The fusion's eyes narrowed, now wondering what to do next. They didn't really know what they could do. Revealing the truth was a can of worms they'd rather not open up. They knew that they'd get found out one day...but they'd rather that day not be today.

They at least wanted to live 'normally' for as long as possible before the inevitable shit-show came up when the truth was revealed.

These thoughts made not only themselves, but their components upset, so to take their mind off of the depressing situation, they decided to use their reality warping powers for something good and make a vape.

'What is that?' Alastor asked,Looks like something that Sherlock Holmes' fellow would use…' The main difference was it looked far more modern and was black in color.

'Vape. used it once or twice. It's basically an electronic vape pipe. The folks on earth say it's a less unhealthy cigarette but that's not really saying much. Considering we don't have to worry about our health down here, I say it's a free game for them to use it.'

'Fair point, not like we can die from it…Though I don't we should smoke in our room. It'll smell up the place while we sleep.'

'I guess.'

The fusion took that as their que to act, now standing up and teleporting themselves out of the room. They transported themselves out in the open. The hotel had a part that was open and you could smoke without anyone caring.

"Hmph…" They activated the vape and placed it in their mouth. The view of Hell was...unique. If you ignored how red it was and how it was a dystopian society then perhaps you could see the beauty in it without it being tarnished by your worldview...

They blew smoke, allowing puffs of blue and red air into the atmosphere. Curious, they blew another gust of smoke again, seeing more red-blue puffs. They then paused before having an idea, this time using a spark of magic, hitting the puffs of smoke. They merged together into a husky purple cloud and began bending it to their will, forming shapes.

"Wanna make animals out of clouds?" They asked themselves, already knowing how their components would respond.

'Yes...'

'Don't see why not...'

They grinned as they made more puffs of smoke before using magic to manipulate them into the shapes. The cloud gained features of a deer, it's ears drawn forward and it's form graceful and eyes gleaming with pride.

The deer danced around, coming to life and prancing about in the night sky. They gave the fusion a look, as if prompting them to create another being for them to play with, and so they did.

They warped another creation out of smoke in the form of a hammerhead shark with beady eyes. The shark floated over to the deer and began playing with them, chasing each other around the area.

It was a fairly sweet sight to see. The fusion beckoned the cloud shark over, arms outstretched, "Here boy...Come to us…Vark..."

The shark floated over to them with a happy smile on their face. The fusion grinned, reaching out to pet the shark when they heard footsteps approaching.

'Dammit…'

They quickly sapped the magic from the cloud animals, the once magical smoke turning back into puffs and drifting off into the night.

"Hey Al?" It was Charlie, the princess was peeking out from the doorway,"What are you doing out here? It's rather late. You should be in bed."

"We...just wanted some time to ourselves…" They said, now holding the pipe between their fingers."We were rather bored so we figured we'd have a breath of fresh air."

"Oh…" She said sheepishly,"So what exactly were you doing out here. You seemed like you were talking to someone?"

"What? No. We weren't speaking to anyone other than ourselves…"

"You sure? I swear, I heard you talking to someone."

"Darling, we assure you, were just hearing things. No one else was here other than us…"

"If you say so..Wait...is that a vape?"

They cocked an eyebrow at her confused tone, "Yes? Why? We'd thought you'd know what it is..."

"Of course I know what it is….It just that...how do you know how to use that, Al? Those are one of the electronic ones…"

"Are you implying we can't work technology?"

"What? No...It's just...you were always….old fashioned. I never thought you'd touch a vape, let alone know how to work it…"

They shrugged, blowing another puff of smoke,"We've...decided to see what was so special about these things. Guess some tech isn't completely awful…"

A bad excuse , but whatever. They didn't know what else to say in that regard. They had not intended for the princess to catch them smoking and there was no pre-planned dialogue for them here.

Charlie rubbed her shoulder,"Yeah..Sure. So are you ok? You seem rather...distant Al…"

"We're fine…"

"But-"

"Are you deaf?" They snapped,"We do not need help princess. Now if can excuse us, we'll be leaving..." They then turned their backs, shrugging the princess off when she reaching at, giving her a glare.

Charlie watched with sadness as Volastor soon warped himself out of the area.

The princess sighed, "Now I know something's wrong. Al would never vape...But it's not like he's gonna tell me. He won't tell us anything. He just ignores the question or shrugs it off. I wonder what's going on inside that head of his…"

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