aterat | [Open] Shifting Your Perceptions

Who; Nida, Ignis, Mono, Open
What; Family is something Nida wishes he had, and maybe it's in reach. Also a chocobo chase
Where; Markets, Library Rooftop
When; Early April
Warnings;

I. Chocobo on the Loose | OTA
It's actually impressive, just how much a chocobo could grow in a year. Back when he'd first acquired her Hibiscus had been small enough to tuck under one of Nida's arms. These days the crimson feathered bird walked at Nida's side, her head up to his shoulder, happy on her training lead and with a small, weighted saddle on her back and full backs at her sides to help train her to the feel of weight on her. Soon enough she'd be more than large enough to start their riding training together, and Nida wasn't excited about that.

But with her increased age was coming to be a reasonable young bird.

Or so Nida thought. Being a guard, on duty, in uniform, sometimes wasn't the best thing. It meant that some children liked to play their little pranks. Which int his case meant running past Nida and cutting his lead line. Hibiscus, bothered by the sudden motion, jerked aside. And then realized that she was further away from Nida than she should be. Which meant freedom. For a moment her little bird brain considered. And then, seeing nearby melon, she strode confidently away.

"Hibiscus?" Nida said, shocked to see her walking away. He lunged for her cut lead without thinking, and she, seeing this as play, darted away with a warble.

"No, wait, come back!"

II. Afternoon Shopping | Closed to Ignis
Their schedules were such complicated things that often Nida and Ignis left their free time that would be shared together for, well, things far more interesting than basic errands. But things had been busy lately and there was a lot of things that needed buying, and Nida had just come off shift, so... Well, when he saw his husband moving among the vegetable stalls, he of course made his way over.

"Hello my gorgeous love. How are-"

Nida pauses in his way to kissing his husband's cheek when he saw what was in Ignis's hand. Spinach. That earned a cringe.

"You doing spinach stuffed in something for dinner? Promise the 'something' is potent. I prefer not to taste my cooked spinach."

Yeah, sometimes Nida was a picky eater too.

III. Heights Give Perspective | Closed to Mono
The talk with Ignis had taken a while, but in the end they had come to the same conclusion. Of the two of them, Nida would be the one to extend the initial offer. And what better time than tonight, while the two of them were celebrating the success of the young man. For tonight Mono had climbed all the way to the roof of the Library, at good speed, with no rope. Then he'd gone back down. And come back up again. While he was approaching the top the second time Nida had laid out the snacks he'd asked Ignis to prepare for the night. He'd had confidence that all of this result to the evening.

IT was something needing celebrating. So Nida pulled the small 'bento boxes' as Ignis had called them, from the bag at his side. A light evening meal, as a gift from his husband, to broach the subject.

"I'm quite proud of you, Mono. And this? Our celebration meal."

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“Oh, that would make getting up really easy!” A rope ladder would be pretty neat, plus being able to pull it up after him would be a nice added security. Even if he didn’t need to worry about that here, probably… It would be good to have. His expression perked up a bit at the mention of a hammock. “A hammock? Oh! Is that what those funny material things I saw people hanging between things are called?” They seemed pretty fun, in a way, plus comfy with how they swung lightly.

"Yes," Nida says, smiling. That could be a very good way to rest. "Probably wouldn't be too hard to put one up."

And he had a lot of confidence that they could set something up to handle the lightness of the kid.

“Yeah? That’d be great!” He responded with a little more excitement than before… Really, this all was going to be a bit overwhelming and an adjustment, but… Well, Nida had done a good job of encouraging Mono and giving him ideas and making him feel a little less nervous about the whole thing.

"Awesome. Well, let me show you the rest of the place, okay?"

Because that was important too.

“Yeah, okay!” Mono responded with a surprised turn towards Nida. He had gotten so caught up in everything that he forgot about the rest of the house.

He took one last look at the room before turning away and hurrying out the door after Nida. “Do you got like a… favourite room?” He asked, seeming to not be sure what one might talk about on house tours.

"My room," Nida admits with a smile. He gestures up to the supports.

"This one? This is smaller than the ones in the room Ignis and I share. And there are big windows too, so I feel really out there."

Mono looked around the room quietly, seeming rather impressed with the space before he followed the gesture and looked up at the supports again. “Wow… So it’s kind alike being outside without the weather and stuff to make you go inside on bad days!” The boy liked that idea. It made things feel less contained and closed in, even if it was a smaller room.

"Exactly," Nida said, grinning at his little friend. With them in the space he decides to show off. He toes off his shoes and then runs toward the wall. He gets a step off of the wall and turns, his hands catching the edge of the high beam with the added height as he hauls himself up onto it. Then he's sitting on it, and he grins at Mono.

"I'll teach you how to do things like this."

Mono hadn’t expected the demonstration, but the child was certainly impressed. His eyes widening and a look of surprise crossing his face. “Wow!!!” He said, tilting his head up at where Nida was now sitting on.

“Really? That’s really neat, and it’d make getting up there so easy!” So, yeah, the kid definitely wanted to learn how to do that.

"I'm going to teach you things like this," Nida assured him before lowering himself. That's something he's got to deal with.

"But that's another night. Let's head down to the kitchen. See if Ignis is home."

It was something the kid was going to look forward to, if only because everything he’d learned so far was super useful in helping him to get better at getting around places fast. That was absolutely something that would be helpful, even with just getting up without rope ladders and stuff!

But the boy nodded quickly, “Yeah? Okay, let’s go see.” He responded, not wanting to fall behind. There was just so much to see, so it was hard to not get a bit caught up in looking around.

Nida grins and moves for the stairs, happy to head down and take Mono with him. Better he knows where the kitchen is now.

"Alright then, let's see if he's around. And if no, we're sneaking snacks."

Mono followed after Nida quickly, tilting his head curiously at the idea. “Sneaky snacks sound good! I’m kinda hungry again, too.” So snacks were a great idea, though the kid wondered how it would be here for things like that. It was going to be different again, going from scrounging around for bits of unspoiled food in his world, to having a fridge with food and snacks he got himself or from people who gave him things, to living here and that would undoubtedly be different again.

[Open] Shifting Your Perceptions

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ftb here? We'd love to do a settling in thread with Mono

sure thing. and yeah if you guys want and are okay if I'm spotty sometimes.