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“It’s just dinner with some of your friends Crowe, I don’t see how it could go so wrong.”
“Noctis, you haven’t met Nyx and Libertus, they have a special ability to create chaos from thin air” Crowe said while grabbing her coat.
“They can’t be that bad, can’t they?” Noctis replied as they walked out the door.
Crowe just shook her head and laughed silently.
Noctis would admit, the pathways to the Galahdian district of town were beautiful. The leaves fell in patterns that made it look like they were walking through the sun, just without the heat.
“Crowe, what kind of food are we gonna have?” Noctis asked.
“Considering we’re in the Gala-“
She got halfway through her s entrance before Noctis cut her off.
“Galahdian district, probably Galahdian food, yes I realized it was a stupid question.”
Crowe let out a loud laugh before reaching over and patting her boyfriend on the back. Sure he occasionally had his dumb moments (maybe more than occasionally) but he’s more than Crowe could ever ask for in a person.
By the time they made it to Yamachangs, Nyx and Libertus had already ordered a couple plates of skewers.
“So, y’all didn’t sleep through our dinner this time.” Nyx said with a laugh.
Crowe swatted at his head. “It was one time!”
“It was three”
“No it was four”
Now Crowe and Noctis just had to look at those two idiots and watch as they argued over how many times they had slept through dinner.
After maybe five minutes of arguing Nyx and Libertus had agreed to disagree on this subject.
“Sorry your highness, we’re normally not this crazy.” Nyx said while giving Crowe a look.
“Not this crazy my ass” Crowe mumbled as she grabbed a skewer.
“Don’t think we didn’t hear that Crowe!” Libertus yelled to her.
“Maybe you were meant to hear it” Crowe said as she took a bite of one of the skewers.
Noctis eventually grabbed himself a skewer, but only after thoroughly checking it for any traces of vegetables. The spices were balanced so that it was a nice sweet but spicy flavor.
“These are pretty good” Noctis said before taking another bite.
“Just wait until you’ve tried authentic galahdian food, these won’t taste right after that.” Libertus said as he took a drink of his beer.
“As much as I hate admitting it, Libertus is right, these don’t taste quite like home.” Crowe said softly. “One day I’m gonna learn to cook and treat you to some authentic galahdian food” Crowe finished.
“I would love that.”
Nyx ordered them a couple more beers, just enough to get them all tipsy (or blackout drunk in Libertus’ case)
After they got Libertus home, Nyx and Crowe took Noctis on a “official” tour of the galahdian district of Insomnia.
“It’s not Galahd, but it’s what we have for now” Nyx said when they crossed one of the streets.
“We’re making it work, though it’s never gonna be the same as the jungles of Galahd.” Crowe added. “It was so bright and colorful with the brush, the trees, the flowers, even the rivers and ocean.”
“It’s sounds beautiful” Noctis said while picturing the view in his mind.
“Who knows if it’s the same now that the empires taken it.” Nyx mumbled.
“We won’t let those bastard get away with it.” Crowe told to them both.
“Agreed” they both spoke.
“One thing I know that we all share is a hatred for the empire. They’ve taken away so many peoples homes, and killed so many innocent people. I wish we had an easy way to win this dammed war.” Noctis spoke.
There was a small silence between the three of them before Crowe spoke again.
“I’m gonna pop in there and use the restroom, don’t break anything.”
“I’m a glaive and he’s a prince, how much trouble could we get into.” Nyx responded.
“That’s the problem, you both have access to royal magic, I’ve personally seen strange things you can do with that.” Crowe said as she walked away.
After a couple moments of silence Nyx asked, “You wanna hear some stories about Crowe?”
“Hell yeah” Noctis replied.