"I'm not the only one who saw that right?" Gladio asks Ignis as the advisor works, Ignis walking to put some papers in a cabinet. Ignis lets out a sigh as he focus on his task.
"Gladio, it's been hours. I saw it too, and yes Noct gave a grin to Prompto and no I will not tell you more about her." Ignis says harshly. The shield has been talking about it for hours, since after they dropped Noctis and Prom at school. Prompto went a head after thanking them for dropping her off. Noct gave her a small smile, that disappeared when she was no longer visible. Noct continued to be his grumpy self as Gladio helped Noctis do his morning stretches. Gladio frowns looking away from the advisor.
"Fine, be secretive. Wait..." Gladio looks at Ignis again, "is that why you were smiling at princess during dinner?" Gladio asks. Ignis closes the cabinet looking at Gladio.
"Yes, he doesn't seem good at keeping secrets." Ignis gives him a soft smile. Gladio blinks.
"I don't think I've seen you smile so much before." Gladio says as he follows Ignis out the office and down the hallways.
"I know Noct is hurting, I don't know why or how to help so to see him smiling is a good thing." Ignis informs the shield.
"I get that." Gladio says, Ignis turns to the other man. Gladio means it. He knows how kind Noctis is, as loving and gentle as Luna, with a few more edges but to see someone with such a pure heart so... unhappy and depressed all the time hurts. As the princes shield he's suppose to protect him but how can he protect Noct from his own feelings? He protects not helps. Especially with emotions.
Ignis is the same. As an advisor his job is to help Noct with his duties. Make sure he gets things done. His job description doesn't include being a therapist to the crown prince. No matter how much he wants to help Noct feel better he doesn't know how to do that. And no matter what he tries, nothing makes the prince feel better.
Both Ignis and Gladio fall to their knees in pain. Their ears ringing at a loud noise. They cover their ears as the floor shake due to the vibrations the noise is causing. The two look up at each other, what is that?
They join everyone in running away from the noise, as it continue, almost pulsing. Everyone evacuates, well mostly everyone. They all gather in front of the Citadel, they can still feel the vibrations but no one's ears are bursting so that's good.
Ignis spots the king, his shield, Cor, and what the advisor assumes to be a royal scientist. Assume because of the drak and gold lined lab coat. The scientist seem upset. Getting closer to hear.
"I'm so sorry. My colleagues and I were working hard. They must have turn the device on when I went to grab a snack." she says bowing.
"You were all hired to work and that's what you are doing. No need to apologize." Regis says smiling at her.
"What was the device?" Ignis asks curious. All of them look to the young advisor.
"Have you seen Gladio?" Clarus asks, trying and failing to hide his worried.
"He's helping some medic's move the injured." Ignis answers, motioning his head to the direction Gladio is in.
"We were experimenting with sounds. Did you know certain frequency can put out fires? Also noises at the same level cancel each other out? Everything makes noise weather we can hear or not, some people have gone crazy in room with absolutely no noise." she explains happily, eyes shining like a lamp.
"That's all fascinating but what experiment were you doing now?" Ignis wonder. Her expression vaulters. Right this is partly her fault.
"Frequency and fire. We haven't gotten the device right yet, it's still in the testing phase. If we get this right the device can replace fire extinguishers. Especially in places like libraries, computer rooms, and any other place with sensitive materials." she says.
"That is helpful." Regis says.
"Though I'm worried. If the frequency is loud enough to shake the ground it must be loud enough to cause ears to rupture, so I'm worried about my colleagues who turned it on. And anyone else closer to the source." she says.
"We may have a solution." Cor says coming closer to them, placing his phone back in his pocket.
"Hope it's quick, if this continues the foundation to the Citadel may crumble." she adds.
"How long do you think we have?" Regis asks.
"I can't say for certain but a few hours, two hours is the safe zone after that we may get some casualties." she says with a shakes of her head, face worried. Regis frowns, that would be very bad. If they don't hurry people could die if they haven't already.
Before anything could be said, a car honking catches their attention, and everyone around them. Cor moves first, knowing who it is. "She's here." Cor says going down the steps to the car. They all follow down the steps wondering what the solution can be. They watch as Cor opens the door, helping out a short blonde teenage girl.
"How is-?" Clarus starts.
"Prompto?" Ignis questions. Eyes on him, curious to how he knows the girl. "Wait, she might be able to." Ignis says thinking about it.
Prompto steps out, looking at Cor. She starts signing. Asking why she was brought out of school in the middle of the day. Of course Cor answers her, asking if she's willing to go in. Prompto would agree to help anyone. Regis and Clarus have no clue what's going on, who she is or what he's doing. The scientist stares wide eyes at them.
"Of course!" She shouts. "Why didn't I think of that?" she says. Cor turns to the scientist, Prompto doing the same after a while.
"She won't get hurt will she?" Cor asks, worried for her which brought up the question of how close are they and how does the marshal know her?
"No," she shakes her head. "Her eardrums are already not working, but the vibrations may cause headaches."
"As long as she gets there fast it shouldn't be a problem." Cor says casually.
"She'll have to run fast and turn the device off quickly without distractions." The scientist adds.
"Where is it?" Cor asks serious.
"Her parents, do they know-?" The scientist asks eying Prompto.
"She agreed to do it." Cor says.
"Okay." she says explaining where the device is and what it looks like. Telling her how to turn it off.
Regis couldn't keep his eyes off the blonde. Her uniform is the same as Noctis. They go to the same school. His son and her can be in the same class. Does Noctis know her? How does Cor know her? She knows Cor, they are able to communicate fine so they must be around each other often. When did the marshal learn sign language? How long has he known?
They gather at the doors to the Citadel, Cor signing with Prompto more. Telling her to be careful and quick. Prompto nods. She runs in as the others wait for her at the door.