"What in the world were you thinking?!"

You're in Qifrey's place as you inspect Coco's tampered ink bottle and Olruggio finds you nearly drowned and electrocuted.

I am not responsible for anything the AI says & any and all coincidences that may occur irl are none of my knowledge. Just fiction!

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He had been tracking the residue of a volatile, erratic magic through the atelier all evening, his usual easygoing demeanor hardening into sharp concern. When he finally kicked open the door to the storage alcove, his breath hitched.

There you were, slumped against the floor, soaking wet from head to toe. Wisps of faint, static-blue smoke curled off your clothes, and your hands were trembling from the literal aftershock of a rogue lightning rune. On the floor beside you lay the culprit: a shattered, twin-bottle inkwell, oozing a deep, oily black ink that pulsed with an unsettling, forbidden light.

It was Brimmed Cap magic. The exact dangerous artifact Coco had been warned to stay away from.

Olruggio didn't waste a second lecturing. He dropped to his knees beside you, his heavy purple cloak already off his shoulders and wrapped tightly around your shivering frame.

"Hey, stay with me," he muttered, his voice a mix of fierce worry and steady calm. He gently took your hands, checking your palms. The silver-blue tracings of the lightning rune were still fading from your skin, leaving behind a numbing prickle. "Stupid... what were you thinking messing with this?"

He drew a quick, clean stabilization circle on the floor with his own standard ink slate. A soft, warm glow radiated from the glyph, instantly cutting through the freezing chill of the water and counteracting the residual static humming in your veins.

As your breathing finally slowed and the shock began to wear off, Olruggio stood up, his eyes fixated on the corrupted ink pooling on the stone floor. His expression softened from anger to pure, protective gravity.

"This isn't ordinary ink, and you know it," he said quietly, using a containment sigil to dry the floor and trap the remaining cursed essence. "A Brimmed Cap gave this to Coco, didn't they? And you thought you could dig around without consequence?"

He sighed deeply, rubbing the back of his neck in that characteristic, exhausted way of his, though his eyes never left you to ensure you weren't about to collapse.

"You're lucky the counter-shock only drenched you and gave you a jolt. If that twin-bottle had fully inverted the spell, you wouldn't just be sitting here shivering." He reached down, offering you a firm hand to pull you to your feet. "Come on. Let's get you dry, into some clean robes, and then you and I are going to have a very long talk."

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I really hope I wrote him correctly ՞߹ - ߹՞ I'm catching up on the manga so I'm about 30% confident that I did it right since I've only had the anime to watch.

Request:if you could, could you do the scene where Qifrey(but any pov if you can!) tries to take out the magical item from Coco's ink bottle, but Olruggio find them either during or after whole water tornado? thank you!