some more ridiculous and silly and cute King and Caleb moments from Darktow—
The Mighty Nein initially having misgivings about helping Kingsley take Darktow, uncertain if he has ulterior motives, if he’s just in it for himself or genuinely is scared for Jester’s family and the rest of Nicodronas (he is—he tries to put on a brave front, but the fear is very real—)
Caleb saying, “This is outside my jurisdiction, but—if you are on the level…” agreeing to help as soon as he realizes how much Kingsley genuinely cares. And when Kingsley chimes in with, “You’ll have my gratitude, and more than that, I’ll owe you a favor. And a favor owed by the Plank King is certainly better than—” Caleb cuts him off with, “You’re laying it on a little thick, Pirate Man.” But oh, I wonder what he’d want to do for Caleb, if he has something in mind already. Love their silly adorable banter—
When the Nein first saw him, Caleb also incredulously asked, “Are you dead?” Because he was tortured and nearly drowned and still looks like he’s been through hell. To which Kingsley answers that, “on paper, yes—”
Kingsley: “Where is Caleb?”
Kingsley then throws a candelabra at orca Caleb to try and turn him back, which harmlessly bounces off of him and does nothing—
Caleb fireballing Kingsley’s ship (named The Last Laugh, which I adore—) even though King deliberately asked him to set fire to every ship in the harbor as a distraction but his. Caleb seems to enjoy this—
Caleb saying to let the mages get away after they attack with four rounds of Fireball, “Trust me.” Kingsley exasperatedly going, “Are you sure?? There’s been a Lot of fireballs.” And relenting when Caleb just insists, “Trust me.”
Caleb tries to cast Meteor Swarm by manifesting a portal to the Astral Sea, with the ruins of the Cognoza Ward raining down on the Plank King—there’s just a glimpse into this other Plane, just a fleeting moment before it’s unfortunately counterspelled but…god…what did Kingsley think, seeing a flash of the city for just a moment. If the spell had continued, would Matt make King roll a Wisdom save to see if he’d be able to stay calm? Would Taliesin have had Kingsley incredibly unnerved or terrified. And just…what a choice for Liam to make in that moment. The fact that he’s drawing from this thing that caused Tealeaf so much pain, turning it against his enemies instead—
Caleb knowing how upset Kingsley is about losing the ship he fought so hard for, and later taking him aside to ask first, “Listen to me, how attached are you to the throne?” And when Kingsley gives him the go ahead that, “Oh please, it’s hideous,” Caleb promises that even if he has to burn it to the ground, they can always rebuild something new. That they can, “Make it home.”
Caleb using Dominate Person to take control of the Dragon Turtle and ride it into battle, and Kingsley just going, “oh, I’ve always liked turtles—”
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