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.]

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[keepmeinyourheart]

[She gives his shoulder a soft squeeze, her face for a small moment dropping her usual dignified expression to reveal worry and fear. It passes as she takes a deep breath.]

As hard as it is to hear it, sometimes all we can do is wait. What we do while we wait can make a difference if only in passing the time more quickly.

[quadjumps]

I don't want to wait.

Not when I could die here.

[ he's being selfish again, but... ]

[keepmeinyourheart]

[She almost laughs at that. Almost. Instead, her voice drops down low.]

I know how difficult it is to wait. [She's been waiting to see Noctis for twelve long years, and now she knows not when she'll see him again.] It is torture. But will you let it defeat you and make you act rashly?

[quadjumps]

No--if you're asking what I think you are, then no. I'm not killing anyone. Fuck that.

[ he refuses to stoop that low. ]

Why? Are you?

[keepmeinyourheart]

[She shakes her head.]

No. I am first and foremost a healer. I will not be the cause of death for anyone.

[quadjumps]

A healer?

[ that could actually come in handy... ]

So you could heal someone if they were on the verge of dying, right?

[keepmeinyourheart]

Ah... no, not a healer in that sense. I can heal people of what is called the Starscourge back in my home. It is a illness brought by the darkness... It can turn people into terrible creatures if it's not taken care of.

[quadjumps]

Oh.

[ why does he sound so disappointed... ]

Well I doubt something like that's gonna happen here.

[keepmeinyourheart]

... If it does, then I pray the gods have not abandoned me here without my powers.

[quadjumps]

You really think that same disease is gonna get all the way up here in space?

[keepmeinyourheart]

The nature of the disease is similar to one that exists already, just a far more deadly form of it.

[quadjumps]

Yeah, but unless it's contagious and you brought it here, I doubt it's gonna spread while we're in this space ship.

[keepmeinyourheart]

It is highly contagious... but I am immune from it, and I cannot carry it.

[Prompto should be safe, too. Hopefully.]

[quadjumps]

So you can't heal normal wounds then? Like cuts or illnesses?

[keepmeinyourheart]

I could try, but my people only ever came to me to heal the darkness inside of them.

[quadjumps]

You'll have to try when the time comes. I guarantee that someone's going to try something if we don't get out of here soon.

[keepmeinyourheart]

... I know. I'll do what I can if it comes to that. Let us hope that it doesn't.