Cloud faded back in from black surprisingly quickly, and Phoenix blinked in confusion before checking his phone. "Oh." he said in surprise, "We have another review. Huh."
He smiled evilly as he read the short text, glancing over at the cast of misfits sitting on their beds. She wouldn't suspect a thing. "Let's see..." Phoenix mumbled to himself, "I'll move one up to three and shift two and the old three down. Yes, perfect. Alright!"
He ran up to Dani, whispering the situation in her ear before scurrying over to Max as she nodded. A wide smile blossomed on Max's face as Phoenix moved over to Allison, and the teenage girl grinned as the host traveled over to Thackery and Emily. They began snickering quietly to themselves as Phoenix beckoned Billy over, and a rattling laugh issued from the zombie's mouth as he informed May and Anne.
Done with the informing, he fiddled with his phone until, one by one, the non magic users of the cast filed up to him and whispered in his ear. As soon as Max, Allison, and Dani gave him their thumbs up, Phoenix snapped his fingers and sat back to watch the show.
Winnie was just sitting on her bed, minding her own business, when out of nowhere a rope looped loosely around her ankle suddenly snapped taut, and a second later she was sent through the air, screaming. "Ah, trebuchets." Phoenix sighed as the screeching red-haired witch flew overhead. She landed on a fluffy little section of Cloud, but the clouds evaporated under her to deposit her on a conveyor belt.
Manacles snapped closed around her ankles, and as she was toted along, pies rained down on her from Skaian defense portals. The manacles snapped open so she could be deposited on a sloppily painted X, and she was allowed a moment's reprieve before the spring trap activated. She flew through the air once again, falling onto a set of stairs at the apex of her jump.
She thumped down them painfully, and when she reached the bottom landing, another spring activated to fling her through some sheetrock. She smashed through the mineral and tumbled into an oversized oven, the door closing automatically.
"Bake at three hundred fifty degrees for five seconds to achieve a charred, blackened witch. Alright then." Phoenix crowed as he pushed the starter button.
Jets of fire erupted on the inside of the machine, charring the woman inside a fine black crust before she was catapulted out the top to land on a giant tortilla shell. Max and Allison ran up and rolled the redhead up, derp faces going strong as they ran away to avoid implication.
After catching her breath for a moment, Winnie started pushing and shoving against the soft shell, tearing large chunks out of her cozy bed and staggering to her feet. Panting heavily, she took a step forward and slipped on a banana peel, crashing to the ground with a thump of finality.
"Wasn't that fun kids? Let's write it down and do it again next weekend!" Phoenix shouted gleefully, then suddenly grew solemn.
"And now for something completely different. Dani, if you had magic, would you be a good witch, a bad witch, or a sand witch?" he asked seriously, and Dani considered this for a second before answering, "Well, I don't think I'd like being a snack, but I would be whatever kind of witch the moment called for, because that..." she confessed, gesturing to a worn-out Winnie, "...was fun."
"Agreed." Phoenix said, "But now, I'm afraid a reviewer has asked me to return the Sister's powers to them. Anything you want to use them for before then?"
Max conjured one last bouquet of flowers for Allison, Allison once again turned them into doves and attacked Max's lips with her own, and Dani simply created a little box with a button on it.
"Oooo, what's it do?" Phoenix asked childishly, and Dani gestured to it with a grin.
"Really?" he asked gleefully, and at her nod he reached forward and tentatively pressed the button. He whirled around as another rope snapped taut on Winnie's ankle, flinging her through the air once again.
Phoenix fixed Dani with an approving look and said, with a malicious grin, "Naughty girl."