Eyuzi System Mingle

[lord_wizard]

Who: Everyone!
Broadcast: If you like!
Action: The planet Lyuku, the Iskaulit, and anywhere else you want
When: Sept 1 to Sept 28

[After a rather short time adrift, the fleet is finally in range of another planet. Small, peaceful, and colorful, there is plenty to do and explore.

Maybe it's enough to forget that vague feeling of unease.

Or not.]

((SYSTEM INFO))

Comments

[this_loser]

[So you understand the value of hard work! Or peddling stones, which is more dull than hard, but still makes pulls in some dough.]

See! Falling can be a good thing, yeah? [He ... has no idea why Noctis is smiling. And he's lost some of his costumers, so thanks for that.]

A variety of mysterious, magical stones from ... um... [Shit. He looks around for that cheat sheet he'd been peeking at. Oh well.] Somewhere. Far away. And magical. Anyway. Different colors do different things.

[He leans on the counter between them with a sigh.] I'm just trying to earn some extra. Photography is an expensive hobby, you know.

[He kinda just, ignores the last part of what Noctis said, glancing off the side somewhere. He can't just ask his rich, royal best friend whenever he wants something...]

[starless_sky]

<sub>[He understands the value of sleeping in a nice bed and killing things and making people safer. Hard work still isn't in his vocabulary and you oughtta know that by now, Prompto.

Oh, don't be so put out, he'll buy something to make up for them leaving.]</sub>

Well, I'm magical and from far away. You ought to advertise me. Maybe I can make the stone seem more authentic.

Hm. What are you looking to get, do you need a memory stick or another camera? <sub>[He needs to remember for your birthday anyway, dude... Prompto can ask for anything. What the hell else is Noct going to spend money on? Besides food provisions for the ship and things for Luna?

Speaking of his beloved wife, he fishes a unique item out of the display. A bracelet with a crescent moon and two star-shaped beads on it. He almost gasps when he lifts it off the table.]</sub>

Is this yours? Dude... how much is this?

[this_loser]

[Two sides of the same coin, then. Either way, to gain a thing, a thing needs to be done.]

Awesome. Maybe I can get a commission for selling crystals touched by a prince from another galaxy.

I always need more memory. [He runs out of space way too quickly, and it's such a heartbreaking hassle to go through his photos at the end of the day and choose which ones need to be forever trashed.] But the camera is fine. Hermione enchanted it, so I'd hate to replace it. I was looking at some new lenses though...

Huh? [He looks at the trinket Noctis had found and picks through his memory.] Ten credits.

[starless_sky]

<sub>[Hotel beds though... he couldn't sleep on the ground all the time. The tent wasn't enough, even though Gladio talked about roughing it like it was so great or something.

At Prompto's word he slid his hand over all the crystals on display with a smirk.]</sub>

Gotta help you make some credits back, I think I ran some people off. _{[He hated not picking all his photos each night too but he never outright rejected them. He just... noticed the ones he loved and let Prompto do the rest. He knew he deleted some but he had no idea it was such a struggle for his friend.]}

She did? Hey are she and Ignis... a thing now? I saw them talking at the wedding. A lot.

Wait, just ten? Come on man, help me help you out. You sure you got the price right on that? How much are the lenses you want?

[this_loser]

[Hotel beds were nice. And baths. Running water in general.

He snorted at Noct's actions, rolling his eyes.]

Thanks. I'll make a fortune now.

[Most of those photos were of his friends, and of moments they were never going to get back. He didn't want lose any part of it.

He shrugs.] I dunno? They seem like they get along well. [He doesn't know if hand kissing equals "a thing", though. Or if Ignis is just old fashioned.]

Lenses are a ton more than a trinket bracelet at a corner booth. [He knows what you're doing.] And for that, the price just dropped to five. Friendship discount.

[starless_sky]

<sub>[And air conditioning... don't forget that. Camping in Leide? Too damn hot during the day then too damn cold at night. He'd curl up in the middle of their huddle in the tent and shiver between Ignis and Gladio, the fucking human furnace.

He grins.]</sub>

I really put my aura all over them so it's totally a selling point now. Weren't you going to peddle photos of me or something? I distinctly remember that.

That's good for Specs anyway... he could use a girlfriend.

_{[he looks at the trinket bracelet in question. Sure it wasn't the most priceless piece he'd ever seen but he knew his wife would like it. That's enough for him.]}

So... maybe I can find you a lense for your birthday, what kind do you want? And this is totally worth fifty, don't try to sell yourself short.

[this_loser]

[Air conditioning was a life saver. But camping wasn't the worst. It was fun sometimes? At least they were all together.

He's going to have to make a sign now to advertise the enchanted, and now marked up stones.]

Maybe I decided to keep them for myself.

[He hums thoughtfully.] As long as he's happy.

[He gives Noctis a flat look. The bracelet is hardly worth fifty. Also, this is not how haggling works. They are doing it backwards...]

Fine. I'll take twenty for it. And ... I dunno if I wanna have a birthday this year.

[starless_sky]

_{[He had fun memories camping... Ignis' cooking, their campfire stories... just them and their own rules, sleeping in and staying up late. Prompto's photos... it was so intimate then. They were in their own world. He could never recreate that and he could get nostalgic for those times if he thought about them long enough. ]}

Oh good, that's... less creepy I think? You should make an album of all of your photos. For all of us.

Ignis deserves it after everything he's been through. _{[Basically raising Noct and being his mom for so many years...]}

Good. Glad to do business with you. So... why no birthday? Did you not like my party or Luna's?

[this_loser]

[Prompto makes a face, followed up with a laugh.]

Dude. I didn't mean it like that. [He hummed thoughtfully.] That would be a huge album. But ... I could do that. Gotta finish your wedding album first though. [Yes, he's still working on that. It has to be perfect.]

Yeah. He does. [Maybe he should tell Noct Iggy was macking on more than one girl at the reception...

He slips the bracelet into a little bag before handing it over.] What? No. Your parties were great. That has nothing to do with it. I just... [He sighs with a frown.] It's nothing. Never mind. I'm overthinking things.