fandomtownies | The Photo Hut; Tuesday [07/02].

A bunch of equipment had shown up that morning all busted up; Prompto wasn't sure if it was a shipping problem or what, but part of him was really torn between what he knew was probably the responsible thing, which was to contact the company and work out a return and refund situation, or...start shifting through the contents and seeing if there was anything he could just fix or modify. Sure, they wouldn't get the price of an unfixed camera back out of it, but he would have something really interesting to do and a lot of these parts could maybe be repurposed, too...

It was definitely a conundrum, one he kept flip-flopping back and forth on. As soon as he settled in at the computer to contact the company, there was a little tug in his brain that encouraged him to go have one more look, just to make sure there wasn't anything really good to sink his skills into, and then he'd start to feel bad, so he'd go back to the computer, and then he'd get that itch, because, really, he could do some really cool stuff...

He always looked forward to Liz and Noctra's lunchtime visit on Tuesdays, but especially so today, because maybe she could help him settle this debate once and for all...

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And right on cue there was Liz and Noctra coming downstairs for their lunchtime visit, "Hi," Liz smiled and Noctra happily babbled her greeting, "How is everything going? Are we interrupting?"

"Hi," Prompto grinned back, and his sigh of relief at seeing them was evident, and he shook his head, the grin going a little wry as he gestured toward the boxes of broken equipment. "And you're just the interruption I need because I have been struggling this morning, babe. A whole bunch of stuff arrived, but it's almost all broken, and, like, I know the responsible thing is to send it all back and get a refund, but I also kinda wanna poke around with all those parts and see what I can do. So a second opinion," or, rather, a firm spousal denial or acceptance!, "is required before I can proceed."

Liz looked over the equipment curiously, "that is a tough one," she admitted as she looked back up at Prompto, "perhaps it wouldn't hurt to take a look at the equipment and see if it can be salvaged first, before we look at sending it back?" she considered with a tilt of her head.

"I mean," said Prompto, "that's sort of what I've been doing all morning. I'm pretty sure anything I can't salvage? I can use for something else, you know? But no one's going to be as interested in buying a refurbished camera, especially not at the same price, as a new one, you know? But it's also feels so sad sending all those viable parts right back, too!"

Liz nodded as she considered their options, "I think we've got enough stock on hand that not sending back a few boxes wouldn't really hurt," she looked back at the damaged parts, "I think we'd be alright keeping them for the parts," she added.

Prompto's brows lifted a little, as if he couldn't quite believe his luck in hearing what he thought he was hearing.

"Soooooo," he ventured, just to make sure, "time to get out the tools?"

Liz smiled reassuringly, "its time to get out the tools," she nodded in agreement.

The shift in that uncertainty was almost immediate, as Prompto face split into a big smile and he laughed. He launched himself over the counter so that he could swoop in to give Liz a big kiss on the cheek and, while he was there, ruffle Noctra's hair a little, and sling an arm around them to give them a little squeeze of a hug. "Thanks, babe," he said. "You're the best. I promise, I will make it worth the losses and make something so cool...!"

Liz's smile widened at that as she leaned in for the hug, Noctra babbling happily with the excitement, "you're welcome," she said, "I'm looking forward to seeing what you're able to make," she told him with a grin.

Liz earned herself one more really big kiss on the cheek and Noctra got a bunch of little tiny ones until she giggled, and then Prompto offered to take the little lady off of Liz's hands for a bit.

"So," he said, "now that you know how productive my morning was, what did the two of you get up to in the meantime?"

Liz smiled happily at the kiss and then carefully handed Noctra over, "it wasn't too bad of a morning," she told him, "Noctra's been hard at work on her drawings and she was watching her cartoons as well,"

"Oooh, drawings and cartoons!" Prompto responded, sounding impressed as he chuckled. "Pretty nice morning! I'm jealous! And what cartoons did you get to watch today? What'd I miss?"

Which, of course, promptoEd a very expressive testing of babble and gestures of which Prompto could only understand maybe about a tenth of, but tge spirit was definitely strong enough for him to get the general idea and he chuckled.

"Wow, that sounds super exciting! I'm bummed I missed it, but thanks for telling me, nugget."

She got a little forehead kiss for her efforts, and he got a cheerfully little "'Elcome!"

The Photo Hut; Tuesday [07/02].

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