Stones of Farspeech - to Shion and Prompto seperately

[suspecteverything]

 ((OOC:  Both Shion and Prompto will get separate messages that are nearly identical.))

Are you alright, chizzi?  Are you safe?

[There's an underlying edge of fear in Jules' voice that Shion and Prompto can likely pick out since they know him relatively well.  It's not something that is evident very often, if ever.  In this case though he's legitimately afraid even though he's trying to hide it.]

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[want_to_belong]

[Things had been hectic, and he'd been so caught up with the new arrivals and the creatures, on top of Noct coming, that he was surprised when he suddenly heard a familiar voice.]

Jules...?

Yeah, I'm okay. Tired, but okay. And you? I haven't seen you.

[suspecteverything]

Good. You're somewhere safe?

[See him pointedly ignoring that question about him? Yeah, he's good at that. He doesn't really have a great answer to that question either, so it's just more incentive not to talk about himself.]

[want_to_belong]

'Safe' might not be the right word, but I'm at Denny's with Noct. We're gonna try and hold out through the night. Maybe try to move in the morning.

Are you at the lighthouse?

[suspecteverything]

Holding out doesn't exactly sound promising.

[Not that he's doing a heck of a lot more than that.]

Where? No. I'm at my monkey nest.

[want_to_belong]

It's where Gladio wanted everyone to meet.

[And he didn't fight that. Best that someone gave everyone some directions. His tone became more alarmed, though.]

The monkey place? Did a bunch of people go there, too?

[suspecteverything]

Nope. Just me as far as I can tell. I live here.

[And he'd rather try to defend himself from somewhere he knows.]

[want_to_belong]

Dude. Not safe. These things can do some serious damage if they catch you off guard.

Think you could make it here? I think maybe we could hold out for the night, with people taking turns defending.

[suspecteverything]

Hell of a lot safer knowing I can put my back against the wall and nothing is going to unexpectedly stab it when it's supposed to be protecting it. I'll take my chances with the enemies I know are enemies.

[want_to_belong]

...You don't think I'd stab you in the back, do you?

What's gonna happen when you need to sleep? It's not safe to stay all alone.

[suspecteverything]

There are very few people I'm 100% positive won't stab me in the back. Well... probably not even 100% to be totally honest.

I've stayed awake a long time before. Spent years running for my life from literally everyone with no safe haven. This isn't nearly as bad.

[want_to_belong]

We don't know how long this is gonna last.

You'll come over here when morning comes, right?

[suspecteverything]

Minsid hell, why would I do that?

[want_to_belong]

Dude, two of my friends are already on another island and I can't get to them tonight. I don't want all my friends to be totally separated and not know how anyone is...

[suspecteverything]

[Well, if that's not a stab in the heart Jules doesn't know what is.]

It would really mean that much to you if I were there?

[Can he handle protecting himself from a bunch of unknown people on top of all of this? He has no idea, but if Prompto asks...]

[want_to_belong]

[He was, if nothing else, a good boy who worried about his buddies. And he wasn't too manly to say it.]

Yeah. I'd feel a lot better. At the very least Noct and I are here, so we could watch each other's backs.

[suspecteverything]

I'll consider it then.

[want_to_belong]

Thanks. I'll keep a spot open and save some food for you.

[Because who knew how it would go down this time. They might not be able to collect food very well for a bit.]

Take care out there.

...You still suck at being an asshole.

[suspecteverything]

[Jules won't be eating any of that, but at least Prompto won't go hungry that way.]

Sure. Whatever.

[savedbyasong]

Dagger! I'm so glad to hear from you. Are you alright? Where are you?

[He sounds tired and a bit frightened but genuinely relieved to hear from him.]

[suspecteverything]

More worried about you, really.

I'm in the monkey nests. It felt pretty fortified until all this shit went down.

[Now, not so much.]

[savedbyasong]

I'm fine, you don't need to worry about me. [That sounded bad, that sounded like they weren't so well fortified now.] Have they gotten into your home? Do you need help?]

[suspecteverything]

Are you insane? Of course I'm going to worry about you.

[Whether he needs to or not isn't going to change that.]

A few. I'm just not going to trust sleeping tonight.

[savedbyasong]

A lot of us are at Denny. If you can make your way over....

I know you don't like lots of people but it really is safer together.

[suspecteverything]

There are enough things trying to kill me right not without adding people who, in theory, are supposed to be helping me.

[savedbyasong]

No one is going to kill you. I'll watch out for you.

[suspecteverything]

Thanks for that sentiment, but that's not a risk I'm willing to take.

[savedbyasong]

Okay [He hadn't really expected anything else.] Well if you do need anything just let me know. I can come to you.

[suspecteverything]

Love how you're apparently completely okay with being out there by yourself, but I can't be.

[savedbyasong]

I'm not by myself.

[suspecteverything]

Not sure that makes it better.

[One person risking their life for him is bad enough.]

[savedbyasong]

It does.

Be careful.

[suspecteverything]

Always.