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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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...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.]

Tifa, and--uhm...Vincent? [An exhale.] Kadaj and his brothers.

[Tifa and Vincent, yes. But uh.]

Who and his brothers?

Silver hair, leather fetish? [And a sore subject for her.]

[Cloud's fingers clenche against his chin.]

Sephiroth?

They were clones of his, I think. He was here too--but he left before you did.

Clones? Black Clones? They had names and could speak and everything?

Yeah. There was Kadaj and...and I don't remember the name of the other two. I only clashed wills on a regular basis with Kadaj.

That's...weird. I thought all the Black Clones died...

[He also thought that they weren't coherent enough to retain a sense of self, but if what Buffy's saying is true then they're coherent enough to be pains in the ass, at least.]

...how do you know all this stuff? Did we tell you all of this?

Yeah, you told me a bit. Kadaj told me some himself.

[Cloud rubs his mouth.] But they're gone, right? The Clones.

Y-yeah. Kadaj hasn't been around in a while, and he tended to make a point of harassing me.

So he's trouble, huh?

You said he looks like Sephiroth? [Cloud will have to be on the look out for him in case he shows up.]

Same coloured hair--different cut. Same love for leather but more like a freaky one piece suit. [Hesitant:] Same eyes.

[Figures, with them being clones and all.

But...y'know, with that, now Cloud has to ask.] ...um...

What...else do you know? Do you know anything that might seem kinda like...y'know, stuff that should be secret?

I...I don't think so. I mean--no secret things. Unless there was something that I didn't even know was a secret.

[Cloud can't think of how to mention secret stuff without actually telling her what it is, so he'll just have to be satisfied with that.]

Okay.

I was just- I dunno. I just wanted to know.

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