PEACE WEEKEND

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[It's your first week here, and you've been offered a fantastic prize for killing someone: an all-expense paid vacation! It's a pretty standard prize as far as reality game shows go.

Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on how you look at it), this isn't exactly a game show.

It seems that no one has died this weekend, and the deadline for the prize is now expired. There's no announcement from the Overseers to that effect; in fact, none of you have seen either of them since Tuesday. Maybe they'll make a reappearance soon, but for now, it seems that you've got a moment of peace.

Hopefully nothing happens to it.]

Comments

[photoshooter]

Yeah, he's his advisor or something, but he also does all the cooking and cleaning and sews buttons back on Noct's shirts and usually insists on being the one to drive. He's been there for him forever. Since Noct was, like. Three.

[hellahighwater]

Youuu weren't kidding, shit. Actual babysitter.

[ As an aside: ] I hope you realize while they might be totally normal for you, all your names are like...so fucking cool for me. They sound like fantasy names from some kind of book or video game or Dungeons and Dragons campaign.

[photoshooter]

[He laughs.]

What, really? Well, I guess the guys do have pretty impressive names. I think it's a Citadel thing, they all come from families with courtly ties and stuff. But we have names like yours, too! There's Cindy and Monica and Dave...

[But Prompto, why is your name ridiculous, who are your parents, why are they like this.]

[hellahighwater]

But yours is Prompto, how is that normal?

[ She's teasing. She's enjoying and teasing, this is a nice stake-out. A much better one than hers from two days ago. ]

[photoshooter]

Hey! I'm normal! You want ridiculous, you should hear Noct's full name.

[He leans in, conspiratorial.]

It's even longer than Lady Lunafreya's.

[hellahighwater]

[ And she leans in too! ]

You can't just fuckin' leave a girl hangin', bro, what is it?

[photoshooter]

My best friend...

[Pause for dramatic effect.]

Is His Majesty, Noctis Lucis Caelum the One Hundred and Fourteenth, King of Lucis. ...Which is where we're from.

[Final FUCKIN' Fantasy, girl.]

[hellahighwater]

Holy shit, it's like a fuckin' Tolkein knock-off.

[ THANK YOU THIS WAS WORTH GETTING OUT OF BED TODAY??? ]

[photoshooter]

I don't know what that means, but yeah, even for us, it's a mouthful. [He's grinning. God, talking about the guys makes him feel so less lost.] He only gets 'Noctis' when he's in trouble.

[hellahighwater]

[ She'll have to tell him about Lord of the Rings later. ]

Lame! Ugh, if I haven't heard [ here comes a light Southern accent ] 'Chloe Elizabeth Price' enough in my life... I'm telling you, dude, you should just call him it. Just you.

[photoshooter]

You want me to call Noct 'Chloe Elizabeth Price'?

[He's kidding. Or is he.]

[hellahighwater]

No! [ there's a granola bar around i decree it now and she throws it at his head ] Idiot.

[photoshooter]

[He cackles and ducks, throwing up his hands as a shield.]

Okay, okay, I won't! What about the accent, should I do the accent?

[hellahighwater]

[ Shit, she's laughing. Prompto really does make it hard to stay in a bad mood, even when everything's crumbling around her. ]

Don't make fun of my mom's accent, only I'm allowed to do that! [ Mom... Mom, who she may never-- nope, don't think about it! ]

Besides, who're you to talk, your name's just... You know it just means quick silver, right?

[photoshooter]

[Even as he laughs, he groans and puts his face in both hands.]

I know. Man, it's... my parents are scientists, all right? Scientists aren't known for being good at names.

[hellahighwater]

You got it fucking bad, dude. It's a pretty funny one if- are you fast? Do you shoot silver bullets?

[photoshooter]

I am fast, but I shoot regular bullets. Usually.

[hellahighwater]

Usually?

[photoshooter]

Sometimes the bullets are magic.

[hellahighwater]

Magic bullshit again, fuck!

[photoshooter]

[That makes him laugh.]

Yeah, but it's not really that impressive when I do it! Like, we don't need to keep a flare gun around because I can shoot a light that'll hang there a while, or if I'm using a heavier weapon I can keep baddies in one place for a few seconds, but I don't have a gift for it like Noct or Iggy.

[hellahighwater]

What the hell, of course that's impressive! Maybe not in your world, but for me? That's pretty damn special, dude!

[photoshooter]

Man, if we weren't in the middle of fighting back the Empire, I'd totally tell you to come visit somehow. I'd get Noct to show off his powers and that'd really blow your mind.

[hellahighwater]

Yeah? What can he do? [ :3c ]

[photoshooter]

You want me to spoil the surprise?