@pyrrhicpaths || in which tomio is successfully baiting stacia

lately, stacia has been PURPOSEFULLY taking her lunch breaks at a different time than other hunters to decrease the chances of being disturbed, needing to focus on the importance that is refreshing her phone screen. this is serious business. she has missed the past three preorder windows for the limited edition lumiere merchandise drops due to working, much to her dismay. the first two occurred while she was out on a mission that took... longer than anticipated, with poor signal (not that she tried to launch the website in the middle of it or anything), and the third one, with the theme she REALLY WANTED TO GET... well, she was just unlucky.

BUT THIS TIME, THIS TIME SHE HAS IT! if she just swipes her thumb across her phone screen enough times, surely it'll suddenly show that the blind boxes are available for purchase, right? (she set numerous alarms just in case, too)

so engrossed she was in the importance that was her phone that stacia didn't notice the sudden intrusion in the break room until she heard a melodious, mocking voice that could only belong to ONE CERTAIN PERSON. her thumb swiping paused instantly as she debated on whether or not it was worth entertaining him; if she ignored him completely, surely he'd leave and she could go back to more grave matters, like her phone. she was just about to fully pretend she didn't notice him whatsoever, but the sound of whatever he brought with him shaking filled the silence of the small room.

she can feel a headache forming.

the temptation to lift her head to see what he brought was increasing —what WAS that sound? — but that'd mean ENTERTAINING him when she clearly had better things to do. couldn't he tell? for good measure, she did one more refresh on her phone, an 'ERROR' sound emitting from the device as she finally looked up to look at him when she heard the shaking once more.

and froze instantly.

stacia was incapable of hiding her facial expression of shock— grey eyes widened, eyebrows rose, mouth agape. WAS THAT... THE LIMITED EDITION BLIND BOXES FROM THE PREVIOUS RUN?!? HOW DID TOMIO GET THEM?! she clenched her phone tightly as it took EVERYTHING within her not to instantly approach and abruptly grab them from his person. THE PACKAGING LOOKED EVEN PRETTIER IN PERSON. WHICH LUMIERE VARIANTS WERE IN THEM!? SHE HAD TO KNOW. she recovered as quickly as she could; shook her head, cleared her throat, fixed her posture, placed her phone on the table, and gave him possibly the fakest smile imaginable.

"t....tomio." she was trying very, very hard to keep her voice even. sound as if he wasn't holding onto the drop she coveted the most. those blind boxes were bait; she KNEW THEY WERE BAIT. she felt her eye twitch as she KEPT STARING AT THEM. if she threw her phone at his head and knocked him out for them with no witnesses, surely she wouldn't get reported to HR? there are no cameras in the break room. no one would know. it wouldn't be the first time she considered beating him up, but this is the first time she actually has a motive for it.

be nice, stacia. you can't just physically assault a coworker for lumiere merch. (a stranger, on the other hand…)

instead, she takes the bait. she approaches him swiftly. she has twenty alarms set on her phone reminding her of the upcoming launch; it's fine.

Headcanon meme | accepting but forever the slowest

fdskjsf  I was one of those people desperately trying to focus on making sure Noctis had a good time fishing and playing games and completely ignoring the fact that everything was actually quite unnerving and clearly not real, alright.  ...I think I still have two chicks in my inventory that I never turned in.

While Carbuncle was the Messenger who didn’t want to see Noctis simply lead to the slaughter, he also had no power to change it.  He was limited to what he could do in dreams, and knew that it would be impossible to properly recreate Noct’s most important people... but he could give the king as much of a vacation from his duty as he could manage.  A moment’s peace.  Laughter.  And music.

@pyrrhicpaths​ said: “  you’re being awfully quiet.  ” (from Iris!) 3, 4, 5 SENTENCE STARTERS | NOT ACCEPTING

Yes, Prompto is well aware of that fact. It doesn’t happen to him much often. Even when he’s nervous, he usually just talks more than usual. He can be quite annoying sometimes. But right now, he just keeps thinking. It’s been four years already. Four years that Noctis disappeared with the crystal. Four years that the world is consuming itself with darkness. Four years that there are daemons everywhere. When will it stop ? They need to keep fighting, of course. But what if it’s not enough ?

@pyrrhicpaths​ asked: ❝  you know, for someone so strong, you worry a lot.  ❞ Gentle teasing from Iris.

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