Nobody said it was easy, no one ever said it would be this hard [W7, Monday]

[hydrokinetics]

[The town is quiet and sullen, but time marches on. It's the afternoon by now when Percy finds himself in the kitchen staring at a boiling pot of water. He can't recall the last time he actually cooked something, but with so few of them left it seems he has to self-provide.

He's lost in thought as he stares at noodles boiling in water and suddenly hears footsteps. He looks up, a little alarmed but relaxing upon the sight of someone familiar.

(But then again...aren't they all familiar now?)]

You should join me for lunch. I had no idea how much I was supposed to add to the water.

Comments

[hydrokinetics]

Blame me a little less okay? I'm doing what I can without making it even worse.

[elemancy]

Blame you as little as I can.

[which is still a lot. deal with it, punk.]

[hydrokinetics]

I'll take it. [He bonks his head into Noctis's one more time before letting go.]

...still not letting the game win in the end. It's just coming close.

[elemancy]

Yeah. I know.

[they're down to the wire, and from the sounds of it... he's going to have to put his faith in percy about it, to be sure.]

[hydrokinetics]

[He's moving now to start cleaning up the kitchen, a strange sort of melancholy in his steps.]

We'll talk more about it later if you want. I promise.

[elemancy]

...Yeah, I'll hold you to that.

[he notices, but this time... noct is moving to stand.]

I'm gonna go get some air, you got this?

[hydrokinetics]

Yeah. Yeah, it's cool. I'll catch you later. [He won't stop him. They both need time to process, he thinks.]