#is suddenly a lot more unsettling when Sola's wearing Ardyn's smile

[a-world-in-grey]

Once Ardyn is also revealed as a Lucis Caelum in the Combined Retinue au, the entire clan Altius sends a petition to be allowed to run a few experiments. Nothing invasive, promise! They just want to see if the weird merging of magic that Nox and Sola have going on would also happen if Regis and Ardyn swapped their magic.

For obvious reasons, Ardyn is not enthusiastic. At all.

Oh, Ardyn would never even hear whispers of the Altius' curiosity in this au, because the moment Axis, Nox, or Penny caught wind the Altius would find themselves faced with Penny's sharp pins, Nox's thunderous scowl, and Sola's sharp, too-many-teeth smile.