[He thinks, for a second, that it might have worked. She watches, stands, and he's almost within reach. Without thinking, he tenses in the way that should've made a mage hand, something he can offer out to her. But nothing comes. That's almost enough to make him cry.
It's forgotten under the wake of what happens instead., because her head snaps, there's a scream, and Taako goes entirely still.
The one thing Taako has, the thing he'd consider himself good at to the point of being better than everyone he knows, and it's survival. His relationship with death is obviously incredibly complicated, having liches for family and dating the grim reaper, but out of a hundred years of free deaths Taako made it out with the lowest count of the entire IPRE. Eight. He can count every single one, ticked along a timeline, because he will always survive when he has any, any option. Water is wet, the Light always falls, and Taako keeps living.
But Lup charges at him, and he doesn't fucking move.
He does drop into a defensive stance, a crouched motion with forearms crossed in front of his face as she shoots through him. For a moment, he isn't even afraid- he doesn't feel anything at all.
Then, as soon as she passes, she bolts, and Taako can hear his own sharp inhale as his heart thrums in his ears. She didn't hurt him. She's acting like a lunatic but she didn't hurt him. She's in there, she's got to be. He moves two shaking legs to turn, running the direction she went, looking almost frantic for where she's heading.]
Lup! C-Come on! Stop acting like-- it's not Halloween, okay! You got me! Come back!
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It's forgotten under the wake of what happens instead., because her head snaps, there's a scream, and Taako goes entirely still.
The one thing Taako has, the thing he'd consider himself good at to the point of being better than everyone he knows, and it's survival. His relationship with death is obviously incredibly complicated, having liches for family and dating the grim reaper, but out of a hundred years of free deaths Taako made it out with the lowest count of the entire IPRE. Eight. He can count every single one, ticked along a timeline, because he will always survive when he has any, any option. Water is wet, the Light always falls, and Taako keeps living.
But Lup charges at him, and he doesn't fucking move.
He does drop into a defensive stance, a crouched motion with forearms crossed in front of his face as she shoots through him. For a moment, he isn't even afraid- he doesn't feel anything at all.
Then, as soon as she passes, she bolts, and Taako can hear his own sharp inhale as his heart thrums in his ears. She didn't hurt him. She's acting like a lunatic but she didn't hurt him. She's in there, she's got to be. He moves two shaking legs to turn, running the direction she went, looking almost frantic for where she's heading.]
Lup! C-Come on! Stop acting like-- it's not Halloween, okay! You got me! Come back!