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[freckledfocus]

"Well, this tablet-thing says you're a mischievous little one and that you like to play pranks and scare people. Think you may have overdone it a little?"

Prompto's voice is tinged with amusement as he talks to the floating Misdreavus. He's happy that time spent with Gladio seems to have paid off as he was able to get a little fire going and set up a sort-of shelter in case of rain. When Credence wakes up, he'll find that he's been moved from where he passed out and covered with a sleeping bag. Something's even been placed under his head as a makeshift pillow.

Credence will be able to trace the voice to a blond sitting on the ground not too far from him. There's an Eevee on the stranger's shoulder that seems quite content to nuzzle his trainer's hair while it looks disapprovingly at the Misdreavus.

"I have no idea who this guy is, but scaring someone until they faint isn't very nice. You seem pretty friendly now, and you're kind of adorable, so maybe if you're nice to him when he wakes up you two can be friends?"

[notclearwater]

Misdreavus looked sheepish at Prompto's comments. Well, obviously but how could she have expected that to happen? Weren't trainers supposed to be able to handle that kind of stuff? She'd hardly done anything really!! She could have done far worse than she did, she was being nice in actuality!

Credence was slow to rouse. He turned his head slowly towards the fire. What had happened...? Oh.. he was still outside. He was still where he wasn't supposed to be which was New York...

He sits up sharply as he remembers that no, he definitely was not in New York and where he was was definitely not safe.

"W... Who are you, where.."

The Misdreavus lets out a happy noise, floating towards Credence to greet her newly awoken trainer. Credence backed up quickly, scuttling further away from the fire and the approaching demon.

"Get away from me!"

[freckledfocus]

Prompto wishes he could better understand the Misdreavus, but he's just getting used to these creatures Pokemon. It seems to be at least a bit contrite, so the blond will take that as a small victory in human-Pokemon relations.

He turns his head at the sound of a body stirring and begins to smile, ready to greet the stranger, when the dark-haired boy practically skins his butt trying to get away from the Misdreavus that only wants to say hi.

Prompto can see the panic in the stranger's eyes, hear it in his voice, and see it in the way he tries to both flee and curl in on himself as if he's trying to ... protect himself from something. Taking a deep breath, Prompto tries to look as non-threatening as possible while slowly moving towards the frightened boy.

"H-hey there. I'm Prompto and I, uh, found you passed out over there with your Pokemon trying to wake you up. Did you just get here too?"

He's hoping his voice is gentle enough. Everyone handles their panic attacks differently, and Prompto really doesn't know how to help this guy but he'll try his best. Well, aside from maybe having the Misdreavus back up a bit.

"Uh, M-Misdreavus? Maybe you should come over here until he's a little calmer? You can chat with my Eevee, who I still really have to name soon..." His voice trails off at the end as he mumbles about giving his Eevee a name.

Pulling out some of the trail mix from his bag, Prompto offers a handful to the still-frightened stranger.

"Here. It's pretty good, and I don't really know when you last ate. P-plus food usually helps me feel better so maybe it'll help you?"

[notclearwater]

This was all witchcraft and his mother had warned him so much against it. Mr. Graves wasn't here to help either, so this was wild. Out of control witchcraft and nothing that Credence was prepared to deal with. It was terrifying by the sole fact that it was out of this world but it was made worse by the fact that he was alone.

"G.. Get here..?"

He finally takes note of the other young man. He manages a brief glance at Prompto's face before looking away from him. Credence could never keep eye contact, could hardly ever make himself look people in the eye. One would swear his neck simply couldn't straight up.

Misdreavus was very disappointed that she still couldn't greet her trainer. She floats over to the Eevee with a melancholic sigh, leaning her head on the little fox-like creature's shoulder.

"Not fair. My trainer is broken."

Credence really wasn't sure if he could stomach food at all but he shouldn't refuse the offering. He extends his hand to take it, every part of his body trembling. He must look so foolish but this young man was so cool and calm wasn't he? Credence found himself envious.

"T.. t hank you... I-I don't know where I am.. What .. what is that thing, where are we?"

[freckledfocus]

Eevee nuzzles the Misdreavus, offering what comfort she can.

"I think he's just really scared. He kind of smells like my trainer did when he first got here, and he keeps shaking. Prompto will help though!"

Prompto notices the Misdreavus leaning on his Eevee and takes a quick moment to scratch behind one of her ears. Gently scooping her up, he speaks gently and softly to her, but makes sure it's loud enough for the stranger to hear.

"Pryna, think you and this little one can keep an eye on the fire while I talk to him? Maybe you can make a new friend, yea?"

Letting her down on the ground, Prompto (happy to have finally come up with a name for her) smiles at Pryna before turning back towards the frightened boy. His eyes take in the shaking and he sees that the guy really doesn't (or can't) do the whole eye-contact thing, which further cements the thought that the stranger has some anxiety issues and probably a whole lot of self-image issues. And, obviously, that he's having some kind of panic attack.

Prompto feels like this stranger is a kindred spirit, of sorts; he remembers feeling that way all the time, before befriending Noctis, Ignis, and Gladiolus. He still has anxiety issues, especially after everything at Zegnautus Keep, but he'd gotten better before and he can do it again. Maybe now it's his turn to help someone find themselves the way the others helped him.

"T-this is gonna sound really weird, but I promise I'm not lying. This place is called Johto, and right now you're on the side of Route 29 in a little campsite I set up. I, uh, just got here recently too and I'm still really confused. I don't know how we got here, but I'm on my way to find my friends who also ... somehow got here."

He pauses and takes a breath, realizing that his own hands are starting to shake as he's reminding himself that his friends are still his friends but they aren't the ones he was just with in the dorm, realizing that he really doesn't have a lot of answers and how did he think he could help anyone?

Swallowing and giving a nervous chuckle, Prompto continues trying to explain things to this stranger while simultaneously offering him more of the trail mix.

"Um, that cute little green floating one is a Misdreavus and she's your Pokemon. Pokemon are kind of like pets, I think? You can talk to them and train them and stuff and they make really good companions! The brown one that looks like a little fox is mine. She's an Eevee and her name is Pryna. She's been really helpful, kinda helped me out of a panic attack before. A-and she's super cute!"

Prompto scratches the back of his neck nervously, eyes darting from the stranger's face to the grass. Damn, he's really bad at this.

"Hey, what's your name anyway? S-sorry. I'm not that great at this. Look, the bottom line is you're somewhere safe and you're not alone. You've got your Misdreavus, and if you want to ... you've got me. Uh- I mean ... you wanna come with me?"