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TAAKO

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[scholiast]

Don't– hey, stop that.

(She pinches what remains of the joint from him so she can have another quick little drag before it hits the ash.)

Listen. I know you, you know me. We're both afraid of this, this– of being open. It's stupid.

[spellslots]

I'm not afraid of-- whatever, I'm just not fucking around with shit like love. Especially here, you're just gonna get hurt.

[And that's what he's scared of, even if he won't admit it.]

[scholiast]

I know but I like her more than I want to protect myself from being hurt.

(She fixes him with a stare, blowing smoke against his cheek.) You don't choose to fuck around with love Taako, it's not really a choice?

It just happens, and it sucks sometimes but that's how it works.

[spellslots]

[unfortunate.....]

You can choose that shit for sure, I've done it my whole life. If shit starts getting too real you just put a stop to it.

[By leaving, or by ruining a relationship in any other fun ways.

Not that he's ever really gotten that close.]

[scholiast]

Yeah, but if you actually let it happen instead of deliberately sabotaging it, you'd see.

(Hey cool they can just talk about this instead of her nerves, nice.)

You said that Kravitz loves you. Are you going to put a stop to that?

[spellslots]

[Taako shrugs, something uncomfortable curling in his chest, which means it's definitely time for him to mage hand the wine and just straight up drink from the bottle.

At least he offers it to Lucretia once he's done.]

I don't fucking know. I mean, I like him? But all this shit feels like it's fake, everything that's gonna happen in Fearun.

[scholiast]

(She pointedly wipes the lip of the bottle before she has a long sip, as if they haven't lived among each other's germs for a century without incident.)

Because it's already happened? Or because...

(because she manufactured the situation in which the memories took place? Awkward.)

[spellslots]

It happened but it hasn't? Like... I dunno, this shit is so fucking weird.

[He's seen a lot of weird things, but he really struggles with how the canisters function.]

[scholiast]

Yeah, I getcha.

I still haven't really... unpacked it all, if you know what I mean.

(Everything the cannister brought her, that is. She huffs, and shakes her head.)

No, I don't want to get into this. I– tell me more about Kravitz, I don't even really know anything about him.

[spellslots]

Wait, so you don't wanna talk about your shit but I gotta talk about the dude who's in love with me when I feel like I barely know him?

[That doesn't seem fair.]

[scholiast]

I– (she frowns, tapping her fingers on the bottle.)

Okay, fair.

I'll talk about my thing if you talk about your thing. An equivalent exchange.

[spellslots]

You gotta go first, I need to drink more.

[He's feeling a little more chill from the joint, but still.

Or maybe he's just hoping she's get distracted and he'll never have to talk about his shit.]

[scholiast]

Fine.

(She's buzzed enough to get into it.) Is it fucked up that if one of us didn't have to go eventually I'd probably lean right into this?

[spellslots]

Nah, like that shit is just smart.

[This is exactly the point he's been making!]

Don't get over-invested, that's rule number one.

[scholiast]

That's kind of sad though, isn't it? Like there's part of me that says this is kind of the only chance I have to be with somebody like this, so why not... I dunno, take it?

(She sighs, and pinches the bridge of her nose.) I'm too old to be so freaked out by this, surely.

[spellslots]

Uh, hey. [He nudges her shoulder, maybe a little rougher than strictly necessary.] You get plenty of chances to be with someone.

[Only he's allowed to be mean to her, she can't be mean to herself.]

[scholiast]

I don't really see that as being a viable option in my particular future.

(Surely not during the panicked decade to follow. Even though she knows they win at the end, something as banal as a 'nice relationship' with somebody after it all just seems so... unobtainable.

She shrugs.)

[spellslots]

You're like, middle aged, not fucking decrepit. Even after all the bullshit with the Hunger you're gonna have decades.

[And sure, they're hardly going to settle down and live peaceful lives, knowing them, but he still thinks Lucretia could have a chance to fall in love.]

[scholiast]

I know, it's just hard to think about it like that right now. Gimme a break.

(She yawns, has another little swig from the bottle before she passes it over.) I will try to be more positive about it, how's that.

[spellslots]

Give yourself a break.

[And he means that, even if it's said as he takes a significant drink of the wine. He doesn't bother wiping off her ~germs~ because he's not a coward.]

But whatever, I'll take that.

[scholiast]

Thanks, Taako.

(She smiles absently down at her hands, which are linked in her lap. She can tell that he means it, and that makes her happy.)

What– what about Rin? How's that going?

[spellslots]

It's pretty fucking great.

[Taako is caught between wanting to drop his head into Lucretia's lap and wanting to keep drinking, so for now he just moves to drape an arm lazily across her shoulders.]

We're taking it slow, which is like - fine, he's been through a lotta shit.

[So Taako is trying to be gentle, in his own way.]

[scholiast]

Good.

(Aw, he's happy. She can tell that too, and it softens her about the edges exponentially. Her friends being happy is her most favourite thing.)

Sure. You've been through some crap too, Taako, it's– I mean, taking it slow is probably helpful for the both of you right now.

[spellslots]

Yeah, I guess.

[It's one thing to complain about having had a crappy time, but another to have someone else acknowledge it.]

Pretty sure he's smart enough not to fuck around with falling in love, either.

[Oh, honey]

[scholiast]

If you say so.

(She doesn't know enough about Rin to dispute it.)

But you've only just started dating, so I can't imagine that's something you're considering anyway.