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[This video starts up in a tree; there are a couple branches in the way and some ridiculously pale person with blond J-pop hair pacing around in a circle. He does this for a moment before squinting up at the camera.]

...what are you?

[He disappears from view, then the camera shakes violently following a dull THUD.]

Ow. That hurt.

[There's another thud and the camera shakes again before the journal topples out of the tree and onto the ground. It doesn't stay there for long; it's lifted and shaken out, and Cloud's face is captured for a moment until the camera settles on his chin instead.]

...when did I buy this thing? [And the book snaps shut.]

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I need to get my phone first, so take your time.

Not to call you a liar or anything...I just gotta see the "no signal" for myself.

I get it. Seeing is believing.

[...Sound of a door.] I'll see you soon?

Yup.

[And she'll probably see him sitting on the side of the fountain; looks like he hasn't got his weapons yet, but he is flipping his phone open and shut in contemplation.]

[She actually...sneaks by. Totally conspicuously. She doesn't want to show up for that first in person hello without coffee in her hands.

So, she comes back a little later with two cups. She holds one out to the other blonde.] Hi

[She's totally free to sneak, Cloud is way too preoccupied not paying attention to anything.

He will once she stops in front of him and hands him some coffee because yesss.]

Oh- thanks. Buffy. [It's kind of obvious that he adds her name at the end JUST to prove that he can remember it, but at least the gratitude is sincere enough. He sips the drink.] You're being awfully kind to just a proto-friend. Slow day?

[She sits next to him with a slightly rueful smile.] We did go for coffee, once. So we were at least proto-friends at the coffee level. And I pretty much feel that New Feathers can always use a drop or two of kindness. I know it sucks, waking up here.

Yeah...

I don't know. I don't think it's sunk in. [Flip flip on the phone.] I feel like I can just walk and eventually get somewhere I recognize. Or my signal'll come back and I can call someone to give me a lift.

The sinking in can be a bit of a...work in progress, yeah. As for a lift? Well--there's some kind of mystical barrier around the whole place. We're a hermetically sealed commune of mismatched hermits. At least we've got electricity, now--even if we don't get bars on our phones.

Yeah, that's what this other guy told me too. [SIGH. Gulp.]

Well, about the barrier thing. I didn't know about the electricity. That must've sucked, not having it.

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It was pretty bad. I mean--me? I'm a girl who depends on her hair dryer.

[Holding onto the coffee cup--more for warmth than the taste.]

Mmm. [Girly.]

Hey, you said that people who've passed away can show up here, right?

[Slow nod.] Yep, they can.

[Cloud turns the cup in his hands.]

...have you ever met a girl here? She'd probably be all in pink, and have a crazy obsession with flowers and plants.

[Buffy nods.] Aerith.

[Cloud's fingers tighten and the cup creaks before he looses his hold again.]

She-

Is she still here? Do you know where I can find her?

[...Buffy slowly shakes her head. No, not still here.]

...oh.

Yeah, I guess not. [Gulping his coffee even though it's too hot for that.]

Me and her were pretty good friends. Definitely past the proto-stage.

I'm not surprised. She could make friends with just about anybody. [Barret, Vincent...]

That I can definitely agree with. I mean, the three of you made and unlikely group...[oh crap.]

The three of us?

Who else was here? [Tifa maybe? Or Yuffie? Maybe it was Barret, since she said "unlikely."]

A guy named Zack. You all...kinda lived in the same place. [Buffy thinks. She knows it got complicated towards the end.] But there were others here from your world, too.

Zack...- [Cloud's eyes widen as his brain catches up with the conversation.]

Zack? Was- Was he a big guy, dark hair? A scar here, on his jaw? [Cloud presses a finger against his right cheek.]

I didn't spend a lot of time examining his jaw but--yeah, Zack.

[Cloud rests his chin in his hand and leans forward to set his elbow on his knee. Aerith and Zack.]

...who...who else was here from my world? [If he hears stuff like "Sephiroth" and "Hojo" and "Rufus Shinra" then he'll know he's dead.]

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