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Name: Prompto Argentum
Date: 3/2
Format: Video

[Once again it's Prompto, coming to you live from his watch! Only this time he's not in the kitchen surrounded by loud people, but in the stable! With a chocobo. Who is trying to groom him. Still better than the last video he sent out.]

So, the full moon's pretty early this month and last month I saw a lot of people asking for help with the whole "turnskin" thing. I can only help if you're, y'know, a dog, but I saw like three last month so...anyway, some quick pointers-slash-tips for suddenly finding yourself with a tail and a chocolate allergy.

[He misses chocolate.]

Which that's the first thing--it's not always the case, but like. Don't go nuts on the chocolate or the coffee or the onions or whatever until you know it won't make you sick? Maybe nothing'll change and you can eat everything you want! But don't risk it. Start small. Get meds from a pharmacist just in case.

[The chocobo "kwehs", like she's agreeing. Prompto reaches up to pet her beak.]

Also tails? They suck? But there's plenty of places that make pants for people with tails so love yourself, get pants with tail-slots or get used to skirts. Don't be me and be wearing regular pants when your tail comes in. It sucks, and then you can't sit down the entire day. What else...get used to shedding, your tail will out you so just accept never being able to hide your emotions ever, you'll get used to the smells and the sounds but maybe get a face mask and earplugs until then, there can be some weird changes you never think about until they happen trust me I've been there, congratulations on your silver allergy...oh! And packs!

Surprise! All of us turnskins are turning into pack people. Even the bears. Even if you don't like people normally, you're gonna be way happier with a person or two. You know how cats sometimes just have their human? Get a human. Or a vampire. Or a dragon. Or--you get it. This isn't just the bond stuff, this is "I feel like crap, why do I feel like crap, oh I spent an hour out shopping now I feel better" stuff. Get a pack. Love your pack. Just don't do the cat thing and bring live mice to your pack unless they like that sorta thing. Heck, there's enough of us canine turnskins that we could probably be pack, if people want that.

[And he's rambling! And he's starting to think this was a bad idea so he's gonna wrap this up now.]

So...yeah. Advice from a guy who's been here for nearly a year! Ta-da!

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no? not unless you piss one off.

Prim, the bird in the video with me? she's a chocobo!

....That thing?

[ Look, Felix has seen plenty of weird shit here, he wasn't immediately going to question it. ]

What the hell do you need a bird that size for, anyway? Other than maybe a stew big enough to feed a small army.

[Fair.]

most worlds have horses

Eos has chocobos

So... same basic function as a horse, but with feathers. You mean like a pegasus. It does fly, doesn't it?

no. wings aren't meant for it.

[ Look, Felix's familiarity with flightless birds of a certain size is severely lacking. Has he ever seen an ostrich? No. You're blowing his mind, here. ]

If it can't fly, then what is the point of having one?

riding? ye olde pack animals? I told you, Eos has 0 horses

0

none

nada

zilch

the only thing we have are spiracorns and those things are murderbeasts

But it's a bird.
Why in the world would I trust an overgrown chicken with my life? It'd have to be even more skittish than a horse, wouldn't it?

dunno. horses aren't a thing, remember?

Right, right, I got that part.
Does she... serve as a decent mount, at least?

I mean I have fun riding her and I'm pretty sure they were used as mounts back when armies like

needed mounts

...Since when does an army not need mounts?

[ Prompto, if you tell him cars are a thing you're going to blow his medieval mind. ]

[Guess what.]

since cars and air ships and drop ships became a thing

[ Okay, he has no frame of reference for what a car looks like, but more importantly— ]

Air ships? You can't mean—
You have ships that can fly?

yeeeep

granted they're mostly used by the Empire to move troops but Aranea has one we were using to get people to Lestallum. most people use cars or trains

[ The mention of troops is a sobering thought indeed, and Felix suddenly finds himself much less enthused at the idea. ]

...I don't think I like the idea of a world where war is waged with the ability to move troops through the air in such numbers.
These cars and trains, though. They're used by civilians?

Edited 2020-03-11 01:04 (UTC)

yeah it kinda sucks. the war not the cars

cars are AWESOME and I had a bad experience on a train so those are less awesome but still awesome

I'll... just take your word for it, then. I'm still not sure I can wrap my head around what you're talking about, but I assume the goal is speed in either case.

yep. way faster than walking or riding 'bos

and yet you keep the chocobo around anyway. does she at least make herself useful, here? I haven't seen much of anything like you're describing in this place.

yeah, I run my delivery business with her

...You run a delivery business?
Tell me—do you know much of the local business establishments in the city?

I know what we've got more or less yeah

Fireproofing. How do they go about that here? I need fireproof targets for... a friend of mine to practice on.

dragon fire or like

magic fire

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