Kevin
It was eight in the morning. The birds were still chirping. The sun hung low against the horizon, its golden summer glow holding in a thick haze. Many students were still asleep and many still were just beginning to eat breakfast across the facility. Ares was doing... Not that. And Danica was here to document it. She loved to be someone behind a camera, and she had not much else better to do. Ares was nothing if not something to archive in careful digital film. 

The girl stood in the back corner of the sports field, the sun bearing down on her and her video camera. She could just use her phone of course, but something about the device was appealing. There was something so perfectly refreshing about the light, and she noticed now how it no longer made her eyes squint or her shoulders boil. That wasn't what she was here for though. Her shoes stood firm against the gravel track as she pointed the camera at Ares, flicking it on. 

"Now."
Jeremy
Ares hadn't slept, as usual. He hadn't gotten proper rest in days and this fact was obvious. Whether his complete and utter lack of rational thought was due to his sleep deprivation or he was just plain stupid was up for debate. The boy, of course, didn't care. He was too busy enacting *"Science experiments."*

This was no experiment any sane scientist would agree to, but Ares was neither of those things. He stood many feet away from Danica, holding a lighter and a handful firecrackers. Scattered around the grass field were various chunks of charred paper from past explosions. Ares had taken the time to walk far away from the school to avoid any faculty members getting in his way. 

He looked up with a mischievous grin and awaited any sort of acknowledgment that he could begin. Having someone join him in his shenanigans always made it much more enjoyable, and luckily for him, Danica was awake and willing to film his dumbassery. 

With one word from the other, Ares opened his lighter and a bright orange flame flickered to life. He grabbed one firecracker, and placed the rest by his feet. Holding the fire to the fuse, a spark began to pop and sizzle. He opened his mouth, and placed the firework on his tongue in a way that would make it launch outwards instead of deeper down his throat. 

The spark warmed the inside of his mouth, and it didn't take long for it to reach the end of the fuse. The firework set off and lit up Ares' mouth in a display of colourful chaos. The body of the firework launched outwards and far across the field, as the explosions lit up everything around the two. Much like every firework, the show didn't last long, and before the two knew it everything was calm again.
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Everything... Except for Ares. The boy was doubled over in laughter, it was a booming sound that rivalled the firework itself. It suited him well and made his chest shake. One impressive and notable feature was Ares' complete lack of injury.

"Ay!" He cheered and cackled. "Lets do it again!"
Kevin
Danica had been up since 5:00am, a practice she kept up every single day without fail. If you asked her how she did it she would half-jokingly tell you that *'I'm just not weak minded.'* Mostly she was just prone to regiment. She would have been about the last person you'd think would be interested in what Ares had orchestrated, but sometimes it's ok to be unexpected. Above almost all else, Danica was curious. This budding friendship with Ares had certainly been giving her much to be curious about. 

As she gave the signal and let the film roll, Ares began. Danica held the camera still as a corpse as the shitshow went down. Bright sparks of colourful chaos went shooting past her in shrill whistles and cracks, the scent of gunpowder settling sharp on the morning air.

Once the display was over, Ares went about laughing like a jovially mad hyena, the kind of sound you'd hear following an escape from police. He held his mouth open wide, stepping up to the camera to show he was indeed uninjured. Recorded trial one was a success!! 

Danica snickered as she piloted the camera. 

"Again."