Just as Joli had finally begun to catch up to the others who had helped save that old man from before, he was momentarily stopped by a line of flame that he watched creep up a trace of leaked wine and into one of the barrels. He was unexpectedly thrown backwards by the explosion that followed. Shaken up a bit, Joli tried to recover and catch his breath, but his chest felt heavy and his legs seemed immobile. Although the shock would pass, he felt a nipping terror in his stomach from the sheer thought of being left to burn to death. However, although wobbly, Joli was able to stand, only to be confused by a loud bang. Looking up, he saw a wall of water falling from the sky, like the picture from a city mural. It hit him particularly hard, as he had just barely managed to stand.

Strangely, Joli didn't feel the pain from the bang that he was expecting, but was actually pleasantly cooled and refreshed by the sudden splash. Once he snapped back to reality, he looked around and noticed that the fire had successfully be doused. But by who? Struggling still, but at least a little less, he got up and took another look around this time to ascertain his whereabouts. Settling upon a clearing, he could see that there were others there, who looked just as exhausted, [i]and moist,[/i] as he did. Limping closer, who could just barely make out a voice, but he could see a perfectly dry adult talking to one of the kids he'd seen earlier. In addition, he realized that the other children were also the ones from earlier, at least those he recognized. There were one or two that he hadn't seen before but, he was almost certain the others went to his school.

Finally making his way over to the circle, he had made it just in time to hear: "[i][b]Who the hell are you?" It seemed that the pink-haired boy was being berated by the adult, who he could now tell was a female, because he definitely asked that in what appeared to be aggravation. For now it seemed best to stay quiet, but Joli could tell that things were probably about to get very interesting.