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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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Nothing's changed... nothing at all. The only thing we might have on our side is those traitors, but they've just given us more questions.

[Discontent silence.]

...You think that John guy's still down there?

Doesn't sound like he's moved at all. As long as there's a barrier protecting him, he's got no reason to leave.

...think there's a way past that? Through the walls, maybe?

You want to get him?

And get some answers, yeah. If he's the one we can get to, he should be the one we go after. We don't know where the other one could even be.

Can't hurt to try, I guess. Though how're we going to get through the walls with our strength cut down like that?

...I haven't thought about that yet.

[Aww, Spike. Well, not sense in giving him even more to worry about.]

We'll figure it out later.

[Cloud sighs and just kind of flops onto the grass spread-eagle, rubbing his face with both hands.]

I really hate this place sometimes.

[Zack watches, kind of amused.]

At least it's only sometimes?

Yeah. [Cloud flops his arms out as his sides.] I mean, this place would be beautiful without all the...the... [He gestures.

It doesn't help.] ...assholery.

Well, freedom wouldn't be worth it if you didn't have to fight for it a little. We know that better than anyone, right?

I think it'd be worth it just fine if we didn't have to fight for it. Less bloodshed that way.

But then people would take it for granted. Before Nibelheim, I know I did.

Yeah, and a lot more people were alive before Nibelheim.

.... [Ouch. Zack can't argue much with that one.] Anyway, we'll figure things out here. One way or another.

[Yeah, touchy subject. :< Cloud might not have liked most of them (save his Mama), but it was still his hometown.] I'll trust you on that one. I don't even know what to make of this place anymore.

[Zack knows. He has no idea how he'd be if it had been Gongaga.] At least we're not working alone anymore. A year ago we had no way to make any progress at all, and now look at us.

[Skeptical snort, and Cloud pushes himself up on his hands to give Zack a Look.] Look at us how? What exactly have we gotten done that's helped us at all?

[Don't you give him that look, he's the eternal optimist, remember? >:|] We've expanded our territory. We've found places where they can't watch us. We've made potential allies with their ranks. We've organized groups of people to work together. There's friends here, families - even us. You wouldn't have Simon without this place, and you didn't think you could've gotten me back on our world until you came here, did you? I'd call that progress. All of that and plenty more.

[Welcome to Cloud's storm of pessimism. Get an umbrella, because B'AWWW.] So instead of being stuck in a village with a forest, we're stuck in a village, a forest and a desert. Those laptops are probably just a way to trap us into telling them what we're planning, those so-called traitors are about as trustworthy as Hojo, and we've all found each other, great. Only now we can lose each other, or worse, hurt or kill each other because of these damn experiments.

[He falters.] ...have hurt and killed each other.

...You are such a stick in the mud. Would it kill you to trust people a little? I think they really are trying.

And I think they're trying too, but not to help us. I wish you'd be more careful about them.

Sometimes you have to take a few risks if you want to help people.

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