Galdin Quay; Leida (Eos). Monday [05/23 FT].

The morning started out much like the morning before, with a hunt, although this time, it was for gemstones and not for some beast bent on killing them. It had required the chocobros to climb up into the mountains and sneak past an incredibly large bird that could have killed them, easily, if they had been spotted, but, thankfully, the massive thing took flight so they could get the gemstones that Dino had requested and return to him for their hopeful passage, finally, to Altissia.

But, unfortunately, either way you sliced it, the boat wouldn't be ready until tomorrow, meaning they had nothing but time to kill. It was a good time for some training, then, which meant a good portion of their time at this beautiful resort was spent....running in sand (thanks, Gladio!) and taking care of some monsters for the local Hunters, and plenty of great photo ops. They also ran an errand or two for Coctura, the chef at the resort's famed restaurant, the Mother of Pearl, which meant debating amongst each other whether or not Ignis was actually flirting with her or just showing a professional interest (it was sooooo hard to tell with that guy!). And then...

....this.

Fishing.

Of course they'd be fishing, but at least they (well, Noctis, while the others just sort of stood around and waited) were fishing with a purpose: they'd found a stray cat, and decided they would find him a nice tasty meal for the day. Which, you know, was adorable and sweet and Prompto was all for, except for the fact that...man, these fish? Were not biting. But Noctis was determined, especially since Galdin had more than a few good fishing spots available.

But Prompto was definitely going to take this as an opportunity to squeeze in a phone call.

Eventually, right as the sun was setting, Noctis got his fish, the cat got its dinner, and the boys were ready to settle in for the night. An amazing meal from Coctura (had Ignis actually just working his way up to a substantial discount? That was completely accurate, too!), some of the Quay's infamous massages, and, much to Prompto's complete delight, actual rooms that evening! So even though he'd called her earlier, as they were all getting settled in the room, with the fantastic view of the ocean right there outside the tall plate glass windows, Prompto was still sending his evening check-in text to Liz:

We've gone from roughing it to the lap of luxury tonight! 😁😁😁 We're actually staying here at the hotel at Galdin Quay, even ate some of the food here, Ignis was NOT kidding about it being amazing! You really can't beat that kind of fresh seafood! Also? MASSAGES. (Turns out Noct is ticklish, by the way lol). I am definitely taking you here one day and pampering you like crazy this place is great! 💕💕💕

we FINALLY set sail for altissia tomorrow!!! I can't wait to get there, I can't wait to see you. I hope everything is still going okay back there in Fandom. We're almost there!

They were, of course, definitely not almost there, not by a longshot, but, of course, as night settled in around them outside the little gem of a resort in the Cygillan Ocean, none of them could have had any idea what was in store for them in the morning.


[[ NFB, obvs, but totes open for any calls, texts, etc, with any of the boyos while you still can; things are going to get much more complicated for them from here on in.

And, yes, fishing for the cat is an actual FF XV side quest, thank you ]]