12/4 - Evening

[piercetheheart]

[A lot of you will recognize Gladio's voice, it's hard to miss and he's certainly loud enough at the parties. And as the first day of chaos begins to wind down with no sign of stopping things become much more dire, in Gladio's opinion. A certain Shield doesn't trust the Night. Surprise surprise.]

GUYS we're not going to be able to keep this up through the night, scattered like this. We need a place to regroup! If you're on the main island, Denny's the most defensible. If not... The light house on the farming island. If you can't defend yourself or just need a break, get there. Noct? You better have your ass in that building by sun down or so help me-

We need to stop these things from attacking the flocks. We just got all this shit from Harv we can't afford to let it all get eaten or washed out to sea now. Strength in numbers, right?

[It felt so familiar, like giving orders to the Glaives when he'd been helping Cor and Libertus over the years. Clear decisive action so those that are less experienced and scared have someone to look to. There's a moment where he abruptly wonders if this is why they made him king in the end. But this isn't Lucis, this isn't Insomnia. This place is far wilder than that-]

For Hearth... and Home!

Comments

[promiselisting]

[ ... okay 'sweetheart' might be pushing it a bit and she scowls, not that he can really see it. ]

...Futaba Sakura.

[ She doesn't really. Say much. To the rest of that, not yet. Doesn't know what to say, even if she cared to describe how surreal it felt to have a relative stranger - and an adult by the sound of it - trying to be comforting like this? Or how 'safety' for her meant not just physical safety, but the people who- oh. Right. ]

Ann. Is Ann Takamaki here?

[ Nnnnot to mention Ann could fight too. Maybe not as well as in the metaverse but. She's pretty sure Ann wouldn't want to just sit around and do nothing in a situation like this, any more than Futaba herself does. ]

[piercetheheart]

[His sister is 26 and he still calls her sweetheart, sorry Futaba. He doesn't mean anything by it and if he weren't so distracted he'd explain as much.]

Dunno her last name but there's a blonde girl named Ann that's been staying with my neighbors. Laurent's on the main island though. She might be with him.

He's also blond, blonder than her, tall, elegant, fights with ice magic. Prone to stabbing, don't touch him. [He's got a scar on his groin to prove that point.]

[promiselisting]

[ There's a soft whistle of air, a sigh of relief, when he... well, he doesn't confirm it. But it sounds. Really likely. His description does match Ann, after all. ]

Okay... [ Another deep breath ] okay. [ She honestly just. Does not care about this Laurent guy. Even without the warning she probably would be avoiding him in an anxious panic anyway. ]

I-I guess... If she says anything, t-t-tell her I'm here. I'm going towards... Denny.

[ East to the river, then up. ]

[piercetheheart]

[At least if she does see Laurent she knows he might have a better idea of where Ann is.]

Okay... If you get in trouble use this. Ask for your girl or you can ask for Prompto or Noctis. They're my friends. They will make sure you make it there okay.

[promiselisting]

Prompto or Noctis.

[ She says the names slowly, with the air of someone who is a little bit unused to fitting those particular syllables together like that. But either way. Right. Got it. And she just. Leaves the call there. Not very good at the whole normal small talk things.

It's an hour or so later before she speaks up again. Part of her was tempted to just leave this but. He had let her know. So she'll. Do this much. ]

Found Ann.

[piercetheheart]

[He honestly hadn't expected to hear from her again so he smiles, breathes out a sigh of relief.]

Good. You girls stay safe.

Thanks for letting me know.