#noctisium

[septentrrional]

Noctisium @ Traffic Club, Rome 14th April 2024

[vreornox]

@noctisium !!

   a finger just a hair away from a trigger, waiting for the slightest movement to cause the chain reaction in the barrel of the gun && let the bullet claim it’s kill. noctis had opted to scout ahead to the small niflheim outpost && take out as many troops as he could with his sniper-- an effortless task. he was far enough away for no one to catch sight of him, && with a silencer on the muzzle he was more than confident that he wouldn’t be heard. it was just a matter of waiting for opportunities to present themselves: a wrong turn around the corner, checking a secluded corner near some boxes on the far east side.

   it was a bird’s eye view && he was playing god.

   but there’s something that catches his attention, a blur of movement who’s  color seemed starkly out of place. there && gone in but an instance. with curiosity immediately piqued he trails the scope after the strange object, trying to make out what it could be. yet it’s only when it stops that his blood seems to freeze in place && he can’t help but pull away from the gun in his hands.

   that was him down there---- but it couldn’t be! he was right here! but there was no mistaking his own outfit or mess of dark hair. cogs try to turn && formulate some sort of explanation. a reason, a possibility, && nothing seemed to fit  together.

   so in a stroke of either irrationality or a heightened urge to find some sort of answer the sniper dematerializes in his hands && he finds himself working his way down the onlooking hill to investigate closer.

[calamitysshatteredson]

6, 16, 19? ( if you haven't answered them already )

Let Me Introduce Myself6. favorite band

Oh boy, what a question.  I just… have… so many.  I can’t really go by my favorite song, because that changes too often.  Same with what’s been on my playlists recently.  I’m a punk/New Waver at heart; Sex Pistols, The Ramones, Blondie, pre-Pop U2, Joy Division and New Order, Psychedelic Furs, Pet Shop Boys; but that’s peppered with a hefty dose of hair metal, metal-metal, and good old fashioned rock and roll from AC/DC to Guns ‘N’ Roses, and Queen is clearly its own genre.  Apparently I’ve been listening to a lot of Oasis, The Beatles, The Killers, OneRepublic and Imagine Dragons lately, though it’s the right time of year to swing Ozzy Osbourne and Alice Cooper back out.

…………..What I mean to say is it’s a very complex question and picking one may kill me.  Can we not even get on the subject of favorite video game soundtrack because aaaaaahhh.  …Actually probably Godhand, followed by the first No More Heroes, but nevermind.

16. favorite movie

Again, there are just so many that I hold so close, or that I can always watch, but I don’t think anything’s ever going to overtake Labyrinth as my favorite.  I’d already developed a life-long love of Jim Henson from Sesame Street and The Muppet Show, but Labyrinth just felt like a culmination of so much.  It was what actually got me interested in the technical side of it, building and puppeteering (getting to see so many of the puppets in person at the Center for Puppetry Arts was really fantastic)… and while it didn’t introduce me to David Bowie, it certainly didn’t hurt my affection for him, either.  …Terminator 2 is a close second.  …Your lack of judgement is appreciated.

19. middle name

Alas, I do not have one to use so I will never know when people are really, truly upset with me.  …Though occasionally I will joke that it’s “Karma”.

[vreornox]

@noctisium !!

   its hard to tell if he’s judging the building in front of him or not, oceanic eyes narrowing at certain spots && windows. it was some old dilapidated place  tucked away within insomnia’s walls && primarily left untouched due to all the suspicions && rumors surrounding it. the city’s own ‘ haunted house ‘ if you would wish to call it that.

   it’s not to say that noctis didn’t believe in the superstitions of the public, but he couldn’t bring himself to agree with everything said. it all led to this moment right now: a prince who snuck out when the time was right to explore a creepy building. 

   but he didn’t sneak out alone.

          “ front door is probably locked... why not try the             second story window? that one on the left with             a hole in the glass. could simply open it up from             the inside && no one would suspect a thing. “

[calamitysshatteredson]

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@noctisium:

    “Then maybe you can explain how it is?”

He found none of this humors. It was more so annoying, if anything. Still he tolerated it, not that he had much choice on the matter. Even king’s must entertain the idea of things the do not care for.

Tempted as Sephiroth was to resort to points made by dry sarcasm, there was an awareness that even he wasn’t on solid ground here.  Too many unknowns.  “I won’t pretend to know the entire duty of a king.  The weight placed on the shoulders of one.”

He took his time with his words, inspecting, watching for a reaction.  Any indication of exactly how what he said might be received.  “I’ve heard that the greatest of men could be judged by how they treat those considered the ‘smallest’ of people.  I want to know, Your Majesty; when have you last seen or spoken to your ‘lowest’ of subjects?”