#modern octofam would be pretty interesting too

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Octopath Traveler (Modern) Road Trip Headcanons

Because I can

This is going to be set in a modern setting also because I can

Might just refer to the travelers as the octofam because found family tropes my beloved also because it's catchier and easier to type

The octofam decide to go on a road trip because y e s

They decide to go drive around and eventually stop at some nice place with grass to have a picnic because picnics are fun

The car they take has three rows, two seats in each of the first two rows and three connected seats at the back row, as well as a really large trunk

(I don't know how to describe cars lmao please forgive me)

The group votes Olberic as the designated driver and H'aanit as backup driver because they don't trust anyone else with the wheel (especially Therion or Tressa)

They set off. Olberic sits in the front with Cyrus holding a map just in case they get lost

Once they leave, Cyrus starts talking about everything but the map with the occasional "I think you should turn left" here and there

Primrose and Ophilia take the middle row and they both start chatting about their plans for the road trip

Primrose occasionally decides to comment on Whatever The Hell is going on in the back row

Tressa, Alfyn and Therion are in the back row. Therion had chosen the middle seat and now he absolutely regrets it

No one knows what the hell those three discussing back there but they are LOUD. It's chaotic back there

The trunk is big, comfy, and lined with pillows and blankets. It's connected to the rest of the car and has a back window

This is Linde's spot because she insisted on coming along, and H'aanit insisted on keeping her company. The two opt to take a nap in the back

In the beginning, everything is very loud, mostly due to the back row's loud chattering, and Ophilia and Primrose raising their voices a bit in an attempt to hear each other

Amidst the confusion, Cyrus accidentally gives Olberic the wrong directions, and they have to find another road to the picnic place

Everyone is annoyed by this (besides H'aanit and Linde who are miraculously still asleep), and everyone attempts to give Olberic the right directions all at once

Olberic is understandably having a very bad time in this position (rip my guy)

Therion complains about carsickness, and Alfyn opts to help, only to realise that his satchel had gotten onto the floor in Who Knows Where

The entire back row dips out of helping with directions and are helping Alfyn find his satchel

Olberic leads them to a gas station, where everyone gets off to either stretch their limbs, use the washroom, buy some snacks, or all three

Tressa gets loaded on snacks during this period

Linde does not get to get out of the car because a snow leopard in a gas station probably isn't the best idea. Linde is sad

Everyone gets back onto the car in their original positions

Therion and Alfyn switch spots because the middle seat of the back row is uncomfortable af and Alfyn didn't mind

Some time in between then and when they leave the gas station they find Alfyn's satchel

Tressa starts handing everyone a bag of assorted nuts, which she presents to the octofam by asking "do you want a pack of deez nuts"

This earned a collective groan from those who understood the joke

Cyrus did not understand the joke and tried to ask everyone else what the matter was with the phrase "deez nuts". Poor Cyrus

The three in the back row had fallen asleep after all the shenanigans. At this, the car's atmosphere grew immensely quiet. Even Ophilia and Primrose began to doze off

PICNIC TIME HELL YEAH BABY

Everyone who was asleep got up and got off the car

Tressa proceeded to dump all the snacks she'd bought from the gas station onto the picnic mat

The picnic wasn't too crazy and everyone had lots of food

Linde got let out and started roaming around the grass area. Good for her

H'aanit drove on the way back because Olberic was rightfully tired

Cyrus got demoted from being the map reader (because H'aanit knew the way back) and sat in the trunk with Linde

The journey back was pretty uneventful because they all just talked about the road trip

Oh wait no it was not uneventful because they were playing music

Everyone picked a bunch of songs to sing along to but they ran out of songs they liked so everyone started suggesting songs. All at once.

Tressa tried to rickroll everyone but her suggestion was rejected (I just think she'd have chaotic gen z energy)

In the end they just played cool jazz for the rest of the journey (cool jazz as in the jazz genre not jazz music that's cool, although jazz is good)

And when they got home, everyone had a nice long nap

The end