[He's pushing harder than he should with the rolling pin as he flattens the dough, agitated when it doesn't retain the shape he wants because of it. Each attempt to put it back into place seems to just make it worse until Taako slaps the rolling pin down against the counter with a bang. The sharp crack of the wood against the tile ricochets around the room and he takes a breath, touching his fingertips of both hands against his temples.
He needs to calm the fuck down and stop taking his anger out on people. It's not that he's mad at Magnus, just like he wasn't really mad at Kravitz, nor is he angry at Lup. He's pissed off at this entire situation. The voidfish, the time gaps, everything, it's driving a wedge between him and the only people he actually trusts in this hellish situation.]
I know. I know. It's not just-- It's not just about her, dumbass.
[Magnus was a mannequin. There were visions from the dreams that Taako could see but not understand. Whatever was going on with Lup? Was also going on with Magnus. He said June gave him something that almost drove him mad trying to comprehend. Somehow between them coming back from Refuge and wherever they were going next, shit got real and it got real bad. He can feel his heart squeezing like a vice at the idea of Magnus, forever optimistic, kind of like a giant puppy, brash, loud, crazy Magnus turning into that wooden dummy. Did it mean they lost him? Was he dying? If that's true, how was he here now? Was that just what happened when you died?
Taako takes another breath and lowers his hands slowly, palms flat toward the ground as he tries to center himself.]
Look. I- I know the time gaps and the static and shit is crazy difficult to get around. Trust me, I know, but that- It doesn't mean you just- I dunno, keep shit? From me?
[He cautiously picks the rolling pin back up, considers going back to the dough, and instead turns it around on Magnus, using it like he would the Umbra Staff and jabbing it at his chest to make a point.]
And that includes you, moron. Don't think I haven't noticed you and Krav and literally everyone tiptoeing around me like I'm gonna break. I've saved your ass more times than I can count. Some headaches and my big bad moods aren't going to kill me or you.
[Or Lup. Hopefully. Her being a lich definitely complicated things, but it also made sense. That other red robed idiot was a lich, right? So why not her too. Maybe all the Red Robes were liches. Just a big ol' party of dumb lich wizards.]
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He needs to calm the fuck down and stop taking his anger out on people. It's not that he's mad at Magnus, just like he wasn't really mad at Kravitz, nor is he angry at Lup. He's pissed off at this entire situation. The voidfish, the time gaps, everything, it's driving a wedge between him and the only people he actually trusts in this hellish situation.]
I know. I know. It's not just-- It's not just about her, dumbass.
[Magnus was a mannequin. There were visions from the dreams that Taako could see but not understand. Whatever was going on with Lup? Was also going on with Magnus. He said June gave him something that almost drove him mad trying to comprehend. Somehow between them coming back from Refuge and wherever they were going next, shit got real and it got real bad. He can feel his heart squeezing like a vice at the idea of Magnus, forever optimistic, kind of like a giant puppy, brash, loud, crazy Magnus turning into that wooden dummy. Did it mean they lost him? Was he dying? If that's true, how was he here now? Was that just what happened when you died?
Taako takes another breath and lowers his hands slowly, palms flat toward the ground as he tries to center himself.]
Look. I- I know the time gaps and the static and shit is crazy difficult to get around. Trust me, I know, but that- It doesn't mean you just- I dunno, keep shit? From me?
[He cautiously picks the rolling pin back up, considers going back to the dough, and instead turns it around on Magnus, using it like he would the Umbra Staff and jabbing it at his chest to make a point.]
And that includes you, moron. Don't think I haven't noticed you and Krav and literally everyone tiptoeing around me like I'm gonna break. I've saved your ass more times than I can count. Some headaches and my big bad moods aren't going to kill me or you.
[Or Lup. Hopefully. Her being a lich definitely complicated things, but it also made sense. That other red robed idiot was a lich, right? So why not her too. Maybe all the Red Robes were liches. Just a big ol' party of dumb lich wizards.]