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Hey, it's Peter. You know what to do.

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[spongetastrophe]

[Stares at him. Yeah, he can see you're about to run back in, Noct]

Sure. But first, I need to make sure there's no one trapped in there.

[He speeds his way back in before Noct can stop him. If he does spot someone, he'll get them to a safe distance before going right back in]

[waywardscion]

What the hell are you doing!?

(He's not sure what the hell the other guy was thinking but instead of fighting with him, he figures they should concentrate on helping others.)

Wait for me! (He catches up to Peter and points toward the east side of the building.) We should start there.

[spongetastrophe]

I can't get hurt, Noct. I'll be fine.

[He nods, going into the building. He can walk through walls so he gets through all the rubble quickly. Between that and Noct's warping, they should hopefully be able to go through this whole building and save anyone they come across]

[waywardscion]

(First of all, what the fuck. Noct follows with a strange suspicion tailing his heels. Noct can't do anything like that so it takes him a significant amount of effort to follow in after Peter.)

... listen, I can hear.. (Someone's rasping with heavy breathing. He looks further into the hall (or what's left of it) and can see beneath some rubble a staff member.) A demon, look .. I'm here.. I came to help..

(He doesn't want to distract Peter if he's found someone to help himself. He begins to pull off the rubble from the demon.) It's alright, don't worry.

[spongetastrophe]

[Yeah, good luck with whatever you're doing, Noct. You can take care of yourself, right, because Peter is over here helping some random characters out of the rubble. Though he is keeping an ear out in case Noct needs him for something]

[waywardscion]

(Once he's got the demon out of the rubble and through the exit, he moves over to where Peter is. He looks for ways he can help Peter.) Do you recognize them? (He doesn't, but he sets in helping pull off some of the debris that's scattered over the person.)

[spongetastrophe]

Not really. Doesn't matter, though.

[He helps pull off the debris. He checks to make sure the one they freed is okay, before going back to check for more people. He'll make sure they've saved as many as they can before he stops, because that's just how he rolls]

[waywardscion]

(Noct helps alongside Peter. Though, there's a few times where he splits up from Peter to free someone else from the debris. They can't move too far into the hallway, with the way the floor above collapsed down onto the ground floor. He then considers something as he's helping out someone from the hole in the wall.)

You think you want to go to the higher floors? I can get us up there and you can... do whatever that wall trick is to find more survivors.

[spongetastrophe]

Sure. We need to get out as many people as we can before this whole thing collapses.

[Peter could just fly himself up there, but he wants to keep an eye on Noctis to make sure the prince gets out of this safely, too]

[waywardscion]

(Noctis guides Peter out a few feet from the building and looks for a good place to warp to. There's an opening some forty or so feet up. He points up there.) Does that window.. look open? I can get us above it and you can go through..

(It's one of the few windows that aren't seeping black smoke from it so they weren't at immediate risk - or so it appeared at this level. Who knew what they would find once they warp up there. The whole floor, for instance, could collapsed and all that was left was the window. If that was the case, Noct could just warp them back down.)

Ready? (He pulled his arm out for Peter to step close to him.)

[spongetastrophe]

Ready. Be careful.

[It will be a question of who reacts first, really. But hopefully they can save some people before the floor collapses]

[waywardscion]

(Noct pulls Peter in and warps upward to the windowsill. They come in crouched on the sill and face to face with a relatively calm room that appears untouched by the chaos.)

Okay, good.. Come on- (He moves into the room and rushes toward the door.) -we should hurry!

[spongetastrophe]

Shit.

[He quickly follows. He tries to be careful so he doesn't break anything. But the floor is very unstable. One false step and the floor gives out from under him. He crashes through and winds up a floor below.

Oops]

[waywardscion]

(The collapse outweighed any other sensation Noctis had noticed. He had made it through the flooring but it seems Peter had not been so lucky. He navigates carefully on the remaining floor, his body flush against the wall and he waits for the dust to settle before he calls out to Peter.)

Hey??

(He offers a few coughs and waves his hand before his face trying to wave away the cloud of debris that comes up from the collapse.) Peter!?

(He calls out louder.) Peter!?

[spongetastrophe]

[Peter being Peter, naturally when he fell he had the awkward misfortune of landing with a piece of flooring impaling his leg]

Fuck. I'm over here. Just give me a minute.

[Yeah, don't mind him as he pulls his leg up. You're not supposed to do that but he clearly doesn't care about that or how much it hurts as he does it]

Okay. I'm good.

[No you're not Peter you have a hole in your leg]

[waywardscion]

(It takes a good minute before he can see Peter and ... he's a bit stunned as he watches Peter pull his leg off from where its impaled.) What the fuck!?

This is exactly why I didn't want you in here doing this shit! (There wasn't really any need for an excuse to argue with Peter, the two had been cordially at ends with one another for one reason or another. Noct's worry betrays the stern tone in his voice.) Dammit.

Just. Stay there! Stop moving!

(He looks for a safe spot to warp down and once he's on Peter's level he rushes over to the guy's side with a heavy frown.)

[spongetastrophe]

[He's ready to argue but he hesitates. Instead, he stares levelly at Noct. The guy is really worried about him, and when Peter looks down he sees he isn't healing nearly fast enough. Seems Hell wants him to sit this out, too]

Okay, fine. Help me out, then. And you better not get yourself hurt, either.

[waywardscion]

(He's two steps away from pulling out his own hair, but he manages to remain calm enough to put his hands gently on the other to help him stand. At least.)

If I get hurt, it'll be your fault.. What did you say? Oh, no.. I can't get hurt, I'm fucking Peter the healer.. (He forgot the word "nurse" again as he mocked Peter's earlier promise. Despite his tone his hands were firm and gentle as he helped the other.)

[spongetastrophe]

Shut up. Get me out of here.

[He could do it himself, but making Noct take him will guarantee that the other is out of danger for at least a few seconds]

[waywardscion]

(It took a significant amount of restraint not to bite back with a, "shut up" of his own toward Peter. Noct holds his arms around Peter as he looks around for an out. He could warp them back up to the level they came from, but he wasn't sure if Peter could stomach a warp with an injury like that.

He finds a large enough hole that leads from their current room to a bedroom and he moves toward the room. There's light that spills in the room, making it a bright contrast to the damaged room they're in and gives Noct a sense of security.)

We can take a look at you in there.. come on.

(He goes through the tear in the wall first and helps Peter on after him.)

[spongetastrophe]

[He lets Noctis take them wherever they have to go. His leg hurts like hell and he's already bled through his pant leg quite a bit. He nods over to the bed once they're in the room]

Could you get me over there? I need to get off these pants so I can clean the wound.

[Yeah just casually mentioning he's going to take his pants off nbd]

[waywardscion]

(Noct gets Peter over to the bed and helps him lay back. He moves from the room, navigating through the rubble and doesn't return until he's got some water and linen in hand. The water is from the kitchen, in a pitcher, and the linen looks like some bed sheets.)

Alright, alright..

(He helps Peter with his pants and if/when Peter moves to do something Noctis' hand will shove Peter back down on his back.) Let me do it.

(He's careful on tugging the pants around Peter's wound and once he's got them off completely he takes a moment to inspect the damage, without touching him.)

[spongetastrophe]

[He lets Noctis take charge, only sitting back and watching and helping get the pants off. He can now see the damage, which is of course worse since Peter pulled his leg off the thing that impaled him]

Since you won't let me do it, you'll have to wash the wound and dress it.

[He purposefully opens his empathy so he can get an idea of Noct's emotions. It's cheating but whatever]

[waywardscion]

I know what to do! (Noctis spits back. The last thing he needs is to cause Peter any more damage. He's gotta be there for Prompto, and for whatever stupid reason this guy wanted to come back in this mess to help others. Noctis could have done it just fine! He worries over Peter's leg, he worries over getting them both out as soon as they can. He worries there there's going to be another explosion and both of them are going to get hurt.

But fuck, if Peter was lost in all of this, on Noct's time - how would he ever explain that to Prompto?

He manages to tear the bed sheet into strips and he pours some water over Peter's leg before he begins to wipe at it. Then he thought to himself: this was hell, even if Peter does die he'll come back again. Beneath those thoughts, however, were uncomfortable spikes of attraction. Peter had a lot of positive qualities about him which Noct found attractive. Even his damn stubbornness, though when it was anchored onto Noct the prince didn't much care for it. Still, outside of those situations he liked how Peter felt like Ignis at times. Caring, nosey, bossy, and directive.)

[spongetastrophe]

[He lets out an amused huff, closing his eyes to let Noctis do his thing. Anyway, the prince's emotions are a little overwhelming. There's a lot of worry going on in the young man's heart. Peter's eyes open when he feels that spike of attraction.

He stares at Noct. Yeah, he felt lust when they were making out, but this is a different situation. Peter can't deny he's a little attracted to Noct, too.

Once Noct is done with the bandage, Peter runs his fingers over them]

That feels good. I don't know how long it'll take to heal, so I guess I have to sit the rest of this rescue mission out.

[Normally he wouldn't, but he doesn't want Noct to worry more. This is one time he doesn't want to start a fight with the other]