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riverviewlogs2017-03-22 09:24 am
spellslots) wrote in riverviewlogs2017-03-22 09:24 am
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who: Taako & whoever wants in on this
what: Fighting monsters in a tunnel basically counts as a dungeon crawl, right?
when: Late March
where: Those tunnels!!
warnings: Uh, violence, eldritch horrors maybe, he's got some weird spells
notes: If you wanna do something that doesn't involve fighting hmu at![[plurk.com profile]](https://plurk.com/favicon.ico)
batsecretary!!
[Regardless of who asks, Taako will maintain that he had a shitty cleric back home, but suddenly being without one at all is making him appreciate Merle way more than he ever did. Not having a team to rely on makes battle a lot more uncertain; there's no Magnus to take the brunt of the damage, no Merle to heal or buff them as needed, no helpful NPC to swoop in and save the day.
But a threat to the city means a threat to him, so he's signed up to help cull the creatures in the tunnels. He needs the experience, too, if he's going to level up and figure out a spell strong enough to get him home.
Really though he's just hoping that these creatures are easy enough to dispatch, and mostly he's right. Compared to some of the shit he's had to put up with, over-sized lizards aren't particularly scary, nor particularly threatening, though the amount of them is concerning. Luckily he has a lot of area of effect spells.
In the interest of not immediately running out of spell slots, he starts with low level spells and his single attack cantrip, which results in a lot of frozen creatures leaving a trail behind him, although a few of them have also been on the receiving end of a magic missile, leaving them just straight up dead.
Eventually he moves on to stronger shit: a large sphere of fire moves through the tunnels, directed by Taako, held still when he comes across any allies so that they can move around it, and he'll encourage people to stick with him, since he's used to fighting in groups. At some point, a little troupe of water elementals follow after him, attacking any of the creatures that get too close.
It starts to take it's toll, though, both the spellcasting and the attacks that the creatures manage to get in. His clothes are torn and bloody, and he leans a little more heavily on the Umbra Staff at some points, just needing to take a breather. Finally, he realizes it's worth spending two spell slots on fixing himself up, and waits until he comes across a large group of the lizards.
Sleep knocks them unconscious, and Taako kneels down in the middle of them, reaching out with a hand wreathed in shadow. When he touches the creatures, they awaken for a very brief struggle, before they just... die. Taako's wounds knit themselves back together, he sits up a little straighter, and moves on to the next one and the next one until they're all dead.
And then he gets back to work.]
what: Fighting monsters in a tunnel basically counts as a dungeon crawl, right?
when: Late March
where: Those tunnels!!
warnings: Uh, violence, eldritch horrors maybe, he's got some weird spells
notes: If you wanna do something that doesn't involve fighting hmu at
[Regardless of who asks, Taako will maintain that he had a shitty cleric back home, but suddenly being without one at all is making him appreciate Merle way more than he ever did. Not having a team to rely on makes battle a lot more uncertain; there's no Magnus to take the brunt of the damage, no Merle to heal or buff them as needed, no helpful NPC to swoop in and save the day.
But a threat to the city means a threat to him, so he's signed up to help cull the creatures in the tunnels. He needs the experience, too, if he's going to level up and figure out a spell strong enough to get him home.
Really though he's just hoping that these creatures are easy enough to dispatch, and mostly he's right. Compared to some of the shit he's had to put up with, over-sized lizards aren't particularly scary, nor particularly threatening, though the amount of them is concerning. Luckily he has a lot of area of effect spells.
In the interest of not immediately running out of spell slots, he starts with low level spells and his single attack cantrip, which results in a lot of frozen creatures leaving a trail behind him, although a few of them have also been on the receiving end of a magic missile, leaving them just straight up dead.
Eventually he moves on to stronger shit: a large sphere of fire moves through the tunnels, directed by Taako, held still when he comes across any allies so that they can move around it, and he'll encourage people to stick with him, since he's used to fighting in groups. At some point, a little troupe of water elementals follow after him, attacking any of the creatures that get too close.
It starts to take it's toll, though, both the spellcasting and the attacks that the creatures manage to get in. His clothes are torn and bloody, and he leans a little more heavily on the Umbra Staff at some points, just needing to take a breather. Finally, he realizes it's worth spending two spell slots on fixing himself up, and waits until he comes across a large group of the lizards.
Sleep knocks them unconscious, and Taako kneels down in the middle of them, reaching out with a hand wreathed in shadow. When he touches the creatures, they awaken for a very brief struggle, before they just... die. Taako's wounds knit themselves back together, he sits up a little straighter, and moves on to the next one and the next one until they're all dead.
And then he gets back to work.]
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It's not great, these guys make people wanna use 'em, so even someone who's actually a decent fucking person is gonna end up wrecking shit. And then dying. Usually.
[He says it easily, but... it still sucks, not saving Sloane and Hurley.]
So yeah, guess it's kinda important. Dunno what else I'd do, anyway.
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Wouldn’t an organization like that be secret, though?
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It's secret back home, but listen, no one here is gonna fucking get back to my universe and steal the already destroyed relics so I don't think my boss is gonna give a shit if I talk about work.
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[Even though the bracelet Taako is wearing hasn’t escaped Illya’s notice. He wonders if his collaboration with the organization isn’t exactly something he’s doing willingly.]
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[And then he shrugs.]
Worst case scenario I'll just murder 'em!
[So casual about murdering.]
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After a second his body tenses up visibly. But that’s the only sing that the idea makes him slightly uncomfortable. And yes, that makes him more uncomfortable than the idea of Taako murdering to protect a secret. What kind of spy would Illya be if he judged him for that? It’s not like he hasn’t done it more than once. Or twice.]
I don’t think I could live in a world with that… creature. I’d be second guessing what I hear and see all the time.
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[His memories of the war are fuzzy at best, but that's because he suspects there's a second voidfish involved and that it's taken more than just the memory of the relics, but it's not the sort of thing he's going to discuss with someone he just met.]
And you definitely know if you're hearing something that's been eaten by ol' fishy. Here...
[He casts minor illusion and uses it to let Illya hear, well, static, the same way a badly tuned radio would sound.]
So you know when something's up.
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It still makes him uneasy.]
You know when they hide something from you? Wouldn’t that make you more curious? I would want to know what they are hiding.
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Usually if someone's hearing about the relics and the Bureau they're either about to get dead or get hired, so like... it works out?
[If they've found out about a relic or had a run in with someone from the Bureau and survive it, they tend to get hired, so no one is left wondering for too long.]
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Your Bureau sounds a lot like my government.
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[Taako's Not A Fan of government's for no real reason other than he's chaotically aligned and also politics are confusing.]
We're like, the good guys though, just wanna stress that real quick. [Since:] Is your government the good guys?
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Most of the time, yes.
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[In his incredibly limited experience, but it's good that Illya seems to be happy enough with wherever he is.
Anything else he was going to say is cut off by the sound of screeching coming from down the tunnel, and Taako raises an eyebrow at Illya.]
Looks like we're about to get busy. You ready?
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[He cocks his gun. Time for chatter is over, it seems, since that didn't sound like a lonely monster. But he's glad he made... an acquaintance in this place.]