( catch-all )

[mercurio]

WHO: prompto & others
WHERE: all over
WHEN: throughout the month
WHAT: a lot of things! gym, class, shooting pix and guns, ???, spooky kennys, etc
WARNINGS: will update as necessary

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►shooting range (tatsuo)

[mercurio]

[come friday, prompto was in fact feeling better. he decided to take tatsuo on with his offer of going to the shooting range. to be fair, he feels a lot more capable to wield a gun, but figures it can't hurt to learn better. he's casually sitting at a bench in the lobby of the building, waiting for the other to arrive. gun in his backpack, unloaded, magazine emptied out, he's being a bit more cautious now that monsters aren't the norm.]

[prompto taps at his phone]

you almost here?

Re: ►shooting range (tatsuo)

[thisloveisjustice]

yep, just pulled up

[If Prompto looks outside, he'll see an orange motorcycle parked out front. The rider slides their phone into their jacket pocket, then takes off their helmet. It's Tatsuo, with a bad case of helmet hair. He pulls off his gloves and drops the inside the helmet before dismounting, tucking the helmet under his arm as he heads into the building.]

►chocobos (cloud)

[mercurio]

[prompto cannot bear to live his life with cloud thinking that chocobos are weird or scary or strange or annoying.]

[he's got a plan. the petting zoo is part of his plan. there's also a feeling of excitement because he's always believed that the petting zoo is a) perfect location for a date and b) great times to be had with family. and while he's been here before already, it's just as exciting this time around.]

[prompto recognizes the flop of blond hair the second cloud removes the helmet from his head, and he's quick to approach--a friendly open-palm shove onto cloud's back as he signals his presence]

Hey! You were right! Sunday weather, best weather. Are you ready!?

[autumn is fast approaching, but the last vestiges of summer still remain. prompto's wearing the infamous snapback, comfortable jogging sweats, and a cotton shirt. he's here to pick up chick chocobos and he needs to be on his best behavior]

We gotta hurry if we wanna avoid the lines!

[embraves]

[He's greeted with a friendly shove on the back as he pulls up to the petting zoo, getting off his bike and tucking his helmet under his arm. Cloud grins, slight thing that it always is, but looks humored all the same.]

Ready as I'll ever be.

[He's got motorcycle jacket on today, as usual, but beyond that he just has a plain dark grey tshirt on, and jeans. An outfit that's properly fitting for a casual Sunday. Sunlight beams down on the both of them, and he runs a hand through mussed hair.]

You're pretty excited about chocobos, aren't you?

[He follows, of course, as they approach the entrance. Already he's begun to dig in his pocket for his wallet, so that he can pay for the tickets.]

...Were you this excited about horses?

►dance date (pitou)

[mercurio]

[come saturday the 16th, prompto decided that he feels well enough that he could actually confirm a time for the date he had to postpone due to falling sick. he's not sure these are dates anymore, so much as hanging out with someone he considers a friend. pitou's not someone he's particularly interested in romantically, as it were, and he's not sure they're interested in him that way either...]

[some times it's best to just not think about it too much, is what he thinks, while thinking a lot, still.]

[he arrives at the address they had give him earlier, and he dials pitou's number]

--hey! I'm here. I think I'm here, anyway.

[playdolls]

[ To be fair, Pitou is never romantically interested in anyone ever, so much as just possessively cruel towards. What's the difference, they ask. As if it should somehow be obvious to them... They are still lying around in their underwear with the cats when Prompto calls, rolling over to grab the phone, ]

Oh there you are. Kay, when the door buzzes come in and take the elevator up to the 7th floor.

►pool hangout (yoon-sung)

[mercurio]

[no one forced prompto to come here, and yet he looks--oddly stressed out? it's fine! it's completely fine! he's got a pair of shorts that will work just fine on the pool. besides, yoon-sung's a good friend, and he's got an indoor pool.]

[it's fine.]

If you hadn't told me there was a pool inside, I would never have thought it.

[looking around, having an actual proper look at yoon-sung's apartment now.]

--is David around?

[vendettastool]

It's not that big of a pool.

[ Because where would he put something big enough to host an swim meet? Instead it is one of those smaller ones that people can sit in and do a couple smallish laps together, and it was right over the garage where he parks his expensive little cars just in case the thing decides break. Far easier to get water out of a garage then out of a bedroom or four, right?

But it was still nice and warm, and with the sliding doors open, a person could swim or splash around in the pool and still be able to talk to anyone sitting in the open living area and watch tv. From the pool area was another sliding door to a patio and a brick oven/grill area so the whole thing could be opened up for a party. There wasn't one happening today, but still Yoon-sung had the patio opened so he can grill some steaks and roast veggies for supper. ]

I think he was going to hang out with a couple of college friends today. Did you want to ask him something?

Assuming this is some time when Prompto is better

[blind_badass]

[It is approximately way too early in the morning for this, but here Snake is at the gym, waiting for Prompto. He might have told a few people over the network about his blindness but he kept another little secret to himself.

It's evident because of the short sleeved T-shirt he's wearing, but Snake also wears a prosthetic left arm, which starts above the elbow joint. The ends of multiple straps peek under the sleeve. In addition, it looks like Snake is wearing some kind of brace under his shirt, presumably to anchor real and fake arm together.]

I should have drank more coffee...

this works!

[mercurio]

[it takes prompto no time to figure out who snake is. they did, in fact, agree to meet on this day. he asked the receptionist and she was quick to tell him that a blind guy was indeed in; so he walks over to snake, smiling--which does show in his voice]

Hey, Snake? It's me, Prompto.

You can have all the coffee you want after our training. The cafeteria downstairs has coffee.

►gym

[mercurio]

[prompto's awake early and at the gym by seven in the morning, because this is the only way he'll actually get to jog around the neighborhood and work out right before his classes. thankfully, his earliest class is at 9:30AM, so he doesn't really need to fight against time too much.]

[find him whining as he does chin dips, or humming to the song he's listening to while on the treadmill, or lifting with his legs, or working out his abs with the medicine ball. or you can find him just about finishing and heading towards the locker room, bag in tow, ready to go shower.]

►gym

[maidhem]

You look like you're doing good today, Prompto~

[Felicia bounced up behind him between reps with the medicine ball, with her smile as vibrantly bright as her sneakers despite the early hour of morning. Her own classes were later in the afternoon, and she had just breezed in after her own jog that morning to start her shift for the day.]

Feeling better after the burrito fiasco last month? You don't look like you've lost any of your bounce!

►class/college campus

[mercurio]

[photographic composition class. it's great, really, and the first couple of weeks have been full of just theoretical work. prompto's had to write three short essays too many over the reading he's been assigned.]

[but, thankfully, today the professor is finally giving them an assignment. he already has ideas as the professor explains the details and what is expected. unfortunately, said assignment is to be done in pairs. as much as he talks with his fellow classmates, he's never really been able to make proper friends. he's always sitting at the front in order to pay attention properly, and when he turns around, most of the class has filed out with sets of partners already discussing their plans. prompto looks around, wondering if anyone doesn't have a partner yet...?]

[ALTERNATIVELY, find him in campus, setting his camera up on a tripod outside where there's grassy patches and trees lining the paths. he's taking a couple of shots. a study in color, and just because he wants to capture the happy energy of students throughout the grounds.]

here we go

[loudmouths]

[ keigo could deal with the busy work for the most part, but even he was getting antsy about it all. last year, he got a good feel for technique, but he wanted to apply it in something other than the most basic of projects. seemed like his prayers were answered, finally.

with a bit of a catch.

keigo might have been an outgoing person, but he still lacked in anything he could really call "good rapport" with most of his classmates. he'd chat some of them up on occasion, but it became increasingly difficult to really bond with anyone when he had bizarre memories floating around his headspace at any given time. picking a partner would be a taxing endeavor, having to likely deal with someone who had no idea about retrospec or the damage it caused.

he was sitting in his seat, chin resting on his palm, as he scanned the room for anyone lingering by themselves. yep, looked like most people had partners already... well, except for that guy in the front.

worth a shot, right? keigo got up from his seat and strolled his way over, hands in his pockets. he caught prompto's gaze and... wait. hadn't he texted this guy before? ]

...Eh...? You're in this class, too?

►electronics store

[mercurio]

Welcome to Stanley's Electronics!

[it's a relatively small store, but it has everything you could ever want. at the center is the counter for purchases and any inquiries, and on both the left and right are spreads of shelves for phones, computers, music players, video game consoles, tvs, and any other electronic you could think of.]

[prompto has been delegated to the area with phones, computers, and the corresponding accessories. near his station is also the photo developing counter.]

[he sees that you keep returning to a particular shelf with an assortment of electronics. perhaps it's hard to tell what is best out of the whole lot? dressed in the turquoise polo shirt and black dress trousers, prompto approaches with a smile and a nametag on his chest reading "PROM."]

May I offer some assistance?

[fiddlestick]

[ Elliot had only come here to buy some new earbuds for himself, but it's not long at all until he finds himself browsing through the electric instruments with a wistful look on his face. One in particular he has his eyes on is a keyboard that's on display. She's beautiful...and way out of his price range.

He doesn't realize Prompto's approached him until he speaks, causing him to jump in surprise ]

Eek!

►photography around town

[mercurio]

[find prompto around town taking shots of different situations and people. you can find him at the park, casually taking shots of the dogs inside the fenced, dog area. alternatively, he's sitting on a bench, going through the pictures on his camera after a couple of hours of setting up and taking shots.]

...should've brought my tripod.

[he's quietly talking to himself, or otherwise humming an ad's song]

[UNLESS YOU'RE BALTHIER, because prompto's definitely sneaking pictures of something he shouldn't be taking pictures off--and the second he tries to fall back and walk away without being noticed, he crashes right into franklin]

--oof!

[chaoticwhimsy]

[Luna had spotted the guy taking pictures of the dogs and after a few minutes, had wandered that way. She leaned against the fence nearby, reaching a hand over it so one of the dogs could come trotting over to sniff at her fingers.]

Soooo did you ask if you can take pictures of everyone's dog?

[She sounded more amused than anything else.]

'cause some people get reaaaally intense if you take pictures of their dogs without telling them.

[Which she knew. And had gotten yelled at for. Oops.]

►the bodyguard project (faolan & laurent)

[mercurio]

[prompto arrives at the designated thai restaurant he had talked to laurent about. he's excited because 1) he's actually grown to like laurent a low; the guy's a bit difficult at times, but it's not for anything that prompto can't respect, and 2) he wants to get on with his photography project (and bonus 3) he thinks faolan is pretty awesome).]

if you're late you owe me a spring roll

[is what he texts to taunt his buddy]

[anguinous]

[ A Duvere is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to.

It isn't as bright as the heatwave but Laurent is still decked out in tinted designer sunglasses, a pale blue button down shirt with the sleeves folded up a little and a loose jacket over some black jeans which are, unfortunately, beginning to absorb the heat. He's a few minutes early, and lingers outside the restaurant debating if he wants to be early or not before shooting Faolan a sideways look and pushing his way inside. In reality Laurent isn't normally one for something as heavy as Thai food at lunch but that's fine.

He can skip dinner later.

Pulling off his sunglasses he scans the restaurant and then glances at Faolan again, lofting an eyebrow as he scans the room for both threats and the person they're intending to meet. ]

►crow's nest

[mercurio]

Kenny Crow...

[prompto stands, in the middle of the day, before the benched statue of kenny crow, in front of the crow's nest entrance.]

I've heard so many legends about you... What secrets do you keep?

[clearly, he's simply debating if he wants to go in to eat or not. but those eyes are surely looking into his soul]

[usurpers]

[ If there's one thing Eren secretly (scratch that, he doesn't actually try to hide it) likes, it's fast food. Fucking cheeseburgers, man. It's a shame (or healthy) he doesn't eat it all the time, but today is one of those days to test drive the new place. Gotta make sure it's actually a good spot to frequent before taking someone in blindly.

He wasn't that picky with food, just a little picky with the ambient. Kenny doesn't seem to be making a fairly good impression, but there's still inside, and there's still to-gos. Stepping out of his car, Eren makes his way to the restaurant entrance— and catching glimpse of a blond up ahead. In fact, he looks familiar. ]

Ah—Hey, Cloud. [ And bounds up to, uh, Cloud. ]

►physical therapy (terra)

[mercurio]

[prompto's sitting on the steps leading to terra's house, kicking the dust with his sneakers a bit. his phone is out, and he's enjoying the cool weather; sun's out, not a single cloud in the sky, so there's not going to be any surprise rain on them.]

[the door's open behind him, having already announced that he was there, but he's waiting for terra to get ready. finding his family home was a bit of a trick, but he made it, at least.]

Yo, [turning his head over his shoulder] you need any help?

[lingeringwill]

[Casting a shadow over Prompto as he walks out and starts down the steps, Terra grabs Prompto's shoulders and squeezes lightly.]

My legs still work perfectly, so don't worry.

Let's get going, yeah?

►naga memory: lalli

[mercurio]

[what is this old abandoned place? prompto has no idea, and as he stands before it with lalli at his side, in the middle of the night, he's starting to feel his anxiety rising. this is a bad idea.]

...all of a sudden, I don't think I'm brave enough to do this.

[lalliho]

[He studies the closest, graffiti'd wall curiously, not looking over at this other loser's whining. It's not even pitch black... This is ridiculous.]

I'll protect you, [he comments blandly, then lifts his camera to his face to take a picture of the moon's light coming in through slats and highlighting this cracked chair that's randomly sitting here. Come on, Prompto, you fight monsters and have a bazooka. This is nothing.]

You didn't seem afraid of ghosts before.

►MT memory: ardyn & noctis

[mercurio]

[he only knew he would have found ardyn and noctis in the same place because noctis had told him earlier that he had a scheduled meeting with ardyn over class stuff. and so here is prompto, interrupting precious educational minutes, to slam his hands down on the table without much of a hello.]

...hi.

[sorry for the dramatic entry.]

I just remembered something really fucked up. We need t'talk, you guys.

[daemonized]

[Not only is it enough to interrupt whatever advice he was giving Noctis on how to write this one particular essay, but it nearly startles him. Ardyn grips his pen tightly, looking up at Prompto, blinking.]

Prompto?

[What an entrance. He looks over at Noctis briefly, questioningly, as if he might have a better idea of what's happening. Then back to the other.]

...Of course. We're all ears, I'm sure.

►panel unlocking memory: rosalind

[mercurio]

[imagine being in the middle of quantum physics class, way into the 20 minutes of drill practice the professor is making them do to consolidate their learning over some weird new freaky formula and how it works in quantum context (idk about quantum physics holy shit), only to suddenly veer into an unwanted daydream of-- of something that can only be a memory.]

[prompto's actually caught so unawares by it that he stands up abruptly and noisily, a loud question past his lips ("what the hell?!") as he stares at his right hand as if he had never seen it before. his eyes seem clouded, still, by the memory he just regained, taking a while to land back into reality.]

A MILLION YEARS LATER i'm so sorry for the delay

[originallutece]

[At the very least, his professor is someone who understands these kinds of things.

Rosalind pauses midway through explaining something to a duo of girls, taken aback for just a few seconds. But it's Prompto, and she knows Prompto; she knows he's not the sort to shout just to get attention. Coupled with the suddenly glazed look in his eye, and oh, she knows precisely what's happening.

There's a few uncertain laughs, but those quiet the moment Rosalind strides over. Taking him firmly by the shoulders, she steers him towards the door, calling over her shoulder:]

I didn't say stop working. I expect you all to be finished by the time I return.

[A hallway isn't the most private place, but at least it's better than the class.]

►pryna memory: minako

[mercurio]

[they were studying together in the library, mostly because prompto had a bad habit of getting easily distracted and procrastinating. it isn't until he looks up from his notes and laptop, blinking several times, that he seems awash with a sudden... sadness; loneliness.]

I found a puppy.

[his words are soft, because they're in the library, but also because he's not sure how to -- quite phrase what he just remembered.]

[complementing]

[She looks up from her notes, and upon seeing his expression she scoots over closer to him, bringing him into a warm hug. She's not sure what triggered the memory, but his words are an invitation to listen, and so she will.]

What happened?

►courthouse (matt)

[mercurio]

[prompto's photographic endeavors took him towards city hall, where the buildings are modern but keep a rustic architectural vibe to them. but it seems like today his plans are thwarted, considering that there seems to be a lot of press people gathered about the courthouse, and that immediately makes prompto want to go on over to where the action is.]

[it's not so common that he gets to shoot photographs of lawyers and convicted felons and the like. also of photographers and journalists at their most savage, just for a word or two from the attorney.]

[he jumps up a couple of steps from the side, taking on an top-down view of the people and events unfolding. he's just a photography student, surely no one would mind--]

Off the steps.

[that's an officer holding him tight by the arm, disturbing his photographic work]

Woah, hey! [the officer makes a grab for the camera, and prompto's immediately reactive] Just send me off with a warnin', okay? I didn't know I wasn't allowed!

[but clearly this kind of attitude only makes the authority figure want to express more authority. someone intervene]

[blessmefather]

[ Matt had just finished making his statement for the hungry reporters and their microphones and cameras, and had turned back up the steps to get away from the shouting crowd while officers blocked the press from chasing after him. As he climbs the steps he hears one officer scolding someone.

Matt pauses and turns his head to hear better, curious why someone would be in trouble for being there if they weren't part of the press. ]

Everything alright Officer?