'Cause I believe there's magic in those beach side dives

[shittywizard]

WHO: Taako and whoever shows up
WHERE: Outside of Heropa, at the beach!
WHEN: Early May
WHAT: Sunnin' and Spellin'
WARNINGS: I dunno probs nothing



Sunbathing

[ It's a beautiful, sunshiney day today, and Taako has bailed on cloudy Maurtia Falls and taken the Porter down to sunny Florida to hit the coast. He's got the whole set up: beach chair, fashionable swimsuit, oversized shades, and his Umbra Staff magically Enlarged to the size of a beach umbrella, because of course he'd burn a spell slot to stay On Brand.

It may still be too cold for swimming in the ocean, but that never stopped anyone from stretching out and getting some sun, right? So that's exactly what he's doing, laying in the sun with his eyes closed behind his shades. Or maybe you wander past while he's squeezing suntan lotion from a bottle and onto his bright green skin. ]

Sandcastles

[ Later in the day, he's animated someone's unattended beach toys and watching as he directs them magically to build something ornate in the sand. It's not exactly a castle, nor is it even obviously a building unless you look at it from a certain angle. Once he's finished with it, he grins to himself and casts magic missile at it, knocking it back to useless sand, then starting again with a different creation. ]

S'mores

[ As the sun goes down, Taako adds an equally fashionable coverup to his beach look, hot pink and clashing with his skin just right. When that's not enough to keep the chill off, he casts Fireball at a nearby firepit, scorching the sand around it to a glassy sheen, but starting a nice roaring bonfire. He pulls out a bag of marshmallows in varying colors, and sets about toasting them. Maybe he'll share! ]

Comments

[burlyboy]

[ Magnus, it must be said, looks like a crazy person. He raided the local Home Depot with his two dogs in tow, stole the Home Depot's cart, and has decided to cap his very good day off with a trip to the beach to let the dogs run. Taako will more likely hear the dogs before he does Magnus, who rides the cart all the way down the hill to the beach, ruining Taako's peace and quiet as the dogs run jubilantly into the spray.

Magnus, being who he is, rips off his shirt almost immediately after stepping foot onto the beach and charges towards where he sees some very familiar green skin. ]

Taako! [ He booms, waving cheerfully at him. ] Isn't it a nice day?

[ A rhetorical question, but, no doubt, an enthusiastic one. ]

[shittywizard]

[ Well there goes any delusions of rest and relaxation he might've had. He glances up over the tops of his giant sunglasses, already immensely glad that he's far enough from the freezing cold water to avoid the impending splash zone that is Magnus Burnsides. ]

Hail and whatever, my dude. Yeah, it's great.

[ He wonders if he should tell Magnus just how cold the water is. Surely he'll figure it out either way. ]

[burlyboy]

And about time! I can hardly remember the last time we went to the beach.

[ Especially if you count that their last foray to the beach wound up with them being shrunk down and wandering some nonsensical sandcastle. He's ready for a good, old-fashioned beach day like they deserve, which is to say, one without being threatened by any supernatural forces.

And Magnus, being the type of person he is, does not simply wade into the water. No, he does a full-blown horizontal leap into the water, belly down, trying to get as properly submerged as possible, only to immediately yelp at the temperature. He runs back onto the shore, hands clutching at his chest. ] Shit! It's cold! My nipples are like fuckin' icicles!

[ TMI, or honesty?

(The answer is both. They got real pointy. ]

[shittywizard]

And hey, we don't have to fight anything stupid while we're here!

[ Taako prides himself on keeping his expression completely neutral until Magnus comes screaming out of the water. Then he's immediately bursting into laughter. ]

No shit it's cold, it's not even summer yet!

[burlyboy]

It's hot, though! And speak for yourself! I've fought tons of dumb shit already!

[ Magnus sort of flops on the sand, which means he's going to be disgusting for a while, but it also means that he warms up almost immediately. He flips over, brushing sand uselessly off of his chest hair. ]

It's just easier to avoid here.

[ Which means that he, of course, fights everything he can. ]

sandcastles!

[hellosirs]

[ Angus has followed Magnus on his Beach Adventure, trying in vain to be a responsible moral compass ("Sir, I'm pretty sure you aren't supposed to take the carts from the store!") or at least help out with the dogs where he can. He hasn't been having much luck so far, and his unlucky streak continues even further when he goes walking past the sandcastle just in time to get hit in the face by a spray of sand. ]

Oh gosh!

[ One good thing about wearing glasses, none of it got in his eyes! He stops to wipe off the lenses on the sleeve of his oversized sweater, squinting up at the green, Taako-shaped blur. ]

What'd the castle do to deserve that, sir?

[shittywizard]

Oh, hey, Ango. Sorry, didn't see you there.

[ That's what happens when you build and then magically nuke sandcastles taller than the average ten year old, Taako. ]

Nothin', I was just done with that one.

[ Already, the tools are going back to work sculpting something new in the ruins of the previous castle. ]

[hellosirs]

[ Angus nudges at one of the tiny shovels with a bare foot (his shoes and socks are safe on a towel further up the beach, of course!) and brushes a bit more sand off of his glasses. ]

Is the new one gonna be even bigger?

[shittywizard]

Hmmm, probably not...

[ It is, though, starting to shape up in a familiar dome shape, little dome buildings and one obnoxiously rectangular building being sculpted into the surface of the sand dome. ]

[hellosirs]

... Ohmygosh. Sir! Sir, is that...?

[ It's a rhetorical question, of course it's the Bureau! There's the cafeteria, and the library, the icosagon, and...

Angus gives the rectangular slab of Fantasy Costco a thoughtful look, then crouches down next to it and draws a little Garfield head in the sand, complete with a voice bubble that says 'LET'S MAKE A DEEEEEAL~!'. He's a stickler for accuracy, ok! ]

sandcastles

[darted]

[ Mai originally just gawks at the sandcastle being made until she sees the missile explode. She quickly rolls behind a different umbrella, and takes it down with one fell swoop, leaving it open to shield her body from the sand.

She peers up out of the umbrella, and snees. ]

Warn a girl first! [ Like, she doesn't deserve this sand! ]

[shittywizard]

My bad, that one's on me.

[ His enchanted sand toys are already back to work building something new, but at least that means there isn't likely to be very many more explosions any time soon. ]

[darted]

I mean, it was kinda cool but just give me a warning. It was a little amusing, but all that sand is abrasive~ [ The irony of her complaining about the abrasiveness is completely lost on her. ]

[shittywizard]

Well, hey, if I got any on you, I can fix that. Just say the word! Totally not hard to take care of.

[ In fact, he doesn't even wait. He gestures vaguely at Mai and mutters something under his breath, and prestidigitates the sand right off of her. ]

See?

[darted]

That's actually kind of impressive. [ She says with a completely flat tone, but so far taako is technically the person who amassed the most praise since being her arrival! ]

What exactly are your powers?

s'mores

[airshow]

[ What kind of douchebag wanders around the beach at night? This guy riiight here. He's wearing an inner tube around his waist, for some reason, complete with a friendly rubber duck head smiling out front and getting in the way of things, and also inviting himself to a seat at that bonfire, because why not. ]

Hail and whatever that thing you said!

[shittywizard]

[ If nighttime beach wandering makes you a douchebag, then James is in good company. ]

Well met, sure.

[ He gives James a half wave as he shoves a bright pink square of marshmallow carefully onto a stick to hold by the fire. ]

Nice duck.

[airshow]

[ James flashes a casual, flippy salute, helping himself to a marshmallow and a stick too. ]

Thanks. It's in case of tsunamis.

[shittywizard]

[ The marshmallows are clearly homemade, evidenced by some of them cut into different shapes—one, for example, is cut into an impressively sized wang. Several others are shaped like what was probably intended to be dogs, but it's hard to tell. This is why Magnus is no longer allowed to help in the kitchen. But they roast nicely all the same! ]

Cool, cool. It's good to be prepared, right?

[ He doubts it'd help, but hell, maybe it's a magic duck. He doesn't know. ]

[airshow]

Well, you know what they say, preparation is the key to— holy moly, is that a dong marshmallow?

[ This mature adult man is making grabbyhands. ]

sandcastles

[h2no]

WAAAAATER GUN, NOOO!!

[...okay. archie just shrieks, because he assumes that something being fired on a beach would be a pokémon using water gun. what else would it be? something ridiculous like magic? please.

he stumbles backwards, falling onto his ass. archie has been hit by plenty of water guns in his time, but the sudden explosion scares the living shit out of him.]

[shittywizard]

[ There's no water to be seen (other than the ocean, obviously), but as the sand clears, there's no pokémon to be seen. There's just a elven wizard in large sunglasses, who seems more concerned at this guy's reaction than he does by the fact that he was technically just firing offensive magic in his direction. ]

Water... gun? What kind of a spell is that?

[h2no]

It's not a... spell, it's a move! It sprays water really strong!

[good words there, archie. taako's appearance doesn't phase him - he's used to that by now, but...]

Then what the fuck was it?!

[shittywizard]

Magic Missile? Pretty much the most basic first level spell any wizard has ever learned?

[ Taako may have been here for a few months now, but he still seems to expect everyone to know what he considers obvious things, like how wizardry works. ]

sandcastles

[zee_zatara]

"That," says a woman in a black bathing suit and a big floppy black straw hat, "is some damn fine showmanship. The beach toys were a great touch."