The hunt for chef's knives

[faithfulsupport]

Who; Ignis & you! (Don't forget to tag in!)
What; Chef knife questing or something silly like that
Where; On the road to the Academy?
When; Late April
Warnings;



Ignis had heard of the reports of beings that sounded an awful lot like Tonberries he'd fought at home from his husband Nida who was in the guard. He also kept his ears open at work at the Hunting Lodge and people were fond of pulling him aside as he made his rounds and talking about the creatures. The more details he got, the more convinced he was that somehow the little green devils had made their way here.

Tonberries were daemons in his world and he and the lads fought them along with other nefarious ones in black robes. So he was quite well versed with their fearsome capabilities. However, the knives he'd acquired from fighting them back home didn't come with him and he decided to go see the creatures he kept receiving reports about.

Putting down the notes he'd made in the green leather book that Detective Llewellyn Watts had gifted him on his wedding day, the advisor sighed to his companion.

"I do suppose this means a hunt is in order."

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[faithfulsupport]

"Well I won't be walking away, although I must admit dying together is a romantic idea in a way." It was a morbid way, but Ignis had to admit that he was impressed with his husband. And somewhere he thought there might be a disagreement on that, but fortunately they were of the same mind, which to him was immeasurable.

"Then that leaves me with only regret with marrying you. And that is that I really can't ask you to marry me all over again."

If they weren't on their way to go collect chef's knives, he'd pick his husband up and carry him to their bedroom.

[skyward_eyes]

"Yeah, but let's skip it. I saw what happened to Jacob and Caelan after the Demon Bear. Not going through that shit."

Still, he grins and offers Ignis a wink.

"Yeah, I'm down for a renewal of vows any time you want, babe. But after we get the knives. Romance first, and let's make sure it doesn't wind up dead."

[faithfulsupport]

That earned an intake of breath and the advisor nodded. "That was something else." And he recalled Caelan, having been a good friend of Nida's and Ignis had even received the man's approval. And it was all a sharp and grim reminder of how life could even be snatched away here.

His husband then lightened the mood. It would be awhile before any renewal of vows considering they were still newlyweds, but he did like the idea.

"Right, knives first, and the more the merrier for our kitchen collection."

[skyward_eyes]

If he was honest, Nida missed Caelan, but he didn't talk about it. The man had been the first one here to know all Nida had done to himself, of his history, and had helped support Nida's sobriety back when it was harder to keep himself on the straight and narrow.

"Alright then, did you pick a nice dark abandoned alley for us to get ambushed in?"

[faithfulsupport]

"Now you're just trying to sweet talk me, aren't you darling?" Ignis asked with a smirk. True flirting was probably the last thing either of them needed, but he was trying to lighten the atmosphere since they had discussed more morbid matters and it was taking him a bit to shake them off.

[skyward_eyes]

"Oh you know I am," Nida grins. It's better to have this banter. It keeps him from being too scared.

Hibiscus warbles from the stable, and Nida shakes his head.

"Can't take you dear."

[faithfulsupport]

"When we get back I'll make us dinner and then we can continue these lovely thoughts of yours in our bedroom."

Ignis was trying to look at the bigger picture and that usually kept him going. But at hearing Hibiscus, he turned to look at the bird and smiled at hearing the other speak to her. So he chimed in afterwards.

"I'll bring you some greens back as an apology. In the meantime, do be a good girl."

[skyward_eyes]

"Oh I very much doubt I'll have much thinking going on in the bedroom dear."

They'll have to get greens another time. Nida nods and then moves away from their yard, knowing his husband will catch up.

"Your spells ready?"

Nida was resorting his own, trying to find the best arrangement to give him the best magical punch.

[faithfulsupport]

"Feral and primal are wonderful traits of yours." Ignis smirked. He meant what he said though.

Nodding at his husband, the advisor smirked.

"Of course I'm ready."

[skyward_eyes]

"You're the only who would think that," he laughs as he picks up his speed. Catch up with him then.

"I'm worried here, if I'm honest. Tonberries could fuck us up pretty bad."

[faithfulsupport]

Ignis wasn't in a hurry, but he jogged to keep up with his husband. He heard the words spoken and nodded. "There is a very real danger and it's always wise to be cautious. However as long as we only have one I believe we'll be fine."

[skyward_eyes]

"You used to seeing only one at a time? That's pretty rare where I come from."

In fact, he thought it was rather unlikely. So he hoped they had better luck than his world did.

[faithfulsupport]

He shook his head. "One is rare but when we did have one it seemed to have all of the qualities of having a few of them at one time." Ignis hadn't wanted to worry his husband but he wasn't about to lie to the man either.

[skyward_eyes]

"The more you tell me about your world, the more I feel like it's a lot worse than mine can be. Which is impressive, because the timeline literally collapsed."

But it was always going to collapse because fucking time loops.

[faithfulsupport]

"Let's just say I'm quite sure they're both challenging in their own ways." He didn't want to have a contest as to which was worse, especially since they were headed into danger as it was.

He was hoping for a good battle because it had been a little bit since he'd had to do so. But Ignis always worried more for his husband.

[skyward_eyes]

Nida turns them down an alley where reports had suggested their presence, and tried to keep his eyes peeled.

"Trouble with Tonberries is that they're quiet enough that even Siren can have trouble noticing them."

[faithfulsupport]

"Yes." Ignis replied when they reached a dark part of the alley. He knew all too well how silent they could be.

"The ones back home still carried lanterns, so I hope they carry on that tradition here."

Hopefully Tonberries are the same everywhere.

[skyward_eyes]

"Same for ours too. Man, with all the worlds I've heard of that are so different from mine, it's such a relief to be able to have a fear of small green humanoids with knives and lanterns and not be considered mad."

Because it feels like he would be mad. But nope, he's absolutely okay like this. Even if they are probably so totally about to be jumped.

And there's definitely a light coming from further down the alley. Time to fight.

[faithfulsupport]

Ignis smiled. "They are rather formidable opponents but it's a relief to hear they're not simply a plague infesting my world or yours for that matter." But then he saw the small light coming and he summoned his daggers.

He focused on waiting to see a little bit if the green and then he was going to go in.

[skyward_eyes]

"I don't know. They're not actually moonfall creatures where I'm from, so they don't get to be called a plague when we have things like toramas."

Because of course his world couldn't call coreuls those.

"I'd so much rather be fighting mesmirizes."

Because he loved the way you could use their horns for good metal work. He'd probably take one and get something made.

He swings his weapon into his hands and takes a deep breath.

"Want a protect spell? I can throw them down."

[faithfulsupport]

Ignis smiled at the logic. True they weren't technically a plague but daemons were made from those affected by the Starscourge which was considered a plague. But that wasn't brought up and he had to look over at his husband when he mentioned the mesmirizes.

"You have Mesmenir's as well in your world?" He wondered if they were the same thing, they sounded pretty close. And if that was so, that was interesting too.

But as his mind chewed on that, he heard the offer and responded in a hushed tone. "Well I'm certainly not going to turn something like that down."

[skyward_eyes]

"Oh totally. Big angry things with cloven hooves. Though the front parts of the hooves had evolved into something like claws. So fun."

Then he notices the light coming closer. Time to act. He lets the power of the magic curl into his hands and casts the precious, and rare, spell around them.

"You wanna take point or not?"

[faithfulsupport]

"Sounds familiar." Ignis mused as he waited and felt the protect spell hitting him. So he looked ahead and dismissed his daggers, going for his lance.

"I'll go in, you take your time."

And then he was off cautiously to see how many customers they had.

[skyward_eyes]

It was two. Which of course was not the best turn of events but it was definitely a turn of events. And Nida? Fuck, he didn't want to take his time. He followed behind his husband, a few paces back. He wished so much that he had a speed junction GF, something to allow him to get there if he needed to intercept a strike. But nope, that wasn't happening.

[faithfulsupport]

The advisor sighed and frowned as he saw two lanterns coming into the hall. He turned to look back at Nida and smiled for the other's sake, still speaking in a low tone. "I suppose we shouldn't keep them waiting. After all I'm looking forward to finding out more about your dark encounters and that primal nature of yours we spoke of earlier."

And then he moved into the room with the two in front of him and he jumped.