There are plenty of normal person texting memes. Texts from hot messes and mom friends, texts for normal days, texts for booty calls. You know what we don't have? Texts from holy shit we're going to die what the fuck is this. That's right. It's time to chit-chat when shit is going bad. We'll give you some ideas to get you started, but you're not tethered to them! We're not the apocalypse cops. You can make top level texts to give people ideas or leave it blank and let the horror come to you!
TYPES
1. REGULAR TEXTS Whatever is going on, texting still works. You can get hold of loved ones even if it's spotty. Warnings during a contagion outbreak? Messaging mom while being chased by an axe murderer? 2. SPACE TEXTS Sure, you're getting chased by a Xenomorph, but you really need to send pizza hut the pizza emoji so they bring you some food. Maybe you're contacting loved ones via text (or hologram voicemail or whatever) before going to a final battle. 3. NO TEXTS Things are way too fucked up. Every form of texting is down. There's nothing doing to fix it, but you have to get word out somehow. Messages spray painted on walls, notes left in safe houses, letters sent via courier. Do you meet along the way somewhere? Catch someone scrawling a warning? 4. BRIGHT SIDE OF LIFE Something a little more light-hearted. Maybe you're stuck at a shitty date and need a friend to get you out. Maybe you're lost in the woods and need help. Maybe your car broke down and you're on the side of the road.
As always, these are just suggestions. Make up anything you want, as long as you're having fun!
(( some no one dies because eff that au with #4? ))
Gladio refuses to wear a shirt. Ignis snores. And Prompto won't go two seconds without putting that damn camera in my face. Next time you send me to get married I'm going alone.
ear plugs feel funny. more a small annoyance. we get it, gladio, you're more ripped than any human being should have the right to be, now put on a damn shirt. he HAS a shirt. he has several.
Gladiolus's role is to be your shield. One of the most obvious ways is for him to use that body of his for fighting, but... one of the less apparent ones would be that whenever you meet people, he will attract attention, allowing you to be safer and more peaceful in his shadow, until and unless you need to assert yourself.
and now I'm just imagining a long running tradition of Amicitia men handing down the sage knowledge of "don't wear a shirt, it'll distract the public".
[ and yeah, maybe he's laughing a little to himself in the backseat of the regalia at the mental image. ]
[ He is very glad to be causing amusement. Very very glad. ]
Well, not all of the Amicitia men have quite the physique that young Gladiolus does, but the ones I have known tend to have some way to get the attention of the room when they enter it.
[ there's a bit of a delay before the next text as he fiddles with the phone, glances out at the passing scenery. it's a thought that has been weighing on his mind for a while now, or at least since he was informed of the marriage. ]
what if she doesn't like me?
[ it was sort of a understatement in the question. of course he knew luna was fond of him, they had kept in touch for years now. but being fond of someone and wanting to marry them were two very different things. ]
Of course not. Sometimes, it is a matter of focus.
[ Ah, then. That is the crux of the issue. Regis aches for the inability to be able to tell the future, himself.
He hesitates for a moment, wondering if he should simply reassure Noctis, but - his son gave him honesty, and he deserves a sincere, full answer. Nothing less is likely to have a chance to put his mind at rest, anyway. ]
I can only tell you that Lunafreya is an extraordinary woman who adores you. If - a different sort of attraction does not spark between you, as sometimes happens, then the two of you will be able to treat each other with care and respect, and to give each other happiness, in whatever way it is possible.
However, I would not, in your place, discount the possibility that both you and her will be taken, very much, with what you find in the other. Be yourself so she may know you. Do your best to know her. And have faith.
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Gladio refuses to wear a shirt. Ignis snores. And Prompto won't go two seconds without putting that damn camera in my face. Next time you send me to get married I'm going alone.
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You can get ear plugs for the second, and is the first one a distraction, or something else?
I should certainly hope that the marriage sticks and you do not have to do it a next time, however.
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more a small annoyance.
we get it, gladio, you're more ripped than any human being should have the right to be, now put on a damn shirt.
he HAS a shirt.
he has several.
I'll be sure to keep that in mind.
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And have you tried to talk with the young Amicitia about his clothing choices? Or for now seething in silence?
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Okay.
I might be seething.
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Gladiolus's role is to be your shield. One of the most obvious ways is for him to use that body of his for fighting, but... one of the less apparent ones would be that whenever you meet people, he will attract attention, allowing you to be safer and more peaceful in his shadow, until and unless you need to assert yourself.
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[ and yeah, maybe he's laughing a little to himself in the backseat of the regalia at the mental image. ]
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Well, not all of the Amicitia men have quite the physique that young Gladiolus does, but the ones I have known tend to have some way to get the attention of the room when they enter it.
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[ there's a bit of a delay before the next text as he fiddles with the phone, glances out at the passing scenery. it's a thought that has been weighing on his mind for a while now, or at least since he was informed of the marriage. ]
what if she doesn't like me?
[ it was sort of a understatement in the question. of course he knew luna was fond of him, they had kept in touch for years now. but being fond of someone and wanting to marry them were two very different things. ]
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[ Ah, then. That is the crux of the issue. Regis aches for the inability to be able to tell the future, himself.
He hesitates for a moment, wondering if he should simply reassure Noctis, but - his son gave him honesty, and he deserves a sincere, full answer. Nothing less is likely to have a chance to put his mind at rest, anyway. ]
I can only tell you that Lunafreya is an extraordinary woman who adores you. If - a different sort of attraction does not spark between you, as sometimes happens, then the two of you will be able to treat each other with care and respect, and to give each other happiness, in whatever way it is possible.
However, I would not, in your place, discount the possibility that both you and her will be taken, very much, with what you find in the other. Be yourself so she may know you. Do your best to know her. And have faith.