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Prince Noctis of Lucis has revealed that he has a husband
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SUN, 3 OCT, 758
14:14
Ignis Scientia (nephew, fml.) to Adelphus Scientia (uncle, fml.)
Ignis: I apologize in advance.
Ignis: And in my defense, I tried to stop him.
Adelphus: Ignis.
Adelphus: Ignis Stupeo Scientia, what does this mean.
Ignis: Check Noctis’ Kwehtter.
Ignis: I have already read him the riot act, and I have revoked his Kwehtter privileges until further notice. But this one goes further than me and I don’t want you finding out on accident. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to go commit some light treason.
Adelphus: Get in line.
SUN, 3 OCT, 758
14:19
Adelphus Scientia to Adelphus said we had to
Adelphus: Regis, do you remember roughly twenty-seven years ago when I said that you marrying Aulea Fortuna was a bad idea?
Regis: Yes, I do. Why do you ask?
Adelphus: Do you recall why I told you it would be a bad idea?
Weskham: Something something those fools are going to tarnish the Lucis Caelum reputation beyond repair and insult every ancestor simultaneously.
Clarus: Something about how Aulea was the only person in the world with a smaller sense of self-preservation than Regis.
Cor: Something something bad influence on future generations.
Cid: Something something we dont need heirs with those combined stupid genes
Regis: Something to the above effects, yes.
Adelphus: Check his Kwehtter.
Adelphus: Check your stupid son’s Kwehtter and look upon your progeny and despair.
Clarus: Adelphus broke out the ‘stupid’. Regis, what has your fool son done this time?
Clarus: Ah. I see.
Weskham: Hahaha.
Cid: Good on him!
Cor: lmao
Adelphus: What’s an ‘lmao’?
Adelphus: Cor?
BREAKING NEWS : Prince Noctis Rejects Fleuret Marriage, Citing Secret Husband
by Fabula Magna
Monday, 4 October, 758
Noctis Lucis Caelum and Lunafreya Nox Fleuret have been the It couple of Eos since childhood. Long years spent in Tenebrae, with only the other as a companion? It’s the kind of romance that inspires novels. But as public rumor and official pressure started to lead towards their marriage, Prince Noctis announced that he would be doing no such thing, as he’s already married.
Our Prince, 23 years old, made the following post on his official Kwehtter on Sunday to quell the increasing rumors surrounding a potential marriage alliance with Tenebrae.
Noctis Lucis Caelum ✔ @official_nlc · 1d
I will not be marrying Princess Lunafreya Nox Fleuret. I already have a husband. Please stop asking.
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The Citadel has not yet put forth an official statement regarding the Prince’s marriage, but one is expected in the coming days.
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Noctis Lucis Caelum ✔ @official_nlc · 2d
I will not be marrying Princess Lunafreya Nox Fleuret. I already have a husband. Please stop asking.
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commissions are open! @dewskateboard · 35m
um??? prince noctis??? HUSBAND??? the monarchy is cool again guys. the gays have won
stop asking me about cabbage @busycoveralls · 56m
ok gang calm down hes probably just talking about like. a husbando. a body pillow of zack fair or sth. dont get hyped up over this, it wont be worth it when he lets you doqn
CABBAGE LORD @fractionhabit · 13m
Replying to @busycoveralls
i love how you say this like our prince is just A Guy
stop asking me about cabbage @busycoveralls · 4m
Replying to @fractionhabit
he IS just A Guy! men will always let you down and break your heart and steal your vinyl collection and make you lose your security deposit. dont let the crown fool you into thinking this isnt a joke
hes like 23 let the man make a funny
will suck dick for tuna melt @scarlettogs · 3m
Replying to @busycoveralls
yeah im personally on the “he got hacked” train rn. theres no way that this would have gotten a pass from his publisist
CABBAGE LORD @fractionhabit · 1m
Replying to @scarlettogs
pretty sure that nlc manages his own socials. there was a Whole Thing about it and how unusual it was, i remmber my parents getting bent outta shape about it
i am opening the door slightly @scootersharp · 12h
whats this im hearing about prince noctis being gay? he has a husband? can anyone give me a source for it
cendra @blesssafflower · 11h
Replying to @scootersharp
check his official!!! he said it himself!!!
i am opening the door slightly @scootersharp · 11h
Replying to @blesssafflower
for real????? omg
updates on fridays @rowlockugly · 10h
GAY PRINCE GAY PRINCW GAY PRINCE
daisy @murmurwho · 1h
friendly reminder that just because prince noctis is married to a man, that doesn't mean he's gay! he could be bi, or pan, or not labelled. all we know is that he's mlm!!! do! not! assume!
i am now a noctis stan @honkytune · 10h
have i ever thought about the lucis royalty before? not really. would i now lay down my life for Prince Noctis Lucis Caelum? in a fucking heartbeat. welcome to the mafia dude. if anyone says something mean about you i am READY
Noctis Lucis Caelum ✔ @official_nlc · 9m
No, this is not a joke, and I have not been hacked. I have a husband, and Princess Lunafreya Nox Fleuret is and has always been a good friend.
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CABBAGE LORD @fractionhabit · 2m
@busycoveralls @scarlettogs NOT A JOKE NOT A HACK NOT A JOKE NOT A HACK
stop asking me about cabbage @busycoveralls · 30s
AAAAAAAAAAA
will suck dick for tuna melt @scarlettogs · 20s
DSOIFVNRIVNRNEOGNB;OSDF
learn from history or die by my sword @leadunwelcome · 6h
why prince noctis coming out is important
as anyone who's spent even a little bit of time in the lucian public school system would know, being royalty is kind of important. it involves carefully-curated bloodlines. thus it requires having heirs. prince noctis is far from- (1/87)
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So the crown prince is gay-- what now?
October 6, 758 · 23:14
Heard on Late Nights in Insomnia
VOX ALTA, HOST:
Speaking of things that really rocked the whole world--
LEPIDUS SONUS, HOST: [Laughs] I already think I know where you’re going with this.
ALTA: The other day, Prince Noctis announced, apropos of nothing, that he’s married!
SONUS: I did see that, yes.
ALTA: This announcement comes after months of speculation that Prince Noctis will be married off to Princess Lunafreya Nox Fleuret as part of the ongoing negotiations with her home of Tenebrae. And you know that I’m not one to speak for the masses--
SONUS: Of course you aren’t.
ALTA: But I don’t think any of us were expecting for him to come out and refute the rumors like that.
SONUS: Of course. I think there were some of us who were expecting him to refute the rumors in some way, but certainly this wouldn’t have been my first guess as to the excuse. Well, not ‘excuse’, but--
ALTA: But I don’t know what else to call it.
SONUS: Precisely. I would have expected something more along the lines of “The Prince isn’t on the market,” or “Currently, negotiations do not include any marriage proposals,” but not that he’s already married. Are you, Vox, are you surprised that the Prince is married?
ALTA: Yes, but when I say that I’m surprised, I more mean that I’m surprised he managed to get married and have it not be front-page news the instant it happened. I mean, aren’t marriage licenses public record in Lucis?
SONUS: I believe they are! And you remember how fast--?
ALTA: I think we all remember how long it took reporters and fans to find out that Stella Infigo, a singer, was married, despite having not even been subject to any rumors. It took what, a few days for people to find out through public records, just because. Yeah there are some journalists, fans, who will just check that kind of thing every once in a while?
SONUS: Something like that. I suppose I’m just surprised here that, of all the people, of all the public figures that I can name, it was Prince Noctis who not only apparently eloped--
ALTA: There’s no royal marriages without royal-scale weddings, I think the King must not have known.
SONUS: But also that he decided to announce it like this.
ALTA: Exactly! As far as kids in the spotlight go, Prince Noctis has done a pretty good job of keeping his life private. When I was a kid, there were a good couple of years after the assassination attempt that people thought that Prince Noctis had died in that attack and the Citadel was lying about it so as not to lose face. We knew nothing about this kid for so long, and honestly we still know very little about him, and then he just bursts out of the--
SONUS: Bursts out of the closet.
ALTA: [Laughs] Yeah! Bursts out of the closet like this, with what I think-- and I’m not an encyclopedia here, I could be wrong-- is his first independent announcement.
SONUS: I believe you’re right. In fact, following that initial Kweh and the clarifying one the next day, he’s been completely silent on the matter. Funny, though, that you should mention that you don’t think the King knew. This is an excerpt from the official announcement, by Prince Noctis’ personal retainer Ignis Scientia.
IGNIS SCIENTIA (recording): Regarding the Kweh from Prince Noctis Lucis Caelum, the King was in fact aware of his son’s marriage. The plan had always been to announce the Prince’s marriage after the Tenebraen treaty was signed, at which point there would be the full royal wedding, for which plans are already under way. It was never our intention to keep this knowledge from the public forever. With this in mind, it is my great pleasure to formally announce the marriage between Prince Noctis Lucis Caelum and Prompto Acutus Argentum.
SONUS: This announcement was mirrored on all official channels, announcing the impending wedding ceremony and the name of our new Prince Consort. I believe that’s the proper term, but I am very prepared to be wrong.
ALTA: I suppose we’ll just have to wait for another official announcement on this front, as I don’t believe there to be any precedent for the husband of a prince.
SONUS: Let us hope that the setting of precedent is an omen for our future kings’-- that’s kings, plural-- reign.
CITADEL
INSOMNIA CENTRAL DISTRICT
Tuesday, 5 October, 758
HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE NOCTIS LUCIS CAELUM
AND MR. PROMPTO ACUTUS ARGENTUM
ARE MARRIED
Our King of Light Regis Lucis Caelum CXIII is delighted to announce the marriage of his son Prince Noctis Lucis Caelum to Mr. Prompto Argentum.
A second ceremony will take place in Autumn 759. Further details about the wedding will be announced anon.
Our Prince Noctis and Mr. Argentum were married last August, in a private ceremony which included Our King and Mr. Argentum’s parents, as well as close friends of the couple.
The couple have been and will continue to live within the Citadel.
Prompto Acutus Argentum: Everything YOU Need To Know About Lucis’ Newest Royal
by Exci Tatio
NOV 2, 758 17:49
It goes without saying at this point that none of us were expecting THAT bomb to drop on our heads from our goodie-two-shoes Prince Noctis-- he’s married! But no-one can be blamed for not knowing who the hell Prince Noctis’ secret husband, Prompto Argentum, is. But worry no more! Everything you need to understand our newest prince can be broken down below.
1 - Just like the rest of us
Not very much has been made readily available, but public records are public, and so we can piece together this much. Born on October 25th, 735, Prompto Acutus Argentum was adopted in May of the next year. He attended public school his whole life, had part-time jobs, and eloped with his best friend. You know. As you do.
Former teachers of his described him as a world-class jokester, always making the people around him laugh. He was a decent member of his high-school track team, and sang baritone in his school choir. He got good grades, and occasionally cut class to go to the arcade… with his best friend, the Prince.
2 - A close friend of the Prince
While it’s still too early to say how long they’ve been more , Prompto Argentum has been a fixture by Prince Noctis’ side for years. Our Prince has always been notoriously hard to pin down by the paps, but from the rare instances where we’ve gotten a halfway-decent shot of him, it’s easy to ascertain that he’s always accompanied by-- aside from his retainer Ignis Scientia and his Shield Gladiolus Amicitia, who he has never been seen without-- another man who has only ever been officially identified as “a close friend of Our Prince”.
Since the announcement, former classmates of the Prince have attested that Prompto Argentum was another classmate of theirs in school. The two have been attached at the hip since high school-- nearly 8 years!
In fact, while he’s just as good as any celebrity at hiding his face from the cameras these days, the only clear photograph we have of his face is from his senior yearbook. Just look at all those freckles!
[Image description: a white teenage boy. He is wearing a school uniform with a black blazer, a white shirt, and a green tie. His hair is short, blonde, and windswept. He has heavy-lidded eyes, which are blue. His face is heavily freckled, and he is grinning broadly.]
3 - A masterful photographer
No royal would ever be subjected to the daily grind of us common folk, but before he was a married man, Prompto Argentum’s breadwinning photographs populated the pages of Insomnia. A freelance photographer selling his works to various news sites, papers, magazines.
He also maintains a personal photography Kingstagram, which features fewer poses and more impromptu shots of the sunrise, houseplants, and a fluffy black dog, who has only in the most recent photo-- posted the morning after the Prince’s announcement-- been identified as “Umbra” in the photo’s caption.
4 - A devoted dogfather
The Prince’s own affection for dogs is one of few things that has been well-documented about him. Several of his earliest charity supports were animal shelters, and the first press releases of him were of him at these shelters, petting the dogs. And of course he would never settle for a man who didn’t love dogs, or at the very least love his dog as much as the Prince himself.
Umbra has been seen at Prince Noctis’ side before, but dogs are dogs unless you’re very familiar with them, so while eagle-eyed royal devotees might have spotted the shared pup before, it makes sense that the rest of us plebeians would only notice such a thing now. The Princes’ pup is well-loved, often featuring in the photographs as being scritched by two sets of hands, which we can now confidently report as being Prompto and Prince Noctis’.
5 - Married <3
As noted above, public records are the intrepid journalist’s friend, and marriage records are among that number. Prompto Acutus Argentum and Noctis Lucis Caelum’s marriage license was filed on August 22nd of this year, and was witnessed by the aforementioned Gladiolus Amicitia and Ignis Scientia. Our new Prince’s handwriting is wonderful-- his signature, from the certificate (all of these things are included both in a fill-in-the-box form, and in photocopy form) is pictured below.
There have been no photos released of the ceremony itself, and precious little has been said about it. On their Kwehtters, Prince Noctis (@official_nlc) and Prompto Argentum (@kwehk_silver), as well as through formal confirmation via the Citadel’s website, have since confirmed that their parents and a few close friends were in attendance.
While we are all of course sad that we couldn’t be there, and sad that we have to wait for a royal wedding, who among us can begrudge these two a private ceremony? In the words of Our King Regis, “there will be time for ceremony later. Live now, and be happy.”
Royal Wedding When?
by Sollemne Persequor
NOV 12, 758
As of yet, there has been no news regarding the big royal wedding aside from the promise that it will happen next autumn, but we are all on the edge of our seats for more news. There hasn’t been a royal wedding-- no cousins, no aunties, no nothing-- since Our King’s own wedding a full 26 years ago. But by no means is this to say that there isn’t speculation over it, with everyone from the refugee district to the upper levels of the Citadel already making their moodboards.
With the preparation required for such an event-- with the venue and other vendors needing to be booked months or even years in advance for non-royal couples-- we are expecting to start hearing prospective dates within the next few weeks.
Make sure to track The Insomniac ’s royal wedding news on our dedicated Kwehtter @nlc_paa_wedding.
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Noctis/Prompto Wedding News! @nlc_paa_wedding · Dec 11
The date for the wedding is not yet known, but has confirmed to be planned for autumn 759
Noctis/Prompto Wedding News! @nlc_paa_wedding · 9h
Happy Solstice! Here’s everything we know regarding the wedding so far:
-florists have been solicited for autumn flowers in royal black + burgundy + navy
-Lunafreya + Ravus NF reportedly shopping for burgundy and navy clothes
-NLC pic'd choosing between navy swatches
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Noctis/Prompto Wedding News! @nlc_paa_wedding · 9h
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To sum up:
-An autumn wedding
-Colors are navy (NLC) and burgundy (PAA)
-Televised ceremony, small in-person cast, includes LNF + RNF
-Umbra may be ring bearer
-LNF approved
-Close friends of NLC + PAA "will play a big part"
-Stella Infigo to perform
gay prince noctis (canon) @greasegarment · 8h
Replying to @nlc_paa_wedding
i think princess lunafreya was spotted entering insomnia yesterday
risa is on hiatus @stupidbasic · 8h
Replying to @greasegarment
i think shes here for like. official solstice oracle stuff. also pretty sure shes a personal friend of nlc and is probably just here to celebrate solstice. lets not jump the gun here
cloud strife my beloved @fourdoofus · 34m
ok stupid question but like. arent prince noctis and promto already married? do they just get to be married a second time but this time for public consumption?
kaerly @closetdad · 30m
Replying to @fourdoofus
do u. not want to see them get married?
cloud strife my beloved @fourdoofus · 29m
Replying to @closetdad
just saying that it seems like a lot of effort and money to spend on a wedding that already happened *checks watch* 5 months ago. i think there are bettter things to spend our tax money on
this is my ffiv sideblog @idealhinder · 27m
Replying to @fourdoofus
i think its a religious thing. their august marriage was legal but now theyre getting married in the eyes of ~*The Astrals*~
cloud strife my beloved @fourdoofus · 26m
Replying to @idealhinder
THEYVE BEEN LIVING IN BLASPHEMY FOR *checks watch* 5 MONTHS???
scandalous. cancelled. i cant believe that Good Boy Prince Noctis has been living with his suitor before marriage in the eyes of Our Draconian Bahamut *makes sign of the swords*
kaerly @closetdad · 25m
Replying to @fourdoofus
for the sake of my astral-fearing mother im gonna not ask her about this but probably yes
hang on lemme check something
kaerly @closetdad · 23m
does anyone know which astral prompto argentum follows or are we just assuming draconian for our own sanity @kwehk_silver
Prompto Argentum ✔ @kwehk_silver · 3m
Replying to @closetdad
If I had to pick one, I would say I’m a follower of the Fulgurian, but the ceremony is currently planned to be Draconian.
kaerly @closetdad · 1m
Replying to @kwehk_silver
oh thanks msn
secret kaerly @deepclosetdad · 19s
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH
CITADEL
INSOMNIA CENTRAL DISTRICT
Tuesday, 21 December, 758
THE WEDDING OF PRINCE NOCTIS LUCIS CAELUM
AND MR. PROMPTO ARGENTUM
AN UPDATE
Wedding Invitations and Date Announcement
The wedding of Prince Noctis Lucis Caelum and Mr. Prompto Argentum will take place on 22 August 759, at midnight. The ceremony will be a hybrid of Draconian and Fulgurian traditions, and will be officiated by Oracle Lunafreya Nox Fleuret.
The ceremony will be televised on official channels. 800 guests have been invited to the ceremony at the Citadel’s Hall of Dreams. All 800 guests have, in accordance with Hexatheon tradition, been invited to a dinner preceding the ceremony hosted by Our King Regis Lucis Caelum CXIII in the Glaivehall, and 200 of those guests have been invited to the private vigil and morning breakfast reception.
The invitations, in accordance with royal tradition, have been designed by Our Prince Noctis’ personal retainer Ignis Stupeo Scientia, and have been produced by Imprimere & Family. The invitations are die-stamped in navy. The text is die-stamped in black. The invitation is also printed with the Seal of the Mystic of Our Founder King Somnus Lucis Caelum. The names of the invited guests are written by the hand of Our Prince Noctis Lucis Caelum and his husband Mr. Prompto Argentum.
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Noctis/Prompto Wedding News! @nlc_paa_wedding · Dec 21
The wedding will take place 22 August 759, at midnight in Insomnia.
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Noctis/Prompto Wedding News! @nlc_paa_wedding · 12h
Replying to @nlc_paa_wedding
New stuff (via official channels and interviews)
-The wedding will take place on the couple’s first (legal) anniversary, the Autumn Equinox
-Hybrid Draconian/Fulgurian ceremony; held at midnight
-LNF will officiate
-800 guests in total
-800 guests for the Night Dinner
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Noctis/Prompto Wedding News! @nlc_paa_wedding · 12h
Replying to @nlc_paa_wedding
-200 for the Vigil and breakfast
-Invitations by NLC&PAA's hands
-Partial guest list to be released in spring 759; expected to include foreign leaders
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ilia makes things! @breadpiglet · 4h
not to be That Guy but when was the last time a royal had a non-purely-draconian wedding!!!
ilia makes things! @breadpiglet · 4h
Replying to @breadpiglet
to be clear this is not a “ew look a non-draconian wedding” i think this is very cool actually and im very excited over having a non-royally-traditional qedding
barnacles. @tiaraprimary · 2h
Replying to @breadpiglet
i can actually answer this (mostly because there’s so few non-draconian royal weddings on record that i have the details memorized)!
it's mostly cousins or third children of the rulers who get non-draconian weddings, yadda yadda bahamut is the patron of the royal family
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barnacles. @tiaraprimary · 2h
Replying to @tiaraprimary
BUT since they were never expected to take the throne and thus uhhhh how do i put this kindly... didn't matter, they got to do whatever they wanted and no-one really gave a shit
so the royals who people cared about the 6 preference of who had non-draconian weddings WERE
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barnacles. @tiaraprimary · 2h
Replying to @tiaraprimary
-crepera the rogue’s eldest son, turbare, very famously had an infernian wedding back in 256 A.E. however, turbare committed some treason* and ended up not taking the throne when his mother died in 225 A.E., due to being in prison at the time, and until his own death
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barnacles. @tiaraprimary · 2h
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*turbare may not have done treason. it may have been his wife, and turbare took the blame for it. however, as the law of the time stated, his wife was also imprisoned for the crime, though with more freedoms than she would have had as the chief perpetrator. true love
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barnacles. @tiaraprimary · 2h
Replying to @tiaraprimary
-tonitrus the fierce's sister, confodia, had an archaean wedding (M.E 162), as did his wife, acutae, when sge remarried (M.E. 206) after his death
-colens the pious refused to honor one astral over the others, and so his wedding (M.E. 300) was a general 6 service
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barnacles. @tiaraprimary · 2h
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and finally, somnus the mystic’s brother, name unknown, was daid to have had a glacian ceremony, though even just the existence of this brother isn’t confirmed, much less the wedding, so we’ll give this one a fat question mark
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barnacles. @tiaraprimary · 14m
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ADDENDUM somnus’ brother’s name, in the sparse records we have of him, started with the /ɑ/ sound, and had something to do with light, and is currently believed to be along the lines of ‘ardeo’, “to burn”, though this could be refuted
nellie @iguanagarters · 32s
Replying to @tiaraprimary
barns back at it again with the history, teaching me more than any class ever dreamed
its kitten time @partfries · 15h
omg im fucking crying. FULGURIAN CEREMONY. ive lichrally never seen a celeb wedding that even ACJNOWLEDGED ramuh beyond “oh yeah, also praise be to ramuh… anyway, bahamut” and heres The Bahamut Guys saying “ok its ramuh time babey!!!”
RAMUH??? @inferiorbunt · 12h
my handdsd are literaly shaking too much to tyrpe rn
sweater weather when @railbranch · 19h
mr argentum im aware that youre a married man but do you accept worship in the form of my tears and everlasting love
noctis notice me @princeoflight · 35m
to see noctis forced to go against his own traditions and chosen astral for the sake of some nobody… it smakes me sick. blink twice if you need help noctis baby
aphoeba @phoebee_hon · 10h
seeing a royal ceremony that isnt a draconian one is so cool!!! im hydraean so its not nearly as special to me as it is to my fulgurian pals but still!!! the times they are a’changin and this is the sign of it!
Rismosa Bellum @rismosa_bell · 2h
To see the world coming to this. Royals having unapproved marriages, and not being married by the Draconian. The kings of old must be pounding at the doors of their tombs over this. Disgraceful.
baive @snoozeshoot · 2h
Replying to @rismosa_bell
you know that theyre still getting married by the draconian, right? theyre just ALSO getting married by the fulgurian. you know, to respect the favored astrals of both parties. bahamut isnt being ignored. you know that, right?
Rismosa Bellum @rismosa_bell · 2h
Replying to @snoozeshoot
If they want to have a second ceremony honoring the Fulgurian, they can do that on their own time.But if they’re going to be married before the whole country, and by our DRACONIAN government and their own DRACONIAN ancestors, they should be having a purely DRACONIAN ceremony.
baive @snoozeshoot · 1h
Replying to @rismosa_bell
this is already their second ceremony. they had a wedding in august with all the people they cared about there. this second ceremony is already a courtesy they dont have to give us. the least we can do is be respectful of their religion.
baive @snoozeshoot · 1h
Replying to @snoozeshoot
guess what gang! ive been blocked!
sanadine @snipsquat · 9h
be kind to your fulgurian friends right now. there’s going to be a lot of backlash surrounding the royal wedding, and a lot of it is going to be anti-ramuh. there will be a lot of emotional highs and lows in coming days. be ready. be supportive.
baby orange <3 @icecreamsoda · 1h
in other news, with the official announcement we now have official engagement (technically) photos! and tbh im jealous. pnoctis where did you find your man and do they still make them like that
Noctis and Prompto share “engagement” photos- and they are STUNNING
by Sollemne Persequor
DEC 29, 758
Our Prince and his husband have been keeping behind locked doors since they announced their August marriage in October. It’s hardly surprising; with the media storm Prince Noctis incited with a single Kweh, imagine how much worse it would be if we caught pictures of him with his beau? And while all the secrecy and security surrounding Prompto Argentum is frustrating for those of us who want to get to know our newest royal a little better, I daresay that the wait has been worth it to get our hands on their official engagement--or perhaps wedding?-- photos.
Photographed by Forma Excipio, a nature photographer; this may seem to be an eccentric choice, but in xir own post, xe explains that “[...] it was just like my normal work-- watching them do their own thing, and capturing the most beautiful, organic moments.” Xe followed the prince and his husband around the Citadel for hours while they talked with friends, danced in a garden, and had quiet moments between themselves. “Part of my job is to make my subjects forget I’m there, so that they act like their most natural selves,” Excipio says. “And it’s no different when my subjects are human.”
In all three of the official photos-- two from the Citadel, and one from Excipio’s own Kingstagram-- Our Prince Noctis Lucis Caelum has black hair and blue eyes, and is dressed in black pants, a navy blue blazer, and a cornflower-blue button-down with a gold bowtie. His husband Mr. Prompto Argentum, who is blonde, heavily freckled, and has indigo eyes, is dressed in black pants, a burgundy button-down with a gold straight tie, and a black leather jacket. Mr. Argentum also wears a pair of black leather fingerless gloves. Both men are white.
Citadel East Wing ✔ @Prince_Royal · 5d
Prince Noctis Lucis Caelum and his husband Mr. Prompto Argentum, December 758
Photographs by Forma Excipio @formaphotos
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In the first photograph, the two men are sitting in an office. Mr. Argentum has removed his jacket and rolled up his sleeves. Prince Noctis sits in the office chair, and Mr. Argentum is seated on the desk itself. Prince Noctis is smiling up at him, and Mr. Argentum is laughing. Mr. Argentum is leaning one arm on the back of Prince Noctis’ chair, and his wedding ring, which is a black steel band set with three small diamonds, is visible. Prince Noctis has one hand on Mr. Argentum’s knee, showing off his own wedding ring, which looks identical.
In the second photo, Prince Noctis is teaching Mr. Argentum how to dance. They stand chest-to chest in an unidentified garden, and it’s unclear who is leading. Mr. Argentum has regained his leather jacket.
In the third photo, from Mx. Excipio’s Kingstagram, the pair have reclined on a sofa somewhere in the citadel. Both have lost their jackets to the arm of the sofa and their shoes to the floor. Mr. Argentum is lying flat on his back, and Prince Noctis is lying on his husband’s chest. Mr. Argentum has his hands crossed on the Prince’s back, and Prince Noctis has his arms folded under his chin. Both look half-asleep, but they’re half-asleep at each other.
“Prince Noctis told the makeup crew that if they covered up any of Mr. Argentum’s freckles, he was going to cry and make them start over. So that’s the real deal you’re seeing there,” Excipio assures. When asked, xe also told us that in the second photograph, the Prince and his husband were dancing to a background track from the popular MMORPG King’s Knight .
Additionally, Prince Noctis and Mr. Argentum uploaded the same photo to each of their respective Kwehtters (@official_nlc and @kwehk_silver). In it, Mr. Argentum and Prince Noctis are sitting in an armchair in an apartment, with Mr. Argentum in Prince Noctis’ lap. They are both dressed in sweatpants and hoodies. They are holding hands, and are each looking at the other like they hung the moon, sun, and stars.
On Prince Noctis’ post, he points out that “This photo was taken by a friend, about five minutes before Prom asked if I wanted to get married. I said “only if you beat me in the next round of Dario Kart”, and then I lost.”
Mr. Argentum’s post is captioned “What can I say? It’s not my fault that Noct sneezed right before he crossed the finish line and slipped on a banana peel. It’s his own fault for dropping that very same banana peel a lap before and then forgetting it was there. Get better at Dario Kart, babe.”
In the coming months, we can no doubt expect to see more photographs--official and otherwise-- emerging of the happy royal couple, but one thing is for sure; they seem to be having a lot more fun with this whole ‘marriage’ thing than anyone else.
Prince Noctis Lucis Caelum and Mr. Prompto Argentum’s hybrid Fulgurian and Draconian wedding ceremony is currently planned for 22 August 759, on what will be the couple’s first wedding anniversary.
do not stand at my grave and weep. it’s rude @acousticcorset · 6h
prompto and noctis got married because pnoct lost at dario kart. your fave could never.
some of us??? objectify men??? to cope??? @frostedfist · 9h
i know that this is probably the wrong thing to fixate on but i cannot get over PROM and NOCT
some of us??? objectify men??? to cope??? @frostedfist · 9h
Replying to @frostedfist
idk its just gotten really easy to see them as characters in a thing and then!!! they have cute nicknames for each other and im reminded that wow!!! theyre real people who are in love with each other and are happy!!! how cool is that!!!
some of us??? objectify men??? to cope??? @frostedfist · 9h
Replying to @frostedfist
idk how much of this is me parasociali going “look my friends are happy and married” and how much of it is just loving the fact that love is a thing. imagine liking someone so much that you agree to declare it to the government
hot single gilfs in your area @poachedshame · 9h
Replying to @frostedfist
you are technically correct but i am begging you to not phrase marriage like that again
Royal wedding guest list announced
February 15, 759 · 22:39
Heard on Late Nights in Insomnia
VOX ALTA, HOST:
It’s been a minute since we gave an update on the wedding.
LEPIDUS SONUS, HOST: I was quite hoping that you had forgotten it was happening.
ALTA: No, I’ve just been keeping it at home. You wouldn’t believe this, but Estella is even more excited for it than I am.
SONUS: Really?
ALTA: They are! They weren’t even this excited when they were planning their own wedding. I swear, they have at least three different Winterest boards for it. But hey, it’s keeping them from redecorating the bathrooms again, so as long as I don’t have to find space for another set of hand towels, they can hard-focus on the royal wedding all they like.
SONUS: Them and everyone else, it seems. If I’m not hearing about it from you, then I’m hearing about it from my roommate, or from my neighbors, or from my father, or from my newsfeed. I’ll go so far as to admit that it doesn’t interest me all that much. A royal wedding seems like quite a lot of fuss for something that could easily happen in private, and then announce it in the morning edition and be done with it. Maybe include it on your Solstice card. But.
ALTA: There’s always a ‘but’ with you.
SONUS: I am going to very graciously ignore the joke that could be made there.
ALTA: I admire your restraint.
SONUS: Vox, do you know what my degree is in?
ALTA: That degree that you never get to use because you went into radio? It was. Oh.
SONUS: International. Relations. And do you have any idea what a royal wedding comes with?
ALTA: A bunch of international relations to keep in mind?
SONUS: Precisely. Now, we received confirmation several weeks ago that Princess Lunafreya Nox Fleuret, in her capacity as Oracle, would be officiating the wedding.
ALTA: I recall. Princess Lunafreya Nox Fleuret is the younger sister and heiress of King Ravus Nox Fleuret of Tenebrae.
SONUS: However much she’s not acting as a princess though, she still is one, which means that now the Citadel has invited a foreign political figure. Which means that they have to invite all of them, so that no-one gets offended and starts up a war, and those are no fun.
ALTA: In recent days, there have been a lot of people confused about that. The partial guest list has been released for the upcoming royal wedding, and a lot of people were wondering why Emperor Iedolas Aldercapt of Niflheim was on it. After all, things with Niflheim have been tense for decades, and they rarely get invited to royal birthday parties.
SONUS: And tense enough that the Citadel isn’t willing to risk offending them by not inviting the Emperor-- and, if I remember correctly, some of his top advisors were on the list too.
ALTA: And how do you think that’s going to play into the ceremony itself?
SONUS: As is common with more formal weddings-- these things have fallen out of fashion in recent decades, or at least been vastly reduced. For instance, the timing of weddings is much different these days, as you well know, with weddings being held at any given time of day, and so on and so forth. But these intensely traditional royal weddings-- and I suspect that this will be an intensely, intensely traditional ceremony, sort of to appease people who are mad about the Fulgurian thing.
ALTA: Don’t even get me started on the whole Fulgurian thing. I’ve been hearing about it from every angle.
SONUS: But these really traditional Hexatheon ceremonies are preceded by a dinner with a lot of people, where all these people espouse the goodness of the couple in order to butter up the Astrals, then there’s the ceremony at midnight where the officiant, in this case Princess Lunafreya Nox Fleuret, asks the Astrals but especially whoever watches over the couple, in this case Bahamut and Ramuh, to bless the marriage, and where the best man or best woman or what-have-you talks up the couple a bit more, and then there’s the Vigil, where the couple and their closest guests sit around in silence and wait for the approval of the Six.
ALTA: Or lack thereof.
SONUS: Or, more accurately, wait for a lack of punishment, yes. If everyone survives until dawn and nothing gets destroyed in an act of divine judgement, then the union is considered blessed.
ALTA: I keep forgetting about the whole big dinner beforehand. When Estella and I got married, it was just us and our families and a few friends anyway, so we didn’t cut down the party for the vigil. It also wasn’t much of a vigil, and it isn’t really a vigil for most people. That’s when a lot of people these days just go out to celebrate at a bar or something, and they consider the union blessed if everyone makes it home without getting mugged. Which I suspect is kind of what the Prince did last August [laughs].
SONUS: Somehow, I don’t think he’s going to be getting away with that this time.
ALTA: Aw, you don’t think that after his televised wedding, the Prince will get to go on a bar crawl?
SONUS: Not unless he can convince the Emperor to go along with him, no. If Princess Lunafreya is going to be there, at the. At the Vigil, even just as the officiant and as the Oracle, not in a political capacity as we talked about earlier, then it follows that all of the political leaders on the roster will be in attendance.
ALTA: And so that’s King Ravus Nox Fleuret of Tenebrae, First Secretary Camelia Claustra of the Accordo Protectorate, Prime Minister Kaos Ulric of the Galahdian Union, Chief of Political Engineering Lumeni Spaera of the Independent Sovereignty of Lestallum, and Emperor Iedolas Aldercapt of Niflheim, yes?
SONUS: Among others. Did you just read that aloud, or--?
ALTA: No, I’ve just been listening to Estella talk about it far too much.
FROM: Probrosus, Summus
TO: Magna, Fabula; Persequor, Sollemne; Tatio, Exci
SUBJECT: Assignments, FEB 28-MAR 6: Entertainment & Culture
SAT 26 February, 759, 13:02
As usual, you three will be covering the E&C section for the week. Also as usual, you’ll mainly be covering royal wedding stuff. It’s not like anyone else is doing entertaining things right now
The scheduling app is down again, so your assignments are all attached below.
NOTES
Magna, you’re the most senior here, so I put you on the exclusive interview with His Highness and his husband on Thursday. They’ve been presenting a very fun and clean, youthful front, but I want you to find something juicier. Dig into Argentum’s past. Find an ex, or some other embarrassing secret. There has to be something, and subscriptions are down this month. You know the drill.
Persequor, I know how much you like these freelance photographers, but please bring someone who’s actually on our payroll this time. Yes, I know we've had this discussion before, and I still agree with you, but this is over my head. I don’t know what the deal is, probably something to do with our on-staff photographers’ wages, and probably also a tax thing. Not my department. Just do as you’re told.
Tatio, before you turn in your assignments this week, get your keyboard checked out. There were a lot of formatting and spelling errors that the copy editors only barely had time to fix all of before we went to print. If you don’t call IT within the next few days, IT will pay your computer a spontaneous visit while you’re haring off somewhere. Also, stop going on dates while you’re on the clock. Yes, I know about that, and this will be your only warning.
Summus “Soom” Probrosus
Managing Editor of The Insomniac
He/they
Noctis and Prompto: Up Close and Personal
by Fabula Magna
Sunday, 6 March, 759
One of my common procedures, when I sit down to plan an interview with someone, is that I contact them and ask if there’s anything I can bring to make them more comfortable. Most of the time I’m asked to bring a bottle of my favorite wine, or a bouquet of flowers to make the pictures look nicer.
Today’s interviewee asked me to stop by the deli and pick up some potato wedges, and that’s how I knew I was in for a good time.
When I was let into the apartment, I wasn’t met with any sort of pomp, though I’ll admit that I was expecting something a bit different A retainer or two, certainly a bodyguard. Instead, there was a big, black spitzt which looked at me, balefully, from a well-loved couch, and I was quickly assured that the dog is hypo-allergenic. Somehow. But sure enough, my allergies weren’t set off, so it must have been true. Aside from the dog, the room boasted several potted plants in varying states of wilting, a TV mounted on the wall, and an armchair that must have been made for a giant.
My host then offered me tea, from a bag which has been sitting at the back of the cupboard for “Six only know how long. We don’t really drink it.”
“What do you drink then, for your morning fix?” I asked him.
Prince Noctis Lucis Caelum, first in line for the throne of Lucis, Prince of Light, shugged. “I’m a soda person, myself.”
I turned to the other inhabitant of the apartment-- no, not the dog. Prompto Argentum is shorter than his husband, but not by much. Both are shorter than me. Maybe it’s the heels. Neither one seems to care though. I asked Prompto what his morning vice of choice is.
Prince Noctis groaned. “He drinks--”
Argentum interrupted him. “Greenbull. With some of that-- you know that like, concentrated fruit flavor you’re supposed to add to water? That. It also has caffeine in it.”
It certainly explains a lot. Argentum, at the hour of nine in the morning, is peppier than a sugar-laden toddler on a weekend.
“He’s desensitized himself to it at this point. It doesn’t even make his hands shake anymore.” Prince Noctis proves his point by taking his husband’s hand and showing it to me. As soon as I had the chance to observe that Argentum’s hand was not, in fact, shaking like a terrified chihuahua (as I’m sure mine would have been if my morning brew was two energy drinks stacked on top of each other), Prince Noctis wove their fingers together.
Speaking of adjustments, I asked Argentum how being royalty is treating him. “It’s a lot,” he told me. “To be fair, a lot of it is just the levelled-up version of stuff that I’d already been getting as Noct’s friend. The self-defense, the security, the etiquette and the poli-sci and the publicity stuff so I don’t say anything that could reflect badly on him.”
Argentum has been a close friend-- the only known friend at all, to be precise-- of the Prince since they started high school eight years ago. When asked, both Prince Noctis and Argentum assured me that the aforementioned self-defense, security detail, etiquette and publicity training was all part and parcel for anyone associated closely with the throne. “You think I’d spend three mornings a week getting my ass handed to me on the training mat, and then the rest of the day learning how to very carefully word diplomatic emails for fun ?” Argentum demanded. “Nah, that stuff is required.”
“The only thing worse than learning how to very carefully word diplomatic emails to avoid embarrassing your country, all your ancestors, your teachers, and starting a war,” Prince Noctis said, “Is having to do it when you’re like, ten. Imagine learning the critical difference between ‘my sincerest gratitude’ and ‘my sincerest thanks’ before you’ve learned how to sit still for more than half an hour at a time.”
While Prince Noctis went on to tell me that he hasn’t actually been in charge of any diplomacy yet, I think he’s being modest. His work on recent trade deals with Tenebrae is well-documented and public record, and much of it was done entirely in Tenebraean, not Lucian.
“Astrals Near and Far know that I didn’t have much else to do but study,” he tells me. “For nearly the whole time I spent in Tenebrae after the--” he waves his hand at his own torso, looking more annoyed than anything else-- “whole thing with this, I was wheelchair-bound. Princess Lunafreya was a wonderful companion, and probably the only reason I didn’t go insane.”
He leans back on the couch, still with one hand entangled in his husband’s. Argentum hasn’t taken his eyes off Our Prince the whole time he’s been talking. “She was only ever a dear friend,” Prince Noctis reiterates. “While I’m deeply flattered that people thought Luna and I were a thing, I’m afraid that they were seeing a whole lot of smoke with no fire. Not on that front, anyway.”
“But you did have a fire burning elsewhere?” I turned my attention to Argentum. “When did you two get together?”
Argentum shared a crooked, stupidly endearing grin with his husband. “There was a school dance in our, what, junior year? But because people were allowed to bring dates from other schools, Noct wasn’t allowed to go for like, security reasons. And I wasn’t gonna go if my best buddy couldn’t be there. So instead, we both got all dressed up and had our own party in his apartment!”
“And he turns on a playlist of just the cheesiest dance music he could find. And he teaches me how to do the stupid slowdance thing, and he’s belting to all the stupid songs. And then he looks at me, and he says-- babe, what did you say?”
Argentum laughed. It was a nice laugh, but it didn’t sound fake or practiced (and I would know: I’ve heard a lot of both). “I said that if we were in a movie, right now would be when the best friend slash love interest leans in and kisses the repressed protag. And you asked me, ‘well, what’s he waiting for then?’”
“And then we made out on the couch for an hour,” the Prince said.
This earned him a light smack on the shoulder and an exaggerated pout from Argentum, who insisted, “I like to think it was a little more romantic than that!”
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23:19 Fabula → Soom
I swear on my mother’s grave that I did my best to do as you said. I looked through everything I could get my hands on.
The absolute worst things in Argentum’s past are that he one time nearly failed a Lucian Lit class back in middle school, and that he got a referral from a school psychiatrist when he was 14 for some kind of suspected eating disorder.
I understand the urge to make a Big Story, but there’s nothing in this kid’s past that I’m willing to write an exposé about, and correct me if I’m wrong, but I like to think that the Insomniac is better than a sensationalizing rag that will make a mountain out of a molehill.
I’ll get what I can out of them tomorrow, but yadda yadda don’t be suspicious. I’ll keep you updated.
THUR 3 March, 759
21:25 Fabula → Soom
Update: these crazy kids were an absolute fucking DELIGHT to be around and I am firmly in the camp that if we publish a single undeserved word about them, I walk. I know you think I’m joking. I am not.
Turned in my draft to Verita, and she’ll have it on your desk by Friday. We’re on schedule to print on Sunday, if Copy Editing can get their act together without Meloria around. BTW, any idea when she’s coming back?
Read what I managed to get, and I think you’ll understand what I mean about this Argentum kid. The Prince was also surprisingly wholesome, considering that he’s literally a born politician. I can even send you my recording if you want.
As I was leaving, they made sure to pay me back for the potato wedges I brought to share.
My siblings don’t even do that.
THUR 3 March, 759
21:31 Soom → Fabula
That’s fine. If you couldn’t find dirt on him, then no-one can. I’ll check out the recording in the morning. Excited to hear what all the fuss is about WRT this kid!
winona | 18+ or get blocked @chainscookies · 1h
interviews over potato wedges and ultra smash penultimate? sounds like some king shit
gaile cant come to the phone rn @raspberryfetch · 19m
the reason they havent told us anything about prince noctis before is because the man is just too powerful. why would we let regis stay in power if we knew we could have foreign policy decided by whoever wins in smash penultimate
gaile cant come to the phone rn @raspberryfetch · 19m
Replying to @raspberryfetch
for legal reasons this is a joke. please do not take this as an endorsement to depose the king.
retarius @ecstaticapron · 3h
im just waiting for them to announce the wedding cake so i can replicate it. i want it. give us the cake deets
jackie eats shorts @surelybland · 9h
at this point idec what they tell us about the wedding. hell yeah tell me who youre gonna buy napkins from. precise hex codes of the color scheme? yes please. i will take anything. this is the only source of joy in my life rn.
25 and counting @levelmeanwhile · 6h
i hope the day after The Wedding is a holiday because im not gonna be fit to work. cant expect me to sit up and wait for the vigil to end AND STILL put up with customers on 0 sleep.
phoe <3 @poundspirited · 5h
if this whole thing just turns out to be some ploy to humanize royalty to us… congrats, its working and im deriving so much secondhand happiness from this that i cant even bring myself to be mad about it
your cousin oskar from niflheim @curlystaking · 2h
if you told me last year that i would be this invested in seeing pnoct (practically a cryptid, only theoretically alive) get married (not to oracle) to some rando (boring) i would have laughed at you and then probably committed a felony about it
Citadel East Wing ✔ @Prince_Royal · 32m
His Highness’ wedding cake will be made by Hela and Loptr Nubilosus of Misty Step Confections. It will be flavored with blackberry and lemon.
Replies are turned off for this Kweh.
Tasha @thankfulrusty · 30m
LRT are Noctis and Prompto having their wedding cake made… by Niflheimr immigrants??? sirs does it hurt to carry the weight of your solid brass balls
Oxy @oxbirdoval · 19m
pnoct and his man just. dont fucking care. holy shit. married in secret. super fucking casual interviews. niflheimr immigrants making their literal wedding cake. any day now i expect to hear that argentum is the long-lost prince of niflheim or sth
nanananana @thunderychanel · 15m
Replying to @oxbirdoval
oxy you know that youre joking and i know that youre joking but this is your friendly daily reminder that if you go knocking on enough doors in search of bahamut’s judgement then he will eventually answer
cheese! at the fuzz @hoodiematerial · 10m
Replying to @oxbirdoval
oxy dont jinx it
polina @knotwire · 2m
Replying to @oxbirdoval
if giftofprophecy.jpg ends up applying to this im gonna put together a petition to put oxy in the fucking ground
Oxy @oxbirdoval · 13s
Replying to @knotwire
id deserve it tbh
THUR, 7 APR, 759
8:19
King Regis Lucis Caelum to Marshal Cor Leonis
Regis: I will be quick about this because I have a meeting in 6 minutes.
Regis: Adelphus has turned up a rumor that Prompto is the son of Emperor Aldercapt. Is this rumor true?
Cor: Well
Regis: Cor Leonis, this is a yes or no question.
Cor: I have no idea. I didn’t stick around long enough to find out.
Cor: We never tested his DNA. We never thought to look. He’s just as likely to be my son as he is to be the Emperor’s.
Regis: I may have Adelphus order the comparison. Just to be safe. I don’t want Aldercapt pulling the rug out from under us during a live international broadcast.
SAT, 9 APR, 759
19:23
Adelphus Scientia to Adelphus said we had to
Adelphus: Regarding the test His Majesty, Our Dearly Beloved King ordered.
Cid: What the hell kinda test did Reggie order to make Adelphus mad?
Clarus: Regis, you actually had him test your son-in-law’s DNA against the Emperor?
Regis: I would much rather be safe than sorry.
Cor: It would, however, be hilarious.
Regis: For you, perhaps.
Weskham: For most of us, definitely.
Adelphus: Good news first. Prompto Argentum is not genetically related to Emperor Iedolas Aldercapt in any way.
Regis: Wonderful!
Cor: I hate it when you preface something with ‘good news’. It tends to mean that you also have bad news.
Clarus: What else, Addy?
Adelphus: Because he came from Niflheim, we also ran his DNA against other high-ranking Niflheimr officers.
Adelphus: He is, genetically, the son of the Empire's Research Chief Verstael Besithia.
Adelphus: As are, according to some more recent reports, all Magitek troopers.
Adelphus: Cor, as for your bad news, I now have an idea as to what was going on in that facility.
Clarus: I hate it when Cor is right.
Cid: Now, when I suggested this 27 years ago yall shot me down.
Regis: I already don’t like where this is going.
Cid: But the easiest way to keep the empire from making trouble is to just take down the empire.
Regis: I was right! I hate this idea.
Weskham: That sounds like an assassination.
Adelphus: I must advocate against assassination of political rivals. It is frowned upon, and I don’t think it would help in this situation.
Cid: I agree.
Regis: Thank you, Cid, for seeing sense.
Cid: This is why Im instead advocating to kill Besithia. Fucker cant make trouble at a wedding if hes too dead to attend.
Regis: I am now revoking my previous thanks.
Cor: Let the man speak.
SAT, 9 APR, 759
19:49
Adelphus Scientia to Cor Leonis, Cid Sophiar
Adelphus: Obviously I cannot advocate for assassination.
Cid: I already like where this is goin
Adelphus: And Cor, I am obligated to remind you that it would be very bad form for you to be caught assassinating someone or advocating for it to happen.
Cor: I’m insulted that you think I would let myself get caught.
Adelphus: Then I will remind you of how your last trip to Gralea ended. I would be quite cross if I had to deal with that again.
Adelphus: And Cid, I cannot condone assassination but as you are not a citizen of Insomnia and Lucian legal control over outlying areas is shaky at best, I cannot stop you from doing so. But I do think it would be very foolish of you.
Cid: Would if I could but these old bones aint made for assassinations these days. Id go tippin off every alarm with my creakin joints
SAT, 9 APR, 759
19:57
A to W
A: You know what to do, I trust?
W: As you know what the payment will be.
A: I’ll see it done.
W: Remember to give the boy my congratulations.
A: Tell him yourself.
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TUE 17 MAY, 759
W to A
W: :)
W: Happy unbirthday.
A: Casualties?
W: None except for the intended.
A: Good man.
Prompto Argentum on his upcoming wedding
June 23, 759 · 22:12
Heard on Late Nights in Insomnia
VOX ALTA, HOST:
With all of that out of the way, I think we can finally get on with why people are actually tuned in tonight.
LEPIDUS SONUS, HOST: I like to think that there are people who tune in to hear our dulcet tones, Vox.
ALTA: Normally I would agree with you, as I do, indeed, have the fairest voice in the land. But tonight we do have a special guest in-studio, to discuss with us his upcoming marriage.
PROMPTO ARGENTUM, GUEST: Oh, is that why I’m here? I was told this would be about pet photography.
ALTA: Prompto Argentum, the husband of Our Prince of Light, Noctis Lucis Caelum, who I hear is very busy preparing for his big day, which is happening in just two months.
SONUS: After having to listen to Vox and her spouse in the months before their wedding, I would be a much happier man if we were talking about pet photography. I hear that you’re quite good at it, and my roommate enjoys your Kingstagram very much. Alas, instead, you get to sit and tell us about your adventures in choosing cardstock for your wedding invitations.
ARGENTUM: [Laughs] I actually didn’t have to make that choice! Ignis, Noctis’ retainer, took the whole planning thing out of our hands.
ALTA: Something of an event planner, is he?
ARGENTUM: Let me put it like this. When Noct and I went and got impulse-married, Ignis wasn’t crying because he was happy for us, or because he was dreading the media fallout or anything. It’s because he’s been planning Noct’s wedding since he was a kid, and he was sad that he wasn’t going to get to pull out his wedding binder.
SONUS: A binder! Vox, he sounds just like Estella.
ARGENTUM: He has those three-ring binders, the massive ones that are like, four inches thick, and there are a, um, a number of them.
SONUS: But you did make some decisions? He didn’t throw a wedding fully-formed at you?
ARGENTUM: Of course, of course! Every day he sat us down with this long list, like ‘Today we will be designing invitations. These are the three cardstock options I’ve selected, pick your favorite,’ and then Noct and I would debate the merits of Cardstock A versus Cardstock C for the next three hours until one of us got tired and gave up.
ALTA: Ah, the wonders of wedding planning.
ARGENTUM: To be honest, if Noct and I were left in charge of planning this wedding, it would never have happened. There’s a reason we got engaged and then married in the same night. It’s just so much work for something that we already did!
SONUS: Now, Mister Argentum, it’s my understanding that, unlike other recent royal weddings, you do not come from the silver-spoon class. What has it been like to do this, with that in mind?
ARGENTUM: It’s wack as hell. I understand that this is like, money that was put away in a trust in a bank with some kind of nice interest rate because the family has been with this bank for generations, and this is personal funds from the king and stuff.
SONUS: No tax money is going into this?
ARGENTUM: Nope. It’s all being paid for by our families. We just get to have it in the fancy space.
ALTA: The Glaivehall is very fancy, very nice. I remember that my spouse wanted to get married in a place like that, but there was something about how things like the Glaivehall are private spaces under the reserve of the government, solely for official functions.
SONUS: And for royal weddings. But they are very fancy events, and so I imagine they warrant a fancy space.
ARGENTUM: But it is still just beyond crazy to me the amount of money that’s going into this thing. The amount makes sense, because there’s eight hundred people coming and we have to feed them all and house them all and entertain them all and decorate the space, but just the idea of having and being able to spend it all is. Like I said before. It’s wack.
CITADEL
INSOMNIA CENTRAL DISTRICT
Tuesday, 26 July, 759
THE WEDDING OF PRINCE NOCTIS LUCIS CAELUM
AND MR. PROMPTO ARGENTUM
Announcement of the Titles
His Majesty Our King, Regis Lucis Caelum CXIII has today been pleased to confer upon Prince Noctis Lucis Caelum, a Dukedom. He will thus be Crown Prince of Lucis and Duke of Cavaugh.
Prince Noctis will thus become His Royal Highness, Prince of Insomnia, Duke of Cavaugh. As the husband of Our Prince, Mr. Prompto Argentum will thus be His Royal Highness, Duke-consort of Insomnia and Marquis of Cavaugh.
Sascha @floorage · 6h
ok does someone want to explain to me the title situation wrt my boy argentum? why is he a marquis
tee tee @thirstysin · 6h
Replying to @floorage
so pnoct holds the title of 'duke'. when someone who holds a title get married, or when a married person is given a title, their spouse by default also gets a title, but they can't hold a higher title than the person who was actually given that title.
tee tee @thirstysin · 6h
Replying to @thirstysin
normally this is easy because e.g. 'duchess' is a lower title than 'duke', but unless argentum wants to be a duchess, he's gotta have a lower title. the next highest title after ‘prince’ is ‘duke’. the next highest title after 'duke' is 'marquis'.
tee tee @thirstysin · 6h
Replying to @thirstysin
another solution to this is the '[thing]-consort', which is why we have 'duke-consort' (as in "consort to the title above him") and 'marquis'. hes officially a marquis but this way he can still be referred to as a duke.
tee tee @thirstysin · 6h
Replying to @thirstysin
i think. i could be wrong. also this varies from monarchy to monarchy. i think niflheim does it differently, and so does tenebrae, and so did accordo before they dropped the monarchy. but this is why no-one could really predict what titles he would have
Prompto Argentum ✔ @kwehk_silver · 9h
Wow. Marquis Argentum. Duke-consort Argentum. Mom, are you proud of me yet?
Dr. Alba Argentum @albargentum · 9h
Replying to @kwehk_silver
Hm. It’s no ‘Dr.’ but it’ll have to do. /j
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CITADEL EAST WING
INSOMNIA CENTRAL DISTRICT
Monday, 22 August, 759
THE WEDDING OF PRINCE NOCTIS LUCIS CAELUM
AND MR. PROMPTO ARGENTUM
A statement from His Highness
My husband is a photographer. It's always been a hobby of his, to collect memories on film so that even time won't steal them from us. He'll be the first to admit that they're not all good photos, especially not the earlier ones. But we’ve kept them all.
The things he chooses to commit to photography don’t always make sense to me. I suppose I just don’t have his eye for art. We have endless shoeboxes of film canisters and sim cards, full of pictures of our dog. Of the gardens in the Citadel. Of the steam coming off a cup of coffee in the morning. All of them are wonderful images, but I’ve asked him many times whether we really need pictures of the frog he found on his windowsill. But I can see the appeal in some of his subjects. Our friends, caught mid-laugh, or calmly going about their business. I’ll never tire of looking at the way candlelight plays off their glasses, or how shadows collect between the lines of their tattoos.
As I said, Prompto is the photographer between us. But I’d like to share this one that I took of him. I think it’s among my finer works.
[IMAGE ID: A white man with messy blonde hair, pictured from behind and to the side so that his face is visible. He’s dressed in a red tanktop and a pair of dark sweatpants. He’s looking up at the moon with his lips slightly parted. The moon is reflected in his eyes, and the light turns his skin white. He’s also lit from below by the yellow lights of the city. The yellow light of the city and the white light of the moon make the freckles on his shoulders like gold. He’s holding a mug of something warm, which is steaming.]
Loving Prompto has been among the greatest joys in my life, and as cheesy as it sounds, I don’t think I have the words to describe it further. But I’ve never been the eloquent type, so suffice to say that I wouldn’t have gone through all the trouble of a wedding if I didn’t think he was worth it.
And I can’t wait to hold his hand everywhere.
The Morning After the Royal Wedding
by Fabula Magna
Tuesday, 23 August, 759
Last night, Insomnia was all abuzz with the wedding of the century. As foreign dignitaries-- excluding Niflheimr Research Chief Verstael Besithia, who was invited, but then died in a tragic laboratory accident last May-- arrived one-by-one, entering the Citadel, we were all, of course, blown away by the star-studded roster. Leaders and celebrities entered with no more or less grace and style than any personal friend of the Crown. Heroes like Marshal Cor “the Immortal” Leonis were joined by those like Weskham Armaugh, a restaurateur from Altissia.
It would have been difficult to ignore the likes of King Ravus Nox Fleuret and his sister Princess Lunafreya, the Oracle. Both were dressed in matching sylleblossom-blue, Lunafreya wearing an elaborate circlet wrought in the shape of a woven sylleblossom crown, and Ravus with matching flower-shaped hairclips.
Noted singer Stella Infigo arrived with their wife Vox Alta, each dressed in grey, and with the former and latter, respectively accenting with navy and burgundy. Various other celebrities arrived in time, but all eyes were locked on the Prince and the Duke Consort, waiting at the doors, greeting the guests individually as they disappeared inside for the pre-ceremony dinner.
By the time the ceremony itself rolled around at midnight, the grooms had both changed out of the plain black suits they wore for the greeting. As they were, from opposite ends of the Glaivehall, walked to the center by their parents, the King was crying. Our Prince Noctis, dressed in navy, black, and silver, a long train trailing from his jacket, wiped his father’s tears before he knelt in front of the Oracle. Marquis Prompto Argentum wore burgundy and a half cape, his mother adjusting that and his tie before kissing his temple and letting him kneel.
Oracle Lunafreya, officiating what is currently believed to be her first ever wedding, also changed out of the dress she wore for her arrival. Dressed in royal black, Oracle Lunafreya bid the best man and woman to speak to the Astrals on behalf of the grooms. For Prince Noctis, Count Ignis Scientia spoke, and on behalf of Marquis Prompto, Miss Cynthia Aurum.
The ceremony itself didn’t last very long, as most wedding ceremonies don’t. After the husbands shared their vows before the Astrals, three quarters of the guests were evicted from the Hall, and all broadcasts were cut.
The Draconian, in true Draconian fashion didn’t deign to give any visible sign of approval, but the fact that all parties remained alive at the end of the night is good enough. The Vigil has long since been less about gaining the approval of the Astrals, and more about dodging their wrath. Whatever Bahamut saw in this union, it’s not bad enough for him to speak up.
It was nearly six hours before the doors to the Glaivehall reopened. But those six hours were not empty of drama; at about three in the morning, clouds gathered above the Guildhall. There had been no notice of a storm of any kind, and in fact skies had been clear all day. But without permission from the local weather forecasters, bright purple lightning struck the weathervane of the Glaivehall!
I think it’s safe to say that the union has been blessed by the Fulgurian.
The newly-blessed couple emerged from the Glaivehall at dawn, to stand on the steps of the Citadel and greet the people. Given the size of the crowd, it’s a good thing that today is a holiday. Out here, the night had been filled with laughing, and strangers sitting together, playing cards and exchanging stories. They were only roused from this revelry by the appearance of the king himself.
“It is any parent’s greatest hope to see their child happy,” King Regis said, there on the steps of the Citadel. “And so it is thus my greatest pleasure to entrust my son to someone who can make him so. When I sent my dear Noctis to his first day of school, never in a million years would I have dreamed it would lead to this. Through the happiness of my son, I have gained another, and I can only hope that they will continue to bring each other light and laughter for the rest of their days, and that they will find it within themselves to share it with all who may see it. I present to you, people of Lucis, my sons.”
With that, the king stepped aside for his sons; for Noctis, dressed in blue and silver, and for Prompto, dressed in red and gold. Watching the assembled crowd rise to see them greet the Lucian people at large for the first time, was like watching the sun rise just for those two.
I suppose that I can only share in the king’s hope-- that with this union, Lucis will usher in a new dawn. That remains to be seen, as the king is healthy and shows no signs of stepping down, but it is with a strange optimism that I walked away from the celebrations in Citadel Square.
The royal couple will honeymoon in Cleigne, with the goal of, “finally reeling in the big one.”