Smol child Iggy
Smol, smol child Iggy.
Baby Iggy in a tonberri onesie.
One of baby Iggy’s first word was “please”.
The next was “thank you.”
The next was “Sowwy.”
2 y.o. Iggy imitating the adults’ formal dances with his moogle plush toy as companion.
3 y.o. Iggy was denied having a pet.
3 y.o. Iggy adopting a rock instead.
3 y.o. Iggy always keeping his rock’s water near it in case it gets thirsty.
3 y.o. Iggy sad cause Lord Petram Lapis Ishi Iwa the First is lonely and sad.
3 y.o. Iggy adopting a stick so it’s companion to his rock.
4 y.o. Iggy falling and scrapping his knees.
4 y.o. Iggy’s crying, attend him. ;_____;
4 y.o. Iggy attended by Lord Clarus because mama and papa Scientia are too busy.
4 y.o. Iggy forcing himself not to cry while he’s being healed and trying to fake he’s fine because “papa says I shouldn’t cry cause that’s going to make me dumb.”
4 y.o. Iggy crying when Lord Clarus plants a hand on his head and looks at him with furrowed eyebrows because “and not crying will make you a coward. You don’t value intelligence over honor, do you?”
The person that the Citadel’s doctor sees most is child Iggy…
…because smol kid Iggy insists on bringing him injured animals.
“DOCTOR IGAKU, this dog has a cut on her paw :’(”
“Doctor Igaku, I found this kitten, I think she’s sick. Could you please help us?”
“Doctor Igaku, I think this butterfly is sad. It’s not flying :’(”
“Doctor Igaku, I found this baby bird that fell off its nest, I NEED YOUR HELP.”
Smol kid Ignis appears at the door hugged to a big frog.
“Ignis, son, I’m very grateful for your attention but I’m not a vet, I’ve told you…”
“Yes, but there is no royal veterinarian. Look at him, he’s hurt. Please, do something, Mister Igaku. He can’t hop, and a frog that can’t jump is a sad frog.”
5 y.o. Iggy writing a full paper with the most formal and the smartest words he knows and sending it to the king.
It’s a petition to hire a “Royal Veterinary” because “The frogs and worms and dogs and kittens and birds sleep and eat and play here, so they live here, and that makes them Insomnian citizens too and they too have rights of health.”
Back to 3 y.o. Iggy.
Cor walks on in Regis carrying 3 y.o. Iggy in the middle of a hallway nearby the garrison zone of the Citadel. Iggy has a bath robe and the hair wet and he’s looking a bit sad.
“Ah, Cor" the king turns to Ignis “Perhaps we could ask him for help? He’s a very brave man and could deal with the situation for us.”
3 y.o. Iggy is very embarrassed and insists he doesn’t want to bother anyone, but Cor still asks what the matter is and if everything is in order.
“Cor, I’ll ask you to guide this child back to the guest’s bathroom his family uses when they need to stay overnight and help him. Bring your sword.”
“Y-Your Majesty, is everything in order? Is there any danger?”
“Tell him, Ignis.”
It takes 3 y.o. smol child Ignis a whole minutes because he still doesn’t want to bother THE Immortal Cor.
“…there’s piranhas in the tub.”
Regis is smiling when Ignis is not seeing him.
Cor does accompany Iggy back to the bathroom.
He locks the door behind himself and DOES pretend to be hitting something.
“I got rid of them all. You can bath in peace, kid.”
3 y.o. Ignis is SO EXCITED but won’t say or show it, because damn, Cor the Immortal just got rid of the evil invisible piranhas of the tub FOR HIM.
Smol kid Iggy playing nurse everywhere.
He’s been taught to grow into some sort of second-hand and helper of any situation, so he’s taking it seriously and plays nurse and mom everywhere he goes.
“*gasp* Oh, no. Lord Clarus, you look a bit blushed. Do you have a fever? Let me- could you come down for a moment? I can’t reach your forehead- thank you. Hmm…hmm…you feel fine, mister Amicitia, please take care, you’re very important to the king and the kingdom.”
“*gasps* Oh no, Gladiolus, are you okay? Be careful, you could have hit your head. The floor is a bit slippery, we should check you didn’t hurt your knees, let me see. Hmm…hmm…they look okay, are you okay?”
“*gasps* Oh no, your Majesty, you have a cut on your finger, oh no, we should- we should call for the doctor, and don’t worry, look, we hold your finger like this so it doesn’t bleed and- I know it’s not bleeding anymore, but we should take precou- preque- precautions, your Majesty, you’re so important, we should- my father has a pair of gloves, I could ask him for them and then I can give them to you and then the paper won’t cut you again and you’ll be okay.”
“*gasps* oh no, the baby’s crying, I should- the prince shouldn’t be crying, can I- what if he’s hurt, can I carry him? I’m four, I’m a big boy, I can carry him, the queen used to do like *motions* when she carried him and the king is busy, so it’s up to me now, right? Can I- let me carry him, he’s so small, he shouldn’t be crying :’(”
“*gasps* Oh no, mister the Immortal, you have a bruise on your face, are you okay? Come on, let’s go to the kitchen, they should have ice, and it’s closer than the doctor’s office and the doctor is busy, and I want to help, that bruise will get bad if we don’t do something.”
“Ignis, kiddo, I’m fin-”
“You sit down here and I- *climbs up another chair* and I apply the ice and it’ll be okay.”
By the way:
Smol kid Ignis thinks Cor’s last name is “the Immortal”.
Hence “Good morning, Mr. the Immortal”, “Good afternoon, Mr. The Immortal”, “do you have a Mrs. the Immortal, sir?”
A younger smol kid Ignis also used to think “your Majesty” was Regis’ name.
This means Ignis thinks Regis’ full name is “Your Majesty King Regis Lucis Caelum the one hundred thirteen.”
Smol kid Ignis practiced saying the name daily for three months to get it right and from heart.
Smol kid Ignis avoiding all puddles he sees.
Mama told him to always stay perfectly clean in every inch of his body because he’s being educated by royalty, so the least he can do is look presentable and the best.
Smol kid Ignis getting super angry when smol kid Gladio stomps in the puddles for fun.
Smol kid Ignis learning he’s growing up to be also a tutor to the prince.
So smol kid Ignis is super nervous about it and tries to rehearse on his own.
Smol kid Ignis basically breaking down in front of the king when he went tell him that he’s “not worth teaching your son, I’m just 8 and I’m not smart enough.”
King Regis making space in his schedule, even though the rest of the week will be extra super tight on him, so that he spends an evening in a room all alone with Ignis; he asked smol kid Ignis to “teach me what you learned in algebra the other day. I don’t understand it, and I’m king, so I should learn, right? Can you teach me, son?”
Regis SO knows algebra, but he will never be more grateful he asked for this, because
Smol kid Ignis extra super damn excited because he’s teaching the king himself, “I’m super smart! The KING himself came to ask me something, I’m so smart! :)”
Smol kid Ignis growing confident because of that.
Smol kid Ignis hugs every book he sees and thanks it for existing.
Smol kid Ignis hugs the trees and thanks them for existing.
Smol kid Ignis apologizes to the rocks he accidentally kicks.
Smol kid Ignis puts his hands to his cheeks and says “Oh no!” if he accidentally drops something.
He does that too when the most unimportant thing goes wrong.
It’s concerning that he overworries so much, but honestly the “*gasps* oh no!” is adorable, dammit.
5 y.o. Iggy meeting other kids that try to bully him.
5 y.o. Iggy delivering a mean comeback and learning words and information can cause greater harm than kicks or insults.
5 y.o. Iggy is the devil, he just discovered his brilliant strategist mind.
Smol kid Iggy growing up into having to read a lot and enjoying to read through dictionaries.
Oversmart kid + dictionary + the mind of a child = that’s how he grew up turning into the Master of Puns.
Smol kid Iggy will ask for Regis when he’s hurt.
Scrapped his knee? Kid Iggy can stay sat there, quietly crying because he doesn’t want to bother anyone, and when you find him he’ll cry harder and sob “M-mister your m-majesty…”
Only way Ignis will stop crying is either you leave him alone (wrong!) or you get Regis to comfort him.
Even though he’ll stay hugged to the king, smol Ignis will still apologize to Regis because “you should be working, your Ma-Majesty…”
Regis has always gladly changed work for comforting this little creature made of angel tears and purity.
Smol kig Iggy asking the royal chefs every now and then to bake some cookies or muffins.
Smol kid Iggy going around the Citadel gifting a cookie or muffin to the people he sees.
Smol kid Iggy using his save-ups to pay the chefs.
The chefs used to refuse it but it’s kid Iggy, you can’t say no to something like that because “it will stain his honor”.
Smol kid Iggy gets overly excited with some things he likes, but he’s too terribly, excruciatingly shy, and fears that adults may think he’s behaving like a baby, so he tries to hide his excitementwhen he sees something he likes.
There we have a smol kid Iggy seeing a moogle mascot; smol Iggy proceeds to grin and brounce over his feet, before his shyness wins and he just half-hides behind his adult in charge, embarrassed.
We have the luck that most of the adults in his charge know him well enough to recognize when smol Iggy is shy about what he likes, so they encourage him to have fun and that it’s okay.
Smol Iggy hugs the Immortal every time that Cor takes him out for a fun day.
Smol Iggy is so used to stay at the Citadel and study, he really, really, really appreciates it when someone takes him out.
“Thank you, Mister the Immortal… :’)”
Smol kid Iggy pets smoler kid Noct constantly.
He pets him to comfort him when he’s sad, to cheer on him when he does something good, or to thank him.
Whenever smol kid Noct is scared of the monsters under the bed or in the closet, it’s smol kid Iggy who checks for him.
Smol kid Iggy is TERRIFIED of those monsters…
Smol kid Iggy is sometimes almost crying as he checks because he’s so scared.
He won’t tell Noct how scared he is, though. Smol kid Iggy checks despite his fear because he wants Noct to feel safe… :’)
Smol kid Iggy hearing the queen passed.
Clarus walks on in a pair of guards arguing with child Ignis nearby the king’s chambers.
“Stop, stop, what is this mess?”
“This kid wants to go into his Majesty’s bedroom without permission.”
“Ignis?”
“The queen has passed, right? So that means she’s in peace, but that also means her side of the bed is unoccupied, right? So your Majesty will have, from a night to the next one, all that space for himself, but he’s not big enough to fill the bed on his own, but nobody except the queen should be sleeping with him, but he also shouldn’t be so lonely in such a big bed, so I only wanted to leave my moogle in his room so that the empty space is occupied when he comes back and so that he has some company. Moogle is not a queen, but he also isn’t a person, so I thought he’d like it.”
“…oh. And…wouldn’t you miss your moogle, Ignis?”
“Of course I would! But the king must miss the queen more than I’d miss my moogle. Also, my bed is for one person, and the king’s bed is for two, so it’s silly we both sleep in one bed and the king sleeps alone. Also, I don’t want the king to be sad, and moogle can help. He’s a good listener”
Dammit, the guards let him through.
How can you deny him?
He’s like 4 but he’s so smart and uses that intelligence to do things like this.
HOW.
WHY.
HOW CAN HE BE SO SWEET *the guards are crying*
I’d try to write more adorable things, but to be honest Ignis is a pretty damn tragic character and I’d have to get terribly off canon just to see him smile, ahahaha ////3
Edit: This was the first of the “Smol kid” series; I didn’t write it too seriously and didn’t know I’d make it a series, so it’s the shortest. I’d like to write more for Smol child Iggy sometime soon. Hope you enjoyed that’s here, nonetheless. :)
SMOL KID IGGY.
He’s life. He needs cuddles and protection. Give them to him.
Here’s smol child Noctis.Here’s smol child Gladiolus.Here’s smol child Prompto.