spellslots: DNT (all I ever wanted was the world)
Taako ([personal profile] spellslots) wrote in [community profile] riverviewlogs2017-03-22 09:24 am

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who: Taako & whoever wants in on this
what: Fighting monsters in a tunnel basically counts as a dungeon crawl, right?
when: Late March
where: Those tunnels!!
warnings: Uh, violence, eldritch horrors maybe, he's got some weird spells
notes: If you wanna do something that doesn't involve fighting hmu at [plurk.com profile] batsecretary!!


[Regardless of who asks, Taako will maintain that he had a shitty cleric back home, but suddenly being without one at all is making him appreciate Merle way more than he ever did. Not having a team to rely on makes battle a lot more uncertain; there's no Magnus to take the brunt of the damage, no Merle to heal or buff them as needed, no helpful NPC to swoop in and save the day.

But a threat to the city means a threat to him, so he's signed up to help cull the creatures in the tunnels. He needs the experience, too, if he's going to level up and figure out a spell strong enough to get him home.

Really though he's just hoping that these creatures are easy enough to dispatch, and mostly he's right. Compared to some of the shit he's had to put up with, over-sized lizards aren't particularly scary, nor particularly threatening, though the amount of them is concerning. Luckily he has a lot of area of effect spells.

In the interest of not immediately running out of spell slots, he starts with low level spells and his single attack cantrip, which results in a lot of frozen creatures leaving a trail behind him, although a few of them have also been on the receiving end of a magic missile, leaving them just straight up dead.

Eventually he moves on to stronger shit: a large sphere of fire moves through the tunnels, directed by Taako, held still when he comes across any allies so that they can move around it, and he'll encourage people to stick with him, since he's used to fighting in groups. At some point, a little troupe of water elementals follow after him, attacking any of the creatures that get too close.

It starts to take it's toll, though, both the spellcasting and the attacks that the creatures manage to get in. His clothes are torn and bloody, and he leans a little more heavily on the Umbra Staff at some points, just needing to take a breather. Finally, he realizes it's worth spending two spell slots on fixing himself up, and waits until he comes across a large group of the lizards.

Sleep knocks them unconscious, and Taako kneels down in the middle of them, reaching out with a hand wreathed in shadow. When he touches the creatures, they awaken for a very brief struggle, before they just... die. Taako's wounds knit themselves back together, he sits up a little straighter, and moves on to the next one and the next one until they're all dead.

And then he gets back to work.]

nikolaievich: (What if you fell in love with me?)

[personal profile] nikolaievich 2017-04-04 08:23 pm (UTC)(link)
[Illya actually frowns and looks rather offended at that, because trust Illya to take the teasing judgement of a stranger personally.]

I am smart. [And he proves it by actually listening to the advice even though he would rather not hide behind anyone, at all. He doesn’t know this kind of magic so in this case it’s better to stay behind and learn.]

Impress me. Or try, at least.
nikolaievich: (Could we be happy)

[personal profile] nikolaievich 2017-04-05 08:22 pm (UTC)(link)
[That’s rather impressive. It may be a level 3 spell but to Illya is still the first show of actual magic he’s ever seen. And it’s quite effective, he can smell the fried lizards all the way from over there. It only took a few seconds, too, and it looks like it didn’t take much effort. All in all, the self-proclaimed hard to impress Russian can admit that was rather impressive.

At least to himself, because no way he’s going to say it out loud.]


Not as spectacular as I hoped. [He says after a second or two to make sure his voice is under control and betrays no emotion.]
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[personal profile] nikolaievich 2017-04-08 11:29 am (UTC)(link)
[Illya glances at the frozen lizard with raised eyebrow. So the magic can work with both extremes. It’s kind of unnerving to know Taako could use either fire or ice against him and he would probably not be able to do much in return. Like every time he’s faced with a new weapon he has the urge to know as much as possible as he can about it.

But in this case the weapon is… not exactly tangible.]


You will definitely need to use more than elemental forces to impress me, yes. [He looks back at him, then down at the staff.] Does the magic come from you, or that?
nikolaievich: (You are my obsession though)

[personal profile] nikolaievich 2017-04-08 08:41 pm (UTC)(link)
No need. [He can kind of tell he's joking. ...Kind of? He honestly isn't sure, but since he doesn't see any tentacles around he assumes it was a tease. Or a warning. So he makes a mental note, just in case. He doesn't quite know where the line is so he will err on the side of caution even if it makes him look gullible.]

So, exploding. You sound like you are talking from experience. Has it happened before?
nikolaievich: (What if you fell in love with me?)

[personal profile] nikolaievich 2017-04-13 05:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Heard it happen. [Takes someone full of shit to recognize one, so Illya definitely raises an eyebrow at the quick affirmation. But he’s here to get to know people (while shooting some monster-things, apparently) so he simply catalogues it in his head just like everything else.]

If you heard of it happen then it means magic is not uncommon where you’re from?
nikolaievich: (Could we be happy)

[personal profile] nikolaievich 2017-04-14 04:09 pm (UTC)(link)
[Illya frowns. Taako has already shown off his magic a little bit so when he sees, as he keeps on walking, another lizard-like monster coming their way he doesn’t bother warning him. He just shoots it with his gun and calls it a day.]

Magic does not exist in my world. So it is uncommon in some places.
nikolaievich: (What if I fell in love with you)

[personal profile] nikolaievich 2017-04-16 06:14 pm (UTC)(link)
[Illya notices the twitch and makes a mental note, but decides not to comment on it.]

Earth, yes. Russia in particular. [‘Earth’ seems kind of broad to him.]
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[personal profile] nikolaievich 2017-04-19 08:01 am (UTC)(link)
[He toys with the idea of explaining Russia is more than either. But if Taako hadn't even heard of Russia before he doesn’t think it’s time for a show of patriotism.]

Country. [He settles for that in the end.] Do you not come from the same world I do, then? Because magical aliens would be a new one.
nikolaievich: (We're lonely)

[personal profile] nikolaievich 2017-04-20 09:58 am (UTC)(link)
[He's not so sure what he thinks about his accent being complimented, but Taako doesn't seem to be joking so he lets it go.]

It could be, I have not heard of either name. What do you have, apart from humans?
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[personal profile] nikolaievich 2017-04-21 07:12 am (UTC)(link)
[He wasn’t exactly surprised at Taako’s magic right now, not now that he’s seen it in action. He knows what to expect. But that doesn’t mean he isn’t startled by the suddenness of it, as much as he tries not to show it. He figures this is how this battle is going to be: showing off each other, trying not to be left behind. That’s fine, he can dig that kind of competition.]

I only know what half of those mean. [He frowns at he glances at the magician.] Are you human?

[The walking manifestation of tact, this one.]
nikolaievich: (We're lonely)

[personal profile] nikolaievich 2017-04-21 06:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[He knows he's being teased, but he finds it hard to focus on that now that he's found he's talking to an actual elf. The signs were there- not elf, specifically, but something other than human no matter how... humanoid.]

My apologies. It's the first time I have met anyone who isn't human. I don't know protocol.
nikolaievich: (What if you fell in love with me?)

[personal profile] nikolaievich 2017-04-22 08:50 pm (UTC)(link)
[Illya, who has his own personal set of landmines that people always seem to be stepping on can understand that completely. He’s also not exactly good at socializing, in general so he was honestly asking to avoid making any future conversations more awkward than what needed to be.]

No questions. I like finding things out myself, no trusting others. [He shrugs. It’s not personal, he just knows people will only tell you what they want you to hear. Truth is usually close, but not quite. And the questions where Taako could be cut and dry answers are probably kind of rude.]

Though I would like to know if there are more of your world in this place.

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