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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)
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[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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He doesn't know anything about spells and magic, nothing about healers, and so all of this could so easily be a lie and he has no way to know.]
Wasting spells?
[They're not unlimited?]
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[He's on edge and frustrated and kind of just wants to throw a tantrum, honestly, but he has to focus on the task at hand before he runs out of time.
Taako moves on to the next lizard. They haven't got a whole lot of HP, and he only heals by half compared to what he takes from them, so he needs to get as much done as he can.]
I can't just go shooting lightning out of my fingertips twenty four-seven.
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What he does do is move to one of the other not-yet-dead lizards and check it over to see how long it might remain out cold.]
Then you need to go back and rest, not do this.
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[It's kind of condescending to be told he needs to go rest, when he's dealt with a lot worse shit than this. What he's doing right now is being smart, expending a few spell slots to heal himself up so he can stay and help for a few more hours.
More importantly for the moment, though, is the fact that Bucky's approaching one of the creatures.]
You better be planning on killing that, they're gonna wake up pretty fucking soon.
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Call it repayment for the splint.
[A knife appears in his hand smoothly as if from nowhere, and the lizard is dead in another second or two.]
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[If they're talking repayment, although like...
nothx at the whole hobo aesthetic Bucky has going on.
That's probably a thought for another time, though, since the lizards are definitely starting to stir, now. Taako stands up, leveling his umbrella at them as a beam of blue-white light shoots out, killing one, then another, then a third.
There's two left, if Bucky wants to take care of those.]
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It's the lizards that get the brunt of his tension instead. The remaining two are dispatched completely silently and with an expert stab of the knife to each skull right through the eyesocket, leaving them all dead in a very short time.]
What the hell are you?
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[He feels like they've been over this by now, at least twice.
He hasn't even broken out a spell above level four yet, around Bucky, so the stuff he's doing really doesn't seem all that threatening to him. They're basic spells, shit that he learnt in his first six months with the Bureau.]
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[It's just as blunt in return.
He's not ashamed of being ignorant of things, he's spent a long time knowing that he's forgotten pretty much everything and that sort of thing drums any shame over ignorance away effectively. And what Taako's species is and what he can exactly do are definitely things that he's ignorant of.]
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He's kind of tired of having to explain this, but he'll give Bucky a bit more, maybe just because he doesn't want to get stabbed.]
I learn spells, and I cast 'em. There's no like... it's not inherent or whatever. I'm self-taught, this is all Taako, and I'm one of the good guys. So you can stop looking at me like I'm gonna cut your heart out and eat it or whatever the fuck it is you think wizards do!
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I don't know what wizards do, we don't have them where I'm from. The closest is an Asgardian who tried to take over the planet and killed a bunch of people.
[So forgive him if magic makes him a bit antsy.]
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[They don't have Asgardian gods, and logically he realizes that his frustration at not knowing something he's feeling is the same as what other people are feeling when he talks about magic but he's... lonely.
It's lonely, when no one understands the world he comes from. There are people that seem to follow similar rules, but it's not the same.]
You don't have to believe me if you don't want, I give no shits, but before this place decided to drag me in, I was trying to save the goddamn world, and actually doing a pretty fucking okay job of it, go figure!
[And now he's here, feeling useless and trapped and maybe that's really why he was so eager to come fight. He just wanted to throw magic at emotionless monsters until he felt better.]
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Maybe Taako was trying to save the world, maybe he is in the presence of another hero. He's certainly got enough blood on his hands that he has no right to be potentially taking Taako to task for his actions. He feels wrong-footed, sort of like an idiot, but he just nods shortly.]
You helped me before, didn't have to, I guess that means I'll believe you in return.
[For now, at least.]
Come on, I'll escort you out of here.
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[Maybe he should tone down the sarcasm now that Bucky has relented a little, but, well, Taako's an asshole sometimes.]
But I don't need to go back. I'm fine.
[As if to make a point, he waves a hand over himself and casts prestidigitation, cleaning off all the dried blood and dirt, to show that underneath it all he's faring pretty well, now that he's healed himself with the HP from those poor lizards.]
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Fine.
[He looks reluctant, but he steps forward to place himself at Taako's shoulder as if in a silent offer to fight with him until he is ready to go back.]
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Taako's eyebrows shoot up, because he kind of expected that fine to mean bye, since it seems like Bucky has made it pretty clear how he feels about Taako and his whole magic thing.]
Are we doing this?
[A team up or whatever.]
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I owe you.
[He might not have appreciated the help, or said thanks properly, but he wants to pay his debt for the use of his leg.]
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[It's an economy he's intimately familiar with; a favor given is something owed, but it's not particularly something he wants to perpetuate right now. If it was someone he was familiar with, someone he was comfortable with, it would be different, and he'd happily milk it for all it's worth.
But Bucky is going through some heavy shit, he's messed up, and that's not the kind of situation Taako wants to feel like he's taking advantage of.]
You wanna stick around, I'm not gonna send you packing, but don't do it 'cause you think you owe me.
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But he just nods, not making any move to leave.
He'll do this because he owes him, but he can pretend it's for other reasons if it makes Taako more comfortable.]
James.
[Not 'my man' not any of the other weird terms of endearment he seems to keep coming out with. James doesn't sound right, but it's easier to bear than Bucky.]
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Taako.
[If they're trading names, although Taako knows he's not exactly hard to figure out, considering he's been on the network pretty vocally and assumes that everyone has access to it. But it's the gesture that matters.
And then he starts walking.]
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Maybe it's a fake name.
He doesn't bother to question it, though, just following on just a half step behind. He is still wearing the splint under his clothes, but it's nearly impossible to tell as he makes a concerted effort not to favour one leg over the other.]
Why did you come down here?
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[There's a little more to it than that, he does want to help, he just isn't going to admit that there's even a tiny bone of selflessness in him, since that sort of thing is too easy to exploit.]
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[Meaning, he's not buying it as the only answer. He's trying to get a read on if Taako just enjoys fighting, or if he's a hero-type.]
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[It's still not an entirely straight answer, but it's almost an admission that he feels responsible to help when he has something that can help.
Taako shrugs.]
Anyway, gotta keep practicing if I plan to get less shit at this.
[He figures saying "more powerful" might not be what Bucky wants to hear, even if that's what he's going for.]
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Most people can't fight like me either.
[Which is why he's also down here doing his thing to help out.]
Come on, stick close.
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