[cassian is way more at ease now thanks to giddy consumption of cupcake. his plan did not backfire. cupcakes as a ghost distraction wins. he's still not relaxed, but he's never totally relaxed lbr.]
I don't have any of those things here. [the appeal is also lost on him.]
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[ jyn's mouth is still full so she doesn't answer right away, but she at least nods, eyes still closed. they stay closed -- she is appreciating! -- when she swallows and manages to speak: ]
[Rather than answer, and because he likes to show off, Taako reaches over to take one of the decorations that Jyn pulled off the cupcake, one of the balls of chocolate. As he holds it up between his fingers for both of them to see, it turns into a glittering gem.]
Wizard. [There's the explanation.] Which is not, in fact, a language. I called you-- it means little grandmother? Or little bean? Kinda both? It's another term of endearment, but don't take it personally.
[He does this to everyone.]
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[ magic! that's so fucking cool but jyn doesn't like to be chill in front of other people and so she stamps it down until it's only her eyes sparkling with delight at the trick. ]
I was going to eat that. [ was she though???? now she can't, we'll never know. ]
[cassian has definitely already gotten the impression that taako does this to everyone, which is part of why he doesn't seem to care about the various endearments. it's just a part of his speech.]
[it's a neat trick, but fire was flashier. it doesn't stop him from watching it carefully anyway, like he can figure it out.]
[ jyn totally catches it, setting it back in the box with the rest of the little bits, pulling them all off another cupcake as well. ]
What's the point of it then? [ if it only lasts a couple of minutes that doesn't seem incredibly useful and what is the point if it's not useful. what is fun? ]
Got it in one. [Clinical maybe, but correct.] Half the reason I went for transmutation magic was cause of this shit, turn a couple rocks into silver pieces, buy some bread and get outta there before the baker's realized what you've done.
[he is surrounded by thieves. as though he hasn't stolen things himself, as though he didn't already have suspicions towards taako that way anyway. but he doesn't seem very concerned about it either.]
It can't be used on the same people often, I assume.
[His definition of need might be looser than most people's, but the point is basically the same. He steals to survive, although he's been known to be proactive on the stealing under the assumption that his current circumstances will change.]
But yeah, you gotta pick it carefully and make sure you're moving on quick. But Lup and me never stuck around in once town for too long.
Yeah, [ jyn bleats with a scoffed laugh. ] Because you're robbing them blind. You'd ruin their whole economy with your rubbish coins if you stayed.
[ i mean upside, jyn laughed? downside, she clearly thinks it's shady and not at all because she has a past of counterfeiting credits. she only stole from rich people ok. ]
[cassian is not really in any sort of moral place to judge anything about this conversation. he's ruined plenty a life before under the guise of doing it for the rebellion.]
They would catch on sooner than you think, especially if it's their livelihood.
[ MEANWHILE JYN IS HAPPY TO JUDGE, mouth slanting into a judgmental frown. a silent judgmental frown. just because her own list of crimes is so long she got an impressed raised eyebrow from general "zero feelings" draven doesn't mean she can't think stealing from country bakers is a dick move. ]
There's only so much shit you can change, and our magic was not that good when we were teenagers. By the time I could've been pulling stuff like that we'd found work, didn't need to steal food anymore.
[They stole other shit, jewellery and clothes and trinkets, but they got fed by the caravans they worked on.]
[Give him a second, he's trying not to grin at that little display. Cassian has seemed like a very serious dude until now, but that's almost playful and it's cute.]
Uh, mostly cooking for the caravans we travelled with? Like - performers or merchants and shit, we'd hitch a ride and pay our way by doing all the shitty stuff no one else wanted to do.
[It's always we, even if sometimes his memory still plays tricks on him.]
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I don't have any of those things here. [the appeal is also lost on him.]
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[As if that explains anything, but since neither Jyn nor Cassian seem that excited about the prospect of martinis (heathens), he can drop it.
Instead, he quirks an eyebrow at Jyn.]
Can I assume you're happy with what I whipped up, bubbale?
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Pumpkin, what did he just call me?
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[he gives jyn a look like not you too i s2g, but then just shrugs.] I don't speak wizard.
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Wizard. [There's the explanation.] Which is not, in fact, a language. I called you-- it means little grandmother? Or little bean? Kinda both? It's another term of endearment, but don't take it personally.
[He does this to everyone.]
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I was going to eat that. [ was she though???? now she can't, we'll never know. ]
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[it's a neat trick, but fire was flashier. it doesn't stop him from watching it carefully anyway, like he can figure it out.]
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[He tosses the gem towards Jyn, assuming that she'll catch it.]
This kinda magic doesn't hold well on like, gems or metals.
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What's the point of it then? [ if it only lasts a couple of minutes that doesn't seem incredibly useful and what is the point if it's not useful. what is fun? ]
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[thinking clinically about magic, clearly.]
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[He's speaking from experience, here.]
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[ it doesn't sound like an insult. ]
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It can't be used on the same people often, I assume.
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[His definition of need might be looser than most people's, but the point is basically the same. He steals to survive, although he's been known to be proactive on the stealing under the assumption that his current circumstances will change.]
But yeah, you gotta pick it carefully and make sure you're moving on quick. But Lup and me never stuck around in once town for too long.
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[ i mean upside, jyn laughed? downside, she clearly thinks it's shady and not at all because she has a past of counterfeiting credits. she only stole from rich people ok. ]
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They would catch on sooner than you think, especially if it's their livelihood.
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They'd catch on like, an hour later and we were pretty easy to pick, not a whole lot of nearly identical elves running around.
[Nearly identical is a lie; Taako and Lup are actually identical, but that one's harder to explain and not something he gets into with people.]
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What, you did not change your appearances to aid the theft?
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There's only so much shit you can change, and our magic was not that good when we were teenagers. By the time I could've been pulling stuff like that we'd found work, didn't need to steal food anymore.
[They stole other shit, jewellery and clothes and trinkets, but they got fed by the caravans they worked on.]
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What work?
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[it's a very good question, one he's sort of gotten ideas about, but he wants to hear taako's own take.]
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Uh, mostly cooking for the caravans we travelled with? Like - performers or merchants and shit, we'd hitch a ride and pay our way by doing all the shitty stuff no one else wanted to do.
[It's always we, even if sometimes his memory still plays tricks on him.]
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[ not her, because nah. but cassian, she'll volunteer him as tribute. as she shoves another whole cupcake in her mouth what are bites? ]
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[jyn however gets a look. he literally makes them dinner every night.] I know how to cook. Following a set of instructions is not difficult.
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