Event: Abort! Part Two (day 25, Egret). Luggage carriage

[voidtreckermods]

They are on world world#27462947582 for about five hours, helping, ushering people out of the city, fighting monsters, keeping guard. All seems well in the city itself, peaceful even except for the slight panic of people being told to move south.

Wherever they are, north in the desert, travelling through the countryside to the south or still in the city itself they will notice from their peripheral vision a darkening of the sky. Looking up they will see clouds. Strange clouds, appearing in the blue sky out of nowhere.

Their SCA’s start beeping, rapidly, flashing red. The clouds are too weird to be clouds, dark shapes in the sky. It might be that the Voidtreckers heed the warning and tap their SCA to evacuate to the train. It might be that they do not.

If they don’t then there is a moment, a moment of absolute stillness as those around them notice the shapes. A confused pause. Children stop their chatter, people stop their complaining, even the monsters seem to sense something and pause in their attacks.

The remaining voidtreckers are yanked away, even without pressing their SCA, they glow gold and disappear.

They all appear in the luggage carriage and not even a second later, with no warning the train lurches, flinging everyone off their feet as it enters the void.

It’s not really easy to tell speed in the void, but they will get the sense that they are moving fast. Faster than before, leaving that world and whatever those shapes were behind.

(OOC: Information on this event is here and part one is here)

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[sonoflucis]

Noct shook his head, almost desperately. "No! I mean...I don't want you to act weird around me...I..." He grabbed at his hair in frustration. "Why can't I get my words right?" He always had such a hard time putting his feelings into words. "I definitely don't think you would jeopardise what you have with Prompto out of pity..."

[callmegladio]

Gladio moved to the edge of the bed and shifted himself down it, closer to Noct. One leg on the floor, the other curled on the bed so he could face the younger man.

"Because you've stopped speaking plainly." Gladio pointed out, the irritation fading away. "You're thinking too much, Noct. I wouldn't act weird around you. Why would any of this change who you are? Or who I am?" He grinned widely. "You're still a brat. Who you're sleeping with won't fix that."

[sonoflucis]

Somehwo, words that might have sounded harsh to other people made Noct smile. It made him feel better, even if there were tears in his eyes. He did what he had wanted to do since they started on this topic. He hugged Gladio tight. "Can I be your brat?"

[callmegladio]

He was half expecting the hug, though half expecting Noct to just hit him, but really preferred the hug.

Gladio laughed and wrapped his arms around Noct, pulling him in close, but still mindful of that knee of his and not wanting to jostle it. "I would like it if you were."

[sonoflucis]

Noct held on as long as he could, until his knee hurt too much to handle it. He reluctantly separated from Gladio, smiling softly. "You know Prompto is going to be insufferable about this, right?"

[callmegladio]

The problem was, Gladio wasn't quite ready to let go. He let Noct pull away and laughed again at the mention of Prompto. "I think you're right." He said, even as he hooked a hand under Nocts knees and gently pulled him down the bed a bit and away from the pillows.

"He'll be excited. He might tell me off." As he spoke he bent to remove his boots. He'd not worn anything too fussy when he'd been given the chance to change into native garb, and since he hadn't ventured into the city he didn't have any weapons he needed to remove. Just his boots.

[sonoflucis]

Noct liked that Gladio just moved him around the way he wanted. The was something comforting about being in Gladio's arms.

"Why would he tell you off?" Noct asked, tilting his head. He didn't want to cause any disharmony, after all.

[callmegladio]

"Maybe because he isn't here?" Gladio chuckled and, once his boots were off he climbed onto the bunk behind Noct. He was laughing as he tried to get himself into a decent enough position without knocking the King off onto the ground. But once he was settled he was able to wrap his arms around the other and pulled him in to lean against his chest.

"There. Now we're not hurting your knee." There was a rather self-satisfied smile upon his face then.

[sonoflucis]

Noct laughed. "Yeah, he'll whine about that, won't he? Sure he won't come looking for you soon?" Not that Noct minded that.

He relaxed in Gladio's arms, even taking a moment to press into Gladio's chest. "Yeah, this is nice...Really nice..."

[callmegladio]

"Probably... I didn't see him in the luggage area..." And he'd looked. But he knew Prompto would find him eventually.

He lowered his head, his smile gentling as he pressed a soft kiss to the top of Nocts head. "I'm glad."

[sonoflucis]

"I'm sure he's okay..." Prompto was smart. He wouldn't have gotten left behind.

Noct wondered if his heart would eventually get used to Gladio's intimate touches, but right now it felt like it was going to beat out of his chest. "Can I sleep here all night? There aren't any weird rules, are there?"

[callmegladio]

"He's just fine." Gladio said confidently. He'd know if Prompto wasn't. He didn't know how, but he just knew he'd be able to tell.

Then he grinned. "You can stay here, Noct. Only weird rule is that sometime in the night you'll end up back in your own bed. No one warned me and it freaked me out. So try not to fall out of your bunk when you wake up in the wrong place." He was more than happy to have Noct sleep there, it wasn't as if having him nap with him was an unusual thing.

[sonoflucis]

Noct nodded. He had faith that Prompto was fine. His gut told him so.

"Really? That sucks..." Noct pouted. "I want to be with you all night. But I guess if that's the rule..." He sighed softly. "You'll come check on me in the morning?"

[callmegladio]

Gladio nodded. It did suck. He kind of hated zipping back to his own room once he had fallen asleep and waking without Prompto in his arms where he was supposed to be. He tightened his arms around Noct for a moment then. "I promise, I'll come check on you." And would probably end up bringing him back to his room so he could keep an eye on him. While his knee was giving Noct problems, the last thing he needed was to be on the top bunk.

[sonoflucis]

Noct sighed happily at the gentle pressure of Gladio's arms. "I knew you would say yes." He said softly. "I feel kind of dumb for picking the top bunk now, though. It'll make being independent in the meantime a bit difficult."

[callmegladio]

"Not if I keep bringing you here in the mornings. Or to Prompto." It would depend on which room was available. Though his was usually empty. And if not it was just Primrose and he was fine with that.

Gladio lowered his head to press his lips to Noct's shoulder, not quite a kiss, but a smile. "You're not dumb. You didn't know you were going to hurt your knee. You'll be safe here though. I'll just have to come knocking each morning till you're better."

[sonoflucis]

"Either works for me." Noct said, gently stroking Gladio's arms, just enjoying the intimacy.

"I can't think of a better way to wake up. I won't even complain about it being too early." At least, not while they were on the train. It was easier to be okay with it when there was no sunlight to tell you whether or not it was daytime.

[callmegladio]

Gladio gave a low, deep chuckle and then went ahead and just dropped a kiss upon Nocts shoulder. "Who said you'd have to wake up? Nothing stopping you from sleeping more here." Because there really wasn't a need to be up at the crack of dawn every day. Gladio still did it, but that was just habit for him. Noct was more than welcome to keep his bed warm for him.

[sonoflucis]

Noct was almost purring like a cat at that kiss, and at the notion that Gladio wouldn't actually wake him up. "I mean, I am a pretty heavy sleeper, I bet you could carry me here without me even realizing it." Not that that was a good thing. It left him open to all sorts of things when he was asleep. Not that he had to worry. Gladio would keep him safe.

[callmegladio]

"Just so long as you realise that's what'll be happening." Though, if he did it right, sometimes Noct wouldn't even realise he'd left Gladio's cabin. That suited him just fine. And yes, he would definitely keep Noct safe. And not just because of duty as a Shield.

[sonoflucis]

"I'll keep it at the front of my mind." Noct promised. He couldn't stop smiling, knowing that Gladio wanted to be with him. All that worry he was holding on to was gone now. "I think it's been way more than fifteen minutes." He laughed.

[callmegladio]

Gladio gave an unhappy little grunt then, realising he would now have to move in order to get the ice pack. Until he had the bright idea to just shift one of his legs and kick the thing onto the floor. The ice was secure within the dish towel, but he still winced when it hit the floor off the side of the bed.

"... I'll clean it up later." He promised.

[sonoflucis]

Noct laughed softly relaxing in Gladio's arm. He was so comfortable right now, he felt like he could sleep, despite the pain. "Wake me up for dinner? Can we set alarms on our devices?"

[callmegladio]

"I'll wake you up." Gladio promised. He didn't really plan on going to sleep. Though the question made him pause. "... No idea. I don't use it much. I'll ask Prompto next time I see him. You just sleep, Noct."

[sonoflucis]

"Yeah, he would know, huh?" Noct said, his voice lazy and low. He snuggled a bit more before closing his eyes and relaxing his breathing. "Thanks, Gladdy."