Tag: mcelroys

kaylizle:

There were things Lucretia couldn’t take from them.

One night Taako makes lamb pot pie for Magnus. He takes a few bites and stops, “This is my favorite food.”

Taako is almost back in the kitchen when he turns with a casual. “No duh.”

“No this is my favorite food but every time I’ve had it, it’s been missing— something. This isn’t missing something.”

“Apples.” Taako says with a shrug. “Weird as hell, but it’s your gullet not mine.”

Magnus stares for a long time and Taako finally figures out how weird it is he knows that without Magnus having ever told him.

It’s spooky.

Taako retreats.

Magnus knows the lyrics to an old dwarven campfire song that only him and Merle seem to have heard of. There’s a dance and Magnus knows all the steps.

Half way through Merle stops him. “How do you know this?”

Magnus doesn’t have an answer.

Merle beats Taako at chess for the fourteenth time and Taako put his forehead to the table in defeat. “Why are you so good at the games?”

“A friend taught me.”

“Who? The inventor of chess?”

It’s rhetorical but Merle pauses because… he can’t remember.

She thought she was thorough but she forgot trees falling in the forest still make a sound. Even when she’s not around to hear.

anonymousalchemist:

marywhal:

anonymousalchemist:

my favorite subtle taz fic goof is kravitz described as being “dressed down” or “in casual wear” or “half dressed” and it’s still like. a button down shirt and pants. half a suit. 

barry: you know, you don’t have to dress up just to come to family dinners

kravitz, genuinely confused: … this shirt has barrel cuffs and a point collar

barry, in jorts: … what does that mean?

taako, in pajama shorts and one of lup’s t-shirts that says “FLAME ON” on it: really, barold, you don’t even know what a point collar is? have we taught you nothing? 

taz characters as comments from a reddit thread about drunk people @ parties

fullyrealized:

Taako: “Someone went through the house and stole every lightbulb in the house. The owner was passed out at this point. The person was dedicated, even took the bulb from the fridge”

Lup: “A guy kept feeding the bathtub fire until the tv ten feet away melted”

Barry: “My friend has a recording of me sulking over a girl years ago and I said, ‘I’m gonna kill myself in half’”

Merle: “We found our friend (who we had lost earlier) at Denny’s, at 4 in the morning, in a prayer circle with some random family”

Magnus: “A friend of mine was extremely drunk and saw this guy walking his dog. My friend started petting the dog and when the owner asked him to stop he started petting the man instead.”

Davenport: “The host got belligerently drunk, forgot who he’d shook hands with/talked to, and spent the rest of the night making rounds shaking everyone’s hand at least half a dozen times before passing out.”

Lucretia: “After last call, she asked if we were still open. When I told her no, she thanked me for my service and my kindness. When I turned my back, she grabbed a half empty bottle of champagne an earlier customer had left and poured herself a large to-go cup of champagne and walked out. ”

Carey: “Someone stole my friends front door, just ripped if off the hinges and ran down the street”

Killian: “I broke 3 glasses within an hour of each other. Kind of wasn’t my fault but still got forced to drink of a plastic cup for the rest of the night.”

Angus: “Idk I’m 12”

bramblepatch:

It takes Taako approximately two days to start designing his outfits around the umbrastaff, because honestly, it’s not just an arcane focus, it’s an accessory and he’s got an image to maintain. It’s not quite his usual aesthetic, but he makes it work.

This absolutely kills Lucretia, because of course in the process he unwittingly keeps recreating choice Lup Looks.