. You… okay, can I….son of..!” Zac started before he had to shield his eyes a second time.

The energy around Blackfire solidified into another bright light, this time purple rather than white. Along with the fact that arcs of energy were starting to leave burn marks in the floor; this was different from the white light before. The human took a few steps back, before tripping over the rim of the bed and falling on his back.

By the time he got back up, the glow was gone and Blackfire stood there seemingly okay. The energy still arced over her skin but was far less in intensity than before. More little sparks of static than coursing lightning. She breathed out with a long breath, a little bit of light escaping her lips.

“Ugh…. This is gonna be annoying. Think I absorbed too much…” Blackfire groaned with a sigh and a shrug, “Lovely, I need to burn some of this.” She stretched out, her back arching as she made her way to the closet, "Wonder if I can find something..."

“Eh… what..” Zac started to ask before getting slapped by some flying cloth.

Blackfire had taken to tearing through the closet once more. Anything that wasn’t torched was flung out of her way, and right into Zac’s face. Soon he was trying to keep himself from being buried in the clothes. Including the ones she was just wearing. The Villain eventually came back out with a pair of rather tight jeans and very noticeably low crop top. She seemed to keep those boots of hers, along with the gauntlets, but over her top she had on a fairly short leather jacket.

“Okay.. why the..” Zac asked. Even from his weird half buried angle he could get a good look at her. Blackfire cleaned up pretty well.... shame about the attitude.

“It's simple minion, I’m going out.” Blackfire said as she moved towards the door with a dismissal wave toward the man, "Do keep the ship intact while I'm gone won't you?"

“Wait what why?!?” Zac asked as he dug himself free, finally getting up and taking a few steps towards her. He stopped a ways off when she turned with a scowl on her lips but twinkle in her eyes.

“Listen, minion, whatever that gem did to me has given me far too much energy and my body can’t seem to regulate it properly. So I have to put it to use OR things are going to get... explody. I'll be fine, of course, but I'd rather not get my 'bound luggage' in the splash zone. I'm going out to burn this off in a more fun way than just firing off a large burst of power." she explained to him, her tone taking on that 'lecturing' stance again.

"Unless," The alien said, looking him up and down and running her tongue over her lips, "You’re offering something more fun?” Blackfire said, with a shake of her hips.

“I… uh… wait a minute what do you mean…” Zac started to stammer before the Alien cut in again.

“Fucking.”

Zac wasn’t sure how many times he could take his mind just completely bricking like this. Forget actively strangling him; Blackfire was going to be the **** of him with her comments like this. At least it was more refreshing with her blunt if going for the throat nature compared to his ex wife's more sly and catty nature. Zac had to gulp down before his voice came back to him. He took a breath before continuing.

“Wait… why would you suggest that… considering everything you’ve said and done to me thus far.” Zac plainly stated as he folded his arms. This had to be a ploy to get under his skin, and a pretty obvious one after he broke out of the stun the remark put him in.

The sound of Blackfire’s laughter confirmed it.

“Maybe in the same room but not Partners, minion.” Blackfire announced, as she made a show of spinning her body in a dance move, showing a lot of her body off while she moved toward the door, "Perhaps I am being too gracious by allowing you to see me during but hmmm, I'm feeling merciful right now. Or famished. Feeling...." the alien snapped her fingers a few times as she leaned against the door, "Feeling.... something."

"You sure it's a good idea to go out while you're feeling.... this something?" Zac asked, his hand stretched out and rasied up just a bit.

"Pleassssssssssse, there's nothing in several sectors that's strong enough to put me at risk." Blackfire said with a big smile on her face, "Besides with how I'm feeling, I believe I could go several rounds with my sister and still have energy to burn."

"......not that way." she quickly added.

Zac didn't want to really put thought into 'what way' she meant. But he knew the internet enough that fictional 'sisters' that looked like Blackfire were probably put into.... all sorts of weird kink ideas. No wait, fantasy later deal with the problem now...

"Really can't leave Layla here alone." he responded once he got his mind out of the gutter.

"Oh just leave her with the sitter, she'll be fine." Blackfire teased before covering her mouth in fake shock, "Oh no... we don't have a sitter. I guess someone's going to have to watch her~ ...., well I'm a big girl and I don't care nor need your permission to go out 'daddy' so, if you don't mind..., I'm off to party."

Blackfire gave a little wave and turned to leave, not bothering to wait and see Zac's reaction.