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Who: Taako and all you good good boys (with a starter for Lup)
Where: The magic study room thingy, the kitchen, wherever Lup takes Taako,
When: The week of October 23rd
Rating: PG???
Summary: Taako fucks around with some magic, experiments with kitchen appliances, and Lup forces Taako to spend quality time with her.
The Story:

A | The Magic Study Room | Open

So he hasn't exactly been earning like, tons of EXP or whatever lately, but he can still practice his magic like, the normal boring way. Which admittedly is pretty much the ideal way to do it, given how often he almost dies or definitely makes other people die when he goes adventuring. Still, doing awesome magic shit when nobody's around to see it feels like a waste.

Which is why it's a good thing there's this magic study room for him to just casually do awesome magic shit in in the hopes that somebody comes by and sees him being totally baller. Like right now? He's just repeatedly shrinking and expanding the same vase over and over again. One second it's teeny tiny! The next it's taller than him! It's! So impressive!

Or it might be to anybody walking in. But if Taako's vague waving of the Umbra Staff is any indication, it's boring the shit out of him...

B | The Kitchen | Open

Now this is actually interesting. Taako hasn't gotten a chance to cook much since he found out he's not a mass food murderer, and he'd sort of forgotten in the intervening years since that bullshit happened that like. He really likes it? Like it's a fucking blast, with or without magic, and right now he's not even bothering with spells. There's too much normal non-arcane shit to fuck around with.

"What even is this thing?" Taako's got a pile of appliances and foodstuffs surrounding him on the counters, but for right now he's got his eyes on this...pitcher? With blades in it? Like, what's the point of them? Maybe they mo--

"Hachi machi!" Yeah, those are definitely blades and he is bleeding. Damn. So they're definitely not just for show. That's one theory crossed off the list, anyway.

Taako sticks his bleeding finger in his mouth and starts shaking the pitcher, trying to get the blades to spin that way.

C | Taako's Room | Closed to Lup

As much as the Taako who is living his truth is the Taako who actively avoids danger and complications, Taako is not an anxious guy. He's a guy with a penchant for denial and definitely has his problems to deny, sure, but he's not anxious about them because he's just that good at the denial thing. And when you've literally got no real way to think about something properly thanks to a fucking fish eating your memories or whatever the hell is going on, you'd think you could just go on pretending nothing is wrong forever.

But Nope. This Thing that is Wrong has a name apparently and she just made a date with him. And even Taako recognizes that this is probably a Thing that will become Less Wrong if he addresses it. But that doesn't mean he has to be pleasant about it.

So when she knocks at his door, he opens it. But he already looks kind of miserable.

"Alright. We're hanging. The hanging has begun and we are doing it." Maybe that's enough and he can just...close...the door...

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Magnus has taken to wandering the mansion when he has some spare time, trying to learn the layout better for future reference (both for when he needs to know where to go in a hurry and so he doesn't keep getting horrifically lost and having to call Taako or Angus to come find him).

So that what Magnus finds himself doing now. This time his wandering takes him past the kitchen at the exact moment that Taako yells out. Magnus pokes his head into the door and finds the elf shaking...some kitchen-y thing he's never seen before.

"You doin' okay in here Taako?"

Taako's not thrilled about getting caught like this, but it could be worse. At least Magnus has seen him fuck up and get injured before. Except it's usually in life-or-death situations, and this is more like he walked into a door.

He slaps on a dopey grin and holds up the pitcher, waggling it.

"This asshole bit me, but it's fine. I mean, if I use my blood as an ingredient it stops being a cocktail and starts being dark magicks, but honestly if you're getting the right kinda blasted, who knows the difference, am I right?"

He puts the pitcher down and grabs a towel, putting pressure on the cut. It's already starting to clot, thankfully. Peering out from under the brim of his hat at Magnus, he asks, "You hungry, bro?"

The Trés Horny Boys have all seen each other in various states of embarrassment, from both a battle and from doing stupid shit, that Magnus doesn't really care much past making sure Taako didn't accidentally chop off a finger.

"I probably wouldn't be able to tell the difference either way."

The things that Magnus will put into his body is truly astounding. Magnus certainly won't be forgetting the boy tube incident with the Philosopher's Stone any time soon (and really...it sounded like such a good idea in his head at the time).

"I'm pretty much always hungry! Whatcha making?"

"I have no clue. Let's grab some shit and put it together!"

He points Magnus to the cupboards, and he goes for the fridge. He's not looking for anything in particular, which so far has meant he gets whatever random shit Wonderland decides for him. This time he nets a stalk of celery, two kiwifruit, and a string of some strong-smelling sausage. He sets these on the counter and turns back to Magnus.

"What'd you get?"

"Grabbing random shit is one of the things I do best!"

Magnus makes a beeline for the cupboards and, true to his word, grabs the first three things in sight. He turns back toward Taako with his arms filled with a few cucumbers, a large block of swiss cheese, and some lima beans. Magnus looks down at his ingredients and then back toward Taako with a smile.

"Sooooo any of this gonna work?"

Taako looks it all over. Taps his finger to his nose. Clicks his tongue.

"Well. Everything can be stew." He's always believed that. But he's not so sure what the fruit's gonna do. Dessert, maybe?

He picks up a knife and gestures at Magnus. "You know how to cut veggies?"

Honestly he'd be surprised if Magnus managed to fuck that up.

"If you say so."

Magnus certainly doesn't know much about making stews, but he believes in Taako's ability to make anything edible. So he'll roll with it.

"I think I can figure it out. If I can cut a boy in half, I think I can cut some veggies."

Magnus still has 9 fingers to possibly chop off, so don't get too ahead of yourself Taako.

"Then I'll get started on the broth."

Taako sorts the ingredients and sets Magnus up with his tasks. As Magnus takes up the knife, Taako's eyes are drawn to the nub where Magnus' finger used to be.

"You, uh. How're you adjusting to that?" Taako nods at Magnus's hand, his own busy with getting a pot and filling it with water.

"Oh, this thing?"

He lifts his hand in the air and gives his remaining fingers a little shake before setting it back on the vegetable. He picks up the knife and begins to cut the food into smaller, not entirely even (but close!) chunks.

"I'm getting used to it. Thankfully it doesn't throw my fighting off much, so I sometimes forget I'm missing it. Honestly, not the worst thing I sacrificed, so I think I can live with dropping shit more often with my left hand from now on."

Taako nods, his expression distant. He's not exactly precious about, well, most things, so he's not actually that concerned about a pinky. But the fact that they sacrificed shit and still got stuck in a place like this just pisses him off.

"You know, I don't think I'm clear on our, like, time difference. Are you from further along than the weird dating game thing?"

"The dating game was a few rooms ago for me. After that we did some more wheel stuff. I don't know if you wanna get spoiled for what you sacrificed, but I gave up some more hit points, got some bad luck, and...I know I lost some memory but I don't know what."

Magnus stops chopping for a second as his brain tries in vain to recall that thing that he can't remember. A few seconds pass before Magnus sighs and goes about cutting again.

"At least that memory I chose to give up. Anyway, we did a boss rush thing against a bunch of dummies that looked like people we already killed. The Red Robe that I'd been seeing since you gave me the true vision thing helped us escape and we made it to what the elves called the end of the game."

"We walked down a fancy catwalk while the liches told us that we'd won and all that shit, which I did not believe for a second. Anyway, they were explaining their dumb tragic backstory when they brought up my bad luck. Next thing I was flat on my ass in some hallway in this Wonderland."

Taako takes in what Magnus is saying before redirecting his focus to transforming the water in the pot into broth. Once he's done that, he gets it going on the stove and turns to watch Magnus chop veggies.

"So you're further than me, but not as far as Angus, I think?"

He crosses his arms and leans against the counter. Does he want to get into this? Ugh, he has to eventually, right?

"Soooo. You don't remember that Lup girl either, then? She didn't, I don't know, show up and become really important in those couple hours you got?"

"Sounds like it. I wish I'd gotten to the point myself, but I guess it's good to know that we do make it out of that hellhole in one piece. Relatively speaking, I guess."

Magnus finishes cutting the first cucumber, nearly slicing a chunk of his knuckle off as he neared the end. He pushes the cut pile to the side before starting on the next piece.

"No, before this place I'd never even met someone named Lup before, let alone an elf that looks exactly like you. All I get when I think too hard about it is static. Hell, half the shit she says comes out as static. I feel kinda bad, she seemed real bummed that I didn't know her."

"Yeah, the static..."

Taako starts tossing spices into the pot, stirring absentmindedly. Sometimes he thinks he could cook in his sleep.

"I mean, that means something, right? Like. It's probably to do with what you and the voidfish--"

Pause. He should probably mention that, huh?

"Oh yeah, I kind of walked around in your memories during an event once. That wasn't super cool. Anyway. The egg. Probably. Right? So there's another layer of static?"

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