SIDON

When Prompto had thrown the idea out to Noctis and the others of throwing the prince a quieter, more intimate sort of birthday party, especially to make up for the extravaganza that had been the Insomnia celebration, he had to admit that this was not what he had in mind. But, at the same time, Noctis could barely complain, because how many Lucian princes could say they got to celebrate their birthdays on a completely different world, hanging out with cool new aliens, and diving down waterfalls at amazing heights? He'd take that over a parade and a fancy ball almost any day. And it was fun, hanging out with Prompto's friends from school, getting to finally meet that other prince, being able to just get away from Insomnia for a change and just soak of the sun of a different land and wonder if this is what it was like for most seventeen year olds when they had birthday parties held by their friends who went to weird multidimensional high schools in a far distant galaxy.

Well. It was probably about as close to normal as he was going to get, anyway.

And when they were all finished running around and just having fun and taking in the splendor that was Zora's Domain, they settled in the Seabed Inn, there there were actually beds they could all sit on and was relatively the driest place in the joint, to sit down with some food that the Zora had gone out of their way to actually cook for them (good thing none of them were allergic to seafood!), as well as the sad attempt at a cake that Prompto had made that at least managed to taste better than it looked (not that it would be that hard). And then? Presents.

Even though Noctis has insisted that no one needed to get him presents, because he had, like, anything he'd need.

Of course, any sort of modesty about it went right out the window once he'd carefully opened the gifts that had been so beautifully wrapped by Nina, taking care not to disturb all her effort in the process, and he saw what it was.

"....is this a....fish?"

"And it sings, too, dude!" That was Prompto, leaning over to push the button and treating everyone to a rousing rendition of 'Take Me To the River.'

There were...no words. Literally. No words. Noctis may have tried, but it just sort of came out in confused little sounds and murmurs. "P...Prom....uhhh...wha...?"

"And there's more!" he added, shoving the much squishier present at him, the one that held THE ROMPERS.

"...whu?" said Noctis, eloquently, as he unrolled one of the rompers and took a look at it, while Gladio nearly had to cling to Ignis from laughing so hard.

"Oh, man, Noct," he managed to get out. "You are gonna look great in that."

And that's when Gladio got hit in the face with a romper-missile, as Noctis pulled out another. "So are you, big guy. There's four of them."

"...four?"

"Four."

There was...a pause.

"Prompto! What the hell!"

Ahhhh, good times. Prompto was fairly certainly that if Gladio got within an inch of him, he was definitely getting tossed over the side of the waterfall again, but, oh, the look on their faces, captured perfectly, of course, with a click of his camera....woooorrrtttthhhh iiiiiiiittttt!

[[ *mods all the NPCs from a different account, mwa ha ha!* I promised a reaction post, and so voila! Mostly establishy, but definitely open for those getting their party on with the princes, if'n they like or are able. Thanks a lot, work, plague, and hurricanes!! >:0 ]]