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Event Log: The Hope of a Child

Who: All characters participating in the event
What: The event log for the The Hope of a Child event
Where: All over the city!
When: January 23rd-Feb 1st
Warnings: Youths

By now, the gods have probably done enough weird crap to you while you're asleep for you to be a little suspicious- but it's not like you can just not sleep, especially when there are a few supernatural forces making your eyes droopy and your body feel heavy.

And now, when you fall asleep, you'll wake up somewhere else and you'll likely have quite a different temperament- you'll be younger, maybe a little more naive and innocent, and you won't exactly remember all the wild stuff that's happened to your adult self. Maybe now you'll be a little more trusting and emotional, hm? The gods could definitely use a little boost in power, and what better way to do it than to harness the power of overemotional kiddos!

Or maybe you aren't affected at all and find yourself surrounded by youths. What are you going to do when your best friend doesn't know how to cook for themselves? Or your bitter rival is throwing a temper tantrum because they broke their favorite toy? Nobody asked for this kind of responsibility, but think about what would happen if nobody was around to take care of these babies...

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[It is weird, but Lup's right- to someone who's never had a safe structure to call home, never seen anything so big he could ever contextualize as his, it's huge. He can't stop the way he looks at it in awe, mouth parting just a bit, letting the cracker box in his arms slide.]

This... is ours? We don't owe anybody?

[And just as soon as the cute awe has happened it ends, and Taako is sprinting towards the house, dragging Lup with him.]

Come on! Show me everything I wanna see everything I'm gonna touch all of it!!!

[It's not his till he's touched it. Duh.]

All ours.

[And it's strange that even saying that draws a soft touch of something warm and proud in her chest, but it does. It may be upside down on a strange planet that everyone desperately wants to just leave, but... There's no denying that it's theirs. And no one can take it away. It's not much, but they finally have a real home.

Lup's just coming to terms with her own feelings about this place when Taako quickly drags her forward, nearly startling the crackers out of her arms before she's running with him, laughing as they run into the house. Inside it seems even bigger with all of those staircases going up and up and up, but Lup doesn't pause for even a second, already leading Taako up the stairs to the second floor.]

C'mon, I'll show you our room first. Best room in the place.

[He looks up at the staircases as soon as they enter, not even bothering to hide his awe. It's huge. It's so big it has stairs. That's ridiculous! There's a whole first floor and even more of it!!

He tries to take them two at a time, but he's still just a little too short, so he stumbles up as fast as he possibly can.]

C'mon! Don't wait up I wanna see I wanna see--

[As soon as she gestures him towards literally any room on the floor, he'll burst it open, and then just... stop.

There's stuff everywhere. Clothes in closets and on the floor, shiny baubles from the ceiling, two beds suspended with no supports. He doesn't even enter, at first, two awed to cross the threshold.]

This's... ours? All of it?

[Taako scrambles so excitedly up the stairs that his legs can barely keep up with him, the corner of Lup's mouth twitching upwards, amusement and fondness mixing with surprising ease. But even with their distinct age difference, this is still her twin, her heart. He's always been able to drag more out of her than anyone else.

And really, more than anything, the look on his face at the sight of their shared room is almost worth every hardship they've endured in Hadriel. At least she gets to give him this, the promise of the future they deserved.

Taako stares wide-eyed in the doorway, but Lup brushes past him, deftly stepping over clothing and shoes and so much more that's been left scattered across the floor.] Every. Single. Bit. No one else comes in here. It's all just for us.

Edited 2018-04-09 00:00 (UTC)

[The real punchline of this event is that the adult Taako still has to exist, tucked into a ball on his bed above his younger self’s head. But he’s a little too short to see himself, and especially isn’t paying attention as he finds his feet and just starts touching everything. He pulls a cape off the floor and ties it on, even if it’s too long for his kid-sized frame. He grabs his adult self’s hat, hung from a hook off the edge of his bed that he can barely reach, planting it squarely on his head. He looks so utterly, unbelievably pleased.]

This is amazing! There’s everythin’ here! Do you have really fancy potions n’ stuff? Or cool magic wands??

[Wait wait wait—]

Wait you said you’d do my hair!! Do it do it do it!

[Shhh don't look up there, there's nothing at all to see. It'll get weird.

Lup definitely casts a glance up at her twin's top bunk to where he's peacefully resting even with all this new noise in the room, the corner of her mouth quirking upwards at how dead to the world he seems. It's funny when it's Taako, alright, but she really doesn't want to consider that she's the same way whenever she goes all tiny.]

Pretty sure you promised me a bath first. If we're doing a full-on, glam makeover, you gotta get clean. Them's the breaks, bud.

[It'll get real weird. Thankfully, he is thoroughly distracted, the (now comically oversized) wizard hat tilting over his face, obscuring one eye as it slips and he crosses his arms.]

But I don't wanna. 'Mm just gonna get dirty again!!

[But he does really want cool hair. He wants to match. It's weird enough she's way older than him all of a sudden.]

... You're gonna make me anyway, aren't you?

[He's reaching up to adjust the hat, disgruntled.]

What can I say? Older sisters are always right.

[He makes to adjust the hat and Lup just gives the brim a little flick, grinning down at her twin.]

'Sides, we've got hot water here. You're gonna love this.

You're not my older sister!! Jeez.

[Like okay kinda but-- nnnnnnngh. But he can't hide the way his ears flick at the idea of hot water. They never got that kind of luxury. Half the reason he hates baths is because they're always freezing in rivers or lakes. Not this.]

... Fiiiine, I guess. For you. Or somethin'. But you gotta make my hair cool right after.

Right after. Promise. Twin's honor an' everything.

[And since he's agreed, Lup plops a hand on Taako's back and begins leading him out of their shared room and to the bathroom instead. Once she gets him settled in the tub, she's going to slip away to find something else for her tiny twin to wear so he doesn't have to get back into these rags. None of their clothes really has a chance of fitting, but maybe something of Angus'...]

You wanna go full blonde and match or you want some other color in there too?

Match!!!

[... Actually wait--]

Wait can you put some blue in there. Just a little. Like a streak or somethin'? Maybe you can have a red one.

[Still thinking about the them. But he lets himself be pushed in, taking great care to fold up the cape and hat outside of the splash radius of the tub. He really likes them. Best to keep them nice for as long as possible.]

[While the tub runs, Lup absolutely dumps enough soap into the water to make a ridiculous amount of bubbles. Look, bathing with hot water and soap is an experience that she's gonna get her twin hooked on.]

Sounds bomb. We can def make that happen. Now, hop on in. I'm gonna find you some less ratty clothes to complete the whole makeover.

[He throws off his current shirt and pants combo, just leaving them in a heap on the ground while he peers over the edge of the tub. He sticks a hand in experimentally, still expecting it to be ice cold, but gasps a bit when she's right-- it's not.]

Oh man, you weren't kiddin'!

[And he clambers in, a little uncoordinated, immediately pushing all the bubbles around and ducking his head underneath. He doesn't need to be told how to bathe, already well past the point that he needs a hand, and starts with his hands before moving onto his hair. Wheather Lup is close or not, he hollers out the door, just assuming she can hear him.]

How did you just get this?? All the time, too!

[She never moves out of earshot. Though it's so much less about Taako sliding under the water and drowning than it is about her not wanting him to feel like he's been left alone. This whole new environment is a bit much, Lup won't leave her twin to navigate it all on his own.]

Hey, that's the perk of bein' two of the most powerful magic users in this place. Free hot water whenever we want it!

[When Lup slides back into the bathroom, she's stolen a pair of shorts and a nerdy, collared shirt from Angus' room. Look, it's the best she could find on such short notice.]

Woahhhh.

[He's already impressed. Like, this is already full on "This has to be as good as it gets mode. By the time she's back in the bathroom, he's piled a bunch of bubbles on his head like Wizard Hat 2.0, looking pretty pleased with himself.]

Those look real fancy. How'd you get 'em?

[Because they're fitted in literally any way. Button ups require professional sizing. That makes them fancy. It's a baseline he doesn't know much about yet, but he'll gain a taste for fine clothes later in his life.]

I stole 'em.

[Which is like technically true.]

Might be a lil' snug, but that's what magic is for.

[Lup sets Angus' clothes against the countertop near the sink, right next to a soft, clean towel. This day is going to just keep getting better for him, Lup needs to give this to her brother.]

You wanna soak for a bit? I can go toss together some dinner for us before we get our makeover on.

Oh, cool.

[It's kinda radder that she doesn't need to steal them but she still did. The suggestion is a little harrowing, but-- he can hear her, probably. She won't be far.]

Uhmm... okay. Where can I meet you?

[He just wants to be able to go when he's done. The shortest amount of time from where he is to where she'll be.]

[Lup can certainly sense and understand his hesitation, but she'll keep anyone else out of the house for now, just to make sure Taako feels comfortable enough with the two of them before introducing others.]

Just right up the stairs. Kitchen's on the third floor, impossible to miss. But if you need me, just shout. I'll hear you.

[She always will.]

[He nods, committing it to memory. He won't be scared, not like he was when she was somewhere off in the unknown. It's okay.]

Then I'll just hear you workin', dingus. It's fine.

[He won't be long anyway. This sort of thing is nice, but he hasn't really learned the value or art of relaxation yet. Not when everything is danger, and he's not out of it yet.]

G'on, I'll be up there in a few minutes.

[Lup moves to the doorway and sticks out her tongue at him before disappearing.]

Try not to get swept down the drain, Koko.

[And as promised, whenever he'd finally emerge, Lup would be upstairs in the kitchen, digging around in the fridge for leftovers that Magnus hasn't already inhaled.]

[He blows a raspberry as she leaves, sinking down into the water. He mostly finishes washing his hair, scrubbing the dirt off his body, and then waiting a few minutes until he's properly warm. Then there's really no point. He clambers out, drying himself off quickly and fumbling with the clothes Lup burgled for him. They don't fit exactly right, but nothing he's ever owned has, so. He leaves the top two buttons undone; it feels too tight, like the outfits their parents used to try to force them into for fancy parties, and Taako doesn't want to think about them. Not when they're doing JUST fine without 'em, as far as he's concerned.

He makes his way upstairs, steps light.]

D'you want me to help with dinner? What do we got to work with?

[No matter how quiet he is, Lup still turns just as Taako emerges from the stairs, shooting a grin over her shoulder towards her twin.]

Looks like we've gotta throw somethin' together from scratch. [With this many folks stuffed together under the same roof, sometimes food just disappears.]

Whatcha feel like? We keep shit stocked so, any requests?

[He purses his lips, suddenly unsure of what to say. All of this is so new to him- he can't just have everything, he doesn't even know where to begin. His favorites have always been limited by availability, whatever's in front of him at the time. He can't even think of something rare or scarce or fancy. He's never even thought about it.]

Uhm... I dunno.

[It's a little bit embarassing, really. To just have no idea like he does now.]

What's my favorite? Like future me. What do I like?

[Maybe she left that suggestion way too broad considering what she knows he's been eating as of late. Totally her bad, but Lup can make up for this.]

Y'know what. I know exactly what you're gonna love. Wanna grab the aprons off the hook an' drag a chair over here?

[He looks at her, an excited little sparkle in his eye as he's already moving, grabbing aprons down and throwing them over his shoulder while he nabs a chair from the dining room.]

What is it? Do I get to know?

[Once he's close, he tosses one of the aprons her way, already rolling his to fit before tying it on.]

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