You know what? I was glad that we were friends. Not because I was friends with a SOLDIER, but because I was friends with Zack. And I'd have thought that after everything Shinra did to us, you'd leave SOLDIER and everything it entailed behind you.
If you feel like reducing yourself to a title, go ahead; not like I can stop you when you have your mind made up.
You think sitting around twiddling my thumbs while my best friend's kid needs help is honourable?
It's not the title, Cloud. It's everything I believed in when I heard that title. That is what a SOLDIER is. Belief in something greater, dreams of a hero.
So because you're not chock full of Mako, you're not a hero? Instead you're going to force yourself onto people who care and worry about you, and when they have to break it to you that you could get hurt, you lay on the guilt?
[Vincent has to restrain himself. If he'd had the materia to do so, he would have cast sleep. His wings and fingers twitch irritably. Cloud would get himself captured...]
[Cloud shifts his weight again, eyes not leaving Vincent's; the irritation was obvious, but there wasn't much Cloud could do about that. He couldn't stay; it was that simple.]
[Didn't understand?! Someone Cloud cared for was threatened by a bunch of heartless, sadistic scientists, and he was claiming Vincent DIDN'T UNDERSTAND?!]
[He glowers, slowly, silently taking a deep breath to calm himself. When he speaks, he pronounces the words with slightly more emphasis than normal.]
What do I not understand?
[The accuracy of his speech, paired with the lack of contractions, might tip Cloud off that Vincent is either angry, hurt or both, at the moment.]
[Vincent turns away slightly, at fisrt planning on reaching out to restrain Cloud-- catching his wrist, perhaps-- before realizing that he'd do better to let the other man think he'd given up, then just sneak along behind him. His swirl-form was good for that...]
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Date: 2008-05-26 03:56 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-05-26 04:46 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-05-26 01:53 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-05-26 04:23 am (UTC)But they're bringing him back. That's what matters. Try to focus on that, okay?
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Date: 2008-05-26 04:28 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-05-26 04:32 am (UTC)Shit.
Cloud, I--
He's coming back...!
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Date: 2008-05-26 04:42 am (UTC)I can't just wait. There has to be something I can do to get him away from them.
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Date: 2008-05-26 04:58 am (UTC)But if you're going after him, I'll help you. This isn't something you should face alone.
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Date: 2008-05-26 05:14 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-05-26 05:19 am (UTC)I seem to remember the last time you ditched me to "protect" me didn't end well.
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Date: 2008-05-26 05:25 am (UTC)...Zack. You wouldn't be able to keep up. You would fall behind.
[[ooc: And don't think it's not killing Cloud to say that, woman.]]
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Date: 2008-05-26 05:30 am (UTC)Why don't you just go ahead and tell me I'm useless while you're at it.
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Date: 2008-05-26 05:32 am (UTC)I'm...I'm sorry.
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Date: 2008-05-26 05:41 am (UTC)Just... whatever, Cloud. Go find Simon. I won't slow you down.
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Date: 2008-05-26 05:44 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-05-26 05:47 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-05-26 05:50 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-05-26 05:55 am (UTC)I'm a SOLDIER. It's who I am.
I can't... be anything else.
You told me that the loss of mako doesn't make me any less a SOLDIER. But you still expect me to act like something I'm not. I can't be both, Cloud.
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Date: 2008-05-26 06:01 am (UTC)You know that's not what I-I meant that you still had your honor.
You know what? I was glad that we were friends. Not because I was friends with a SOLDIER, but because I was friends with Zack. And I'd have thought that after everything Shinra did to us, you'd leave SOLDIER and everything it entailed behind you.
If you feel like reducing yourself to a title, go ahead; not like I can stop you when you have your mind made up.
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Date: 2008-05-26 06:16 am (UTC)It's not the title, Cloud. It's everything I believed in when I heard that title. That is what a SOLDIER is. Belief in something greater, dreams of a hero.
That's what I wanted.
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Date: 2008-05-26 06:22 am (UTC)Yeah, that sounds pretty honorable, too.
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Date: 2008-05-26 10:17 am (UTC)Cloud, go find Simon. I don't want to waste your time with some stupid argument.
I can't handle this right now.
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Date: 2008-05-26 04:29 pm (UTC)But we're going to have a talk when I get back.
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Date: 2008-05-26 08:02 pm (UTC)...Good luck.
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Date: 2008-05-26 04:38 am (UTC)[Vincent's eyes seem to go slightly deeper, while his cheeks become tighter, as well. These scientists would put a child through such a thing?
He looks down, unsure of what to say.]
...
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Date: 2008-05-26 04:43 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-05-26 05:39 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-05-26 05:46 am (UTC)...you don't have your guns here.
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Date: 2008-05-26 05:54 am (UTC)[...or his limit breaks, or his summons... A point.]
You can't do this alone.
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Date: 2008-05-26 06:05 am (UTC)...I can't stay here and wait.
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Date: 2008-05-26 06:19 am (UTC)[Vincent has to restrain himself. If he'd had the materia to do so, he would have cast sleep. His wings and fingers twitch irritably. Cloud would get himself captured...]
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Date: 2008-05-26 06:24 am (UTC)You know I can't.
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Date: 2008-05-26 06:32 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-05-26 04:30 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-05-26 08:42 pm (UTC)[He glowers, slowly, silently taking a deep breath to calm himself. When he speaks, he pronounces the words with slightly more emphasis than normal.]
What do I not understand?
[The accuracy of his speech, paired with the lack of contractions, might tip Cloud off that Vincent is either angry, hurt or both, at the moment.]
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Date: 2008-05-27 03:50 am (UTC)...you don't understand what it's like to be a father.
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Date: 2008-05-27 04:07 am (UTC)[He almost had. For the space of a few moments, he'd thought he could make a new life, for himself as well as for the girl... then... this place.]
[Cloud couldn't leave; Vincent couldn't let that happen... He'd be captured or... or killed.]
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Date: 2008-05-27 06:28 pm (UTC)I'll be back once I have Simon.
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Date: 2008-05-28 12:37 am (UTC)