Avid Adopter

23 - Blast

Horror had been joining me for two months now, and everything was going well. The blueberry's lessons were definitely paying off; Killer and Horror's fighting skills had over tripled, and Cross and Error were able to hold a fight against their older siblings well. Dust was still..not quite in the spirit..it was slower for him, but he knew at least the basics. Killer, Horror, and I had recently returned from an AU, and it had been exhausting; the blueberry had decided to give them a challenge today to test their skills, and they had given him everything they had. It was quite the battle for them, and they enjoyed it, even if they did get quite a few scratches along the way. They were currently resting on my lap as the younger boys played nearby; Dust was playing with a top, and Cross was helping Error with his magic. Error had been spending at least an hour every day simply on magic training; he was certainly determined to summon a blaster, and he had set his personal goal as his next birthday, which wasn't for a few months, giving him plenty of time. Of course, I told him not to be upset if he didn't make his deadline; he was only seven and a half, and his magic wasn't as strong as it could have been.

"Crossy, does this look better?" Error showed Cross a bone he had managed to summon; he was working on shaping.

"That looks much better, Erry!" Cross grinned in approval.

"Yay! Can I try the blaster again?"

"Maybe after one more try at blue magic, okay? Try the top again."

"All right!"

 Error focused intently and directed his magic at the top Dust was looking at. Soon, the top was surrounded with a blue aura, and it started to float rather steadily; Dust was a bit unsettled that his top started floating, but he calmed down when he realized that it was just Error's magic. After setting it back down, Error smiled victoriously at Cross.

"Can I now?" Error hoped.

"All right, Erry, you can try again." Cross nodded.

"Yay!" 

With another cheer, Error began the summoning process. He had once been able to summon the entire outside of the blaster, but the personality factor of the first summon made his summoning fail; he had since finalized the personality that he wanted, trying to avoid his previous mistake. Within a few seconds, his magic began to form the body once more, and a familiar glitched blaster shell made its rare appearance. The blaster looked very much like Error, even copying the unique coloring of his individual eyelights; Error liked that aspect. As the body faded into existence, it wavered at one point before Error caught his focus again. Soon, the body was fully formed; that was step one. I paid more attention as Error shifted his focus on forming the personality of his blaster; I didn't think he had gotten this far before. When I noticed that the blaster was remaining, I woke Killer and Horror from their rests and told them to stay quiet; they would have wanted to see this moment. All eyelights were on Error and his attempt. One minute after the beginning, Error's magic seemed to be draining quickly, but he remained firm in his resolve to succeed. And he did!

"Woah.."  Killer was in awe at the sight. 

"Is it..alive?" Dust asked, almost silently.

"It's powering up.." I explained; new blasters with personalities did that at first.

"How long does it take?" Horror questioned.

"Depends on how powerful it will be; the longer it takes, the more powerful the end result is. If it takes more than three minutes, we might be in trouble.."

"Why?" Cross wasn't sure.

"Well, over three minutes would either mean that this thing is going to be more powerful than even I am..or the multiverse hand-crafted it.."