hashtag_chocobro | The Apartment above the Photo Hut; Sunday Afternoon [02/11]

Prompto would be entirely honest; if there was anything a bit different going on in town, he was completely unaware of it, because he'd been singularly focused since pretty much Friday on getting things all ready and set up for Noctra's birthday party today. The decorations were an amalgamation of both puppy things and football things, with a both First Year Down! and Let's Pawty! balloons to really drive it home.

And, of course, the birthday girl herself was showing her appreciation for the theme, as well! Unfortunately, with her dad's excitement all morning in getting things up, she hadn't been able to nap like he was hoping she would, so he was holding his breath that the whole thing wouldn't make her too cranky or overwhelmed, but at least there was plenty to distract her in the meantime. Including a little help from Rain pulling in duty as Party Ruferee.

Then there was getting everything with the catering set out for the guests, which included your typical moddable game day fare, but especially puppy chow, mini hot dogs, and, of course pizza rolls! There were a puppy bowl birthday cake, even, with some vegan cupcake puppy players!

And, of course, near the entrance, there were plenty of party hats for anyone who wanted to claim their allegiance for Team Ruff or Team Fluff or just Team Noctra (he suspected those would be the most popular, really).

And for once, after everything was set up and copious amounts of pictures had been taken, Prompto actually wasn't feeling like he hadn't gone enough on the theme, and was feeling pretty good about this one, actually!

[[ open party is open! If you've ever talked to Prompto or Liz even once, you probably got an invitation. Heck, even if you've never talked to either of them, you could have ~mysteriously~ gotten one, too! Maybe it's your big destiny to meet your true love at a one-year-old's puppy bowl party, you don't know!! ]]

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"Thank you, darling, the Argentinian sun appears to agree with me," Liliana said, acknowledging the compliment first to the surprise of no one. "And, yes, this isn't terribly my style, but Ignis could hardly be expected not to come to Noctra's birthday, and since we were getting a portal anyway..."

No, that didn't really explain why she hadn't just sent him on alone while she stayed and enjoyed the resort's amenities, but pointing that out would just be a mistake.

Clearly she had to come along to describe the foods to Ignis in detail!

"I'm sure Prompto and Liz appreciate your presence. And Ignis. Of course."

She wouldn't do that to the man she [404 verb not found]!

...She would stand near them as Gladio described them and snicker behind her hands. Though Liliana was a surprising amount of gremlin by volume, so she'd had no compunctions about filling her plate with wings and pizza rolls and taquitos.

"They appreciate Ignis' presence or he appreciates mine?" Liliana asked, dimpling. "I mean, I'm sure you're correct either way."

Who didn't appreciate her presence? She was a gift!

Girl, you got him to move in with you. Accept the very obvious love!

"Both," Stark said. "I meant both.:

Shan't.

"Well then, you were right on both counts," Liliana said, genially. And then, her expression becoming more solemn she asked, "And are you quite recovered from Thursday's lesson?"

"I'm fine," Stark said. "They weren't real. It just... reminded me of somewhere else. Somewhere I've no desire to return to. And even if they weren't real they seemed real enough..."

"The realism was the point," Liliana said. "Though Innistrad will not be the worst plane I will be programming into the Danger Shop, as a warning."

"I wouldn't expect it to be," Stark said. "There's too much time left in this term. And I know they were meant to seem real it was just a bit too much like Valdon."

"Valdon?"

Not a plane she knew, nope.

"A planet where the other side is closer than usual to this one. Not a pleasant place."

"Ah," Liliana said. "And in my Multiverse, once a spirit melds with the either, they cease to be a problem. Unless, of course, someone chooses to make it a problem."

You know, like she had with Mikaeus.

"It's a strange place. I could... hear more than usual there. Feel more. And others could, as well."

Stark shook his head.

"I don't plan on returning. It's just a memory."

"Do you ever intend to return to your universe?" Liliana asked. "It sounds like your bad experiences outweigh the pleasant ones by a significant margin."

"Moya is home just as much as here is," Stark said. "I've been back. And...I know Summer wants to see it. See her."

"Moya...?" The name seemed oddly familiar, but Liliana couldn't quite place it ~~because Nuance can't remember if they discussed her before~~.

"The leviathan I lived on. The ship," Stark clarified because
a lot of people thought of sea monsters for some reason. "She was my first real home. That I chose."

Liliana certainly would have, for one. Though she could see where it would get frustrating, like having to explain to everyone that when she said plane she didn't mean the vehicle.

"And it traveled through space?" she asked vaguely. "Not over water?" Also what she thought of when she heard 'ship.'

"Space ship," Stark confirmed. "Leviathans are biomechanoid space ships. Peaceful creatures. Moya takes very good care of us."

"Biomechanoid--like a living artifact creature?" Liliana guessed.

"She's alive," Stark said. "So was her son. She just happens to be part mechanical. But they're born and they grow and they have their own deities..."

"Mmmm, so more like Esperite filigree mages," Liliana said with a nod. "Where living creatures are fused with etherium, an aether-infused alloy."

With, of course, the obligatory fuck you, Tezzeret.

"Maybe?" Stark looked uncertain. "They were created by their Builders. Zhaan met one, once. They have little robots with him, they build them as they grow, to help care for them. I have one here in my apartment."

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