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

[punshots]

[ Don't worry, Luna, let your inner chocobo fanatic free, Prompto won't tell anyone. Except Noctis, and probably Ignis and Gladio, too. ]

Th-thanks! I, uh, managed to catch up with her, sooooo all good there! [ FOR NOW... ] You ever own a chocobo, Luna?

[petparent]

[ so everyone, got it, he can't be trusted. ]

Not one of my very own, no, I cannot say I have ever had the pleasure. There were chocobos available for use in the stables, but none were my own.

[punshots]

Really? Huh...guess you were already pretty well covered in the pet department with Pryna and Umbra. Plus chocobos probably don't work as well as, like, secret messengers.

[ Like, he loves chocobos as much as anyone, but they are not especially subtle. ]

[petparent]

Oh I love them with all of my heart, but I certainly could not ride them across Eos.

[ not unless they have some secret ability to become big doggo mounts which would be great, and maybe they do, but they have not disclosed this ability to her.. ]

[punshots]

[ If only they could do that, but alas, wrong FF game for big doggo mounts... ]

I guess chocobos should stay chocobos and messenger dogs should stay messenger dogs. But since they're already here, what would you use the chalk to bring to Prismatica?

[petparent]

[ at least there are pryna and umbra minions.. sort of ]

Me? Oh, I have no idea..

[ she doesn't really think about material things that she wants!! ]

Anything I could ever want or need is already here.

[ all the things she could ask for wouldn't be possible with this chalk.. ]

[punshots]

[ Yeah, probably not gonna work if you draw a cartoon Ravus, sorry, Luna. ]

You wouldn't even want some fresh fries from the Crow's Nest?

[ ...Has she ever been to the Crow's Nest??? ]

[petparent]

Oh, that might be worth it! I have never tried them, but Noctis told me so much about the Crow's Nest.

[ SO NO.. she hasn't been.. she traveled plenty as oracle but she wasn't allowed to be Unbecoming and publicly eat diner food. ]

[punshots]

Wait, wait, back up a sec. You've never tried fries? Like, just from the Crow's Nest, or, like, ever?!

[ IS THIS GOING TO BE A FRIES ALL OVER AGAIN ]