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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.]

[dothelokimotion]

I won't make you uncomfortable if you do not want company in your condition.

[ He gets that, even if it means little to him what state Taako is in. ]

We have made contact with another species — the Guardians of the Deep. We are in the process of transporting to a safer location, but there have been . . . side effects.

[spellslots]

I'm blind, I'm not dying or whatever, it's fine.

[He doesn't sound entirely committed to that but mostly he's just sort of fussy that Loki so easily called him out on his hesitation.]

So it's just this place's bullshit again, good to know. Any uh-- any guess on how long it's gonna be?

[dothelokimotion]

Of course. But the offer is open. We won't have to discuss it.

[ Loki pauses. ]

A week. Maybe close to two. There are ways of dealing with it, but you may not like the solution.

[spellslots]

Lemme hear the solution first, if I've gotta go murder someone to fix this you're coming with me.

[Murder pals.]

[dothelokimotion]

[ Seems legit. ]

Contact. You have to be touching someone.

[spellslots]

[Taako just laughs because honestly what else is there to do.]

That's so fucking stupid, what the fuck?

[dothelokimotion]

It was hardly my idea. But that is the "cure", so to speak.

That, and time.

[spellslots]

Is just like... getting rid of these guardians off the table?

[Taako no]

[dothelokimotion]

I'm afraid I am no longer in that business.

[spellslots]

Cannot believe you went and got morals on me, fucking rude, pumpkin.

[He's not actually annoyed.]

I guess Lup's in charge of decorating shit until this shit is over.

[Since the other option is like relying on people and that's terrible.]

[dothelokimotion]

Morals had little to do with it.

[ Since most of Gramarye would be involved, it's hard to do it stealthily. And he has a new image. Ish. ]

I'm sure she'd enjoy that. A little too much.

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[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.

[spellslots]

It's her business as much as it's mine, I'm sure she'd like... mostly behave. I am for sure not gonna ask her to do my make up though.

[That would be Bad]

[dothelokimotion]

A wise decision.

. . . Will you be all right otherwise? Losing a sense is . . . difficult.

[spellslots]

Well I fucking hate it, so there's that.

[It would be worse if he couldn't use the occasional magic to help. Whatever's gone wrong does seem limited to just messing with his eyes, so divination isn't off limits.

Still, he's not a fan.]

[dothelokimotion]

That's reasonable.

I lost my senses once long ago. It's an experience I care not to repeat.

[spellslots]

If I knew why I got unlucky with this one I'd tell you so you can avoid it, but I got nothing.

[If it was magic related, there's plenty of people who'd be effected. Maybe it's an elf thing?]

[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. ]

[spellslots]

Apparently it's something called the Guardian of the Deep? Gramarye's dealing with it, but who knows how long that's gonna take, seems like it's just a luck thing.

[There's even a temporary solution, but it's a stupid one.]

Nah, ethereal plane doesn't work. If I yeet myself outta my body that works, but then I can't touch shit.

[dothelokimotion]

[ Loki shakes his head. ]

I will deal with it when the time comes.