We don't notice any time pass, we don't notice anything [W5, Sunday, Post-Execution]

[hydrokinetics]

[It's a few hours after the execution that Percy finds himself wandering back to the hotel. His thoughts are fuzzy and his head's clouded but his feet keep moving. It's what he has to do. The blood from Harry's head has dried on his hands and his clothes from when he tried to wipe off his hands, but that's irrelevant to him. Instead, he enters the hotel and stands in the hall to think of where to go next.

The kitchen? No, found body parts there. The bath house? No, found body parts there, too. His room? It's not somewhere he wants to go now. More than anything, he's realized he doesn't necessarily want to be alone in that space right now...so he turns for the lounge. That seems safe.

It's there he finds Noctis on one of the couches with Sara's sword and his expression twitches into something a little like happiness. It's not, but it's a sign he's better off with Noctis than others. Without a word he slowly enters the room and settles on the couch next to him, curling up a little before resting his forehead on Noctis's shoulder. Hi, friend.]

Remember when weekends used to be fun?

Comments

[elemancy]

...I trust you with it.

[he's not going to say he doesn't—noctis absolutely trusts percy and his capabilities without very much question at all.

but it doesn't stop him from sighing quietly and voicing what he's sure the others think as well.]

I just don't want something crappy to go down when we're not all there to back each other up. [it's something of an inevitability, maybe—but the guilt that's piled on noct over time back home from being so helpless when things happen to people he cares about is only amplified in this situation that exists solely to try and break them.]

[hydrokinetics]

[There's a sigh of relief.] Thank you.

[Trust is important. He feels better knowing Noctis will put that in his hands. However:]

There's enough of us right now that we can all at least stick together in pairs or groups. But I'm also used to working alone. Those are the risks we've gotta start taking.

[elemancy]

It's more dangerous that way though. Don't forget that.

[not because he thinks percy would.

but he worries, of course. they're both capable of handling things alone (at least, at this point, noct thinks he can), but still. the more time alone, he more opportunities for vulnerability, and it concerns him.]

[hydrokinetics]

I know. I think you might be one of the only people to understand that I'm used to dangerous situations by now. But I'm not really looking to die. I'll be more careful now that we sort of have a gameplan.

...both of us have to stay alive. Sara would probably want us to, right?

[elemancy]

Yeah. It's... definitely what she'd want. So we can't be reckless. If either of us die... she'll definitely headbutt us a bunch.

[hydrokinetics]

I feel like that's an even bigger threat than death when it comes to Sara. [A slight grin.] We'll stay alive, Noct. I know that much.

[elemancy]

We have to. We owe it to everyone.