[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!

Listen up, fam! You all heard the Storyteller, they did what they could but it's up to us to end this. Bliss is vulnerable, and we're going to save everybody still trapped inside.

Anyone up for having God Slayer written on their future tombstones? Meet me by the mana pool on Ziziphus in two hours. Anything with fire or slashing damage you got - magic, phoenixes, fuckin, guns that shoot fire, scythes, bring it. Let's BYOB this shit! Also, sidenote, if you've got a gun that shoots fire? Let's hang after this. I'm gonna head North into the heart of the island, so if you're still over there, try to catch me and whoever on the way.

If DPS isn't your thing, go to sleep and wreck that god's whole business from the inside, okay? Show our friends that-- life isn't easy, it's not some perfect dream, but it's life. It's grief and darkness and it's victory! It's moments of love and light that we've earned! Show them-- what life would be like if we lost them.

This god is going to fight for their survival. They're going to throw everything they've got at us. But we can do this. We've-- all of us, we've faced way worse than this, right?

And we're pissed.

Mm, yep. This sure is a tagcloud.