video @lightemup

[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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video | un: ladygrace

[seductless]

[Grace's wings flutter agitatedly behind her, but her face is composed. And concerned.]

Do you still have need of assistance?

video @lightemup

[umbrastaff]

[She glances over at the phone when it beeps again.]

We got it... I... thank you.

[seductless]

[She nods once.]

Let me know if that changes and I will do what I can.

[umbrastaff]

I appreciate it.

[She's curt and maybe a little rude, but this shit was just draining her to jagged edges.]

[seductless]

[Grace just smiles, unoffended.]

Are you all right?

[umbrastaff]

Oh, I'm fucking excellent! My family is a bunch of idiots, s'all.

[seductless]

I see. [She does, too. Maybe not family, but that level of concern? Grace gets it.] Just be sure to look after yourself while you worry about them.

[umbrastaff]

I'm fine. I... I am.

[She has to be.]

[seductless]

All right.

[If Grace is at all skeptical about that declaration, she doesn't show it.]

I realize I am a stranger to you, but if you feel a need to talk, I can listen. Healing is not all about the physical.

[umbrastaff]

Thanks.

[She'll be sorry for the brush-off later, Grace.]

voice; @fromTV

[spellslots]

[There's the sound of laughter, as Taako sees this. He feels like shit, but those wings, damn.]

If you're an angel I'm gonna take a hard pass. The grim reaper has dibs on me when I die.

[seductless]

[It gets a laugh in return.]

Very much not an angel, not to worry. Just a healer.

[spellslots]

No such thing as just a healer, but we're all G over here, my sister just worries.

[He's doing his best to sound cheerful and like there's literally nothing wrong.]

[seductless]

You may be right. [She's still smiling, clearly much more relaxed now that both of them have made it clear that the danger has apparently passed.] But I'm glad to hear things are better.

[spellslots]

Aren't we all?

[He's glad that his attempts at damage control seem to be working.]

I don't think we've talked before, what's your name, sweetheart?

[He can't do the forced pleasantries with people he knows, but it's easy with strangers.]

[seductless]

[She just nods. Grace is perfectly happy to just take him at his word.]

I would imagine not, as I've only recently arrived. I am Fall-From-Grace.

[spellslots]

That's an interesting name, you come up with it yourself?

[He says it lightly, not really meaning to be rude, he's kind of just like that.]

[seductless]

[Grace's smile takes on a slightly wry cast, but remains in place.]

Some names are given. Some are earned.

[spellslots]

Some are stolen, if you're clever enough.

[There's a grin evident in his voice, maybe just a little cheeky.]

I'm Taako, bee-tee-dubs, the hot twin.

[Lup is the cool twin.]

[seductless]

Anything can be stolen, I'm sure.

[She's known a man with a stolen name, in fact. It might be why her expression shifts into something that looks almost fond.]

A pleasure to meet you, Taako. And your sister.

[spellslots]

Gold, diamonds, hearts.

[He'd wink, if this was a video feed on his end, but it's implied.]

You too, pumpkin, sorry that your first introduction to us wasn't super fun. We're usually way less dramatic than this.

[That's kind of a lie, but their dramatics are usually more fun.]

[seductless]

That's all right. I'm used to a certain amount of dramatics.

[Something about a group called the Society of Sensation does tend to draw the melodramatic sorts.]

[spellslots]

You'll fit in just fine here, then, but I promise we'll keep our dramatics a little less on the tragedy side of things in the future.

[@god: please let that be true]