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𝔑𝔬𝔠𝔱𝔦𝔰 𝔏𝔲𝔠𝔦𝔰 π“’π”žπ”’π”©π”²π”ͺ ([personal profile] nascere) wrote in [community profile] awashlogs2018-12-18 12:48 am

[closed/questings]

Who: Noctis + a few others (planned)
Where: Assorted places in Chroma
When: December
What: Questing!
Warnings: None so far
photoshooter: (SKETCHY πŸ“· Come again?)

[personal profile] photoshooter 2018-12-20 01:53 am (UTC)(link)
Think that's what the quest said, yeah!

[Prompto nods and crosses his arms, leaning his weight onto one leg while he settles in. After a beat, he looks between the two of them.]

So, come on, what're you guys waiting for? Someone do it! Who's on first?
unfatalist: this says you're pregnant with borneo jungle flu (PONDER βš” i looked it up on web md)

[personal profile] unfatalist 2018-12-22 09:08 pm (UTC)(link)
No takers for the lead, I see.

[It seems simple enough, really. A bell hanging from a tree, not even all that high off the ground. It's certainly not making itself difficult to be struck — or, well, at least no more difficult than any bell in the woods would have been, after the necessary fuss and bustle of fighting their way to arrive at it.]

Very well. Ask not for whom the bell tolls, I suppose — I'll go first, provided the both of you are prepared to face down whatever might come of it once I do.
unfatalist: now all i need is that super cool laser background (ENVISION βš” nineties school picture time)

[personal profile] unfatalist 2018-12-23 12:38 am (UTC)(link)
...To be honest, I'd thought of wishing for the Regalia. Only because I doubt the powers that be would be so kind as to grant us Gladio on a whim such as this.

[why would you wish for an entire car what possible use could you have for that why are you like this]

Barring that, something to make life in the town easier. Running water. Electricity. Cell phone reception, perhaps.
photoshooter: (HUH πŸ“· Wait what?)

[personal profile] photoshooter 2018-12-23 01:33 am (UTC)(link)
If you're wishing for the car, someone's gotta wish for gas, too.

[And, of course:]

I can do that!
unfatalist: i've seen how you live, like a phoenix you rise from the ashes (SOFT βš” and of course i forgive)

[personal profile] unfatalist 2018-12-23 02:01 am (UTC)(link)
I'm sure it's possible to do it. How such a request might be answered, on the other hand, is an entirely different consideration.

[It's not hard to guess who Noct might be thinking of asking for, he knows. All things considered, he can probably narrow the available pool of suspects to three, with two in particular being even more likely than the last.]

...If it's what you want, Noct, there's nothing to stop you from trying.
photoshooter: (DISAPPOINT πŸ“· Fuck you Dad.)

[personal profile] photoshooter 2018-12-23 02:05 am (UTC)(link)
...I mean, if it's like that...

[Prompto swings both his arms back and forth, glancing away and then looking at the two of them again with a nod.]

Maybe I should go first, then. So we can test it on something that's not so... important. I mean, no one's hurt if we mess up gas, right? As long as there's no open flames, anyway.

[No one here is dying in a freak gasoline fight accident.]
unfatalist: and all because someone forgot to hit a currency exchange before we left (STEADY βš” we're hunting the blair witch)

[personal profile] unfatalist 2018-12-23 02:21 am (UTC)(link)
...One moment.

[So Ignis says, regarding Prompto in particular with a long and searching look.]

Forgive me for asking, but before we move forward with this, I think it's prudent to ask. Prompto — is there something you'd rather wish for here for yourself? Something that's not just to assist on mine.

[...]

What I mean is — I'll support you in any wish you make. I'm sure Noct will, as well. Even if it were an entirely selfish one that didn't benefit either of us at all.

[Especially if it were an entirely selfish one that didn't benefit either of them at all.]
photoshooter: (RUB πŸ“· Uh I dunno...)

[personal profile] photoshooter 2018-12-23 02:36 am (UTC)(link)
Aw, um... [When he drops eye contact almost as soon as Ignis initiates it and shuffles his feet, Prompto looks like a schoolkid caught feeding the class hamster instead of listening.] I don't really... I've already got so much. There's Sparky, and Noct got me the Polaroid, and you're always cooking great stuff, and--and, anyway.

[He has the two of them, here. He has Summer. He has a home. Still embarrassed for some reason, he kicks slightly at the undergrowth, then shrugs.]

I guess it's like everything I want is already here. ...Except Gladio. But I'm not taking risks with the big guy.
unfatalist: you are truly like the ocean, full of salt and indifferent to the petty whims of man (GLOVE βš” one step away from salt bae)

[personal profile] unfatalist 2018-12-23 03:56 am (UTC)(link)
My point is simply, this is an opportunity we may not get again. Your wish is your own decision; I'm only advising against making a hasty one.

[...]

Or making one solely to please someone else. So long as we're clear on that, I've no objection to whatever wish you care to make.
photoshooter: (INHALE πŸ“· You guys...)

[personal profile] photoshooter 2018-12-23 04:51 pm (UTC)(link)
[Prompto fidgets a second longer before shaking his head.]

I really can't think of anything.

[What could he possibly wish for that's better than a baby chocobo, anyway? Another baby chocobo? Nah. Nobirdie's better than Sparky.

Besides, the wishes he rushes to come up with--video games, more food, home--are impossible, or would require other things to work, or are things he wants to share, anyway. On the spot, Prompto can't think of anything he wants for himself more than everyone else's happiness. He laughs suddenly, more startled by the thought than strictly amused.]


I could wish our house were bigger. Maybe it'd give us a garage to put the car in, too!
unfatalist: i'm obviously talking about myself but the food is pretty great too (MWAH βš” oui oui c'est magnifique)

[personal profile] unfatalist 2018-12-23 10:13 pm (UTC)(link)
While you're at it, you might ask for running water included. Though that may be adding on too much for a single wish. A bigger house with modern comforts, perhaps...?

[Well, anyway. Unable to help himself, he surreptitiously reaches for Noctis, fingertips resting lightly against his spine in a soft but possessive touch as the negotiations wrap up.]

Regardless, are we settled, then? A house, the Regalia, and...
photoshooter: (IGNIS πŸ“· I can be smart!)

[personal profile] photoshooter 2018-12-24 01:47 am (UTC)(link)
...And whatever it is Noct wants to wish for.

[Prompto nods.]

Your birthday's the farthest away, dude, so just--you know, follow your heart! You don't have to run it by us first. We're just gonna test drive this thing to make sure it doesn't, like, unleash the raging daemon hordes of winter or something. ...So here goes!

[Without further ado, Prompto hops over to the bell, rings it, and presses his hands together.

I wish--

No, just saying it in his head doesn't feel right.]


I... I wish for a bigger, more comfortable house--without damaging any of the other houses, please. ...And, uh, thank you!

[He drops his hands and bows, then bounces aside, looking up and around to see if anything's changed. Or if, like, a house is about to fall on them.]
unfatalist: i can't believe animorphs ended like that (VULNERABLE βš” precious and fragile things)

[personal profile] unfatalist 2018-12-24 03:25 am (UTC)(link)
[That's not what Noctis wanted to wish for, he knows. He hopes, idly, that the mechanism of this bell accepts all wishes, both great and small, because if it insists on the heart's desire —

Well, no. The plain text of the quest didn't say that. So perhaps it'll be all right, after all.

It's his turn to step up, then, and the bell rings one last time.]


And I wish for our car — the Regalia.

[Simple. Efficient. What will come of it now, he wonders?]
whichcraft: i am the reigning grandmaster of fucking you up (DEVIOUS β™š let's play xanatos speed chess)

[personal profile] whichcraft 2018-12-22 09:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Sure the hell is.

[For all that they may be a little bit rocky and stilted when it comes to downtime, they both know how to snap to action as soon as it looks like there's danger afoot. Noctis summons a sword to his hand and Summer automatically backs up, habitually familiar with approximately how much room a swordsman needs to do his work in an enclosed area, and already limbering up her fingers in preparation to support.]

Overenthusiastic mice, maybe?
photoshooter: (FLUMP πŸ“· He's beauty he's grace)

[personal profile] photoshooter 2018-12-23 01:42 am (UTC)(link)
[Of course not. That's not how it goes. Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.

Not even a Prompto, as it happens, because it is very difficult to stir, or thrash, or make any kind of noise or movement, trussed up as he is in glossy red ribbons with a bow keeping a balled-up stocking in his mouth.]


Mmmhh!

[Their nefarious--or should that be ne-Festivus?--operation discovered, the little elves hauling Prompto off decide there ain't no way out--or over (the river)--but through (the woods). The woods being Noctis and Summer, of course.

One elf whose hands are unoccupied with struggling blond throws a blast of cold magic their way with a candy cane upheld like a sorcerer's staff.]
whichcraft: we are now on eastern pain time and it is witch o'clock (TCH β™š mess with her she'll fuck you up)

[personal profile] whichcraft 2018-12-23 02:27 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, fuck off

[A TRAGEDY: THE KITCHEN IS NOT A GOOD PLACE TO THROW FIREBALLS. Even if fireballs would be the natural response to a blast of cold magic. NO FIREBALLS IN IGNIS'S KITCHEN.

Luckily, fire isn't the only trick she has up her sleeve, and the funny thing about holding up a candy cane like a sorceror's staff is that it also creates a focal point for magic that's not unlike a lightning rod.

And coincidentally, she has lightning at her fingertips. Literally.

So while she can't do anything about the blast of magic outright, she certainly can try to explode the candy cane in the little bastard's hands, which is precisely what she's going to do.]
photoshooter: (SHIVER πŸ“· Shiva's frozen TITS)

[personal profile] photoshooter 2018-12-23 02:43 am (UTC)(link)
[IT SPLODES.

Prompto squeals in alarm (but also, bae so cool) and tries to curl in more to protect himself as his friends* wage battle over his body, but the lightning-hot shards of peppermint don't go very far, thankfully. The now wand-less elf in the lead hisses and draws back its singed hand, then turns to shoulder a double helping of Prompto's weight and continue to book it as two elves drop their burden to rush Noctis, brandishing their candy weaponry with high-pitched cries.

They jingle when they run. It's adorable. Also, how did they sneak in, ring-a-linging like that? Must be magic.

*"Friends" he has smooched multiple passionate times, both of them.]
whichcraft: i am the reigning grandmaster of fucking you up (DEVIOUS β™š let's play xanatos speed chess)

[personal profile] whichcraft 2018-12-23 04:01 am (UTC)(link)
[Someday Summer will develop literally any skill whatsoever that makes her not completely inept in close-quarters combat, but it is not this day. At least, not when it comes to magic.

...The fact that this is a kitchen, however, opens up all sorts of creative possibilities, including but not limited to the fact that there's a bigass frying pan over there on the sink, and it turns out elves are just about the right height for an impromptu game of Whack-A-Mole.

Thus, while Noct handles the two elves rushing him, Summer goes after a third, opting to simply chase the little bastard down and pan-bludgeon it into a wall.]
photoshooter: (COLLAPSE πŸ“· Take me out Coach)

[personal profile] photoshooter 2018-12-23 04:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[How many elves does it take to kidnap a Prompto? Two elves are skewered, one's CLONG-ed into the wall, and the first, the one that tried to ice them, lets out squirrelly, distressed squeaks and drags its hands down its face. The last two carriers remaining dump Prompto entirely and rush to protect one another, each pushing the other back and trying to shield the whole trio with their bodies.

This is very anti-Christmas and they feel so attacked right now! The biggest of the three gets her way, moving forward while shoving the others behind her, brandishing her candy cane sword in defense with grim determination.

The magic one, bereft of wand, starts channeling magic into his hands like a glowing, glassless snowglobe.]
whichcraft: time to illustrate the diversity of the word fuck (WHOOPS β™š oh fuck that was not optimal)

[personal profile] whichcraft 2018-12-23 10:26 pm (UTC)(link)
I'll fix it!

[Probably. She'll do something, at least. But that is a question for later, when Prompto is not being abducted by elves. And since Noct seems to have the remainder of the elves under control, she's going to take that as her cue to draw a knife from...somewhere and head for Prompto himself, intent on cutting him out of the ribbons.]

Hang on, Quicksilver, cavalry's coming.
photoshooter: (TEARY πŸ“· It's cold and I am shamed)

[personal profile] photoshooter 2018-12-24 02:04 am (UTC)(link)
[Ducking under the coming flames, Nanna Elf grabs her babies (???) and books it like a bat out of hell. Or a Grinch out of Whoville. Wizard elf is less lucky. With a screech, he drops and rolls, trying to put out the flames now sprouting from his hat and robes before his skin blisters like a super gross Christmas meat roast.

Ignis is gonna be so mad about his kitchen.

When Summer comes to the rescue, Prompto stares up at her in watery gratitude. It's kind of humiliating to be tied up like this in his own house, in his sleep clothes, but the scare far outweighs the embarrassment. Who knew gift ribbons were so sturdy?]
whichcraft: the world might do me in but it's all right 'cause i'm with friends (SHADOW β™š now you see me now you don't)

[personal profile] whichcraft 2018-12-24 04:01 am (UTC)(link)
Love that knife.

[It certainly slices through the ribbons like butter, and she's efficient in knowing where to cut in order to get his limbs free as fast as possible, so that he can start helping to pull the rest of them off of him.]

...So, uh. What the fuck was that all about?
photoshooter: (BREAK πŸ“· [FIGHTING BACK TEARS])

[personal profile] photoshooter 2018-12-24 01:27 pm (UTC)(link)
[He could help. Or he could throw his newly-freed arms around Noct's and Summer's legs and cling like a half-swaddled baby.]

I don't knooowww, I was sleeping! Where were they taking me?!

[WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH ο½‘οΎŸγƒ½(οΎŸΒ΄Π”ο½€)οΎ‰οΎŸο½‘]