Canas couldn't beat on Nino. Really, hitting a little girl, especially such a bright and promising young mage, just goes against everything that Canas believes in. And Nino wasn't really interested in fighting an ally either, especially not the cool shaman guy who taught her how to read and gave her fun books. But fortunately for these two, there are many ways to decide a match besides for fighting.
But Canas would surely win any game he would pick, and Nino would surely win any game she would pick. So there was nothing for it but to take this to an impartial third party.
Of course, this IS the DL. Around here, "impartial" tends to mean "hates everyone equally". Keeping this in mind, it's no surprise that the person responsible for picking the contest was Melfice. And the game? Creative Suicide. Whoever could kill themselves in the most amusing manner got to win.
Nino made an impressive showing, of course. Prank calling Luther until he gets so irritated that he uses his amazing plot powers to hack you into a lemming and sick the suikodogs on you is a pretty good laugh. But this was Melfice that they were trying to impress, and while that would tickle him quite a bit, there are things he just finds more amusing.
Like collateral damage, for one. And running gags for another. It took some doing, but Canas was able to smuggle both Selphie and an entire crate of pixie sticks onboard the Delphinus while the crew was away lending their support to the Pirates vs Ninjas battle. To make a long story short, the end result was effectively the same as the Shooting Stars Airship Wreck Challenge all over again, with Selphie plowing the Delphinus into a train and dragging it through half of a city before managing to stop.
Well, "stop" anyway. Technically she stopped, as once the Moonstone Cannon was discharged in her panic, there wasn't enough of the Delphinus left to go any more. There also wasn't enough left of the city to crash into even if it could.
The good news is that Melfice is still laughing his fool head off about that one, and Canas took the match hands down.
The bad news is that the DL healers aren't sure they'll be able to reconstruct Canas in time for his next match.
