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Twi ([personal profile] twilitfall) wrote in [community profile] sunset_horizons2017-04-24 08:53 pm
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Catchall Post ☼ 01 | ❝Where faith and fear collide...❞


(Just a little post for any overflow for memes when captcha says hello.)
warpstriking: (facepalm ☈ of all the things)

[personal profile] warpstriking 2018-03-05 01:37 pm (UTC)(link)
[No, that's just when Regis tries to tell them to go home and get some rest/spend time with their families. Something that occasionally works with Clarus, but Cor... He can almost hear the sigh that is on his lips but he doesn't want to talk over what the other two are saying.

What he doesn't hear is his father's solemn nod, nor the look in those tired green eyes that bespeaks volumes to one of his most trusted friends and marshal of the Crownsguard. He is, and if it would help him prepare to face the world and his destiny later, when he would no longer be able to protect him...

He would go into the details of why soon as they hung up.]


Then tomorrow, shortly after daybreak? [Because he knows his son's eating habits and just how likely anything remotely healthy for seven growing birds are to be found in his apartment.] You had best be awake and prepared, Noct.

[Noctis doesn't even need to see his dad's face to know the amusement that's glimmering in those eyes of his. They BOTH are terrible at waking up earlier than noon, and Noctis can't help the groan that leaves him.]

...Yes, Dad. [Fuck formalities when he has to be up before 6AM. He tries to ignore the chuckle on the other end as he hangs up, head in hands.]

It's for the chocobos... [He has a new mantra, now. Thanks, Dad.]
takingaim: (confused)

[personal profile] takingaim 2018-03-07 12:40 pm (UTC)(link)
[Cor doesn't have the family to go home to like Clarus does, so that reasoning rarely works with him. Still, he isn't beyond knowing that sometimes Regis simply needs some time alone, but even in that knowing, he's never too far away. There is a friendship there that runs deep, but with each day that Regis weakens, Cor wants to be away less and less.

Not that Prompto would have any notion of such things, maybe not even Noctis. Instead, Cor meets Regis' eyes, then gives the slightest nod in return. They would speak when the prince isn't there to listen to the details.

Prompto's brows lift at both the groan that leaves Noctis - what did the King say? - and the 'dad' that follows instead of 'your Majesty'. That's more like what Prompto would have expected to hear from Noct! ...or, well, to a parent, he guesses...

Then he frowns when there isn't even a 'goodbye' and Noctis drops his head into his hands. The confusing whisper that follows has Prompto just outright staring, trying to piece the parts together that he's heard.]


Uh, did... he say we couldn't go?
warpstriking: {least dave's on top of things...} (hnn ☈ in a straight line)

[personal profile] warpstriking 2018-03-07 12:53 pm (UTC)(link)
[Regis knew, yet he still hopes in vain that his young friend would at least take a break in the evenings. He is surrounded by attendants and guards are posted at his chamber doors when he retires for the evenings. He's fine. Or, as fine as he can get.

In a way, the king hopes this can also serve as a small vacation for his longtime friend as well. Not that he would ever admit it aloud, knowing Cor for as long as he has. He's not even upset that his son fails to say goodbye. He knows it's there in how he dropped the formalities despite knowing of Cor's presence.

The prince sighs.]


Oh, we're going alright. [He says as the chocobo chick who used his hair for a nest moments earlier hopped into his lap instead, chirping happily.] Tomorrow. At daybreak.

[He should know by now just how notoriously a heavy sleeper the prince is by now. By all rights, that should also be enough to explain why he groaned and his head remains in his hands for a moment even as the little chick pecks at his sleeve.

...Shit, he's going to have to call Ignis and let him know what's going on, too. If his father, Cor, or Gladio don't beat him to the punch.]


So, we should probably get ready... and no doubt you wanna know who's escorting us.

[Ask your questions, bro. Maybe it'll distract him from the fact he has to wake up at at least 5am to get his sorry ass out of bed in time.]
takingaim: (happy/neutral look down)

[personal profile] takingaim 2018-03-09 04:09 am (UTC)(link)
[If Cor has heard the drop in formality, his expression gives no sign of it. Instead, they will fall into planning for this trip, perhaps both of them with memories of the past playing through their minds when they were younger men.]

Whoa, daybreak?? [Look even Prompto isn't exactly happy about *daybreak*. That's so early... but he also snickers in his head about trying to get Noct up at that point.] Hey, least I'm coming, so at worse? I can drag you out to the car.

[He wraps his arms around one of the chicks and cradles it to his chest, smiling despite the early wake up call. When there's mention of 'who's escorting us', Prompto blinks, thinking about it.]

Um... huh. Gladio and Ignis? ...Except Ignis' not really a fighter, huh... umm... [He has no idea on who else to throw into that equation, honestly.]
warpstriking: (lounging ☈ what's a seatbelt?)

[personal profile] warpstriking 2018-03-09 07:44 am (UTC)(link)
[For his part, Regis certainly will. Back when Cor was the little spitfire of the group.]

Yep. [Please don't make him repeat it again...!] Ugh, all because Duscae's so far away...

[Though with the constant peeping and the little guy on his lap, he can't keep the frown on his face. They're just too dang adorable.]

Well, you got one of 'em. Though I'd bet you he'll insist on coming along as well. [He smirks faintly.] And actually, he's been training with daggers since before Gladio started teaching me.

[Gently petting the little guy in his lap, he shakes his head.]

Nah, it's Gladio and Cor - marshal of the Crownsguard and one of my dad's closest friends from before he took the throne.

[Time to explain to the nerd all the things.]
takingaim: (surprise - small)

Kinda guessing on Cor?? If this doesn't work let me know.

[personal profile] takingaim 2018-03-10 02:06 pm (UTC)(link)
[Peep peep peep peep! The whole kitchen is filled with peeping and coos and little chirps as the chocobos play and investigate everything they can. It's way too hard to be unhappy around such balls of feathery fluff.]

No way, Ignis is a fighter?? [That actually takes Prompto by surprise because it's really hard to imagine Ignis, who is always so pristine and in button up and vest and pressed slacks, doing something like getting sweaty in training or fighting someone.

Then that second bombshell. Whoa. Whoa. Even he knows that name. That's a pretty famous name of one of the people protecting all of Insomnia.

His jaw hits the floor.]


Uh. Like, the guy we've learned about in school?
warpstriking: (curious ☈ and prove yourself)

works for me!

[personal profile] warpstriking 2018-03-12 03:37 pm (UTC)(link)
[Way too hard. It's all he can do to focus on his friend and his questions instead of, well... suddenly going all soft because of the little peeps are melting his usual bratty nature the power of fluff compels him aaaaa.]

Yeah? [He raises an eyebrow. Is it really so surprising considering he's almost always by Noct's side and was picking him up from school instead of an obvious bodyguard? Well, until they started hanging out more after school, anyway.] We were practically raised together, so he started weapons training a few years before me.

[He chuckles at Prompto's reaction, though is very careful to make it seem like he was laughing more at the feathery fluffballs antics behind him instead.]

The one and only. [A shrug.] Why?

[Maybe if he's so casual about it, Prompto won't point out how big of a deal it is... pffft]
takingaim: (talking - look down)

[personal profile] takingaim 2018-03-14 10:52 pm (UTC)(link)
[The little fluffballs are finally getting tuckered out and they're coming in to cuddle up against one another and of course, the two humans taking care of them. As it turns out, they make tiny cooing sounds instead of snoring when they fall asleep.

Prompto is melting at the sight. It's too much. Cuuuute.

But THE MARSHAL... he doesn't even know what to do that! They'll be traveling with someone famous! What do you do around someone famous?! Not hyperventilate. Don't hyperventilate. Focus on the cute chicks.]


Ha, we'll be traveling with the Marshal. ...I'm the only one who doesn't know how to fight! Ha, ha, okay. [Okay even the chicks aren't helping as much as he'd like.] We'll get you to the ranch, little guys.
warpstriking: (converse ☈ we fall beneath)

[personal profile] warpstriking 2018-03-15 07:52 pm (UTC)(link)
[Welcome to the club, Prompto. Fluff Heaven. They've almost reached it. Would if you'd stop worrying. Because he catches that look, and the uneven breathing. So he carefully maneuvers himself to reach out and place a hand on his buddy's shoulder.]

Hey. [Calm down.] I doubt there'll be fighting in the first place. Even then, we'll probably be told to keep watch over the little guys and girls.

[Even though he's more than capable now. He highly doubts his Shield or the Marshal will allow it unless absolutely necessary.]
takingaim: (lip bite look down)

[personal profile] takingaim 2018-03-18 01:10 pm (UTC)(link)
[It's funny and kind of sad, he realizes, that yeah of course he's afraid of the actual danger of going outside the walls of the city, but he's more afraid and embarrassed on the idea of being completely useless if it were to happen. He doesn't know how to fight, not to even throw a punch, and to be like that in front of one of the most known fighters of the kingdom? Yeah. He's panicking, just a little bit. Gladio's a known, to some small degree, and he doesn't feel like a total fool in front of him (...okay he does).

But Cor the Immortal!]


Y-Yeah, you're right. [Excuse him while he hugs a fluff to him, a little embarrassed to even be embarrassed like this in front of Noct, who sounds so relaxed about the whole situation. But he's been outside the city before. Of course he's relaxed.]
warpstriking: (depressed ☈ the odds against us)

[personal profile] warpstriking 2018-03-18 03:10 pm (UTC)(link)
... [Sigh.] Look. I'm just as nervous, but I think that's why my old man specifically said daybreak.

[Prompto doesn't need to be excused if he's hugging the one in his lap too, right? That's what he thinks, anyway. Even as his eyes go distant while he stares at nothing in particular.]

The last time- we were out after nightfall. A daemon attacked us, and my attendants were killed. I almost was too, when dad arrived. All because I wanted to see the fireflies...

[That fluffball in his arms is being petted. No, he's not going to mention how for months after, he wasn't able to walk. How it had taken a miracle for him to even awaken from the nightmare he'd been caught in. Nothing about how he'd only started to be eased back into his old self - he'll never be that kid again, but a part of him still lives any time chocobos, small animals or fishing's involved - back in Tenebrae before the Empire came for both royal families. Nor the look on Ignis' face when he'd realized he couldn't feel his legs. He's obviously gotten better, but...]

So, we're going to be avoiding travel after sunset. Where the actual danger is.
takingaim: (look side - in the distance)

[personal profile] takingaim 2018-03-19 05:39 pm (UTC)(link)
[...What? Prompto is staring at his friend, a deep mix of concern, surprise, and a hint of terror showing in his eyes. The fact that Noctis just called the King 'my old man' doesn't even register in the face of this. It's the first time he's ever heard about this, and the idea of it, of Noctis nearly having been killed by a daemon... it's hard to imagine daemons even being *real*, never mind one of them actually hurting someone he knows.

There's an audible swallow from Prompto before he says quietly-]
I... Noct, I had no idea...

[He shifts, just enough to actually touch their knees together, giving a small supportive touch to his best friend.] Y-Yeah. Traveling during the day and all that. We're not gonna let anything happen to you.

['We're', as if Prompto has any say in the matter.]
warpstriking: (disquiet ☈ in the dark)

[personal profile] warpstriking 2018-03-20 05:18 am (UTC)(link)
Of course not. The Crownsguard kept it under wraps from the public. No idea if that changed after Tenebrae, though.

[He was too young and too distracted by the other surrounding events to really care. Preoccupied by the realization that the two friends he'd just made then were being held captive in their own home by the Empire. Especially Luna.

That little shift pulls him out of his thoughts, though he still gently petted the chickling in his hands and lap.]


I know. [He believes in you all.] Besides. Getting these little ones back to their mothers... That's more important.

[He pauses in petting the little guy, looking at the time.] ... Want to stay at my place? That way they don't have to look up your address to pick you up.

[Not to mention they'll need to clean up this mess, too... Damn, Ignis is going to be mad when he finds out.]
takingaim: (smile - grin)

[personal profile] takingaim 2018-03-22 05:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, uh, yeah! I guess that makes sense, doesn't it? [Besides, he doesn't want to deal with the questions about where his parents are and all of that stuff. He doesn't want to talk about any of that. It's awkward and weird and he knows there's no point because he can't change anything.

So instead, he gestures to the lot of the sleepy chicks.]


We need to get greens for these guys to bring back to your place, then? I know it's probably against your life beliefs or something to spend money on anything green but I think these are worth it.

[Okay, so he's teasing a little, but he holds up the sweepy-wittle-chick and smiles over the back of the chick. See? Totally worth having to buy lettuce and things, isn't it Noct?]
warpstriking: (:| ☈ u wot m8?)

1/3

[personal profile] warpstriking 2018-03-22 08:10 pm (UTC)(link)
[Prompto.

Are you seriously.

Trying to bribe him to buy leafy greens.

With sleepy and adorable chocobo chicklings?]
warpstriking: (grimace ☈ in the walls)

2/3

[personal profile] warpstriking 2018-03-22 08:11 pm (UTC)(link)
...
warpstriking: (grief ☈ won't wash away)

[personal profile] warpstriking 2018-03-22 08:15 pm (UTC)(link)
[Noct completely and utterly folds because chocobos. His ultimate weakness (which, really, is any animal, but still!).]

... Fine. So long as it isn't carrots.

[He may hate veggies but carrots in particular are like the seventh ring of hell for him.]
takingaim: (smile - grin)

omg I laughed so hard

[personal profile] takingaim 2018-03-25 01:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Okay, okay, no carrots. There's plenty of other stuff we could get them.

[He all but beams even as inside, he's laughing because what IS it with Noct and veggies!? They're not great but who cares-- and Ignis cooks everything amazing! Picky, picky.

Noctis' side is getting rubbed into by the top of a chocobo head, pressed into his clothing. The chicks are almost all asleep, looking content.]


...Sooooo... how do we get them back to your place? They all look so cute asleep.
warpstriking: (pride ☈ it has begun)

yesgood 8D

[personal profile] warpstriking 2018-03-27 05:36 am (UTC)(link)
[Look man, he can't help it. It all tastes like grass to him, and don't ask how he knows what grass tastes like. He was a very adventurous three year old, much to his nanny's chagrin.

...Also he'd be lying if his heart didn't melt a little more at that little nuzzle. Oh, no.]


Hm, I left my car a block away... They should be able to fit in the backseat if we can get them downstairs without disturbing them too much.

[Not to mention: cleaning. Ugh.]
takingaim: (talking)

XD

[personal profile] takingaim 2018-03-29 12:50 pm (UTC)(link)
[...He totally would have asked how Noct knows what grass tastes like.]

Umm... [Prompto looks around, thinking, before gesturing.] If we got like, a bedsheet? And took them down two at a time in the bedsheet so no one sees them? Or maybe we could kind of put them all together on the bedsheet and slowly pull it up and pick it up like sack? As long as we do it slowly, they should all sort of press together?

[Yes, he is talking about walking out of Ignis' apartment with a large stuffed sack of chocobo chicks with the Prince at his side. This surely never could go wrong.]
warpstriking: (flustered ☈ as we walk)

[personal profile] warpstriking 2018-03-31 08:24 am (UTC)(link)
I'm thinking... no. We don't want to make it look like we're robbing him.

[It's only by a technicality that he isn't trespassing in the first place.]
takingaim: (ashamed rubbing neck)

[personal profile] takingaim 2018-04-01 06:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh. Uh, yeah. Right. [Prompto rubs the back of his neck with a bit of a laugh. That probably sounded really stupid as a suggestion.]

Well, do we just... carry them out? Won't that look pretty weird, too? Maybe less illegal than robbing, kinda, maybe?

[He looks over all of the sleeping peepers, then, more softly-] And how do we do it without waking them up? They look so cute like this!