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Taako ([personal profile] spellslots) wrote in [community profile] riverviewlogs2018-03-26 01:54 pm

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who: taako
what: monster fighting + general nonsense
when: late march
where: around!
warnings: violence for any flooding threads



on this week's episode of River Monsters ; ota

[It's been a while since Taako's really had to stretch his magic out; there was the stuff with the cult, sure, but that was a minor little mess and this is like, a bunch of river monsters. Totally different ballgame. If he's being honest with himself, this is something he kind of misses about being away from Fearun and out of the cycles. Because yeah, it's a lot safe not running around fighting random monsters or possessed arcanists or whatever, but blasting shit with spells is just a little bit fun.

There's been enough time since remembering Lup that he's stopped relying quite so heavily on fire spells, especially when he doubts fire will do much against crocodiles and lizards with thick skin. He relies on lightning and energy instead, a few necromantic spells to drain the life out of the creatures, with the occasional confusion spell thrown in, turning them on each other.

At one point, one of them moves a little quicker than anticipated while he's dealing with another, and suddenly Taako is knocked aside by a scaled tale, disappearing into the underbrush with a startled yelp followed by a roughly exhaled hachi machi.

But it’s okay! Because instead of his regular adventuring gear, he's got a sweet as hell superhero costume, courtesy of one Cisco Ramon, coolest person in the Quarantine. It's made from similar material as the Flash's costume, just in purples and blues instead of red and yellow (because really, red and yellow? Pick a better palette, Barry). There might have been some arguments over exactly how fancy it needed to be, versus actual functionality, but at the end of the day Taako trusted Cisco enough to give him most of the creative control. What really matters is that it means he can take a hit like that and only lose maybe 15 HP, allowing him to get right back up again.

Now he's gonna toss a fireball, just because he's kinda pissed.]


day to day ; pre-existing cr

out and about
[Taako is a social creature. He can handle being alone, sure, the ten years in Fearun made that abundantly clear, but that doesn't mean he likes it. It's much nicer to be surrounded by attention and affection in the form of friendship. And after the last few shitty months, he's aware that he hasn't exactly been present in other peoples' lives. Sampremi and the kigu party rectified some of that, but a one off catch up doesn't quite cut it. So he slips back into old habits eagerly, sending out texts to anyone who's company he's fond of. It's often as simple as an offer to join him for lunch/brunch/dinner/coffee, though occasionally he does tailor requests to someone's interests, a mention of a new store they might like, or a band playing he thinks they'd be into. After spending the last months feeling bitter and trapped in the Quarantine, he's reaching out and reconnecting in an attempt to remind himself that it's not all terrible.]

around the house
[For anyone who has the amazing privilege of being welcome at the IPRE (minus Lucretia) residence, Taako tends to flit in and out during the day and night, not really beholden to any particular schedule. He's pretty content with an even mix of getting out and being a homebody, though it tends to tip more towards the latter on days he has a lot of orders to get through for work. Spending several hours in the kitchen isn't much of a struggle for him, but it does mean that once he's done he'd prefer to just chill out watching a movie or listening to music, rather than going out.

There's enough to do around the house to keep himself occupied, especially considering the place is full up these days. If Merle or Davenport show up, they're gonna have to look at getting a bigger place.]

kievs: (61)

around the house

[personal profile] kievs 2018-03-27 02:36 am (UTC)(link)
(She'd been invited around by Taako to come collect her order, which she's more than happy to do because that means she gets to snoop around his place. How exactly does a wizard who can turn stuff into diamonds live?

Really really fucking well, turns out.)


Holy shit. (She has to stop in front of the house as she approaches just to take it all in, hands buried deep in her pockets. This is pretty swish. To be fair, if she made a lot of money she'd probably buy a big stupid house too, and fill it with lots of useless, ornate crap.

She marches on up to the door, and rings the bell three times.)
kievs: (31)

[personal profile] kievs 2018-03-27 11:03 pm (UTC)(link)
(Alyssa flips him the bird in response. She's also nice!)

Hey.

(She swipes her feet a bunch on the doormat but doesn't take her shoes off. It's just as fancy inside as it was on the outside, shit.)

This place is swank.
kievs: (5)

[personal profile] kievs 2018-03-28 02:40 am (UTC)(link)
(She shrugs, and kicks her shoes off untidily by the door. Doesn't bother her.)

How many people d'you live with?
millenials: (☼)

around the house-ish

[personal profile] millenials 2018-03-28 07:46 pm (UTC)(link)
[ dani loves it when random meetings in bars or clubs turn into something more, something lasting. she's found that the women's toilets are actually a great place to meet new female friends. that's not quite what happened with taako, but, well. there's a great shot of her with artful glitter on her arms and chest on her newly minted instagram profile and there's one of the two of them and if that isn't the start of a beautiful friendship, dani doesn't know.

they've agreed to meet up to go shopping, but somehow, the conversation had turned and now he's cooking instead and she's bringing some stuff from the boutique over for the two of them to try on instead. ]


Hey. [ she leans in easily when he opens the door, moving into his space to slide her lips against his cheek -- but because she's wearing immaculate lipstick, she doesn't actually touch his cheek. air kisses are a go. ]
tanker: (Proudstar036)

macarons time

[personal profile] tanker 2018-04-01 11:58 am (UTC)(link)
[ As discussed earlier in the day, John shows up at Taako's house after his shift. He's not even gone home first - he's between two at the moment anyway, so it felt easier to go straight to Taako's. (Fact is, if he goes back to the new apartment and Clarice is there, he won't leave again.)

He's still in his fatigues, and it's been a long day, but not a bad one. Especially since he knows there's the promise of food in his very near future, and not just any kind, either. He's smiling as he rings the doorbell, as excited about it as a kid about to get a sugar high. ]
millenials: (☀︎)

[personal profile] millenials 2018-04-01 07:48 pm (UTC)(link)
[ dani is equally delighted to have met taako. there's something to be said for people who appreciate posing for instagram shots, drinking and dancing and having a good time the same way she does. fashion, too.

and now he's willing to make food for her, too. that's pretty much friendship jackpot right there. it's not that dani can't feed herself, but. well, take-out is expensive on her current salary. she'd never really had to do the math before and see how much she'd have let at the end of the month.

okay, so maybe she can't really feed herself. ]


Humble? I don't believe that for a second.
bythehand: (finally guns that arent finn's job)

rolls up to river monsters late with starbucks

[personal profile] bythehand 2018-04-02 12:57 am (UTC)(link)
Hey!

[ Finn's spent a lot of monster duty feeling like this would be a weirdly ideal time to have a lightsaber, frankly. It would save so much trouble. What he's got to bring to the party, courtesy of the Perimeter Guard, are mostly gun-related and regular-blade-related. Which aren't awful, but they're sure not lightning. He's been trying to stick with teams that have one or two people who can fire off lightning or rip things in half with inhuman strength. It's how he ended up here, right now.

Taako can definitely handle himself, generally speaking.

But look. Weird purple body armor or no weird purple body armor (and obviously knowing it can't be argued that Cisco Ramon is one of the coolest people, if not perhaps the coolest person, in the Quarantine), there is something inherently One Fear about watching the guy get swatted into the underbrush by a big river lizard thing.

He doesn't make his own emotional rules. All he does is follow them. And while his rules say it's a relief that Taako bounces back and throws a fireball, they also say to make a strategic withdrawal closer to Taako's personal vicinity to check in. It's cool this is fine we all hang out and yell over monster-fighting soundtracks together. ]


You okay?
tanker: (JohnClarice030)

[personal profile] tanker 2018-04-02 02:01 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Might be for the best - John might startle at a cheek kiss. Casual affection doesn't really happen much to him, and usually it's a shoulder squeeze, maybe a hug, at best.

He's working on all that, though. That's something, learning how to be... 'normal', as much as he can be. Still, at Taako's gesture, John steps in, looking around with interest before he nods. ]


Been a long day. Lots of new arrivals recently. But really, I don't want to put you out - I'm sure you're busy.
kievs: (68)

[personal profile] kievs 2018-04-03 01:05 am (UTC)(link)
Cool.

(The kitchen's even more impressive. Alyssa immediately crosses to the pantry and opens the doors, having a look inside– until she notices his liquor cabinet. She's drawn to examining that immediately, even going as far to pluck a bottle out and hold it up to the light.)
rapsheet: (pic#12067406)

[personal profile] rapsheet 2018-04-03 06:09 am (UTC)(link)
[ Kravitz has been ready for a while, essentially - standing in front of the mirror, changing and changing his outfit in small ways, which is much easier to do when your clothes are technically part of you but no less frustrating. Worse, maybe, for having this much control over it. Still, by the time Taako appears he's about reached something he likes and is mostly just fussing with tiny design elements for something to do so that he doesn't go out of his mind with nerves.

Because he is definitely nervous. Trying not to be, but... he's never exactly been the suave, confident type when it comes to things like this. Their first date was an accident on his part. He'd expected it to be more of an argument than anything else, so he hadn't had this period of psyching himself out about it beforehand. They're not exactly starting from scratch, of course - but they may as well be, considering how long it's been for Taako, and the... unique circumstances.

It'll be okay, he keeps telling himself. It isn't as if they're total strangers.

He tries not to think about the part where that's exactly the problem.

The knock on the doorframe actually makes him jump a little, startled; though the advantage to that is that it serves to shake him out of his thoughts pretty quickly. ]


Ah - hello, love, I was just...

[ It's likely not exactly a first for Taako seeing someone lose their train of thought just looking at him, but here it is again, in case he's forgotten what that looks like. A lot of mushy poetic bullshit like every time I think I've seen you as beautiful as you can get, you one-up yourself again springs to mind - but Kravitz decides he'll spare him that much. Waxing lyrical isn't exactly first date stuff, after all. Even second. ]

You look amazing.
tanker: (JohnClarice101)

[personal profile] tanker 2018-04-03 09:16 am (UTC)(link)
[ John smiles, shrugging. ] The flirting wasn't that bad.

[ Under different circumstances, potentially, he would have been open to it. As is, though, John only noticed because it was so obvious. ]

Black, one sugar, thanks. I've been so used to terrible coffee it's been strange to be here and get to drink the good stuff for once.

[ The Underground is not renowned for its good coffee. Ask Clarice. ]

Oh, yeah. I've been assigned to the Orientation Unit. Funny, considering I still feel like I'm getting myself settled in.

[ They have not! ]
kievs: (34)

[personal profile] kievs 2018-04-03 12:36 pm (UTC)(link)
No such thing as too early.

(She's uncapping it but just to sniff!!! Just to have a sniff. Smells pretty fucking strong, actually. Woah.

Capping it and putting it back, she runs her fingers over the tops of the other bottles, reading labels.)


You have a lot of alcohol.

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