[...Izunia? The puzzle just gets more complicated. That name, even putting aside the fact that it matches up with the future Ardyn's alias, certainly doesn't appear in any Lucis Caelum family rolls. Ignis can't even recognize the language, an oddity that had occurred to him before, but one that hadn't been worth considering at the time.]
You're not fooling me, Ardyn. Those are burns, and the only things that can cause burns like that around here are daemons -
[At the mention of that, Ignis winces, just slightly. Izunia, meanwhile, grows just slightly in volume.]
and IT'S STILL LIGHT OUT.
[Huff, huff. Izunia goes to sit in his favorite chair... And only now does he realize that there's already someone seated there.
Cue the two of them staring at each other for a moment.]
Ah - my apologies, I didn't realize -
No, no, it's nothing. I didn't mean to intrude. Please, just pretend I'm not here.
[Ignis says it with a smooth smile, because something about it does catch him with its humor. Somehow, a brother who got so caught up in a concerned lecture that he didn't even notice a third person in the room... It's not what he ever would have imagined Ardyn's home life to be like.
Izunia, for his part, seems to be trying to not smile in response, instead sighing and pressing a hand into his jaw, cupping his own cheek.]
Not at all. Though I do wish that Ardyn would warn me before bringing people home...
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You're not fooling me, Ardyn. Those are burns, and the only things that can cause burns like that around here are daemons -
[At the mention of that, Ignis winces, just slightly. Izunia, meanwhile, grows just slightly in volume.]
and IT'S STILL LIGHT OUT.
[Huff, huff. Izunia goes to sit in his favorite chair... And only now does he realize that there's already someone seated there.
Cue the two of them staring at each other for a moment.]
Ah - my apologies, I didn't realize -
No, no, it's nothing. I didn't mean to intrude. Please, just pretend I'm not here.
[Ignis says it with a smooth smile, because something about it does catch him with its humor. Somehow, a brother who got so caught up in a concerned lecture that he didn't even notice a third person in the room... It's not what he ever would have imagined Ardyn's home life to be like.
Izunia, for his part, seems to be trying to not smile in response, instead sighing and pressing a hand into his jaw, cupping his own cheek.]
Not at all. Though I do wish that Ardyn would warn me before bringing people home...