Welcome to the Program

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Good Morning, Champions. In the interest of maintaining healthy sleep patterns, a day/night cycle is in effect. Your presence is expected in the cafeteria in exactly one hour.

[The voice comes through not a large speaker, but through the device that's attached to each Champion's arm. Further investigation of the features of the device will reveal a list of profiles, a mini-map, and a list of rules. The hallways are shiny white and silver, with running lights along the floor and lights on the ceiling, and at the junction of the hallways is a sign with a knife and fork icon and an arrow pointing down the hall.

Welcome to the Excellence Program, Champions. Time to get to know your teammates.]

Comments

[challengesfate]

...I'm still not entirely clear on what "movies" are, besides moving portraits. But..."video games"?

[Oh my God. Prompto, are you prepared to deal with actual jrpg medieval princess?]

[photoshooter]

[He did it in one game, he can do it again. But at this moment, he finally pauses.]

Hey, Lucina? ...Where are you from?

[challengesfate]

[Where she's from isn't a video game, why is - oh. We're. Changing the subject, okay.]

...Ylisstol, in the Halidom of Ylisse - or of what remains of it. And...you?

[photoshooter]

Insomnia. Uh, capital of Lucis.

[How does he ask this.]

What... kind of technology are you used to in Ylisse?

[challengesfate]

Um...wagons and horses? And...bows and arrows, which we've already discussed.

[Oh. So wait, that means...]

There's a woman here who was looking for someone from the...Lucis Kingsglaive? Her name is...Lunafreya, I think. Have you spoken to her?

[photoshooter]

[And Prompto's train of thought jumps completely off the tracks, crashes through the wall of a station, kills dozens of passengers and stationworkers alike, and careens into the abyss.

What.

What?]

Lu... Lunafreya? You saw Lady Lunafreya?

[Guess who hasn't checked all the profiles as of this early thread.]

Are you absolutely sure?!

[challengesfate]

[Wow he's going to regret that train metaphor at some point isn't he]

Yes, I'm sure...that's what she said her name was. She's...a bit older than us, blonde, fair...do you know her?

[photoshooter]

[He springs to his feet, as full of uncurbable energy as he was full of panic before, but this time it's a whirlwind of excitement, disbelief, joy.]

That's--yeah! She, everyone knows her, she's the Oracle and--and she survived?

[He can't remember the last time his heart's pounded like this with wonder rather than fear. He shifts like he's about to race off once more, the restless movement of a horse before a charge, but he doesn't know where he's going.]

Where can I find her? Where did you see her last?

[challengesfate]

[Survived? Survived what? She almost wants to ask, but Prompto's energy is...something to behold, honestly. She blinks once, twice, trying to make sure she remembers correctly; there's a sense that she doesn't want to let this boy down.]

U-Um, uh, the...hallway. Where we were before. With the rooms we woke up in, I think? I don't know if she's very far from there now...

[photoshooter]

[Hallway. She was right there and he didn't see her? His gaze snaps to the door, then back to Lucina even though he has to go go go.]

I'll--I'll explain about video games later, okay? Right now it's really, really important that I go find her. Like, fate-of-the-world important.

[Even if that's not why it's important to him. He starts to run, but he doesn't even complete a step before he's hurrying back to Lucina and lifting up both her hands together.]

Thank you, thank you, thank you! This means so much, I can't--thank you for telling me! I won't forget this!

[And nyoooom, there he goes.]

[challengesfate]

[Her eyes widen slightly. It's that important? That's...a level of importance she understands completely, and Lucina is about to say it's alright if he goes - this doesn't seem like an especially large place, they'll probably see each other again - but then he's taken her hands and he's thanking her and it's all over in quite a rush. Once Prompto has nyoomed, Lucina is left a bit stunned, staring at her hands...]

...

[That was...definitely something else, for sure.]