Hot Water

[charisstoma]

Title: Hot Water
Author: charisstoma
Word count: 425


What does it mean if Holy Water sizzles when it hits your skin (Asking on behalf of a friend)

Doran let his face fall into his hands, peering between his fingers; should he laugh or should he despair that it was his turn to be delegated to handle the non-official inquiries that came into the academy. Laughter won. It had to be one of the students, a prank. Everyone who’d taken Demonology 201 knew that, demons and Holy Water, was not an issue. A demon could bathe in the stuff and have to magically heat it to get a warm bath if it hadn’t been hot to begin with.

“Why is it always you that gets the amusing inquires?”

“Because I’ve got a handsome sexy demon for a boyfriend?” Doran suggested.

“No, that can’t be it, you don’t have a boyfriend, demon or otherwise,” Calvin slipped around the door and into the room to settle into the chair on the opposite side of the table.

“Ah you of inferior knowledge, I’ll have you know that I’ve been getting...” Doran stopped as if a sudden thought had occurred to him. “Nevermind,” he started to gather up his things.

Calvin stared after Doran, who slipped out the same door Calvin had just done the same in reverse. A grin pulled up his lips. “I knew it.”

“Knew what,” a voice came from the other side of the room where a mirror hung on the wall.

It took Calvin barely a second, apparating to outside the building and barely missed landing on one of the familiars, who hissed and took a swipe at him. The fangs seemed huge. “Sorry, sorry,” he offered leaping out of range, “there was a demon… in the mirror ...”

“Yeah, right. Asshat. Show a little inventiveness in your lies if you’re incompetent with your spell work.” The familiar walked off, his tail held high, the tip twitching in irritated disdain.

A water puddle from the recent rain shower spoke from the side of the walkway, “Well that was harsh.”

Calvin performed his second panicked apparation for the day, landing naked in the midst of a certain kind of party. There was a banned herb augmented dessert amongst the nibbles but this time Calvin hurriedly left in a non-magical manner. It was just bad luck that campus authorities were there to put an end to the festivities as he beat a hasty escape through the door.

The familiars were still clothed and Calvin was the one sent down for trying to corrupt familiar underclassmen.