(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.)

Comments

for @dancingmd ♡

[scholiast]

(The unexpected flooding has forced Lucretia out of her apartment fairly swiftly; she'd had time to gather a few things (notably Junior's tank, which she has hoisted in both arms), but she's really hoping the water doesn't swell high enough to destroy her belongings. She's not a materialistic person at heart but the thought of losing all her books, her notes, her journals, paintings, supplies... that thought is making her very unhappy.

Currently she's taking herself to higher ground as requested, using mage hand to scoop the tank up into the air behind her so she can have her hands free. Obviously she can just go to Beverly's; she'll head there momentarily, but for now she can't remember if she's working today or not...

She sends a text.)

Can you call me when you get a moment? Not urgent

for @alldenim

[scholiast]

(It's great to not only have Barry back with them, but to be working with him, too? It's more soothing than Lucretia thought it would be to know they're sharing a workplace again. This is also a good way of keeping up with him; she often feels very isolated from the others. She knows she couldn't go back to living with all of them (and she wouldn't do that, not to Taako), but... it sucks.

At least she has this?

She knows he's been caught up with orientation and settling in but it's hard to wait, so it isn't long before she appears at his office door, rapping softly on the door frame with her knuckles. She wants to show him one of her personal projects because she knows he'll appreciate both the subject matter and the work.)

Hey, (she says, and jerks her head in a 'follow me' gesture.) You got twenty?

[trashvalkyrie]

[Since joining a team with Loki, Val's gotten used to fighting with magic users again; it's nice, knowing someone has her back, and she knows Lucretia enough by now to know she's not likely to backstab her or leave her for dead out here. Dragonfang makes the most beautiful sound Val has ever known as it sings through the air, slashing at their enemy—something huge and deformed that Val honestly doesn't have the words to describe.

She leans forward to aim another strike at the thing's ankles when she stumbles and falls. The beast sees its opportunity, but then there's that shield, and from all fours Val gasps for breath as it keeps her from being rather summarily gored.]

Shit. Thanks. Nice one.

time to join space jam's mon-stars

[bythehand]

[ As luck would have it, Finn's always been more of a team player than a solo runner himself. Nothing wrong with people who like to lone wolf it, objectively. It's just not his style. Better to have backup and company.

What he lacks in magic he's making up for with the power of guns... have. Like most Perimeter Guard members who don't come pre-loaded with powers. Bullets seem a lot messier than blasters, but at least they're effective. He's trying to fall back to reload without getting himself bitten in half when the shield appears.

Finn's first instinct is to cheer, only he figures he should make sure this isn't some next-level monster ziploc bag before doing that, for lack of a better term. So he kinda turns in Lucretia's general direction and gestures towards it with both hands while he's putting another cartridge into place. ]

Please tell me this is yours!

for @spellslots ♡

[scholiast]

(Now that the vast majority of the flooding has subsided, Lucretia's finally had time to go and pick through her apartment, rescue what she can. While the actual water levels hadn't risen high enough to threaten any actual flooding, the torrential rains have unfortunately done quite a lot of damage. There's been a substantial amount of leaking. One of her windows is smashed, glass littering her bedroom. It's an upsetting sight; Lucretia hadn't truly thought of this as her home, but all the same it had been hers.

Thankfully, she's able to save a lot of books. One of her journals is sodden, soaked half through and swollen with water damage but it isn't the first time she's lost one. It's frustrating, sure, but she's just glad it wasn't the one from cycle thirty-two she'd received from the maze. Notes about Riverview and the Quarantine can always be replicated.

The books go into one box. She's packing them in tight when something pings at her ward. She can't tell who it is because she hasn't recast them in a while and they're finally starting to falter, but she figures that it's Beverly. She had wanted to come and help Lucretia shift her things, after all.

She simply magics the front door unlocked so she can let herself in, and trails into her bedroom to start pulling the clothes out of her closet.)

for @causational

[scholiast]

(So: they're getting lunch together! Lucretia is... fine with this. She's realised she still has no idea what Cisco has and has not told Eddie about her and that's making her nervous. Arming herself with the silent decision to simply leave if he tries to bring that particular chestnut up helps to calm her down, though. She likes Cisco. She wants to like Eddie, too.

They meet at a place of Eddie's suggestion and Lucretia shows up early but that's fine. Simply means she can snag them a table and fuck around on the notepad function on her phone until he shows up. She's actually in the middle of sending Beverly a picture of her making a silly face when she notices Eddie at the forefront of the restaurant and gives him a little wave.)

Hey.