lifeaftr | Ruins Mingle Log!

Who: Newt Geiszler

ohnehalfte and EVERYONE
What: So a bunch of people headed up towards the ruins, so they've got to all run into each other and start to congregate, right???
When: Evening of the mingle log and onwardish.
Where: The Ruins
Warnings: Um...same as the mingle log?

The beach curves up a gentle slope until it meets forest, some manner of building visible through the trees. Further exploration of this area will reveal a dilapidated building of sorts; the architecture is indiscernible to even the most skilled eye. Despite looking as if it has seen better days, there are areas that offer some form of shelter...and who knows what else. Just because it appears uninhabited doesn’t mean you won’t wind up pleasantly, or unpleasantly, surprised.

[ooc: Hey y'all! I thought this might be a good place to start getting larger groups of characters together to do some exploring, settling down, banding together and figuring out rations, etc. Feel free to throw up any threads of your own for specific things like exploration groups, a gathering in the entrance hall, whatever strikes your fancy or that you think your character would organize. Have a party!

Edit: Additionally, there is now an OOC Post for those that want to handwave their character signing up for ruin exploration]

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Noctis looked over his shoulder, to see the man. They had met before. He was apart of the Kingsglaive, but Noctis wasn't aware of his name. "Not yet," he answered, digging his pole into the sand, so he could leave it there. He turned around and offered his hand to shake. "Sorry, I didn't get your name before."

Upon his finger sat the Ring of the Lucii, voice of magic, but still present.

There was a hesitance, almost a wariness, as Nyx looked at the offered hand. Or rather the Ring.

His left arm gave an almost painful throb in the presence of the Ring. He flexed his fingers unconsciously, clenching the hand into a fist before relaxing it. In the end, he doesn't accept the offered hand opting to take another step back and give a courteous bow. "Nyx Ulric."

There was a slight sigh that came from Noctis. "Nyx, nice to meet you." He pulled his hand away and placed it on his hip. It was one thing to be friendly with well, his friends, but to people who saw him only as royalty, that would be something else to get used to.

Not that when he would return home that it would matter.

"Hey look, you don't have to be so formal around me." He turned to pick his rod up again, reeling it in. He began to change out the lure. Whatever was in these waters didn't want to bite what he had. "At least not here. We don't know what kind of people we'll be meeting around here. We don't need people knowing I'm royalty."

He casted his rod back out. "So none of the 'highness' stuff got it?"

"Is that an order?" But there's a certain amount of cheek in his tone. He relaxes though, watching him cast for a moment before speaking. "Noctis then. It's nice to meet you too, properly at least."

Because God knew how many times they'd passed one another. He would probably still slip, referring to him as 'highness' every so often but Noctis was right. People didn't need to know he was royalty.

"Lunafreya got the ring to you." It was a statement, not a question. "I'm glad."

Noctis's shoulder visibly grew tense at the mention of Luna. He looked down at the ring, his hand flexed. "She did." Not that it worked here though, strangely. Noctis wasn't sure what that meant. It was one of those things he needed to figure out.

He reeled in his rod. Suddenly not feeling very adventurous anymore.

"She's a real piece of work." The words are said with utmost fondness and exasperation. Being Lunafreya's bodyguard had not been easy.

The ten shoulders at the name did not go unnoticed. Nyx felt himself tense, recalling Prompto's words as he showed off his photography.

"This... was right before we went to Altissia. Before Lady Lunafreya performed the rite to summon Leviathan...."

Without thinking he took a step forward, a sense of urgency running through him. "What happened?"

The question came out in more of a demanding tone, worry clear as day on Nyx' face.

Noctis caught the tone. He looked over his shoulder at the Kingsglaive. What was she to him? He didn't know the story, so the demand was a bit off putting. Still for anyone who didn't know. . . and knew her. . .

"She died."

"What?" It was like a bucket of ice was dumped over his head. Nyx stood there, a gambit of emotions fighting in his chest as his expression remained one of shock.

His hand forms a fist again, and had there been anything like a tree or wall for Nyx to punch the odds are he would have. Instead he takes a deep breath, trying to keep the building anger out of his voice. Noctis wasn't the one to be angry at, after all, he was just the bearer of bad news.

"Was it the Rite or the Empire?"

"Ardyn."

Noctis was doing all that he could to keep it together. To relaying what he could in as little words as possible. Any more would be too much for him. The memory was fresh in his mind, after all.

The Chancellor.

Nyx takes another deep breath, even if it's a bit shaky when he lets it out. His fingers clench again into tight fists, his knuckles turning white as his nails bit into his skin.

First he finds out about Ardyn's potential involvement in Ignis' blindness, now Luna.

The train of thought continues and suddenly Nyx is filled with even more worry.

"Libertus..." In the initial shock he'd forgotten but now his eyes go wide. "My friend Libertus was supposed to be with her."

"Sorry." Luna hadn't mentioned anyone by the name. Hell, for a while, he wasn't even aware that Luna had been in Insomnia. "I didn't really get to talk to her. Everything was. . . .hectic."

To say the least.

"It's... It's fine." It wasn't fine. It was far from fine. Everything was wrong, but Nyx couldn't let himself spiral into the worry and anger.

Not when it was clear someone else was suffering more then him.

"I'm sorry."

Noctis looked over his shoulder, then turned to face Nyx. "So, you were with her when she was in Insomia?" His last moments and memories of Luna were of her dying, maybe Nyx had something not so awful to think about.

"I was." It takes Nyx a few seconds to realize just why Noctis might have asked him the question. He pushes a loose braid behind his hair, thinking back to the whirlwind of the last few days. "A friend of mine was supposed to escort her to Altissia to meet with you but... Well, she ended up in Insomnia. I ended up on guard duty and then when she was abducted lead the rescue operation."

He wondered what would've happened had he not realized Luna was missing. Would Insomnia still have fallen? Who could say.

"Let me tell you though your hi-" He catches himself, hesitates before: "Noctis, she was a determined lady once she put her mind to it. Even if it meant jumping out of a plane."

"Yeah, that's for sure." He looked up at the sky. He felt his chest get tighter. If only he could have Umbra here. At least he could read the last words she wrote to him. "She was definitely amazing. I only wish I had half the courage that she did."

"That's the funny thing about courage, you know. The only thing holding someone back from gaining more is themselves." He clasps his hands behind his back, glancing at the young King before ahead. "Of course, that's a lot easier said than done and even then I think Lunafreya would trump us all with how much courage she has... Had."

The correction hurt.

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