[video] what a happy nerd

[carbungle]

[The video opens with the camera up close to Noctis, where he's trying very hard to look serious while fighting off what can only be considered giddiness.]

Hey, question for Havenwell at large... I'm pretty disappointed right now.

[He turns the camera, revealing a little lake, sparkling blue-green in colour and surrounded by lush foliage. There's a soft splash just off the shore, and Noctis utters a muffled, "there you are!" fumbling with the communicator for a moment until a lure goes flying towards it, attached to a fishing line.

When the camera returns to Noctis, he is grinning like an absolute fool, holding his fishing rod.]

Why did no one tell me about this place? Or am I the first? I hope I'm the first. Can I name it? [His voice lowers, conspiratorial.] There's fish here.

[The video cuts off, but included in his message are the coordinates to what one might assume is the pond in question, where Noct can be found fishing all. Day. Long. There's a blue chocobo curled up on a nearby rock, waiting patiently for him to finish as she's done dozens of times before.]

Comments

[carbungle]

[Alphinaud! He has been informed of you, bud. Now he has to decide whether to behave or overwhelm.]

Haven't figured that one out yet. If you wanna name a lake, you have to see what it's got to offer first, right? Otherwise it'll sound weird.

[aunitedeorzea]

[It seems like Era has talked about him a lot here. Now the question was when he'd be overwhelmed by it.]

That would be the logical way to go about it, yes. All that's left for now is to see what it has to offer.

[carbungle]

So far... water, and fish. Which makes it pretty normal as far as lakes go. Not all that inspiring, but I'm loving it.

[aunitedeorzea]

Mayhap you should name it after the type of fish that's in the lake?

[carbungle]

Hmmm... that'd be a good call if I knew what the hell they were.

[He turns the camera towards the bucket, where a collection of fish are flopping around in shallow water, a variety of shapes and colours. One of them manages to surface just long enough to howl into the air before bubbling back beneath the surface.]

[aunitedeorzea]

I suppose that would give you the honors to name these types of fish then.

[The howler for one was... interesting.]

[carbungle]

Oh geez, if I have to name the lake and the fish, this could take a while.

[Time to pick Iggy's brain on as many stupid fish puns as they can cook up.]

[aunitedeorzea]

You may have to just use what these fish are like for ideas. I'm not really creative with names, but you could use the behaviors or appearance for ideas.

[Is he really thinking of ideas for these fish? Yes he is.]

[carbungle]

[This is what makes you so reliable, Alphinaud.]

Right, got it. Calling this one Scream the Rainbow, then.

[aunitedeorzea]

Scream the Rainbow... [Oh boy.] That is an... interesting idea.

[But it's not his fishing bond. Does he bite his tongue here?]

[carbungle]

It's genius. I'm rolling with it.

[At least until he comes up with something better, which may or may not happen eventually.]

[aunitedeorzea]

[Genius? Well, each person was different he supposed. As long as he was happy with it, that's what mattered. If anything, it was certainly amusing.]

That's one fish down, at least. I'm sure it won't be that difficult to think of other names. You can always think more on the subject as you go.

[carbungle]

I'm gonna be honest, I'm not worried about it. Most of the fish back home did just fine with boring names, and they still tasted good. We'll have a few creative ones, and here and there someone'll fish up a plain old Aellyn Pike and it won't matter once it's on the grill.

[aunitedeorzea]

I suppose not. You have the right of it. The main purpose is to name the pond, after all. Mayhap you could also use the surroundings as an idea for a name?

[carbungle]

What, like... greenery and wreckage? It might paint an odd picture.

[Well, he's not wrong. It's pretty normal for fish to be named after the place they were found.]

[aunitedeorzea]

Mayhap something more poetic?

[Because that would... be a strange name. Still trying to come up with ideas...]

Maybe something like Tranquil Verdure? [He's trying.]

[carbungle]

Uh...

[Sounds kind of snobbish, dude. Yet somehow still better than Prompto's suggestions.]

Sure, I'll add it to the idea pool.

[aunitedeorzea]

[He... can tell he didn't like it.]

... Right. I'm... sure you'll think of something. [He'll bow out of it for now.]