Sephiroth was about to answer Zack, rather dryly, that if Zack preferred experienced pilots then perhaps he might want to hitch a ride on another ship entirely, when the sensation hit - and with it all the numbness of impossible nostalgia. The unnatural chill, seeming to emanate from his core outwards, even as his blood (or, a more alarming ( Read more... )

With Integra and Sora having left - and the girl who'd been on Zack's shoulders, whoever she'd been, having vanished at some point - Sephiroth gestured to Zack (not that he probably needed any prompting) to follow him back into the hotel. He was still without a coat - it seemed like forever since he'd lost it - and Zack wasn't wearing one either, ( Read more... )

With Ed sitting comfortably on his shoulders, Zack made his way out into the hallway, using his foot to shut the door behind him. He had more or less woken up at this point and had gotten over being cranky about it. That was most likely a good thing, considering he was now faced with two people who did not suffer complaints ( Read more... )

The walk back to the hotel consisted mostly of smalltalk (in which Integra learned of said hotel) and the occasional sketchy remark. She'd drawn her eyes away from the wing that Sephiroth kept mostly hidden against his back. It wasn't the wing itself that bothered her, but everything it entailed - she could only begin to grasp the gravity of what ( Read more... )

Integra sighed quietly as the doors closed. It seemed to sum up her feelings perfectly.

A large black dog trotted up to her and she became aware of the eerily quiet Second District. Aside from the sounds of some far-off fighting, there were no Heartless anywhere. She wouldn’t have been surprised if the Third District looked the same way for a ( Read more... )

"I...guess we've been keeping a lot of things from each other, huh?"Sephiroth shrugged slightly, feeling the movement shift his wing. It was his turn not to be able to meet Zack's eyes now, the first time in memory he could recall being ashamed enough about something to warrant such a tactic where his best friend was involved. "I suppose it depends ( Read more... )

...other ways the darkness could show itself.. Trying to defend people in Hollow Bastion from darkness almost made Ansem's research sound like a noble purpose. Maybe it had started out that way, but as stated, the end result didn't seem to share the same noble underlining. Even if it started with that intent in mind, that didn’t change anything ( Read more... )

"Hoping we'll be able to see something different?"It took a while from suggesting having this meeting inside this room to actually setting foot in it, despite the cold outside. Once the General and Zack started into the room Cloud followed behind only pausing to give a fleeting look of concern to the overly-thoughtful keyblader. The look was ( Read more... )

"That's for me...?" The inquiry about the items caused a raise of an eyebrow in response. "Yeah.." There was nothing particularly odd about giving the items that belonged to his friend, to him. They both got something out of that munny so it was a fair shake on both sides. It didn't hurt to make sure that there was extra items there if his friend ( Read more... )

A while after Riku left, Touma gazed at the various items on the bed. His own bag was packed, ready to go to the landing area and onto the next world. That wasn't the problem ( Read more... )