Amidst all the chaos that was going on, Plagiarize was having a very chill time. Being immune to fire, he had absolutely nothing to worry about. He didn’t stay behind, though, because he did not want to lose track of any of his friends. He assumed that they would be running away from the fire, so that is the direction that he went in.

Running this way, Plagiarize soon encountered Bird, who was also running, except he was a penguin so he was quite a bit slower than Plagiarize.

“Need a hand?” asked Plagiarize.

“That… would be… appreciated… yo,” said Bird, low on breath.

Plagiarize scooped the bird up with his non-spider hand and shifted his Fire Gem to it instead. He assumed Bird would not want to be touched by that arm. Nobody would. I know I wouldn’t.

“Y’know, that was kinda a stupid move,” said Bird, now safely being carried sideways in the arm of Plagiarize as he leaped gloriously through the jungle.

“What, picking you up?” asked Plagiarize, preparing to drop Bird.

“No, burning those squettles!”

“And why is that?”

“Are you stupid?”

“No, not particularly,” replied the human.

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“It was a stupid move because you started a massive fire!!”

“You mean there’s another fire??” asked Plagiarize, shocked out of his mind.

“No! I mean the fire we are running from is the fire you started, yo!!”

“Ooooooooohhhhhhh,” gasped Plagiarize with great surprise. “so that’s why there’s a fire.”

“Sometimes I really question your intelligence, yo,” said the penguin.

“Oh? Why is that?”

Before Bird had a chance to reply, there was a flash of light in the distance accompanied by a big boom sound. Plagiarize ran over to investigate. It took him, like, a minute or so to get there. On the ground lay Mushpuff, and near him were the shredded remains of a bunch of squettles. The nearby grass was scorched.

“Mushpuff, you good?” asked Plagiarize.

“This is not good, yo,” said Bird.

“Yeah, I know,” said Plagiarize. “And neither is he. Wake up!”

Plagiarize started slapping the shit out of Mushpuff’s face to attempt to wake him up.

“Okay, I don’t think that’s necessary, yo,” said Bird.

“What alternatives do you suggest?” asked Plagiarize, continuing to slap.

“Allow me,” said the penguin, pushing Plagiarize to the side. Bird then jumped with all his force on Mushpuff’s tail. The resulting yowl was heard for miles around.