Monday night at Nell's and Gladio's

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The first thing Nell did when she got home was take a long shower and change her clothes. She braided her long hair back, but left it wet to give her that added little bit of cool from the heat.

Then she cut up a wide variety of fruits, freezing some and putting others in the refrigerator for a cool treat with - or as - dinner if someone preferred. She'd also gotten a variety of sandwich fixings ready since it was a bit too hot to cook much, even with the air conditioning.

After that she put her feet up until company arrived.

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[hashtag_chocobro]

It was always a good time when the player actually had the chance everything worked out that they could head out over to Nell and Gladio's on a Monday, so Prompto was pretty pleased to have made it tonight. Not really as pleased at Noctra, who was very excited that they'd had enough time between classes and coming over to finish up a very impressive little book of mostly green squiggles that was supposed to be a book of plants for Aunt Nell. Sure, every single one of those plants, from a tree to a dandelion to a rose looked almost indistinguishable from the other with the exception of the colors used (and the exception of the last page, in which a gladiolus took a more person-shaped form in mostly black), but there was some really good talent on display there! And she was so excited to show it off that she was flopping it eagerly in her hand the whole way over and up the steps to the apartment.

"She's in a big artist phase at the moment," Prompto was more than happy to explain further, practically bursting with pride over the whole thing, really.

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"Oh my!" Nell tucked her skirts under her and settled down on the floor next to Noctra. "Is this for me? Look at all those beautiful plants! Tell me all about them, sweetheart."

Sorry, gentlemen. You'll have to fend for yourselves for a bit.

[hashtag_chocobro]

Oh nooooo, what was Prompto going to do? A chance to socialize and interact with people whose ages were (at least) in thr double digits for a change? Whatever would he do with such a turn of fate?

There was a moment of making sure everything was good with either of them before he was convinced they were both pretty engaged, nodded, and went to go see what weird drink Gladio brought this week for a moment. He'd be back soon, but if battle had taught him anything, it was how to seize a gap of opportunity!

Noctra, of course, was more than happy to explain what was what, in terms about as fuzzy as the drawings themselves, but you could pick out the Oses and Biwwies and Oibin Iby (that one got a scary bad growl!) if you knew where to look for them!

The Eyacks were her current favorite.

[mylandmyrules]

Nell nodded and smiled as Noctra 'explained' her drawings. "Lilacs? Those are some of my favorites, too! Nice choice!"

[deathsmajesty]

Liliana looked over the picture book gravely. "Mmm. Is there a lily there, perhaps?"

Not a Lili. Never a Lili. But a lily? Acceptable.

[hashtag_chocobro]

"Well, Noctra?" Prompto promptoEd, with a nod and a little nudge to his daughter in his arms. "Can you show Liliana the lily?"

Noctra blinked for a moment before giving an excited sound of recognition, bobbing her head, and flipping through the pages to proudly show off a splatter of green, purple and black scribbles.

"Biwwy!" she declares triumphantly, holding it (shaking it really) out at Liliana.

But Prompto looked a little skeptical and confused. "Are you sure? I thought those were the orchids."

"No," Noctra insisted,with a confident lift of her chin. "They're biwwies."

[deathsmajesty]

Liliana wasn't particularly fluent in toddler babble, but context clues were incredibly useful and so she had no problems affixing Prompto with a playfully superior look and sniffing, "Obviously those are lilies. Orchids are hardly so regal. Very good, sweeting," she added, giving Noctra soft tap on the nose - anyone who called it a boop would be flayed - "Your horticultural knowledge is quite advanced for your age. Is it about time you started helping out Nell in her shop?"