[Somehow Ignis has tea. It's not as good as coffee, of course, but it will do. He brings some over to Prompto, touching the blonde lightly on the shoulder so he knows exactly where he is, and then settles down with his own cup.]
I realize that I have yet to keep my promise to tell you what happened back home. If you've the time, I'd like to discuss it now.
[Poor Iggy, having to survive without his Ebony. Maybe someday a crate of it will fall out of a rift. Hopefully it won't hit him on the head like Prompto's gun did.]
Thanks. [He blows gently on the tea to cool it down, listening to his friend.] Yeah. I'm sorry I wasn't there for what happened next. Did everything work out? Did you guys make it to the capital?
[Prompto stares down at the table, looking unsure. He still hasn't really confronted what he discovered and went through after he got separated from his friends.]
I, um... a week or so after I got knocked off the train - well, some stuff happened, but I wound up getting captured. Got taken to the capital, I think. There's a fortress there. That's the last thing I remember.
[Hung up on a cross structure, shackled, waiting to die.]
[Ignis moves then, reaches out, gropes for Prompto's hand or arm or something. There's an offer there for physical connection and comfort.]
Yes. Zegnautus Keep. That's where we found you. Noct was torn to pieces over what happened on the train. When the Chancellor taunted him with your location, we knew we had to save you. The Crystal was there as well, but Noct could only think of finding you.
He wanted to ensure your safety and to find a way to apologize for what happened. We found you, Prompto. We did not abandon you to that monster, nor to the darkness of the Imperial capital.
[Prompto grabs hold of Iggy's hand, giving it a squeeze. For both of them.
What Ignis says next... a part of Prompto always hoped he'd be found, that somehow they'd find his way to him. But he was afraid to hope. And yet, what his friend says, it happened. They found him.
He lets out a breathless, almost pained laugh.]
You guys rescued me. Just like a damsel in distress. Ah well... Thanks. I'm glad I get to see you guys again.
[To put it lightly]
But that means... you're like, from the future. at least for me.
[While he had meant the touch for Prompto's benefit, Ignis finds himself comforted by the connection. He squeezes Prompto back to let him know that he would never be abandoned.]
I suppose I am.
[Then, after a moment he finds that not for the first time he wishes Noct was here. Letting Prompto know what revelations he shared would be so much easier with the king nearby.] You should know, you told us the truth of your past.
It made little difference to us where you originated from, though. You are one of us no matter whence your genes came.
[Now at least it makes sense, why Ignis had been so confused about Prompto asking what would happen. Though it might create issues down the road, but they'll cross those bridges if and when they come to them.
His eyes widen. So he does wind up telling them. And they accepted him still. All that worrying for nothing. There's a shuddering breath that escapes him. A huge weight lifts off his shoulders, one he hadn't realized had been there until now. ]
...you guys are the best. [He rubs the back of his head.] Did I tell you about how that all went down, or just that?
I'm afraid there wasn't much time for detail. You explained how you could open the doors in the Keep and why you hid a piece of yourself from us.
After the battle, we had far more pressing concerns. I wonder if you'll share more eventually, perhaps during one of the nights we face daemons together? The night is eternal now so it seems there will be plenty of time for it.
[Makes sense. Getting through the Keep and reaching the Crystal ranked a lot higher than Prompto telling them about his little adventure in the facility.
It feels like his stomach plummeted to the ground. Eternal night? Does that mean...?]
But, I thought we were gonna avoid that. Didn't we - were we too late? Did it not work?
[Ignis is quiet for a moment, as he searches for the right way to explain what happened. It seemed so impossible now that he had to put words to it.]
It is not that it didn't work. It's that it didn't work the way we hoped. Noct was able to find the Crystal, and he tried to claim its power.
It, however, seemed to think him not quite ready. [He has to pause again, because somehow telling this to Prompto made his own emotions leap to his throat. He shifted a bit, cleared it, and tried to speak gently around the lump forming in his chest.]
We've no idea where he is now, but he will return and that will be the day he brings back the light.
[Ignis sounds sure in this. He speaks without weaving in his faith in their King. He ignores the way his chest stings and focuses his attention on Prompto, listening to any hint of how the blond responds.]
[He listens. What else can he do? This future's laid out before him, and Prompto sinks lower into his chair, as if Ignis's words physically weigh him down. So it's not over. After everything they went through, and they still had more to go. That's really not what he hoped to hear.]
Even after all of that... wow. [He blows out a breath.] Do you know how long it'll be, before he comes back?
[He has a feeling Ignis won't, but it's worth asking.]
[Ignis's head tilts a bit as he sees a fireside in the future, Noct with long hair and a beard that he'll never actually see in person. Years would pass before the day returned.]
No. No one knows for sure. I've been attempting to hunt down information about the Crystal, to discover any hints in our history that would give us some idea.
[He dreads to think of what that crazy bat will be doing while Noct sleeps inside the Crystal. But he has to ask. He has to know, even as much as he fears it.]
Yeah. "Interesting". [He knows he means actual magic and not the mages, but that's what he associates it with, and he has Thoughts about the treatment of mages here.] Have you heard about the Circles and everything that happened with them?
I have heard. It sounds terrible. I take it your lady love was forced into
one of those towers? [There is a slight tease in the term 'lady
love' but otherwise he treats the subject with the weight it
deserves.]
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Date: 2018-03-15 02:25 am (UTC)I realize that I have yet to keep my promise to tell you what happened back home. If you've the time, I'd like to discuss it now.
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Date: 2018-03-18 10:53 pm (UTC)Thanks. [He blows gently on the tea to cool it down, listening to his friend.] Yeah. I'm sorry I wasn't there for what happened next. Did everything work out? Did you guys make it to the capital?
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Date: 2018-03-19 02:53 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2018-03-22 12:31 am (UTC)wait what now]
Huh? How could I - I don't remember that at all. How was I there?
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Date: 2018-03-22 01:11 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2018-03-22 01:47 am (UTC)I, um... a week or so after I got knocked off the train - well, some stuff happened, but I wound up getting captured. Got taken to the capital, I think. There's a fortress there. That's the last thing I remember.
[Hung up on a cross structure, shackled, waiting to die.]
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Date: 2018-03-22 02:07 am (UTC)Yes. Zegnautus Keep. That's where we found you. Noct was torn to pieces over what happened on the train. When the Chancellor taunted him with your location, we knew we had to save you. The Crystal was there as well, but Noct could only think of finding you.
He wanted to ensure your safety and to find a way to apologize for what happened. We found you, Prompto. We did not abandon you to that monster, nor to the darkness of the Imperial capital.
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Date: 2018-03-22 02:51 am (UTC)What Ignis says next... a part of Prompto always hoped he'd be found, that somehow they'd find his way to him. But he was afraid to hope. And yet, what his friend says, it happened. They found him.
He lets out a breathless, almost pained laugh.]
You guys rescued me. Just like a damsel in distress. Ah well... Thanks. I'm glad I get to see you guys again.
[To put it lightly]
But that means... you're like, from the future. at least for me.
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Date: 2018-03-22 03:20 am (UTC)I suppose I am.
[Then, after a moment he finds that not for the first time he wishes Noct was here. Letting Prompto know what revelations he shared would be so much easier with the king nearby.] You should know, you told us the truth of your past.
It made little difference to us where you originated from, though. You are one of us no matter whence your genes came.
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Date: 2018-03-22 11:18 pm (UTC)His eyes widen. So he does wind up telling them. And they accepted him still. All that worrying for nothing. There's a shuddering breath that escapes him. A huge weight lifts off his shoulders, one he hadn't realized had been there until now. ]
...you guys are the best. [He rubs the back of his head.] Did I tell you about how that all went down, or just that?
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Date: 2018-03-22 11:22 pm (UTC)After the battle, we had far more pressing concerns. I wonder if you'll share more eventually, perhaps during one of the nights we face daemons together? The night is eternal now so it seems there will be plenty of time for it.
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Date: 2018-03-22 11:33 pm (UTC)It feels like his stomach plummeted to the ground. Eternal night? Does that mean...?]
But, I thought we were gonna avoid that. Didn't we - were we too late? Did it not work?
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Date: 2018-03-22 11:40 pm (UTC)It is not that it didn't work. It's that it didn't work the way we hoped. Noct was able to find the Crystal, and he tried to claim its power.
It, however, seemed to think him not quite ready. [He has to pause again, because somehow telling this to Prompto made his own emotions leap to his throat. He shifted a bit, cleared it, and tried to speak gently around the lump forming in his chest.]
We've no idea where he is now, but he will return and that will be the day he brings back the light.
[Ignis sounds sure in this. He speaks without weaving in his faith in their King. He ignores the way his chest stings and focuses his attention on Prompto, listening to any hint of how the blond responds.]
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Date: 2018-03-22 11:56 pm (UTC)Even after all of that... wow. [He blows out a breath.] Do you know how long it'll be, before he comes back?
[He has a feeling Ignis won't, but it's worth asking.]
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Date: 2018-03-22 11:59 pm (UTC)No. No one knows for sure. I've been attempting to hunt down information about the Crystal, to discover any hints in our history that would give us some idea.
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Date: 2018-03-26 06:55 pm (UTC)[He dreads to think of what that crazy bat will be doing while Noct sleeps inside the Crystal. But he has to ask. He has to know, even as much as he fears it.]
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Date: 2018-03-26 06:58 pm (UTC)Our focus is on protecting the citizens from the daemons who revel in an endless night.
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Date: 2018-03-26 08:02 pm (UTC)[Now he just wants to shoot something. Or maybe even punch something. He's not prone to violence but this? This is a bit much.]
Well, that makes me officially not entirely looking forward to going back home.
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Date: 2018-03-26 08:08 pm (UTC)It has been interesting to feel sunlight once more.
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Date: 2018-03-26 10:45 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2018-03-26 11:25 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2018-03-27 03:24 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2018-03-27 06:06 pm (UTC)I have heard. It sounds terrible. I take it your lady love was forced into one of those towers? [There is a slight tease in the term 'lady love' but otherwise he treats the subject with the weight it deserves.]
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Date: 2018-04-03 11:30 pm (UTC)[Normally he might comment about the lady love part, but this is a bit too serious to bring that up.]
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Date: 2018-04-04 02:18 am (UTC)(no subject)
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