video;

[punshots]

[ Cue the video feed, which begins with a way-too-close-up of Prompto's face. What can be seen of his face, which is mostly just his eyes and freckled nose, looks excited as hell. This is sort of an impromptu broadcast, but he can't not share this. This is a big, big moment for him.

Everything is about to freakin' change. ]

Heyaz! It's ya boy, Prompto. [ ......... ] Uh, so, y'know that special magic chalk you can get from the Ware Wolf guy? Oh, shit, is that supposed to be on the DL? A-anyway. I got some of that biz, aaaaand now — well, I'll just let it speak for itself.

[ The video then turns away from Prompto's face and to a chalk drawing on the ground: a near-complete rendering of a chocobo inside of circle. That's it. It's literally just a poorly-drawn chocobo inside of a circle, with a bit of its tail missing. It'd been near completion when he decided to share this monumental moment with everyone he possibly could, and he still holds a piece of the chalk in his hand, ready to finish off the last of the drawing. Let's all beseech the summoning gods to not bring forth a chocobo as disfigured as the one that Prompto drew, but its shape is at least recognizable to those who are familiar with the species. ]

Bam. Check it! If this actually works, I'm gonna be the proud papa of a brand new chocobo! One that's alllll my own! But I'll let you guys ride it, if you ask nicely.

[ Anyway, enough chit-chat, it's time for action!!! As he squats down near the drawing again, the feed catches him drawing the last bit of the chocobo's tail. For a moment that stretches into eons, nothing happens, but then —

There's a flash of light that temporarily blocks out anything from come through on the video, but as it begins to fade, there is the distinct, unmistakable sound of a kweh.

In the center of the crudely-drawn-but-apparently-effective summoning circle stands a majestic, bright yellow chocobo. ]

Holyyyyyyy shit! It actually — a-are you guys seeing this? It actually worked! Holy shit, he — she?? She's beautiful, have you ever seen a more fluffy, sweet, perfect animal in the whole wide multiverse?! C'mere — wait, what am I gonna name it? I gotta name it —

[ ...The chocobo turns and starts to trot away. Bye! ]

— aaaand it's leaving. Okay, uhhhh, leave me some name suggestions, look forward to my 24-hour livestream of chocobo life coming at'chu soon! Crap—

[ And the video feed cuts off as he breaks into a run to catch his wayward son or daughter. ]

Comments

[kayssistant]

I know what you mean. Even if you're not gonna commit any crimes, "partners in crime" just sounds really cool!

[Kay...]

[punshots]

[ God bless. ]

I'm so glad you get it! Wish there was a way to say it without sounding so...illegal. I don't wanna do any crimes.

[kayssistant]

I don't either! But "Partners in Heroics" doesn't have that same ring to it.

...What about Partners in Not-Crime?

[punshots]

...I dunno if that quite captures it. It's like...too obvious, y'know? Maybe we could be Partners in Time.

[ Don't ask him what that would signify, though. ]

[kayssistant]

In time for what? It sounds like you two are gonna be time travelers.

[Too late, she's asking.]

[punshots]

[ .......... ]

Maybe we are! I mean, getting to Lunatia at all is kind of like time-traveling, right? Time-traveling and world hopping. Like that show with the guy who flies around space in a telephone booth?

[ You know the one!! ]

[kayssistant]

[Oh, she's heard of it.]

You have a point there! And that show has a lot of guys time-traveling, just like how there's a lot of us here!

[punshots]

Exactly! So, like, in a way...aren't we all partners in time?

[ Dude, this is badass. They should get shirts. ]

[kayssistant]

We are! I think we're more than partners at this point...we're a big ol' club!

[Those are a LOT of shirts, Prompto.]

[punshots]

Hell yeah! ...Though "Club of Time" doesn't have the same ring to it...maybe it can be the "Partners in Time Club". Yeah.

[ Yeah.......... ]

[kayssistant]

...Hmmm, then maybe we should just stick to "Partners in Time".

[Less letters. Less fuss.]

[punshots]

Yeah, I'm thinkin' that'd be for the best. We'll sell more shirts like that.

[kayssistant]

But wait, let's not forget the most important part of selling shirts!

[An almost dramatic pause.]

What color would they even be?

[punshots]

[ Oh...oh.

This is a very important question indeed. ]

What color seems the most "timey" to you? I'm thinkin', like...maybe purple?

[kayssistant]

Purple...hmm, I don't know why, but it could work.

[If only because she can't think of any other appropriate time-traveling color.]

What about black?

[punshots]

Always classy! Black's pretty formal back where I'm from, though. Do we wanna go in full formal on our time traveling club?

[ He's not opposed, for the record. ]

[kayssistant]

Maybe not too formal. I don't want to time travel in a too-frilly dress!