Raise a Glass [OPEN]

[lordshield]

Who: The XV Cast and You!
When: June 6th
Where: Curti Center, Jiminy's Juicery (bar)
What: After saving innocents from the Dream Width, some people just need a drink.
Warnings/Notes: Alcohol consumption, possible violence, whatever people do in bars.

Their first foray into the search and rescue business in the Dream Width had been intense, to say the least. Stressful, heartbreaking, exhausting, and enlightening were other words some might use to describe the experience. After a night of rest and a day to somewhat sort things and people out, the next evening brings about a mighty need to head to the local tavern. Some drink to forget, some drink to remember, some drink to relax. There are even representatives of the Bard's Guild providing live music. You can try to make a request, but chances are they don't know your foreign songs.

Maybe you were invited by one of the excitable young men from Lucis, or maybe you came on your own. There's enough room in the bar for quite a few people, so long as they're of age. Sit right at the bar, or pull up chairs around a table, the choice is yours.

[OoC: Make your own toplevel or tag around. Please put content warnings as necessary. Have fun!]

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[chocobosnap]

"I'd be on board with that." Prompto said, slightly desperately. "If we could punch him, I would. He's such a dick." He groaned.

"I told Noct, if they could take me instead, I'm no king...I'm not anything, just...anything but Noct." Prompto pleaded.

Noctis wouldn't hear any of that, but Cor would understand, wouldn't he?

[immortalmarshal]

There's a stricken look settling on Cor's face as he listens to Prompto's words. Were the blonde as old as Cor is, or older, he may not be so distressed about such an offer. But...Prompto's 20, in his prime. Like their young king...other young king.

"No. If Noct's too young to die, so are you. None of you kids should have t'die...that's the whole point." He downs half the second drink in one go, even if the strength of the alcohol makes him grimace a little. "If it's just a matta of takin' a bullet, yeah. I get that. I've done it couple of times and lived. But not this...this prophecy."

He takes a deep breath, and uttered words that he once thought he'd never say: "Fuck the Six. They're not taking you, not over m'dead body."

[chocobosnap]

"Cor..." Prompto breathed because he wasn't expecting that reaction. He shuffled slightly as though he wasn't used to being told such nice things, because he wasn't. The list of people in this world who wanted him was incredibly small.

It made him blush to have Cor claim a spot on that list.

"Noct won't let me anyway." He offered a weak little smile. "I have so many reasons it should be me but I-" He sucked in a breath. He's never done anything of value, he wasn't good enough to be family to his family. "Anyway, we want to make it so none of us die. No one's trying to die. I promise. I just can't lose him."

He knew he was sounding desperate, like Noctis was his world because, well, he was.

[immortalmarshal]

Cor sees that blush, and in his drunken state, he couldn't help but realize that the kid's cute like that. But mostly in a parental manner...mostly.

Still, Cor gives him another head-pat, this one more sympathetic. "I know. I get it. He's that important. We'll find it. I'll help..."

He then sighs and finishes his drink. "Just don't leave his side. Or make him send you away. That's worse..."

[chocobosnap]

"Thanks. I know I'm not....saying things good right now." Mostly, it was because he was intoxicated and he breathed.

"I wouldn't let him. I won't. I'll be ever at his side, I promised." Prompto couldn't imagine Noctis sending him away, he couldn't imagine agreeing to that.

"I just need him to be safe and then...then I dunno. He'd be king?" He didn't know what his future held, he didn't even know what he wanted it to hold.

[immortalmarshal]

"Alive," Cor corrects him. "Can't always keep him safe, but that'z what his trainin' for. Can't be king if he iznt alive."

He gives Prompto a second shoulder pat as well. "S'alright. We'll find da way. Ignis and Regis, they're all smart. So's Noct, when he's not being a lazy ass."

[chocobosnap]

"I can try, can't I?" Prompto asked, because he wanted so badly for Noctis to be okay.

"But yeah, alive. We'll shoot for alive. I just...I'm not ready for him to go."

He sighed a little. "I know. I know he's smart, sometimes."