Beach Filler Episode (OPEN)

[Gildarts]

So Gil's gut had been right. And well, thinking through offering privileges for free when they could've been abused was a reasonable precaution. Or maybe it had just been sheer observation of the man's behavior. But now... The cotton candy guy was simply over reacting.

Had someone plunged in cotton candy guy's mind they would've seen the dark, greedy desire for world domination and unquenchable thirst senseless violence, malice that only came from working retail his whole life.

"I want my cotton candy back! I won't sell to you! You're... Pure evil!" The man glared through narrow eyes.

"I... Don't think that's how character alignment works," Gildarts said with a frown.

"You are a fool! Letting weaklings live and lacking ambition like a slothful slob, then you won't even drop a dime for a beggar?" Cotton candy man growled. "I'm gonna banish your ass Prime. A fate worse than death."

"You're mean for a man who sells cotton candy to kids, if you want to fight, let's take this away from here," Gildarts warned as he looked around at the bustle of people.

"Oh Prime, I know I wouldn't stand a chance against you. But I do know someone who is. He'll banish you faster than you can blink. Lucky for me there's men like you for hire. Ha ha ha!" The guy proclaimed.

"I don't think that's worth either of our times. If you really wanted to, instead of hiring some guy to kill or banish me, you could just go to Dalaran, was it? And get your own youth potion." Gildarts suggested. He was still nice guy Gil, for now.

"Humph!" The man sassed, "You'd like that wouldn't you? So your conscience would be clear! But I'm done with you Primes flinging around big scraps of metal like they are nothing, acting like you own the place and expecting free cotton candy! Well! Hero-type, I won't tolerate it any longer. You're a fool to have wronged me!!!!!!!!"

"... Listen you need to get over it," Gildarts suggested, "I'm getting kind of mad and you might make the kids around cry."

"I don't CARE about the kids! You're an imbecile! And don't you dare tell me to get over it! You Primes don't have to worry about starvin' me, I came here without even a shirt on m' back. And you come here and secondaries bow down at your feet!" The cotton candy man growled.

"Uh... Listen, it sounds like you have some anger issues or something. I'm gonna chibify you to cool you down for a bit and make sure you don't hurt anybody, and if you keep acting this way I'll have a talk with the local police for harassment," Gildarts warned.

"Wh- HARASSMENT?" The man burst, "YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME?! You almost hit me with a sign that could crush me into the width of a flattened penny! You come here with your annoying little girl and you-"

"Don't talk about Molly that way," Gildarts growled, "She isn't your concern, you don't get to verbally abuse kids on my watch."

"What are you gonna do, punch me warrior guy? I want my bones to break, then I can claim disability and live off the insurance." The man smirked.

"Calling the cops. You're a jerk," Gil said pulling out his phone.

"HA! I'd like to see you try!" The guy challenged as Gildarts was deliberately dialing and punching the digits.

"Hello? Yeah some guy is bothering me and my little girl, he's posing as a cotton candy vendor at the boardwalk. Yes, yes, yeah I saved his life or whatever and he tried to give me free cotton candy, but he probably poisoned it or something. MOLLY, MOLLY DON'T EAT THE COTTON CANDY, where are you?" Gildarts shouted.

Are you still there sir?

"Yeah, yeah, mhm. Okay, white armor? Hey I think I've seen those guys before. Yeah I'm gonna chibify him to you can't miss him and so he can't escape."

Chibi...fy phone lady asked.

"Yeah, it doesn't hurt." Gil informed.

Don't take the law into your own hands, from the sound of it you're the vigilante type. Please don't do anything that could cause further damage to the situation.

"I gotta go and make sure Molly doesn't eat his cotton candy, guy could be a creep and could've roofied it. Thanks lady! Get here quick!" Gil flicked the button and found Molly was by his side.

"The cotton candy guy is evil?! How did you manage that Gildarts?! Ugh, just when we needed a refill." Molly face palmed.

"He has a problem with heroes, good guys, and Primes it seems. Guess I embody his definition." Gildarts said solemnly.

"Aww Gildaddy..."

"What was that?" Gil thought he heard...

"Gildarts, I think it's very responsible you called the authorities. And almost a little out of character. But... It's kind of funny you can't even get cotton candy without having some guy challenge you," Molly tsked.

"If I punched him and he was defenseless that wouldn't be right." Gil continued, "He doesn't seem like-"

A blade slashed into the dark fabric of his cloak and stabbed him square into the back. Gildarts turned quickly and flicked some magic at his perpetrator. The knife was let in. Cotton candy guy was hit with the crash mage's enchantment. A spell spread across CCG like the square pattern of a fishnet and immediately he exploded into mini chibis.

"How dare you!?" The guy shook his fist, feeling demeaned.

"Listen, stabbing people in general really isn't cool, I had to tell that little skull guy the same thing, and that suit guy, and that guy who wore red leather. They all had stab type weapons, ugh, Karl's cutting words were the worst blade of all though," Gildarts relived DA.

"Rawwwrrrr!!" Chibi CCG roared. The storm troopers had arrived to the shitshow though. Gildarts snapped his fingers and the chibized man was put back together with a flash of magic.

"He's the guy I called about. Harassed my little girl and were trying to have a nice day at the beach," Gil informed the white suited people. First they buckled the cuffs around the man's wrists and lead him away, then...

He felt the cold stab of silver slide around his wrists, "Ah, hey, what are you doing? He's the bad guy!"

"That's right!" Molly protested.

"We don't look lightly on people who take the law into their own hands," the storm trooper spoke through the shaded visor.

"Uh... It was self defense, you probably even saw it. He stabbed me in the back, heck if you looked just an inch below my shoulder you could see it. It's a... Molly what do you call those prop clue things at a crime scene?" He asked as the trooper began dragging him away.

"Uh, EVIDENCE? You can't take him away, we're supposed to enjoy today together! He has to keep his promise!" Molly said desperately, emotion in her voice.

"Tell you what... Prime, I'll let you go on one condition," the mechanical voice spoke and the soldier's visor raised to reveal a stunning set of blue eyes.

Suddenly in these handcuffs Gil began to feel all sorts of prisoner emotions. Held hostage by a hottie soldier enforcing the law? He shook his head out of it, respect was this noble's number one priority.

"You're Gildarts, strongest prime, from Dante's Abyss, right?" She said, confidence in her voice. She was independent, strong, bold. Gildarts liked that. She took off her helmet, unleashing a long sable ponytail tied to perfection.

"Yes." Gildarts nodded keeping his eyes on hers, "That's me."

"Give me your best kiss and I'll let you go," hottie storm trooper said. "It's either that or the slammer."

"Uh..." he'd been to Impel Down before. He had to partner with a bad sort of guy to escape. It was a bad place.

"A kiss? You're serious?" Molly exclaimed. It seemed everyone was getting kisses these days.

"Yes." The woman nodded seriously, as though it was a matter of business, "Kissing the strongest Prime isn't something people do everyday. Plus, I think you're a handsome man."

"Alright," Gildarts agreed.

"What?! Gil you can't be serious what about Guu?" Molly said.

"Cooties don't exist kid," she said in regards to the aforementioned goo.

"It's fine Molly, Guu knows me well," Gil spoke.

"Fine? You better kiss me like you mean it. If it isn't good enough I'll release you but forget to unlock the handcuffs." This woman was a hardass.

"No more talking, I won't hold back," Gildarts broke easily through the cuffs and took the woman in his arms. A single step and she was pinned against a hard surface while his arms wrapped around her firmly. His lips landed and prickled the skin around her mouth as they quite literally sealed the deal.

Molly looked away embarrassed, watching anymore would be unbearable. She looked back and they were still kissing. Hands were wandering too. The lady had dropped her helmet with a hollow clunk on the wood. It was probably the best kiss of Gildarts' life considering he was a changed man now, with a mind free to focus on not releasing his magic full force on the woman. She had the armor on so he didn't have to worry about initially crushing her.

Next they swapped sides. Gildarts was pressed against whatever surface he'd pinned her against, the caught up Prime wasn't exactly being observant to anything other than her body. Remember that knife in his back? Yeah, that dug in a few more inches and Gildarts finished the kiss with a bang, before releasing the woman from the pressing force of his embrace and his expression allowing first a bright beam and second a wince of pain.

"Oh yeah, that knife... Ha. You'll be fine Gilly," she winked, blew him an air kiss, "You really didn't hold back. You're one hell of a man." The storm trooper placed her helmet back on and strut off.

"Was it WORTH IT?" Molly scowled, "Now you're bleeding all over the place Gildarts ! How do you let yourself get in these messes? Does trouble just follow you?"

"To be honest, I don't feel any pain at this exact moment. Think I can get her number?" Gildarts chased after her.

Molly sighed, but it would have been hypocritical to complain at this point. But she could get back at him telling him how she'd kissed Dust. An eye for an eye. A kiss for a kiss.