(open) i made a sucker's prayer

[scholiast]

who: lucretia & you
what: tdm prompt + catch-all
when: late march/early april
where: oot n aboot
warnings: warnings for violence re: monster fights

01 everybody was monster fightin' (ota)

(Lucretia has always fought better in pairs than alone.

Its to do with her defensive capabilities; she's extraordinarily good at buff magic, at covering those with more destructive power, keeping them safe as they dive in head first. She can at least hold her own when she needs to but it's trickier. It isn't as fun, either! She likes being in a team.

Regardless, she's grouping creatures together with lightning spells and the odd fireball, trying to keep an eye out for other fighters or innocents about to be caught in the line of fire, anybody who needs a hand or a quick shield. Her elemental magic isn't at the same level as her abjuration work; eventually she falls back, starts to conserve her higher level spell slots.

Anybody who has just found themselves in a sticky situation or just looks like they need an extra hand will suddenly find a neat shield of faith being cast about them.)

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[spellslots]

Oh, that shit was non-negotiable on my end, but I'm talking like making sure no one else gets caught up in it. There's a few abandoned places near the edge of the wall or uh, we could head back to where we found 'em in the first place, like we're looking for them there?

[To throw the cultists off the fact that Taako isn't under the influence of their spell anymore.]

[scholiast]

Oh, gotcha.

(thinking too many ugly thoughts about people hurting her friends lol)

I think the temple would be good; it's got that real, uh, how do you put it? Fuck off vibe to it. I doubt anybody would be there out of general curiousity at this point so...

If we loop around and get them back there they may come because they feel they have home advantage too.

[spellslots]

[Taako is with it enough to look faux taken aback at her cussing, but moves on without comment.]

Right, right, that all checks out. Should you like go invisible for the walk over, cause I can toss that shit on you easy as, so they don't spot you?

[scholiast]

(She appreciates that.)

Perfect; I'll ward you six ways from Sunday and together we should be more than enough for them.

[spellslots]

[Taako taps a finger on Lucretia's shoulder, casting invisibility on her so they can get to work.]

Hey, shit, you're moving out for good, right? You care if a put a hole in the wall? Make it look as if I couldn't find you and got real mad about it?

[If they're gonna sell this, he'll go all in.]

[scholiast]

(Oh– geez, it's happening right now. Okay. She'll text Beverly, let her know what's going on, and then come back later to get the rest of her boxes sorted. Taako is, naturally, top priority.)

Um, (she says distractedly, still looking at her phone.) Sure, that should be fine.

(she doesnt have a deposit, right???? so its whatever)

[spellslots]

Best news I've heard all day. Stay close.

[He doesn't want to waste too much time and risk the cultists realizing that he's no longer under their influence, so as soon as Lucretia gives permission, Taako casts a level three bunch of magic missiles at one of the out walls.

It blows out a small portion of it, not enough to do structural damage but enough that Taako can shove his way through the rumble back out onto the street. He looks left and right a few times, as if paranoid he's being followed, then takes off in the direction of the wall and the forest. It's going to be a boring walk, but he doesn't want to risk summoning Garyl or teleporting if it means losing the cultists.]

[scholiast]

(Wait what– oh, okay.

She startles at the explosion, looking up from her half-finished text and watching her wall slowly crumple under the force of the spell. I mean. Yeah, it probably doesn't... matter, not in the long run? It's not like she's coming back here. Glancing up at the wall she belatedly notices there's a single coffee mug stuck very firmly to the ceiling, right in the corner.

Down on the street, she follows Taako mostly in silence, her hands in her pockets, fiddling with her wand. She's trying to prepare herself for whatever they're going to find out there; though it can't be anything more than two desperate people, trying to get a third to join them. Surely they don't want to outright kill Taako, it's an awful lot of bother... but she shouldn't lower her guard either way.)