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[fatedsacrifice]

WHO: Noctis and you!
WHERE: The water
WHAT: Fishing
WHEN: Post event. Noct is trying to work some stuff out in his mind, & fishing is where it's at, so come join him.
WARNINGS: None?



Noctis felt like his mind was wrecked. He'd never seen a moon scream before and the visions of his father and Luna just messed with him. Of course it was hard for him to separate the moon and Luna, and it felt like there was so much more going on than he understood.

Of course he thought he'd left things like that behind. But come to find out that wasn't the case at all. This was a new world complete with a new set of rules and new things to learn to go along with all of that.

So he slid outside of his living space and packed a few things. He still had his old fishing pole in his armiger which he kept for Gladio. But he decided to go out alone today, unaccompanied by his shield. Maybe Noct would get in trouble for that later, but that was later on. There were so many questions in his mind that didn't have answers and figured a day of fishing might do the trick to let those answers come to him.

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[doubled_speed]

Alone? Hilarious. Can anyone be alone when a speedster can show up out of nowhere? Who knew. Probably not. But in this case, the alone doesn't last long, because Tommy's out of his mind with anxiety. Enough out of his mind with stress and grief he refused to share that he was looking for any distraction.

Especially after the storm. Especially after how close he'd come to fucking things up for a LOT of people.

So seeing Noctis out and about? Oh yeah, attention.

"Noctipus," he said as he came up behind the guy.

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Somehow Noct supposed he should be used to Tommy's rather sudden appearances. But at this point in time he wasn't, so he was startled a little. However, just as soon as his mind registered a presence alerting him to the fact that he wasn't alone anymore, he heard the nickname that only one guy called him. And of course he secretly liked the nickname.

"Hey." the king replied amicably with a nod of his head and an almost immediate smile. "What brings you out this way?"

[doubled_speed]

"Needed something to do," Tommy answered quite easily. Because he needed distractions. Losing Kyle had been pretty shitty, and he needed help with all of this.

Distraction, thy name is Noctipus.

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"Something to do." Noct echoed with a smile on his face and in his tone. "Guess I'm good for something." This had him laugh a little lightheartedly, not realizing the loss the other was going through at the moment.

"Come to watch me fish or just to fish with me?"

And either was cool with him.

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"Fishing, huh? I guess that's not a bad idea," Tommy said, before smirking. "Someone has to pull you out of the water."

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He had to smile. "I wasn't planning on falling in the first time." But of course Noct was going to be more careful this time around. "So you're here to keep me company, right?"

And he started reeling in his line to see if he could entice some fish to come bite.

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"Maybe you're here to keep me company," Tommy countered as he sat down. This wasn't the way he would have wanted to pass his day, but the further he got from Kyle's departure, the harder it was to process being alone and without the guy.

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That comment got Noctis to look over at the kid. Sitting down wasn't this one's style and that had him look over at the guy. What could be bugging him? Well he wasn't going to ask because that probably wasn't the best way to get to the root of the problem.

Reeling his line in, he paused a minute to get the reel ready to cast out again as he briefly glanced over at Tommy with a small smile. "I'm good like that."

Those words made him turn away, recalling he'd said those same words to Ignis after getting up at the dreadful dawn hour to make breakfast for everyone and he threw his line out.

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No, sitting around and waiting wasn't his style, which was of course why Tommy was squirming in short order.

"Are you? Seems like you're already super quiet. Weird if you ask me."

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It took a few days for Biggs to decide it was safe enough to venture outside the boundaries of Temba. Next time, he'll have to make sure his ass is on that train. He's seen how weird these dimensions could be and he'd been warned about the storms, but this was beyond anything he could have anticipated. Screaming moons? Ghosts and specters? He needed something to clear his head, and exploring seemed like just the thing.

He didn't have a weapon, but he was resourceful. If he needed one, he could grab a rock if he needed to, but he was curious about the environment. When he found the water, he noticed he wasn't alone, either.

Biggs had never left Midgar his entire life, and he'd never been near the water in that other place he'd ended up, either. He knew what fishing was but he'd never actually had the occasion.

"So, uh, is the fishing good?" It was an odd introduction, but it was better than nothing.

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With a sigh, Noctis cast his fishing line into the water, and relaxed his shoulders. He then took a moment to reel in the extra bit that didn't need to be in there so that way in case something but his line he'd be more prepared than having to hurriedly correct that oversight when he had a 'customer' on the other end.

Looking up when he heard a somewhat familiar voice, it took the king a moment to place it.

Biggs.

It wasn't the man he knew or rather, had met. That one travelled with Wedge and Aranea, who the guys referred to as 'Lady A'. It was so cute to see how much they respected the dragoon who was formidable in battle both as an adversary and as an ally.

Noct nodded with a smile. "So far I haven't caught anything but I just got started." He reeled in just a tiny bit more of the slack on the line and looked over at the other man. "You do any fishing back home?"

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Biggs took the acknowledgement as an invitation to join the other man, moving to take a seat beside him at an amicable distance, shaking his head as he did so. "Not really. Pollution's made it pretty difficult to find decent fishing holes around my home." He said it nonchalantly, but there was a note of bitterness in his voice.

"And before you ask, I've never even seen an actual fishing pole." He smiled, self-deprecating, as he motioned toward Noct's tool. "Well, I guess I have now." After a moment, he shook his head, chuckling. "That sounds more pathetic than it is, I promise."

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"Bummer." Noct replied at hearing about the difficulty of fishing holes. He moved the pole to the side away from his companion and was half surprised at Biggs' admission of never having seen a fishing pole.

Wow. It was still weird being here sometimes, hearing about things he took for granted in his world that others didn't get a chance to deal with. But still, he found himself chuckling along with the other man.

"Does that mean you're looking to learn how to fish then?"

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"That's one way to put it." He chuckled, though it was a bitter sound, filled with more than a little resentment, though it wasn't directed at the king. There were plenty of other people who deserved it, and it was just as tired as it was resentful.

He did smile, though, at the question, shrugging. "I'm always open to learning new skills, and this one sounds like it's good for not going hungry, too."

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He smiled with a nod at the chuckle coming from Biggs and then heard the other's reply about learning to fish. Hey, if he could someone to become good at it (or even just helping) they could provide more fish to the community and two fisherman were better than one.

Of course he wouldn't say as much unless it got brought up.

With a nod, he stretched his arm out and a fishing pole appeared his hand. He held it out to Biggs. "Not going hungry is a great thing."

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"Having been nearly starving before, I tend to agree." That did get his attention, though, and he frowned over at the other man.

"Does that happen a lot here, the risk of going hungry?" That was something to keep in mind, if so.

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Noct nodded, but he couldn't admit that he didn't really know what that was like unless he was being overdramatic which tended to irk his advisor's chef ego. But being here had made the reality sort of slap him in the face with the very real possibility of that.

Fortunately he could hunt and fish, though fortunately other folks did the dressing of the meat. Thanks to Kyle he could clean his catches but meat would have him at a loss.

Looking up at Biggs now, the king shrugged. "As long as you know how to hunt or fish or know what plants are edible you'll get by. Barring that you could find someone who knows how to do those things too."

[mutedsuspicions]

Noctis will find that there's already someone at his chosen spot for fishing. Not someone else partaking in the hobby, but wading around in the shallow parts of the water. Lerith has his scarf up, per usual, allowing it to shade him and hide his neck. His pants are rolled up to his knees, shoes out of reach of the water with the device tucked into one for safe keeping.

Water sloshes around his thin legs as he bends over to look for some plants hiding just under the surface. That one looked promising. Carefully, the elf wiggled fingers into the wet dirt until he could pull the roots free and bring it into the air. Hm, looked like regular water grass.

It was easy to do this, to keep his mind off of the fact that the moon was screaming a few days ago. That couldn't be something normal.

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He did notice the the man wading in the water, so he'd made sure that he'd cast his line far away. One for the unknown man's safety because hooking people with fishing hooks wasn't his idea of a good time. Two, the fish weren't going to go near someone or something causing a ruckus in the water that could be a threat.

Dark blue eyes kept looking over at the other in curiosity though, wondering what the guy was doing. He didn't seem to be in trouble or be in any sort of distress. Still, the king's gaze returned to the elf more than a few times.

He wasn't sure whether he should say something or not, but he kept an eye on the guy as he reeled the line in and nodded at him acknowledgement when the man turned to look at him.

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Lerith was so engrossed in his plant hunt... he didn't notice Noctis at the start. On the upside, with Lerith making a ruckus at one end of the water, that meant the fish would probably be closer to where Noctis was!

It was when he plucked up some sort of weird looking plant did he finally notice the other fishing. He froze, like a halla caught in torchlight as he waited. What was the other doing? Wait, a line, a stick... fishing. He was fishing, and here Lerith was, disturbing the water!

Gingerly, the elf moved out of the water and back onto dry land. [Sorry! he motioned, then headed over carefully. The strange looking plant was held out, followed by the device after a long minute of typing one handed.

'i saw some nibblig at this when i got here i think. maybe use for fishng?'

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He pulled the line through the water slowly, trying to get the fish to notice the lure bobbing along. Some days it was just slow like this, but he always kept it in the back of his mind that he needed to keep at it because people depended on his skills.

Sure Gladio and Bull were meat hunters and Noct joined them too, but when it came to fishing, well there wasn't anyone else he knew that could do it, so it was all on him. And this was totally and completely fine with him honestly.

Hearing the elf move, the king turned his attention to the man and nodded with a smile at the apology. "It's alright." he said. But then his device went off and he reached for it with his free hand after taking it off of the reel.

He was surprised to see the text, but then looked at the elf with the strange plant. So he set the pole down in a secure place and slowly approached the other. "I'm not sure what this is, but it couldn't hurt if you saw them nibbling at it."

[mutedsuspicions]

Lerith had absolutely no patience for fishing. He'd rather pick herbs or go read a book about them. Once the message was sent, the elf let the human come to him. Over the few months he had been here, Lerith was becoming... less skittish. Everyone here was just as trapped as he was, but no one seemed to be taking advantage of the situation. Everyone was free to do as they wished.

Another quick text. 'sorry i can't speak can only communicate this way. i odn't know what it is either, but helpful maybe. i am trying to study plants here. maybe find what is useful'

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While he waited for the elf to speak, his device went off and he nodded at the screen, understanding now what was going on. And after he read the message, he slowly lowered the device.

"No worries. But even since I've taken agriculture here I'm not familiar with it." That had him smile at his companion. "It's alright though. I'll try it and they'll either bite it or not. Guess that means I'm going to find out either way."

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Took agriculture? Like he was taught? Lerith thought for a moment before remembering his arrival to the city. That strange datapoint that had given him information about the city and history before meeting others already in the city.

'you mean datapoint like by the fountain?' he texted quickly. 'i think maybe i shold touch that one, see if it hepls with knowing plants here like i wa learning in thedas' Especially if it was going to be useful helping in the medical area with Billy and Omega. His plants from Thedas would be a good start, but why stop there?

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Noctis looked at the device as it beeped and nodded. "Ya, the datapoint. It's been pretty helpful here." And has probably kept him out of needing to find someone with a potion or healing magic. All of his own potions had gone out the window when he passed in his world.

He wasn't sure where Thedas was, but just assumed it was the elf's home world, somewhere there. "But ya, if you take it up let me know." Because it would be much more fun to learn with someone than learning to do this whole thing alone.