( He lacks "happy" pictures. They're happy in them, yes, but they make him sad. So, he scrolls to something inane that he knows Noctis might like.
It's a picture of his basement bedroom, messy but not overly so, with a ukulele and guitar visible at the foot of his headboard-less bed. It's dimly lit by choice, it seems, with only a small, cheap standing lamp in the corner. Despite this, it looks cozy, like a den where you can really relax. Private, almost windowless but for a small rectangle high in the corner, and there are dusty ledges that are bumped out from two walls where knick-knacks of all kinds sit. Collected things, like a couple of books that don't look like they've ever been opened, propped up vinyl records, and a pack of Nicotine gum below a post-it that, when zoomed in on, says:
"SMOKE IN THE HOUSE AND YOUR ASS IS GRASS! EVERY PACK I FIND GOES IN THE TOILET!!!"
Tacked-up pictures of men and women are scattered on one wall: Sports Illustrated models in bikinis and GQ men in suits with glittering watches he could never afford. )
Idk why you're "hahaha"ing about a srs name for a top racing bird but cool, get it out of your system
[ Teasing him again feels good. The tension lately has made things tough, and in their situations that was almost untenable. So he waits impatiently for whatever Jonas plans to bless him with, curiosity sated only a few seconds after his own text was sent.
The picture is dark and it takes a little extra attention for him to make out the details, but once he realizes what he's looking at he's more than motivated. The posters. The musical instruments. The clutter. ]
Before I even say anything do I get to hear the story behind why you would take this pic in the first place
Um obviously to show my dad I "cleaned" (tidied) I also have one of the kitchen and a close-up of the floor in the kitchen Spoilers I didn't clean them I wiped that one spot with water to make it look mopped and then made the room smell like the floor cleaner
[ Although it's kind of funny picturing what interest at all someone like King Regis might have in the cleanliness of his son's bedroom. Not a bitter memory because he doesn't know anything different, but a distant one as he tries to imagine the last time he would've even tried to text his father. He doesn't really want to check. ]
Did you make the bedroom smell like floor cleaner too? Bc tbh it looks like it smells like dust and sweat or smth
I was picturing band posters and records and stuff too btw. Besides that
Yeah cleaning my space and doing household chores when asked is generally the Earth teen experience I think Cleaning sucks though bc you like literally can't ever stop doing it It's constant πͺ
Anyway I'll have yk that it smelled like dust and sweat and cigarettes bc I absolutely tried to smoke inside No floor cleaner though but there's that distinct "I just vacuumed" smell that I couldn't replicate so I had to vacuum fr
omg I wasn't mansplaining I was trying to bond with you over the eternalness of chores Can't a man complain? Get your head right Even though you are correct about smoke smelling good Though if it really gets into the furniture and walls it becomes less good
( With the self-aware mansplaination about mansplaining out of the way, Jonas reviews Noctis' pictures with a ready smile.
He's not disappointed. His friend gassing up a gorgeousβfrom what little he can seeβcar isn't what he expected, but it's what he needed today, and his lips part to show teeth in an uncontrollable grin. Noctis looks handsome in it, not "bad" like he thinks, wearing a cool outfit that stands out despite the background looking like a scene from Arizona or New Mexico.
The quay can only be stared at, a tropical travel location that looks so wealthy it's hard to imagine it's real. The ocean looks beautiful, the boardwalk looks inviting, and he can easily picture Noctis there with a fishing rod, excited but trying not to show it. )
wtf are you talking about, this isn't bad? You look great, and the resort does too like I've never been to a place like that, it's so beautiful
What were you there for?? Just staying the night or for fishing or whatever?
Lmao good one, honestly pretty lame/pathetic that this has shown up in two worlds on its own but w/e
[ Now he gets to have his own private reaction to those sweet compliments. Normally one of his friends might comment on a fight shot by saying he looks cool, or maybe that he looks lame if he's captured mid-recovery. Jonas, as usual, keeps it simple and sincere. ]
Thx βοΈπ«°
It's complicated tho. Short version there's a dock there and we were trying to get a boat to take us somewhere else. Wasn't in service so we didn't stay long, but we made a couple trips back when we needed supplies or people had work for us
( Never mind the screenshot, it's that fucking finger heart again...
analyzing... analyzing...
Wait. )
What did you screenshot??? There's like nothing TO screenshot And wdym people had work for YOU?? Aren't you more famous than them?π
( Sends Noctis a picture of a "cool" picture he took of himself under a streetlamp smoking outside of an IHOP. The sign is extremely visible, as is the "OPEN 24 HOURS" beneath it. )
Also lmao what's that mean? I'm famous so I don't work? I'm a servant to my people etc etc. I've even had a regular job jsyk
[ But forget all that, he's getting another picture of hisβ of Jonas. Handsome, tryhard, bad boy Jonas, smoking in front of what appears to be a chain restaurant with a deceptively impressive name. ]
It stands for INTERNATIONAL HOUSE OF PANCAKES A richy rich boy wouldn't understand you're too rich and posh and fancy (I say when I've seen you tank a bag of chips in like 10 min, crumbs everywhere, gut out)
( and yet... he's still the most gorgeous person he's ever seen... sighs dramatically
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It's a picture of his basement bedroom, messy but not overly so, with a ukulele and guitar visible at the foot of his headboard-less bed. It's dimly lit by choice, it seems, with only a small, cheap standing lamp in the corner. Despite this, it looks cozy, like a den where you can really relax. Private, almost windowless but for a small rectangle high in the corner, and there are dusty ledges that are bumped out from two walls where knick-knacks of all kinds sit. Collected things, like a couple of books that don't look like they've ever been opened, propped up vinyl records, and a pack of Nicotine gum below a post-it that, when zoomed in on, says:
"SMOKE IN THE HOUSE AND YOUR ASS IS GRASS!
EVERY PACK I FIND GOES IN THE TOILET!!!"
Tacked-up pictures of men and women are scattered on one wall: Sports Illustrated models in bikinis and GQ men in suits with glittering watches he could never afford. )
This was my roomπ
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[ Teasing him again feels good. The tension lately has made things tough, and in their situations that was almost untenable. So he waits impatiently for whatever Jonas plans to bless him with, curiosity sated only a few seconds after his own text was sent.
The picture is dark and it takes a little extra attention for him to make out the details, but once he realizes what he's looking at he's more than motivated. The posters. The musical instruments. The clutter. ]
Before I even say anything do I get to hear the story behind why you would take this pic in the first place
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I also have one of the kitchen and a close-up of the floor in the kitchen
Spoilers I didn't clean them I wiped that one spot with water to make it look mopped and then made the room smell like the floor cleaner
( fucking diabolical )
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That's crazy, I would've failed every time
[ Although it's kind of funny picturing what interest at all someone like King Regis might have in the cleanliness of his son's bedroom. Not a bitter memory because he doesn't know anything different, but a distant one as he tries to imagine the last time he would've even tried to text his father. He doesn't really want to check. ]
Did you make the bedroom smell like floor cleaner too? Bc tbh it looks like it smells like dust and sweat or smth
I was picturing band posters and records and stuff too btw. Besides that
were you actually smoking inside?
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Cleaning sucks though bc you like literally can't ever stop doing it
It's constant
πͺ
Anyway I'll have yk that it smelled like dust and sweat and cigarettes bc I absolutely tried to smoke inside
No floor cleaner though but there's that distinct "I just vacuumed" smell that I couldn't replicate so I had to vacuum fr
Send me another pic let's keep this going
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Confession first: idk why people always freaked out about cigarette smell, idt it's that bad
Anyway narrow it down and I will, you want a pic of a person, place, or thing?
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Can't a man complain?
Get your head right
Even though you are correct about smoke smelling good
Though if it really gets into the furniture and walls it becomes less good
I want a pic of you
Then I want one of a place
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[ Cup Noodle and mansplaining. Whyβ ]
Okay fine my bad, I figured you were assuming I had a live in maid or smth
[ He has a name, it's Ignis, and he only comes over to clean once every two weeks. ]
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[ It takes a few minutes but he delivers, first with gassingup.jpg and then galdinquay.jpg. ]
My buddy back home is a photographer so he's always snapping stuff. Even with my phone. No I didn't know he was taking it, yes I do know that it's bad
The place is called Galdin Quay. Used to be mainly fishing until they built a resort there
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You want to hear real mansplaining bc I don't think you fully get it
It's actually the like
Exhaustive explanation of something obvious by a man usually to a woman, in a dickish way
Patronizing and smug
Got it?
Now you knowπ
( With the self-aware mansplaination about mansplaining out of the way, Jonas reviews Noctis' pictures with a ready smile.
He's not disappointed. His friend gassing up a gorgeousβfrom what little he can seeβcar isn't what he expected, but it's what he needed today, and his lips part to show teeth in an uncontrollable grin. Noctis looks handsome in it, not "bad" like he thinks, wearing a cool outfit that stands out despite the background looking like a scene from Arizona or New Mexico.
The quay can only be stared at, a tropical travel location that looks so wealthy it's hard to imagine it's real. The ocean looks beautiful, the boardwalk looks inviting, and he can easily picture Noctis there with a fishing rod, excited but trying not to show it. )
wtf are you talking about, this isn't bad?
You look great, and the resort does too like
I've never been to a place like that, it's so beautiful
What were you there for??
Just staying the night or for fishing or whatever?
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darknight has taken a screenshot! ]
Lmao good one, honestly pretty lame/pathetic that this has shown up in two worlds on its own but w/e
[ Now he gets to have his own private reaction to those sweet compliments. Normally one of his friends might comment on a fight shot by saying he looks cool, or maybe that he looks lame if he's captured mid-recovery. Jonas, as usual, keeps it simple and sincere. ]
Thx βοΈπ«°
It's complicated tho. Short version there's a dock there and we were trying to get a boat to take us somewhere else. Wasn't in service so we didn't stay long, but we made a couple trips back when we needed supplies or people had work for us
It's your turn yk
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analyzing... analyzing...
Wait. )
What did you screenshot???
There's like nothing TO screenshot
And wdym people had work for YOU??
Aren't you more famous than them?π
( Sends Noctis a picture of a "cool" picture he took of himself under a streetlamp smoking outside of an IHOP. The sign is extremely visible, as is the "OPEN 24 HOURS" beneath it. )
Check it outπ
International House of Pancakes
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Also lmao what's that mean? I'm famous so I don't work? I'm a servant to my people etc etc. I've even had a regular job jsyk
[ But forget all that, he's getting another picture of hisβ of Jonas. Handsome, tryhard, bad boy Jonas, smoking in front of what appears to be a chain restaurant with a deceptively impressive name. ]
No way it's actually called that
What does it actually stand for, loser
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A richy rich boy wouldn't understand you're too rich and posh and fancy
(I say when I've seen you tank a bag of chips in like 10 min, crumbs everywhere, gut out)
( and yet... he's still the most gorgeous person he's ever seen... sighs dramatically
a real man )
What was your regular job tho??π―
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Am I too rich to understand international pancakes now? Wtf does that even mean, I eat pancakes when I have money and when I don't ftr
[ looks down at his stomach immediately, however... GUT WHEREβ ]
Do yk what sushi is?
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It's international
You get pancakes when you're international and when you're not
( he has no fucking idea )
ik what sushi is but I'm not really into it
Eating raw things is just weird
The veggie ones are alright though
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Blocked
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You don't like ALL VEGETABLES
You have zero compelling argument rn
I should be blocking you
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Was washing rice really that hard??
Genuine q
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aka throwing it into a pot of water
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Veggie boy