Voice | UN: IGNIS

[soupreme]

[A gentle clearing of the throat, and a man speaks in a clipped, poshly accented voice. Every word perfectly enunciated.]

To all fellow unwitting tourists,

What is the singular fact about this city and/or our presumed hosts you wish someone had told you upon your arrival?

Much obliged.

Comments

1/3

[burstmodes]

[ at first, he doesn't think much of it as he's scrolling through the network. it's usually a good way to pass the time, to take his mind off certain things and pretend all is right in the world. and sometimes, especially if it's a video or audio thing, prompto just lets it play so he can listen and do whatever else to occupy his hands.

but it's the voice that holds him up, one he knows inside and out, and his heart jackhammers in his chest. oh shit.

what if it isn't him, though. what if — ]

2/3

[burstmodes]

[ but it could be though, right??? it could be someone he knows from back home, finally here with him. selfishly here with him.

keep cool. keep cool. be. cool. ]

3/3 ( audio )

[burstmodes]

Hey, Iggy. [ he thinks he might throw up from anxiety and excitement both. ] Long time no see. [ wait, no. that's so insensitive of him. he's internally screaming right now. ] I mean, um. You know what I mean. Do you know where you are? Did you just get off the train?

[soupreme]

Prompto.

[Just a name, but spoken with his entire heart.

The relief and comfort Ignis feels upon hearing his voice is impossible to describe.]

I arrived a few hours ago. As for where I am... I honestly have no idea. Some miles East of the train station-- I followed the rising sun.

The sun, Prompto.

I had almost forgotten how it felt.

1/2

[burstmodes]

[ oh man. oh man, oh man. it really is him.

and while that's such a strange thing for him to say, he doesn't think much of it right now. he can't because he's literally freaking out over having someone from home there with him. ]

Yeah, I know. [ just a light brushing off because – ] East? You sure? Stay where you are, and I'll try to find you.

2/2

[burstmodes]

[ after a second, he tacks on: ]

Promise you won't go anywhere, okay?

[soupreme]

[A long pause.]

Prompto... when is the last time you saw me?

[burstmodes]

[ he's already out his apartment door and running... somewhere. prompto doesn't know where, exactly, but even if it takes him hours, he'll find ignis. ]

Well... it's been a few months? Or do you mean when I was home? 'Cuz it was just a little while after you guys found me in the Keep.

[soupreme]

Ah.

[Before they lost Noctis. Before the dark.]

Please do not be alarmed when you see me. I may look different, but I am very much the same Ignis.

And I promise I will stay.

[burstmodes]

[ he isn't sure he likes the sound of that, but he does his best to stay positive. ]

Don't worry about that, okay? We've got this.

[ which is mostly his way of comforting himself as he dashes around the city, calling out ignis' name and wondering where he could be. he tries to follow the directions he's been given, but he's not so good at that when it's vague. still, somehow, even in the emptiness of the city, he's able to spot him in the distance waiting at the corner of a (never busy) street.

prompto stops for a moment, holding his breath. he's... not sure. not really scared but anxious about seeing someone from home. mostly because it's been months, and so much has already changed since then. so much has happened, and he hasn't had noct or any of the other guys around to babble at about it. but this is ignis. it's iggy, and it's that thought alone that spurs him to run towards him, eagerly calling out his name.

and he only gives the other man a second or two to turn around towards him before he's flinging his arms around him and squeezing him as tight as he can. ]

Found you, [ he says, almost immediately choking up with the realization that he wasn't so alone anymore. ]