Week 2

[airlockedmods]

[Other than the reappearance of the Overseer, there's no real change in the routine. PAL still makes the morning and night time announcements through the PIP on each Champion's arm, and still the Champion unitards are freshly laundered and re-hung each morning in their closets.

No other floors unlock, but Cece and Kip will still be appearing randomly to chit-chat.

All you know is... something has to change soon.]

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[ooc: Don't forget to to turn in your AC for week 1 and submit your threads for the Benefactors!]

Comments

[scourgingstars]

[Some things haven't been invented yet at Ardyn's point on the timeline.]

[And yet some things are eternal.]

[misanthropicprinciple]

...Bravo! Encore! Ahahahaha!

[Applause, applause! Oh man, Junpei snorts when he's genuinely laughing.]

[scourgingstars]

[Ardyn actually broke out laughing as well, though it quite clearly lacked Junpei's snorting enthusiasm.]

I told you it couldn't be difficult.

[misanthropicprinciple]

You should take your show on the road! Musical royals are always in style, right?

[scourgingstars]

I might just start a new trend. Can you imagine hundreds of these things making that cacophonic squawking from one end of Lucis to the other? They'd likely scare all the chocobos away.

[misanthropicprinciple]

I can imagine, ah, about half of that. [He knows Lucis is Ardyn's country, but he has no idea what it looks like. However, more importantly:] What's a chocobo?

[scourgingstars]

...You don't even have those?

[what a miserable world you live in, junpei]

Chocobos are the usual method of transportation over long distances--they're large mostly-flightless birds, on average a bit taller than I am.

[misanthropicprinciple]

What, like ostriches? Uh, though I don't think I've ever heard of anyone riding an ostrich. I'm not sure they're strong enough to bear a human's weight...

[What is the average velocity of an unladen Struthio camelus?]

[scourgingstars]

I've no idea what an ostrich is, Junpei.

[so there's your answer]

The average adult chocobo is more than capable of carrying a person with no issues--they're also incredibly adept at travel over most terrain. That's how I get more or less anywhere outside of the capital city.

[misanthropicprinciple]

On a giant... super-ostrich.

[Hehe. Hehehehe.

Junpei covers his mouth as he laughs, but it's still pretty loud. At least it's not mean-spirited, though. It's just such a funny image.]

No Air Force One, huh?

[scourgingstars]

What's so funny about that? Chocobos are perfectly dignified creatures, I'll have you know.

[what the hell is an air force one]

They also vary wildly in color; yellow is the most common. My Philomela is black, and my retainer's Sialia is dark blue.

[misanthropicprinciple]

Mmm. Do the colors have different meanings? Or, I dunno, is it like dogs, where different breeds have different temperaments?

[scourgingstars]

Not that I'm aware of. I'm no expert, so I believe they're simply different colors for no real reason.

[misanthropicprinciple]

Like lovebirds, then.

[Sure, Junpei. Enormous, warking lovebirds.]

They sound cute.

[scourgingstars]

They're charming in their own way. Affable creatures, and faster than they look.

[he loves his chocobo okay]

[misanthropicprinciple]

Maybe they'll send us some through the dumbwaiters. We can race in the garden.

[He's kidding. ...He's probably kidding.]

[scourgingstars]

I'd be more tempted to bet on who would fall off of one first.

[is it church]

[(it's church)]

[misanthropicprinciple]

Church.

[Mm-hm.]

...Or Rhys. But Church would be louder.

[scourgingstars]

I'd give Rhys the slightest edge in that regard, he's less likely to annoy one enough to throw him off.

[misanthropicprinciple]

He doesn't strike me as the type who's good with animals, though. Like... has he ever been outside?

[scourgingstars]

...He must have been, right?

[misanthropicprinciple]

Ehhh, you never know with those hacker types.

[scourgingstars]

...I am about to ask a question I know is idiotic, so make the slightest attempt not to laugh outright.

What does that actually mean?

[misanthropicprinciple]

Wait. All that with PAL and nobody explained the computer thing to you yet?

[scourgingstars]

...It is possible I may not have asked.