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[umbrastaff]

[There's no real face shown as the video turns on, just a bunch of white hair and the sound of frightened breathing and someone being a whiny bitch in the background.]

I need a healer or something. Probably a fucking therapist, too, but mostly a healer.

Please.

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[umbrastaff]

I'm fine. My brother's a mess, he's been freeze burned and fucked up all over. I can levitate him but i don't have any fucking teleport spells!

[potentialed]

Where are you? I might be able to open a portal between you and the hospital.

[umbrastaff]

Outside some shitty coffee shop of the shitty ground!

[She moves the phone to let him see the name of the coffee shop and partially of Taako who looks like shit.]

[potentialed]

[ He's about to say how that description doesn't help but then she shows him the sign and he thinks he might be able to make it work. ]

Okay, okay. Hold on.

[ He stands back where he is in the hallway of the hospital and closes his eyes as he gets out the sling ring with his other hand. See it in your mind.

He pockets the phone for the moment and begins to open a portal. If he's doing it right, Lup will see golden sparks start to appear in the air. ]

[umbrastaff]

[There's glittery shit in the air and she starts to try inching her brother behind her to protect him. It doesn't matter if she's wasting spell slots, she's giving her twin some damn Mage Armor.

Just in case.]

[potentialed]

[ Eventually, the portal will open up enough for Stephen to step through, still in his hospital scrubs. He gives her a nod, ]

Doctor Stephen Strange.

[ He jerks a thumb over his shoulder, back through the portal he left in the hospital hallway. ]

You want to use that levitation spell now?

[spellslots]

[Of the two elves in the scene, Lup is by far the better off one, but Taako is a) conscious and b) not actively dying, so that's a plus.

He's also sulking, which is why the look on his face when Stephen appears isn't the relief it should be, because it's just straight up annoyance.]

Super sorry for wasting your time, doc, but the hospital is probably overkill.

[Debatable.]

We can just like - go. We're good.

[umbrastaff]

[She wants to reply with 'hey stranger', but this shit was too much for jokes right now.

Instead she gets right up in her brother's grill and gives him the Lup stare.]

Taako. Mmm-hm!

[Fuck your shit bro, she's gonna cast Tenser's Floating Disk so he has more support than a Levitate. Everyone wants to be floated around on a giant frisbee, okay?]

Lead the way, doc. I'm not teaching him how to use a spoon without fingers.

[potentialed]

[ He gives Taako a Very Skeptical look at that response, his hands going to his hips. ]

Pretty sure she's serious.

[ Because that message wasn't from someone overreacting. It was someone scared and worried. He's heard hysterical a few times but this, thankfully, wasn't that. He's also grateful for the people that help make his job easier when it comes to treating loved ones. He gives her a nod and takes a step back into the portal, ]

This way. I can get him into a room to examine him.

[spellslots]

[His mouth snaps shut when Lup gets up close; this is a familiar routine and it could almost be comforting except for how on edge he is. Taako pulls at what little magic he has to cast disguise self, putting his glamour back on and hiding the mascara streaks as he does.

He still looks like a cat that someone dropped in a bathtub, and the disk doesn't help.]

A spell backfired, it's not a big deal. I need like, a potion and a nap and I'll be sweet.

[umbrastaff]

[She doesn't even stop after she's put the fear of Lup in her brother, instead walking through that portal. The disk easily floats with her a few feet behind.]

Great, we'll write to fantasy CVS and get them to send you a potion.

[The sarcasm is wild, lemme tell you.]

[potentialed]

[ He continues to walk to one of the examining rooms and opens it up once he sees it is, in fact, empty. The portal will close behind Lup and Stephen ushers them into the room. ]

That may very well be but I'm still admitting you. I will examine you and if you want someone else to treat you, we have plenty of other healers on staff, all of them more than capable. Some are probably better at making potions if that really is what is needed.

But you'll leave when I sign off on it.

[spellslots]

[In a hiss, to Lup:] You know I broke my arm, right? You think I was fucking around with a cast? They've got potions here.

[That feels like a lifetime ago, and he realizes that he never told Lup what he asked Clark to do, so he could get that fucking bracer off.

Today is shitty. He dramatically flops back onto the disk, since it's large enough that he can stretch out.

Then, to the ceiling, although it's likely directed at Stephen:]

Radiant damage and frost damage, that's all it is, not even fire or shit. And you're not my dad, I'll leave whenever the fuck I want.

[Somehow.]

[umbrastaff]

[God damn it Taako.]

Just let him look over you. Please.

[If swatting and snapping and being bitchy about it doesn't help, she's gonna fucking beg.]

[potentialed]

[ Dryly, as he puts on some gloves, ]

Thank God for that.

[ He doesn't think he could handle being anyone's dad let alone this punk's. He closes the door once they are in. ]

If you are healed, I'll have no reason to keep you here. Until then, it's doctor's orders and you're in no position to argue.

[ Though he's sure Taako will do just that. Adding, almost as an aside, ]

And it would be good of you to stop making her worry.

[spellslots]

[It's the pleading in Lup's tone that finally does it. He's not happy about any of this, because his ideal ending for this shitty day would've been bed and a bottle of vodka and no company except his own, not stuck in hospital with some stranger and an upset Lup. He's so mad at Lucretia for calling her.]

Fine, whatever. Let's just get this over with.

[umbrastaff]

[It feels like someone lifted the whole Starblaster off her shoulders, and she finally, finally relaxes a bit.]

Thank you.

[potentialed]

[ Coming back here to say WOW FUCK U TOO, LOKI. D< Enabling his patient when he gave specific orders!!!! ]