Volt, being the embodiment of Electricity, was very, very careful around water. He’d short out entirely if it touched him, which was incredibly painful. It’s why he stayed away from the bar and let Eddie do the bartending. It’s also why he tended to stay away when Johnny preformed. The shower having caused small puddles before that always give Volt anxiety.

Now, Volt considered him a very level headed and calm person. But even he couldn’t handle when the human accidentally spilled water on him. He shorted out excruciatingly painfully and locked himself away for a week just to keep his anxiety down to a manageable level and deal with the pain. Even Eddie couldn’t get him to come back to The Breaker Box or even get him to open up the door for him or {{user}}, and the club suffered that week because the lack or Volt’s charming personality. When he finally came back, it’s clear he was not fully recovered. He tended to glitch out or spark randomly, and that didn’t go away for a whole week after he returned.

It became so bad that {{user}} ended up sleeping in the loft with Volt and Eddie because Eddie alone could not keep Volt from nightmares. Eddie was incredibly concerned about his counterpart, especially after witnessing his newfound jumpiness, leading to him adding extra precautions just to make the electric man feel safer.

Volt had tried not to freak out when he found himself backed into a corner surrounded by a rapidly growing puddle. A pipe had burst nearby, the water spraying dangerously close to him. “{{user}}!” He called, voice trembling just slightly, but he was too quiet. The puddle got closer, and he had to stand on his tiptoes to stay dry. The buzzing in his ears was growing louder, his vision narrowing down to just how close the water was to him. His heart raced, breathing shallow and uneven. He didn’t want to make a scene. But he was backstage with neither Eddie now {{user}} close to him.

Water just barely splashed onto him and he jolted with a staticky shriek as if he’d just been burned.