IC Inbox - Aefenglom

[eluci]

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July Full Moon

[clickclickbang]

dude iggy got laid

I'm glad this is his first inbox message

[eluci]

Really? when?

who?

[Okay that's sort of exciting news, or at least highly amusing, Prompto might be able to sense that.]

[clickclickbang]

idk but someone here!!

[eluci]

you suck at gossip, you didn't even get a name.

[clickclickbang]

because he didn't say he got laid so much as implied it so heavily it could crush the car

[eluci]

oh.

maybe it was whoever he said he was planning on bonding with besides us.

some chick?

[clickclickbang]

CAREN?!

[eluci]

yeah her.

iggy doesn't even look at girls normally, let alone hop into bed with them, so it's gotta be her

least I've never seen him

10/29

[hippocarnival]

hi noctis

i was wondering if you were still okay with bonding

with me i mean

[He has to check every time okay.]

[eluci]

[There's several minutes between Yuya's message and Noctis' reply.]

hey

yep, haven't changed my mind yet.

[That was fast.]

[hippocarnival]

[The new moon surge is not a fun time without a bond.]

great!

id like to take you up on it

[eluci]

[He honestly wouldn't know.]

right away, or do you have a certain day in mind?

[He can do it right away, but any vows are going to be very hastily prepared and likely very, very short.]

[hippocarnival]

[Vows... Yuya's gonna wing that, he isn't even thinking about writing out vows. It's fine, he's fine.]

no specific day

just whenever is best for you!

if youre busy im not about to explode

[eluci]

[He'll be fine, it's the thought that counts. Noctis isn't big on stuffy formal stuff anyway.]

tomorrow would work

or else friday

there's a festival coming up i think, so after that's the next best time.

[hippocarnival]

tomorrows fine

im not worried about waiting for the festival

its supposed to be quick i think

ill see if abigail will do it since she helped me before

[eluci]

it's quick.

last time it took...about an hour or two, for four bonds

my only concern about the festival is finding a witch to officiate.

abigail is...?

Holiday Gift

[clickclickbang]

[Happy holidays, Noct! You get to sleep in while Prompto makes breakfast.

You also get a photo of the four of them from back home, around one of the campfires one night.

And also human sized catnip fish. He's a jerk.]

modranicht gift

[thejoyrider]

[Marie left a quite decently sized bag of hard candy on his doorstep tonight. Hopefully he does not eat it all in one go, it might be bad for his teeth!

“Thank you for your help with my necklace the other day” the note reads.]

12/25

[showsnopiety]

[Looks like Noctis got a gift! And it's...a fur lined blanket, wrapped around a book about local fishing lore.

Don't worry about the fur, it's Caren's, all cleaned up.]

action, let's pretend i did this when i said i would and that i wasn't a mess

[battlebound]

( Steak runs into Noctis — not quite literally, thankfully — on his way through the door, dressed in his usual armour, with a small rat on his shoulder (it's been almost a month, Steak thinks he's finally getting used to this having a pet business), and with the obvious flush of someone who's spent most of his day doing physical labour. or working out.

probably both.

that's besides the point though; ) Going out?

And we can pretend I tagged this in a timely manner

[eluci]

[In the month since he returned, Noctis has tried to resume his former routine, even if that routine was mostly 'work part time, fish part time, and bother Prompto the rest of the time'. He's almost broke again, except for a handful of cunes he hid 'just in case', which thankfully didn't disappear, unlike his miniature car.

Today he's been the opposite of Steak, mostly lazy.]

For a while, yeah. Back from work?

i mean. same. but time isn't real, we're fine.

[battlebound]

( working and spending the rest of his time in the Wilde has always served Steak pretty well, but he quite literally exists to do such things. without them, well... he would sleep, a lot. boredom weighs heavy on him, and quickly, too.

but Steak doubts that his life will ever come to that. humans will always need help, and much like Tierra, Aefenglom seems to have the constant threat of things which need disposing hovering over its head. )

Yep. ( though, now, with his day behind him, he's facing the question of what to do with himself, and— ) Where are you going?

( there's a curiosity in his tone, a question of do you want some company rather than why are you leaving this house, as Steak's pet scurries into his hair and settles on top of his head, staring bright-eyed at Noctis. )

[eluci]

Mm...dunno. Wherever.

[He's not attempting to deflect; he really has no particular plan for where he's going or what exactly he's doing, just that he wants to get out of the house and wander.

His eyes are drawn to the slight movement on Steak's head and glances up there curiously-ah, it's a rat...or maybe a mouse? Noctis doesn't really know the difference.]

Just need to stretch my legs for a while. Wanna come?

[battlebound]

( rats are bigger, Steak thinks. well, that's what Everett told him it was, so he'll go with that. )

Sure.

( sure he's been out and about all day, but Steak appreciates being kept busy, even with idle things like a walk. stillness easily makes him tired, too bored without something to occupy his mind. )

How about down by the river?

Modranicht gift

[thejoyrider]

[On the day of the holiday, a plate of homemade cookies and a sample of herbal tea mysteriously appears on his doorstep. The wrapping is decorated with a fresh lily flower (actually a Fae magic product, designed to fade away from existence in a few hours) and a ribbon. The attached handwritten note reads as follows:]

Happy Modranicht! Let’s have another great year here in Aefenglom!

M⚜️