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Prompto Argentum ([personal profile] clickclickbang) wrote in [community profile] aefenglom2020-02-08 09:56 pm

005 | Video

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!]]
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[personal profile] digiorno 2020-02-09 04:18 am (UTC)(link)
[. . .]

What the fuck.

[THIS IS INSANE—]
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[personal profile] digiorno 2020-02-09 04:20 am (UTC)(link)
Don't put her knives there. What kind of lore is this, exactly? How was it described — as myth or more like history? How many years ago was this curse supposed to have taken place?
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[personal profile] hippocarnival 2020-02-09 04:37 am (UTC)(link)
Wait, does that mean that the spell affecting all their memory is lifted? [That's a relief if so.]

What about humans that weren't witches when it was monster run?
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[personal profile] foundfamilies 2020-02-09 04:44 am (UTC)(link)
Isn't the Sisters the name of the moons? How do you anger a moon?
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[personal profile] sealeted 2020-02-09 04:52 am (UTC)(link)
Is that why there are so few Fae around now? ...did the dragons often them in the story too?

[Hakuno's been doing a little research.]

Also, are you alright, Caren?
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[personal profile] faithlikeaseed 2020-02-09 05:02 am (UTC)(link)
[You know, even if she's being fussy, it's good to hear Caren's voice like that. Myr's going to sit here and savor that while he parses through the rest of the information given.]

The True Fae?

The ones we ran into in the dream last month?

[Then a quiet huff.] Maker's breath--that bit about what Dorchacht had been... It's no wonder they came out as they did when we found them.

[A story anyone paying much attention to the disputed place of mages on Thedas had reason to worry about.]
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[personal profile] digiorno 2020-02-09 05:19 am (UTC)(link)
Can you at least put them back where you got them once she's asleep? [Giorno this is wildly not your business.]

Oh, is that who it was? Interesting. [Um. Hm.] Oral history then, maybe. I don't suppose we know if Dragon's father is still living?
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[personal profile] fiddlestick 2020-02-09 05:23 am (UTC)(link)
[ ... 💧. Well, bless Ozy and Prompto for trying to look after her.]

That's...quite a twist on what Dorchacht used to be, though I question how "fairly" isolating the witches was...

[Though yeah. Probably still better than the hellscape Drummond had created]

If the dream we had last month was about the past, that confirms at least humans didn't originally know magic. But...the fae there seemed less interesting in teaching humans magic as just enslaving them.
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[personal profile] fulgency 2020-02-09 05:39 am (UTC)(link)
She can have her knives back once she has rested. Do not question Pharaoh's judgment, Giorno.

It did sound as though he had passed onto the next life. It sounds like these were stories told to Dragon as a child.
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[personal profile] fiddlestick 2020-02-09 05:40 am (UTC)(link)
Compared to what the monsters were subjected to under Drummond, I suppose anything lesser would seem fair.

[So yeah. Not gonna harp on the monsters of dorchacht for that]

It was one of those shared dreams. Monsters were wild and much larger, humans were very primitive and hated magic, and there was a village of Fae that kept human slaves and would have chimeras fight in fighter pits for entertainment.

Can't say it was a great dream.
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[personal profile] fiddlestick 2020-02-09 05:47 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah...

I have a feeling there's seeds of truth in their story about where it all started, but the rest is embellished.

Still, it does seem to be a trend that Cwyld is connected to the Fae somehow.
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[personal profile] fulgency 2020-02-09 05:54 am (UTC)(link)
Do gods and goddesses exist in your world?
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[personal profile] digiorno 2020-02-09 05:57 am (UTC)(link)
I just think it would be annoying to have someone rearrange your kitchen. That's all I'm saying. [A beat.] Ozy.

[There it is.]

Do we have any idea how old Dragon is exactly?
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[personal profile] fiddlestick 2020-02-09 05:57 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, the Fae normally seen in Aefenglom are "Lesser Fae" because they have human somewhere in their bloodline. True Fae....don't have any human lineage, I assume.

And I'm not sure. Maybe whenever they got tired of them being jerks?
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[personal profile] fulgency 2020-02-09 06:03 am (UTC)(link)
Ozymandias.

[No, he's not answering the question.]
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[personal profile] showsnopiety 2020-02-09 06:03 am (UTC)(link)
It's my kitchen.

[Thank you Giorno! SOMEONE IS ON HER SIDE GOSH.]

No, that didn't come up in the conversation. They did say their father has passed away.
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[personal profile] digiorno 2020-02-09 06:04 am (UTC)(link)
Right, that's what I said. Ozy.

[CAREN'S GOING TO TALK TO HIM NOW YOU CAN'T STOP HIM FROM BEING A SHITHEAD]
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[personal profile] showsnopiety 2020-02-09 06:04 am (UTC)(link)
They seem to remember that much at least.

But it was only for witches. As they put it, witches were the dangerous ones, not the humans.

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