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... )

"AIYAAAAAAAAAH!!!!" Ed dashed down the hallway, hands flailing above her head, Ein right on her heels. She had to get away from the scary black things! They were gonna eat her or something!! Even though they didn't seem to have any mouths, Ed knew they were going to eat her because that's what scary monsters did - they ate you. Horribly and ickily ( 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... )

"I know it won't be the quality you're used to, but you could try some of the shops around here. It'll last you at least until you can get a better one," Aerith finally suggested to Zack.The fight was off, then. He had no weapon. Unless they wanted to go hand to hand, it wasn't going to work. Zack sighed and stood up for a moment to stretch. He ( Read more... )

"I don't know how well you'd do in that situation though, Cloud. I mean, can you even cook? At least we all know I have the ability to control you all with my iron will and dictator-like tendencies."To be honest, Zack was glad that he was filling up that joker role again. He was the one that had to say the things that made some people laugh and ( Read more... )