[ queen of the kitchen lup and bougie boy won ]

[recrowns]

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[evocationary]

[ he gives her the out and she takes it at full speed. she's not bad at sincerity, but they're dancing just a little too close to emotional vulnerability and that's a no-no, for now.

she does, quietly, keep that best friend comment close to her chest. even though they've only known each other a day and a half, even though she was goofing around with the initial comment itself. it's still nice. ]

Uh - yeah, definitely. [ she says, voice a tad wavery. she clears her throat. much steadier, confident: ] It'd be way easier if the dipshits in charge hadn't decided to put an antimagic field on the place. Think we're going to run into whoever brought us here any time soon?

[recrowns]

[he doesn't seem to be bothered when she takes the out - unfettered or affected. still, when he hears the slight waver, he lets his hand come to rest on her shoulder, briefly. a reassuring touch before he pulls away.

the offer remains, even though she ran the first time.]

Likely so - even though it's unclear whether we should be looking forward to that or not. They sound like a bit of a chaotic group.

This 'antimagic' - it sounds like a number of abilities have been taken from people. You as well?

[evocationary]

[ she keeps it in mind, and - the brief touch gets a twitch of a smile.

but anyway. ]

Mmhm. [ she absently brings her hand up to snap. nothing happens. ] See, what's supposed to happen is a fireball hits the ground in front of us within a hundred fifty foot radius, but nope. Nerfed.

[recrowns]

Oh, that would've been fun to see.

[no!]

That's too bad... It sounds like they took one of your offensive abilities then. Normally I carry a sword for protection - but I don't have that with me either.

[evocationary]

[ YES ]

Right? Explosions. [ she likes them. ] They took all of my offensive abilities, and also my defensive ones, which bodes well. Did you check your room? My, uh, umbrella was in there.

[recrowns]

Your umbrella...?

In my room, there was...

[actually he'll look overhead? and then stretch out one arm. a hawk descends shortly afterward.]

Gulfan.

[evocationary]

Holy shit! [ BIRD? BIRD! ] That's badass! You just have a hawk?

[ are you a disney princess ] What the entire fuck.

[recrowns]

[he just laughs a little bit at the shock. YEA BIRD]

Ahaha, well I raised him since I was a child - so we've grown up together. Isn't that right, Gulfan?

[gulfan just preens a bit more]

[evocationary]

I'm jealous? Ugh. I can't believe you have a leg up over me in the cool department.

[ she leans a little to look up at gulfan. ] Does his name mean anything?

[recrowns]

[there's just going to be a little laugh at that]

Ah, you'll have to ask the person who I found him with. It was probably just the prattling of two children.

[but gulfan will look back at lup, remaining on soo-won's arm for now. hello.]

I'm sure your umbrella is very cool.

[evocationary]

[ very carefully, she reaches a hand out. she wants to pet the bird. she's expecting to be pecked, though. ]

It is, actually, it's very cool, and I will be keeping it a million miles away from me. Does he bite?

[recrowns]

[ah

actually soo-won will take a step back at that to put more distance between them - ]

On average, no. But perhaps we can retrieve a snack for him and try again while he's distracted and in a better mood.

As is, he's been birdnapped, confined in a room all day, and his normal open skies have become limited. So I'd like to not take a risk, just in case.

I'm afraid he's still a hunting hawk, at the end of the day.

[evocationary]

[ bummer. she pulls her hand back. ]

No big, dude. I like having all my fingers. [ shrug. ] You can let him go if you want, we've got a crown to build.

[recrowns]

Mm - then let's meet for food later, Gulfan.

[he says as if gulfan will not just eat from the forest but it's fine. he'll raise his hand again and let the bird take off to the sky before turning back to lup

they should be getting to the emporium soon!!]

Can you tell me more about your umbrella?

[evocationary]

[ damn, soo-won does not let her get away with topic changes, does he. ]

It's actually a staff. It eats wizards. [ the way she says this makes it impossible to tell if she's kidding or not. ]

[recrowns]

[she could always tell him to buzz off!

but he just looks like he 100% believes her, unfortunately, even if he's still a bit astonished]

Ah, so I'm safe.

[evocationary]

For now. [ she says, cryptically. like, she could tell him to buzz off, but this is more fun. ]

[recrowns]

Are you going to make me into a wizard?

[is that even POSSIBLE

he looks somewhat interested]

[evocationary]

[ ... THEORETICALLY?? ]

I could teach you, sure. You have the look down already.

[recrowns]

[oh no]

Then consider me your humble student.

Oh, and your best friend.

[he'd like both titles]

[evocationary]

[ oh no 2x ]

Pffft. You're pushing it, my dude. [ lup, you're the one that called him your best friend. ] But good job, you made it to level two.

[recrowns]

Eh? Really?

[HE LOOKS SO PLEASED. LIKE A FOOL]

How exciting! I'll hope to keep up the momentum.

[evocationary]

Yeah, really. Go you. [ she makes a like, brrrr sound with her mouth, like she's imitating a party favor. ]

The lower levels take the least amount of EXP to get through so don't get too excited. We don't even know if we're going to be here for more than a day or two.

[recrowns]

[he doesn't understand a lot of what she just said, but what he did understand - ]

Then we'll just have to be friends for longer than that.

[no idea where he gets the nerve to say these things so confidently and without hesitation

just like it's a given]

[evocationary]

[ he just SAYS things. she squints at him. ]

Jesus. You're like a taller, blonder Sora.