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TAAKO

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[volitaunt]

[ HUARGARBLE. Poe shakes his hands out and follows Taako into the courtyard. ]

I can do this. [ He is standing in his friend's courtyard about to get turned into a bird. ] I can do this. I can fly anything.

[ EVEN HIMSELF?? ]

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[The umbra staff is held loosely in one hand, but Taako places the other on Poe's shoulder, giving it a reassuring little squeeze.]

You'll still be you, but there's instincts you can tap into, it comes easy.

[Moving the way the creature is designed to, even though it'll be an entirely new experience for a human person.]

Just relax, darling, you're in good hands.

[Taako lets go of Poe's shoulder as he casts the spell; it's as easy as doing it to himself, and just as quick.

Poe is, for an hour, a giant eagle.]

[volitaunt]

[ There's a moment, right at the beginning, where Poe resists the spell. He panics, really, at the feeling of something outside his control exercising its will over him.

He can do this. He can do this.

He can--

Poe lets out a shriek of surprise, beating wings that were arms a second ago and lifting several inches off the ground before he realizes what he's doing. He can flex his feet. Okay that's not new, really, but he can flex his bird feet. He hops experimentally from one to the other, and then...

Then he looks up. He looks up at that planet in the sky overhead, vision telescoping weirdly, the clouds and everything between sky and earth sharp and close.

Wings spread. Crouch.

Leap.

And he's in the sky. He's in the sky, barreling upward under his own power, wind his sudden ally instead of a force to compensate against. He yells, and it comes out as an echoing shriek, and this might just be the coolest thing he's done since his first time flying his mom's A-wing solo.

...Yeah he'll be back in an hour. He's not even looking down. ]

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[Taako talks a big game about not caring about people, but there's something undeniably delightful in sharing magic like this and seeing someone so goddamn excited. He laughs at Poe's excitement, but gets out a quick:]

One hour!

[Before Poe flies off, not wanting him to turn back human while up in the air over the forest or something.

And then he heads back instead, not sure if Poe is planning to return or not, but it doesn't really hurt to leave the back door open just in case he does.]

[volitaunt]

[ He gets in under the wire, sort of tumbling the last few feet to the ground and laughing his ass off while he lays on his back in the middle of Taako's courtyard. ]

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[He hears that laughter from where he's chilling on the couch while the next round of shit bakes in the oven, and promptly picks himself up to go check on Poe.]

Nice, you didn't die! Gotta admit I was a little worried.

[volitaunt]

[ Poe's on his feet as soon as he hears Taako coming, wrapping the elf in a bear hug without thinking about it and kissing him on either cheek. ]

That was amazing!

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[There's a small oof of surprise, but Taako is used to Magnus and knows how to just roll with a hug. Poe even gets a little pat on the back.]

And yet you wouldn't let me turn you into a dog.

[So rude]

[volitaunt]

Dogs can't fly.

[ He lets go, bracing his hands on Taako's shoulders. ] Thank you.

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[Taako, who is a lot more comfortable doling out affection than he is receiving it, gives Poe a little pat on the cheek.]

Don't go telling anyone, I have a reputation as a heartless bitch to maintain.

[Sounds fake, but okay]

[volitaunt]

[ Poe laughs. ] Right, of course.

[ TAAKO GETS ANOTHER KISS ON THE CHEEK. He can hardly contain himself.

And he's going to go straight home and yell to everyone he knows about how Taako turned him into a bird, RIP reputation. ]

The view from up there. Have you ever done that? Flown that way?

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[Okay, okay, Taako gives Poe a playful little nudge.]

Careful, my boyfriend will get jealous if you keep that up.

[And Rin would definitely maybe murder someone.]

Can't say I've ever bothered, flying never really got to me, you know?

[It's... fine... but Poe is obviously a lot more excited about it.]

[volitaunt]

[ Right yes personal space that is a thing. Poe backs off, hands up, still grinning.

Force, he needs to sit down. He will sort of do that and collapse against the doorway to Taako’s apartment... where he will start laughing again. There is definitely something to be said for the adrenaline of a free fall dive.

Breathe, Dameron. ]

It was beautiful. The city, the jungle, and the wind. [ For a second his focus is off in the clouds again. ] I wonder if I could pull off some of those turns in a starfighter.

[ Back to Taako. ] A favor is worth it. Definitely, definitely worth it.

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[It's been a while since Taako's experienced the kind of giddy exhilaration that Poe is obviously feeling now. Getting Lup back was close, but it wasn't as easy as this, it was so tangled up in those ten years of grief and the fear that he'd lose her all over again to the Hunger.

There's a moment where he's almost jealous; it's not that he can't do what Poe just did, but he wouldn't get the same joy out of it.]

Just wait until I ask you to clean this place for me.

[This time he gives Poe another nudge, but to get him to head inside, towards the living room, so he can sit properly instead of leaning against the doorway.]

Come on, I'm sure someone'll have my head if you pass out here.

[volitaunt]

[ Poe moves inside obediently, eyes still half-wild with the memory of empty space between him and the ground, the glorious patchwork of the city and it’s people.

It’s almost enough to get him to love this place, even if he doesn’t plan to stay. ] Rey might. Finn would probably just ask what I did and possibly apologize for me.

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[Now that they've apparently established that Touching Is Okay, Taako all but guides Poe to the couch to sit him down, before reclaiming the glass of wine he'd been drinking a few moments ago (it's late enough for that probably).]

Oh, you know Rey?

[volitaunt]

[ Poe tilts his head to rest against the back of the couch. ] Yep. Same galaxy. Universe. Whichever. We met right before whatever happened that brought us here.

[ (He’s reliving it all again as he talks, the pressure and weight and lightness of gravity and air.) ] You’re friends?

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Friend of a friend might be more accurate, Cisco Ramon? Rey works for him, and Cisco's my dude.

[He's also seen into her memories, when all that went down, but he doesn't feel like that's his information to share.]

[volitaunt]

Ah, yeah, I've met him. He's nice.

[ A Good Person, by Poe's estimation, which is always accurate and never given without rigorous vetting.

A soft exhalation that leads to a breathy laugh. Yeah, he's in that post-adrenaline-rush state of nirvana now. ]

Can we do that again? I mean not right now, right now I just want to.... But later, maybe? Different bird? I want to see what it's like, the different wing shapes, the eagle was great, but fast cornering's not really its thing.

[spellslots]

The nicest.

[Sometimes Taako is baffled out how he managed to befriend Cisco, the nicest person in existence, but he's grateful for it.]

No promises, sweetheart, cause I do have shit to actually use my magic for that isn't party tricks, but maybe if I'm feeling generous.

[volitaunt]

Of course.

[ That makes sense--Taako can turn people into stuff, there has to be more important applications for that kind of power. ] You think you could recommend someone or somewhere? There's a whole research institute here, isn't there?

[ He gonna make the birb happen. ]

[spellslots]

I'd hit up Gramayre, for sure, there's also uh, magical items that could allow it but you'd wanna get 'em checked out before using any. They peddle some crap here.

[He knows from experience. Crime experience.]

[volitaunt]

Would Gramayre check?

[ He hauls himself into a sitting position, bracing his elbows on his knees and propping his head in both hands. He grins at Taako. ] I guess I can ask at Gramayre.

[spellslots]

They do it for you, they're pretty good like that. And then you don't risk getting your ass cursed.

[Unlike some people.]

[volitaunt]

Speaking from experience? Was this that death cult thing?