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[crowncitizen]

WHO: Prompto and YOU fine denizens of Kirkwall
WHAT: Open log for Justinian
WHEN: After the Inquisition returns to Kirkwall through the end of the month
WHERE: Various. See prompts for details
NOTES: Will update as needed (but don't expect anything. This is sunshine human we're talking about)

A) The Grand Re-Opening

[In the Gallows, one might across any number of signs and posters advertising a certain side business of a certain blond rifter. They may remember them from the past, but it's been some time since those crudely drawn ads were displayed in the Gallows. But they're back and read:

GRAND RE-OPENING!!

WANT A PORTRAIT? DON'T HAVE THE TIME, MONEY, OR PATIENCE FOR A PAINTING?

THEN YOU'RE IN LUCK!! SEE PROMPTO IN THE GALLOWS FOR A PORTRAIT YOU CAN HAVE IN A FRACTION OF THE TIME! SIX SILVERS ONLY!

**Supplies limited, so first come first serve! Will take reservations if all remaining spots for this month are filled**

Sure enough, one can find Prompto up in his usual spot in the Gallows, where he's got a table set up, along with some chairs. On said table is his camera, the large box that hasn't been seen around in awhile. Some may remember Prompto saying he had run out of film developing supplies. However, he seems to have come into some, enough to re-open his business. Anyone who's reached out to him in the past wanting a photo will have been contacted and informed of the development.

Now Prompto, not one to rely purely on his makeshift signs, will try and flag down people as he sees them and try and entice them. And he's got that kind of cheeriness that's hard to ignore.] "Hey! Come for a photo? You totally should~"

B) People Suck, But At Least the Weather's Nice? Usually?

[Well this whole invasion business is... not great. Wow Anderfels, way to go. Jerky McJerkfaces. For Prompto, it smacks a little too much of home. At least the Anderfels doesn't have a magitek army. That would be Bad. But while that's not something they'll need to worry about here, he still wants to help and make sure the people in Orlais don't have to fear a foreign army coming in and taking over.

For now, there's little to do but wait as things unfold. It doesn't stop Prompto from practicing his archery as much as he can. He didn't even make it into the tourney, so clearly he has a lot of work to do. The weather has turned for the better, so he gets to improve his skills AND get a tan. Win win.

That is, of course, until a storm suddenly rolls in. Prompto doesn't really notice until the wind suddenly picks up and carries one of his arrows way off course. He frowns and looks up. Oops, those sure are some dark, ominous looking clouds.

And then the heavens open up with a roar of rain.

Prompto sputters, hauling ass out of the courtyard and into the nearest building. Of course, it's a bit of a trek, as the Inquisition wisely set up the archery targets away from most known pathways. By the time Prompto stumbles inside, he's a tad drenched, and he makes for a sight: blond hair hanging in front of his face, clothes sagging and his boots making that awful squishy noise with each step he takes.]

I miss having a weather forecast.

C) Freedom!

[Freedom from curfew, that is. Prompto whoops ecstatically when it's announced the curfew's been lifted. And what better way to celebrate than to head out into the city at night?

The best way to encourage it, he thinks, is by giving back to the city. As in, boosting its economy by spending his coin. Which he happily does at a local tavern, enjoying a few ales while looking over some of his notes. He jots down stuff he learns about Thedas in his little hidebound journal. The tourney proved to be a treasure trove of information, so much so that he finds himself going almost cross-eyed as he looks over the notes he took. While he might be nose deep in the book, it's not enough to deter him from having a conversation with someone if they wish it.]

D) Wildcard

[Hit me with a prompt of your own!]

Comments

[crowncitizen]

"I guess so. It's still weird to think that they can just pop out of rifts like that. Almost feels like someone was throwing me a bone, you know?" Beware that fourth wall, Prompto.

"Here, I'll set it up." Prompto grabs a nearby chair and drags it over, positioning it a set distance from his camera. He'll likely adjust it later, but it's a good a starting point as any. "Take a seat. It won't take long, but usually people like to sit for portraits anyway."

[aceso]

"Anything is possible," she agrees. After all, she owns lingerie that fell from a rift.

Taking a seat, she settles Ponce in her lap and tries to get him to look forward. Naturally, he won't do this, because she wants him to, and he must at all times do the exact opposite of what she wants. He stares all around them as if he's never been outside before (though he has, every day), and she sighs in frustration.

"I do hope you have better luck getting him to look at your portrait box."

[crowncitizen]

Animals can be the most fun and yet the most difficult subjects to deal with. While Christine gets settled and Ponce takes in his surroundings with wonder, Prompto gets his camera ready to go, setting it up and making the proper adjustments. As he finishes, he notices the pup still not cooperating. He smiles and whistles, gesturing to the dog. "Heya, look here boy!"

[aceso]

Ponce's bat wing-like ears perk up immediately, and he turns his head towards the sound of the whistle. What is this human doing? What does he want? Ponce tries to jump down to investigate, but Christine holds him steady and puts on her posing smile.

"As soon as he settles, do it." Not that she knows what "do it" entails, but it's the thing with the box that makes the picture. So she keeps a hand wrapped under her dog and another against his chest as the little troublemaker looks up at Prompto and sniffs the air. Does the human have food? Is that why he alerted Ponce?

[crowncitizen]

"Thaaaaat's a good doggy," Prompto encourages as he steps back behind his camera, readying it to take the picture. He wiggles the fingers on his free hand to keep Ponce hopefully looking at him. "Okay. One, two... three!" The camera makes a shuttering sound as it takes the picture. Prompto looks up and nods. "Got it. Did you want me to take more? To a have a variety and all. Though I know that might be tough with someone's attention span." Lookin' at you, doggo.

[aceso]

After the picture is taken and Prompto speaks, Christine drops her forced smile and looks rather surprised at it all.

"That is it? It's so fast!" Ponce is surprised too, because that box made a noise and he doesn't know what it is. And when he doesn't know what something is, he either barks at it or cowers away. At the moment, he's undecided between the two, stepping all over Christine's lap in an anxious manner.

"I would appreciate a few more, if only because he is so unpredictable." She smooths a hand down her dog's back, murmuring "Settle," to him several times before posing again. Ponce looks wary, but does indeed settle back down, though he's keeping his eye on you, Prompto!

[crowncitizen]

He considers himself very watched and on notice, doggo. Don't you worry.

"Yep, doesn't take long at all! But gimme one sec, I gotta change out the plates to get another one in." This would take no time at all with a digital camera. Granted, he'd probably focus more on making sure the lighting was right and all of that. With this old thing, however, that was a bit less of an issue. Still, he had some well-placed candles around the room to try and give as much lighting as possible, assisted by the lone window.

"So how's Church doing?" he asks as way of conversation and to kill the time as he carefully removes the used plate from the camera, putting it down in his "dark room" before grabbing another unused one.

[aceso]

"All right." Christine watches with no small amount of fascination as he works. Maybe someday when he's not busy, and she's not busy, she'll ask how all this works. It seems like a complicated process, for all the ease he claims in changing the plates.

Hearing Church's name has her visibly brightening, and even Ponce's ears lift at the familiar name.

"Very well. He has been doing more studying into the rifts, as well as continuing to greet new Rifters."

[crowncitizen]

And he would do his best to explain it all to her, though he'd be lying if he said he entirely understood it all. Sure, he's gotten much better at working his camera, out of necessity. But he's soooo not enough of a science nerd to entirely explain how photography in and of itself works. Maybe he should ask Iggy sometime...

"He's been here for a while, right? They learn anything new about them lately? I've been kind of out of the loop on everything."

[aceso]

"Oh, yes. He has been here years now." And she doesn't ever want him to leave. Part of that is selfish interest, of course, but the other part is he told he he would die if he returned to the moment he left.

(Then there's the whole thing about him being an artificial construct who was granted a body when he fell through the rift, but she tries not to think on that too hard. It gives her a headache.)

"As far as I know, nothing new has been learned. They are mysterious things, and quite dangerous too. It is no surprise the research is slow going."

[crowncitizen]

"Yeah, he'd already been here awhile when I came, and that was... sixteen months ago now? Wow, time flies." Sometimes it feels longer, and sometimes it feels like it's only been days.

"Kind of thought so, but hey, thought it was worth a shot. If I had the brains for it I'd be helping them." But he's far from being a scholar. So he'll just plunk along with scouting and taking photographs, when supply allows.

[aceso]

"It does, doesn't it?" When she thinks back on her time with the Inquisition, it seems surreal that she's made it this far. From a rebel mage in Redcliffe with her back against the wall, considering taking off into the woods to face off against deranged Templars rather than allow herself to be enslaved in Tevinter, to a Spirit Healer and Knight-Enchanter heading the Inquisition's red lyrium research. It's more than she ever dreamed of while living in the Circle.

"I think you are putting your brains to good use here. I cannot begin to understand how this instant portrait works, but you seem so fluid in your movements; like doing this comes naturally to you."

[crowncitizen]

Prompto blushes a little at her compliment as he finishes changing out the film. He's been a decent photographer for awhile, but he never thought of it as something that particularly required a lot of intelligence to use. And perhaps back home it doesn't, but here, to these people who had never seen one before he showed up, it was different.

"Well, it took some getting used to using this camera rather than the one I had back home. You should have seen how some of the early photos turned out." Luckily Church's impromptu portrait turned out okay, but mostly because he saved that for last after testing developing the first batch of photos, many of which were ruined. "Oookay, and here we go." The new 'film' is in. "Ready for another shot?"

[aceso]

"Well, they say practice makes perfect. And I am happy to give you an opportunity to use it more." She straightens up, adjusts her hair across her shoulders, and checks Ponce to make sure he still looks nice.

"Yes, we're ready." Ponce has settled somewhat, and does look as ready as one can get the energetic little dog to be.

[crowncitizen]

"And I'd be happy to. So long as I still have supplies." Because he only has so much, and who knows if he'll be lucky enough to have a rift spit more out at him again.

"Reaaaaady? One... two... three!" He takes the photo, keeping his hand up to indicate them to keep still until it's done, then he lowers it. "Perfect. Do you want another one, or is two plenty?"

[aceso]

"Oh, two is plenty, thank you." She lets Ponce down, where he spins in a circle in excitement as she rises from her chair.

"This was remarkably fast. But there is more involved to come to the finished product, yes?"

[crowncitizen]

"Yep. I gotta develop them and get them on the right material so they can be framed. It takes a few hours." And that's assuming it all goes right the first time. He's more or less got the process down, but he does screw up every now and again.

[aceso]

"A few hours is still far more expedient than the time it takes to complete a portrait." Ponce sniffs around the ground and tugs at the leash, wanting to go.

"Would you prefer payment now or when I pick up my pictures?"

[crowncitizen]

"Yeeeeeah. I have no idea how people sit still long enough for those." He's way too fidgety for it.

"When you pick them up! On the off chance something goes wrong in the development, I won't charge you for bad photos."

[aceso]

"Probably because they feel the end result to be worth the trouble." She thinks of the miniature portrait of her father she always keeps on her person and is once again thankful he chose to sit for it, so she has the chance to see his face now that he's gone.

Christine smiles and nods. "Very well. I will pick them up at your convenience. Thank you very much."