Fire of Chariots

"You need to cut it down, Chariots," the foreman said to the scowling performer, while reading his datapad where it clearly stood "Down cut, fire of Chariots."
"Cut it down?!" Trace Chariots could not believe their ears. "How can you cut it down, it's an essential part of the show!" 

"I am very sorry, but a 10 meter high flame is too big of a hazard," he continued dryly.

"An essential part of the show, though!" Chariots repeated. "We've taken the necessary safety precautions, haven't we? Why does it suddenly need to be cut down?"

The foreman sighed, as if the answer should have been obvious. "It is a risk to Illixyr's decorations."

Chariots looked up to see where their beautiful show-flames would shoot up to during their amazing show, and immediately frowned as they saw the floating glow orbs that characterised Illixyr's performance. Chariots lowly muttered small curses at the orbs. Why did they agree to perform on the same interstellar cruise ship as Illixyr, who had, by the way, always been jealous of Chariots ever since their hit single Loving you like an Ancient Shindalian surpassed Illixyr's Eyes Like Beeblebrox.

"Alright, fine," Chariots said as they flicked their opalescent hair away, with a recognised gesture most tabloid news-blogs have described as 'mildly annoyed'. "How much lower do they need to go?"

"5 meters." 

With a mixture of surprise and exasperation, Chariots sneered at the foreman: "What, no," they said as they fished up their Bodega-branded mega-vape, "that's not happening." They took a calming hit from the mega-vape, which promptly covered their current area of the stage in sweet smelling vapour. "8 meters is the minimum I will go down to."

The foreman, who frankly had a host of other things to do before the ship landed on their next stop, the crystal planet of Ichorosi IX, simply agreed. "Will you require a mechanic? I don't know if changing the fountains will be too difficult," he asked, looking over at the pristinely white bassins.

Chariots scoffed out another cloud from the mega-vape. As if they didn't know their own hyper-polarising ion-fountains, which produced their characteristic and essential rainbow flames. "Of course not! I've used my fountains for ages, I'll do it myself." Chariots didn't bother mentioning that it is as easy as changing the settings in a custom app on their datapad.

Taking one last hit from their mega-vape, Chariots left the stage looking like Dagobah II. They needed to relax and currently there were no better option in their mind than working on their new song Left You With a Spurloopian Stripper and an Empty Credstick.

-The End.