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TAAKO

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@fromTV

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Pâtissier

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"You've got Taako. I'm too busy to take your call right now, leave a message."

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[signifies]

[ Clark smiles warmly. ]

Your coffee is pretty good.

[ Turnabout is fair play. ]

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[That's sweet of him.]

Wait until you try my cooking, that's impressive.

[Look, he's got an ego, there's no denying that, but cooking is something he really is good at. Like, the one thing, aside from the wizard shit, and he's more proud of the cooking.]

Oh, dang, I bet I could use the coffee for flavor in shit, it'd go great with chocolate.

[This isn't exactly revolutionary to most people, but it just occurred to Taako and it's an interesting idea to him.]

[signifies]

It would.

[ No sense telling Taako it's already a thing, just like there's no point telling him his name is actually a Mexican food. ]

I'd be happy to eat anything you make.

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[The texmex mysteries continue to evade him.]

You keep up with this flattery and I'm gonna start wondering if you're angling for a date.

[It's hard to tel if he's joking or not.]

[signifies]

[ Clark chuckles. ]

I don't think I'm your type.

[ He would never dare joke about Taako not being anyone's type. He's very likeable. ]

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That's a big assumption to make, my fella! My type could be anything.

[Not that he really has a type, in all honesty.]

[signifies]

[ Pretty sure it's not Kryptonians, Taako.

Clark laughs softly. ]

I'm not looking for a date.

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Well that does put a damper on things, I will admit.

[He takes a sip of his coffee, ineffectually hiding a grin.]

But listen, my last date was with the literal grim reaper, I'm not totally predictable.

[signifies]

[ Thank goodness he mentions something to focus on, otherwise Clark was going to have several moments of self-consciousness. He thinks of his body as alien first, even if he's aware other people find him attractive.

It's uncomfortable for him. ]

No, I never would've guessed. How did it go?

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Uh, it uh, my umbrella tried to kill him and he accused me of harboring some kind of evil spirit at one point, but it went pretty great!

[Either he's used to messed up shit, or his standards are really low, or a combination of both.

But even though he brought up Kravitz as a joke, something in his posture sinks a little.]

Last time I saw him he was getting sucked into that black oil I mentioned, so who the fuck knows if I'll see him again.

[signifies]

[ uhm ]

I hope you do. He sounds... like an interesting guy.

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Don't get me wrong, he's a huge fucking nerd.

[He blows a strand of hair out of his face, somewhere between annoyed and fond. The former at himself because he's not!! having emotions about this!!]

Shit's pretty fucked up back home, I'll be honest. I think guy troubles are the least of my worries.

[signifies]

So I heard.

[ Nothing about this black oil sounds like good news, and there's only Taako and his friends to deal with it. ]

You want to talk about it?

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[That makes him laugh, shaking his head.]

I wouldn't even know where to start. There's all this fucked up shit and we don't know half of it, all I got is a couple prophecies to go off and a lich who we thought was evil but helped us out, I guess? The only person I trust anymore is a fucking ten year old, so that's where I'm at.

[He doesn't even realize what he's missing, it's a lot more than he thinks.]

[signifies]

[ It sounds like a lot. Clark wouldn't wish this on anyone, and especially not Taako. ]

Well, good luck. Hopefully something here will help you.

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I wouldn't put money on it.

[It's not that he doesn't think people will try, he's just used to relying on himself and no one else.]

I got one idea, but it might be a little dangerous.

[signifies]

[ It probably wouldn't make sense to Clark if he asked Taako to outline it, so he doesn't ask. ]

Do you think it will work?

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Definitely. Probably? It might send me crazy, but only for a little while.

[Magic!!]

[signifies]

[ This sigh is very noticeably long-suffering. ]

Magic?

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I'm for sure not gonna bake a cake that solves the mysteries of the universe.

[It's just lightly teasing, like Clark please.

On the plus side thinking about this is a good distraction from worrying about Kravitz]

[signifies]

You could've fooled me.

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If I was that good I'd have quit this adventuring thing a long time ago!

[No he wouldn't have, but it's nice to pretend sometimes.]

[signifies]

How much do you have to do before you're... an expert wizard?

[ It's awkward phrasing. Taako already seems like an expert to him, but he said he has some limits. ]

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That shit takes a lotta practice and a lotta study. I guess I'm like, uh, a little more than half as powerful as I could be?

[Considering how impressed everyone is by even basic magic, he isn't too worried about admitting he isn't insanely powerful by the standards back home. Someone like Lucretia would probably still wreck his shit.]

Here, I've got like-- Hang on. [Taako hops out of his seat and disappears into the bedroom for a few seconds, coming back with a beat up looking book in his hands, the cover and all the text is in a foreign script. He flicks through it, then marks a page with a finger, before holding it up to show Clark the width of the book on either side of where he's marked.

It's about what he said - in the middle.] Shit I can pull off is on one side, shit I can't is on the other. And that's just what I know, there's probably a few things I've missed.

[He has access to the Bureau's library, and he'd copied down as many spells as he could, but it's possible there's stuff even the Bureau doesn't have.]

[signifies]

[ It looks like anyone can learn it with time and inclination. He picks up language a little quicker than most, and even skimming the words he thinks this is good. It has rules, so it's less of a mystery. ]

How long until you've finished the book?