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Affurgato Mingle: July edition

♥ Who: Open to all
♥ Where: Affurgato
♥ When: This week
♥ What: An open mingle at the restaurant which is... mysteriously celebratory!
♥ Rating: who knows, probably PG/13ish?

Regulars of Affurgato might notice things have spiced up a little bit in the last several days; the decor is a little brighter, the staff more upbeat, and the food, while tasty as ever, is a little different. The restaurant is advertising a summer menu of slow-cooked BBQ sliders, sweet potato fries with honey butter dip, grilled pineapple and watermelon slices, and warm peach cobbler with ice cream. The prices are slightly more premium than usual, but ooh, doesn't it all smell worth it? Newcomers might even get a discount, if the right elf twin gets their bill. But how do you know which one's the right twin? ...Yeah, good luck with that.

For this week, the menu will include two curious additions as well: a Thanksgiving-esque meal including fresh slabs of turkey and stuffing, flavoured with bacon grease, and a slice of rainbow layer cake. The cats are very attentive, especially to recognizably good tippers, and there's a display sign outside the door with a doodle of a binicorn in flashy sunglasses shouting the words "ONE YEAR MORE, NERDS", which might be weird to those who know that Affurgato opened about six months ago. Ah, well.

Also noteworthy is the fact that an actual, tangible magical bicicorn will be running around for the first 45 minutes of every daily shift that the restaurant is open, trying to scoop people up onto his back and deposit them in front of the shop. You're here now, so you might as well get a meal, right? Don't question it.

Come one, come all! Enjoy some good food and the company of your neighbours, maybe visit the elves and see what's up.

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...Quite. [Ardyn tilted his head in some mix of interest and confusion at the binicorn, clearly not sure what to make of it.] It's a fair bit different from any horse I've ever seen, to say the least.

[ A Lucis Caelum, in the flesh.

What's a horse.... ]

Something from your time? [ "--, sir?" is what would normally follow, but he stops himself. ]

...Oh, right. I keep forgetting I outlived horses, apparently.

[He sighed, running a hand through his hair.]

Back in my day, my young friend, we used something a bit like that to get around--no horns, obviously. We still had chocobos, but horses were a good bit faster.

[ Outlived horses.... So. They went extinct before modern age. Nyx cannot remember seeing any depictions, let alone hearing of the animal, before now.

Once more he's reminded that this man is immortal. ]

What happened to them?

[ Obviously, immortal people must know a lot of history. Right... right?? Nyx at least seems willing to listen, even though history was never his forte. ]

I would love to know that myself, actually.

[Ardyn shrugged, clearly as lost for an answer as Nyx was.]

I've been...away for a long while, so the progression of the world and all things in it is a bit beyond my understanding.

[ A curious look, but he doesn't question.

But he can continue this general topic as casually as he may...

That is to say, stiffly. ]

I prefer cars, myself. [ A pause. ] You... do know what those are?

I do, yes. Noctis actually has one here--well, apparently it's his father's, but either way. I'm...a bit undecided on how I feel about the sharp shift from carriages and the like, but it's far from terrible.

Can't imagine how it must have been like to meet out sentient robotic hosts.

[ A tiny, tiny bit of wryness can be heard within his tone. ]

Very unsettling, actually! [He said that cheerfully, in a way that almost sounded like he was making a joke.]

Could I offer to treat you to lunch? I fear I find myself with a fair abundance of currency and little need for it, so it would be no problem. [...he's got a good guess that you're a broke newcomer, nyx buddy]

[ That is an astute guess...

Is there a protocol to this, dining with a Lucis Caelum. Hell if he knows, he's been on the front lines for most of his military career.

He straightens. ]

Can't exactly say no to a Lucis Caelum, can I?

[ --Or free food. If it's any comfort at all, he appears grateful, and perhaps relieved. He's starving. ]

You're entirely welcome to, if you aren't comfortable with it. I assure you, I'm no one of any great importance, just hoping for a little company.

[ He glances at the venue, then back to Ardyn. ] After you.

As you wish. [He answered with a slight bow before walking in.] It's usually a good deal more peaceful here, honestly.

[ The bow is met with a stilted half-bow in return, as if he's caught himself in an act before he could lean in forward, realizing a little too late that Ardyn's is probably meant only theatrically. Should he be bowing? Should he not? He's saying he's no one important, and yet...

Nyx follows him in, taking a seat after Ardyn. ] So you're a regular.

You're saying this [ He waves his hand at the decorations. ] isn't just seasonal?

Something like that. I like to seek out quieter places, and I've a friend or two that can often be found here.

['quieter' like it wasn't a glittery madhouse right now.]

...I do believe the celebration's for some manner of special occasion, right now.

[ He looks around at the decor, somewhat distracted, before he looks back to Ardyn again. ]

It’s impressive, building a place like this in a different world.

[ It gives him a little bit of perspective. Perhaps he can make something of himself here... ] Have you done anything similar to this?

Oh, heavens no. I help with Regis’ shop on occasion—potions and the like, you know. [He waved a hand a little vaguely, the implication that he could also make curatives left unspecified.] But I haven’t the ambition to run any such establishments myself.

[ The king has a shop for potions. ] He’s still sharing his magic in other ways, huh?

[ Honestly Nyx is just looking for things to do. If he remains idle, he’ll be listless, and he doesn’t have magic anymore. ] Sounds like something he’d do. [ Help out, that is. ]

Kind as he is, it would be hard to do nothing when he could help instead. A sentiment far from what I expected when I met him on my own arrival here, but one I can do little except praise.

...Though I do understand the distaste for keeping idle. There were a few ongoing projects a bit further from the heart of the city, though I confess I don't know how far along they are; I haven't been in a short while, myself.

I appreciate the heads-up. [ He dips his head, cordially, even if his speech is far more casual. ] Seems like that's at least worth checking out.

Lots of mysteries to unravel in this place, I bet.

You're quite correct. There seems to be little else but questions about the world beyond this city and the gods which govern it, truthfully.

You stick to the city yourself, or have you done your own exploring?

I rarely venture far; besides, the world beyond the city is in quite a state. My brother and Noctis ventured out a time ago, so he would know more of it than I do.

[ Noctis went outside the city, and apparently the Founder was here too... huh.

This place is bizarre. Who else will show up, he wonders. Anyone but more Nifs, he hopes.

Nyx leans back into his seat, lifting a hand up to run through the crop of his hair. ]

A ruined world might need a lot of clean up. Maybe I should invest in brooms soon.

Might not be a bad idea. [He laughed softly, shrugging his shoulders.] This realm isn't all that terrible, despite the condition it's in. I'd daresay I've seen worse.

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