living that DA appreciation life

Thancred driving

Y'shtola in shotgun with the map

But she's really navigating from memory from making the same trip 7 years ago

They are 682 malms off course

The twins are squashed in the middle

Between Urianger and WoL in the back

Raha's in a carrier taking a nap after yowling for two hours

The radio only plays Eorzean NPR (Y'shtola's preference), American 80's classic rock (Thancred's), or acoustic KidzBop on AM radio

Alphinaud is out of juice boxes

Alisaie has to pee

Urianger is using tarot to divine if they'll all survive this trip

Tataru absolutely did not account for WoL stress eating an entire gas station worth of snacks in their trip budget

Or the side trip to see Eorzea's largest ball of yarn (Raha's idea)

The gas tank is on E and the nearest gas station is two Thancred mental breakdowns away

Followed by 10 hours of driving by nothing but scenic out of season corn fields (so basically Ohio)

Ryne and Gaia took their own car (a dark purple convertible) and passed Thancred hours also while blasting California Gurls at an obscene volume and singing along

They made it to the hotel just fine and now wont answer their phones because they're chilling by the pool

if someone a little older in your friend group takes care of things and has good advice to offer and whatever, and you all sometimes joke abt them being the mom friend, that's fine and normal