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[reeliable]

text || call || video

"Hey, you've reached Noctis, but I can't answer right now.
Leave me a message and I'll get back to you, thanks."

Comments

[parttimes]

Nah, that's fair trouble. Pretty much where I'm at too, honestly. You've heard about the Arena being a safe spot for those kids, right?

[...also like--]

That's pretty cool. In that case, probably better in your hands than anyone else's. Just be safe.

[reeliable]

Yeah. Mostly what I'm doing at this point is getting them there, or at least getting them out of a situation so they can go on their own.

If I get to keep it when we go back to the Temple, I'll show you how to use it if you want.

I won't shoot myself in the foot, promise, Mom

[No, he really does appreciate someone worrying over him like this - it feels normal.]

[parttimes]

Yeah, good, make sure you don't.

[That's said teasingly; he trusts Noct to not shoot himself in the foot more than most.]

Sounds like we've got the same goal though, then. All of us together can protect the people here, I'm sure of it.

[reeliable]

I feel like we got lucky - and got a lot of people who have heart, even if they don't think they can contribute.

[parttimes]

It's better than nothing. But I think it means we need to really focus on making sure we're ready for the next one, no matter what the world ends up being like.

[reeliable]

I think this definitely made a point to a lot of people on just what we're here to do.

Small changes, but big enough to make a difference.

El Minh felt kind of surreal to me, honestly..

[parttimes]

Me too. I've never experienced anything like this, so it's kind of hard to take in.

To be honest, i kind of wish we could take it in a bit more leisurely, but... guess that's asking too much.

[reeliable]

Maybe the next world, it will be something less about a war and be easier to decide what to do.

Like fighting off a big monster, those tend to be pretty self-explanatory.

[parttimes]

That'd be nice.

[Quite honestly.]

I'm used to fighting giant monsters. Figuring out complicated political situations, not so much.

[reeliable]

Huh, I always thought you were civilian.. but honestly yeah, politics are a snooze.

So you've fought monsters?

[parttimes]

I can be both, right? A civilian who fights monsters?

Trust me, otherwise I'm just a regular guy. I've just gotten into a few messes before.

[reeliable]

I guess, it's not like I don't know some... they just called themselves Hunters, since they had a little more experience out in a field than someone from the city.

I meant more like - you seemed my age? [Shit, that's not really a reason either, he is just genuinely trying to figure out if he completely missed Kou looking like a fighter. Maybe he's been around Gladio too much, and he almost expects the big guys to be the fighters.]

[parttimes]

Probably pretty close, yeah? I think so, anyway. I'm 17.

[Thereabouts, really.]

Trust me, the monster fighting schtick was by accident, but sometimes you just have to do what you have to do, right?

[reeliable]

Close...

Yeah, that sounds about right, though an accident? Hopefully nothing serious, just a. Weird occasion you fought some monsters.

[parttimes]

[It's a jrpg, of course it was super serious.]

Well, if I can protect my friends and the people I care about, it doesn't really matter. I'll just do what I can.

Not that I'm in a hurry to fight monsters here. I don't even have a weapon.

[reeliable]

[Is it the kind of JRPG that lets people dress up in wacky costumes and cat ears and still have super serious cutscenes?]

Yeah. That's the important part.

What kind of weapon did you use? If you don't mind me asking. Maybe we can ask Astoria to hook you up, you know for self defense.

[parttimes]

[yes, exactly. cat ears make saving the world better]

A...gauntlet, I guess you could call it? It was shaped kind of weirdly, but I'm pretty sure I'd be willing to try to learn just about anything right now.

[reeliable]

[Hella, and damn straight. Now hold up while I get that Moogle costume out of storage.]

If you'd be up for it, I could run some hand to hand drills for you. It sounds like it would be closest to what you've already tried.

[parttimes]

I'd always be down for learning more hand to hand combat, honestly. It's a deal. Thanks for all of this, by the way.