Also proud of the double meaning of 'ball' there with 'masquerade' next to it
Funny enough he does have respect for 'love' in the way that it's necessary for human survival
But he doesn't exactly think of himself as a super loving dude
(Don't make him think about it too hard)
throws a wet noodle at him :|
not that ciel gets to judge tbh
Who even knows what's going on in Ciel's love life
What?
And what advice would Cloud give? lol

What?
but legit tho I opened my phone and laughed his response is just the best
If she presses the question he'll have to actually think about it lol
I mean he's not wrong though...
oh she's gonna press him really hard
Not exactly the most stellar of endorsements but yes
Ciel has feels for someone but /gestures at victorian rules and etiquette and bs and also being raised by a demon so feels are hard/
he will turn that advice back on him, yanno
Verstael is taking steps
DeadTea Prompto doesn't get to judge
prompto always gets to judge!!
No
Son doesn't get to judge dad's love life
lmao she wants to congratulate him on loving someone.... whether she's right or wrong ITS A BIG STEP
He admits that Will is a friend. It could be friend love
Prompto has been in love. He's judging.
Meet your new mother, Prompto
fkjdsl;afj You're not that much older, DAD (thank god)
Which does make it a little weird
pyra is the least helpful here
Pyra: /romantic example
Vertsael: Oh. Then no.
is that really any different from Other Dad Cor dating will to begin with...
Prompto dads are attracted to Wills
Destined to be Mom, clearly
Hey, don't even have to adopt a new kid when you get a new boyfriend
Although it's uncertain if he'll even ask at this point lol
"It's not love. I just like having him around and also maybe to bang him sometimes"
Verifying if love or not via the scientific method
He could be convinced with the right approach but he doesn't fit into standard romantic stuff lol
This could be your greatest challenge yet, Pyra
ganbatte, pyra
she's not giving up
except she'd be terrible at giving any advice. she'd just tell him to get will flowers. FLOWERS, EVERY DAY
along with a card that says "i love and care about you and appreciate you. you make my day better. love, verstael"
"WHO ARE YOU AND WHERE DID YOU PUT VERSTAEL?"
Although he'd probably follow directions exactly if he decided to do it
Same flowers every day at the same time
would will be suspicious and sic his pokemon on him
Could you blame him if he did?
pyra gets a message from verstael complaining about being torched, YOUR ADVICE IS WRONG
same flowers every day, so punctual
Though how many flowers would they find in the city?
mmmmmaaany, i think? there was that whole superbloom event
LMAO god, he would definitely be suspicious
Verstael already made him promise to not trust him if he showed up older but was still acting the same, he didn't say anything about BLATANT PERSONALITY CHANGES.
Though I feel like siccing Pokemon on him would probably be less torching and more incapacitating him so he could figure out what the hell is going on. Has he ever explained the move Disable to you, Ver? Cause you're about to learn about it first hand.
LOL That's true, he did warn him
He's seen his notes and he knows it would probably be a matter of time before future him would try to experiment on Will, and he wouldn't be stupid enough to just let himself be caught when he knows Will is psychic
Also, he has not heard of the disabling move
I bet he'd be fascinated TBH
Possibly upset, too, depending on what it was lol
I mean, it prevents you from using a certain move? So the two most likely options are either 1) fucking with the signals being sent that tell your body to Do Stuff, so you can try as hard as you want but can't actually execute it? Or 2) blocking access to that information in the first place, so you KNOW you know how to do the thing, you just can't for the
life of you actually access that knowledge/muscle memory/whatever.
/blocks Verstael's ability to think
He thinks he knows how to think, but he can't quite think it
This is going to go so badly
Well, maybe not entirely because Will knows how Verstael is
But I don't think it'll turn out as romantically as Pyra imagines
I mean, it'll probably be cute in its own way
He wouldn't be like, "Dear Will, I like dat ass" or something lol
Honestly though? I think Pyra might get a cute story out of it if she checks on how it went. Because Will does know him well enough that he probably understands exactly what happened and the implications of the gesture, no matter how clumsily executed it is.
Yeah, that is the thing. Will isn't going to be shocked that Verstael is weird
"I can't believe he's did something that's socially awkward"
Love Pyra's responses to this
He seems to think they're very, very deadly
Just get a good look at Tifa and Aerith in combat, Verstael.
"Don't go in there, women will kill you!"
"Oooh, you have women problems?"
"Fear not, you needn't be afraid of the female of our species."
Who knows, maybe Cloud's not human, maybe the females of his species are stronger and more aggressive~