Caius pointed out that the conversation that had ensued needed to happen and Cindy gave a nod. "I don't think I'll ever understand how men work." Girls usually did this same thing too, though their screaming at each was right when the problem started. Men seemed to shove it all under the bed until there was too much and they had to address it. "Better now than on the field." This would have been a terrible thing to have happen in the midst of everything.

Cindy shot a smile at Caius as they both were now near Prompto and Noctis, and she gave a wink to Noctis as he mouthed thank you to her. Caius spoke to Prompto and Cindy gave him props for trying to be helpful. Prompto seemed to have lightened up and he stated he had a plan. Cindy had never seen them in action, but she was pretty excited to be a part of it, even if it could be pretty dangerous. She wondered if this much planning went into everything they did, or if they just flew by the seat of their pants. She just left it at a little bit of both.

Tifa came back in shortly after Prompto suggested they all sit, and she did not look happy. Though she didn't seem super pissed, so that was a plus. Alex was through the door shortly after, of course acting like nothing had happened. Cindy didn't look at him though, she was not the biggest fan of him and would make that known. Of course she would still work with him in any way she had to, but she refused to speak to him otherwise.

Caius seemed to redeem himself with his words of wisdom, then offered some more to the plan. It seemed that everything was finally starting to come together, and that Alex and the boys wouldn't have to work too closely together. Noctis did state that she didn't have to build anything, which was good because she didn't have much time anyways, but she knew that she would be looking around the area the next day to find something perfect.

Noctis apologized to Tifa and then ordered a round of whiskey, which sounded great. Then he addressed Alex very sternly and Cindy finally got to see the Noctis that was to be king one day. She had always seen carefree and accident prone Noctis and the gang, now she was going to see them in action. Well, half of them at least. Hopefully the other two weren't too bad. She gave Alex a little bit of credit for admitting he screwed up, but then he was going on about Prompto having a beard? Well that was random.

The whiskeys were on the table, and she watched Prompto as everything unfolded. She was making sure that he was alright, and there were some points where she wasn't quite sure. He then spoke, but there wasn't much confidence in his voice as he agreed to everything. He was then looking at her once it was mentioned she would be involved, and he did not seem thrilled about that at all. She gave him a small smile and reached over to squeeze his hand, letting him know she knew what she was doing.

Cindy took her whiskey drink as Prompto did, wincing only slightly at the burn she felt. She didn't hate whiskey, but it certainly wasn't her favorite drink. She had to giggle a little bit at Prompto as he drank his whiskey. "Yeah, it burns a little. You get used to it. Eventually." She had done the same thing when she drank it for the first time, so she didn't blame Prompto at all for his reaction. Except it seemed to open him up a lot, and he just went off with his plan.

The boys were talking, and she was keeping up for the most part. Fortunately for her, she only needed to know the end of everything. Basically once they were in the vehicle, she would just get the heck out of there. Or maybe she would already be driving by and they could hop in and they could just go. Rolling her eyes, she looked Noctis dead in the face. "Yes, I am sure. I know y'all will be able to keep us safe, so just leave the drivin' to me."

Cindy just had to roll her eyes when Alex mentioned he didn't deserve the slap she had given him. Of course he did! Sure, she wasn't meant to be a part of whatever they had going on, but there was no need to do that. Cindy would have understood if they had asked her to leave, or to at least sit away from them. Of course she would make the three make it up to her later with a round or something, but it wouldn't hurt her feelings.

Then Alex went off. Honestly, Cindy didn't know what to say during it all, but it did piss her off just a little bit. She didn't know what the boys' relationship with Alex was, but what he had said about them did not sit well with her. They were her friends, and Alex was saying some not so nice things about them. He was a Warrior of Light? She had no idea what that was, but that didn't give him the right to act all high and mighty with them.

When he stated that Prompto was 'pitching a tent', Cindy almost wanted to slap him again. How dare he bring something like that up while yelling? Sure, past differences and all that, but that was personal. She instantly looked over to Prompto, knowing very well he wasn't going to be able to take all of that. He was a sensitive man, and that was one thing Cindy liked about him.

Caius then spoke up, and mentioned that the boys would have to be the one to tell her. "If this is about Gladio and Ignis, I want in. I'll understand though if you don't want me there." Cindy wasn't sure what the boys had gotten themselves into, but if they needed help, she wanted to be there for them. They were good men, even if they weren't the brightest sometimes.

Prompto had been trying to get words in while Alex was yelling, but it had failed. Prompto had been backed into a table, and Cindy just stood there. She wanted to move. She wanted to help, but she couldn't. Everything happened so fast, so many words were said. Then Alex left, then poked his head in, and closed the door again. Tifa said she would go talk to him, which was odd, but either way would have been awkward for her.
Cindy started to walk over to Prompto, but he fled to the bathroom and locked the door. Staring at the door for a moment, Cindy felt her eyes water just a little bit. She felt terrible for Prompto, he didn't deserve any of that! Slumping down into a bar stool, she took a drink of her beer. She almost spit it out when she saw Noctis heading towards the door with his beer bottle in hand.

Caius' words seemed to have stopped him, and he turned around with slightly unnerving laugh. She didn't know what to say on the matter, since she only could guess what the night was supposed to entail. His next statement confirmed what was going on. The boys were in prison, and they were all here to plan a breakout. She had interrupted, which made everything go downhill pretty fast. Suddenly, Cindy felt at fault for the chaos that had ensued. Turning in the stool she was sitting to face the bar, Cindy put her hands around her beer and just stared at it.

"Damn straight I can." Cindy gave a nod at his next statement. "Yeah, it kinda does. I like it here. Keep me just busy enough to not go stir crazy, but I don't get overloaded." Being the only mechanic and having no other employees, she was happy to not have a booming business. There were times that she had nothing to do, but she would usually just clean or wander around the area to kill some time.

"That I did. He helped me out of a bind, him and that dragon of his. Some jackwagon posted about needin' help with a car. Failed to mention that I had to go get the car and bring it back. Caius and Vordun found me and helped me bring the car back." It was definitely a relief when she found out that he was from the same place as she was, and knew the same people as well. Though it was the older version of them.

"Provo isn't too bad so far, though I haven't really gone around and met the locals. I just mostly stick to myself." She had done that back home as well, so it wasn't much different now. "Caius mentioned Prompto was with you, but couldn't say where the other two were." Cindy wasn't the type to pester people for information. If she wasn't supposed to know, she wouldn't ask, plain and simple.

Cindy looked around at her shop and crossed her arms. "You bet I've done well, look who yer talkin' about!" She gave him and wink and put her hands on her hips. "It's been okay. I miss Pawpaw, but I'm sure he's still his ol' onery self wherever he is." Who knew, maybe he was here? "It really does. I still haven't a clue how I, or anyone ends up here." Once again, she wasn't really the type to ask questions.

It had taken Cindy a bit to decide exactly how she wanted to paint the car. She could have gone the normal route and just painted stripes down the side or the top of the car, but that was too original for her. Since she was planning to sell the car, the fact that she had more black paint than orange was good. There were people who did like the bright colors for their vehicles, but most wanted a normal color.

Finally deciding to paint the area around the tires, the rims and the side mirrors orange, she put plastic over those areas and started on the black. It didn't take her long to finish that since black went on pretty easily and only needed on coat with the primer already on there. She had just started on the orange when a familiar voice almost made her jump.

Turning around, a grin appeared on her face at the sight of Noctis. "You've come to the right place, because it seems I'm the only mechanic in these parts." That might not be true, but that was the truth as far as she knew. The lack of vehicles made mechanics scarce in the area, and she had yet to meet another one. That was okay with her, it meant more business.

Grabbing a nearby rag and wiping her hands of some paint that had gotten on them, she made her way towards him. "I heard you were here, but I didn't think I'd see you so soon. How ya holdin' up?" It had taken her a little bit to get used to being in a new world, so she figured she'd ask how he was doing with it all as well. He had more connections in their world, so it probably had effected him worse than it had her.