hadriel_logs | World Log: Tundra Arrival

Who: All characters in the city
What: The log for the city's arrivel on the ice planet
Where: All around the city
When: November 21st-November 30th
Warnings: None

You all get some warning to prepare, which is great. A little time to stock up on supplies, make sure everything's where it supposed to be, call your friends in from their fishing boats. And then the city moves. It happens in the blink of an eye - one moment you're on islands, surrounded by ocean, and the next? The next you're surrounded by frozen ground, the temperature has dropped significantly, and even the sky looks different. The air has a bite to it, that familiar feeling telling you it's thinking about snowing soon. Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but someday soon.

The city has rearranged itself back into that old, familiar shape, instead of spread out across islands like it was a moment ago. Maybe that'll make things easier for you, maybe it won't, but it also means the return of the lake and river that used to bisect the city - only now they're frozen over. This climate also means it'll be hard for any plants not otherwise protected to survive - and that you, too, will start feeling that cold if you're away from a warm place for too long.

And warm places might be in short supply, because when the city moved the gods did not. What does that mean for you? Well, whatever supplies are in the shops at the moment the city moves are the only ones left. No new food supplies, no new clothing, nothing. In addition, the power across the whole city is out, including water and heating. Anything else powered or supplied by gods (the hot springs, the mopeds, what's left of the orchard, the armory, the GPS) will not work.

You're on your own. Try not to die.

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[ Man, no wonder Taako likes messing with people so much, this is fun. Angus sits back and takes another sip of cocoa, looking absolutely serene and at peace with the universe. ]

You didn't get abandoned, you're just sharing the top spot. Besides, he was there first, and he's fictional, so it really doesn't make sense to be jealous, sir!

[This is why Taako hates being messed with and why Angus McDonald is going to get dunked on mercilessly in every other circumstance forever. He's coming for you little man. Coming for you.

Case in point, he twists around, getting very into Angus' face with that Serious Look he's fixed on him before.]

Now you listen here little man. You may be getting magic from me but that doesn't mean you're better than I am, you have not even scratched the surface of great magic power. You think you're ready to go toe to toe with Taako? You think you've got it?

[He jabs a finger into Angus' chest.]

You are at my mercy and I can crush you at any time.

[ Angus instantly realizes that he wildly overestimated how far he could push this goof, and the only response that Taako gets out of him at first as he leans as far away from the elf as he can without falling off the steps is a tiny “eep!” ]

I-I, um, I didn’t actually say any of that stuff at all, but, uh.... n-noted!

[YESSS, POWER OVER A SMALL CHILD

Taako smirks, chest blossoming into a giggle.]

Awww Ango, did I getcha again? Did Taako getcha with the ol' play monologue? Don't pee again.

[He's kind of jabbing his fingers into Angus' chest like buttons in a little sing-songy voice. Horrible.]

[ THE WORST!!! ]

I didn’t pee the first time!

[ the terror has given way to sheer indignance! Angus sets the cocoa down and attempts to scoot out of poking range, though he’s rapidly running out of step-space! ]

[HA HA TINY BOY POKES that gif is 100% correct.

Taako flicks his nose as some kind of closer, but that hardly means he's ever done.]

Oh yeah, is your memory messy on thay one too, Ango? Missin' storytime in the ol' noggin? Wouldn't make you wanna forget all your pee experiences.

[bad]

Oh my god.

[ Angus buries his face in his hands, partly as a shield from further poking, and partly because he is just 200% done with everything tonight. ]

If I say that you're cool, can we please stop talking about this. Can we literally talk about anything else in the known universe.

[He just laughs, rocking back far enough that he has to put his hand behind him to steady himself. Man, this is good. This is wonderful.]

Yeah, maybe I can let you off for that one.

[Taako lets them lapse into quiet, if only for a few seconds, the victory Angus has earned by conceding to his bullying. And finally, out of the silence, he speaks again.]

Maybe I can show you, one day. Figure out how to peek into that ol' world.

[ After a long, silent moment, Angus cracks his fingers open and peers up at Taako from between the gaps, eyes wide. The one good thing about being stuck in Hadriel is that it's given him enough time for certain things to sink in... like the fact that he won't have to go back to being alone once the Bureau's mission is complete, and that he has people who want him around even if he isn't a co-worker or employee with skills that they can put to good use. He knows Taako well enough at this point to know how rarely he offers parts of himself to other people, and an offer like this is... it's a lot.

Granted, it's weird to be reminded of this just after Taako made a pee joke at his expense, but that's just how these doofuses operate. ]

... That'd be really neat, sir. I'd like that a lot.

[ It comes out hushed, and a little bit awed. As much as he goofed about Caleb Cleveland being higher on the list than Taako, alien planets are really cool. ]

[Damn right, kiddo. Taako can speak solidly for the both of them when he says that Angus isn't going anywhere ever again. Even if Lup doesn't know him very well back home yet, she will. Everyone will. He's the boy who told the world. He won't say it, because he just can't face it, but he knows that Davenport's original call to leave when the going got tough wasn't something he could make.

Kravitz was around, sure. But Angus was just as important.

He lets the moment sit for just a moment, just a second so Angus could know, and then laughs.]

Yeah, big ol' nerdo Angus McDangus wants to see the stars. Figures. Drink your cocoa or I'm gonna dump your face in it.

What! Stars are cool!

[ Much like certain elven wizards who shall go unnamed. He says this in a voice that's equal parts indignantly defensive and full of barely-restrained laughter, and goes back to the cocoa with a put-upon huff.

He knows, though. He picks up on just about everything that was said in that brief silent moment, and he's keeping it close. ]

Thanks, sir. For the cocoa and everything.

[Honestly, Taako's one to fucking talk, he's covered in them. But he earned it by being a fantasy astronaut and not a chump, duh.

He just reaches over and shoves Angus' head down by his hair in an aggressive sort of tousle.]

Yeah yeah, dork of ages. Drink it before you snort it huh?

[And that's that for Taako's Lore Dump of the Day, tune in again in a month or so when he has time to recover from this one.]

World Log: Tundra Arrival

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