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So now I do requests through AO3 too.

This took me a while though.

20/10/2018, 21:00 with 1 note #taz #taz: balance #angus mcdonald #taako

Anonymous asked, "May I request Taako and Angus, and Angus going through some growing pains? Getting taller, eating more the whole shebang. Or great grandmother Raven Queen meeting her great grand kids. Thank you for taking the time to read this. Have a good day"

[AN: Why not both?]

Time can make the world strange. Taako could have sworn that when he hugged Angus goodnight, he had been able to rest his chin on top of his curly head. This morning, With Angus limping about the kitchen, their cheeks touched when he gathered his miserable boy up in his arms.

“Should I call Merle?” he asked.

Angus made the ‘I dunno’ noise. Sitting and rubbing his legs with a grimace. “It’s just growing pains, sir. Not a lot to be done about it.”

“Y’know. Apart from stopping with all the growing,” sniped Taako. He cooked up a nutritious meal that could cure anything from a bad mood to a near death experience.

“Don’t think that’s possible, sir,” He audibly winced before snorking down his hot meal like he hadn’t eaten in three days or longer.

“Slow down before you choke, Agnes…”

“Sorry, sir. I’m kind’a hungry. Actually, I’m real hungry.”

Taako rolled his eyes. Humans and their growth spurts. He got his Stone of Farspeech out and called his sister.

“Painful embrace of death,” she answered. “How can I inflict your call?”

“Yo, sis. Got us a growing lad with longer, empty legs to fill. You up for an epic cook-off?” And then winced and pulled away as Lup shrieked down the connection.

“HELLFUCK YEAH! THIS BEATS THE FUCK OUTTA PAPERWORK BRO!” She lowered her voice. “Gimmie ten, I gotta sneak away from Bird Mom.”

“Yeah, you just fucked your stealth check, sis. I’ll give you twenty.”

And while he was waiting, he could fry up something with lots of protein and calcium. Eggs, salmon, some spinach for iron, a spare dash of cheese. Hopefully it would hold his boy over until Lup dropped by and things went really crazy.

–Some Decades Later–

The Raven Queen had hundreds of children. What she never expected was grandchildren. Or great-grandchildren. All of that came from adopting The Twins.

She had made the mistake of calling Lup daughter. Where one twin went, the other was bound to follow. She was mother to two living creatures. And when one adopted Angus McDonald, he counted as her grandson.

And now, there was another generation.

It had been the shock of her… existence… to discover that she had a great-grandchild. This was a first. But then… there were lots of firsts with the Seven Birds in the mix.

She was currently manifesting as a black-robed elderly woman. Naught but a raven tattoo on one cheek to identify her as anything other than mortal.

“Her name is Agnes,” whispered Taako, looking down at the very small human asleep in the crib. “My son named her on purpose. He’s such a little shit.”

Coming from anyone else, those words would be disparaging. Taako, on the other hand, sounded prouder than punch.

The sleeping infant flexed her tongue in her sleep, but otherwise remained unaware that Death was so close. This child was hers by laws written by the hearts of two aliens from a different realm of reality.

A welcome change from the children that ill-advised necromancers sacrificed to her. This child would have a genuine life in the Prime Material Plane. And she was one of her guardians.

“She will have a long life,” said the Raven Queen.

“Good to know,” whispered Taako. “Not gonna stop anyone checking on her while she’s this little though.”

“Of course not,” she cooed. “No decent parent would do less.” And the Goddess reached down to gently stroke Agnes’ head.

Agnes wouldn’t know it for years, but she was the first Human infant to know the touch of Death and be able to tell the tale.

22/08/2018, 18:38 with 63 notes #Dear Nonny #nonny prompt #taz #taz: balance #taako #Angus McDonald #twofer

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Random Encounters - InterNutter - The Adventure Zone (Podcast) [Archive of Our Own]

It’s finished! 30 chapters of angst and fluff.

And nothing to take its place tomorrow.

Whoops.

15/03/2018, 05:21 with 3 notes #taz #taz: balance #son of the starblaster #taako #angus mcdonald #light taakitz

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Random Encounters - InterNutter - The Adventure Zone (Podcast) [Archive of Our Own]

Once again, I play with the idea of Taako being Angus’ primary parental from an earlier passage of time. Like. WAY earlier.

Like “practically from birth” earlier.

We all love writing how Ango could legitimately [or illegitimately] be a son of the Starblaster crew. I just went with a really unlikely pairing.

14/02/2018, 03:54 with 6 notes #taz #taz: balance #taako #angus mcdonald #son of the starblaster

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THE FACTS ARE THESE

interstellarvagabond:

Okay I’m actually really proud of this fic please read, reblog, and review!
Angus loved Taako, every weird bit of him.
He was definitely weird, the elf was just a walking collection of eccentrics. Of course, as a detective, Angus was able to find a reason for each and every one of them.
“That’s alright, sir, I’m full,” Angus said, putting his hands up as Taako approached his plate with the pot. Taako scoffed and loaded Angus’s plate up with more seconds than the small boy could ever eat.
“You’re too small just eat it, squirt,” he said as he walked back into the kitchen.
He was always like that when it came to feeding Angus, slipping the kid extra cookies and making sure he had a big lunch to take to school with him.
THE CLUES:
-Taako likes to make sure everyone in his life, especially me, has enough to eat
-Taako keeps a hoard of snacks under his bed
-Taako eats till his plate is clean
-Miss Lup says her and Taako never got enough to eat as kids
THE SOLUTION:
-Taako starved as a kid and has been paranoid about food and others starving ever since
Taako didn’t just slip Angus cookies. He was also loose about the liquor cabinet.
“You want soda or beer, sweetie?”
“I’m only ten, sir?”
“Better to learn young so you can get the taste for it,” Taako said uncapping the bottle.
During New Year’s Taako had let Angus have a sip of his champagne, and had earned a through scolding from the director for it.
THE CLUES:
-Taako gives me alcohol even though I’m only 10 11
-Taako swears around me a lot
-Taako raised himself
THE SOLUTION:
-Taako’s never followed a rule in his life, and doesn’t see why I should have to
Once Angus had gotten up for a glass of water in the middle of the night and found Taako crying in the living room. Once Taako realized Angus was there he’d cast a glamour on himself to erase any signs of crying and greeted the kid with a snappy: “shouldn’t you be in bed?”
“Are you alright sir?”
“None of your business, twerp, go back to bed, jeez Louise.”
THE CLUES:
-Taako cries a lot at night
-He always cries in the living room, bathroom, or kitchen
THE SOLUTION:
-Taako doesn’t want me or Kravitz to see him crying
Living with Taako and Kravitz had taught Angus a lot about love and being in a relationship. For example, one night they were walking home from the best pizza place in town, Taako had been very drunk at the moment, and had been the one to insist on going out to pizza in the first place. All three walked down the street munching on their slices when Taako paused and looked Kravitz dead in the eyes.
“Babe. Baaabe. You wanna know how much I love you?”
“Okay?”
“You see this pizza? This is the best pizza in the goddamn world.” Taako shook the slice in Kravitz’s face. “But for you, for you Kravitz, I would throw this bitch right on the ground. I would do that for you!”
Taako had then thrown the pizza onto the ground.
“Do you want me to buy you another slice?” Kravitz had said once he finished laughing and kissing Taako.
“….yes, please. I still love you more than pizza! I just-“
“Love pizza very much, I know, dear.”
As they waited for Kravitz to come back with his new slice, Taako picked up the street slice and started feeding it to some nearby racoons (ANGUS WE CAN’T LET FOOD GO TO WASTE).
“I’m glad you took us out for pizza, sir!” Angus said. Kravitz had asked him to keep an eye on the drunk elf while he was gone, and he was taking his job very seriously and making sure Taako didn’t put his hands too close to the racoon’s teeth.
“S’lonely,” Taako sniffed. “Needed someone to get pizza with.”
“What was that sir?”
“I was lonely, Ango. I get lonely a lot. A looooot.”
Taako slumped over, sitting with his back to a building. Angus sat down next to him and Taako lay his head on the boy’s shoulder.
“I’m not a good…” he hiccupped. “M’not a good person, Ango McDango. “Dunno why Kravitz hangs out with me….or you…”
“One fresh slice of pizza, please try not to drop it to prove your love,” Kravitz said, returning that very moment.
“Gimme!” Taako made grabby hands and snatched the pizza away from Kravitz, chowing down with all sadness forgotten.
“I love you, silly man,” Kravitz laughed, pressing a kiss into Taako’s hair.
“I love ya too, I love you more than pizza, ‘n the moon, n’ magic n’….” the list continued.
THE CLUES:
-Taako is lonely and thinks he’s bad
-Taako gets drunk a lot
-Taako doesn’t like to be alone while he’s drunk
THE SOLUTION:
Angus crept into Taako and Kravitz’s room, breakfast tray clutched carefully in his hands. He’d followed one of Taako’s recipes for cinnamon walnut pancakes and had tried to throw together a decent mimosa (which he tried just one sip from to make sure he got it right! Cause he’s still a little boy!).
He set the tray on the bed. “Good morning sirs!”
“Mmm…good morning, Angus,” Kravitz yawned. “What’s all this?”
Taako rubbed his eyes and looked down at the tray. “Hot shit Angus you got ‘em just right, nice job little dude.” He ruffled the boy’s hair.
“Happy father’s day!” Angus said, blushing slightly.
Kravitz and Taako exchanged a surprised look for what seemed like an eternity. Then suddenly Taako burst into tears and pulled Angus into a hug, almost knocking over the tray (Kravitz saved it with his quick reflexes before joining in on the hug)