Day 2: Moonlight
While it wasn't rare for them to hang out, they rarely planned anything concrete while doing so. It just wasn't their style. They were more of the find each other and get into shenanigans. Despite Libs best effort. (Though to be fair, Libs got into trouble just as often, just in different ways.)
So when Crowe slammed the door to their bar open, walked to Nyx and slammed a poster on the bar, Nyx knew something was about to get planned.
"There's a super moon and a meteor shower in a week! We're going to climb to the view point on Mount Hecate and have a midnight picnic!"
Okay, not what he was expecting but better than some of his thoughts. He glanced at the poster; it was about a moon viewing; and hummed thoughtfully.
Something like that usually meant more business for the bar though so... "It'd have to be after the bar closes." He told Crowe.
She shrugged. "Whatever works for you guys. You'll bring the good booze right?"
Of course she'd asked that. Nyx sighed but nodded. "Only if you bring the snacks to go with it."
She grinned and nodded eagerly. "I can do that!" She grabbed the poster and bounced towards the kitchen. "I'll tell Libs!"
Nyx watched her hip-check her way into the kitchen, half-listening to Libs start swearing at the sudden intrusion, as he kept working. It had been a while since their friends had had a picnic so it should be nice.
The moon would be full in a week's time, so it was plenty of time to warn the regulars of their plans to close at 2am. The rest of the evening was peaceful and Nyx was happy to let Crowe chat about who she wanted to invite to the picnic.
A week later, Nyx shooed off the last of their customers and went to finish closing up for the night. They still had to finish cleaning the floor and tables. Libs had closed the kitchen an hour ago so he was done with his cleaning. Together, the two made quick work of it and were out of the door within half an hour.
"Took you long enough!" Crowe exclaimed when they showed up to the rendez vous point.
Libs glared at her. "We do have a job to do."
Crowe pouted playfully, "I do too! I'm just smart enough to work on my own schedule."
Nyx smiled as he listened to them bicker as he turned to the others Crowe had invited. Pelna was chatting with Sonitus while Axis was listening in. They all had bags with them. Looks like they'd be a small group for tonight.
That was fine by Nyx. "Hey guys." Nyx greeted them. The three men returned his greeting with their own. After a few more minutes, they headed off towards Crowe's chosen picnic spot.
It was on the top of the cliff behind the village. The moon was already large in the night sky, providing them with plenty of light to walk up the path up. It coloured the cliff in an almost pastel red rather than its usual brownish red.
It took them half-an-hour to arrive on top, all of them chatting about nothing in particular. Once there Crowe grinned and ran in front to spread the picnic blanket on the ground. Axis and Sonitus stepped up and took out a bunch of pillows from the bag they'd been carrying.
Nyx grinned as well and he and Libertus started placing the snacks in between the pillows so everyone could grab a bit of everything easily. Crowe took out the booze she'd brought while Pelna revealed he'd brought the plates.
It was quite the set up once it was all set. Nyx settled down between Libs and Sonitus, his stomach rumbling for a late night, well maybe more like early morning, snack.
He wasn't the only one as the others also settled down and started attacking the snacks. Libs passed around the booze while they ate.
Nyx smiled as he settled down and enjoyed both the moon and good company.
