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[open] we tried to bury it and rise above
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
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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
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[Ellie is sixteen years old and the most terrifying person that Taako knows, which is why he likes her.
But now that he doesn't need to worry about getting murdered, Taako is willing to just sit and chill and drink his mimosa, even if he's kinda wishing he took Rin's lead and went higher on the champagne to juice ratio.]
And hey, you should'a mentioned the merchant thing. I'm totally down to sell some shit, it's not like I'm adventuring a whole fucking lot.
[He still hasn't decided if that's a good thing or not.]
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Still, he seems to be genuinely at ease as Taako talks--it helps that there's almost nothing 'high elfy' about him at all, beyond the basic facts of his appearance. ]
Right. Well, I expect I might be in the market for whatever you've got.
[ He winks as he leans forward. ]
Show me some magic.
[ Items, that is. ]
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Ring of frost is kinda boring, just makes your drinks cold and gives you some resistance to frost damage. But uhhh, this is kinda neat.
[He pulls out a small rod, with a button on top. He sets it on the ground in front of him, rather than the table, and presses the button.]
Immovable rod, there's nothing that can make that sucker budge.
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Well.
[ He looks up and grins, because he is not the kind of man who looks at a golden arch and walks away from it -- ]
Who wouldn't want such a hard rod?
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Taako laughs, because there's nothing quite like a dick joke.]
It's just lucky you can turn it off, mornings tea with your grandma could get real awkward otherwise.
[Stop this.]
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He leans back on his haunches, raising an eyebrow. He's never had tea with any member of his family, awkward or otherwise, but he just plays along. ]
Not the most genteel breakfast topic, to be sure.
[ He can think of actual, practical uses, though--keeping a door forced open, for instance. Might be useful for exploring the ruins. He taps on it again, apparently a little fascinated by the button. Not many automated things in his world. ]
I'll keep this in mind. Got anything else?
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[It's like a repetition of his evening with Kravtiz; Taako just lays a whole bunch of stuff out on the table, then points them out one by one.]
Sheriff's badge, it's enchanted to make lying easier, if you're pretending to be an authority figure. Hole thrower, does what it says on the tin. Uh, trickster's glove that makes a mage hand invisible, good for a rogue, I don't use it a whole lot. Mockingbird gum, if you can't guess that one I'm gonna be disappointed. Cool bracelet that lets you communicate telepathically with anyone in a 300 foot radius. Salt that detects poison, andddd- [He grabs the cloak of the manta ray, which was thrown haphazardly over the back of a chair.] - This one adds a little protection when you're wearing it, and lets you breathe underwater.
[He has some cool stuff.]
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The badge he doesn't need; he's great at lying and at pretending to be an authority figure. Holes could be useful; he touches that one carefully. Glove, no, gum, no. Bracelet, maybe. Cloak, interesting. But ... ]
How much for the salt?
way to pick like the one thing that doesn't have a canon price!!!
It's just for his own peace of mind.
And the thing is, after remembering everything, one fucking asshole betraying him seems so small. Taako wasted years of his life after Glamorsprings, but in the face of losing Lup, of the goddamn apocalypse, it just feels stupid to keep caring.]
I got it as a kinda pack deal, so there's no exact price, but 150 gp sounds about fair. It doesn't taste like salt, either, it's almost like cummin? Adds a nice flavour.
[As a little perk.]
GOMEN ...
Done and done.
[ He prefers savory, spicy food, too, so that is a bonus. He fishes a handful of platinum pieces out of his bag, then plunks them down on the table. It's a little more than Taako asked for, by about fifty gold, but he wants to appear carelessly generous. ]
I assume this currency's familiar to you?
so rude
It also feels a little like a trap, when Rin offers more money than he'd asked for, and Taako can't help but arch an eyebrow rather than just accept it.]
I would've thought merchants were good at currency conversion.
T_T
Merchants are good at knowing what things are worth.
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[He doesn't think they need to shake on it, so he just gestures at the salt shaker for Rin to take. Taako will miss it, but... it's not the end of the world.]
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Pleasure doing business with you.
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Didn't you say you had something cool, too?
[He likes cool magic shit.]
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[ He might've hoped to slide out of this visit without actually showing Taako anything, but he has enough meager honor in him not to back out now. He takes an onyx figurine from some hidden depth in his tunic; it's well-polished, shiny, and carved in the shape of a dog.
He throws the figurine, then calls: "Who let the dogs out?!"
As the figurine falls, it transforms into an actual dog--an extremely fluffy Tibetan mastiff, with black fur like a lion's mane.
The dog whimpers, as though it heard the summons and didn't much appreciate the phrasing.
To Taako, Rin says: ]
His name's Brantz.
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Hello, Brantz. [Look at him, being polite, though he doesn't reach out to touch the dog. He has no problem with them, but he does have a little self control.] That's a pretty neat trick, some kinda transmutation?
[It could be a handful of spells woven together, but turning flesh to stone is at least one he's familiar with.]
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Hmm, I couldn't say. I found [ stole ] the little statue while visiting a particular town once, and it took me weeks to even learn that the thing was magical.
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Lemme guess, you accidentally said the triggering phrase and ended up with a full sized dog somewhere it shouldn't have been?
[Or maybe that's just him that stupid magical shit happens to.]
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[ He rubs the back of Brantz's neck. The dog's happy, but clearly a little restless--he's an enormous animal, built for protection, built for combat. He's not really meant to be summoned for show, or even just for simple affection. But even magical fighting dogs need love, right? ]
I was in some dilapidated ruin, following up a lead on a few other artifacts. Business prospects, you understand. As luck would have it, the place used to belong to some kind of necromancing butcher--all kinds of horrors in there. Headless bats. Bats with human heads. A whole kennel of plague hounds. I was terrified, of course. This guy is the only reason I made it out alive.
[ It's not entirely a lie. ]
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[Business prospects, but Taako's smile is a little sharp, like maybe he suspects there's a bit more there going on that what Rin says. Not that he's one to judge.]
Pretty lucky you had him, it'd be a shame if you'd been eaten by a bat with a human head, for sure.
[yikes]
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Not what I want on my gravestone, in any case. 'Eaten by a bat with man teeth'. Inglorious.
[ He sighs with relief. ]
Anyway, this big fella is all I've got. I usually sell whatever I pick up, but I just couldn't resist a dog.
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[By which he means, he and Lup have a running joke about what they'll put on each other's, if one dies first.]
At least you won't light up like a fucking Candlenights bush if I ever cast detect magic.
[Unlike THB. It's ridiculous.]