first spell [video]

[pocketspa]

[The camera opens on two people, sitting shoulder to shoulder and addressing the camera head-on. Or, well... one elf and a skeleton. Taako’s face is wide in a grin, seemingly intent on emoting well enough for the two of them, and they simultaneously move to flip some hair from their faces- or well, Lup would, if she had any. The motion is still recognizable enough as they address the network.]

Helloooo, Hadriel!

[For those who remember Stepford, it might be very reminiscent of their tv show, Lup’s voice coming through loud and clear to make herself a little more recognizable.]

You’re on with the twins, and today, we have a suuuuper important thing we need you to settle.

Bee-tee-dubs, we wouldn’t even need to bother with this if my dear brother could get over himself.

[Taako gives her a look, before re-addressing the camera.] Anyway, so there’s like, transmutation magic, which is awesome and rad, and then there’s evocation, which just like, does elemental stuff or whatever, and is super lame. So if you were gonna pick one--

Yeah, no. [And Lup raises a hand to prove her point, summoning fire instantly to her skeletal palm.] Deffo cooler than anything that comes out of his specialization. Trust me, fam.

[Without even a response, a translucent, spectral hand appears behind Taako, and moving in tandem with his hand, floats into the frame and smacks Lup upside the head before disappearing.]

I can literally turn into anything I want, whenever I want. I can fly, my dude. I could be a shark.

Holy shit, Taako. Give up the shark thing. No one cares about sharks! I’m not trying to crush your game or anything, but pick a better animal.

It’s a fucking shark! What is there not to-- no, you know what, stand back, this is gonna be amazing. [He is, in fact, backing up to give himself some space with the intent to actually do it, tossing his pointy wizard hat to the side in preparation.]

And there he goes again. [Lup could not possibly sound less excited if she tried.]

Check. It. Out. [Taako winks towards the camera, hands on his hips, and then extends his arms, starting to emanate a strange sort of glow. But just before their audience can catch sight of what supremely awesome magic Taako is about to throw down, the camera shifts, pulled to a close up on Lup’s skeletal face. She tilts her head, as if smiling, effectively blocking Taako’s transformation from being seen.]

Y'know, I don’t think I’ve ever looked so good.

[Behind her, a loud and rather angry roar can be heard, that still kind of sounds a little like Taako. The voice that follows is much rougher than his normal tone, because it’s hard to make animal vocal chords try and speak, okay.]

LUP WHAT THE FUCK--

[It’s accompanied by what sounds like some thrashing, and then absolutely the sound of something in their room shattering to the floor. Lup somehow manages to ignore the chaos behind her completely, throwing up a skeletal peace sign before the connection cuts.]

[ooc: Taako is blue, Lup is red, both of them are purple! Specify if you want one or the other because the default is both with a three-way thread!]

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[ video ]

[braveoff]

[ Oh my god you two. Drake's stifling a laugh when he answers. ]

So from where I'm standing, it seems like evocation is more useful. But flying...

[restinglichface]

[Drake, she knew she adored you.]

Hun, I can Levitate for days. Evocation is where it's at, twenty-four sev.

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[Nate watched this entirety of this transmission with a mixture of fear and deep, unadulterated interest, the way rubberneckers on I-10 watch a six-car pile-up like it's some kind of fascinating nightmare in real time.

When it ends, he is understandably disappointed, but also extremely concerned.]

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[knockthemdead]

[He really, really can't handle this. Fuck. This is the man he has chosen to love.

Kravitz addresses them with his head in his hands and holding back laughter.]

I'm afraid my opinion on the matter may be somewhat subject to bias.

...I have to wonder how either of you ever thought you could convince me you weren't siblings.

[Meaning: look at you, you fucking two year olds.]

[restinglichface]

[Sup, bone brother. We match now.]

Honestly, that one is all on you, Krav, not us. [like really, who the fuck would ever listen to them? like ever?]

And it's chill, my man. Taako will just have to deal with the fact his bee-eff thinks I'm the more awesome twin. He'll get over it.

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[hellosirs]

Sir, are you okay?! Don't sharks need to be in salt water?

[ On one hand, Angus should know better than to get in the middle of this argument. On the other hand, sharks and fireballs are cool. ]

[restinglichface]

Angus, hun, don't worry about him.

Instead, why don't you tell your fav Auntie Lup how much cooler her specialization is? Don't try to argue! I remember hearing you learn fireball!

[has_been_faking]

[There's an elf and there's a talking skeleton and there's magic and wow there are a lot of great things to process here]

I'm sorry, did he-- did he really turn himself into a shark?

[He's going to want to talk shop. I'm so sorry.]

[restinglichface]

Who?

[Lup tilts her head forward, like she'd be grinning if she had lips.] Oh, my brother. Hmmm, maybe. I dunno. Really wasn't paying attention.

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[doctoral_bird]

[ Malkus piped up into the feed, watching the two with that empty looking mask he always had. His voice sounded particularly quiet. A stark contrast to the usual shrill bird-squawking he seemed fond of. ]

Can you turn into a bird?

[ He rubbed his throat, clearing it enough to speak up a little louder. ]

L-Like... a hawk?

[restinglichface]

[Malkus. Don't be uncool. We're friends. kinda.]

Yeah. A hawk. A fucking hawk with no hands! [Lup throws her own skeletal hands in front of the camera and waves them. Hands are fucking important people!!]

[mightypen]

Shark.

[Percy doesn't even hesitate. Gotta go with gills, every time.]

Fire powers can be pretty hit or miss, especially in the rain or somewhere with a limited air supply.

[restinglichface]

Hey, have fun being a shark stuck in the stupid lake while I'm off walking around on my two damn legs! Look at me! I can actually go places!

[Okay. So like, don't call her out on not currently having legs. That's beside the point.]

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[evocation]

Evocation magic is better and transmutation sucks.

[Tell them how you really feel, Kyna.]

[restinglichface]

That's my girl. [Lup has honestly never sounded so damn proud in her whole life.]

[ video; ANONYMOUS ]

[hardwearing]

[ Oh. It's her. And her name's Lup, according to the yelling fellow. Wash files that away, and is about to close the feed on the ridiculous argument before he realizes... she doesn't know what he looks like under his helmet. He could use this post to get some information about her. What else she can do. How to stop her from doing anything to him again.

Know your enemy.

He makes sure his name won't show up on his reply, and uses video to throw off suspicion related to that. Wash isn't a great actor by any means, but he's motivated. He puts on a curious face and opens a vid feed back to the pair. ]

So it's turning into anything vs.... fireballs?

[restinglichface]

[Naturally, Lup doesn't recognize the man outside of his armor, so she just shoots her skeletal grin his way, shrugging her shoulders up like the choice was easy to make.]

Right? I mean, duh, of course fireballs are the obvious answer!

[Video]

[elegant_and_proud]

I think I will require a more thorough demonstration in order to weigh in properly.

[Ie. Please entertain her. She likes talking magic with people, and while her ability to sense it is useful, it's also a bit annoying when she can't identify who's casting what.]

My current favourite is sword magic, and I am most certainly biased on the matter.

[restinglichface]

[Sword magic? Sounds dumb. But that's probably why Lup never went into enchanting.]

Got any requests?

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[naw]

Why would you want to be a shark? They're useless out of water.

[that's the most important thing here yep.

phones are Weird. she hasn't figured out how to switch to video yet, so all Taako and Lup get from her is voice.]

[restinglichface]

[The woman throws up a skeletal fist in victory.] Booyah! Told ya, bro. Sharks are capitol-d Dumb.

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[multivitamins]

[ Oh boy, someone is looking a little horrified.

What the fuck is this?]

Sharks aren't fun, they can have parasites.

[restinglichface]

[Here comes Lup. Tallying up all of these anti-shark comments. Yeah, this is supposed to be a battle between their specializations, but also Lup just wants to lay this weird shark obsession of Taako's to rest.

Which mean, Eddie gets a sweet thumbs up from this skeleton.]

Hear that, Taako? Parasites. You are full of parasites because you went shark for two seconds. Mega yuck. Krav will never want to kiss you again.

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[murderpotato]

They both fuckin' suck.

[Because fuck you and your magic, too.]

[restinglichface]

Someone sounds real bitter they can't turn into a shitty shark.

[Video]

[drabsolutelynot]

My apologies but I'm not entirely sure if there was actually a point to be made by this announcement or not

[puzzlingly]

Never been in a "my dragon is bigger than yours" situation?

[Video]

[requiemshark]

[Ephemera looks absolutely delighted.]

What about - and hear me out on this - a shark that uses lightning. Fucking unstoppable.

[restinglichface]

[if ya girl could emote, she'd be lining facing at you so hard. You are supposed to be on her side!!!]

Yeeeeah, seems real safe to throw an electrified shark straight into the water.

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[whistlewhilstyouwork]

Uh, blind magic newbie over here. So I'm getting the sense that one of you might have just turned yourself into a shark...?

[He thinks? Is that what that ridiculous noise was?]

so then what is it the other one can do?

[video]

[pocketspa]

[Huh. There's only audio. Guess if he's blind he doesn't need to, y'know, see. But he can also absolutely use this.]

Oh, totally nothing of interest, my man. The shark thing is totally what happened, and was awesome.

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[hasitsthorns]

Okay, look, sharks are kind of cool.

But in my culture, there are Gashadokuro. Giant skeletons. They roam around the countryside after midnight and eat people traveling alone. Bite off their heads, drink their blood. It's metal as fuck.

[restinglichface]

[Okay. So. Being a skeleton was definitely not a part of what the two were debating in the slightest, but watch Lup act as if this totally means she won.]

Holy hell, that's fucking sick.

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[cakebuffet]

[Ann definitely recognizes the elf as being one of the people who shot her during the great paintball war, although she can't really bring herself to get mad about it-- she'd shot at plenty of people, too, after all. It's the skeleton that actually has her attention at the moment-- followed by the sound of thrashing that follows before the feed cuts out.]

What is happening over there?!

[restinglichface]

[If Lup had lips to purse right now, she'd be duck facing at the camera, throwing up peace signs and continuing to ignore her thrashing shark brother.]

Idiot tried turning into a shark in our freakin' bedroom. [Lup rolls her head back as if to mime rolling her eyes.] Brothers, am I right?

[Video]

[imhisaunt]

Could you possibly turn into a nicer animal?

[Delmar has priorities]

[restinglichface]

Nope, shark or bust, I'm afraid.

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[storyseeker]

I am deeply sorry I don't have popcorn right now.

[restinglichface]

Maybe Taako could turn into some for ya. Isn't that how it works, bro?

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[closerift]

[ Y'ALL.................... ]

Yes, hello? Gods of Hadriel? I believe your little call-things are broken. Or, they're at least showing us all the most disturbing scenes...

[restinglichface]

That's a pretty rude thing to say about my brother's face, y'know. He's right there.