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[nyxus]

Who: Nyx & Anybody
When: Morning and Evening, end of May
Where: Pax Hamburgana
What: Working hard, or hardly working? Stop by for service with a smile! :D
Warnings: G. I will switch to brackets if you prefer that!


e a r l y.

The diner didn't serve breakfast, though understandably there still had to be someone there relatively early. Prep work needed to be done: goodies baked, beans boiled, dough kneaded, pickles sliced, and so on. Nyx wasn't really a morning person but he didn't mind taking the early shifts. One benefit was that he could play music as loud as he wanted to and sing along while he worked without worrying about anyone interrupting his (non-existent) musical talents.

This morning in particular a song with a heavy beat and danceable melody came on, which had Nyx not only singing along but dancing back and forth around the kitchen as he put together the ingredients for the Strawberry Rhubarb Pie. Personally he hated the taste of the pie, but it sure did smell wonderful baking. He was in a good mood, and entirely unaware that he hadn't locked up the diner after himself, nor did he hear any sounds of anyone coming in.

l a t e.

Nights like this reminded him of the bar he and Libertus ran back home. It was dark outside, there were only a few stragglers left eating or drinking, and the mood was super mellow. He was tired; it had been a long day. It had been a profitable day though and Nyx was pretty sure that Kaz Grumpyface Miller might even be pleased with the ledger. No new customers had come in during the past half hour and he began his nightly cleaning ritual.

Nyx might have not had the most spotless apartment but when it came to his job, he was meticulous. He loved the idea of every piece of cooking equipment from the stove to the spatula being shiny and glittering clean. There was something therapeutic about it. Or, maybe, he told himself that because going home alone to an empty apartment really sucked after awhile. Whatever the reason, Nyx was not afraid to use all the elbow grease he had to make sure the stove had not even a micro-atom of grease anywhere on it.

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[ultravires]

“My high fashion, is it?” He chuckled and brought a hand to gesture toward his own chest. “I am gratefully pleased you deem my fashion of such a caliber!” Nyx truly was a winsome fellow, so undeniably charming! Though, a small part of Ardyn wondered if Nyx was being facetious. Ardyn believed he took care of his appearance, his outfits, even a flashy old car to sport. He was confident in his fashion choices.

“In any case, no..” Ardyn shrugged. “I haven’t.. though I have found some clothing shops in which some outfits absolutely call to me.. It’s nice, as well, to be relaxed in my attire yet still fashionable.”

[nyxus]

"That's relaxed to you?" Nyx furrowed his brows in a look that clearly asked, are you joking because that's a lame joke if you are. His gaze dropped down to the shiny dress shoes, up the slacks, up to the dress shirt. As for himself he wore what he normally always did for a shift at the diner: jeans and a t-shirt.

"Hcould I miss the strutting one-winged raven up there on the big screen? Yeah, you looked alright. For an Empire loving bastard." Nyx was beyond teasing him now, he was trying to get some kind of rise out of the other man, some kind of playful retort would be welcome but even better would be some jibes back.

[ultravires]

Ardyn looked to Nyx with the question on his attire. He thought he looked quite relaxed with a simple and neat outfit. Ardyn then turned to face Nyx with a hand turning to his hip and his fingers loosely held into a fist. He had his hip popped out and his other hand leaned on the counter to support his stance. A physical response with a flare of sass.

“Correct me if I’m wrong, but don’t you have one violet drape trailing after you like an old fashioned aviator’s scarf flapping against the wind as you blitz across the sky?”

[nyxus]

Nyx stopped his own work to face Ardyn as the other faced him. His eyebrows were raised with anticipation, a smile so close to blooming that it was already starting to stretch his lips and he was obviously trying to reign it back in. He had his hands on his own hips, fingers splayed, waiting openly for whatever might come of this.

The jibe was given, the smile did manifest, and Nyx laughed outright. "You're not wrong. But you'd know something about scarves, wouldn't you, wearing a bright red one around your neck like a mismatched invitation."

[ultravires]

“I am reminded, time and time again, how detached I am to this youth, yet some things do not change.. such obstinance to your elders!” Ardyn cocked his head. “An invitation, might I elaborate?” He huffed between grinning lips. “A good time, with me, come.. walk this path with me, see wonders, see titans, meet gods.. and walk amongst the greatest.. with me.” He would be sure that even Noctis couldn’t deny the truth in his words!

[nyxus]

What in the hell was Ardyn even talking about? Nyx made a confused face at the other, dubious but no less amused, and he ended up giving a lop-sided grin. "Do you have that all typed out on your business card too, or do you just announce yourself that way?"

Nyx gave another laugh, but this one was even more spontaneous and ended with a little soft snort. He was too amused by this conversation by far.

[ultravires]

A card? No, Ardyn would not prefer to leave one with a card for memory but a feeling in which would haunt them indefinitely! He huffed through his nostrils and squinted his eyes with a soft smirk to his lips before he shrugged his shoulders and brought his hand up from his waist to wave the thought away. “Oh, no.. no, no.” He licked his lips and straightened his head before he spoke again. “Annunciation is everything, is it not? A card can not replace the presence of someone who leaves a memory worth carrying. Mm?”

He gestured to Nyx. “Yourself, Nyx.. a business card would need be fine, weighty, not too thick, but thick enough not to crumble with carelessness. Vibrant, charming, shimmering I even dare say.. but even with all these attributes the card would fail in comparison to your presence.”

[nyxus]

Nyx's eyes widened the more Ardyn complimented him. He had to wonder how much of it was pure chocoshit, especially given their back and forth teasing. If he wasn't as cocky as he was Nyx might have even blushed. Thankfully he was that cocky.

That didn't mean he took compliments like this with any grace though. By the time Ardyn was talking about how vibrant and shimmering he was, Nyx was laughing it off, waving one hand, and looking away with a shake of his head and a smirk on his face. He even went so far as to turn himself back towards the counter and he began collecting stray pieces of dough with the intent of cleaning off the counter.

"Okay, okay. You win this round, Prince."

[ultravires]

Prince? Ardyn did not think that would do. “Hmm, and if I were to suggest the title be yours while I take King?” Not that it mattered here, nor on Eos. The whole world of Eos would drown in darkness and his subjects would be a bubbling cesspool of daemons, no humans left to honor his title, no it did not matter anywhere. Between him and Nyx, however, it might be something the other might give power to; just as Ardyn gave Nyx power as well, literally in any case.

Ardyn did not yet turn back to his dough-wrangling duties, but stared at the youth and wondered what he would think of that. After all, Nyx was the one who brought it up in the first place!

[nyxus]

Nyx was still under the assumption that Ardyn was just giving him more shit. That meant that after a brief pause, he laughed again, and flashed the other man that same smirk. "Yeah, sure. Your Majesty."

There was no way in hell he was calling Ardyn king, for so many reasons. He put the thought aside and didn't think of the reasons right now. He wasn't done teasing the other in return. Nyx grabbed a rag and pushed some of the flour aside while looking up to Ardyn.

"Me the prince and you the king. Just come out and say it, you want me to call you daddy." Nyx gave a short, high laugh, looking all too pleased with himself.

[ultravires]

Ardyn had an ambiguous smile. His eyes followed Nyx’s face and his lips as if waiting for further explanation to the joke to help him make sense of it. When none came he shook his head and he looked down to his dough and shrugged one shoulder. The many that he’s healed in the past, the many that he’s risen up from darkness in more recent history. Perhaps he was a father of some sorts.

Perhaps he was a force of science against the natural womb of bearing children in the ways he created his own fledglings. Yet, Nyx did not fit into any of what children he had previously created.

“I don’t think I could have ever create something so bright from my darkness.”

[nyxus]

Nyx was at a bit of a loss with that response. Ardyn looked so damn serious. The young man let out a small noise from his throat and he stared at the other's profile, wondering on him. Just when he was about to ask if Ardyn was serious, he backed down, because it just seemed too ridiculous.

"Maybe instead of 'prince' you should call me 'sunshine' if I'm that bright." Nyx laughed again, though the sound was more subdued this time as compared to the last. He really didn't know what else to say or how to take the Chancellor. The best he could do was assume that he was being teased.

Then again, the thought of anyone calling him sunshine was really ridiculous too. Nyx shook his head with a lop-sided grin forming. "I take it back, nevermind. Don't call me that."