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[novuscaelum]

Chess ll @royalbratprince

If they were playing that way then Novus could too. Even though he was just learning how chess was properly played as a whole that didn't mean he couldn't have a bit of fun himself. "Okay, well-" He paused staring at the two-toned board finally picking up a black rook and placing it in front of a white pawn.

"My knight's now protected by an ultra super laser castle that's got a moat around it too AND it's got guards." Two more black pawns were picked up from across the board and set by the rook. "So now you can't get me. Beat that cell phone."

#royalbratprince #[age 7]

[novuscaelum]

"It wasn't yelling. It was just loud talking." He was hesitant. "I..." Why did this feel like some kind of adult trap to divulge information and Prompto was the go-between? Novus quietly stared at the blond wondering if he should say any more than he already had. "Dad knows where I'm coming from? Yeah, right." How would the King know? Granted the boy heard stories but was also curious to see what Prompto's reply would be.

Disregarding the pinky, the boy leaned back against the leather seat, just staring ahead unsure of what else to say.

Time seemed to drop to a crawl though after some thinking, the Prince did have another question, and yet he already knew the answer to it he still asked it anyway. "Think Dad knows I'm out here and if he does why didn't he come himself to fix things?" That always seemed to be the way. Noctis having others fix things instead of doing it himself. "Why does he always let other people do it for him when he's the one that should be doing it? That's what kings are supposed to do, right?"

@novuscaelum

"I heard some yelling." Prompto shrugged with one shoulder, trying to keep the whole thing as casual and nonchalant as possible. "Kinda-- Well, I'm supposed to know what's going on, right?" He smiled a little, taking a chip for himself. "So I just followed the sound, but it kinda went quiet. Talked to your dad after that." Another little shrug, vaguely summing things up.

The blond listened, keeping his chip munching to a minimum. Everything Novus said was perfectly understandable from his point of view, right? Sure it differed from what he knew Noct went through, but it was still similar enough for him to understand the depth of it, if not the details.

"Sorry, little dude." Prompto offered sincerely. "Didn't mean to put you more on edge. I came to talk because I thought it might help." He rested his chin in the hand not currently holding the snack bag. "The war and defending Lucis is kind of a big deal to everybody. I mean, you figured that out and all, but I know it's gotta be a little too much a whole lot of the time. Especially talking about duty and stuff." And that was a summary he'd probably get at least one long stare for if anyone else were listening.

"Well. Hm." Another chip was slowly devoured as he thought. "I don't know if it helps to tell you that your dad would totally know where you're coming from. And he wouldn't want you to feel so stressed out, but I guess that's a talk you guys gotta have when you're ready. I don't know, is there anything you want me to tell him? 'Cause I won't tell him anything you don't want me to. Uncle's honor." He even held out a pinky for a swear.

#royalbratprince #[age 9]

[novuscaelum]

The Lamentation of Eternal Innocence

#[musings] #// novus WOULD xD

[novuscaelum]

// Just heard a podcast episode synopsis where a man and his young son end up being sent adrift at sea after an island fishing trip. Is this a wishlist thing? Possibly. Maybe.

#[roxy's ramblings (ooc)]

[novuscaelum]

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#// of course! #[roxy's ramblings (ooc)]

[novuscaelum]

Random list of food items in ffxv we don’t actually get to buy, collected for writing purposes.

Baia di Celluna > Caviar

Jetty’s - Leiden Mountain Springs Mineral Water

Phoenix Orange > Orange Juice Brand(?)

Uncle Randell > Root Beer

Great Glacier Cola

Altissia Tessorod - Seafood Chowder

- crab and fish crackers

- sauce of some sort?

Mama Eden’s > Potatoe Chips

Cotton Alley > Invincible Oats Cereal

Splatz > Tomato Jelly

Thousand Leaves > Tea?

Phoenix Purple > Grape Juice

Ravatoghan Hot Spring Eggs

Jetty’s - Milkshake Powder

RegenCo - Milk (condensed or powdered?)

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The names were gathered from the prop items you can see on shelves in outposts, or posters and the occasional readable sign. The words are kind of difficult to make out on some of them for me, and other things - like the Thousand Leaves - are just a guess as to what it actually is.

Also, Ebony has a really pretty container.

These are pictures I took of the shop stand at Cartanica, but you can find most of these, I think, at posters around shops at outposts, on the fishing equipment booths, etc.

Please ignore the back end of my cat blocking the screen in some pictures.

If anyone else can read the script on these, and know what some of them are, please tell me, because my vision sucks.

#[food refs]

[novuscaelum]

Make Your Muse!

#[visage]

[novuscaelum]

"Double digits?" Novus answered as he walked toward the weapons that were lined up against the wall. There sure were a lot of them probably more than he'd seen in his entire life! Looking back at her, the Prince leaned against the wall slowly wanting to give the handle of the nearest one a poke. She said nothing about that. Full-on touching, yes, but nothing about quick touches. A finger lands on the handle followed by another. "I can do double digits cause I can count that high." he explained. "All the way to 20. That's two numbers."

The weapon itself barely budged so the Prince was safe for now and as for the other's double-digit rule looks like the boy passed it with flying colors in his mind. Yet, Novus still had more questions. "Why are you good at what you do? Is it cause Mom and Dad said you have to be? They said I gotta be good at a lot of things too." Another handle of a different weapon was poked this time before his hand slowly ran against all of them as he walked along the wall. "Can you use all these at one time?"

@ofbattlcs

@novuscaelum:

"My Mom says you're a one woman army. How can you be a whole army by yourself?" the six-year-old asked. "Don't you need lots of people to help you?"

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Unprompted | always accepting

❝She said that, huh?❞ Hadley pauses briefly, mid re-racking some training gear, a smile briefly tugging at her lips. So, the Queen still recognises her work? Good to know.

❝It's a figure of speech. Means I'm good at what I do.❞ She glances down at the boy, not bothering to question why he's in the training halls in the first place like most might. He's the Prince, after all; and besides, it's not her concern. As long as the boy doesn't accidentally injure himself on her watch, that is. ❝It's fine if you wanna hang out in here, but hands to yourself, got it? You need to be at least double didgits to go touching sharp objects.❞

#ofbattlcs #[age 6]

[novuscaelum]

// gonna try to get to stuff this weekend if I can. Thanks for being patient!

#[roxy's ramblings (ooc)]

[novuscaelum]

Send 🤗 to hug my muse

#[citadel games (memes)] #// reblog from source

[novuscaelum]

"You...heard all that?" Novus asked denying a chip for now since he wasn't very hungry. How? When? Had they really both been that loud or had Novus not even noticed if there were others occupying the room to begin with when it all started? Oh boy.

"It's just..." Might as well begin talking about stuff now and get things out in the open. "All Dad ever talks about is war stuff." Novus began slowly. Being a kid, he didn't piece together that was what the King had to live through to make it to this point in time. "And...it's...well it's boring!" Not to mention exciting at times based on what story was being told. By this point, he'd forgotten most of the rest of the conversation aside from bits and pieces since time had passed. "Fight this or that. Why can't he just let it go? Why can't everybody? Why-"

Novus suddenly grew quiet, clenching his fists in frustration. "Why can't I not be in the middle of this? I'm gonna have to fix whatever stuff Dad messes up now and...what if I can't do it right at all? What if I can't fix everything and another war starts cause of something I did?"

@royalbratprince

@novuscaelum

The blond didn't bother to hide the relief at being let inside the car so easily, closing and locking the door behind him because... well, that was just polite, wasn't it? Something like that.

He didn't really expect Novus to be in much of a mood to talk, either, but that was okay. "He actually didn't." Prompto shrugged. "Figured I should probably check on you, y'know? Sounded kinda... intense. I only got his side of the story, so I don't know yours yet. Not that you gotta talk about it until you're ready, okay?" He did actually mean that. The prince was like Noctis in a lot of ways, and that meant patience paid off. And not the fake stuff, either; just honestly letting them both move at their own pace.

Being a little more careful than he normally would, Prompto delicately opened the bag of chips and then offered Novus first pick. "I know it doesn't seem like it, but I did learn how to clean up the back seat from watching Iggy back in the day. Besides, I think she'll understand this one time... but promise I'll do my best to keep everything spotless anyway." He snickered.

Sure, he did definitely have a reason for being there, but... just spending some time relaxing technically away from the Citadel was totally fine. Enough that he didn't pay too much attention to possible potato chip shrapnel.

#royalbratprince #[age 9]

[novuscaelum]

"But Mom said you started hunting when you were older than me." Granted it was much older as Lunafreya had told him once but the boy didn't really see why he couldn't gain some experience now. Ignis told him that starting young with things proved to be beneficial so why would this be any different?

Novus sighed as he leaned back against the couch having been brought back indoors by one of the Manor staff members before Ravus was then alerted. Was sending him here to Tenebrae some kind of joke to his mother? There was barely anything to do and the Prince really only agreed to go mostly because his Uncle was there. The first time Novus met Ravus he was an infant but if this guy was anything like his uncles Gladio, Prompto, or Ignis then it might be a good time.

Turns out he was wrong so far on that front. "I can't just stay on the couch for the next three days. There's gotta be something fun to do around here, right?"

@dawnblazers

#// you did fine! #[age 8] #dawnblazers

[novuscaelum]

"YES!" Novus practically fist-pumped a hand into the air being careful not to smash Noctis in the nose in the process. "This is gonna be awesome!" But now, he had to also get a copy of said game. The first part was pretty easy, the convincing of staying home. Now?

Now he had to convince them to get the game as well. "There's just one problem though. I uh...kinda need to go get the game too and I-" The Prince had to choose his next words very carefully. "I was sorta wondering if maybe you could pay for it? We'd just have to put your card info into the system is all. It's not hard." the boy added quickly not wanting to be a burden by having to get the Regalia ready for such a short trip into the city.

"It's a racing game." Not that Novus already had a couple of those in his gaming arsenal. "But it's an RPG too. See you gotta go on these quests to get car parts and things like that." Perhaps the synopsis of the game itself would be intriguing enough? "It's like King's Knight I guess but with cars. Can we go ahead and buy it? You did already say I could stay home for it too."

@praeteritus-memories

"You didn't warn me about anything." he answered watching as Ignis walked into the office.

The more Novus kept standing around and talking the more school was passing by. The bell had probably already rung for the morning and kids were probably already seated at their desks. If he continued this for another few hours he'd be in the clear!

"Dad's the King and he can do whatever he wants to, right?" Novus continued on. Did he need assistance since he was so busy? "If you want I can sign the paper for a half day holiday thing if that's easier. Uncle Ignis did bring a-" the boy paused glancing at the stack between the advisors arms trying to figure out how many sheets were there.

"A whole bunch of papers. I can write one and sign it plus I know where the royal stamp thing is so I can use that later and make it official and everything. Uncle Ignis can get a break too. So..." the boy paused trying to figure out if just leaving it at that would be best or if continuing on would work. "...Is that okay?"

#praeteritusmemories

[novuscaelum]

// everything is still buried in boops so stuff might take me a bit to find 😅

#[roxy's ramblings (ooc)]

[novuscaelum]

🐝  *  ―  𝑻𝑾𝑶 𝑾𝑶𝑹𝑫 𝑺𝑬𝑵𝑻𝑬𝑵𝑪𝑬 𝑺𝑻𝑨𝑹𝑻𝑬𝑹𝑺.

❛  act natural.  ❜ ❛  be careful.  ❜ ❛  but why?  ❜ ❛  calm down.  ❜ ❛  come here.  ❜ ❛  do you?  ❜ ❛  don't ask.  ❜ ❛  don't cry.  ❜ ❛  don't go.  ❜ ❛  don't move.  ❜ ❛  for what?  ❜ ❛  good idea.  ❜ ❛  guess what?  ❜ ❛  hurry up.  ❜ ❛  i forgot.  ❜ ❛  it's nothing.  ❜ ❛  join me.  ❜ ❛  keep quiet.  ❜ ❛  leave it.  ❜ ❛  let's go.  ❜ ❛  not bad.  ❜ ❛  not now.  ❜ ❛  now what?  ❜ ❛  shut up.  ❜ ❛  take care.  ❜ ❛  take this.  ❜ ❛  that's impossible.  ❜ ❛  then when?  ❜ ❛  think quickly.  ❜ ❛  time's up.  ❜ ❛  try me.  ❜ ❛  wake up.  ❜ ❛  watch out!  ❜ ❛  well done.  ❜ ❛  what happened?  ❜ ❛  what now?  ❜ ❛  who knows?  ❜ ❛  why me?  ❜ ❛  your turn.  ❜ ❛  you're wrong.  ❜

#[citadel games (memes)] #// reblog from source

[novuscaelum]

"Do you think my teacher will accept that I didn't do my homework cause my fingers hurt? Booping has gotta be some sort of exception."

#[dash commentary]

[novuscaelum]

Dad boop? Dad boop.

This was war. Novus isn't going to be 'out-booped' by Noctis. The kid has the Lucis Caelum stubbornness in him and he'll either stay up all night to beat him or keep booping until his fingers are sore. "It's on, Dad. You're going down!"

@madeimpact

#madeimpact #// bring it on!