Game Inbox - Duplicity

[nocts]

CHARACTER CONTACT ACTION / TEXT / VIDEO / VOICE Noctis here. Got a voice message? Leave it after signal.
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[burstmodes]

[ it's a message that comes in late into the night because he can't sleep, and the stuff cor had mentioned is really eating away at him. maybe he'll get lucky and noct is unconscious to the world. ]

hey
you know i've got your back right
like forever and stuff

[nocts]

[He was just dozing off when the message arrives. The loud ping scared the shit out of him.]

huh
course I know, I never doubted you

[...]

Is everything ok?

[burstmodes]

yeah everything's cool
sorry if i woke you up
just thinking about home and all
you know
stuff like that

[ and how he's forgotten that noctis should be his first priority always. ]

[nocts]

You didn't really

[Not really. And it's not like they never had all-nighters together to play Assassin's Creed]

home huh
what about it?

[There's a lot to think about there. And Noctis won't blame him. Even he forgot his own... well. Just- Noct doesn't blame him.]

[burstmodes]

[ prompto stares at that text like it's a loaded gun, and it's funny that he thinks of it that way when he's better with those weapons than anything else. it doesn't mean he's stupid enough to not be afraid, chewing on his bottom lip as he tries to figure out what to say. ]

just everything ig
like getting back there and i dunno
sorry it's dumb

[ he can't bring himself to say it. he can't type "i'm sorry about lunafreya" or "i'm sorry about me" because he doesn't really know any of that. he doesn't know anything, and that's the scary part about all of this. ]

[nocts]

It's not dumb. I think about going back as well
hell that was the only thing I thought about when I first arrived

but
I don't want to let things pass me by
This place isn't perfect, it's horrible and disgusting in many ways,
but it's been granting me some things
that I didn't dare think about back home

[He stares at the screen- you should know Prom, how his life at the Citadel was.]

You could say I'm stealing time

[Taking it back from Bahamut...]

[burstmodes]

[ it's dumb if he really knew what he was thinking about... ]

yeah i guess you're right
i just don't wanna i dunno
i don't wanna mess up while we're here
i

[ wow, this is harder than he realized. much harder than fake confessing because these are his real feelings. suddenly he finds himself wanting to tell noct he loves him too, but writing out those words seems daunting. ]

you're my best friend
don't forget that ok?
no matter what happens here or back home

[nocts]

[Even if he did know, Noct still wouldn't think it was dumb]

Mess up while we're here?
What do you mean by that?

[Writing it down seems easy enough, but it doesn't carry over the true weight]

of course dude, I'd never forget that
you're like the first
and only
friend I made outside of the Citadel

[There's a small pause where he takes deep breath-]

Don't think about home and focus on what you have here right now.
Because, when we go back - I have no doubt we will - it's going to be a grind like no tomorrow
Got it buddy?

[He... he can't tell him. Especially not over the phone. Such a thing is only to be said face to face.]

[burstmodes]

just with everything yknow?
maybe it's cool to think about stuff here but
what about when we go home
i almost forgot about all of that until cor said something
i don't want you to think i'm not gonna be at your side



told you it was dumb

[ but the rest of what he says... it makes him worry. prompto's always been a worrier, and he can't help but wonder what happened after the other stuff he sort of knows about. ]

we should um
you wanna hang out more when you're not busy?

[nocts]

I know you'd never forget and that by the time we are back you'll be standing next to me
I know you will, through thick and thin

And no, it's not dumb

[This will never be dumb. Not to Noctis anyway.]

And yeah definitively
I'd call you for pizza'n'chill but we're not allowed to order any
idk if there are any pizza places, to begin with
we could make some and marathon movies?

[burstmodes]

[ he thinks it's really dumb, but maybe noct's right. ]

oh yeah well...
i'm pretty sure we could figure it out
but dude
do you really wanna try to MAKE pizza
maybe we could just hang out
like old times

[nocts]

What could go wrong?
It's just dough, sauce, cheese and pepperoni how hard can it be?
Yea definitively
I miss them

[Miss yo--- delete, delete]

[burstmodes]

lots of things could go wrong
lots and lots and lots of things

but yeah let's do it
i mean not right now
it's crazy late





....unless you wanna do it now?

[ he misses him too, and he'd be the first one to admit it honestly. ]

[nocts]

...?
Like bad cheese? Yea that can def be bad

Yea we might give Iggy a fright if you show up this late
he'll think you're sick
come tomorrow afternoon and we'll sit up all night <3

[burstmodes]

yeah sure
bad cheese and fire

[ please remember that prompto isn't even passable in the kitchen... ]

are you gonna be awake then?
i mean we can do it some other time too
i just

[ it takes him a good several minutes to figure out what he wants to say, and even then, it doesn't feel like the best thing to admit. but he decides to type it out anyway because he can't help it. ]

i really miss you yknow
like stuff the way it was before
even back when we were home too
i guess it's just easy to forgot all the stuff you've gotta do

[ because he's the prince, the king, and that overshadows everything he could possibly hope to be. ]

[nocts]

ofc I will be awake
You wanna come over now? I can smuggle you into my room
just gotta be quiet

[He stares at the next message longingly, feeling it in his soul the 'I miss you' part- and the cowardice he felt earlier when he chickened out to send it.]

I really miss you too
and yea, the stuff was simpler back then
I'm sorry, I didn't expect everything to turn upside down like this

I mean it when I say it

My door (and windows) are always open for you

[text] handle: revolutionary

[chief_of_staff]

Looked into the market a little. Just asked questions. I don't think they have any fishing rods.

[text] noct.gar

[nocts]

I thought I said not to meddle with it. There's no such thing as 'just questions' what if they come after you?!

[And for a FISHING rod too! Ignis will murder him...]

[chief_of_staff]

They aren't going to come after me. It's fine!

[nocts]

It's called "black market" for a reason. You just don't waltz around asking questions without stepping on someone's toes.

[chief_of_staff]

I had sunglasses on. It was fine.

[nocts]

I hope it was. Tell me if you get in trouble

[It's kind of his fault]

[chief_of_staff]

I will, but I don't think that's going to happen.

Now, I'm trying to figure out once again how to make a fishing rod.

1/4 i'm so sorry

[burstmodes]

[ so he's got a lot going on, and he quickly pulls up noct's chat box to send him a message. his hand slips. ]

asaklsa
dude

dude are you

you're not gonna believe this I CAN'T

2/4

[burstmodes]

[ nope, this isn't helping. he's freaking out. he sends him a screenshot. ]

are you seeing this??????
this is real right
man i need someone to pinch me
can you just