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lostcarnival2018-03-05 09:57 am
tacosgay) wrote in lostcarnival2018-03-05 09:57 am
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the me that you know, he doesn't come around much [Closed?]
What: Taako is handed over to the proper authorities after getting his shit pushed in; the proper authorities then toss him in a cave. Foster comes over to make things worse. (Reira also helps.)
Who: Taako, Foster, and Reira
When: Day 19
Where: Jail.Where Taako belongs.
Warnings: The Adventure Zone: Balance spoilers, strong language, Foster. Possibly other stuff that I'll add later.
Taako must have gotten killed. Well... to be exact, Dupree must have, which, first off, how? What the fuck? And second, shit. Waking up in the medical tent had been disorienting, but at least then he hadn't had the energy to feel properly upset about it; here in the fucking time-out cave, he's perfectly aware enough to feel every bit of pissed off that he truly is at Peridot and Jasper for fucking things up so bad. Do they even know what they've done?
Pff, probably not. That seems to be a theme for the non-Harbingers. They have no fuckin' clue, and they're very, very vocal about it. Also violent.
All of this would honestly be fine if it weren't for the additional fact that his magic has been stripped from him-- both Harbinger and otherwise. He's a wizard who can't cast. He's pretty much utterly useless now, just some asshole in a cave, waiting to see what his former boss/kidnapper is going to do with him when she can't just snap her fingers and "fix" him.
He's sitting, silent, with his back against the wall of the cave, his arms folded across his chest and gaze directed pointedly at the dirt. There's a heat and intensity in that gaze that is very, very unusual for him; but just beneath it is total hopelessness.
Without his magic, he's useless. And RM isn't known for returning what she's taken; not without something in return. But Taako has nothing else to give her this time. She already has his time, his actual physical being, and now his magic. So, he supposes, this must be it. He just has to wait and see what the carnival does with fuckups like him.
Who: Taako, Foster, and Reira
When: Day 19
Where: Jail.
Warnings: The Adventure Zone: Balance spoilers, strong language, Foster. Possibly other stuff that I'll add later.
Taako must have gotten killed. Well... to be exact, Dupree must have, which, first off, how? What the fuck? And second, shit. Waking up in the medical tent had been disorienting, but at least then he hadn't had the energy to feel properly upset about it; here in the fucking time-out cave, he's perfectly aware enough to feel every bit of pissed off that he truly is at Peridot and Jasper for fucking things up so bad. Do they even know what they've done?
Pff, probably not. That seems to be a theme for the non-Harbingers. They have no fuckin' clue, and they're very, very vocal about it. Also violent.
All of this would honestly be fine if it weren't for the additional fact that his magic has been stripped from him-- both Harbinger and otherwise. He's a wizard who can't cast. He's pretty much utterly useless now, just some asshole in a cave, waiting to see what his former boss/kidnapper is going to do with him when she can't just snap her fingers and "fix" him.
He's sitting, silent, with his back against the wall of the cave, his arms folded across his chest and gaze directed pointedly at the dirt. There's a heat and intensity in that gaze that is very, very unusual for him; but just beneath it is total hopelessness.
Without his magic, he's useless. And RM isn't known for returning what she's taken; not without something in return. But Taako has nothing else to give her this time. She already has his time, his actual physical being, and now his magic. So, he supposes, this must be it. He just has to wait and see what the carnival does with fuckups like him.
just drive a knife right here, through my heart, goodbye-
But tries to continue-tries to relate to the other's words (because that hurt is there and it's so strong, so very, very strong, and it shocks down to the core the more it's there)-tries, with her words feeling like syrup chalking up her throat. "...my..n...niisama..." There is a hiccup. And...
"...Niisama is...the first one who said I wasn't just 'empty'," Reira whispers. "...For me...he's d...definitely the 'coolest'," she decides, not quite familiar with the descriptor. "...I thought...if it means he can stay alive, and have a happy family...then it's ok to stop existing, right..?"
She didn't say goodbye properly-and she supposes now she'll have that chance again, but-
"...If I wasn't here, I wouldn't exist anymore," Reira finally reveals, swallowing thickly. "...Everything was going to go away. Everything already almost did. ...And someone had to fix it...but...I th...I think the way I did it...wasn't as good as I thought it would be... ...I s... I told him it was going to be better with R....With his other sister, instead of me... And...and that wasn't true, and I think it hurt him, a lot..!" The admittance comes on shaking breaths-but she cannot help but feel some ounce of determination to try and do more than just explain things. Because indeed- "And... ...If I wasn't here, that would be how it happened... I'd be gone, and...and he wouldn't get to hear...a...anything else, but..."
...
"...When there's still time left, you can do...little things. They're not big things," Reira clarifies, chewing her lip. "...They can't make the ending happen slower. ...But if there's still time left...I want to use it for something anyway. Because I can make someone like niisama smile again. I...I can make someone happy, just for a little bit," the girl chokes. "It's not about fixing it...it..." Deep breaths.
Deep breaths-it's an extension of what she already thought-what she already believed-but just thinking about it and how there is a chance, that just being here means she's not gone and her brother doesn't have to think she's gone and-
"...When this pillar goes away, I don't know if my world will. ...They said lots of places will end. ...But we don't know if ours will, right away...so even for that little bit of time, even if I know it has to stop soon... ...I think, as long as you use that time to do things like say goodbye, and make the important people laugh, and smile, and feel just a little better, for a little bit... ...that's better than throwing it out. ...It doesn't need help to get thrown out-it can do that alone."
"We have the time before that for a reason though, I think. Time to just...make someone else feel a little better. Even if it doesn't change anything else. ...you still made someone important feel better."
...She thinks she knows what to do, when she sees her brother again, now.
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There's something uncanny about the child, about her timing and her understanding, something strange and knowing and prescient. About what she says, and how and when she says it.
He listens from the floor, still lying on his side where Reira ignominously dumped him. He listens, but doesn't say anything while she bares her heart to Taako, rips open her soul and bleeds tears and grief onto the stone beneath their feet.
But whatever is happening between Taako and Reira is exclusively between Taako and Reira; or at least, he isn't feeling any part of it, if he's even supposed to be.
He doubts it. That's why she threw him aside, after all! His usefulness ended, she got rid of him, discarding him like the trash he is.
His nerves feel like they were removed and replaced upside-down, his thoughts snarled and empty all at once. Something she says--one thing, briefly, catches his attention, but he shuts that down before his too-fast thoughts, too-eager self can take it where it doesn't belong.
He's ready to stop existing any second now.