To understand what was happening, it would probably be best to rewind to just a few moments ago, when the group decided to redeem their vouchers together while one Deputy Officer was busy having his existential crisis, too out of it to even really understand what was going on.
Well, technically, when one blonde suggested doing it together, he’d been under the impression that they would do so after everyone had gone and showered to scrub away whatever bad luck they might currently be carrying.
With the scent of his limited-edition bathing essentials, Ollie would likely be able to draw in great luck and maybe even end up with something amazing!
Not really an unrealistic wish, right?
Especially when he was putting in the effort to ensure that he’d be meeting his destined crystal core with his best foot forward!
Unfortunately, Jax suddenly clapped his hands together, grinning widely as he declared that he felt rather lucky at that exact moment. And with the title of Legendary Challenger freshly imbued upon them, Jax argued that now was probably the most opportune time to try their luck!
"!"
Safe to say, the easily influenced blonde practically had one ear enlarging in Jax’s direction as his brain frantically attempted to rationalize the honestly unfounded logic of his future in-law!
It didn’t even matter that Kyle, who was standing right next to the suddenly interested mop, was looking at his own childhood friend as if Jax had grown a third head for the day. At that point, Ollie had already managed to make all sorts of wild correlations inside his brain and ended up agreeing completely with the red-headed sage!
So they did just that.
And when Jax actually managed to pull the S-rank core of the Abyssal Kraken, which made its presence known by immediately drenching Jax’s head with a cold stream of water, one particular blonde was obviously convinced that doing the exact same thing as Jax would probably result in a similar success!
Unfortunately, that was apparently debatable.
And the number of times Ollie blew on his hands had absolutely nothing to do with the outcome of the draw!
Because to the sheer shock of the blonde, who’d been all smiles prior to selecting [YES] for redemption, the prompt that appeared before him read:
[C-RANK CRYSTAL CORE OBTAINED]
[C-Grade Beast Core: Spark Rat]
[Price: N/A]
[Type: Lightning Rodent Core]
[Item Description: From a small lightning-attributed beast commonly found nesting around mineral-rich regions and exposed energy deposits. Known for its highly territorial nature, the Spark Rat stores electrical energy within its body before releasing it in rapid bursts when threatened.]
"..."
It was as if the heavens had come crashing down on the poor blonde.
Because he, who’d really tried his best to be a functioning citizen that day, hadn’t even gotten within one standard deviation of the mean by pulling a B or A-grade core!
Instead, he was out there pulling a rare C-rank, just like his extremely unlucky brother-in-law!
How could that be?!
And it certainly didn’t help that his very own husband had gotten an A-grade core without doing any sort of ritual whatsoever!
Gasp!
But just when the poor mop thought that was the end-all and be-all of his problems, Ollie finally reached out to touch the little thing, only for the core to suddenly discharge a sharp electric charge directly at him!
"OW!"
Ollie really, really felt it, letting out a sharp cry that probably would’ve earned him an acting award somewhere else in the universe.
Who knew if he’d actually felt it in his heart as his brain immediately treated the whole thing like a personal attack on his sensibilities, but the blonde sure as hell felt it in his core!
And unbeknownst to him, as his hair antenna shot straight up after violently jerking left and right, his eyes suddenly flashed bright.
Crackle!
A sharp electrical charge erupted from the tips of his fingers, zooming straight toward the now-levitating beast core!
"!!!"

ZZZT!
CRACKLE!
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