Whoops. Right, Ignis obviously would have been buying food here. Or...acquiring food, anyway. Hmm.
So they make a detour to grab the groceries and then head on back to the loft, where Ignis inspects everything as expected. While he does, Noctis heads over to the fridge and pulls out a nice, cold can of Ebony. "Heads up!" He tosses it to Ignis. He's about to say he should have shown Iggy the potions shop, but...that would require explaining why it's attached to Ardyn's shop, and even though this Ignis doesn't know Ardyn yet, he sure knows the name Ardyn Izunia, Chancellor of Niflheim. Noctis figures they'll cross that bridge...later.
It's clear right away that Noctis shares this place with Prompto, even without clutter on the floor. There are framed photos everywhere - hanging on walls, perched on tables - and some of them are obviously from the road trip. Others were taken here in Amani and feature other people - Rosie, Ardyn (thankfully he knows Ignis hasn't seen Ardyn and won't recognize him), Elidibus, Erika, Rose Lalonde, Byleth - alongside Noctis, Prompto, or both. There's one of Noctis and Barnabas fishing on the Einherjar, a few of random places around the sim...there's one of Noctis behind the counter at Caelum Curatives, too, with the shop's sign visible.
"Uh...yes and no," Noctis answers Ignis' question as he grabs himself a small bottle of orange juice and gestures for Ignis to come sit with him on the couch. "There are really only maybe thirty of us here. But you've probably noticed all the other random people around, too, how they kinda just...act like the AI thinks random people should act. They're just part of the simulation, they're not real."
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So they make a detour to grab the groceries and then head on back to the loft, where Ignis inspects everything as expected. While he does, Noctis heads over to the fridge and pulls out a nice, cold can of Ebony. "Heads up!" He tosses it to Ignis. He's about to say he should have shown Iggy the potions shop, but...that would require explaining why it's attached to Ardyn's shop, and even though this Ignis doesn't know Ardyn yet, he sure knows the name Ardyn Izunia, Chancellor of Niflheim. Noctis figures they'll cross that bridge...later.
It's clear right away that Noctis shares this place with Prompto, even without clutter on the floor. There are framed photos everywhere - hanging on walls, perched on tables - and some of them are obviously from the road trip. Others were taken here in Amani and feature other people - Rosie, Ardyn (thankfully he knows Ignis hasn't seen Ardyn and won't recognize him), Elidibus, Erika, Rose Lalonde, Byleth - alongside Noctis, Prompto, or both. There's one of Noctis and Barnabas fishing on the Einherjar, a few of random places around the sim...there's one of Noctis behind the counter at Caelum Curatives, too, with the shop's sign visible.
"Uh...yes and no," Noctis answers Ignis' question as he grabs himself a small bottle of orange juice and gestures for Ignis to come sit with him on the couch. "There are really only maybe thirty of us here. But you've probably noticed all the other random people around, too, how they kinda just...act like the AI thinks random people should act. They're just part of the simulation, they're not real."