These days I've been taking that heavy so lightly [Group text; action for Arcrion]

[photoshooter]

[The good news first: Prompto has a job!

The not-so-great news: They're still trapped in another world with no idea where they are, why they're there, or how to get back--or whether there will be anything left of the world if they do. Every time he thinks about his talk with Stella, dread churns uncomfortably in Prompto's stomach, and he can't let go of his worry for Noct, for Ignis, for Eos. For himself. What's happening back home, if Noct's springing Ardyn's trap only to find Prompto not there? Will he be okay? Will Prompto be okay, out here, with no idea how to support this other Noctis by himself?

There's also the fact that Noct appears to be turning into some kind of lion cat, and Prompto doesn't know where to even begin wrestling with that. He's choosing to pretend it isn't happening, as much as he can. As long as it isn't bothering Noct, he can deal.

So Prompto's trying to focus on the positive, for now, and he really does love his new part-time work walking dogs in the city. They're really great dogs, different kinds, big ones and little curly ones and all of them his new best friends. Dogs are so good. Mankind doesn't deserve them. And they leave him plenty of time to take photos and explore his surroundings, though he hasn't had much luck finding out more about those weird cultists who brought them to Eludalsia.

Part of the problem is he's been tired. Taking care of the city's cute puppies isn't really strenuous, but it's like the sun itself boils the life out of him; but then at night, when he could rest, he feels fine. So it's not like he's sick or anything. Reasonably, it must be stress, but he's got to keep it together. He's one of the grown-ups. And he's tired of not pulling his weight.

That said, most of his research has been limited to trawling the weirdly official-like information he can find online on his retooled phone (thanks, Yuusei!), and he hasn't found much.

Today, when the light of the noontime sun is just too much, he retreats to his favorite off-leash dog park, lies down on a bench in the shade, and sends a group text to everyone who took a phone and gave him their number:]

anybody find out anything about some group called the joyous???
when i described the people who summoned us, that's the answer i got. "that sounds like the joyous order." but the coffee guy didn't know much more than that. just that they're a cult and he doesn't think they're ""dangerous.""
if you've got any other intel pls share with the class! thnx!
- prompto a.

[Anyone visiting the park in Arcrion this fine day may come across a familiar blond supine on a bench, one freckled arm thrown over his face, looking a little washed out as a Maltese, a Dalmatian, and a big, fluffy mutt frolic nearby.]

Comments

[photoshooter]

i can make notes when i get home!
orrrr maybe somebody else can
my handwriting's not that great
too bad we can't upload it somewhere and print it out because that'd make things way easier



actually now i have another question

[planetary_bonds]

For now we could simply email the important parts of this message to everyone, at least. Maybe if one of us gets ahold of a computer later, we can see about printing.

Go on.

[photoshooter]

if we're all from different worlds, how can we possibly all understand each other? shouldn't we be speaking different languages?

[corruptedcoil]

A good question. I do not have the Echo, so that is not the answer. (Spoken with the Echo can understand all languages.)

[planetary_bonds]

[...Actually no, you've stumped him on this one.]

That is a good question...You don't think something about whatever brought us here did this?

[photoshooter]

what kind of magic does that? and why? i mean, if they were gonna turn us into god food, why bother letting us understand what's going on around us?

[planetary_bonds]

They could have intended to communicate with us for some reason. Who knows?

[Add another question to the pile.]

[lostcompany]

Holy shit you're right

[photoshooter]

(you don't have to sound so surprised)

[lostcompany]

Didn't mean it like that I promise.

Just didn't think about it before. I've never heard any language that's NOT Japanese, definitely didn't pick up another in the last two weeks.

[photoshooter]

japanese is what they speak in
toekiyo?

- prompto a.

[lostcompany]

Tokyo but yeah.

[photoshooter]

why isn't it tokyoese?

- prompto a.

[lostcompany]

Bc Japan used to be bigger than just Tokyo. Or we just got cut off, IDK, but it's from the name of the country.