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Lup ([personal profile] necromanswers) wrote in [community profile] hugtopia_logs2020-07-07 11:06 pm

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.
nyxly: (pic#14139238)

[personal profile] nyxly 2020-07-17 01:03 am (UTC)(link)
[ Now he understands...

Insomnia was peaceful, he thinks. As peaceful as it could be, for a modern city, and also protected by a wall. ]
Never been to the Crown City, have you?
scourgingstars: (serving as your foe on his behalf)

[personal profile] scourgingstars 2020-07-17 01:05 am (UTC)(link)
I lived in a castle where I presume the capital stands these days, but as Insomnia is now? I haven't. Prompto's shown me a fair few pictures of it, though.
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[personal profile] nyxly 2020-07-17 01:12 am (UTC)(link)
It didn't have any... AI, I guess you can call the locals here. But it was impressive. Skyscrapers, museums, its own harbors-- you name it. [ Coming to it as a refugee, its industry and economy had been overwhelming. And while Lucians weren't always the nicest or most welcoming to those of Galahd, that he speaks of Insomnia with some pride is apparent. ]

Not to say this place isn't bad, either. And Havenwell's got that whole... [ He waves a hand. ] wall-aesthetic, too.
scourgingstars: (into the setting sun)

[personal profile] scourgingstars 2020-07-17 01:18 am (UTC)(link)
It really is beautiful in its own right. I would not say I recognize it by any means, but it's something I would have liked to be able to see for myself.

[shame, that.]

...Back then the kingdom was more just...settlements, here and there. Mostly villages of varying size, but sometimes one could find smaller outposts along the trails and pathways. And a good amount of Solheim's ruins out in the wilderness in between.
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[personal profile] nyxly 2020-07-20 02:08 am (UTC)(link)
[ He listens, thoughtful. If only he was more of a historian, he probably would appreciate Ardyn's perspective more. ]

Solheims' ruins have lasted into the modern age... Gotta hand it to them, they built things to last. [ They were ancient ruins even back in ancient Lucian times. ]

Can't say I know much about the Lucis back in your time, though.
scourgingstars: (give your soul to heaven)

[personal profile] scourgingstars 2020-07-20 02:18 am (UTC)(link)
I'm afraid I can't help overmuch with that. I've only seen the few pictures of Insomnia, so it's a bit difficult for me to imagine an entire kingdom looking like that. Harder still to know how to describe the realm as I knew it in comparison.
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[personal profile] nyxly 2020-07-21 12:21 am (UTC)(link)
[ While his brow doesn't raise, his tone is mildly puzzled. ]

Meaning... you've forgotten old Lucis.

[ But the guy was from it. Damn, and he would have actually liked to have heard what the world was once like... ]
scourgingstars: (don't you put me on the backburner)

[personal profile] scourgingstars 2020-07-21 12:24 am (UTC)(link)
Hm...some of it. Mostly the smaller details elude me, after this long--names, directions, things such as that.
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[personal profile] nyxly 2020-07-21 01:03 am (UTC)(link)
[ He wants to ask, did Galahd exist back then-- but it would be too personal. He moves on. ]

Did you travel a lot, back then? [ On those horses... ]
scourgingstars: (if i look hard enough)

[personal profile] scourgingstars 2020-07-21 01:06 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, of course. Though...having since seen a larger map, I don't think I ever went particularly far by modern standards. I certainly never made it remotely as far as Tenebrae, to my regret.
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[personal profile] nyxly 2020-07-21 01:41 am (UTC)(link)
[ Outposts, hamlets, small villages and the like probably looked very different back then. The roads, too.

And, of course, daemons. Nyx knows enough about history that the Scourge was a lot worse back then. ]
It couldn't have been safe to travel too far.
scourgingstars: (don't turn up when you need)

[personal profile] scourgingstars 2020-07-21 01:48 am (UTC)(link)
Mm...no, not particularly. I could defend myself well enough, but I rather favored evading the larger perils of traveling and staying in safer regions after nightfall. Truth be told, I care very little for fighting and try not to where I can help it.
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[personal profile] nyxly 2020-07-21 01:59 am (UTC)(link)
[ Nyx raises his gaze, as if he holds some skepticism.

Of course, he's still trying to untangle his image of the Chancellor to that of the Ardyn before him. It's just. Taking some time. ]
I doubt you would be the only one. Peace is a lot easier to handle.
scourgingstars: (over and in last call for sin)

[personal profile] scourgingstars 2020-07-21 02:04 am (UTC)(link)
...You look as if you don't believe me. Of course I can fight--I've the same powers as any other of my family name. It's just that I only use them as a last resort.

[A small shrug.]

Would that it could always be so simple. I would much prefer a world that had no need of my wielding Rakshasa, but regrettably that's something of an unrealistic dream.
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[personal profile] nyxly 2020-07-21 01:41 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Nyx turns his head slightly to the side. Unrealistic doesn’t even begin to describe it. ] Even if all of Eos got along... [ Well. There would still be the daemons, and for that reason the Lucian line and the Oracle serve as wards. He leaves the implication unspoken, but once again he catches himself wondering as to Ardyn not being known.

Nyx leans back in his seat. ]


Ideals are tricky. Kinda like a pit you [ General “you”. ] might fall into. I suppose any world will have its dangers with people too, no matter what the era.
scourgingstars: (serving as your foe on his behalf)

[personal profile] scourgingstars 2020-07-21 02:08 pm (UTC)(link)
...You’re right, I’m afraid. [He shrugged, with a small and awkward smile.] People can be...unpredictable, and ideals a touch blinding on top of that.
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[personal profile] nyxly 2020-07-21 11:57 pm (UTC)(link)
I take it people haven't changed since Lucis' founding? [ If anything, the world has only grown more tumultuous. ] Still, lots of good folks.

[ --Many of whom ultimately didn't deserve to be caught up in the Empire ransacking the city.... Nyx had been furious with Regis at the time, when he found out he had predicted it, sending out his son by sacrificing the many. But then he had learned there was something bigger at play than them all. Can't have any people, good or bad, if darkness overtakes all.

His shoulders rise and fall with a breath, shaking his head once.  Funny, his appetite is gone. ]