video posted by @ruffboi

[ohhmrburnsides]

[ The video shows a largeish well-lit room, the back wall made up entirely of mirrors, with three narrow poles set up in the middle of the room. It begins shakily, in medias res, a minute or so into Nicki Minaj's inimitable Anaconda. On the poles are none other than Taako, Lup, and Cisco, each performing some variation of pole dancing. It is clear that they have been practicing for a little while... but not all that long. They are clumsy, to varying degrees. Each of them is wearing some kind of festive and 80's outfit, extremely neon and extremely tacky. They don't seem particularly aware of being filmed, concentrating instead on their dances, singing along in some parts, and doing quite a great deal more hair flipping than is strictly necessary. There's an occasional glance of Magnus himself in the mirror, recording all of it on his phone. They are doing their best, but there are moments of clumsiness and laughter. At the end of the song, Lup does a dead drop that is taking the word 'dead' way more seriously than anyone ever intended. Her body drops to the floor with a loud THUD and her lich form raises out of it, concluding the whole video with a spectacular dab that sends Magnus into loud, booming fits of laughter as the camera jostles and the video cuts out.

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oh my god lucretia PLEASE watch this

[ ... This clearly wasn't meant for the network. Whoops. ]

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[tevinteraltus]

[Dorian spends a long time finding an appropriate image to send to her, because he's never attempted the use of emoji before, but he has an idea.

Yes. Cheers.]

🥂
Naturally.

[umbrastaff]

[Perfect, Dorian. Remind her to introduce you to mimosas.]

It isn't often Mags is speechless. You trying to hit that?

[tevinteraltus]

[Please do. He'd love mimosas. Also, being your friend lessens his risk of your killing him if something bad happens between him and Magnus. Thanks to Taako he's been warned.]

...hit?
Ah.

Well, yes. I suppose I am.

[umbrastaff]

Ooooh, tell me more?

[ At least Magnus having fun with someone new was less likely to end badly, so she's all for it.

You know, unless Dorian hurts him. Lup is a literal rage demon. ]

Everyone's getting bus-aye, I'm almost jealous.

[tevinteraltus]

There...isn't much to tell, really. And...our affairs are...our affairs.

Yes, I suppose an artificial body would make sex difficult.

[Damn.]

That is not to say Magnus and I have, though whether or not we have really isn't your concern.

[umbrastaff]

Don't panic, I was asking date stuff, not intimate sex details. I definitely do not need to think of our boy that way.

You obviously know some details about me, though. It works just fine, it's the lover that isn't here.

[tevinteraltus]

( If he's honest, it's the date stuff that's more difficult to talk about. )

I see. Well, Cisco tricked us. That's how we met. Do you know Cisco?

...ah, I see. My apologies. Yes, your brother mentioned it. Your body, that is.

[umbrastaff]

[Oh, Dorian. You and Taako are too alike.]

I sure do, he's an angel.

[The sweetest.]

Now why exactly is my brother talking about my ghostiness?

[tevinteraltus]

I suppose, yes, he was well-intended.

[That, of course, isn't to say he isn't glad to have met Magnus...except part of him is not: the scared part of him who's sure this can only end in disaster.]

I asked what it was you'd done there at the end. I have an enquiring mind. I am rather interested to know why you though binding your soul to an...umbrella was a wise decision, though, not to bring your wrath down upon your brother. I did ask.

[And this is much more comfortable to discuss than anything going on between myself and Magnus. And much more telligible, really. I'm terrible with feelings.]

[umbrastaff]

[Yay, her favorite mistake. Or not.]

Hey, I did not bind my soul to my umbrastaff, the stupid thing ATE my lich form. It´s quite different!

I anchored my soul to love.

[tevinteraltus]

You anchored yourself to..love. What sort of love, precisely? It can be rather fickle.

[He's also not 100% sure she's being serious.]

[umbrastaff]

[It's tough to talk about and she's not even sure why she's indulging this guy.]

Love. The love for my brother and the love for my Barry. It was what was going to keep us sane when we changed. It worked.

[tevinteraltus]

Ah...wait. When you changed? Changed into what?

[umbrastaff]

[She's just gonna sliiiide out of her vessel, letting it drop as Lup remains a skeleton dressed in a red robe. She takes a nice photo (making a peace sign and everything) before sending it to Dorian.]

You saw it in the video already. I'm magic ghost.

[tevinteraltus]

I highly doubt that's a technical term.

Why would you choose undeath? Is this for religious purposes? Do all mages in your homeland preserve themselves thusly?