Take these stars from my crown

[flawed_immortality]

♥ Who: Lucis Family + SOs
♥ Where: The food testing area
♥ When: Late Nov/Malom
♥ What: The Eosians getting together for a family gathering.
♥ Rating: Probably just PG?

Cor made a point of getting to the tower early so he could make some preparations, setting the table for the full family. Even Will is coming and that is so strange. Cor has never once in his life had a +1 for any kind of event. Yet here he is setting a table for nine instead of eight.

The prep work had taken weeks of going over the correct textures and tastes with the research team, something Ignis had taken on the bulk of the work for while the others worked on the wall. Still he was confident that they were close enough to get a solid match on many foods, leaving some of their bet recipes only very slightly off from the originals. Cor had taken over rolling a large selection of sushi as well as a light starter soup. Some of the more robust recipes had been Ignis' purview but, if nothing else, Cor is an efficient prep cook.

All in all there's a pretty spectacular spread when everyone arrives, something for everyone and a familiar Altissian berry cake for dessert.

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[kingkingcxiii]

Regis can't help but chuckle, "He is his father's son, isn't he? That sounds quite familiar."

Would the man that Gladio has grown into be glad to hear that? It's hard at the time Regis is from to tell how close father and son will be as time passes. The Shield-to-be is far too young and currently has his father wrapped around his finger. Regis knows Clarus will only be able to allow such a thing for so long before he will have to start pushing his son toward the role that awaits him. Hopefully, it will be something they can bond over and not something that will push them apart.

"I do think there is time to be sad about it, though. We just must make sure it doesn't cause us to neglect our duties. If we just hold it all inside, it will eventually come out, only it will be in a way we cannot control."

He only has to think of Cor's breakdown to know that.

[carbungle]

"Yeah, that's a familiar trend." They're all definitely cut from a very similar cloth, that's for sure. Besides Prompto, anyway. He's... quite a bit different. At least, from what little he's seen of the guy's ever-absent parents.

He glances back towards the window, a quiet frown gracing his lips. He wouldn't call it bad advice, it's just not the sort he's used to hearing, not until arriving here. He understands that the situation's different, that there are certain luxuries they can afford, but it's hard to just switch gears like that. It's been go, go, go for so long, always pushing forward, shoving everything else in the corner... no time for tears, or anything else for that matter. He just figured it was the burden of the crown, that he'd get used to it the way his father had.

Hearing differently from his father is... strange.

"I'll... try to keep that in mind. As long as you do, too."

Can't have his dad try to shoulder all the burdens as usual. That's too heavy, even if he's younger than he was at home.

[kingkingcxiii]

It's a clear example of just how much the coming years will change Regis. While he fully believes what he says, a short time from now, he will look back on it as charmingly naive and after that? Well, he may even start to think it a completely foolish sentiment, even as part of him yearns quietly to be able to believe again.

That is all the future, though. Now, Regis bows his head slightly, a guilty laugh slipping from his mouth, "It's easier to give advice than to follow it. You know that, right? But, if it will help you to do it, then I will certainly give it my best shot."

[carbungle]

Noctis glances over at him, his lips helplessly quirking into a small smile. This place is such an absurd blessing to them all, isn't it? They're abducted and trapped on a doomed planet, serving gods they know nothing about, and here he is holding hands with his in-future-dead father, thinking about how he can't remember the last time he'd heard Regis laugh before coming here.

It's a beautiful, bittersweet thing, but he clings to it. "I'll hold you to that. And make sure to think about what Mom would say, if she caught you hiding out here alone instead of being with us."

He never met the woman, but he knows enough now to recognize that she would have absolutely none of it.