pc catchall | redacted | taako

[dianxias]

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w0, post execution

[dianxias]

[ after a harrowing afternoon and a generally terrible weekend, xie lian can be found in the kitchen. namely, he's in the kitchen with his hands on his hips, staring down the pantry, and then the stove. pantry, stove. pantry, stove.

this is the look of a lost sheep. help. ]

[uhhhmagic]

[That is a dangerous look when it comes to his (his!) kitchen, because something will definitely end up burnt.]

What are you doing?

[dianxias]

[ eek!! xie lian jumps when he's snuck up on, surprised, clutching his heart like an old grandma. ]

...Um... looking for rice to make something to eat....?

WEEK 2 - MONDAY

[uhhhmagic]

[Taako is just hanging out in the costume shop, trying out options - apparently leaning towards . . . a . . . bold choice, admiring himself in the mirror.]

[dianxias]

[ taako your ass

when xie lian opens up the dressing area, dressed in lup's choice, he looks from left to right, expecting a different twin than the one he sees.

there's a brief moment where he wonders if they just, like, swapped places, but he's an idiot sometimes. ] Oh... hello, Taako. Did you get that from here, too...?

[uhhhmagic]

Nah, packed this from home.

[It's obviously a pirate costume. He didn't.]

That your daytime outfit . . . ?

w2 post deda, am i still using the kitchen prompt, you bet your ass i am

[dianxias]

[ what a very trying day. this is xie lian's second time in the kitchen today. he just left, after helping someone get a drink of water and sending them off for a nap, and...

hey, from the back, isn't that. ]

...Lup, didn't I just send ya off t'bed?

[ ..... ]

[uhhhmagic]

Huh?

[He. Doesn't seem too phased about being called Lup, and is mostly going "huh" at the . . . silly pirate talk. Pulling down ingredients from the cabinets, a little precariously.]

I don't wanna be in bed. I want . . . something.

[dianxias]

...Somethin? Are ya cookin?

[ ... ]

...You were just -- oh. [ oh, wait, when he speaks it's a little more obvious. that's taako. ] Wait, th'both of ya were hittin the bottle...?

WEEK 3 - THURS

[uhhhmagic]

[hey sup. Taako's been Deposited on a pile of Kigu in the clothing store and is curled up on his non-stabbed side, slightly snoring.

> Wake him up?
> Kill me for this Homestuck joke?]

[dianxias]

[ alli has been removed from the realm

no i mean. xie lian's been hoping to check on taako since that whole. fiasco earlier today, and he's expecting to find him at the inn, or something... and instead, he is in the clothing store!

actually, he looks pretty comfy... he doesn't blame him for sleeping on the ground but lup must be worried. so!

xie lian squats down next to him, and asks, gently, near his ear: ] Taako...?

w3 - post trial

[dianxias]

[ xie lian's on his way back from speaking with emet-selch, probably, when he sees taako sitting on the inn steps, and honestly...? that's just the whole mood.

he greets taako with a small bow of his head as he approaches, and then says: ] Good evening, Taako...

...I think you have the right idea. [ a beat, before he just kind of. drops onto the first step in a whoosh of white silk.

yeah. sometimes you just want to sit on the ground after. gestures at that fiasco. ] ...As Miss Ru would say, that was all quite garbage.

[uhhhmagic]

I think I'm just gonna take a nap here.

[That's. Really all he has to say about that mess.]

WED - WEEK 4

[uhhhmagic]

[Wandering around to see out Xie Lian later on Wednesday - waving a hand.]

Um, thought you needed to know something.

[dianxias]

[ !! xie lian gives taako a little bow in greeting. ]

Oh - hello, Taako. What is it?

w4, post trial!

[dianxias]

[ wow that was terrible!

xie lian is coming to peek into the kitchen this evening looking for taako, since that seems to be the easiest place to find him. he's got a roll of bandages in his hands, and he greets him with a polite little bow.

he sounds... tired. who wouldn't be, after that. ]

Good evening, Taako... If you have a moment, I can do your bandages.

[uhhhmagic]

[He is in the kitchen!

He's making cookies. Haha.]

Oh. Hey.

. . . Don't really know how to add truth telling to them or anything.

w5, post execution

[dianxias]

[ despite feeling generally like garbage, xie lian has. been poisoned enough times in his life that he is vaguely functional even if he feels like death, so. he finds his way to the kitchen to make tea, and it is while he's waiting for the fancy clicky noise of the electric kettle that he spots taako on the floor.

wobbling over, xie lian snags a pillow from one of the sofas and comes to kneel behind him. ]

Taako, here. Lift your head for a moment.

[uhhhmagic]

[He'd mostly just been staring at the ceiling, but he looks up when XL comes over.]

Oh, uh-- sure.

[Sitting up on his elbows.]

WEEK 6 - FRIDAY

[uhhhmagic]

[Taako's just chillin' in the kitchen, making himself some coffee. Humming lightly. Cool.]

[dianxias]

[ hey, investigation buddy! xie lian's actually seeking taako out this evening, a little while after everything's done. ]

...Taako. [ with a small, fist to hand bow. ] Can I ask you something?

[ he's still. talking slower than usual, surfer drawl and all. ]

WEEK 6 - SUNDAY

[uhhhmagic]

[hi

if xie lian is walking near the kitchen at any point in the evening, he might hear like

a crash? Something shattering. It's probably fine. No need to look.]

[dianxias]

[ of course he is looking. having lifted himself up from wherever he was just kind of laying face first on the ground, xie lian comes to peer around the corner of the kitchen.... ?

whats good ]

w7 post trial!

[dianxias]

[ on this saturday evening, xie lian is in the kitchen! he's pulling out ingredients, with what looks like a cookbook perched on the table, and is mumbling them to himself... ]

Sugar...flour...chocolate chips. Aren't you supposed to add eggs to this... he added eggs, didn't he.....?


[ stop him please ]

[uhhhmagic]

[Oh, hey. He'd just come wandering in here to start digging out ingredients himself.]

There's eggs. No shells though.