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[msterbrighteyes]

[quick, somewhat nervous breathing--or maybe he's just tense?--but his voice is level enough when he speaks.]

Tifa, Barret--any of you guys. If you hear this, tell me where you are. I'll meet up with you.

It's too warm...south? Dammit, no time.

[A creak sounds in the background, and he turns away from the communicator--]

Who's there--

[--but

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[bad_luck_stray]

Hey, you alright?

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[msterbrighteyes]

[There's a grunt as he tries once more.] No.

Who is this?

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[bad_luck_stray]

Name's Butterfly. You need help?

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[msterbrighteyes]

[There's a short pause as he considers--there's a few kinds of help he could use right now, and he's not sure exactly who this person is so he's a little wary.]

I'm in an apartment building. Where is this place?

[i_love_squats]

Wait, that voice sounds--

Cloud That you?

[msterbrighteyes]

[Freezing. Okay, someone just called his name, the stupid door can be forgotten for a minute. Coming back to the...communicator thing, whatever it is--]

Who's asking?

[i_love_squats]

[There's a bit of a laugh, soft, a chuckle really.]

Forget me already?

[msterbrighteyes]

[Hearing laughter from a stranger who knows his name, after getting seemingly abducted to a strange place? Definitely rubbing Cloud wrong.]

I asked who are you.

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[seventhsage]

Sir, do you need help?

[Voice]

[msterbrighteyes]

Stuck. The door's stuck--

[...Except the door handle decides then to pop open on its own, and the door slowly swings open.

There's a confused silence from Cloud after that, and the sound of his boots as he walks out the room into the rest of the apartment.]

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[seventhsage]

You managed, then?

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[msterbrighteyes]

You could say that. [It's not true, but you always could say that.]

What's going on here?