Prompto Intro ~ OTA

[kings_knight_rocks]

Open/locked?: Open
Who: Prompto and whoever finds him
What: Arrival in Auradon
Warnings: Possibly some panic attacks/flashbacks? Nothing graphic though


The figure out on the quad stood out from the snow in the all black ensemble, neither the colouring nor the short sleeves particularly suited to the weather, though his light hair and white feathery wings did a much better job. Anyone would be able to see just how confused he himself was to be there. Confused, and none too happy either.

Prompto had no idea how he got here. Or where ‘here’ even was. The chill and the dusting of snow definitely wasn’t a Longwythe feature, neither was the- was that an actual castle? He looked around, trying not to let panic creep in just yet. But a second assessment only proved that this was, in fact, not the rocky plains near Longwythe Peak. It appeared to be a well maintained yard. From what he could see under the snow at least. He was glad for it. The weather brought memories of a different tundra, but the architecture here was all wrong.

The bigger issue, he was realising, was that Noct and the others were nowhere to be seen. He looped his camera strap around his neck and pulled his wings close in an attempt to keep warm. “Noct? Iggy?” He spun around again, squinting against the glare of the sun off the snow. “Gladio?”

This wasn’t good. He reached for the familiar pocket of space of the Armiger, looking for his phone, but all his hand met with was empty air. Oh, really really not good.

“Okay. This is fine. Totally fine. I just need to not panic. Yup. I can do that. Not panicking.” He took a deep breath and turned towards the castle. Hopefully there he’d at least be able to get out of the cold, if not find someone who could tell him where on Eos he was. He fluffed his feathers, hugged his arms over his chest, and started walking.

Comments

[hotheadwarmheart]

"Well aside from it just being.... the only other place with people at the moment, it's because people can just appear there too the same way they do here," Lea said. "And if the supply situation here is tight, it's a lot worse over there, since conditions there were pretty bad to start with. Since the Isle is technically under Auradon rule, it's the kingdom's responsibility to keep it up. Which... admittedly they weren't doing a good job of before, but now that King Ben's in charge, he's serious about changing that, even under current circumstances. There's also a standing offer for anyone on the Isle to be able to earn their freedom by proving they've turned over a new leaf. Kids from there get something of a free pass though, albeit kinda on probation."

[kings_knight_rocks]

He'd paled a little bit. "Well, I'm glad I showed up over here. I hate to even ask, but... Kids? In a place like that?" He refused to think about the uncomfortable familiarities. His situation had been very different- still was very different. At the end of the day though, Cor had probably thought something similar all those years ago. He shook the thought off.

[hotheadwarmheart]

"Yeah," Lea said, clearly not any fonder of the idea than Prompto. "The ones who are actually native to this world were mostly the result of how the Isle was set up. Men and women weren't kept separate, and with not that many entertainment options available... yeah, kids were kinda inevitable."

"What wasn't inevitable was them being left there, which I still don't get. There was some stupid idea about evil being genetic or something; whether people actually believed it or it was just an excuse, I don't know but that, as far as I know, was the official line. Ben realized how dumb that was, but by that point the kids had been spending years going to actual schools and being raised by parents that literally teaching them to be as evil as possible, so there were.... issues with getting the Isle kids integrated."

"Currently, people get dropped either here or on the Isle kinda at random; that includes kids. People who've done evil things or have dark pasts seem more likely to arrive on the Isle, but we've got no way of knowing what the actual criteria whatever spell or force or whatever is making the determination uses to decide who ends up where. If there even are any."

[kings_knight_rocks]

"That's so messed up." Look, anyone could see the faulty logic there, there was no reason to analyze that train of thinking compared to his own situation. He was genetically different. And he also wasn't going to go down that train of pondering. Especially because, if what Lea was saying was accurate, it made no sense he'd end up here instead of on the Isle.

"You said 'randomly', has the spell not been right before? Besides the kids I mean."