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Tweak says, "Take me to your leader."

Nyx Ulric (insomniashero) wrote in snapthread,
@ 2019-10-08 14:46:00

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lunafreya nox fleuret, nyx ulric, tony stark (mcu)

Who: Nyx Ulric and You (OTA)!
What: Relaxing after dark.
Where: Pancho's.
When: Late Tuesday Night.

Alright. The town was officially overrun with little people. Children of different sizes and ages. Sure some of them were adorable and insanely cute, but then there was the others who were just angst filled hormone machines. It was moments like this, he wanted to apologize to his mother for being an asshole. But, Nyx was doing his best at least. He was really aiming to just make it easier for all the kids in town, but it was a ton of work. Worth it though.

Sitting at one of the tables in the bar, Nyx found himself nursing already his second beer while trying to figure out his next day. He was banking on some of his previous experiences from Glaive life to feed this army of children. Things that were easy to make in bulk. Carefully, Nyx organized his menu for the next day and thought to what complaints he might receive also, because no one was just happy eating a meal. Always one sideways comment some where.

I can feed myself. What a ridiculous statement. Nyx was aware.

Sighing, Nyx took a swallow from the beer and glanced over his boots at the person who came through the door. What time was it? Kicking his own feet of the table he looked to the person coming in. "What can I do for you?" Nyx asked standing to his feet, slapping that coy boyish smile across his face.

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lunafreyanox
2019-10-12 03:47 am UTC (link)

"I'm-" She had started to say, I'm not hungry but she heard the tone and she understood it from long experience. He wanted to placate her rather than tell her what was really going on. Protecting her. She would be rude to refuse. It was as if she could hear her mother chiding her now. "Thank you, a snack would be nice." She managed a smile too, kind if a bit sad around the edges. She didn't have many friends here. She didn't even know the other kids, not really. But maybe she should try harder.

Taking his hand, she let Nyx lead her over to a stool, which she got onto with more grace than a child should have had. Debating what to say, she decided for more honesty. She thought he would appreciate that more, somehow. "I don't....get along too well with the others." She chewed her lower lip, absently. Her eyes were too old for her face; it was as if adult Lunafreya's eyes remained when everything else changed. Or more likely, she'd just always been that way. "Other children. I'm too....um. Formal."

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insomniashero
2019-10-13 03:50 am UTC (link)

Actually, it had nothing to do with protecting her. Truthfully, it was more Nyx was awkward around the young lady that was Lunafreya and who he had just days prior secretly admiring. Or, that she was a child again, and able to have fun instead. So when she agreed to the snack, Nyx laugh because her thank you was dripping with, complacency instead. "It does sound nice." He agreed.

While she was getting herself situated, he went to the kitchen and retrieved some ice cream he procured from through the doors and came back with two spoons. "I do hope you like chocolate ice cream." Nyx stated as a fact. Setting the carton on the bar top between the pair of them, he handed off one spoon to his young date. "The nice thing about not having any true regal responsibilities, and hanging out with a Glaive.." Nyx said taking his spoon right to the ice cream in the carton and taking a bite. "You don't have to worry about appeasing anyone or worrying about formalities." There was a smirk across his face. "So try it with this." He tapped the ice cream with his spoon. "It's okay here to let some of it go." He mentioned.

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lunafreyanox
2019-10-13 09:52 pm UTC (link)

"I like chocolate. Thank you." Taking the spoon, she daintily took a small spoonful and brought it to her mouth. Her movements looked dutiful, but she still smiled at the taste of it. "I just don't know any other way to be," she offered, with a shrug. "I mean, I like other kids. I like playing. My brother, he plays with me sometimes. Just...I don't always get what they think is funny or not."

She took another bite of the ice cream. "It's very good. My parents didn't let me have ice cream a lot. They always said you appreciate a treat if you don't have it too often." It sounded sing-song, like she was repeating an oft-said phrase. Still, the thought of her parents had her blinking a little, and she twisted the spoon in her hand. "I miss them." It was said quietly, so quietly. As an adult, she'd had years to come to terms with it, but for young Lunafreya, it was fresh and raw in her memory.

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insomniashero
2019-10-14 04:27 am UTC (link)

Always the princess. Nyx smiled while there was that faint smile of a child getting to have ice cream. "Well, where we're from a kid like you doesn't get to have the freedoms that you're having now." Nyx picked at the ice cream and took another spoonful for his mouth. "Doesn't mean you can't have the fun." Nyx commented softly, trying his best to be understanding yet supportive. "Just try. the kids here are good, and helpful." He commented. "Give it a try and just put yourself out there a bit." Nyx looked to Lunafreya with a soft smile. "You might find yourself having more fun than you know."

While they share the ice cream, Nyx's heart broke for the young Lunafreya. The pain she felt at losing her parents to Niflheim was very real. She was so young at losing her parents where he was older before losing everyone to the Empire. "I wish I could say it hurts less," Nyx started. "But I can't. It only gets easier to deal with, and easier to manage. A soft smile on Nyx's face. "Though what we can do to honor them is to live on their behalf, and not forget them. In doing that, we always hold them in our hearts where they live on forever."

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lunafreyanox
2019-10-25 03:05 am UTC (link)

At first, Lunafreya looked at him solemnly as he imparted advice, as if she was doubtful or skeptical. But at his understanding tone, she brightened and finally smiled. "I could do that. I can see if maybe they'll play with me. I'll never know otherwise, right?" She took another spoonful, a little bit bigger. Nyx always made her feel better; she remembered that much.

She was grateful for his honesty about loss. It was what she suspected; how could this sort of pain ever hurt less? "I won't ever forget them," she said, quietly but with purpose. "I never want to forget anyone who dies to save others, to save us. It just....feels very lonely." She bit her lower lip. "I don't know what to do, most of the time. No one is telling me what I should do."

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insomniashero
2019-10-25 03:29 pm UTC (link)

"That's right." Nyx said tapping her spoon with his. "If you, yourself, do not put forth the effort, then why would another..?" Nyx commented. "Just always remember it's a two way street and both have to want it to achieve it." Just like his relationship that was doomed with Lunafreya. Only half of them had any feelings, and it was the Glaive that would end up hurt from the ordeal.

The words though, those words. Nyx could tell part of it was guilt of him staying and dying showing through, but the bigger reality was that Lunafreya as a child believed people shouldn't die alone. What a good kid. "Well, truthfully." Nyx leaned forward as if sharing a deep secret. "Me?" He gestured at himself with his spoon. "I have no idea what I'm doing, like, most of the time." He smiled at her. "You'll figure it out."

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