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[blyat]

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[fessus]

How did ik that was coming.......

Different words for the same thing, I'll call yours a planet if you call mine a star. That's a fair deal

You gonna give me a hard time if I ask what a solar system is too?

[blyat]

but that's not what a star is

[... if he was Abel, he might pursue this. But why should he bother?]

fine, whatever

solar system is just a close group of a bunch of planets and usually like one star
i dropped out and even i know that

[Well, because it's extremely relevant to his life, but that's beside the point.]

[fessus]

Obv it is for me? Why is this so hard to get

[ Why can't anyone mentally accept the idea of him living in a super-heated gas giant. ]

Can't believe you called ME obnoxious

I was top of my class and we didn't cover it, want me to quiz you about Eos next so you can fail all of it?

[blyat]

[Cain's first instinct is to say, because you're wrong. Maybe it's a moment of maturity — either to recognize an unnecessary insult, or to understand that Noctis isn't seeing the world the same way he is.]

ok

we don't gotta talk to each other, you know

you texted me first

[fessus]

Yeah bc I wanted to make sure you were alright

[ That mild agitation fuels his texts, causing him to type and send them faster without realizing that the admission itself is perhaps more blunt than he wants it to be. ]

W/e they prob have books about Mars and solar systems, I'll look it up later

[blyat]

[???

That stops him, and he genuinely doesn't know what to think of Noctis's response. It feels like a trap to pursue it, so he doesn't.]

what does it mean if they don't have a book about eos?

[fessus]

Depends

You planning to study up on it fsr?

[blyat]

i don't like studying

dropout, remember

[fessus]

[ One too many sessions with one too many strict tutors after school has him relating to that sentiment, at least. ]

Then ig it doesn't mean anything for you since you weren't gonna read it anyway

And for me it just means I wasn't supposed to end up here

[blyat]

you're really stuck on that

doesn't matter what was supposed to happen, you're here now

[fessus]

Guess that's easier to say when you don't wanna rush home

But tbh you're right.

[blyat]

so? have you done anything about it yet?

find anything out?

1/2 not my nonsense tl;dr

[fessus]

[ Has he?

He's had time. Days, in fact, a span that had been more than enough to take down Niflheim strongholds but which apparently hasn't even been sufficient enough for him to read a book. He complains to Cain about research and media from his own home world as if he has a right to, unaware what's on offer when he's barely mustered the energy to do more than lie in his bed.

All he's managed to do in the name of his own goal is get into a fight defending it, taking out a sliver of his anger on Cain for... what? Knowing what he wants?

Talking about one problem has created another, and he hasn't even tackled the first one. Without Gladio, Ignis, or Prompto it feels... insurmountable. And with every passing minute he's here he can only assume their own dread is growing back on Eos, his country's situation is worsening, and his response to that has been to let it fester.

He feels overwhelmed. He feels lazy. ]

2/2

[fessus]

Some. Talking to people mostly, should be easier when we hit the next place

Who knows, maybe Mars will end up on the destination list

why are you causing me emotional damage

[blyat]

doubt it
mars isn't some undiscovered place
nothing new to do there

[And it would be too good to be true, wouldn't it? ... Never mind he isn't sure it'll even be the same world.]

you tried anything with your ship yet?

i have to put the emotions in brackets since he won't SAY THEM!!

[fessus]

Not to you. It is to me, just like Eos is to everyone else on the ship. Who knows how they choose where to send us

Got it running at least. A Host offered to help but idk. I wanna decide where I'm going w/o running it through a middle man

Yours still good?

[ read: was there any lingering damage that I inadvertently caused..... ]

it'll take them 84 years to talk about their feelings...

[blyat]

we can probably check the alliance's records to see if they got earth and mars in the system already
since this ship's going to uncharted worlds

[Sounds like a library trip is due... ugh.]

yeah it's fine, don't worry about it

a host? what's that?

[fessus]

[ ... "we", huh. ]

You saw that weird bird when you showed up right? Those are them, the machines crawling all over the ship

[ His word choice might give a small hint as to how he feels about them, too. ]

Was already planning to do some research if you want me to report back. We can call it even on the punch

[blyat]

[Picking up on that —]

they're pretty advanced, huh?
kinda freaks me out

but yeah, fine
let me know if you learn anything

[A tenuous truce, maybe.]

[fessus]

[ Noctis is, however, too stupid to pick up on the fact that Cain has picked up on his fact. ]

Yeah tell me about it. I'm expecting to wake up with one in my room getting ready to attack me or smth

Anything I'm looking up besides Mars? Is there a city or country

[blyat]

just send me what you find

[...]

there are colonies. and military outposts.
it's not exactly a resort destination

[fessus]

Ugh

Cain

[ CAIN ]

[blyat]

what

[fessus]

Do the colonies and outposts have names?

1/2

[blyat]

[WOULDN'T YOU LIKE TO KNOW]

the colonies are numbered officially by the alliance
but yeah, some have names