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[rainbowwing251]

Off-Seers Need a Good Laugh, Too (Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Tickle Fic)

A/N: Bitch, you thought you saw the last of me!

Okay, in all seriousness, I didn’t think I would write another fic ever again. I lost the motivation to write because I convinced myself that people would think of my work as inferior when compared to the works of other tickle fic writers. That, and I thought that people wouldn’t give a shit about me or my work, given how infrequent my posts have become as of late. Combine this with school, a severe episode of depression that lasted for a month and a half, and finding out that I might have some form of social anxiety, and I think you can see why I never thought I would do this again. But I did, and I have to thank the severe case of Noah Xenoblade brainrot that I’ve had since February for giving me the courage to write fics again.

So here it is. My first fic of 2022… and it’s for a game that hasn’t been released yet. This is going to be interesting, to say the least.

To everyone who is reading this fic after the release of Xenoblade Chronicles 3, please read this disclaimer: This fic was written and published nearly 3 months prior to the game’s release. Therefore, there are bound to be some inaccuracies between this fic and the actual game, both in terms of the personalities of each of the main six party members, and the location in which this fic takes place in. Please keep this in mind as you read through this fic.

Also, as a reminder, my fics do not contain any sort of romantic or NSFW content. I don’t really know how to write romance, and NSFW content, especially NSFW tickle content, makes me uncomfortable.

Well, here we go… I hope I won’t regret writing this…

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Noah only managed to get a single foot past the entrance to Colony Lamba before he found himself face-down on the ground, his wrists pinned together behind his back and his legs held down by someone’s body weight. Believing he was being detained by Agnusian troops, he thrashed about in an attempt to break free from their hold. Upon being flipped over onto his back, however, he realized that the culprits who pinned him were not Agnusian troops, but rather his two childhood friends, Lanz and Eunie.

He was about to ask them why they pinned him down, but then he saw the burning glint of mischievousness in their eyes, and his questions died in his throat as panic took hold of his mind.

“W-wait, Lanz! Eunie! You d-don’t have to do thihihihihihihihihihihis!” Noah bared managed to get the last word out before he succumbed to a giggle fit, feeling Lanz’s hands attacking his armpits, which were suddenly left wide open thanks to Eunie holding his wrists over his head. Not long after, she joined in by holding his wrists in one hand and gently wiggling a finger in his ear with the other.

“Sorry, did you say something, Noah?” she snarked, clearly enjoying the sight of the Keveian off-seer falling apart right in front of her. “Lanz, did he say something?”

“Did he? I must have missed it!” He then drilled his fingers into the center of Noah’s armpits, grinning in satisfaction when he heard Noah shriek and fall into another giggle fit, “Well, whatever it was, I guess it wasn’t important!”

“Whihihihihihihihihihihiy?! Thehehehehehehehre’s nohohohoho nehehehehd for thihihihihihihis!” Noah cried out, squirming until he was borderline thrashing as he tried and failed to break free from the clutches of his playful friends.

“Huh? What was that? I can’t understand you, Noah! You need to speak clearly! How are we supposed to follow your orders if we can’t understand what you’re saying?” God damn Lanz and his ability to tease Noah in just the right way at just the right time to make him crumble into hysterics…

“Huh, I actually agree with Lanz for once. Must be a miracle.” Eunie said sarcastically, earning herself a glare from the aforementioned male.

“Focus, Eunie! We’ve got to cheer up Noah, here!”

“Buhuhuhuhuht wh-whahahahahahahat about Mihihihihihio?!” Noah managed to ask them through his giggles. The two of them were returning to Lamba after performing their duties as off-seers. She made it back to the Colony before he did, but he didn’t see her anywhere in the area prior to being pinned down by Eunie and Lanz. If he had to guess, she must have met up with Sena and Taion somewhere in the colony, but he didn’t know where they were, nor did he know why they met up in the first place. Maybe they were planning their next move?

“Oh don’t worry about her, she’s in good hands~”

Noah couldn’t hear anything over his own laughter, but if Eunie and Lanz listened closely, they could hear the faint sound of hisses, screeches, giggles, and laughs coming from the other side of the colony. Clearly, Sena and Taion were giving Mio the same treatment they were giving Noah right now. Every now and then, they would catch Sena’s relentless teasing and the occasional cheeky comment from Taion. They wouldn’t be surprised if they didn’t get the chance to talk to Mio for the rest of the day, since she’ll likely be exhausted by the time those two were done with her.

Returning their focus to the off-seer beneath them, Lanz called Eunie’s name.

“Yes, Lanz?” She answered, carefully removing her finger from Noah’s ear and holding his wrists together with both hands, keeping her grip tight to prevent him from escaping.

“Are you thinking what I’m thinking?” He asked, giving her a look. Upon seeing it, she immediately caught on to what he was planning to do.

“I am now. Shall we?”

“No! Nonononono! Don’t you even dare!” Noah protested, nearly screaming in terror as he knew exactly what they were planning. He could only hope that his yelling wouldn’t disturb anyone who’s trying to live their lives in Colony Lamba.

“Oh, but we do dare, Noah~” That was the last thing Lanz said before he and Eunie pulled Noah’s sweater up and mercilessly scribbled their fingers all over his stomach, occasionally poking at his belly button. The poor boy damn near screamed before he fell into an uncontrollable fit of laughter, his squirming evolving into full-blown trashing as he tried to throw Lanz off of his legs. Unfortunately, he was far too heavy for him to throw off, so all he could do was accept his fate and pray that they wouldn’t tickle his belly for too long.

Sensing that their friend was approaching his limit, Eunie and Lanz finished their tickle session with two small raspberries to his tummy, with Eunie leaning over to blow her raspberry right underneath his bottommost rib, and Lanz leaning down to blow his raspberry right over his navel. Noah’s laughter went silent for a brief moment, and then all of the tickling stopped at once.

Eunie released her hold on Noah’s wrists as Lanz sat up off of his legs, giving them a quick check to make sure that he didn’t cut off the circulation. Noah laid flat on the ground, trying to catch his breath in between his fits of after-giggles.

“You okay, Noah?” Lanz turned to face the still giggling boy, watching as he struggled to regain control over himself.

“Y-yeheheheheheah, I’ll… be okay. Hee hee hee…” He replied, choosing to keep his sentences short until he could properly breathe again (which took him a minute or so to do). His giggles didn’t let up, though.

“Sorry, Noah. I think we might have gone a bit overboard…” Eunie said apologetically, helping him sit up.

“A lihihihihttle, but you’ve bohohohoth done wohohorse…” Noah then took a couple of deep breaths to try and bring his giggles under control.

“He’s right, Eunie. We can certainly do worse. Hell, if it wasn’t for the fact that we’re kind of in a public space, I think we would have taken it further.”

Eunie thought about this for a moment, then nodded, “You have a point…” She walked towards Lanz, “Well, I think we should check in on Mio. Gotta make sure she’s still conscious, you know.”

“Aw come on, Eunie! Sena and Taion aren’t that cruel!” Lanz countered.

“They literally jumped on her and tickled her to tears right in front of our faces just to prove how ticklish she was.” She countered back, shuddering at the memory, “I don’t think I would have survived if I was in her position…”

“…Fair point.” Lanz muttered under his breath, also shuddering at the thought of Sena and Taion ganging up on him. Noah didn’t say anything to agree or argue with either one of them, though he still found himself stuck in a mini giggle fit.

The three Kevians found their Agnusian allies inside of the colony’s Iron Giant. Sena and Taion wore prideful grins on their faces, while Mio’s face was impossibly red, falling into a fit of giggles at random. It seemed as though she was in a similar state to Noah after being relentlessly tickled by her friends.

“I take it our plan was a success?” Taion inquired.

“Wait, YOU PLANED ALL OF THIS?!” Noah and Mio shouted in unison.

“Yeah, why? Are you really that surprised?”

Mio’s response was to tackle Taion with full force and attempt to give him a taste of his own medicine, which Sena seemed to disapprove of. “Oh no you don’t, Mimi!” was the only thing she said before Mio’s laughter filled the machine once again thanks to the aggressive pokes she was giving to her sides. Noah’s response, on the other hand, was to hide his face in his hands, trying to hide the darkening blush on his face.

“They’re so silly. All of them. And yet…” Noah felt a small smile tug at his lips, “I would not hesitate to sacrifice myself for the sake of their lives.”

It seemed as though Eunie, Lanz, Taion, and Sena’s plan was a success.