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[brotograph]

Call Me Out

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[brotograph]

Same! That would have been before we were ever born. [ things have been getting bad for a while

he watches before laughing and following after ]

You can get them to jump, too! You flick the rein up!

[dms]

[ flick the reins... he tries, but the chocobo just keeps on running like nothing happened. ]

...Did I do it wrong?

[brotograph]

Huh? Let me see. Try it again, baby. [ he's going to watch him to see what he does. ]

[dms]

[ can you believe i wrote this tag earlier but apparently it didn't send and now it's lost forever

anyway he tries it again, but it works this time! the chocobo leaps into the air! kazu yelps in surprise and clings to it as it drifts down. ]

I don't know what I did differently?!

[brotograph]

[ he has to raise a palm to his mouth to keep from laughing. sorry baby he knows you're doing your best ]

Maybe the bird was feeling a little jump shy at first? Good job! You can have them jump when you want a little bit of a speed boost.

[dms]

[ it's fine, kazu can laugh at himself, too. ]

Or maybe it just wanted to play around? I got the fun chocobo, obvs!

[brotograph]

Playing hard to get. [ he's going to stroke his own on the neck ] How are you feeling? Want keep to the track a bit longer or good to hit the road?

[dms]

We can go! There's no better way to learn than on the way, right? And I trust you not to let me eat dirt.

[brotograph]

Alright! Let's get birding! [ he'll flick his reins and start heading south! ] Let me know if you need a break. There's rest spots that are covered in runes to keep all monsters and daemons away.

[dms]

Is it really so far that we'd need it, though?

[brotograph]

It's not that far, but it is your first time here. Might feel a lot further than it is.

[ they also might take some detours. ]

West of here is where Titan was snoozing before he was woken up. He's another one of those Astrals. You can see his crater from here actually. See the spikes way in the distance?

[dms]

I'll be fine! It can't be that bad.

[ famous last words

shielding his eyes from the sun, he squints out to look. ] Yeah, I see them. A crater, though? These astrals of yours are really into wrecking things, aren't they?

[brotograph]

I think that's partially from the meteor. He has a big meteor on his back that he caught a long, long time ago. [ they only teach vague-ish stories to the normies here ] It's gone now, broken up in pieces when he when he woke up. He uh also tried killing us.

[dms]

A meteor?! And he tried to kill you, too?! [ HELLO?! ] I don't think I like these guys!

[brotograph]

One crashed here a long, long time ago. He was holding it up until he was woken up. It was pretty terrifying at the time. We got split up and the ground kept shaking and crumbling under our feet! The Empire was there as well trying to capture the Titan before Noct got him.

[dms]

No kidding! It sounds scary AF! I can't believe you guys have to deal with things like that!

[brotograph]

Anything that big is kind of rare. We only had to deal twice now. Ramuh was a lot nicer. He was just located in the creepiest place ever!

[ but he's a bro ]

That's actually just northeast from here. Not that far... [ let's not tell the boyfriend how many creepy crypts are around here that are crawling with goblins ]

[dms]

"Only twice," he says, like that's not a record!

[ a soft kweh from the chocobo ]

Is it like a haunted house, or what?

[brotograph]

It's haunted but not really a house. It's a cave that goes pretty deep underground. There was a creepy snake daemon that grabbed me for a short time. Negative ten out of ten experience. Do not recommend.

[dms]

Wait, it's really haunted?! [ WHAT? and a snake?! ] Okay, so we're going around that area, right?

[brotograph]

A lot of those places are crawling with daemons. [ and daemon ghosts ] We're heading south, which is way way away from it. [ thankfully ] We will be passing by some haunt free but abandoned farms. Then we should have a bit of highway before we get to the coast!

[dms]

I mean, I'm all for adventure, but maybe not the kind that involves daemons. South is good enough for me!

Why are all the farms this way abandoned, though? Is it because of Titan?

[brotograph]

That's because of the daemons. Bright enough lights can usually keep them away, but it's dangerous without any working power out here. [ living in the middle of no where sucks ] A lot of folks out here have been moving over to Lestallum. [ or they have become monster chow. ]

[dms]

Ohh. I didn't know there were that many of them. [ scawy. he is learning so much and not just about chocobos. ] Is Lestallum where we're going?

[brotograph]

[ there's so many ] Maybe next time. It's super hot over there because of the meteor and the power plant. We're going to Galdin Quay! It's a beach area with a pretty nice resort.