week one

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Week 1

[After the initial introduction of the Overseers, the Champions were left to their own devices in investigating the part of the ship they have access to to their hearts' content. However, the doors that Blaze Dudely and Rox came through are locked tight and cannot be unlocked via PIP.

On Wednesday morning, the same voice that awakened them the previous morning chirps at them again from their PIPs at 7 am on the dot.



Enjoy your week, Champions.]

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[quadjumps]

Hey.

[ yuri's actually out with a bunch of books in his hands, surprisingly; he's in a rush but couldn't help but notice prompto was investigating. ]

Found anything useful?

[photoshooter]

Nope. Still just as airtight and inescapable as when we checked yesterday. But here's hoping, right?

[Whoa, squirt, that's a lot of books.]

Got a test to cram for, buddy?

[quadjumps]

Tch. What a hellhole.

[ a flat look, then: ]

What? No! [ he wishes, honestly, now that he's here. ] I have to find a way to stay occupied.

[photoshooter]

[Hmm. Prompto turns away from the locked door he was examining to face Yuuri fully.]

There's games and stuff, too. Movies. Things you don't have to do by yourself.

[quadjumps]

Why would I do anything with any of you. Putting myself out there just increases my chances of getting killed.

[ he says it coldly, yet.... there's a hint of fear behind it, too. ]

I'm not dying here.

[photoshooter]

Well... I wouldn't kill you! And neither would Lady Lunafreya. ...But I guess I know what you mean.

[He looks away, scuffing his foot across the floor, then shakes his head.]

But keeping all to yourself isn't good, either. You're really going to hole up in that room all day? It's so claustrophobic.

[quadjumps]

Anyone could say that. Why should I believe you?

[ he's skeptical. paranoid. avoidant. ]

What else am I supposed to do? Get all buddy-buddy with the very people who might kill me?

[photoshooter]

But there's safety in numbers, too, right? No one can touch you if there's a bunch of other people around to stop them. Most people are pretty okay, I think.

[Just as scared of him as he is of them and such.]

[quadjumps]

...

[ prompto...has a good point. strength in numbers...if yuri had people who could have his back--yet, he's never been good at the people thing and...is he really willing to trust people like that? ]

You're saying that we should form alliances, right?

[photoshooter]

Wow, way to make it sound really formal, dude. It's more that...

[He crosses his arms, looking at his feet as he tries to find the right words.]

All the bad things I've been through... I know I couldn't have handled it without the guys who were with me. So even if it's more dangerous to stay by people's side, I think we'll be able to do a lot more about the situation together. You know?

[So yes, basically. Let's make some alliances.]

[quadjumps]

[ he scoffs. do a lot more together, huh... yuri's...always done things alone. well, he's had yakov to coach him, and his grandpa for moral support but...he's a lone wolf. (a lone tiger, maybe?) he prefers it that way. people drag him down and the only people he needs are his coaches and his grandpa.

so he likes to think, anyway.

yet, prompto's got a point. in a life-or-death situation, is it really wise to push people away? to make more enemies than allies?

god, his head's starting to hurt. ]

...If you're set on figuring this shit out, then fine. I'll help. But I'm not gonna make any promises to have your back if someone tries to do anything to you.

[ ...for reasons that may be obvious. he can't fight. ]

[photoshooter]

[Prompto looks a little hurt by that, not even considering Yuri's civilian status. Then again, he remembers passing by Penny's census once more yesterday and seeing:

Yuri Plisetsky. 15 not 16.

He nods seriously instead. It's not Yuri's responsibility to look after him. He's not the youngest anymore; he can almost here Gladio's voice in his head, telling him to man up.]

Okay. I can live with that.

[He shakes some gel-less, floppy hair out of his face and smiles, upbeat again and determined, and slings an arm around Yuri's shoulder.]

Thanks, Yuri. I won't let you down!

[quadjumps]

[ he sees that change in expression, and it's yuri's gut instinct to tell him that it's not that he wants to leave prompto to die--though if it was between himself and prompto, obviously he'd save himself--but telling a total stranger he can't fight doesn't seem like a good idea right now. so he just...leaves prompto to his own thoughts.

but then he's slinging an arm around him and yuri is caught off-guard. ]

...Yeah, yeah.

[ he's going to brush prompto off like the tsundere he is. in truth, it's...not a bad feeling, to know he's got someone on his side?

whatever. not like he's about to admit that. ]

You sure are being real nice to someone you just met in a slaughter house. You know that, right?

[photoshooter]

[Getting pushed off only makes Prompto laugh. It's not even close to being with the guys again, but--but it's something. Things could maybe almost sort of be normal.]

Yeah, well, you're the one who stopped to talk to the daaaangerous fugitive. Who's the nice one now, huh?

[quadjumps]

Oh, piss off!

[ he's. not entirely serious about that but PROMPTO PLEASE.... ]

I just wanted to see what you were looking at. It's not like you're really intimidating anyway--and you still never told me what you're on the run for.

[photoshooter]

Well, I'd tell you, but it's not going to make a lot of sense if you still don't believe me about where I come from.

[Which he's at least calmed down about by now. Yesterday was a bad day for everyone.]

[quadjumps]

...I've seen someone make fire out of nowhere and I've talked to a zombie. I'll believe anything at this point.

[photoshooter]

Yeah, Zombina is... something...

[Haha...ha.]

If you really want to know, though, I guess I'm kind of a... resistance fighter? I don't really know if that's the right term, but my friends and I have been helping my friend Noct collect weapons from the tombs of his ancestors and make deals with gods so he can take back the throne of Lucis from Niflheim's army. That's why I didn't want to say anything about it yesterday, I thought this was some kind of weird Imperial base.

[quadjumps]

Literally sounds like something straight out of a fantasy novel.

[ that's intense, dude. ]

So you're on the run because you're stealing weapons? Is that what that's about?

[photoshooter]

Not really. Since it's his ancestors' tombs, their stuff belongs to Noct anyway, right? The Empire's more mad he's still alive in the first place, I think.

...

Uh, 'cause of the whole, he's the rightful king of Lucis and going to kick their asses and save the world thing. So they've kind of been hunting us since the Citadel fell. ...Especially once we started busting their bases.

[quadjumps]

So you were in the middle of all of that when you got pulled here?

[ that's rough buddy ]

...When you get back, go claim what's yours.

[photoshooter]

[He laughs a little.]

Well, it's not mine the way it's Noct's. But yeah, I'd like to get out of here and back to helping him as soon as I can.

[Oh!]

Especially since Lady Lunafreya's here.

[quadjumps]

Oh, her.

[ yeah, yuri's spoken to her before. ]

You guys are from the same world?

[photoshooter]

[Isn't she just dreamy?]

Uh-huh! Noct--my friend I've been telling you about--he's been in love with her since, like, forever. ...Uh, but she's super important to everyone else on Eos, too, so I've gotta do everything I can to make sure we can all back to where we came from safely.

[He shrugs and smooths his hair down in the back, glancing away.]

Like, if that helps you believe me more than it obviously just being the right thing to do.

[quadjumps]

[ she definitely mom'd the shit out of him ]

How romantic.

[ it's bleeding with sarcasm. yuri hates that lovey-dovey shit honestly. ]

I'd say you're lucky to have someone you know here with you, but it actually kind of sucks that she was brought here too, doesn't it?