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My brother and I wanna try DnD for the first time, so I made myself a halfling. God I can't remember the last time I colored something.

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eAmity users ignision_key and piece_by_any_name have their first direct exchange. Things are said that can never be... un-"herd."

piece_by_any_name [7:01am] These “deer” friends of yours are clearly pretty “fawn-d” of you, and I was sort of hoping to take a “stag” at capturing your “hart.” piece_by_any_name [7:05am] ...Too much? ignision_key [7:06am] No, I simply find myself... ignision_key [7:06am] “Awes-buck,” ignision_key [7:07am] By your creativity on the spur of the moment. I believe I’ve been quite “out-doe-n,” in fact. It’s not like me to fall be-hind in a contest of puns. piece_by_any_name [7:07am] Well, necessity is the mother of “in-venison!” ignision_key [7:07am] Well-played.

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Ignis's family is worried about his work-life balance, and the boys offer him a solution only they could come up with: Get a friendly stranger to pretend to be his fake boyfriend. Get all the fun of online dating with none of the commitment. Get his family off his back. Instead of telling them to get lost, Ignis surprises all of them--and himself--by playing along. What Ignis doesn't know is that the guys set "Pax's" account up together, intending to share the effort of Making Iggy Have Fun three ways. Despite his best intentions, he starts to fall for this insightful, easy-going listener who carries nothing of the weight of the crown. What Prompto knows too well is that it's always more attractive to be someone you're not.

fisherprince: so u think ignis should date some1? RespectThePecs: Oh hell no, I think he should get LAID promptothenightfurry: omggGG RespectThePecs: Shake those tailfeathers at a nice peacock, if you know what I mean fisherprince: nononono RespectThePecs: Aw, your virgin eyes. Can’t take a little hypothetical yiffing in the chat, Princess? That’s racist against Prompto fisherprince: ya im changing promptos nick

//promptothenightfurry is now nicknamed noctsbetterfriend//

noctsbetterfriend: awwwwwwwwwwwwww! you do care (●♡∀♡) RespectThePecs: Yeah see, I thought that said “Noct’s butt friend” so your mileage may vary

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An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Cast: Lunafreya/Noctis/Prompto, Gentiana, Ardyn, Leviathan, Pryna, Umbra, others to be added

Rating: T

Word Count: 3708

Additional Tags: Fix-It fic, AU: canon divergence, gods, screw destiny, free will

Summary: Pryna, Prompto, and Gentiana intervene at the Rite of Leviathan and Lunafreya lives to join Noctis's party on their journey. Not only does her presence change things for Noctis, but her connection to the Astrals blows a new path for the Chosen King through the gods' bullshit.

Who, after all, has done all this choosing?

A "Lunafreya lives" fix-it fic featuring Prompto shooting Ardyn in the face three times, good dogs, way more Leviathan than you asked for, some Chocobro bonding, and just a glimpse of Gentiana's long game.

Excerpt: “Gentiana?” asked Lunafreya, and then gasped. A single touch from Gentiana’s finger and glittering lace spiraled over the wound—not ice, not cold, but a sort of light that held it in place.

YOU GIVE HER TIME, said Leviathan, bemused, AS IF TIME MEANT ANYTHING FOR THIS INFINITESIMAL DUST. HER WRETCHED FLESH ALREADY IS NEARLY SPENT.

“I give her the time she needs,” Gentiana answered, rising to face Leviathan without fear, “for I have come to appreciate the passing of years. Of days. Mortal time,” she said, smiling at a Noctis who remained frozen, staring at Lunafreya, “is not so far beyond our grasp.”

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An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapter Cast: Lunafreya/Noctis/Prompto, Gentiana, Gladiolus, Ignis, Camelia Claustra, Pryna, Umbra

Rating: T

Word Count: 5188

Chapter Summary:

In the past, the young Oracle dunks on Ravus Nox Fleuret. In the present, Lunafreya meets Gladiolus and Prompto, Noctis sucks at diplomacy, the five make plans to head north, and Prompto bombs Twenty Questions against a blind man.

Excerpt:

Lunafreya put a hand on one powerful arm and wished, not for the first time, she’d been blessed with strength equal to the need she found in the world. “Gladiolus.”

“Don’t say you’re sorry if you can’t.” His eyes were a steady, warm brown in a face scarred beyond his years. There were more lines now at the corners than she remembered from even Noctis’s most recent pictures. Pain wore so many different masks. “Save your sympathies for those who need it, Highness.”

“Then I will not,” she agreed while seeing all of that need in him, this twenty-three-year-old boy sworn to be unbreakable for his king.

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As they continue to recuperate in Altissia, Noct, Luna, and Prompto go on a picnic while Gladio and Ignis work some shit out.

Chapters: 3/9 Fandom: Final Fantasy XV Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Relationships: Prompto Argentum/Noctis Lucis Caelum/Lunafreya Nox Fleuret Characters: Lunafreya Nox Fleuret, Prompto Argentum, Gentiana (Final Fantasy XV), Ardyn Izunia, Leviathan (Final Fantasy XV), Pryna (Final Fantasy XV), Umbra (Final Fantasy XV), Noctis Lucis Caelum, Gladiolus Amicitia, Ignis Scientia, Camelia Claustra Additional Tags: Fix-It, Spoilers, Gods, Screw Destiny, Free Will, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Politics, Healing Excerpt: This morning, she was dressed down—way down—in his white T-shirt and Prompto’s cargo civvies, pant hems rolled up, hair held off her neck in a messy bun. It occurred to Noct that not once in all the years he’d known her had he ever seen Luna not dressed to be the Oracle. She looked… small, in his and Prompto’s clothes. Human.

“What do you think? Can you make it?” he teased, standing just a step and a half in front of her with his arms outstretched in case she needed catching.

She blew air through her lips and shook her hair from her eyes, fixing him with a look that meant trouble. Then she took those last steps and finished her first long walk without her canes, slumping into his arms. With an exhausted laugh, she pushed herself back with just her hand on his chest, cheeks pink with exertion. “I’ve crossed wider gulfs than this for greater reward, Prince Noctis.”

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A POV-Ardyn story seeking answers to the question, "Why Prompto?" Contains emotional voyeurism by spy coin, Ardyn talking to unconscious people, a deep longing for Lunafreya to return from the war, and the pain of missed connections. (Not for Ardyn, though. Never for Ardyn.)

Cast: Ardyn Izunia, Prompto Argentum, Lunafreya Nox Fleuret

Rating: G

Word Count: 2449

Additional Tags: Canon compliant, spoilers, friendship

Excerpt: No, at Galdin’s deserted docks, a coin in his palm and the as-yet unborn king before his very eyes at last, Ardyn had no way of knowing what the cowering creature called himself. But he could hardly forget a face he’d seen so many, many times before, could he? So as he delivered Noctis his first—the simplest, the palest—challenge to the throne, Ardyn had no choice but to ignore Besithia’s lost, forgotten toy, lest he begin laughing and find himself unable to stop.

They had no idea what they were letting call itself ‘friend,’ did they? Ardyn couldn’t have penned a more delectable twist in their story himself.

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More Airlocked portraits! R2 intermission ones this time