(This is going to be bad any way Lucretia tries to spin it. The silence from Lup has been frosty and horrible for a good handful of days now and she's been suffering for it, unsure of herself and angry at Taako and all the while anxious of how to even begin to bridge the new gap between the pair of them.
Apparently, it isn't going to come about from running into her at home. Lup has hardly been around since, and Lucretia is too nervous to go calling wherever she may be. In the end, texting is... the quickest, the easiest option, but she still wishes she didn't have to do it. It's very easy to ignore a text.
She spends a lot of time typing and backspacing and typing again before she finally sends:)
Lup, could we
(And hits enter too quickly by mistake. For a long moment she just stares at her phone, full of dread, before she fumbles through a quick follow up.)
Sorry I Lup, I'd really like to talk to you, if you're around. Please. Could you come home? If you don't We can text instead, if that's easier.
[It takes a long time for Lup to answer, because just hearing from Lucretia in text hurts in so many different ways. She's angry, worried, afraid - but also relieved to see that her friend will talk to her.
It's just really hard to put in words what she's feeling, and it's weird to know that she's from another time period and that she hasn't even done any of this shit yet.
...but she misses her best friend, and it hurts.]
I don't know, Lux I'm mad but I know it's not your fault at the same time. I don't know how to handle this.
(Whereas Lucretia from only a few hours ago might have agonised over how to word this, Lucretia now has long since learnt to pick her battles with anxiety: her first text is quick, and to the point.)
[It's three days and two nights before Taako finally comes home. It's been a weird couple of days, he's still waiting on blood test results after finding himself in Rin's bed, convinced it was his own, but for now he just wants his sister.
A quick locate person tells him that Lucretia isn't in the vicinity, unless she's covering herself with a divination spell, but at the end of the day it doesn't matter that much. He's not going anywhere near her room, or even anywhere in the shared spaces.
Taako just appears in Lup's room, at some ungodly hour of the morning, with a quiet:]
It's me, bubbale.
[He spends a few moments taking off his shoes and rifling through her shit for a pair of pyjamas to change into, but once he's appropriately attired for bed, he slips under the covers and curls up against her, pressing his face into her shoulder.
He probably should've done this from the start, but he needed time to cool down and time to process, because he's sick of feeling like all his emotions are constantly on overdrive.]
[Lup had worried. Of course she had. By day two, she even did her nightly trance in his bed and tried to remind herself that Taako just needed time to calm down.
By day three she was planning a damn search party, but at least she was back in her own bed.
...then the familiar feeling of magic popped up behind her, and she turns to watch her brother. He was okay. Lup has to take a breath to calm herself down, instead just wait for him to finish rummaging around in her drawers for pjs.
Then, finally, he's right there with her, and the contact makes her worry evaporate.]
(Lucretia holds off on communication for a few days; she has enough happening on her end, and she wants to let everything settle a little before she goes poking around. That, and the guilt over hurting Taako to the point where he had passed out is haunting her a little.
Thankfully, once she's properly settled into her new apartment, she plucks up the courage to at least drop Lup a bell.)
[Lup is relieved when she hear the ping from her phone and then sees Lucretia. She had worried about her as well, but since Taako was the one on the ground and Lucretia was the barrier expert, it was fairly obvious who won.]
Hey Lulu, I can't tell you a whole lot cause it's not my shit but if you're chilling with Cisco and a middle aged white dude ghost shows up just fucking blast it immediately, yeah?
If you're coming home in the next hour do me a solid and bypass the living room
[The text comes late one night, and won't get any responses because Taako turns his phone on silent and sets it aside. This isn't the first netflix and chill kind of evening that he's had with Rin, but it's the first one with kissing, and that's kind of awesome, so as soon as Rin departs, Taako flops dramatically on the couch with a pleased little hum.
He could go find Lup, but he figures if she's home, she'll have taken the sound of the door closing as signal that Taako's guest has gone.]
[You better love your sister, Taako, because she fucking teleported into her room to avoid disturbing you two. Which is a treat, because she was still a little awkward with the body stuff.
She can definitely hear Rin leave, though, and sticks her head out the door almost immediately.]
[ He's just going to get it over with. Like ripping off a bandaid. Short and simple. And by text of course because that allows for some distance. ]
sup lup this is gonna be the world's awkwardest psa text so buckle in there's something you should know because at this point magnus and lucretia had dreams about it, & taako's known for a while and i don't want any of them feeling like they gotta lie to you or whatever.
[ He writes the warnings and disclaimers and justifications all out, and then gets stuck for a while on the actual wording. In the end he opts for simple. ]
back on earth i got murdered. i'm okay now because my barry went back in time and things happened differently the 2nd time but i remember it thanks to my powers so... now you know. no need to respond to this if you don't want to i just didn't want to make you all keep secrets from each other because that's not cool
[ She stares at the phone for a moment, trying to come up with a good answer. Cisco could have been dead and they would never have met him.
That thought was frightening. ]
holy fuck dude that was a shot out of nowhere
that really sucks, though. I'm so glad your Bar brought you back in whatever timey-wimey way it's weird, right? I guess you're in the 'died and got better' club now we'll get you a shirt
[ He sends an image of himself. He's standing in a 'super hero pose' and looking mostly normal. His IPRE robes are... altered. In fact, they're fuckin COVERED in ruffles. So many. So fuckin many. He's also wearing a plastic crown. ]
Some uh. Some magic went wrong. Kinda diggin the look though, whatdya think?
[It's only a brief message because he only has a handful of seconds, but Taako sends Lup the name of a cafe in the city.
If she turns up, there's no Taako, but the umbra staff lying against the wall of the cafe, a little haphazardly as though it was dropped and kicked aside.
[ Literally 2 seconds after he hears that Taako is missing ]
please tell me this is the world's worst prank i won't even be mad just please tell me the truth right now cuz this is officially in not funny territory
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Along with some wine, because he's not going to listen to Taako. ]
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...some dude!]
Yeah, no. I only date nerds.
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Unrelated but I got this little bee vibe from a friend do you want it or should I gift it to Lux just to see the look on her face :)
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Shit PLEASE give it to Lux. It would be hilarious!
Why are your friends giving you bee vibes anyway??
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[Clearly making a joke of this is appropriate]
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Apparently, it isn't going to come about from running into her at home. Lup has hardly been around since, and Lucretia is too nervous to go calling wherever she may be. In the end, texting is... the quickest, the easiest option, but she still wishes she didn't have to do it. It's very easy to ignore a text.
She spends a lot of time typing and backspacing and typing again before she finally sends:)
Lup, could we
(And hits enter too quickly by mistake. For a long moment she just stares at her phone, full of dread, before she fumbles through a quick follow up.)
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Lup, I'd really like to talk to you, if you're around. Please. Could you come home? If you don't
We can text instead, if that's easier.
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It's just really hard to put in words what she's feeling, and it's weird to know that she's from another time period and that she hasn't even done any of this shit yet.
...but she misses her best friend, and it hurts.]
I don't know, Lux
I'm mad but I know it's not your fault at the same time. I don't know how to handle this.
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So hey, what the fuck.
[For once, he would like someone to turn up from home, and he would like it to be simple.]
text;
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Lup? I got a canister.
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How much wine do you need?
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A quick locate person tells him that Lucretia isn't in the vicinity, unless she's covering herself with a divination spell, but at the end of the day it doesn't matter that much. He's not going anywhere near her room, or even anywhere in the shared spaces.
Taako just appears in Lup's room, at some ungodly hour of the morning, with a quiet:]
It's me, bubbale.
[He spends a few moments taking off his shoes and rifling through her shit for a pair of pyjamas to change into, but once he's appropriately attired for bed, he slips under the covers and curls up against her, pressing his face into her shoulder.
He probably should've done this from the start, but he needed time to cool down and time to process, because he's sick of feeling like all his emotions are constantly on overdrive.]
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By day three she was planning a damn search party, but at least she was back in her own bed.
...then the familiar feeling of magic popped up behind her, and she turns to watch her brother. He was okay. Lup has to take a breath to calm herself down, instead just wait for him to finish rummaging around in her drawers for pjs.
Then, finally, he's right there with her, and the contact makes her worry evaporate.]
...welcome home, Koko.
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He's fine, just passed out. I'm sorry.
(Attached are co-ordinates to a cafe where Lup will find Taako nearby, resting in the middle of a magic circle.)
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video; @chronicler
Thankfully, once she's properly settled into her new apartment, she plucks up the courage to at least drop Lup a bell.)
Hey, it's me. (Duh, but. She's nervous.)
video @lightemup
Hi, Luce. You okay?
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forgive me* up there not him whoops lol
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Y'know, I need someone to help me with this good kush???
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@ciscodelamancha | text
taako made out with a girl on accident
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😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
DETAILS BITCH
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[The text comes late one night, and won't get any responses because Taako turns his phone on silent and sets it aside. This isn't the first netflix and chill kind of evening that he's had with Rin, but it's the first one with kissing, and that's kind of awesome, so as soon as Rin departs, Taako flops dramatically on the couch with a pleased little hum.
He could go find Lup, but he figures if she's home, she'll have taken the sound of the door closing as signal that Taako's guest has gone.]
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She can definitely hear Rin leave, though, and sticks her head out the door almost immediately.]
Heeeeeeeeeeeey. Did you get some?
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sup lup this is gonna be the world's awkwardest psa text so buckle in
there's something you should know
because at this point magnus and lucretia had dreams about it, & taako's known for a while
and i don't want any of them feeling like they gotta lie to you or whatever.
[ He writes the warnings and disclaimers and justifications all out, and then gets stuck for a while on the actual wording. In the end he opts for simple. ]
back on earth i got murdered.
i'm okay now because my barry went back in time and things happened differently the 2nd time
but i remember it thanks to my powers
so... now you know.
no need to respond to this if you don't want to i just didn't want to make you all keep secrets from each other because that's not cool
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That thought was frightening. ]
holy fuck dude
that was a shot out of nowhere
that really sucks, though. I'm so glad your Bar brought you back in whatever timey-wimey way
it's weird, right?
I guess you're in the 'died and got better' club now
we'll get you a shirt
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Some uh. Some magic went wrong. Kinda diggin the look though, whatdya think?
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that's amazing
what did you DO?
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If she turns up, there's no Taako, but the umbra staff lying against the wall of the cafe, a little haphazardly as though it was dropped and kicked aside.
Oops.]
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Taako's gone, too. Some fucker is taking people.
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please tell me this is the world's worst prank
i won't even be mad just please tell me the truth right now
cuz this is officially in not funny territory
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