Room 303; Saturday Afternoon [05/25].

[hashtag_chocobro]

Well, this week had been one hell of a ride, hadn't it? Prompto always did have a problem with getting all wrapped up in his own head sometimes, but last weekend and the events that followed meant that he'd been mired in even deeper than usual. And, in light of certain events, he found himself in a situation where he couldn't just ignore and avoid certain people for their own damn good. Which meant that he'd have to do the other thing to do when things got like this, the thing he didn't really like to have to do, the thing he tried to avoid at all costs, but the more he thought about it, the more he realized that it was the right thing to do.

He really needed to talk about it.

And since treats always made talks easier, he remembered an unfulfilled idea to go get milkshakes at some point and latched onto that. Of course, getting around the island was a pain in the ass for nearly everyone except Sidon, and while the thought of commandeering Sidon for a trip had crossed his mind, he didn't even know whether any of the good milkshake spots in town were flooded or not, and he didn't want to bother with figuring it out when he could just make milkshakes himself and his room would be more private for all this crap, anyway. So, with more trouble than there should have been (he decided to blame class yesterday, somehow. After blending all those CDs, blending milk and ice cream and fruit seemed suspiciously smooth-going), he managed to make one strawberry one for Nina and one banana one (he was going for a yellow color, which he did not really get, but whatever), found fancy glasses to put them in, even whipped cream and a cherry (thanks, mysteriously accommodating refrigerator!), and then brought them back to his room where he could take a picture and send her a text:

If you're not up here in five minutes, I'm totally drinking your milkshake.

He figured that would do the trick, so he settled in comfortably on the floor, leaning against his bed, contemplating sending her a picture every minute or so with a little bit of her shake sipped away each time to prove that he was serious.

[[ mostly for the one, but can be open if anyone wants to swing by after Nina! And the fact that they met to talk about stuff is a-okay, but if the nitty-gritty deets of the convo could be NFB, I'd greatly appreciate it, squirrels! ]]

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[hashtag_chocobro]

"Mine," Prompto clarified easily. "I mean, I assume with Vette's, it's a lot of stuff about trying to get her home, right?"

Which was definitely a nice can of worms just sort of sitting there, but he really felt he was in no position at all to open that one...

[bookbeltof_love]

"Yeah," she sighed, the sound a bit frustrated. "I can get myself to her home, but I haven't figured out how to get her there yet. Vette mentioned having Sidon try talking to the Portalocity people next."

Which Nina kind of desperately wanted to see. The Portalocity people tended to avoid her these days.

"For yours, honestly, all I've really started looking at so far is basic world history," she said tilting her head back. "And some gossip rags, because those are always fun no matter what. But I was looking to see if... if I could find a reason that your future world was in such a bad state. Like, always, in both the past weekend and when your kid showed up... But I don't know anything about your world, so I figured the best place to start would be the beginning.........."

[hashtag_chocobro]

Prompto was quiet for a moment, a thoughtful, debating sort of pause where he was clearly going through a few things. "If you can," he finally said, slowly, "you'll want to look into daemons, maybe....more about what they are and where they came from, but good luck finding much in Insomnia. You should have probably gotten a Nif card instead, that's all their territory. And I dont know what happened in Lucy's timeline, but, in this last one....the details are all fuzzy, but...the world pretty much ended. Everything got dark and the daemons took over after Noct....I...really don't remember what happened, but he was gone, and then, like, ten year's later, he came back, but just long enough to..."

His brow furrowed. Why couldn't he just remember? For sure?

"I think....I think he died, trying to set things right. And...it worked, everything did go back, the daemons were gone, we even got Sidon to send Zora architects to help us rebuild Insomnia, something like that...but everything before...

"Anyway," he shook his head a little, "maybe start there. With the daemons..."

[bookbeltof_love]

"I'll start with the daemons," she said, though she had so many questions, about things he said he didn't remember, about darkness and daemons and Noctis saving everything but dying in the process...

"Not just for saving you," Nina said, "but for saving Noctis too, and your world."

Because Prompto loved his home and Noctis was his best friend.

"I can get a Nif library card."

How, exactly, she wasn't sure. She didn't even know the name of any of their cities. But thanks to Ignis she knew how getting a library card and, she was pretty sure, it would be similar in other countries.

She'd probably have to come up with another last name, though...

[hashtag_chocobro]

"I dont even think they have libraries," Prompto admitted with a faint laugh, which sobered up pretty quickly with a realization. "But...they do have research facilities! AND you can probably use the data on my barcode to get in! It....granted me access, when...we were all at one, at some point, but I can't....remember why, but I could use the barcode to get into places! Maybe the code is enough to access stuff remotely! But...I mean..."

He trailed off a little, the excitement waning.

"Then you'll really have to be careful, Nina. You don't want to mess with Nifs. If they found something out, who even knows what they could do?"

[bookbeltof_love]

"Hey," Nina said gently, nudging him. "I know it sounds big and scary and it would be terrible if I got caught, but..........."

She studied her hands for a moment.

"Like, the best way you can help me out is help me figure out the technology of your world," she admitted. "Because, Prompto, the spying is what I'm good at. That's... that's my job. It's just, my world doesn't have all the tech you guys have, so.......... that's my biggest concern."

That wasn't to say she was at all comfortable with the idea of being hunted down, tortured, imprisoned or killed. But those were all threats that she would face at home, too, if she got caught.

[hashtag_chocobro]

"I can definitely help with the tech," Prompto assured jer, since that was easier than thinking about the fact that it was big and scary and probably a terrible idea. "I know the tech..."

He...was the tech, in a way.

A grin surfaced, a little easier, now. "Maybe, I'll have to plan a trip home. I wanted to talk with everyone about this, anyway, I just wasn't sure how, but, maybe, if this means we can convince the Crownsguard to do a raid, we can find what we need, you know? We did a lot of raids, once I got out of here, and they're pretty helpful. And there's Hunters, too, they might be helpful if I can't convince the Guard to do anything yet..."

He knew how crazy it would sounds if he brought it to them, but who knew?

[bookbeltof_love]

And wasn't trying, and failing, better than not trying at all?

"They might even have some knowledge already," Nina said. "Stuff that wouldn't be accessible to the general public. Like, that would make sense, in a war that that sort of thing wouldn't just be paraded around. Anything would be helpful, at this point."

She smiled.

"Besides, like, it would be a tragic summer if you didn't get to go spend at least some of that time with your boys, wouldn't it?"

[hashtag_chocobro]

"Oh, yeah," Prompto snorted a little. "Just how I'd want to spend the summer, too, skulking around Niflheim miliary bases and research facilities, and risking the entire Crownsguard thinking I'm crazy. Perfect summer. Ten out of ten."

He's still do it, of course, but he'd probably just start with Gladio and Iggy and Noct and...maybe go from there.

[bookbeltof_love]

Nina giggled.

"I didn't mean that part," she protested. "Though, like, it doesn't sound like a bad vacation to me............."

She was, after all, the one who'd thought it'd be great fun to spend a week in a monster infested castle SO.

[hashtag_chocobro]

"I think you need to take more vacations," Prompto decided.

Not that he was anyone to talk, considering his summers up until recently mostly just consisted of video games, fast food, and photography.

Which wasn't bad, really, but they did seem a little lame once he'd realized just how much else there was out there to see and do.

[bookbeltof_love]

"Where would you suggest I take a vacation to then????????????" Nina wondered, amused and also honestly curious.

Was there, like, a super great vacation spot she was missing?

[hashtag_chocobro]

"Well," said Prompto, grinning a little wistfully now as his head tilted and he looked up toward the ceiling a little, "all the water here right now had gotten me thinking about how I've always wanted to visit Altissia. Travel there's pretty hard with the war, but I bet we could figure out how to get a portal. And you and Vette still have to come visit Insomnia; there's no lack of things to do there, believe me, but we might have to figure something out with Vette. We don't really have anything like Twi'leks on Eos that I know of; would make it hard to keep a low profile, y'know?"

[bookbeltof_love]

"And Vette doesn't really like not being herself," Nina said, frowning a little. "So it'd be really unfair to ask her to disguise herself as a human or something for a vacation."

For an emergency rescue, now, Nina would have zero issues asking Vette that and, she was pretty sure, Vette would do it. For an emergency.

She grinned, though, and held up her phone.

"Bet I could get us a portal to Altissia, though, no problem."

[hashtag_chocobro]

And Prompto took a second to look at Nina's phone being held up like that, grinning before rolling his eyes. "I could just go and do that too, you know," he said. "But maybe I'll just let you do it. Wouldn't want to deprive you of the satisfaction."

[bookbeltof_love]

"Yes, but could you get the portals for free??????????" she asked sweetly. "Because I can!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

It was totally a bribe, on Portalocity's part, to try and make her go away.

[hashtag_chocobro]

Prompto quirked a brow at her. "Free, huh?" he asked. "How'd you pull that one off? Mercilessly badger them about a discount until they just gave up and went all in?"

[bookbeltof_love]

"Rude!!!!!!!!!" But she had to laugh, because that wasn't that far off either. "And, no, I'll have you know that I spent, like, ten days," literally, "badgering them about Vette's world!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

A beat.

"This was an attempt to make me go away. It, like, did not work, but it's really nice of them??????????"

[hashtag_chocobro]

And now Prompto was eyeing Nina a bit speculatively, half wondering exactly how much time she did spend in the Portalocity office, assaulting those gnomes with punctuation and demands.

"How long do you think you've got," he postulated, "before they realize it really isn't working and they revoke it because what's the point if you're still bothering them?"

[bookbeltof_love]

Nina flapped one hand at him.

"I've, like, hardly bothered them since they gave it to me," she said airily. "They did give me what I wanted, after all, and so long as I keep contact with them to a minimum, I rather think they'll just leave it as is, since they don't want me to come back!!!!!!!!!!"

Nina. Nina, that was probably not a thing you should sound proud of.

"And, like, the local office here never had much to do with me????????? They just passed me on up and up and up the line. The big bosses probably do not want me barging in on another board meeting................."

Yes, she'd done that.

[hashtag_chocobro]

And it was...all too easy to picture that, really.

And, since Prompto hadn't been there nor was he a big boss in any sense of the word, it was impossible to picture it without a chuckling a little.

"You're a certifiable menace," he informed her, "you know that?"

[bookbeltof_love]

"If they'd given me what I'd wanted in the first place I wouldn't have had to go to such lengths," Nina protested, though she was grinning. "Like, I was very polite about it, right up until the end, since barging anywhere isn't that polite................"

She shrugged a little.

"And, I'll note, that you're stuck with me!!!!!!!!!!!!"