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[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?

[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!

[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.

[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?

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?

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.]

Edited 2017-09-19 04:41 (UTC)

[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?

[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...

[ 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.

[prompto greets him excitedly, having recently gotten to appreciate motorcycles a lot more than usual.]

Hey, cool bike! Didn't know you had one?

Chocobos are so much better than horses, what are you talking about? Not that horses aren't nice.

[he's quick to amend. he follows after cloud, taking out his phone to make sure he's camera ready]

Besides, you need to properly meet chocobos. They're playful, gentle, and totally lovin' if you're kind to them.

[at the entrance, prompto feels a pang of guilt, but tries to be chill about the idea that sometimes it's okay for others to pay for things for him. if that's what cloud wants to do, anyway. he'll make sure to pay for the greens to feed them with.]

I'll make sure to take loads of pictures!

Gotcha!

[prompto does as prompted once he hears the buzz, and he mentions he's in to the intercom. he hurries forward and calls the elevator, which takes him up to the 7th floor. ]

Pitouuuu--? [he calls, to the door]

Oh, no, just figuring out if he was gonna be here too...

[don't ask him that many questions. he sits down by the edge of the pool, having already removed his shoes, and dipping them in.]

Not that he can't be, and not that he shouldn't be.

--thanks for having me over.

[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.

[Tickets paid for, he briefly thanks to lady attending the booth, before they turn to head inside.]

Well... they're a lot brighter in color than horses. I guess.

[Points for chocobos? Maybe?]

Chocobos weren't... always part of this city, right? Back in February, when all this started, that's when they appeared? Did you just walk up to one because you were curious or something?

[As luck would have it, they're close to a chocobo pen right now! Cloud slowly approaches, curious.]

[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.]

[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.]

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?

[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!

[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]

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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]

[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?

[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.

[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.

[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.]

( catch-all )

►shooting range (tatsuo)

►chocobos (cloud)

►dance date (pitou)

►pool hangout (yoon-sung)

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Re: ►shooting range (tatsuo)

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Assuming this is some time when Prompto is better

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Re: ►shooting range (tatsuo)

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this works!

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►gym

►class/college campus

►electronics store

►photography around town

►the bodyguard project (faolan & laurent)

►crow's nest

►physical therapy (terra)

►naga memory: lalli

►MT memory: ardyn & noctis

►panel unlocking memory: rosalind