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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?

[ prompto pauses in his step, turning back around so the light from his lantern casts a soft rainbow of color around them. ]

Um... [ well. he hadn't had access to that in over two years, but it should be like riding a bike, right? prompto tries to draw his gun from the space – still a weird thing for him, even now – and the most surprising thing is the fact its weight settles into his hand without the familiar flash of light. ] I guess it works? Does it do that for you too?

[ he means the whole "no light" thing. ]

Yeah. Kind of weird, right? [But the important thing was that it still worked.]

The Royal Arms are missing though. [So. There was that.]

[ he hums, unsure what to say to that. altissia was a long time ago for him, and he tries to think back to what they'd had during that whole thing. noct would have had most of them by then. rather than store his gun, he keeps it on him. just in case. ]

Pretty sure I had more on me when I died too. Not a lot, but... yeah, I dunno. My flashlight doesn't work either. [ or the flash on his camera. #sadface ]

Guess they're serious about this whole leaving us in the dark thing.

[He was completely certain, between the four of them, there had been far more in Armiger than he currently had access to. But as hard as he tried, he couldn't get any of it to appear. Only his Engine Blade. Then again, maybe he should be lucky they had left him that.]

We have no potions. But our recovery still works.

Been there, done that. [ it's a soft mumble, sighing as he picks up walking again. they get to the edge of the forest and he holds his breath before taking a step in. ] We'll just have to try not to run into any fights. [ prompto gives him a mock salute. ] Don't worry, though. If anything pops up, I'll keep you safe.

[ after all, he's got some mad skill now that noct probably doesn't remember. ]

Taking over as my shield for Gladio? [Not that he really needed one. Considering he was already dead, and that was what his shield was supposed to keep him from.]

Is it just me or is it even darker in here?

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