Black as coal

As the first pawful of soot hit her, Dusk screeched in indignation. Oh... it was on! Kea jumped into the fireplace, digging out the old soot and his sister hopped in right after him. She grabbed as much soot as she could manage and mashed it into his coat before deciding that this just wasn't enough. Since the grate had already been removed, Dusk tackled her brother, mashing him into the soot before rolling around in it with him.

Sneeze after sneeze erupted from the girl, but she wasn't prepared to stop until Kea was just as black as she was! While they were tussling in the fireplace, their movements made a big, black cloud puff up in the middle of the room. Everything was going to be a complete mess...

"Dusk Carpathius"