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

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

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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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.

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?"

"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."

"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."

"Sure he would..." Gladio kept his voice low, not wanting to be too loud in case it pulled Noct from his doze. "And you're very welcome, Princess." There was great tenderness in his voice then, and he settled back more, relaxing into the pillows behind him, content to play the part of a pillow for Noct.

It didn't take long for Noct to fall asleep, now that he felt comfortable and safe. Even thought it was just a nap, it was bound to be the best sleep he's had in ages.

Just when they were both nice and really, really comfortable- Whomp! Whomp! Whomp!- goes the door.

The jerk back to train had been disorienting and he'd been involved in helping some other people (like himself) stop panicking before realizing he hadn't seen his friends yet. He'd gone to all the usual spots but wound up empty-handed. Where was everyone?

Slowly he'd gotten more concerned till he was knocking first on Noct's door and peeking in his own room, just in case, and now Gladio's. Where could they be?

Gladio hadn't gone to sleep, but he had closed his eyes. He was very much relaxed. And might well have dozed, if not for the obvious monster trying to break down his damn door. He cursed softly under his breath and was forced to shift to the side, doing his best not to disturb Noct, to get the door open.

Sometimes being tall and having long arms was a blessing.

The door opened for Prompto. "Quiet..." He hissed and waved Prompto to come in.

Prompto's worried expression melted in a bright grin. He sort of heard the warning to be quiet, but not before he was jumping forward and catching the big man into an enthusiastic hug. Something must've clicked though since his excited words are in a hushed tone. "Glady! You're okay!"

He peeked around the other man's massive shoulder. "Is your roommates sl- oh! Noct! Is he okay?"

Since he was in such an awkward position, leaning over for the door, it was mostly easy for Prompto to come at him from behind to hug him. Gladio smiled and lifted a hand to lightly pat one of the arms about him. "Hey, beautiful. I'm alright. Are you? I looked for you, but..."

Prompto had noticed the King in front of him and Gladio's gaze turned that way. "Fell and hurt his knee when the train took off. He should be okay in a few days if he keeps off it."

His heart fluttered a little like it always did when Gladio gave him sweet compliments like that. His boyfriend was so good to him. What did he ever do to deserve such a wonderful man?

"I'm okay. I was in Madoka's room. She was upset over what happened and I was trying to make her feel better." And before Gladio could get too concerned, he added, "She's okay now! Don't worry. It was just shocking."

As the focus moved to Noct, he frowned sympathetically. His poor knee! "That sucks. Can I stay in here with you guys? .. Did he talk to you?"

"She's alright? That's good..." He hadn't seen her either, maybe Prompto had already taken her away by that time? He hoped that was the case.

Gladio's attention was brought back to Noct then, and he nodded and as carefully as he could he shifted himself, and Noct who was fast asleep between his legs, closer to the wall and did his best not to wake him. The bunks weren't the widest, but Prompto was slim so he was sure to be able to slot himself next to the both of them.

"... Oh, he talked." Gladio shot Prompto what he hoped was an irritated glare, but was sort of ruined by his smile. "... You've been talking about me behind my back, lover of mine."

Prompto grinned as he saw Gladio maneuver their cute sleeping king. He snuggled right in against Noct's other side and very gently slipped an arm around his waste. Their next stop, they should really look into ways to make this bed bigger.

His attention shifted from Noct to Gladio and he giggled. "Yes!" Was that the wrong answer? It was the truth at least- and a surprisingly enthusiastic one. "I told him how wonderful you were and that you were amazing in bed and he should try it. I think I made him jealous!"

Gladio just stared at Prompto, both because of where he chose to curl up and the fact he shamelessly admitted to having talked about him. And what he had been saying...

He groaned and dropped his head back with a dull thud against the wall behind him. Noct had been nice enough not to tell him that much. Just the sharing thing... "Prom... That's not stuff you go around telling people." He moved his head back so he could look down at the happy blonde. "You could have scared him..." Though he was glad it hadn't. Not so happy it had made Noct jealous. Though that was something Noct had already admitted to him.

Prompto's smile dropped to a pout at Gladio's reaction. Everyone should know how wonderful he was! It should be one of the things they told people when they first got on the train. They should be told where the bathrooms were, when dinner was, and that Gladio is the best boyfriend ever.

"But Glady! I didn't tell 'people'. I told Noct. He was worried about coming between us and he was feeling left out. And I like being able to tell him stuff. Why can't I tell him how good you can make me feel?"

He could've scared him? He thought about that a moment, unsure how true it was. He might have to ask Noct when he woke up if that had been a possibility. "I didn't pressure him or anything. I was just telling him how well you treat me."

Gladio laughed softly and moved a hand to brush his fingers through Prompto's hair in an effort to ease that pout of his. "That's sweet of you. I don't mind you telling him things like that, Prom." It was the 'good in bed' part that was the sticky issue. While he was flattered (and damn pleased) that the blonde would think that enough to brag to Noct, it left him feeling a little unsettled. But he supposed it hadn't hurt much. If Noct had been told all that and still had sat there and claimed to like him, maybe it wasn't all bad?

"Did you tell him how well you treat me?" he asked then, tone warm and loving. "What else did you two talk about? I take it you both sorted through some things?"

That's all it took to bring back the sun in Prompto's smile. His heart and soul belonged to these two men and the one that was most likely in the kitchen. There might be slightly different kinds of love going on here, but all of it was genuine and made them a family.

"Uh.." That question threw him off and he gave Gladio a sheepish smile. "No.. we, uh.. well once he seemed on board and I knew you were on board and um.." He hesitated and could feel his cheeks heating up. Was he about to get kicked out of bed? He hoped not. His grip tightened a little around Noct, but he was doing his best not to wake him. "We.. um, well, I uh.. I kissed him- but I thought it was okay because of what we'd said and he seemed happy with the idea and you seemed happy about it and since we were maybe doing something like that it seemed okay but if it wasn't I'm really really really sorry and it won't ever happen again!"

Gladio blinked. He was quiet. Expressionless. He wanted to let Prompto sweat a little...

Because he was trying very hard not to laugh.

"... You kissed Noct?" He finally asked, very proud of himself for how calm and serious he sounded. "And you're just now letting me know?" Gladio knew he couldn't keep it up for long. The last thing he wanted was for Prompto to panic and run or feel too bad for going off and kissing another guy. Just a little bad.

"And you haven't even given me a kiss yet? Obviously I'm furious." He was failing, he was grinning now, there was no way he could keep up that serious expression. "It's fine, love. I'd suspected... You've nothing to worry about."

In those few moments, he got to watch Prompto's eyes slowly double in size as his jaw hung open. The soft 'uhh' sound could be heard a few seconds before he could find words.

Oh. Oh. Oh shit. Shit shit shit. What did he do now? Come on, think of something, Prompto!

"I.. uh.. um.. but I uh.." Yeah, nothing was coming out! In between his ears all Prompto could see was the Blue Screen of Death. He cheeks went dark red.

He blinked with a little confusion over the next question. Gladio was upset he hadn't been given a kiss yet? How had Prompto failed to do that?! He was the worst boyfriend ever! "B- but I would've!" That wasn't helping things.

Suddenly Gladio was grinning at him and it took him a beat to realize it had been a tease. He laughed and leaned over Noct to give his boyfriend a kiss. "So.. you're really okay? You're not mad?"

It was cute. Prompto blushing was so adorable, and once he realised that Gladio was teasing, the blonde was quick to give him that kiss.

He moved an arm to wrap around his love and hold him close so he could kiss him a second time before he answered. "I'm not mad, Prom. You told me, so I'm not mad. If you'd hidden it from me... yeah, I'd have been mad as hell. But how can I be mad about something you'd already warned me about?"

Gladio grinned. "And besides, he's cute. Why wouldn't you want to kiss him?"

His expression broke into a relieved, bright smile. He loved that they could still do that. Being together hadn't changed the way Gladio messed with him and teased him. Was it silly that was just another reason Prompto was so smitten? Nah, it was the truth so who cared?

He wanted to keep that kiss going but Noct was in the way. It worked out as he was further reassured everything was okay. "I wouldn't.. I'd never do that. I thought we'd been on the same page, but I guess I should've checked before doing that once I found out he was okay with it." He giggled and looked down at Noct. "He is, isn't he?"

Although he was suddenly really tempted to tickle him. That would be wrong. He should definitely not do that. He- okay he was tickling him now.

Noct's brow furrowed before he started squirming. He woke up, making a sound between a laugh and a whine. "Prompto! Noooo!" He was soon out of breath. "Please!"

"Dammit, Prom!" Gladio went ahead and bopped the blonde upside the head. "Why'd you go and wake up up, and stop, both of you!" ... It was NOT a good idea for the both of them to be wriggling about and squirming between his damn legs and on his small bunk! If they broke it... he didn't know what happened if you broke a bed. But how they'd explain how it got broke was a whole thing he wasn't prepared to deal with.

"But- ow!- I can't wait to talk to you!" He protested back. He did stop tickling Noct though.

He looked at Gladio with an exaggerated 'kicked puppy' look. "Gladio said you two talked! How are you two not more excited?! I can't believe it! I get to kiss BOTH of you!" And so he did because he could- on the nose, because why not?

Noct blinked, mostly because Prompto was talking too fast for his sleepy brain. His cheeks were red as he looked from Prompto to Gladio.

"What did I miss? How long was I out?" It didn't feel like long enough to him.

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