Feint

Ind and Salt suggested Adapt and Compromised

Oh man, if this is how you treat your friends, i'd hate to see what you do to your enemies'

Confidence is most of the battle

'Prompto's been compromised....I think' says Iggy

he's signalling with his hand, like 'gtfo of there'

because he's going to give their location to Loqi

as a show of trust

and when they get there hopefull all they'll find is tire tracks and flattened grass

'Who else will vouch for you?

'Commodore Highwind, Maybe Chancellor Izunia - you can never tell with him'

'Thats quite an impressive list'

*shrugs*

'I'm the best at what I do'

Loqis like

yeah no point calling Ardyn

he'll just fuck me around

He'll call Aranea

Ardyn would probably be like

'YES HE IS, OMW'

'dude, ive been in deep cover for a decade - if you think I know how to put armour on - youre going to get a show and it will be a comedy'

Well i imagine Ignis can lipread

So he's telling them the words as Prompto says them

'We have to assume he's been compromised and he's doing what he can - wait - he just signalled for us to go.'

'What!? we cant!!'

'Noctis i will drag you to the Regalia if I have to.'

'We just have to....trust Prompto knows what hes doing'

Theyre in the regalia driving out with the lights off

Ignis is like

'Why didn't we know Prompto had an imperial tattoo under that wristband?'

'I did'

says Noctis

'Do you honestly think Dad didn't know everything about someone who would be close to me?'

'And you didn't tell m- us?'

'It wasn't my secret to tell'

'Any chance theres truth in what Prompto said?'

'No'

'Noctis, answer that as a king and not as Prompto's best friend'

'Prompto's been in Insomnia since he was 3, not a decade'

'Okay, okay I believe you'

Half an hour later Nocts phone starts to buzz

Unknown number

'So, I was woken up in the middle of the night for a phone call'

'Aranea..'

'Look, I said I knew who he was, so he's safe for now'

'Whats his code reg?'

'Are you FUCKING KIDDING ME LOQI ITS 2AM'

'Okay D: I'll call tomorrow'

'Are you calling me a fuckiing liar??'

'No, I ah, thanks for taking the call'

I kind of imagine her demanding to talk to prompto

and he puts it on speaker

'2AM Prompto??'

'I didn't think they'd wake you up 'Nea...?'

'Yeah whatever, do I need to come get you?'

'I dunno, does she?' he says to Loqi

'Theres no need, we're going to need to know what he does'

the problem now

Is that Prompto has to play along

and leave when he's allowed

because he'd throw aranea under the bus

if he just escaped

So he's basically given a room in the place

not under watch

and has to stay put

'Also fyi, you better hope I can trick them into letting me back in - if you fuck up a 10 yr op'

'You think you can threaten me??'

He'd get into the room, eyeball the camera

And flop onto the bed

He's so close to a panic attack

But he's gonna have to reel it in

I kind of imagine

That they take him somewhere near Noctis

But he's still being monitored

Noctis sees him and just warps right over and throws his arms around him

and Loqis like

'damn he good'

*loudly*

'How did you get away??? We saw them capture you and Gladio made me leave!!'

'I thought you were dead'

'Me too bud!'

Maybe he got them to rough him up a bit for appearances sake

before he went back to Noct

Loqi was like

'my pleasure'

And Aranea probably checks in with Loqi

And he's like 'i set your pet free'

'You're getting full of yourself Loqi'

Full of something anyway

But the way Loqi sees it, he has all this new info on Noct and co

Later that day aranea rings Noct again

and is like 'put him on'

'You ok?'

'....yeah, im so sorry aranea'

'Its fine, mind yourself'

'Did - did you know?'

'Yeah I did'