[open] we tried to bury it and rise above

[spellslots]

who: taako/taaquito and you
what: catch-all + an open prompt for AU shenanigans
when: latter half of June
where: all around!!
warnings: violence/threats of sexual violence in the thread with smokedout

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[spellslots]

[His initial thought is "sixty" because she looks fairly old, but her grin makes him suspect that his initial guess is going to be very wrong, he's just not sure whether to go up or down.

It takes him a good minute of thinking before he decides on:] A hundred.

[That's a nice round number.]

[scholiast]

Almost.

(It's a pretty good guess. For a moment she takes the time to add everything up.) One hundred and... forty. (Oops, Wonderland. That was a thing that happened.) Sorry– sixty, ish.

Pretty good for a human, huh.

[spellslots]

How come you're not dead?

[That's a very rude question but look, humans are like little babies, they die so soon.]

[scholiast]

I'm a very, very powerful wizard.

(WINK.)

[spellslots]

[He accepts that answer pretty readily, since being a very powerful wizard sounds like the kind of thing that would extend someone's life.]

What kind of magic can you do? Do you have a school? What's your favourite spell?

[His second favourite topic to discuss is magic.]

[scholiast]

(Thank God, because she is not about to get into the IPRE mission shit with him.)

I favour defensive magic- my school is abjuration. But I can shoot a couple fireballs too, if the situation calls for it.

(His interest is so, so endearing.) My favourite spell is prismatic sphere. Do you know any magic?

[spellslots]

[He makes a face, groaning slightly.]

Defensive magic is so booooring, nothing even blows up.

[Why is he like this.]

Can you show me a fireball instead?

[And he doesn't answer her question, not because he doesn't want to tell her, but he just got distracted by the rest of what she said.]

[scholiast]

Sometimes if you deflect something explosions happen.

(But aside from that, he's pretty correct in his assumption.

Anyway, fireball is a spell with a twenty-foot radius, so that would be.............. bad.)

Sure, but perhaps outside of the market place yeah?

[spellslots]

[He groans, a little petulant and childish, but:]

Let's go then! I wanna see a fireball.

[Most wizards aren't just willing to burn spell slots willy-nilly.]

[scholiast]

(Honestly, she's as keen to go muck around with spells as he is, because she knows she can cast from a higher level now. Imagine the fireball that will come out of that.)

Alright, alright.

We can always come back to eat later, I suppose.

[spellslots]

[Food is great and all, but magic is cooler.]

Magic first, then food!

[Adults in this place are great.]

I wanna see a fireball.

[scholiast]

(Oh my God how could she deny him anything; it's so good to see him happy like this. She starts to lead the way out of the market place, towards a wide open, park-like space she knows isn't far away.)

Good, because I want to cast the biggest fireball that I can. Sound good?

[spellslots]

[Now that he's determined her motives aren't like, horrible, Taako is pretty happy to follow Lucretia wherever she wants to go.]

Uh, yes! That sounds sweet as!

[If only Lup was around :( ]

'sweet as' bless you

[scholiast]

(Stop it :( she's here in spirit?

They come across the field she'd had in mind only ten minutes later, and Lucretia steps ahead of Taako, pushing her sleeves up her arms and drawing her wand from her pocket. Funnily enough, it's one that she'd borrowed from Taako in the first place.)

Ready?

look......

[spellslots]

[Taako is practically bouncing with excitement, and when Lucretia asks if he's ready he nods quickly, stopping where he is to watch.]

Yes, I'm ready! Go go go!

[pls]

[scholiast]

Alright!

(She laughs, and decides she's going to cast it from an eighth level spell slot, just to see what happens: the fireball that arcs from the tip of her wand and shoots high up into the sky explodes with much fanfare, and noise. Lucretia had been careful to aim it as high as possible and angled away, but even from here she can feel the heat coming off of it.

It's an absolutely ridiculous display of power, but she's smiling so hard her face hurts. Without looking away from the sky, she calls to Taako.)

How about that?

[spellslots]

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuck.

[Give him a second, he's just staring in wide eyed wonder at the little licks of flame still curling in the air after that ridiculously insane display.]

[scholiast]

(She laughs and turns to face him, stowing her wand away securely, clearly just as excited about that as he is.)

Not bad. I've never cast it from that high a level before.

[spellslots]

That was amazing. Have you ever been a wizard fight before?

[Has his new friend ever killed a thug? Inquiring minds.]

[scholiast]

A few times.

(Does Lup and Taako throwing spells at her to help her with her shields count? Sort of. Oh Gods, she should really be trying to set a better example.)

Wizard fights aren't– they're not good, though, Taako. You shouldn't get into them.

[spellslots]

I know that, I'm not stupid.

[Getting into fights is dangerous, he mostly spends his time hauling Lup away from them.]

But they're cool to watch!

[scholiast]

That's true. Have you seen a lot?

(She doesn't know a lot about Taako as a child, she realises. He and Lup are tight-lipped about their past, but Lucretia isn't sure if that's because they don't want to talk about it or just because they don't think it's important to talk about.)

[spellslots]

I saw one once, but grandpa used to tell me stories sometimes.

[About adventurers and wizards and all that cool shit.]

[scholiast]

Oh, sure.

You know, when you grow-up you'll be able to cast spells like this.

(Uh oh, is she supposed to tell him things like that? Oh well. Too late now.)

[spellslots]

[And with that one sentence, Lucretia just blew tiny Taako's mind.

He's in heaven, almost, because there's one quick clarification he needs to make.]

Can Lup do it too?