[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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[scholiast]

(She gives him a look that says yeah yeah, fully able to admit that she really fucked this one up.)

And yet. (She drops her hands down by her sides with a sigh.) Thanks for telling me, I suppose.

[spellslots]

I'm a shitty liar, when it counts.

[He can keep all the meaningless things secret, but when it comes to something important, he can't hide it.]

[scholiast]

You sure are.

(If he hadn't made the whole thing so transparent, maybe she wouldn't have been so tempted. But- she can't blame him for this. She wanted to know, and now she knows, for better or for worse.)

I... I think I'm going to go make a cup of something. Do you want anything?

[spellslots]

I'm good.

[He's the opposite of good.]

Can I like, go? I think I need to go.

[It's his place more than it's hers, but he doesn't really think about that, because he just wants to be anywhere but here.]

[scholiast]

(Again with the bad lies, huh.)

Of course.

(She wouldn't dream of trying to keep him for a moment longer.)

[spellslots]

[The mature thing to do would be to say something reassuring, then get up, go grab his stuff, and walk out the front door.

Taako does none of these things; all he does is pick up the umbra staff from where he set it aside, and disappears. He doesn't have any destination in mind, he just needs to be away from this mess.]