middleofsomewhere | Day Twelve, Conclusion

All battles come to an end. Professor Chill and his henchpeople is defeated, the ice giant slain by the brave heroes of purple team. The townspeople led out of the tunnels and due to some extraordinary pun-hacking skills by Kaito the weather machine is de-powered.

Being a magical snowstorm the shutting down of the weather machine causes it to vanish, snow begins to melt and then evaporates into the air before it can become a larger problem in terms of a flood. The temperatures rise, going from dangerously cold to a warm spring day, warm enough that the voidtreckers will soon be too warm all bundled up as they are. The clouds disappear, the sun shines. Within a short period of time the streets are dry, the mountainsides are green and the trees are bright with flowers.

The streets are still a mess, property is damaged and the clean up operation is going to be intense but it doesn't look like there is any lasting ecological damage at least.

The ice labyrinth vanishes and those inside it will find themselves suddenly standing in the field below. For red team, the journey to the top of the mountain took four days in the blizzard but with the weather clear and going downhill they will reach the valley by the end of day eleven.

The army has arrived and mostly taken over gathering the injured and dealing with the more serious damage but there is plenty to do for those who still wish to help. Houses need put back to rights, streets and paths need sweeping of debris.

Help out, find your friends, swap stories. Celebrate a job well done.

Towards mid afternoon of day twelve a beeping from their SCA's should draw everyone's attention. The map leads them to a place just out of sight from the town and there is the Voidtrecker Express. It is time to leave.

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Tony's expression had changed to something far more heated and predatory than before which gave him a thrill. It was such a powerful feeling to know that he held the leader of the train's heart. That worked both ways of course, but Ignis wasn't the leader of the train.

He wanted to be naughty right now but didn't want to risk it, so his hands lifted to gently brush through the dark hair. "If you don't want gentle, I believe I can accommodate your request."

His hand in Ignis' back pocket gripped the flesh tighter and more obvious as Tony stepped closer, their faces inches from each other. He stared up at those beautiful emerald eyes, while his own were boiling with need.

"Tiger.. if we don't leave for the train, I will strip you and fuck your brains out here in this field." One of his hands slipped upward to tangle in his hair, forcing (lightly!) the man's face close enough to kiss again.

A sigh escaped the advisor as the hand in his back pocket got a little more forceful. Oh how he loved to tease Tony, because the older man was an absolute joy.

"Not here darling. It won't give me time to tie with my suspenders and have you writhing with need for me."

Ignis hissed with his own need as his hair was tugged but so far was able to keep it at bay. Moving his hands to his lover's shoulders to dig into, he tried to smile. "And just think, you might frighten the children with how big you are."

Tony found himself laughing instead of getting his boyfriend to agree to go to the train.

"I've missed you, darling," he stepped back, and shook his head. It hadn't been but a few days, but he was amazed at how much he'd missed Ignis' wit and warmth. Hell, he'd missed warmth of any kind, but that was beside the point.

"Please tell me you won't keep me waiting out here too long before we can go enjoy that sex-capade of yours."

There was a tender smile. "I've missed you too." Inwardly he wondered why Tony was removing himself though, as much as it was for the better.

"I don't like to keep you waiting any more than you like waiting darling." He gave his knight a kiss to the forehead and took one the other's hands in his own.

"Now then, shall we go collect our children? The sooner we do, the sooner we can go home and I can get to the business of tying you up."

And by children he meant their teams.

It was either that or pull Ignis' clothes off. This seemed safer. He reached up and brushed his boyfriend's bangs back lovingly. "You never fail to make me feel wanted."

With his hand in Ignis', he headed off to check on 'their children' and the rest of the idiots from the train. Once they heard from the other team leads, they were free to go back to the train and reconnect before they had to worry about roommates.

The advisor smiled and attempted to look put off. "As if there would ever be a day in which that would be the case darling." But it had him get another glimpse into the other's personality.

It reminded him of their conversations way back when, Tony had said he didn't put himself up for a vote because he'd been afraid.

Wisely Ignis just smiled and squeezed Tony's hand as they collected the children and headed back to their room.

Day Twelve, Conclusion

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CW: Smutty talk

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