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Seventh Heaven was trashed.

Has anyone seen Tifa? 5'3", dark brown hair, red-brown eyes.


[[Locked to friends//85% Unhackable]]

She was taken. Aerith's still missing. Goddammit

Yazoo is here now too, just what we need.



I can't do this anymore.


[[Last part is heavily scribbled out; legible if someone has a ton of determination.]]

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[A search of the house turns up two children and no Zack, so Cloud checks the front yard- nope. Back yard- aha, there he is.]

...Zack.

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[Zack's sitting on a log, one knee lifted and hugged against his chest. Cloud gets a pained smile upon his arrival.]

You didn't have to come out here looking for me.

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[Cloud doesn't answer, just circling around to stand in front of Zack, hands on his hips. He looks down at him for a second before...

...dropping a hand atop his head and ruffling his hair.] It'll be okay. I promise.

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[.... F-ffffff. That's his job. You're not supposed to do that, Cloud.]

Spike...

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[Sometimes Zack needs it.] The odds are better for us now; I'm coherent, you're alive. We'll get your mako back, then you and me can storm the base, kick asses, take names, get our girls back and everyone'll be happy.

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...Heh... [You're so cute, Cloud. Zack wuvs you.] Yeah. I want to be stronger... I want to save someone, somehow. It's not fair that they have to suffer here.

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You saved me. [Cloud folds his arms, assuming his matter-of-fact stance.] And I helped save the world. I'd say you saved everyone.

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If kinda indirectly? [Zack smiles again, shaking his head.] That was your victory, Spike. You did all of that, not me. But it's okay - saving just you is enough to make me happy.

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[Cloud looks at him before plopping on the log beside him with an exasperated sigh, scratching his hair.] You really don't have a clue, do you?

Idiot.

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You could help me out, you know. I wasn't there, after all. [Have a shoulder-nudge, you punk.]

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Don't you understand? People -special people, extraordinary people- are drawn to you. And the ones that don't go to you, you find, and you make them into something great just by being around them. Even if I have something great inside me -if- it's because of you that I could accomplish anything. You can say what you want, but I know that if I hadn't known you, I'd have been dead long before that time in the lab.

You've got a gift, Zack. I don't know what it is...but it's something good. So don't sell yourself short.

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[wingenvy]

..... [A-aww, Cloud. That's just... so nice to hear. Zack trembles a little, briefly, and can't really say anything to that. But it's pretty obvious that he's grateful to have heard that.]

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[Cloud glances at Zack before looking away, rubbing his nose as his cheeks heated. Now he's a little embarrassed, since he's realized how heavy those words he just said are.]

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[After a moment or so, Zack grins and winds an arm around Cloud's shoulders, giving him a familial shake.] Thanks, man. You can be pretty good at this stuff too, you know?

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It's the truth. [Cloud rubs his nose again, still a little pink.]

...besides...I don't like seeing you depressed. I figure this cheering up thing should go both ways, at least sometimes.

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[wingenvy]

I know. It helped, it really did. [This would be where he'd normally ruffle Cloud's hair, but it seems weird to do it now, since Cloud had done it to him.] You're not bad at this, y'know.

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I guess I can have my moments. [Cloud finally relaxes, muscles in his shoulders and back slackening beneath Zack's arm.]

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[Oh Cloud, you're always so tense. :< Zack's not letting you go anytime soon.]

You have plenty of 'em.

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Eh. [Cloud shrugs awkwardly, but doesn't debate it.]

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[Yeah, you better not debate it. Punk.]

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[Cloud sits there for a while, just looking around at the surrounding trees, village, etc. and enjoying the company before slipping out from beneath Zack's arm and standing.] Zack...I know you hate it when I hover. And I'm gonna try my best not to...but in return, you gotta promise me something.

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[Zack blinks, lifting his head in surprise to watch Cloud.] What is it?

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Take care of yourself. [Cloud holds up a hand and shakes his head.] Or rather...don't give me anything to worry about. I know you, I know you like to take risks and do things the Zack Fair way...but just...take me into account when you do.

I've really gotten used to having you around. I don't think I can go back to what I was before and be okay.

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[That... makes sense. And Zack can understand where he's coming from there.] I can't promise I'll be able to stay out of trouble completely, Spike. You know me. But I will promise you one thing - if I get any bright ideas about saving the world, I'll tell you before I do anything. Is that enough for you right now?

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That's the best I can hope for, I think. [Cloud nods a bit, hands on his hips as he looks down and scuffs the toe of his boot against the ground in nervous habit.]

That'll be enough. Yeah.