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[abracafcku]

Who: Taako
Broadcast: None
Action: First Breath, Planetside
When: 9/28

First Breath

1. Kitchen
[The Marsiva had become boring after the first day of having absolutely nothing to do. He'd spent the time trying to understand what was going on, and then decided napping was probably the best thing since he was stuck anyway. Which is why he was in the middle of a trance-like nap when the Atroma jingle went off and he exploded onto the First Breath's kitchen with confetti and questionable looking chocolate pudding cups.

Taako blinked, then dusted the confetti off his clothes and wizard's hat. The first thing he saw was the sad state of this kitchen, and Taako put his hands on his hips with a sigh.]

Is this seriously what they want me to work with?

2. Cargo: Salvage
[After settling into the crew, Taako immediately went out salvaging. Something about that seemed to be the right thing to do, so he is dragging bits of metal sheeting, wires, robot parts, and sacks full of gears and pieces into the cargo hold. The planet is basically made for looting, so he's doing his level best to loot the shit out of it. He also has a Mage Hand - an invisible force - carrying several lush looking throw pillows trimmed in various colored fringe and blankets.

When he comes onto the ship, when he sees someone in here, he immediately motions to them.]

You, person whose name I totally remember, go grab the rest of this, hm? I'm not exactly the brawn type.

Planetside

1. Shopping
[You cannot expect Taako to go to a world of literal shopping and not come back with all the craziest shit. But sadly, he does not have a lot of money since he is recently arrived and was not part of this cargo haul that apparently got some people money and others not so much. Which means Taako has to do what Taako does best and improvise.

And he's doing a goddamn God Tier job at it. He's getting new outfits pieced together from clothing crates lost to the dumps, he's getting new throw pillows, blankets, random knick-knacks, and he's trying to find some goddamn weapons just because how bitchin' would it be to roll around the galaxy with a pair of machine guns strapped to his back? Totally, that's how much.

But he still has no money, so he'll slide over to the closest person in the same store as him and smile.]

Hey there, thug, you wanna help me with something?

2. Arena - Locked to Lup
[He could fight here, but why go through the effort? It's so much easier to wait until he sees a good bet and then toss as much of the Charmed credit he's earned so far straight into it. If he loses? Oh well. If he wins? Hell yeah.

So the second he sees Lup enter the arena, he knows exactly what to do. He bets every single credit he's earned so far on her winning. He highly doubts anyone here could conquer her level of spellcasting and the utter destruction he has a feeling she's capable of doing. Most people here relied on melee combat and, well, wizards are made for smashing from afar. This is also a good way to check what she's capable of and she did not disappoint.

Once the battle is over, he waits down by the fighters' exit, leaning up against the wall with a pocket full of credits.]

Nice job, Destructo.

Comments

[abracafcku]

[Oho, he almost gave some important shit away. It's basic knowledge on Faerun though - spells slots are a wizard's one weak spot. Well, other than being made of squishy meat. Once a wizard expended his slots, he or she had to wait and rest before they came back. Luckily for Taako he has the Arcane Recovery skill so it never really became much of an issue, but usually he never got to that point in the first place.]

Well yeah. You run around shooting off magic all day long, you're going to get tired, my dude. Not all of us have a finger dipped into the main source.

[Not exactly an accurate description of how magic worked in his world, but why give away the secret no one else apparently knew?]

[dothelokimotion]

[ loki hums. that makes sense. he's never run out of "magic", but it would make sense that others have that issue. ]

The limitations of mortality, of course.

[abracafcku]

Yep, the terrible burden of being a mortal.

[Taako sighs and drapes a hand dramatically over his forehead. At about 200 years old, he's getting toward the middle of his young adulthood. It's such a damn shame, but thankfully he's still as beautiful as the day he turned 100.]

That and whole being able to die thing. That is not fun, let me tell you.

[dothelokimotion]

Oh, I'm aware. I've done it a few times.

[ which has never stopped him from coming back though. ]

[abracafcku]

[....Well then. Taako blinks in surprise at that and then grins, shrugging easily.]

I know someone who would want to have a talk with you about that. Handsome fella - except when his face turns into a skull.

[Kravitz... Man, that was a weird thing to think about. He was just having a date with him a few days ago and now he's here, gods knew where, in a galaxy far, far away. What the hell was his life anymore?]

[dothelokimotion]

We do have a version of Death on the Fleet.

[abracafcku]

[Seriously? Wait.

Taako actually looks curious for once and he focuses in on Loki.]

Is he a tall, dark handsome fellow with a Cockney accent when he feels like it?

[dothelokimotion]

[ . . . huh. ]

I'm afraid not. He's simply a skeleton.

[abracafcku]

Ugh, pass then.

[He slumps back against the counter, inspecting his nails.]

Not nearly as interesting. I take it he doesn't have a problem with your death record though?

[dothelokimotion]

No. He seemed unbothered by the fact that I've cheated it regularly. He's a pleasant fellow.

[ and loki's fond of him, regardless. ]

[abracafcku]

Good, because I've got a deal going with the Raven Queen on my plane and I'd hate for another god of death to reneg on that.

[He buffs his nails against his shirt and then pushes away from the counter, taking a mental note of the sort of things he's going to have to do to restock and better stock this kitchen.]

So how do I make this kitchen not suck? I assume there's some way we can build or add to it?

[dothelokimotion]

[ the kitchen is not high priority to him, but if it keeps taako and the rest of the crew happy, that's enough for loki. the first breath is his and he'll treat it well. ]

I've already requested some upgrades, but if you have suggestions, we can work on it.

[abracafcku]

Whatever we can do to make this place not suck, my man.

[A bigger oven? More spices?]

That planet we're hovering over - does it have any shops? A Fantasy Costco? Something?

[dothelokimotion]

[ what even is a cosco. ]

It might? I haven't explored it yet.

[abracafcku]

[A land of magical shit and free samples.]

Then whatever you find down there that can be used in a kitchen. Whatever I don't need, I'll sell back to those losers at a premium with a Charm spell.

[He already misses not having his inventory. Sure he just used the Slicer, but he bets it could have come in useful here, too.]

[dothelokimotion]

[ loki rubs his chin with a hum. ]

Then I will leave the kitchen to you. I have other upgrades I need to follow up on.

[abracafcku]

[He nods in agreement because leaving Taako the kitchen is probably the smartest thing a god could do. He looks around it once last time and takes a mental picture of all the things he can put in here.]

What other upgrades are you looking at?

[dothelokimotion]

[ he ticks them off his fingers. ]

Something to enhance our living space, preferably our quarters. I need to remove the piping on the floor as well along with finding some kind of alternative to our lack of pilots here.

[abracafcku]

The piping?

[Ah, yeah those tripping hazards he saw earlier. He could technically use all those materials and create something else out of them, but he just arrived... Does he really want to burn a spell that quickly? Cantrips and minor things don't count.

He thinks, tapping a finger to his chin.]

That piping...is it functional or just decoration? Because if you don't need it, I could do something with it.

[dothelokimotion]

[ he grimaces. ]

Decorative, I think. Why? What would you do?

[abracafcku]

Well, whoever designed that should be dragged out into the streets and fireballed.

[Seriously, who the hell put piping everywhere like that? It's ugly as hell.

Taako considers his nails again, shrugging.]

Depends. What are you willing to give me for getting rid of them easily for you?

[dothelokimotion]

[ if he could, loki would have done that himself. at taako's offer, he chuckles. ]

You want to bargain with a God?

[abracafcku]

Why not, my dude? You're here, I'm here, might as well.

[He bargains with everyone if he can manage it. He's going to get what he can since he's alone here again. No Magnus, no Merle, no Bureau, no Kravitz, no Angus - nothing is here for him. He's gotta start making new allies and fast, but that isn't going to start with him on the bottom again.]

Whatcha got, handsome?

[dothelokimotion]

I have many things. But I'm not convinced yet. After all, I could do the same. What would be the difference?

[abracafcku]

Effort. Why do it yourself when you can pay someone else to do it just as well?

[Since he was looking into getting someone else to do it anyway, might as well be Taako.]