42... familiar faces lost in a crowd

[atouchofstrife]

So he's here. I guess that means that even the Lifestream flows to this place. I don't know what to say to him or even think. Should I tell him about Aerith or Sephiroth or Midgar? There's so much that has happened and I don't know... Next, I might see a few other old friends here. Not Sephiroth, not him ever again let him stay lost in the Lifestream.

Anita, Lestat, we should plan some kind of party. They're getting along with him and I am not sure if that is a good thing or a bad thing. Or just invite him over or something. Maybe we should spar. I haven't been going full out with Tsurugi in a while.

Yuna, how are you doing?

Reeve, Yuffie. Are you two hiding again? Damn, since when am I the one trying to get ahold of them? Maybe I should...

Hiro, when would be a good time to see the ducks? Maybe Zack would enjoy that. He's... I forgot how bouncy Zack can be.


[ooc; strikes = thinking.]

Comments

[plz-2-b-an-hero.livejournal.com]

You think I didn't? And it's the principle of the thing, anyway.

[cloudsinstrife.livejournal.com]

I know. Still not calling you sir. It's been too long and I can beat you in battle.

[plz-2-b-an-hero.livejournal.com]

Hey, it hasn't been long for me. Have a little empathy, will you? And you did not just say that, kiddo.

[cloudsinstrife.livejournal.com]

Long enough for me. I did. Gonna make me take it back?

[plz-2-b-an-hero.livejournal.com]

E-m-p-a-t-h-y. You really need to ask?

[cloudsinstrife.livejournal.com]

I don't hear you. My sword's bigger than yours, Fair.

[plz-2-b-an-hero.livejournal.com]

Someone needs his ears cleaned. Woah, now, did this conversation just take a turn that I didn't follow?

[cloudsinstrife.livejournal.com]

They are clean. ...Tsurugi is bigger than the Buster Sword. I don't know what you're thinking of, but you should get a girldfriend or something.

[plz-2-b-an-hero.livejournal.com]

Liar. I had have one, thank you. You're the one throwing innuendo out like that. You should thank me for not making a joke about overcompensating.


[Strikes not there but are heavily implied.;;]

[cloudsinstrife.livejournal.com]

...Not. ...Aerith. I know. It was not a... fine, forget it. Mine is not as big as Sephiroth's.

[plz-2-b-an-hero.livejournal.com]

...You do?

Hey, wait, you weren't listening in on my phone calls in Nibelheim or anything, were you? Cloud, you snoop.

[cloudsinstrife.livejournal.com]

...Nothing like that.

I met her.

[plz-2-b-an-hero.livejournal.com]

......?

[cloudsinstrife.livejournal.com]

...What?

[plz-2-b-an-hero.livejournal.com]

How? When? How's she doing? Did she ask about me? Did she make a fortune selling flowers like I thought she would? Is she still using the cart I made her, or did she get a new one?

[cloudsinstrife.livejournal.com]

...I fell into her flower bed at the church. About a year after you died. She mentioned you. I don't know - I bought one for a gil. She wasn't using a cart.

[plz-2-b-an-hero.livejournal.com]

Fell? Like, through the ceiling?

[cloudsinstrife.livejournal.com]

Yeah. The Mako reactor I was... blowing up threw me into the slums.

[plz-2-b-an-hero.livejournal.com]

[as zack starts LAUGHING over here] You're shitting me!

[cloudsinstrife.livejournal.com]

Nope. I became a mercenary and was hired by AVALANCHE.

[plz-2-b-an-hero.livejournal.com]

So you remembered that idea!

But I meant the falling through the roof. I did that, too, when... Er, I was on a mission. Impromptu, of course.

[cloudsinstrife.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I did.

Everyone thought I died. Aerith laughed about it and Reno... chased us around until we dropped some barrels on top of his gang.

[plz-2-b-an-hero.livejournal.com]

Reno's that Turk that just showed up, right? Can't imagine what he'd think about getting a barrel dropped on him.

I just kind of chilled with her for a while before Sephiroth called me and told me to get back to headquarters Or Else.

[cloudsinstrife.livejournal.com]

Right. We didn't hit it off right away.

Look... Zack. There's a lot that has happened over the past few years. I should tell you about it.

[plz-2-b-an-hero.livejournal.com]

Ha, neither did we.

I can't say I'm not curious, but you don't have to push yourself. I can already tell that things were a big mess.