it’s hard to stand on both feet ff7
prompto grew up a rich plate kid. with both of his parents hard working shinra employees, his dad an executive, he spent the majority of his life tucked between the sector 5 borders. though prompto wasn’t exactly excited to step up and work for shinra himself, he wanted the approval of his already frequently absent parents, and begun to take the time to learn things about business and rubbing elbows with higher ups.
he didn’t enjoy it.
his first trip down to the slums was taken completely by an act of rebellion. he honestly hadn’t expected to go anywhere, just hopping on the train without telling anyone had been enough for him, but when it had stopped at the sector 7 slums he’d found himself getting off. with nowhere to go, he found himself drawn to a large bar in the center of the slums. too young to drink, he settled for water, but he did eat a few rounds of food, mostly because he felt bad for taking up a seat for so long.
it wasn’t the last time he went. he became something of a regular, attracted to the colorful, friendly atmosphere. eventually, he became acquainted with tifa. and then her friends.
and, next thing he knew he was an official member of avalanche.
he couldn’t do much when it came to the actual missions. he was too nervous to ( not for himself, but for his parents. there was no saying what would happen to them if he got caught ). but, he found himself helping in other ways.
prompto was a familiar face in the shinra building, and so he found himself passing on codes, maps, intel, anything executive level and below that he could get his hands on.
he was there the night the plate fell, hoping his expertise with his weapons of choice might help turn the tide a bit. it didn’t, and prompto barely escaped with his life.
unable and unwilling to go back home, he just wants to find his friends, and whatever he gets wrapped up in, he’s happy to be by their sides.
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upon arrival in nibelheim, the investigation of shinra manor was a must. upon flipping through a few books & notes he discovered project 05953234. the number of one of several clones in a project already considered a failure. a clone who was given to a childless family of shinra employees to monitor & study it’s assimilation into a normal, functioning society. that clone was prompto.
his parents didn’t know he had been a CLONE. but swore to never tell him of his adoption. he didn’t want to believe it, but several things clicked into place. the frequency of his visits to the shinra building, his constant training & near obsessive levels of monitoring of his education. he’d thought his parents wanted him to learn how to defend himself & wanted to keep records of his schooling for themselves.
but no, shinra wanted to know, wanted to keep tabs on him without him knowing. wanted to see if he would be involved in another FAILED experiment.
he doesn’t take the news well, but it also gives him the drive to CONTINUE on the journey.
