video; @fromTV

[spellslots]

[Oh hey, it's Taako, wearing Taako clothes and a pointy hat. Obviously it's Taako.]

I, the great Taako Taaco desire to learn new and exciting languages because I have a need to show everyone how smart I am behind this undeniably gorgeous face. You should teach me all your strange languages, as nothing is beyond my immensely powerful abilities.

[He's grinning, faux fanning himself like he's just too hot for this feed.]

Since I have all of your undivided attention, you must know that all my stunning good looks and amazing magical powers all come from the fact that I have a really small dick.

[And oh hey, it’s Taako again, except this time it’s just his voice off-screen:]

Hey dingus, have you seen my pho... ne..?

[It’s a very telltale trailing off, the way someone who has caught their shitty sister in the act of Pretending To Be Them™ in front of the entire fucking network.]

Gimme it, now.

[There’s a surprised shout and then a lot of cackling as the phone is pulled up and Taako #1 is running off to the other side of the room to get as far away from Taako #2 as possible.]

OH NO, AN IMPOSTOR! Save me! I’m too beautiful and sexy to die!

[Luckily, at least one member of this family remembers they’re a wizard, and the phone is mysteriously plucked from Taako #1’s hand and returned to the real Taako, who turns the phone to face him so everyone can see how done he is.]

What’s up, chucklefucks, I’d like to introduce you to my complete asshole of a sister who I hate more than anything in this world.

[From behind the phone, now;]

RUDE.

Don’t start shit you can’t finish. [He sticks his tongue out in her general direction, then turns his attention back the camera.] I’m for real about the languages thing, I’m bored and wanna learn new shit, she just jacked my idea before I could come ask. Do not believe her about the dick thing, though, that's fake as hell.

[With the alarming sound of encroaching footsteps, Taako quickly shuts off the feed.]

[ooc: Lup = red, Taako = purple. They're both the worst]

Comments

@dodger/audio

[smokedout]

There's two of you?

[Oh this is the best. You can just hear him laughing, that sketchy and low chuckle that's so far from friendly it barely counts as a happy noise.]

Eddie's a luckier man than I thought.

audio

[spellslots]

I've said it before, and I'll say it again, yuck.

[He just sounds bored, though.]

video, un: j.k.

[aeturnus]

[ This reply starts as audio, clicks off, and it takes a minute or two for him to come back to it. Seeing these twins, obviously close, causes a flicker of jealousy and happiness in him. It's always kind of personal to see twins now when he's been separated from him own.

Then it really sinks in what Lucretia admitted to and he feels sick, briefly, about twins. It's worse somehow. ]

I'm pretty good with languages. Got any Earth ones you're curious about?

video; @fromTV

[spellslots]

Uh, that kinda implies I know of any. There's like, Russian? And that's about all I got.

[He knows Russian is a language because of Illya and Eddie's terror of a roommate, but he hasn't paid a lot of attention to other Earth languages.]

@frankenstein, text

[500gallontank]

women are annoying like that

[Yep, yep. Every woman he's run into has been like that. It's clearly not that Frankenstein is kind of an asshole. Nope. ]

video @lightemup

[umbrastaff]

Ex-cuuse you.

text; un: stranger.things

[potentialed]

Is that what the pointy hat was for?

[ Stephen pls ]

text; @fromTV

[spellslots]

The pointy hat is for looking sweet as shit, my dude

video @lightemup

[umbrastaff]

Oh yea, it's totally compensating.

video; un: feywild

[imperceptus]

[ In truth, this whole comfortable family milieu is tugging hard at Rin's cold heartstrings, but he'll be damned if he shows it. Instead, he keeps it breezy. ]

Adorable.

video; @fromTV

[spellslots]

Don't encourage her.

[As if that couldn't be directed at both of them.]

video @lightemup

[umbrastaff]

I know I am, but what is he?

@ciscodelamancha | video

[franciscoramon]

I just want it on the record that this time I could totally tell that was Lup the whole time, right from the start.

[ Yes, he is still thinking about mistaking her for Taako at the carnivale while he was wasted. Is he telling the truth? Maybe. Hard to say. But he definitely seems very amused by this whole disaster. Taako can say all he wants about hating his sister but it's obvious how happy he is having her back. How happy they both are being together. ]

If you mean it about the languages, I could teach you both Spanish.

[spellslots]

Uh huh, sure.

[He sounds very skeptical, but it's probably just teasing.]

And I would never dick around about languages. [a hand on his heart! How terrible to even consider the idea.] Lup would, she's not as into it as I am, but maybe we can make her sit still for like half an hour intervals.

@blake, audio

[jettisons]

[This makes Bellamy miss Octavia like crazy, but he's going to push past it and go for the asshole response, instead.]

Fake, huh? What reason would she have to lie?

[Sorry, Taako.]

audio; @fromTV

[spellslots]

It's revenge cause I hid all her red eye shadow and she's been forced to use other colours, like an animal.

[Is that true?? Who knows.]

[video | un: edward.elric]

[alchemyfreak]

You two identical or is that some sort of cloaking spell?

[Considering that comes out with zero hesitation, he's getting so much better at not sounding like the saltiest shit in the quarantine.

So, ignoring the dick joke.]

Languages are easy, it's just like cracking a code.

video @lightemup

[umbrastaff]

Two pieces of the same great pie, dude.

video; un: stark.naked

[amelioraate]

[ is he trying really hard to hide a smile and some laughter right now? maaaaaaaybe. he kind of likes your twin there Taako, more than he likes you at least.]

There a function for wanting to learn languages? Because I can teach you some coding languages, the language of machines. Or even the language of mathematics. I mean, not languages in the sense that most might consider, but still useful.

[ yeah, still struggling to fight that smile back.]

Figured it might be up your alley what with the magic and all.

video @lightemup

[umbrastaff]

[Hold the fantasy phone.]

...there's a language for machines?

video: un: ghostking

[deathkid]

I know Ancient Greek, Latin, and Italian.

[ short and simple. nico feels no need to elaborate since he figures taaco will get the idea. ]

video; @fromTV

[spellslots]

Are any of those hard?

[He's going to have to actually learn about how Earth languages work because there seems to be a lot of them.]

@necromantica/video

[burntbridges]

Your sister! She's here!

[Does Letha look any better from her last communication? Not at all. Her hair is down now, so it's just a mess of poorly-brushed curls, and she's still pale and sickly and undernourished as always. But there's a light in her eyes, and a genuine effort to look as excited as she feels.]

video @lightemup

[umbrastaff]

His sister! I'm here!

[Have a wave, random person.]

video; b.potts

[tutee]

[ Bill's laughing. ]

I'm suddenly glad to be an only child. Sorry, I don't know any other languages to teach you.

video @lightemup

[umbrastaff]

Hey, Bill!

[She waves a little.]

I sure know how to use the phone, now.

@the.doctor | video

[axefight]

Oh, now in stereo! Congratulations, I suppose.

[ really, lovely. but that's not entirely the bit he's interested in: ]

...I speak over five billion languages, what d'you want to know?

[ definitely just said that with a straight face. ]

video @lightemup

[umbrastaff]

Five billion?!

...how has your brain not blown up?

video, @chronicler

[scholiast]

You know, one day the pair of you are going to land yourselves in a situation in which you actually need the spell slots.

(She's grinning though, fond. She had heard the whole thing, albeit muffled, from down the hallway.)

video @lightemup

[umbrastaff]

Hey, I'm not the one wasting them!

[Mostly because hers are a lot more destructive.]

video; un: heir.lift

[heirlift]

Woah! So there really is two of you... I wanted to ask, but I wasn't sure if that was racist?

[ Not all elves look the same, right...? ]

video @lightemup

[umbrastaff]

Honey, I'm pretty sure humans have identical twins as well. Don't sweat it.

video @d.va

[bunnyhopped]

[ Hana just looks so, so amused but moreover— ]

Dude, you have a twin sister? Nice! Now which one of you parties harder?

[ She tosses a good old winkyface at the feed. ]

I can teach you Korean, f-y-i.

video; @fromTV

[spellslots]

Oh that'd be Lup, for sure.

[Lup goes harder in like... everything, which isn't something that Taako has any issues admitting. He got all the chill in the family, and there wasn't a whole lot going around to start with.]

Is that your native language?

[He's starting to wonder if he should learn more about Earth than just watching shitty TV shows.]