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Who: Noctis and you!
Where: lakeside
When: post-cavern explorations
Rating pg-13
What: the best hobby in the universe; fishing! primarily fishing, does include some swimming

a: monster of the deep?

[If one goes exploring around the lake, Noctis is back at it again with his fishing rod in hand and a line cast out - but he does seem to be struggling a bit with whatever is on the other end of his reel. Digging his heels in, sinking a bit into the muck at the edge of the lake, Noct grunts with the effort of pulling his arms back. Spying someone, or rather hearing the footsteps before he takes his attention away from the water, he turns his head with a wild sort of smile - this is exciting, despite the struggle.]

Hey! Can you give me a hand? Just give me some extra weight, let's haul this thing to shore! [He's dying to know what he has hooked; though hopefully it isn't a pissed off mermaid. They're smart enough to unhook themselves, aren't they?]

b: seaweed and seafoam

[It's finally time for a break after fishing for the last several hours, and Noct has only ditched his boots on shore when he starts to wade in. The water feels nice, and even if he can spy mermaids further out into the lake, he doesn't quite have intentions to go all that far in. Bending to scoop up a handful of water, he casts a little grin at his company and turns, giving them a light splash that feels more like a misting for how little he could throw it.]

Want to come wading? Water's fine, and it should be safe enough if we don't go swan diving.

Threaded | Flat

[The footsteps Noctis heard in this case belong to a Hank and a dog. The former stops to frown at Noctis; the latter keeps ambling in whatever direction the most interesting smell's coming from.]

Nothing but bullshit's ever come out of that fuckin lake. You know that right?

[He does not, notably, get close enough to help Noctis in any way. Hank is less than happy about this lake. He is less than happy about a lot of things.]

[Kou was probably woken up really early for this fishing trip, and by now? He's yawning, covering his mouth with one hand, and then blearily gives Noctis a deadpan stare.]

Yeah, no thanks, not interested.

[Make him do it, stop being a buzzkill, Kou.]

[When Gladio goes on foot in search of Noct, he knows he doesn't have to go far. It's just a matter of figuring out which corner of the lake he's camped himself out on. He's not surprised that his footsteps give him away, but he finds himself paused for a moment at the wild, excited expression upon Noct's face.

He looks just the way he always would upon finding a fishing spot back home. The other three of their group having to linger behind and simply watch him, and while Gladio knows they put him through a lot of agony with their back-seat fishing and complaining, he knows that Ignis and Prompto feel it to: that satisfaction of watching Noct enjoy his life. Being happy.

It twists his gut and his chest hurts.

Ignore it. Don't be such a big damn baby, he tells himself. Don't let Noct suspect that Gladio hasn't seen him smile this way in months.]

You know what happened the last time I helped you with anything. [Gladio grumbles casually even as he approaches.] If there's trash-talking I'm out of here.

[ Dark Bakura, on the other hand, is unsmiling as always, and is making a point of keeping his hands comfortably in his pockets while he watches Noctis struggle, which he does have to admit is amusing in its own right. The corner of his lips quirk in response to the sight, temporarily breaking the cool and collected facade he had worked so hard to put on. ]

Having seen what's in that lake even just from standing around the shores, I'm not entirely certain I want to... for all I know, there's something that's looking for its next meal on the other end of that line.

Edited 2018-11-03 21:14 (UTC)

[ Prompto might've appeared a little over-eager to join Noctis on this fishing trip, but look — he severely needs a distraction right now. That said...fishing is still not his favorite pastime. Or rather, watching Noct fish isn't his favorite pastime, and he doesn't even have his phone to entertain himself with this time.

So, he's fiddling with his camera a bit by the time Noct hooks his fish, though he's quick to stow it away as soon as the other calls out to him and dash over to lend a hand. Or two hands. Geez, this one's a big one, isn't it? ]

Man, what the hell did you hook, Noct? A whale?!

[ 'Cause that's kind of what it seems like! Still, he grabs a hold of the rod, pulling back with all his strength to help Noct haul his catch out of the water. ]

[Lately he seems to always find Noctis by the lake. It's kind of nice, actually! A steady routine that he finds welcome since exploring from the caverns. The splash garners a grin in return; he reminds himself there's no fault in dropping his guard or relaxing.] I'll have to take your word on it.

[ this guy again? at least he isn't hallucinating his dead fiancee anymore. that was awkward. anyway, zuko actually came out himself to try to fish -- he's no noctis, but he has decent skill at fishing and he's hungry -- so noct catches his eye even before he's calling out. but zuko, being only partially a jerk, comes over right away. ]

You got something big. I'm coming!

[ zuko's a strong guy, he'll lend his aid!!! ]

I hope you have a plan for when it tries to eat us. [ because that's the way these things work! you hear about a giganto, you go find the giganto, the giganto tries to chew your face off as you desperately try not to die, you take the giganto parts and exchange them for gald, and then rinse and repeat.

despite Ludger's less than enthusiastic tone though, he's coming closer to give Noctis a hand. two hands, even! two extra hands on the fishing rod to try and help wrangle the catch to land.

if only he'd ever done any fishing in his life before now. ]

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