E-1: Inside Elise's Patrol Car
The second time in the car was a lot less uncomfortable than the first, and Elly was a lot less weirded out by him moving all of her plastic moulded cocks to a box. She seemed too busy punching in coordinates on her G.P.S. to care or notice. Once finished, Elise kept true to her word while peeling off to Blackwood Park, "So how much do you know about Flame?"
"Little outside of it being a weapon that nonhumans used just as much as we used guns." Max just assumed that it was some magic that was beyond his understanding. All he had was speculation and basic knowledge. The Flame came in a rainbow assortment of colours with specialized attributes. His response only got a sigh while the Chiefess spoke over the sound of her sirens, "Right and wrong. There are very few Flames that are solely about attacking. What you just did was an aptitude test."
Tires squealed like a five-dollar whore faking her last orgasm of the night. Max was more distracted by her haphazard running of lights and cutting off citizens. Elise flatly stated, "There are seven things that could have happened, and neither of them should have happened with a human. You have a high potential to learn Black Flame. So much so that... well, you might have unintentionally used it when in danger."
Her pause was not from her cutting off the siren nor an eighteen-wheeler but from Max's hands. They were gripping the dash and grabbing the door handle with the other. Not until the near whiplash-causing stop did he notice the thin vein of blackish smoke that drifted upward to oblivion. In his mind, there was no doubting it now. Somewhere along the line, he had committed the second-worst taboo a human could commit in Muruya. His handprints stained her car as if they were covered in charcoal. Staring at his shaking yet clean palms, his mind rejected the idea as he ran through a dozen plausible scenarios.
A forceful but bouncy elbow to the side jolted him back to reality. Elise put a smile big enough to put a dimple on her cheek, "McZillion Case is one that I have been giving my attention to due to the nature of the crime. Someone by the Note McZillion alias has been using the Goo Lake at Blackwood Park as their dumping grounds. Now, if it was just plastic, paper, or normal trash, he would get a fine from the Rangers. The issue is that he dumps chemical waste and aphrodisiacs in the Lake! Now, that whole side of the park has been closed because there are a bunch of sexually fueled G.G.S. folk who can melt human skin. Sounds familiar?" Elise's tone changed from informative to frustrated before ending on an oddly playful note. Max could only imagine the hit that McZillion must have been on the reputation of her race.
It was a nice distraction, Stone deciding to tease a bit, "Isn't that a bit outside your paygrade? Why not just have your best officer stake and arrest him?"
"My best is Regret, and while I love the girl to death, she is worthless in anything requiring patience and dealing with sex. Now, come on before you find yet another way to mess up the inside of my car." Elise tossed him a knowing look before stepping out of the vehicle.
Maxwell stepped out of the car to take in the sight of the eerily empty Blackwood Park. Sloshing was the only sound that was heard from miles away.
E-1b: *Bonus* T.R.C in Despondency Issues (NSFW)
Bain was still under the effects of his goddaughter's poison when Loana finally stumbled in. Dike was busy with her maid work, taking customer orders and buzzing to different tables, while Toby was in his own world in the kitchen. The light, energetic sounds of jazz-salsa, a Tainted speciality, waft from the kitchen and the typical bar food smell.
Loana was the Demonkin Bain hired to play the full-time role of bouncer and grunt. She was about as traditional as they come for Demonkin, or at least, as far as the Goblin subrace was concerned, and rocked every second of it. She was a tall Goblin at 4'11 but was stouter than the bottom of a fermented lager with a bitter attitude to match. Just like his goddaughter 'Ana had plenty of complaints about her uniform. She wore tungsten metal rings around her wrist with matching coloured heads and hand wraps. Loana kept the cloth of her wraps in pristine condition, even more so than her bednest she called hair. Wraps and rich chartreuse green skin did more to distract from her hair. Loana's outfit consisted of a potions belt with a few supporting straps that did next to nothing to cover her breasts or haunches.
Bain was stationed at the bar that she leisurely strolled and sat her practically nude ass on his once clean bar stool. Lo's nose curled like someone asked her to smell something unpleasant, "Ugh... What smells like root berries?"
"Got in a fight with Ana." His response was immediately met with a snort followed by an unabashed laugh, "So she spat some pink poison in your face? Did you two fuck it out like adults as well?"
Bain groaned, deciding the mature answer was saying nothing, instead pointing at her stool by the door. Still, Loana leaned over the bar in response. Earning a few whistles from their patrons from the view, a faint scent of coconut escaped past her lips along with these whispered words, "Are you still under the effects of the poison? I can help you with that, Boss?" Her movements were quick as she snatched something from her belt and made a masturbatory gesture. The contents of a sparkling rust-coloured elixir glowed with every lewd shake of the gob's hand.
"Thanks, but no thanks. I told you before, not interested. Get back to work, Lola." The expression on Lola's face told him that he had missed the mark. A look was unique to an unrequited female that was disbelief immediately followed by simmering anger, "Tosser! I wasn't soliciting you! I already know you have this weird hang-up about my height, ya' wanker!" She sat the vial down; antivenom was written across a tiny sticker. Just as she turned to hop off the stool, Bain grasped her shoulder. Her entire frame tensed up.