Taako is not a fan of the idea of an external soul. It just seems impractical, really; great, give everybody two targets instead of one, and literally bare the most intimate part of yourself for the entire world! Cool deal!
But there's something... nice about having her around. When he first wakes to discover her curled at his side, Flauta is a little mongoose, and she's awfully cute. When she speaks up, she's feisty and outspoken, but she shares his delightful verbal affectations.
She reminds him of someone. He has no idea who, but he feels like it was someone important, and thinking about it too much makes him feel sick, so he decides to stop thinking about it altogether.
By lunchtime, she's a corvid, with shining black wings that remind him of Kravitz's cloak, and he wonders how the reaper is even doing back home. It feels like it's been a lifetime since he's seen him. Flauta notices that he seems a little down, and she settles on his shoulder, brushing aside curls with her wing to smooth her feathers against his cheek.
By evening, she's settled-- a serpent, of all the things, with fiery red scales and round green eyes, winding her way around her body's neck as they explore the new city's streets. He pauses at a corner and reaches up to catch her, and she curls about his fingers, looking up at him.
"I'd ask why it's got to be snakes, but I feel like that joke's pretty played out already," he says, and she rolls her eyes, but it's affectionate, and he can sense it. He can't help but grin at her. It's a much more genuine smile than he's shown anyone in some time.
And then he says it.
"You know, you remind me of someone. I mean, someone besides me." Flauta tips her head at him, curious.
"Lup?"
The second that name is spoken, it's as if all the air is sucked out of his lungs. His ears ring sharply, a bolt of pain so old and deep tearing through both body and daemon that the body collapses, barely catching himself on his hands and knees, shaking.
What the fuck...?
Wildcard
[After this incident, Taako and Flauta are going to just try and move on. They'll be at their trailer or pretty much anywhere in the city, having a look around and trying the food; feel free to run into them at any restaurant nearby. They'll be pretending to be fine.]
TAAKO | OTA
Taako is not a fan of the idea of an external soul. It just seems impractical, really; great, give everybody two targets instead of one, and literally bare the most intimate part of yourself for the entire world! Cool deal!
But there's something... nice about having her around. When he first wakes to discover her curled at his side, Flauta is a little mongoose, and she's awfully cute. When she speaks up, she's feisty and outspoken, but she shares his delightful verbal affectations.
She reminds him of someone. He has no idea who, but he feels like it was someone important, and thinking about it too much makes him feel sick, so he decides to stop thinking about it altogether.
By lunchtime, she's a corvid, with shining black wings that remind him of Kravitz's cloak, and he wonders how the reaper is even doing back home. It feels like it's been a lifetime since he's seen him. Flauta notices that he seems a little down, and she settles on his shoulder, brushing aside curls with her wing to smooth her feathers against his cheek.
By evening, she's settled-- a serpent, of all the things, with fiery red scales and round green eyes, winding her way around her body's neck as they explore the new city's streets. He pauses at a corner and reaches up to catch her, and she curls about his fingers, looking up at him.
"I'd ask why it's got to be snakes, but I feel like that joke's pretty played out already," he says, and she rolls her eyes, but it's affectionate, and he can sense it. He can't help but grin at her. It's a much more genuine smile than he's shown anyone in some time.
And then he says it.
"You know, you remind me of someone. I mean, someone besides me." Flauta tips her head at him, curious.
"Lup?"
The second that name is spoken, it's as if all the air is sucked out of his lungs. His ears ring sharply, a bolt of pain so old and deep tearing through both body and daemon that the body collapses, barely catching himself on his hands and knees, shaking.
What the fuck...?
Wildcard
[After this incident, Taako and Flauta are going to just try and move on. They'll be at their trailer or pretty much anywhere in the city, having a look around and trying the food; feel free to run into them at any restaurant nearby. They'll be pretending to be fine.]