𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚘𝚛𝚎𝚖, 𝚒𝚗-𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚒𝚗𝚋𝚘𝚡.

[coherer]

JONAS WARD
"That's between you and your priest."

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[blyat]

or guns?????

[fessus]

[ ........ what are these reactions ]

2/2 bet you didn't see that coming

[fessus]

Guns, sure

But if you want other kinds of machinery or lightning spells I have those too, it's not like I'm limited. It's just gonna save me a headache if you both have solid options

[coherer]

Okay I do not want a gun or a machine or a lightning spell
Athank you
Hard pass
Give them all to Cain he sounds super excited

2/2 or THIS

[coherer]

Wait wtf is a lightning spell

[blyat]

i could use LIGHTNING???

FUCK YES!!

[also doesn't know what it means, doesn't care]

1/2

[fessus]

[ ....... what kinds of reactions are THESE?? ]

2/2

[fessus]

Wow okay

First of all it's not about being excited, it's self-defense and I'm srs about it. But if you feel weird I've got shields too that might be better for you

[ ...... trying to hold it in... failing....... ]

It's not just lightning yk

Try ice magic, or fire. Or combos of all three

[coherer]

I'm sorry I just like cannot see myself lugging a shield around
I will lose it instantly I'm serious
Don't give me anything precious that you like

I don't want to hurt anybody or set anyone on fire
It'll be fine I'll just stick with you guys and the camp
Sounds cool though Noct
Really
I definitely want to see what you can do

[blyat]

[He's incredibly excited to see what Noctis has available, but it's more important in the moment to address Jonas's concerns.]

just wanna make sure you'll be ok on your own
how about some basic self-defense lessons?
nothing crazy
no weapons

[fessus]

[ He wants to push. It's strange to be the one wanting to rush ahead when Cain is the one taking the gentler approach, an overbearing sense of overprotectiveness rebelling against the idea of Jonas remaining unarmed. Jared was unarmed, Talcott was unarmed, and he was supposed to protect them too.

But the balance of someone else here helps, shakes him from projection for a moment. ]

Okay. Lugging it around or losing it isn't gonna be an issue, so just think about it at least. But I'll let it go rn

Cain's right, it's not like there's not other ways

[coherer]

Then maybe idk
I've been in scraps
ik how to throw a punch and defend myself or whatever
99% of the time I'm running

I just don't like it lol
I'm not hurting anyone I'm trying to be a better guy

[blyat]

nothing wrong with running

things aren't that dangerous right now
just, if it does get worse
promise you'll stick with one of us
or keep something on you for self-defense.
ok?

[fessus]

Yeah. What Cain said

I'm not gonna pretend I get it when fighting is what I do, and what I've been doing since I was a kid. But you're a good guy, Jonas

If this is part of what that is to you then I don't need to get it. Saying you're thinking about it is good enough for me

[coherer]

( Hearing that they have his back even if they disagree with him or still believe he should change is... a wonderful feeling. It's a family feeling, one he's felt for some time now. And it's high time he shared one of his vulnerabilities with them, which is a big reason why he wants to turn them down.

He knows they won't care. That's encouraging, too. They're rough and tumble, more than he is, even aggressive at times, but that's secondary. First and foremost, they're his friends, and they're supportive of him. He smiles a little, then looks up to find he's on the edge of camp. )

I sent a guy to the hospital once
It was a long time ago
That choice screwed basically everything in my life up for me and I just like
My mom would hate it
But she and my dad wouldn't want me to die or anything either so
Maybe a shield or something or like something else to use in emergencies
idk I just need to think about it for a bit

I joined R&A for a reason, I thought we'd be away from the action
But it's whatever
Wherever you guys go I won't be far unless it's somewhere you don't think I should be
I trust you both to know
I want to do what makes you guys confident too so you don't have to worry about me
I'll get back to you on it I promise

It's fun to hear you two talk about swapping stuff though so
Carry on men🫡

1/2

[blyat]

[He gets it, then. Why there are those moments Jonas feels so familiar to him, a camaraderie or a fellowship in the ways they've come to be, in the ways they act around each other — because he knows what it's like to deal with your own mistakes. Especially their consequences.

My mom would hate it. There's such a softness to the admission, for the first time causing Cain to wonder what Jonas's parents were like. They haven't talked about those things. It was better to be distracted, so often lost in the moment.]

hey
even in the military, there's plenty of people who don't fight
like the nerds who run all the computers and equipment
the medics and cooks and everyone behind the scenes

but even outside that
there are these special roles, a fighter and a navigator
bet you can guess which one i am
the navigator? yeah, they're in combat, but they don't touch the weapons
it's the fighter's job to keep the navigator alive while they decide where to go/how to get there

so if it helps, just be the navigator for us

2/2

[blyat]

but uh
figuratively or whatever

i'm the only one who's gonna drive in this group
noctis still needs to learn

[fessus]

[ This is foreign ground. Never has he needed to encourage pacifism in someone else and never has it been encouraged in himself. Sometimes people need to be pushed outside of their comfort zone in order to do what needs to be done, and fear motivates him into thinking this is one of those times. Sure, Cain and Jonas together convinced him he could be patient and wait. But he doesn't expect to have his mind changed.

Until Jonas is honest about something he hasn't shared. Until Cain is caring in a way he hasn't seen.

They're both... pretty incredible, aren't they? He's glad it's all three of them here, suddenly, not sure he'd handle the conversation well if it were just one or the other. ]

If it was me vs Suze ik I'd lose that argument. It's okay, neither of us wanna hear that you're doing smth she wouldn't have been cool with. It makes sense now with you laying it all out like that

So does two fighters and one navigator mess up the balance Cain? Maybe if we waste half our energy fighting each other first

I can start by saying I can and will drive ftr

[coherer]

( No judgement. No questions asked. Only support.

These two are beacons in the dark, and truly, if Reze is right and this is all an elaborate dream, he hopes he never wakes up from it. To return to that nothing place while knowing Cain and Noctis are strangers, somewhere out there in the universe, would kill him more than any previous torture has.

Blinking back tears, he smiles at them and, not for the first time, feels overwhelming love. )

Thanks guys, that means a lot to me
And it'd mean a lot to my parents
Seriously

ig I have to get good at like knowing where the hell I am at any given point
The compass will help lol
If you two watch my back, I'll try to keep us pointed generally in the right direction

PS if either of you are driving please use my ship bc it has giant shields and crap
Your void runners are so insane I get acid reflux just watch them take off
🤢

[blyat]

[Suze. So that's the name of Jonas's mother — of course Noctis would already know it.

He's missed a lot, hasn't he?]

just means the navigator is extra-protected
but yeah, we're gonna have to spar more
keeps us ready

i was thinking, i wanna upgrade angelika when we're done on this planet
and your ship too, j, since it's got more room for all of us
any requests?

you guys still gotta name yours too

[fessus]

Extra protected sounds like a win win to me, I can set a destination but keeping up with the course and directions isn't my thing

[ Why does he admit to it so proudly and readily... ]

Guess you're stuck with us JBW

Or your ship is since Cain's trying to make it his personal hangout w/o asking

[ "It's got more room for all of us." Now isn't the time to overthink that statement or how it makes him feel. ]

[coherer]

Okay do I call you NLC and C or something?
Wait Cain what's your middle/last name?

Crap PS I didn't tell you guys at all bc so much has been going on but
I got upgrades on order already, GRE said once we get back to the ships it should be done
Or maybe they meant the Theorem
Whatever
GRE said I could get a washroom (bathtub/shower combo, yw) and a bedroom
So we're gonna be seriously living large in there soon lmao
It's a communal hangout, I dibs first shower though

[blyat]

[Please... Please ask anything else but that...]

i like just 'C'

wait that's cool as hell
you think i could put in an order through him too?

[coherer]

Uh probably I'll ask him
Also C## my middle name is Benjamin bc that's my dad's name, so now you're in the loop😮‍💨

🔒 LOCKED TO CAIN

[fessus]

I'm not gonna make this a thing but does he not know that's not your real name/do you want him to keep not knowing?