collection of all those asks in one convenient place
okay first we got this ask
GHOSTOFBEACONHILL
I'm in the mood to crush my heart, so I got to thinking about promptis! Specifically, promptis during the 10 year separation. How Prompto is the last one that finds out that, even if Noctis comes back, he needs to die to bring back the light. How Gladio and Ignis are so hesitant to tell him because he's one of the few things that help them keep going on in their current hell world. And how Prompto swings between denial of what is about to happen and heartbreak.
Oh…oh man…definite heart-crushing material right there. The idea that Noct might return really is the one thing keeping Prom going, but…the other two aren’t sure about telling him. Ultimately, they decide that it won’t be fair for Noct to be the one to break the news when he returns–that would put too much more on him, and they don’t want to.So they decide to tell Prompto a few years before the ten. Prom is grief-stricken. If he gets his best friend back, his love, he’s going to lose him for good the next day? That’s just not fair. He’s also probably a little hurt that they didn’t tell him for so long. That causes a spat between them, but Prom isn’t thinking in his right mind at the moment.Now I’m torn between this super depressing acceptance and Prom going on a journey to figure out how to keep Noct alive. He’d make a damning deal with the Astrals if that was the only option.
And then:
GHOSTOFBEACONHILL
To continue with the heartbreak scenario and taking what you said, what if Prompto goes searching for ways to prevent Noctis having to sacrifice himself just so that everyone else can survive? What if, while searching, he loses complete track of time and isn't in Hammerhead when Noctis arrives? What if he is so invested in trying to save Noctis that he misses ... everything?
Oh I see you aren’t done hurting me. I see.
That would devastate Noct. He wants to see Prom so badly, but he’s not there when he arrives at Hammerhead. Of course, he’s really happy to see Gladio and Ignis, but they’ve got this look on their faces. And…well, when Noct looks over their shoulders for that spike of blond hair, Gladio tells him that it’s just the two of them. They aren’t sure where Prom is, haven’t kept tabs on him since he up and left without a trace.
Noct needs all three of them for support before what he’s about to face. He doesn’t know that Prom is off trying to save his life; all that’s apparent to him is that Prom isn’t there. Maybe he didn’t want to handle seeing this moment. Which Noct can understand, but doesn’t he deserve a bit of selfishness in his final hour? Doesn’t he deserve to have a proper goodbye?
Aight you’re the master of this so tell me: does Prom find the answer? And if so, what does it cost?
Then it branched off! This is the “Prompto forgets timeline” under the cut
GHOSTOFBEACONHILL
Alright then. *cracks knuckles* So, Prompto is visiting every place he knows that have significance to either the Royal family or the Astrals and is investigating every nook and cranny, trying to see if maybe they missed something. Nothing. Absolutely nothing. But Prompto is nothing if not stubborn and determined, so he keeps searching. On his stop to the Greyshire Glacial Grotto, he runs into Gentiana who asks him why he is not with the King of Kings (1/?)
And Prompto tells her about his journey, about how he wants to save Noctis’ life while still saving everything else. Gentiana warns that Bahamut, the Sword Keeper, will not allow it; that the line of Lucis Caelum will end with the saving of the world. Prompto screams and shouts at that, saying that what was the point of watching him, protecting him … loving him if he was set to die anyway?! He blurts out everything about Noct he loves and cherishes and Gentiana (2/?)
is moved. This human, this special human, loved the King of Kings just like she had loved the Oracle, even if in different ways. She reveals herself as Shiva and she informs him that there is a way. She tells him of the location of the Dawn Mother, Eos, and where he could find her. But warns that there is a price. Prompto, the idiot in love that he is, states that he would pay any price for Noctis. Any price at all.
Okay okay okay. Okay. I’m very bad at the logistics and explorations of Eos, so I applaud you for bringing in those details. Magnificent.
NOW. After this magnificent display of love and ambition, Shiva’s directions only spur Prompto further. He still doesn’t know that Noct is back right now, but…it’ll be okay. It has to be, if he makes this journey and strikes up a deal. He’ll do it for Noct, because he does not deserve to die.
I’m gonna keep this relatively short (otherwise I’ll write a whole fic pff), but Prom actually does it. He finds the Dawn Mother, and he pleads, begs her to spare the king. He’ll do anything, he says. She won’t take his life instead, since his is not on the same “importance” as Noctis’. After some negotiating, she’ll settle for his memory of Noct. Love is a very strong force, after all. He wakes up out in the countryside, maybe near Hammerhead, with no recollection of how he got there. That day, Noctis finishes off Ardyn for good, but Bahamut does not claim him.
The next morning, there is confusion, and there is a sunrise. Noctis has to search for Prompto.
GHOSTOFBEACONHILL
Let's first go with your idea that Prompto forgets Noctis. As I mentioned before, without Noctis, Prompto would have not met most of the people he knew, so they also were removed from his memories. And with so many memories being blanked out, his mind has to come up with alternates that make sense. Enter, the MT training remnant. Or at least, what his mind would assume was the MT remnant. It would explain why his memory is fuzzy, why he was outside of Insomnia and how he survived so long.
Ooohhh…I see. So he thinks he’s an MT now? Like, fully? Does that mean he’s going to think that he has to attack when Noct eventually finds him?? Oh man oh man oh man.
GHOSTOFBEACONHILL
Continuing the Prompto Forgets (now called PF for brevity), Prompto is so afraid that his MT training is kicking in and slowly consuming him and our sunshine boy does NOT want to hurt anyone, so he sequesters himself away from people, to keep everyone else safe. And the real kicker is ... no one is sure if Prompto is even still alive. By this point, everyone is sure that if he could have, Prompto WOULD have come back to Noct and the only reason he hasn't ...
I can definitely see Prom reverting to the little he remembers in his confusion. So much of his life is entertwined with Noct’s, so there’s not a whole lot for him to go on. Of course, that just makes people assume that he didn’t make it. Maybe Noct even thinks he’s mad at him for being gone for 10 years. Meanwhile our boy Prom is hiding out in the middle of nowhere to avoid what he thinks is his purpose in life. Ouch.
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