[This is messy. It's not going at all to plan, and now instead of one body on their conscience...there's going to be three. Can Basil even do anything, now? The first boy...he very well might live, assuming he's let go and can escape. One of them is very much dead now, a still-smoldering corpse, and then the third...he's alive, but barely. Currently burning to death as they speak, and unless he got medical help immediately, he couldn't be saved. But even then, Basil isn't sure anything could be done in time.
The heat is so overwhelmingly intense that Basil can't get close. It's creating an invisible barrier as much as a physical one, because even just the proximity is enough to cause his eyes to water and his body to start singing in the process. Any closer to the open flames, and he- too- will be set alight. The boy Basil had ensnared, now free, could potentially be getting away soon if something doesn't change.
Frantic, Basil backs closer to the fence, and desperate to do something, anything, he screams.]
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The heat is so overwhelmingly intense that Basil can't get close. It's creating an invisible barrier as much as a physical one, because even just the proximity is enough to cause his eyes to water and his body to start singing in the process. Any closer to the open flames, and he- too- will be set alight. The boy Basil had ensnared, now free, could potentially be getting away soon if something doesn't change.
Frantic, Basil backs closer to the fence, and desperate to do something, anything, he screams.]
Max!! Max, stop! You have to stop!!