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We're on the same page

Then we take care of it
Better us then someone else, right?

yeah
i'm not sure where any of these people are from and what they can do
could also be something else to think about maybe

but okay let's meet up
where are you right now?

You sure that's really up to us?

Getting some stuff from the store
Because I really do not want toast for dinner again
Even if Iggy is cooking it

probably not
but it just seems like a good idea right?
it's not like we know anyone aside from each other

[ living out in the dark has already made him paranoid. sorry, noct. ]

haha
then maybe we can hit up the lake if you have something to fish with
or i guess we could see if there's animals around in the woods

gladio sure would love this huh

Guess it wouldn't hurt to ask
Maybe in a few days once everyone's settled

Pretty sure I saw some equipment in the shop
I'll grab it

Yeah, he sure would
I keep expecting him to show up here
But I guess one of us had to get lucky

whatever you think dude
i trust you
meet you by the fire in like ten??

[ and even though he'd been the one to instigate, noct's last comment makes him sad. ]

you're probably right
maybe he'll find some way to uh
you know what never mind
let's just leave it there and forget i was gonna say anything
see you in a bit

[ because there's no way he wants to admit to having almost typed "maybe he'll find some way to bring us all back". that's just depressing, and no one needs that right now. ]

Prompto
Dude
You can't just say something like that and then not finish it

Let me drop this stuff off
And let Iggy know where we're going
So he doesn't have an aneurysm when he can't find us

it wasn't important i swear

[ INTERNAL SWEATING ]

i'll send him a text
but you should probably work your magic when you see him
we'll be fine 👍

Why do I not believe you?

Magic huh?
Is that why you guys always make me ask him for stuff?

how should i know
i was telling the truth 😤

haha are you kidding
he never tells you no unless it's like super dangerous
and even then it's always just you promising to be extra careful
you've got this buddy

We'll see about that

Yeah
Because I do this thing
Where I bat my eyes at him 😇
It's like my secret weapon
He can never say no

uhhhh noct
that's not even close to true
i tried it once and he still made me wash dishes

i think you're just his favorite

Because you didn't do it right
First you gotta look up at him, it doesn't work otherwise
Then you gotta look totally innocent
And bat your eyes a couple of times
While asking for what you want

huh

maybe you should show me before we head out to explore
then i could try it on him when we get back
cuz i'm still pretty sure you're his favorite
but it's worth a shot

I guess I could teach you
But you gotta promise to use your superpowers for good

as if i would ever use it for anything else
see you soon!!

[ it's still such a surreal thing to type, but he's happy about it at least. ]

Good
I do enough of that for both of us

[And exactly ten minutes - and one lecture about being careful from Ignis later - he's strolling up to the bonfire, lantern in hand.]

Ready to go?

[ he easily loses track of time trying to play with his tablet and the lighting, which is very poor, and so, when he hears noct's voice, he practically jumps out of his skin. right. he has to get used to that again. it's strange how quickly he'd adjusted to not having him around, and now that he's here again... ]

Yeah! Let's get to it. [ he gives him a smile. ] Which way did you wanna go?

[You know Prom, that's gonna start getting real suspicious real soon. Since last he checked you definitely should not about jump out of your skin at the sound of his voice.]

Might as well head north. I told Iggy we'd be back in a couple of hours.

[ he adjusts his own lantern so that when they walk together, there will be more light. ]

Good plan. Do you think there's anything out there? This place is pretty – [ don't do it, prompto. don't say it. ] – dead. If you know what I mean. [ oops. too late. he punctuates it with a shrug and a faint smile. ]

[God damnit Prompto.]

Won't know until we look. Maybe we'll run into a zombie horde like in the video games.

[And there he goes, just making it worse ]

[ ... why. ]

Dude. Don't bring that kinda stuff down on us. Fighting zombies isn't exactly a skill either of us have in real life. [ he walks steadily, gaze focused on the shadow of the forest that stretches out in front of them. ] Anyway, you know trees make it hard to run away.

It can't be that hard. You just gotta aim for the head.

[Please don't mention the fact that he can barely run for his own life over flat land with absolutely nothing in the way.]

Yeah, yeah. Whatever you say, hotshot.

[ his smile is even softer now, wondering if he'll get used to this kind of thing again. he's missed it, craved it, but he really doesn't want to be weird about it. so, prompto skips on ahead a little. ]

Let's hope it's nothing but trees and sticks.

[For Noctis it was so natural just to fall right back into the way things had been before. This was something he'd only ever had with the three of them. And with Prompto, it was even more special.]

Scaredy cat. [But the forest was looking more and more ominous the closer they god.] Hey, I should've asked before, but Armiger's still working for you, right?

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