revivalproject | The Glittering Of Food

WHO: Gladiolus, Open
WHERE: Glitter Food
WHAT: Gladio Preparing the ship
WHEN: Early April
WARNINGS: cw: drinking in second post

I. The Creature Comforts | Forested Area

If they're going to be out there for a while, Gladio intends to make it comfortable. Maybe others may disagree about what comfortable is, but Gladio knows what he wants. So there the man is (shirtless of course), amid the trees of the Glitter Food... Moving rocks? Yep. In fact, he's setting them up in a careful circle where here's dug out a small pit.

Around the area there are already a few chairs, sitting out ready for whatever the central feature would be. And of course his tent, somewhere in the trees nearby.

Yep, one of the captains was going to do his best to rough it during this travel session too. To remember better days.

"Hey, can you grab that stone over there," he says when he catches sight of one of his crewmates, and he gestures to a small mound of rocks. Thankfully he's not asking for one of the larger ones. "Seems just right to continue this layer."

II. A Toast Before The Road | Glitter Food Deep End

The last time he went on something resembling a trip on this scale, the world basically fell apart. Maybe that's why Gladio sits, half anxious, in the Glitter Food's version of the Deep End. He doesn't look toward the watery wall that looks out to the pool area. Instead he focuses on the bar itself, and the glass in his hands. Is that bourbon in his glass? Yeah, probably. Sometimes you need to replicate something good, and this was one of those moments. He sips at the drink thoughtfully, considering what comes next.

He's so deep in thought that he wasn't even aware of what was going on around him. No chance that he would notice someone coming up behind him. Maybe not even if they steal his bottle.

Maybe it has something to do with the picture frame in front of him. An electronic frame, with pictures running through it. Pictures of Noctis.

And there, of course, might be the real source of his ennui.