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[spellslots]

[Normally, Taako is absolutely the sort of person who likes making sure everyone can see how good he's looking, if he's on the network, but things are Different today.]

So uh, hey, is anyone else fucking blind? Cause I'll put up with a lot of horseshit from this place but I'm drawing a line in the sand at taking my eyesight, I've got crap to do and like, I dunno about the rest of you dipshits but I need to see to do my job. There's no way I'm gonna keep burning spell slots on arcane eye or whatever.

[He's doing his best to sound chill about this but honestly, it sucks and it's a little troubling.]

Can someone hurry the fuck up and figure this out? Or at least recommend me fucking audiobooks or something, I guess? That's the level I'm sinking to here, audio-only media. This place is stupid as hell.

[Annnnd with that, he cuts the feed.]

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[dothelokimotion]

Do you have any idea where you are?

[ Not that he'll need it, but still. ]

I can come fetch you.

perma-audio

[spellslots]

[He's sticking to audio because he doesn't like the idea of people seeing him when he can't see them. It's weird.]

Oh, nah I'm good. Thank fuck I don't need to see shit to teleport so I got my ass back to the house.

[It means he can't cast it again today, but that's fine, he's not planning on going anywhere.]

I appreciate it though, darling.

[dothelokimotion]

[ Loki still seems wary, as if ready to leave at a moment's notice but he reins it in. ]

At the very least, I can offer an explanation.

[spellslots]

You-- okay nope I was gonna say you should've led with that but starting with making sure I'm not about to get hit by a car or something was smart. Good call on that front. Nailed it.

[He's rambling, don't @ him]

But uh, what's the deal? You can come over if it's a long explanation I'm just like-- I don't have my glamor on or anything.

[Not that Loki cares, but it's a thing.]

@ciscodelamancha | audio | private

[franciscoramon]

You're blind? For real?

[ If Taako were really freaking out over this he wouldn't have posted on the network, so hopefully this is just The Quarantine Being The Quarantine, and thus temporary. Still... it's a Lot. ]

perma all those things

[spellslots]

Nah this is like a fun prank, gotcha.

[said lightly, because he's frustrated but that isn't Cisco's fault.]

I tried using my transmutation stone and a bunch of dispelling magic but it did fucking nothing.

[franciscoramon]

Any clues what caused it?

[ He's concerned for Taako, but also wants to highkey avoid repeating his mistakes. If only one of them is sightless for a while, at least Cisco can help him, probably. If they both ended up that way, it would just be double the misery. ]

Did you try blinking? The spell, not... y'know. I just mean maybe you'll have more luck on the ethereal plane.

[ Since he doesn't have physical eyes there, probably. Probably? Cisco's still working on getting the whole plane thing. ]

audio, @whatever

[kievs]

(Is anyone else blind??)

Hold on, lemme check.

(There's an obnoxiously long pause.)

[spellslots]

I can still kick your ass, you little shit.

[This is why he likes Alyssa.]

[kievs]

Uh huh. (She doesn't believe that for a second.)

Why do you think this place made you blind?

audio, @chronicler

[scholiast]

Have you hair on the palms of your hands too?

audio

[spellslots]

Did you miss the part where Kravitz is here? Cause like... I haven't really needed to take care of myself, you know?

[get rekt, luce]

[scholiast]

(There's a very awkward silence.)

You know, I do have information about why you've suddenly gone blind but now I don't feel like sharing.

[umbrastaff]

[Here, have a sister flopping down next to you with a cup of tea.]

Here, 'Ko.

[She's a little concerned, but it seemed like people were working on it. What she could do right now was entertained her bored twin.]

[spellslots]

[Honestly, he'd be at least 100% more freaked out if Lup weren't in the city. Even with the others, he still feels safer with Lup.

Especially because now that he knows the trick to this, he can hold out a hand to her. Or - to roughly where he assumes she is.]

Loki says if I'm touching someone I get to see shit.

[umbrastaff]

[ She immediately laces her fingers with his even before he explains why - but when he mentions that touch might help him see, Lup squeezes his hand a little bit. ]

Really? That's weird, but doable.

voice; un: thunderbird

[tanker]

Kinda, yeah.

[ He woke up able to see, then Clarice left to shower, and he couldn't. She was here, he was fine, she left, he was blind. ]

Clarice made all sorts of jokes about my habits before we got together.

[spellslots]

Good to know those kinda jokes exist in like every reality.

[Lucretia tried to make fun of him for that too before he wrecked her life.]

I dunno if you've figured it out yet, but you get your sight back if you're touching someone.

[tanker]

Oh, you got them too? She's been having the time of her life.

[ Any excuse for Clarice to tease him mercilessly, she'll take. ]

Yeah, I noticed. When she's around I can see. Might have to take some time off work while this is happening...

audio: UN Ragnarsdottir

[like_quicksilver]

How did you become blind?

[spellslots]

[Sounds like a kid, so he's going to make the minimal effort to not cuss.]

Uh, apparently there's some creatures moving through the river that are accidentally doing this shit.

[like_quicksilver]

[She hesitates. What happened still gives her nightmares, so talking about it isn't something she likes.] My brother and I were out hunting. There was a creature called a basilisk, some of its blood got into my eyes. Now I can't see anything.

[That's not entirely the case. She can 'see', but it's all dark and blurry, like looking through a dark pond.

audio; id: c.cain

[cassassin]

[oh it's this guy.]

What happened? [And a beat] Poirot. Um, for the audiobooks.

[spellslots]

[it sure is this fucking guy]

Some shitty creatures in the water are doing it, apparently not on purpose but who fucking knows with this place. [No trust.] Is Poirot an author or a title?

[cassassin]

Ugh. [Well that sounds cool and awesome and definitely like a whole new wrinkle that's cool to deal with.] Oh, um-- character, sorry. Author's Agatha Christie.