005 | Video

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Name: Prompto Argentum
Date: 2/8
Format: video

[In the background of this video, there's the (relatively) hushed sounds of a certain Sun King's voice, trying to get someone to stop and rest, as she should. He's being met with growls of "I'm busy!" along with some pots and pans clanging and chopping as she’s clearly trying to make Something. It might be a stew? There's still the remains of a varied breakfast and food packages that were just set on the table. Pointing this out does not appear to be much of a deterrent.

While all that’s going on, Prompto just sort of. Gives the camera a Look.]

So, I was going to let everyone know that hey, I'm back, Insomniac Delivery is back up and running, please do not try to eat my chocobo, photos will be back soonish, et cetera et cetera, but Caren dropped some interesting information at breakfast this morning and that takes priority. So.

[Pause for effect. An effect that is likely somewhat spoiled as more extreme measures of putting things on higher shelves is met with highly vocal protests decrying it as an unfair move.]

Apparently Dorchacht used to be a monster city.

[Yet another pause for further effect. And also a drink of coffee because boy, does Prompto need the (sugary, creamy, mostly everything but coffee) caffeine this morning.]

So, according to Caren's...contact? Before Drummond or whoever came around, witches lived in a separate part of the city because they were considered the dangerous ones. They said they treated the witches fairly and I'm pretty sure it'd be hard to treat people worse than how Dorch was when we got there, but, uh, maybe take that part with a grain of salt?

[And of course, in the midst of Prompto trying to explain, he’s interrupted by the menace in the background.]

This also could have been centuries ago so- no, I don't want tea. I don't feel like being drugged today, thank you!

That's not what-- [He lets it go. It's not that important right now. He plucks a ladle away from Caren.] It sounds as though they avoided the consequences of full moons without Bonds, but still engaging with one another.

[Prompto is just gonna ignore all that going on in the background. This is important. And also Ozy can handle Caren better than he can, let’s be real.]

They also told Caren about where Monsters and Witches came from, according to Dorchacht's lore, and what the Cwyld is...sort of. At least why it's a thing.

It's different from what they tell us here. According to their story, the Sisters freed the monsters from the True Fae and...Ozymandias! Don't put my knives there!

[And there she goes, back into the background. Specifically, onto the counter to save her knives. Her efforts are near-immediately spoiled as Ozymandias loops an arm around her middle and tosses her over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes.]

You're only going to confuse everyone worrying about something like that right now. If you’re not going to rest, at least focus. [He brings Caren back into view, setting her down, but keeping a firm arm wrapped around her. It would probably be a very nice hug under other circumstances.] What Caren was trying to say is that the True Fae then angered the Sisters by teaching humans magic. Thus, they created the Cwyld as punishment for their insolence.

Prompto, I trust you can manage from here. I'm going to remove the temptation to continue trying to cook.

[He barely waits for an answer before opting this time to at least princess carry Caren.

Prompto, meanwhile, stares in utter bafflement as they go off because that sure is a Witch princess carrying a freaking Chimera. Just for a moment, though, before he turns back to the watch.]

Yeah, what Ozy said. Anyway, uh. That was a lot, but there were other things Caren’s contact mentioned, but this is already pretty nuts so...any questions?

[[Prompto, Ozymandias, Caren. All three are available for questions!]]

Comments

[whomthebelltolls]

It will not be the first time I've seen a godlike being dead. They're not usually so important as they want you to think. [Though sometimes, they're worse. That's not what she's here to talk about though, haha curse, what curse.]

[clickclickbang]

Still doesn't mean killing them is a good idea. Or that it should be the first idea, anyway.

[whomthebelltolls]

That is your opinion; and one that would get you killed in my world. Either way, it is worth it to look into the origins of these moon goddesses, and what else they've gotten up to. Especially since the True Fae are buried so deep in the Cwyld that they aren't in much of a survivable place, if they're even still alive at all, and the moons hang right above our heads.

[clickclickbang]

At least we agree on that. Either the True Fae are super dead, or they might as well be. Space travel's gotta be easier than trekking through the Cwyld.

[whomthebelltolls]

Yes, I was there when Smugha Cave was cleared. It was... quite the endeavor, and even now remains a small bastion of hope surrounded by death and danger; and it is barely within the doorstep of the Cwyld. To find its heart...

... But... just as you worry about what destroying a moon god may do, do you worry about what happens when you find that heart of the Cwyld? Or the True Fae?

[clickclickbang]

Nothing good, I'd guess.

[whomthebelltolls]

And yet, we continue expeditions deeper into the Cwyld; teasing at a fate we know not of. Because it may also hold the secret to how to stop its spread and save the small pockets of civilization that do still exist. Do we not?

[clickclickbang]

Yeah...? Your point?

[whomthebelltolls]

Is there a difference to what may be unleashed on the world if we free the True Fae - assuming they're alive - and what may happen if we bring down a god, assuming there even is one to bring down?

[clickclickbang]

...no, because those both sound bad?

[He's lost.]

[whomthebelltolls]

They do. You realize you've disseminated information which is going to make people curious, and thus want to explore deeper into the Cwyld to do just that, correct? Just as it piqued my interest in perhaps seeing what can be done about the influence of the moons.

Not that giving information is bad. Knowledge is power, of course. But curiosity is yet more powerful. And not every link taken to its conclusion will end well for people. [She has killed people for prying into things they shouldn't before. She has died for it, too. So like. Skewed perspective, but there it goes.]

[clickclickbang]

I'd hope people will be smart enough not do digging too far on just this.

[whomthebelltolls]

... Have you met the other Mirrorbound? [She isn't even being sarcastic.]

[clickclickbang]

...I'm being optimistic, okay.

[whomthebelltolls]

[Prompto has unlocked the achievement: Make Maria Laugh. This has like an 8.2% achievement rate, and is ranked silver.] At least you are aware. Still, it's interesting information to have. Where did you all come by it? Simply talking with the dragon from Dorchacht?

[clickclickbang]

[Woo!]

Yeah. Caren's been befriending them and asking questions when she can.

[whomthebelltolls]

I see. So it does seem that Drummond's grasp is at last finally dissipating... well, unless she stages a grand return. But that's a different conversation. This could prove to be useful - if we can find the commonalities in the histories between what cities are left in this world, we may yet ferret out the truth.