[ He slows down once the signal in his head gets loud enough - stopping out of the blue and simply staring at the pod she's supposed to be in for a few seconds. It's kind the last moment of (slightly comforting) uncertainty he has - at this point it's obvious she's in there, but actually having to confirm it with his eyeballs suddenly seems like a hard task.
Also he can't think of anything to put on her banner at all. It's gotta be good though, doesn't it, or he'll never live it down. "Gone Leavin' - Taako and Magnus."
He only glances back briefly to check if Magnus is still there and able to judge him, which he obviously is, before breaking down and just jogging over to the pod to press his face to glass. It's not very chill or graceful, but no one here is gonna say shit to him about that - mostly because the person who would give him shit about being unchill about it is, yup, in that tank and taking a hardcore superfreeze powernap. They really are generous with the new bodies here, aren't they. Anyway, time to figure out what the first thing you say to your un-undead sister, when she isn't even awake to zing you back. ]
Hey, dingdong, wakey wakey, eggs and bakey!
[Oh that's bad. Is he trying to annoy her awake. It might work. He pauses like something might happen . . . and nothing does.]
[He's here but he's not able to judge him, no. Just following after, a little awkward, because he doesn't know this person. He also has to peer in around Taako's head, so he can only get a glimpse of what she looks like. But he needs to do something, so he just starts speaking in a loud obvious voice.]
Come on, Taako, let's bail. We're going to go hang out with the cool people who didn't get frozen.
[Softly stomping his feet to make walking away sounds.]
[ Well, she looks pretty darn similar to Taako, so nothing he hasn't seen before really. Magnus' insanely stupid plan is extremely bad, but. You know what. Stomping his feet too, fuck it. Waiting on tenterhooks to see if that very good idea worked.]
Yeah, we're gonna go crash Barry Bluejeans friggin' rager of a party without frozen losers!
[Leaning back in to check. It clearly did not. I mean, obviously, but it was worth a shot. Fuck this. Pressing a hand to the front of the pod and mumbling some magic mumbo-jumbo, resulting in a LOUD knocking sound, and then . . . Nothing. He's clearly frustrated by this failure, stepping back to level the umbrella at the pod door instead, and preparing another spell, since trying the same thing over and over is bound to be a smart plan.]
I know what I'm doing, I have magicked my way around way worse shit than this.
[Shrugging him off, trying another Knock, which, yet again fails. He makes a clearly frustrated noise - not sure whether it's his own magic failing because he's rushing it or something is (pretty obviously) blocking him, firing off Magic Missile instead. All three of the projectiles bounce right off the pods and . . . directly back at the boys. Roll to dodge?]
[Yikes. Fortunately, he carries his shield with him everywhere like a sensible person, so he holds it up against the magic missiles while shoulder-tackling into Taako to knock them both out of the way. Fortunately they're a level one spell, so they don't pierce his armor class even when he's shirtless.]
[ Honestly the magic missile might have hurt less than getting shoulder tackled, but it worked - off they go bouncing down the hallway to . . . wherever. Not their problem anymore and hopefully they fizzle out eventually. That babyfit didn't make him feel any better and he wasted three spell slots on it, but at least he seems to have it out of his system for the moment. Maybe. He is still gripping that umbrella pretty hard. ]
. . . Barriered up pretty good.
[ Apparently that's all he's got to say on the matter. ]
[Pulling him back upright and dusting him off a little. Not that he got dusty, he just - feels bad. He hasn't ever seen Taako like this before. It completely fucking sucks. He's silent for a moment while he decides what to say.]
We'll get her out of there, though. I don't know anything about her, but I just, I can tell you care about her, and that means that it's going to work out. I'm not even trying to stay posi, it's just definitely going to happen like that. I mean, I once saw you project yourself out of your body to drag me back from death? So I'm pretty sure you've got it. And if she's anything like you, she'll also be doing some insane magic despite being frozen to meet you halfway?
[Okay, well, the big hero anime speech was stupid, Magnus, god, but it does . . . actually make him feel a little better. Though maybe you shouldn't have reminded him about the Magic Jar thing, because he's already got different Planz to bust into that pod. If he can do stupid shit like drag Magnus out of the gaping maw of death, why can't he wake Lup up from a fuckin' nap? Seriously. It really calls into question his credentials here.
What if, for once, instead of being an abrasive jerk, he just sorta accepts Magnus' posi attitude vibes and rolls with it.]
Okay? Okay. [Reaching out to sort of. Extremely awkwardly pat Magnus on the arm. That'll do pig. They can only pig each other so many times before the Joke is run into the ground.] You want to hear some stupid shit? For like, uh, 2 minutes there before the whole lights out thing, I thought she was in the umbrella.
Oh. Uh. Like, like Jenkins? [That's weird, Taako. It's weird that you think your sister is hanging in your wand with the soul of Jenkins.] That seems magic. I probably don't have any input here to give...
Not exactly, my dude. Jenkins was super dead - twice! [ Lup was only mostly dead, but Taako's abovePrincess Bride references. I'm not, however. This is too complicated to explain, especially coming down off a weird emotional high.] I'm just saying, it seemed like a thing there for a minute? Kind of heavily hinted in the series that is my life.
[ You wanna know what else is weird? Looting your sister's corpse for her wand. That's weird too. This is all getting a little bizarre. His hands tighten around the Umbra Staff - I mean, she's obviously not in there anymore, she's right in front him in that friggin' stasis pod - but. You know? What if? Still, it doesn't seem like a grand enough storytelling epoch for that to work right now. He pauses.]
I mean, I did do an amazing job of yanking you back from the brink of oblivion, right? That was, in my opinion, pretty great of me. So this whole deal, yeah, is definitely going to be a cake walk. And, no offense, she is pretty dope at magic so it won't even just be me working my ass off to carry you boners. [ Looking at Magnus, not asking for him to just nod his head along with this little emergency egomania trip to make Magnus have to compliment him twice, but definitely implying. ]
It was! [Nodding. No ego boost required? It was legitimately extremely cool and also saved his life?] I know everything went dramatically sideways pretty much immediately after that so we never got to talk it out, but it was some good magic! I'm partial to it. Like, if we made a mixtape to represent all our most balling adventures, that would be the album cover for sure.
Cool. So, it's just not a big deal right? [ A little desperately? Trying to convince himself?] So she's taking a nap. We know where she is - and, uh, just knowing her, here's the thing, she's definitely not gonna wake up until the moment has done got sufficient dramatic weight. I mean, that's just her thing. We came in here expecting to rouse these lazybones with what, a few dope banners and some quips? That was never going to work - there's not even anyout else around to see it. We're carrying the weight of the narrative now, Mags, we've got to set up an entrance score for these chumps.
[He seems to decide on something, pulling out his spellbook and flips to one of the back empty pages to start scribbing a note in glitter pen - kind of turned away from Magnus so he has no chance of catching a glimpse of any emotional outpouring. Sorry, bud. Then he rips it out - tucking it into the handle of the pod. Then he leans the Umbra Staff against the pod, stepping back to admire his very sincere display of sibling devotion.
Wait.]
I actually, uh, need to borrow the umbrella though, otherwise you know, Taako's out here trying to do his thing with no wand and it's not gonna work out super great for anyone. Maybe next time pack your own severely magic items?
[Then picking it back up again. Cool. That was probably the best way to handle that. I mean she's asleep right.]
[Cool. He's awkwardly hanging back while Taako does all this, though his eyes narrow slightly when he sees that Taako had paper on him this whole time.]
You're probably right - they'll expect us to get some fights under our belts before they unfreeze any of our dudes. Prove our mettle. Think we can handle that!
[It's not exactly PAPER it's part of his very important spellbook that he uses to cast spells to save this team's ass, so, maybe don't expect him to rip too much more out of it when there's expendable shirt to be had? Anyway, Magnus never asked for paper. He just ripped off his shirt.]
Sure, that - or at least get ourselves trapped in a convenient moment for us to dramatically not need healing before Merle can waltz in.
[He seems settled again - being a little bit mean to Merle has let some of the steam off, and there isn't really much else he can do right here, right now, except sink further into a pit of despair about it. Which. Isn't a good look. Glancing over at Magnus, checking.]
[He shuffles a little bit, like he's going to move on, then shuffles back. This is as uncharted territory for him as it is for Magnus dealing with him, so he has no good answers here. Notably, he hasn't exactly worked up the nerve to peer into the pod again, because it's just going to make him furiously, deeply sad again. She's here. She's alive. That's gotta be enough for now, doesn't it.
He opens his mouth to make some sort of explanation and then closes it again a couple of times. This is difficult, emotions are hard, being a stunted baby is ruining his life etc. He goes through another minor face journey - ending on sour. He's going through entire emotional gamuts here in record time.]
I dont -- I don't know what I'm supposed to do here? [And that's a big admission. He almost always has something. A plan. At least an exit strategy. But now it's like every idea has been totally upended, and he's lost, nearly alone, angry. Of course he isn't ready. He isn't equipped for any of this.] She's right there and I can't do shit, can I? It fucking sucks.
I lose her, and when I get to remember that shit going down, finally, when I get a chance to do something - it's poof! gone. The entire thing. Right into the Hunger, the Storm, what-the-fuck-ever it's called. Not even a chance to fight back or give it the old [He flips off the sky for emphasis.] razzle-dazzle as we go down. And, against all reason, we're washed up here on Moon Base 2.0 with only a pinkie shake deal with a god who's got her on ice until . . . who knows! It's a freakin' surprise. We don't know anything, we can't do anything, can't plan anything. I can't exactly crawl in there and just go back to sleep, so I guess the options are sit here and let the whole, uh, apocalypse-induced despair take over, or keep shuffling on doing our little goof goof boner hot take routine until I can think of something better. That might actually work.
[He knows he shouldn't acknowledge this mess; there are rules to dealing with Taako, and that's one of the most important ones. But he can't really help the sad puppy face he gets during all of this.]
It's okay to be angry at it. [It doesn't have to be goof goof boner hot take, he means.]
[ It's a little snippy, but it's not really said with spite. The sad puppy routine doesn't make Taako any angrier, but it does make him back off a bit. He knows it isn't pity being directed at him, but he doesn't even want to be the same vicinity as being pitied - and this whole Look is definitely edging towards getting him elected Mayor of Mess Town which is an appointment that comes with a key to the Pity Vaults.
Either way, he doesn't want to be here any longer at this point. Also he only has one spell left (though he is very much unaware of that.) ]
Your, uh. [Dead wife? That seems insensitive? Not that calling her an "uh" is any better.] I don't know her, so that dog won't hunt. [ He hesitates a long second before he offers the handle of the Umbra Staff. He's still holding on, Magnus is just gonna have to hold onto the steering wheel as well, like letting a toddler drive the car by sitting on your lap. ] Grab a wing and think hard. Maybe can make this work like I'm some sort of magical tuning device.
[Right. Taking the hint and backing off. No comment except for following Taako's awkward deflection --] Julia. [You can just call her Julia, Taako. You don't have to call her the uh, you know, dead wife from your morbid backstory?
But he doesn't have anything else to say about it. He grips the handle and thinks about Julia. Its been a very long time, and maybe it shoulder be harder to remember this clearly. He's spent a lot of time thinking of Julia in the abstract but not so much time thinking about Julia the person, at least not recently. But then, counting the chalice, it's really only been a matter of months since he last saw her, and that's an easy memory to focus his mind on. He pictures her, on that last day that his life was perfect, and feels a sudden spike of selfishness for it, and he thinks to himself please, please, please.]
[ This may or may not be how the spell is supposed to work, but it's narratively convenient and that's always worked out for them in the past. Keeping eyes open this time - because he doesn't have to do the majority of the concentration and someone has to sort of make sure they don't run into too much stuff. It's sort of a ouija board situation where it's not exactly obvious who's pushing or pulling in any direction - but eventually (after clipping a couple of pods and Taako not apologizing for letting them hit anything) the spell seems to dissipate, the light from the star at the end of the Umbra Staff fading.
Taako feels, suddenly, pretty exhausted for reasons unknown. Could just be the kind of drained you feel after emotional outbursts, but he isn't quite connecting that he's totally out of spells for unexplained nerfing reasons. Maybe he shouldn't have wasted three on a tantrum? Oh well. Slipping the end of the umbrella out of Magnus' hand and stepping aside to lean against one of the other pods to wait. ]
[Whether it works from Taako's channeling or just the general pathetic puppy waves of sad boy devotion radiating off Magnus, it's hard to say. He stops and lets go of the umbrella and feels like he should feel differently, like he should just know which of the several pods around them is special. He doesn't - they all look like pods, and he doesn't feel any differently. Is it the one right in front of them, or the one Taako's leaning against or is it behind them, or is it none of them - did the spell fail, or is she just not here because she's been gone for years and it shouldn't be possible.
He's scared. Not just nervous or overwhelmed by feelings but heart hammeringly terrified, in a way he hasn't felt in a very, very long time. Enough that it makes it hard for him to move his legs to walk over to the pod in front of them, or to reach out his hand to wipe the glass and peer inside. But he does it anyway, forcing his way into bravery the best way he knows how.
It should be pretty obvious, once he actually looks inside, that this is the right pod. His face falls and he looks stricken, just before he leans in to rest his forehead against the glass, one hand pressed against the door for support. He doesn't actually say anything, just rests there. There are a few good seconds of silence, broken into when it becomes obvious he's crying a little.]
🚨 please send help trapped on sad boy island SOS 🚨
[ Oh yikeseroni. This is deeply, deeply uncomfortable. It isn't that Taako doesn't get it, he does, but he's reached the absolutely end of his knowledge about how to deal with any of this.
His best idea is to maybe just. Cast a casual Blink and give Magnus some space - definitely for Magnus' sake and not for his own, because he is definitely not freaking out because he's in close proximity to raw emotion that is radiating like the Chernobyl of sad dead wife feelings. Unfortunately for Taako, there is no escape. He is out of slots. The spell fizzles out with a sad spark, leaving him feeling just a bit more exhausted than before, and also now maybe caught in the act of trying to escape.
After that, he is officially out of decent exit plans. Forcing his way in right now seems Unideal, so he has nothing better to do but wait for a few minutes to see if Magnus needs anything specific other than his dubiously helpful presence. ]
[Yeah. A few minutes are probably good. He needs to cry out some feelings before he can talk about this. But once he's had a couple minutes he pulls back, just a little, and scrubs at his face with his hands.]
Sorry. I - I didn't expect - it's just, that they told me they didn't know if it was possible for her to wake up. [Realizing belatedly he wasn't intending to tell Taako that. He wasn't intending to tell anyone that. He's glad to know it, but he doesn't want to put upon anyone else's hopes.] I mean, but, she doesn't look dead. When she died, it was - you know, dead? [This doesn't make a whole lot of sense but it seems to make sense to him.] But she isn't even hurt.
Did - should I introduce you, or...? [Yeah you're being invited to participate now. Sorry.]
[ It makes sense enough. Compared to Lup's "back soon" escapades, then his not even knowing her existence for years. The whole idea of someone being. You know, dead? As opposed to simply being gone. There's a difference. Taako squints a little at the "not possible for her to wake up" part, but doesn't push. Staying posi, right?
But okay, if he's gonna participate, he's gonna participate. Since he's had these few minutes to compose himself anyway. Sauntering over to take a peek in, as in you do, then giving a dramatic flourish - again as one does when meeting your buddy's dead wife? This is all very tonally inappropriate, but it's the best thing he can think of to do. ]
Yeah right! As if an introduction is necessary. It's me, Taako, you know? From TV? She knows who I am. You know who I am, right, uh, Julie? [Tapping on the glass.]
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Also he can't think of anything to put on her banner at all. It's gotta be good though, doesn't it, or he'll never live it down. "Gone Leavin' - Taako and Magnus."
He only glances back briefly to check if Magnus is still there and able to judge him, which he obviously is, before breaking down and just jogging over to the pod to press his face to glass. It's not very chill or graceful, but no one here is gonna say shit to him about that - mostly because the person who would give him shit about being unchill about it is, yup, in that tank and taking a hardcore superfreeze powernap. They really are generous with the new bodies here, aren't they. Anyway, time to figure out what the first thing you say to your un-undead sister, when she isn't even awake to zing you back. ]
Hey, dingdong, wakey wakey, eggs and bakey!
[Oh that's bad. Is he trying to annoy her awake. It might work. He pauses like something might happen . . . and nothing does.]
No? Thought that might work.
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Come on, Taako, let's bail. We're going to go hang out with the cool people who didn't get frozen.
[Softly stomping his feet to make walking away sounds.]
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Yeah, we're gonna go crash Barry Bluejeans friggin' rager of a party without frozen losers!
[Leaning back in to check. It clearly did not. I mean, obviously, but it was worth a shot. Fuck this. Pressing a hand to the front of the pod and mumbling some magic mumbo-jumbo, resulting in a LOUD knocking sound, and then . . . Nothing. He's clearly frustrated by this failure, stepping back to level the umbrella at the pod door instead, and preparing another spell, since trying the same thing over and over is bound to be a smart plan.]
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[Lightly putting a hand on his shoulder, not to the point of stopping him from umbrella quest, but maybe just a mild suggestion to slow it down.]
This machinery looks kind of complicated, sure you want to magic it all up?
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[Shrugging him off, trying another Knock, which, yet again fails. He makes a clearly frustrated noise - not sure whether it's his own magic failing because he's rushing it or something is (pretty obviously) blocking him, firing off Magic Missile instead. All three of the projectiles bounce right off the pods and . . . directly back at the boys. Roll to dodge?]
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. . . Barriered up pretty good.
[ Apparently that's all he's got to say on the matter. ]
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[Pulling him back upright and dusting him off a little. Not that he got dusty, he just - feels bad. He hasn't ever seen Taako like this before. It completely fucking sucks. He's silent for a moment while he decides what to say.]
We'll get her out of there, though. I don't know anything about her, but I just, I can tell you care about her, and that means that it's going to work out. I'm not even trying to stay posi, it's just definitely going to happen like that. I mean, I once saw you project yourself out of your body to drag me back from death? So I'm pretty sure you've got it. And if she's anything like you, she'll also be doing some insane magic despite being frozen to meet you halfway?
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What if, for once, instead of being an abrasive jerk, he just sorta accepts Magnus' posi attitude vibes and rolls with it.]
Okay? Okay. [Reaching out to sort of. Extremely awkwardly pat Magnus on the arm. That'll do pig. They can only pig each other so many times before the Joke is run into the ground.] You want to hear some stupid shit? For like, uh, 2 minutes there before the whole lights out thing, I thought she was in the umbrella.
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[ You wanna know what else is weird? Looting your sister's corpse for her wand. That's weird too. This is all getting a little bizarre. His hands tighten around the Umbra Staff - I mean, she's obviously not in there anymore, she's right in front him in that friggin' stasis pod - but. You know? What if? Still, it doesn't seem like a grand enough storytelling epoch for that to work right now. He pauses.]
I mean, I did do an amazing job of yanking you back from the brink of oblivion, right? That was, in my opinion, pretty great of me. So this whole deal, yeah, is definitely going to be a cake walk. And, no offense, she is pretty dope at magic so it won't even just be me working my ass off to carry you boners. [ Looking at Magnus, not asking for him to just nod his head along with this little emergency egomania trip to make Magnus have to compliment him twice, but definitely implying. ]
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[He seems to decide on something, pulling out his spellbook and flips to one of the back empty pages to start scribbing a note in glitter pen - kind of turned away from Magnus so he has no chance of catching a glimpse of any emotional outpouring. Sorry, bud. Then he rips it out - tucking it into the handle of the pod. Then he leans the Umbra Staff against the pod, stepping back to admire his very sincere display of sibling devotion.
Wait.]
I actually, uh, need to borrow the umbrella though, otherwise you know, Taako's out here trying to do his thing with no wand and it's not gonna work out super great for anyone. Maybe next time pack your own severely magic items?
[Then picking it back up again. Cool. That was probably the best way to handle that. I mean she's asleep right.]
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You're probably right - they'll expect us to get some fights under our belts before they unfreeze any of our dudes. Prove our mettle. Think we can handle that!
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Sure, that - or at least get ourselves trapped in a convenient moment for us to dramatically not need healing before Merle can waltz in.
[He seems settled again - being a little bit mean to Merle has let some of the steam off, and there isn't really much else he can do right here, right now, except sink further into a pit of despair about it. Which. Isn't a good look. Glancing over at Magnus, checking.]
You ready?
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[Ready to move on yet, he means. As for him, he's not ready exactly but he's already decided he's doing this. No reason to prolong it any more.]
Don't wanna rush you.
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He opens his mouth to make some sort of explanation and then closes it again a couple of times. This is difficult, emotions are hard, being a stunted baby is ruining his life etc. He goes through another minor face journey - ending on sour. He's going through entire emotional gamuts here in record time.]
I dont -- I don't know what I'm supposed to do here? [And that's a big admission. He almost always has something. A plan. At least an exit strategy. But now it's like every idea has been totally upended, and he's lost, nearly alone, angry. Of course he isn't ready. He isn't equipped for any of this.] She's right there and I can't do shit, can I? It fucking sucks.
I lose her, and when I get to remember that shit going down, finally, when I get a chance to do something - it's poof! gone. The entire thing. Right into the Hunger, the Storm, what-the-fuck-ever it's called. Not even a chance to fight back or give it the old [He flips off the sky for emphasis.] razzle-dazzle as we go down. And, against all reason, we're washed up here on Moon Base 2.0 with only a pinkie shake deal with a god who's got her on ice until . . . who knows! It's a freakin' surprise. We don't know anything, we can't do anything, can't plan anything. I can't exactly crawl in there and just go back to sleep, so I guess the options are sit here and let the whole, uh, apocalypse-induced despair take over, or keep shuffling on doing our little goof goof boner hot take routine until I can think of something better. That might actually work.
So, yeah, I'm ready to go.
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[He knows he shouldn't acknowledge this mess; there are rules to dealing with Taako, and that's one of the most important ones. But he can't really help the sad puppy face he gets during all of this.]
It's okay to be angry at it. [It doesn't have to be goof goof boner hot take, he means.]
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[ It's a little snippy, but it's not really said with spite. The sad puppy routine doesn't make Taako any angrier, but it does make him back off a bit. He knows it isn't pity being directed at him, but he doesn't even want to be the same vicinity as being pitied - and this whole Look is definitely edging towards getting him elected Mayor of Mess Town which is an appointment that comes with a key to the Pity Vaults.
Either way, he doesn't want to be here any longer at this point. Also he only has one spell left (though he is very much unaware of that.) ]
Your, uh. [Dead wife? That seems insensitive? Not that calling her an "uh" is any better.] I don't know her, so that dog won't hunt. [ He hesitates a long second before he offers the handle of the Umbra Staff. He's still holding on, Magnus is just gonna have to hold onto the steering wheel as well, like letting a toddler drive the car by sitting on your lap. ] Grab a wing and think hard. Maybe can make this work like I'm some sort of magical tuning device.
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But he doesn't have anything else to say about it. He grips the handle and thinks about Julia. Its been a very long time, and maybe it shoulder be harder to remember this clearly. He's spent a lot of time thinking of Julia in the abstract but not so much time thinking about Julia the person, at least not recently. But then, counting the chalice, it's really only been a matter of months since he last saw her, and that's an easy memory to focus his mind on. He pictures her, on that last day that his life was perfect, and feels a sudden spike of selfishness for it, and he thinks to himself please, please, please.]
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Taako feels, suddenly, pretty exhausted for reasons unknown. Could just be the kind of drained you feel after emotional outbursts, but he isn't quite connecting that he's totally out of spells for unexplained nerfing reasons. Maybe he shouldn't have wasted three on a tantrum? Oh well. Slipping the end of the umbrella out of Magnus' hand and stepping aside to lean against one of the other pods to wait. ]
🚨 Sad Boy Alert 🚨
He's scared. Not just nervous or overwhelmed by feelings but heart hammeringly terrified, in a way he hasn't felt in a very, very long time. Enough that it makes it hard for him to move his legs to walk over to the pod in front of them, or to reach out his hand to wipe the glass and peer inside. But he does it anyway, forcing his way into bravery the best way he knows how.
It should be pretty obvious, once he actually looks inside, that this is the right pod. His face falls and he looks stricken, just before he leans in to rest his forehead against the glass, one hand pressed against the door for support. He doesn't actually say anything, just rests there. There are a few good seconds of silence, broken into when it becomes obvious he's crying a little.]
🚨 please send help trapped on sad boy island SOS 🚨
His best idea is to maybe just. Cast a casual Blink and give Magnus some space - definitely for Magnus' sake and not for his own, because he is definitely not freaking out because he's in close proximity to raw emotion that is radiating like the Chernobyl of sad dead wife feelings. Unfortunately for Taako, there is no escape. He is out of slots. The spell fizzles out with a sad spark, leaving him feeling just a bit more exhausted than before, and also now maybe caught in the act of trying to escape.
After that, he is officially out of decent exit plans. Forcing his way in right now seems Unideal, so he has nothing better to do but wait for a few minutes to see if Magnus needs anything specific other than his dubiously helpful presence. ]
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Sorry. I - I didn't expect - it's just, that they told me they didn't know if it was possible for her to wake up. [Realizing belatedly he wasn't intending to tell Taako that. He wasn't intending to tell anyone that. He's glad to know it, but he doesn't want to put upon anyone else's hopes.] I mean, but, she doesn't look dead. When she died, it was - you know, dead? [This doesn't make a whole lot of sense but it seems to make sense to him.] But she isn't even hurt.
Did - should I introduce you, or...? [Yeah you're being invited to participate now. Sorry.]
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But okay, if he's gonna participate, he's gonna participate. Since he's had these few minutes to compose himself anyway. Sauntering over to take a peek in, as in you do, then giving a dramatic flourish - again as one does when meeting your buddy's dead wife? This is all very tonally inappropriate, but it's the best thing he can think of to do. ]
Yeah right! As if an introduction is necessary. It's me, Taako, you know? From TV? She knows who I am. You know who I am, right, uh, Julie? [Tapping on the glass.]
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