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

[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?

[hellahighwater]

Ohhh, I hate surprises! [ ... ] Fine! Fine, you know- something to...look forward to.

[photoshooter]

You'll love him. [He lowers his voice.] Don't tell him I said this, but Noct is pretty much the coolest person around. Even if he's a big cranky nerd.

[hellahighwater]

I do tend to like some kinds of nerds.