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[closed] (loud screaming) BOAT PARTY

Who: Taako, Lup, Barry, Kravitz, Magnus, Lance, and Nate.
What: 7 assholes, two boats, heading into the ocean for the chance to look for some buckwild stuff.
Where: Out at sea!
When: The entirety of the voyage; August 13th-September 3rd.
Warnings: Idk PG-13 levels of shirtlessness, curse words, maybe somebody ends up overboard at some point. Should be cool.

This is a catch all for the boat party for this group! Make top-levels for threads within this time and go friggin' wild. For convenience, I've provided 3 toplevel headers as general timeline assistance; as far as events of the voyage go, it'll basically be:

Week One: (August 13th-19th) Leaving the city and traveling to the fragment!
Week Two: (August 20th-26th) Still traveling, picking up whatever they find somewhere in here, since it's about the middle.
Week Three: (August 27th- Sept 3rd) Traveling and arriving home!

Feel free not to use exact dates, I sure don't care, this is just to help figure out if things happened before other things, OTHERWISE GO WILD

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[He sort of flattens his mouth into a tight line when she speaks like a man who is well and truly busted. Well, fuck.]

Look, I-- I don't know, maybe he can't, we're in the-- ocean or some. Shit. Fuck.

[Man he's been fucking had. Damn her for knowing him so well.]

You're not gonna let me fuckin' get out of this, are you?

[It just feels immediately better, having this contact between them. Like the point where Taako's chin meets his thigh is a point that radiates warmth and comfort, and all that good, good stuff. He immediately puts his hand to work combing through Taako's hair.]

Lup wanted you to talk to me?

[That peaks his curiosity, but Taako is clearly struggling with something, so Kravitz leaves it at that- and what he hears next shoves any questions he might have to the back of his mind.]

Taako, I could not fathom ever being tired of you. Truthfully. [He huffs a quiet, awkward laugh, rushing to add-] You must remember how long I've been around. If there's one thing I've been forced to gain, it's patience.

I admire that.

[He smiles to himself.]

Your resolve, I mean. It's always been impressive, the whole time I've known you.

[Even after a decade alone to think far too long and deeply on what she'd done, the decision still haunts Lup at times. Every single time that Barry or Taako wake up screaming in the night, waking to temporary forgetfulness. When their eyes slide over Lup and there's nothing but a blank, questioning looking staring her back, until the seconds tick by and the recognition finally hits. Until they finally remember her.

What Nate is doing to himself is different, sure, but Lup can't stand the thought of him leaving his family behind broken like she had. She just can't.

It's not a full surrender, the kind of victories Lup usually fights for, but her long ears dip down and she gives the man a careful nod. This is above even her own ego. She needs him safe more than she needs to win.]

Noted. I can work with that.

[Her fingers, calloused and warm, linger against his arm for just a few more moments before dropping away. And it's so hard to tell with the twins, but there's an immediate relief in the line of tension along her shoulders when that mask gets tossed aside.]

I'm not doubting you, alright? Just. [Ugh, emotions are never not gross.] Don't get a big head or whatever, but I guess I care.

[She hears Barry's voice, can see his mouth moving, lips shifting around every word, but the sound of the fragment's frantic whispering, dark and melodic, chaotic energy incarnate, is thrumming in her head louder and louder by the second. His voice is pushed aside for the noise from the shard, dulled by it's own growing strength, but even as it becomes clearer in her ears, she still can't quite understand it's frenzied instructions.

Barry trembles, he outright begs, but Lup just takes another step backwards, clutching the fragment to her chest, closer to the railing he fears she'll throw herself off of.]

I can't - [Her thin frame trembles, gaze darting from Barry to the other end of the ship and back, like she's cornered.] I can't hear it when you keep - [Long ears pin back, Lup's wild eyes flying to her left, like she hears the whispering right at her back now, as if she can feel breath on her shoulder from some unseen force.] I -

[But then her gaze meets Barry's, reads the words he's mouthing - You gotta fight it, Lup. Put it down. - and she gasps, dropping the fragment to her feet.]

[It's a role they haven't fallen into in some time. Not that Taako thinks Barry is weak, or that Lup couldn't handle herself, but this was his designated task. The two of them would disappear for a week and then come barreling into his room at 3 am asking him to just look at this, okay, tell him they're not going completely nuts. Taako's always been privy to their weirdest shit, so here he is again. He looks casual, and he watches. Looks for tells. Looks for ideas.

Looks for weird finger movements.

But he snickers a little bit more when Barry speaks, craning an eyebrow.]

Take 'em from you? Jeez, Barry, ready to fight over these things already? You got that big of a hard on for a new glowing thing to study? You shoulda told me, I'd have worked on pulling some weird relic out of the ground a long time ago if you needed it to get your rocks off.

[Get it. Because it's a rock.]

I dunno if it's an issue about letting, I mean, if they wanted to make sure we didn't get them they'd have come themselves.

[It takes a lot to get Taako to admit defeat. Usually, he'll be flailing around even when all logic and reason has long since turned against him.

But here he is, looking completely and utterly busted. Lup has to wonder if some part of him is secretly eager to express those feelings to Kravitz, to not have to keep them in any longer.]

Not a chance, bud. It's what sisters are for.

Edited 2018-10-03 05:06 (UTC)

[He tilts his head to the side as Kravitz' fingers find their way to the perfect place, another connection Taako didn't need to say for the other man to just get. It feels like he's known him no time and all time, like it's been days and weeks and years all in one. He can't explain it. He can't fucking explain any of it. It's a little infuriating, actually.

Taako sighs, taking a few moments just to feel the rise and fall of his own chest, a slow blink as he tries to take in the words Kravitz says as truth.]

I was talking to Lup about some stuff and she thinks I should talk to you too. For. Stuff.

[Great. Good. Wonderful start.]

It's not really like-- it's not a thing, I just feel stupid just saying it? Like you're probably expecting this to be something, and maybe you're gonna be pissed when this is over and I wasted your time? But like, listen, it's something. Sort of. Fuck.

[He falls silent again, almost certain Kravitz can hear his heartbeat by now with the way it's clogging his ears.]

... You know it's been like a year, right? Since you got here?

[Huh. Not what she expected to hear, but Lup's never caught off guard. She pulls back her shoulders and tips her chin up, grinning.]

Smart man. I am pretty phenomenal.

Uh-huh.

[Unconvinced - denial is not just a river in Egypt - Nate raises his eyebrows, face impassive and unreadable.]

I believe you. Caring about people sucks.

[That's probably the worst part of it. He does. He wants Kravitz to know that he cares and stop running from himself, but that want is terrifying and therefore incomprehensible. All it's doing is running up against his bullshit o meter, making it difficult to keep up his lie. Frankly, it's homophobia.]

Bullshit, sisters are for stealing clothes from and brushing your hair.

[His head is tilted down and away from her though, like he's lost control of his face and needs a minute to put it back together.]

This is stupid, you know. Forcing me to do this when you took so long. It's only been a couple of months since I talked to you, this is dumb.

Caring about people is dumb and that's why I don't do it. The Null suck but they're right about feelings being a fucking disease.

[He says, when he cares so deeply about Lup it's not only obvious, it's 75% of his entire being.]

You're useful, but don't go trottin' around like you're big shit just because you get to hang out with me, jeez.

Also noogies. I'm an expert at 'em.

[Lup gives Taako exactly the space he needs right now, just long enough for him to find his composure and brush this touch of emotion away, but she never moves, the warmth of her body pressed against his side constant. She'll never leave him, not over this, not over anything. Never again. She doesn't force his attention, but her hand does move to his hair, pulling it aside, familiar fingers playing with it.]

We aren't trapped in time anymore, babe, so you can't steal my old excuse. Couple months is a long time to keep those feelings all wrapped up inside of you. 'Sides, the main point is we both know you want this. So let yourself have it. You don't have to keep the guy at a distance, sweetheart. Trust me, he's into the whole package.

[Taako probably just means it jokingly, poking fun at him for getting a little protective just now, but the elf's hard-on comment earns him an... unexpectedly harsh look from Barry. For a moment there's a flicker of something almost like genuine rage across his face, fingers tightening around the fragment in his hand.

And then it passes. His gaze returns to the notebook, a few words put to paper - but his shoulders are noticably more tense now, the line of his jaw hard and stern.]

Exactly. They would've. Until they decide we can't have'em anymore, we're stuck with'em. Might as well do what we can 'til then.

Hey, excuse you, I can deny any feelings I may or may not have for way longer than a few months.

[He's capable of being petty forever. But it's impossible to close himself off fully when she's pressed so close, practically a part of him. It's not about forcing his attention, it's about being so omnipresent that he can't deny her. So... now he's fuckin' in it, he guesses. He's just here. Because she says let yourself have it, as if he's ever let himself have anything he's truly wanted.]

I hate this. I wanna make it super clear that I hate this, okay? But whatever, just get off my back.

[Now he has to think about how to... actually do this. Shit.]

[Of course he does. When does Taako not zag on Barry? He's his brother in law. Possibly the closest person to him in the world that isn't Lup. So seeing that face on him makes him squint, the smile on his mouth staying put but only out of defense.

Hey, quick question, what the fuck.

He's tensing up himself, but Taako's reaction to that is always to get smooth and loose, ready to cut and run if he needs to. So he leans back on the table, pursing his lips as he watches.]

Uh huuuuh. Do what we can? So what's the plan, then, B-man? Got some intent there?

[The raise of an eyebrow. He considers trying to text Nate under the table, mind quickly filing through his spells and trying to think if he has fucking anything for sending a discreet message. Shoulda picked up that cantrip, huh.]

Edited 2018-10-25 03:22 (UTC)

[This is the exact sort of reaction he thought she'd have, but it makes Krav grin all the same.]

Truer words were never spoken.

You know what I mean, goobus! We both know just how long your stubborn ass will pretend to not care just to make a point.

[Look. She's been there. In fact, chances are Taako learned it straight from her.]

I get it, you hate everything. [She says it so nonchalantly, like that's just Taako fact. But then there's just the slightest curl to the woman's mouth, lips twitching up into a wicked grin.]

Except Kraaaaaav~!

[And with their current closeness, there's just now way Lup isn't going to accompany that with the tickle of her fingers dancing up and down his side, aiming to send her twin into hysterics trying to keep her off of him.]

[Barry feels breathless by the time she drops the fragment to the floor of the ship, like he didn't dare inhale for fear that it would spook her. But the fragment finally falls from her fingers, and he darts forward, like he's about to grasp the shard in his hands.

But instead, he takes Lup's trembling fingers in his hands, holding her firmly, squeezing her knuckles gently. Both to keep her from reaching down for the fragment again, and to comfort her, bring her back to herself.]

It's okay, Lup, it's okay. Y'did it. Nothing's th'matter. Y'did it.

[Barry's eyes dart to the fragment resting between their feet. They'd both sorely underestimated its powers.] F-Fuck... That was a close one...

Y'know, yer real fuckin' nosy for someone who doesn't do any work.

[Barry's grip on the fragment is getting dangerously tight, hand shaking with the force of grasping it so hard. It digs into the palm of his hand. Somehow, it doesn't seem to bother him.

He just scowls at the notebook, not even bothering to meet Taako's gaze. The line of concern between the elf's brows doesn't even register with him. He just looks... mad. Angry for a reason not immediately obvious.]

Since yer wonderin', all we can do without equipment is observe. Got it? Look at it, feel it, stick it up our fuckin' asses, anything t'figure out what it even does, if anything. For all we know, th'liches sent us out here t'get their fuckin' soup stones for'em. Lazy fucks.

[The wood of his pencil creaks and groans in his grip.]

Edited 2018-10-27 14:07 (UTC)

[The fragment slips from her hand and the voice whispering in her ear is instantly gone, the emptiness that immediately follows a strange mix of relief and frantic uncertainty. But Lup knows enough about magical thralls to catch herself from giving into the need to chase after the fallen artifact, and the longer she goes without touching it, the more assured she is in that decision.

When Barry darts forward, looking like he's diving right for the fragment, Lup feels every muscle in her abdomen clench in painful anticipation, but then he's there instead, in front of her, holding her shaking hands within his, fingertips lightly dragging over her skin. He doesn't allow the fragment even a glance. His full attention is on Lup.

Something about that look makes the strong line of her shoulders tremble.]

Fuck. [She's so acutely aware of Barry's strong hands squeezing at her knuckles, how he's working to bring her back to him.] Guess Nate wasn't kiddin' around, huh?

[And after a quick, calming inhale through her nose, both of her long ears dipping down low towards her shoulders:] Didn't mean to scare the shit out of you.

So? Gonna take me up on my offer or what?

It's okay, Lup. Y'couldn't help it.

[And while he means it, really, he knows it wasn't her fault, it still scared him. Barry has seen what magical thralls can do to people, what it can make otherwise upstanding, mentally sound people with good in their hearts really do, if given just a sliver of opportunity. The two of them had made artifacts with thralls so tempting and dangerous they leveled cities, ruined families, and slaughtered the users.

The last thing Barry wants to have happen is for Lup to fall under such a frightening thrall. He wouldn't want this for anyone he cares about, but... especially not Lup.]

We, uh... should probably lock this thing back up, huh? Wait 'til we can get it to th'lab, let the others know what t'look out for.

[Barry doesn't want to touch it anymore. Doesn't want to look at it anymore. But if they work together, they should be able to lock it up before anyone gets hurt...]

[It takes him a moment, and then he looks stricken.]

...To teach me? Ah, I...

[It's oddly warming to hear that Lup encouraged Taako to talk to him, even when he's in the dark about the subject matter. It feels like space being made in a circle, like he's not just imagining the trust and metaphorical welcome mat that everyone in Taako's life has rolled out for him.

He can feel himself growing more and more jittery as Taako talks, though (under the surface, of course, because he's unflappable and stoic and doesn't sweat ~~but he does an excellent impression of it~~) - because this is clearly making Taako very agitated, and that makes Krav agitated. It's like dominoes. You know. Just two dominoes. Whatever.

Kravitz takes a deep, calming breath- there's something soothing about feeling the air go woosh through his empty-just-as-they-should-be lungs. It braces him until Taako has run the course of his explanation and fallen silent. In the meantime, he runs soothing circles into Taako's scalp.]

Shh. Taako. It's alright. Whatever this is- I assure you there's nowhere else I would rather be.

[The words settle him just as much as they are meant to settle Taako.]

...Has it truly been that long?

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