#hopefully this is at least semi in character but idk sdlkfsd
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7. “If I die, I’m haunting you first.”
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As much as Barry loved Taako and Lup, he still really hated adventuring. The whole situation with Sizzle It Up was... well, they didn't really talk about it, but it had been bad. And now that they couldn't rely on merch sales to pay their stay anywhere, they had to make do with other jobs. Lup and Taako, of course, had done adventuring before. Barry doubted there that there was a job in existence that Lup and Taako hadn't already tried.
But before this, and before Sizzle It Up, Barry worked at a university science lab. He wore rubber gloves and lab coats and safety goggles. Someone tell him why adventurers didn't have safety goggles when your eyes were a weak point right in the middle of your face.
"A lil gold for your thoughts?" Lup asked, nudging his side.
"I'm not in the mood to die tonight," Barry said before he could stop himself. "We were gonna have pot roast."
"We'll still have pot roast," Lup said. "This is just... a detour."
"A detour is like, going past the park instead of going past the drugstore," Barry said. "This is going to slay a terrifying beast instead of getting carrots for pot roast."
"It can't be that bad," Lup said. Barry ignore the very tight grip she had on her umbrastaff. "I'm a kickass wizard, you're... you've got plenty of skills-"
"Thanks."
"So we'll be fine," Lup continued. They reached the end of the street, a few feet from the alleyway where the horrifying, disgusting monster that had been terrorizing Phandalin lived. It was getting dark out. Taako was going to be incredibly upset that they were taking this long to get carrots.
Lup reached into her bag, searching for something. Barry hadn't brought his sword because he hadn't thought it was necessary. He kind of wished he had now. Scratch that, he really wished he had, because now Lup was pulling out brass knuckles and handing them to him. They were pretty heavy and a little bit tight on him, but it'd make do.
Inside the alleyway, something made a growling sound.
"This is a bad idea," Barry whispered nervously, adjusting the brass knuckles and choosing not to ask why Lup carried these around with her.
"It's fine," Lup said reassuringly, readying her umbrastaff. "It can't be that bad or we would have already heard about it. Phandalin isn't that big, right? You ready?"
"If I die, I'm haunting you first," Barry said seriously. "I'm ready."
Lup passed him a grin (he ignored the funny feeling in his chest he got from it) and stepped towards the alley. She cast Dancing Lights and a few balls of light popped up around them. The thing inside the alleyway hissed. Lup turned the corner, pulling Barry in with her. The Dancing Lights filled up the alleyway, showing them, clear as day, the monster lurking inside.
"Oh, hell no," Lup said. A small, scraggly-looking cat hissed up at them. Barry could practically feel the relief pouring into him. "I'm not killing that thing."
The cat let out an admittedly terrifying yowl. Lup softened.
"It's not, uhm. It's not as bad as I thought it'd be," he said. Lup crouched down and the cat backed up a few feet. "We- we can go now, right? It's just a cat."
"Barry," Lup said, glancing up at him. "Look at it."
Barry looked again. It was very... cat-shaped. It sent a glare in his direction that made Barry understand why other people thought it was a terrifying monster. When he looked back at Lup, she was already making her way towards it. He knew that look in her eyes.
"What happened to pot roast?" Barry asked.
"Taako will appreciate a cat much more than he'd appreciate food," Lup said. And while Barry didn't necessarily know if that was true, he really couldn't say no to Lup. For anything. It was starting to become a problem. If anything, the cat was the least of his worries.
"What's the plan?" Barry sighed, slipping the brass knuckles off.
#blupjeans#barry bluejeans#lup#taz#mine#asks#boatwizard2#ise cube writing#i feel. weird about writing recently#hopefully this is at least semi in character but idk sdlkfsd
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