☆Radiant ONE☆ [Action]

[radiantblossom]

[One Aerith Gainsborough is making her way through the village, her white arrival dress sticking to her uncomfortably, and looking rather put-out.  The journal she has is held tightly to her chest, though every now and then she'll peer down at it.   She seems to be looking for something, and will occasionally peep in someone's house window.]

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Comments

...I need a better "surprise" icon for him. /looks

[nilradiance]

[Cloud is actually inside for once. Downpour and all. But since he's on the first floor of the apartment building, it's not hard for him to spot Aerith wandering around, especially since he's keeping the window open a crack to let a cold, fresh breeze open. ...white is not a good color for girls to wear when it's raining. He opens the window wider and leans out.]

Aerith, get inside--

[Stops. Pink wings. Not brown. And that's the sundress new arrivals wear.]

...Aerith?

=P Poor Cloud and his lack of surprise.

[radiantblossom]

[Aerith glances around her, looking for the source of the voice, and when she finally spots Cloud in the distance, a bright smile lights up her face despite the rain and cold.

He was here. Someone she knew. She heads toward him, keeping her arms wrapped tightly around her chest.]

Hello to you, too!

=_= Mister Scowl.

[nilradiance]

[Luckily, his attention is mostly on her face. ...deeefinitely looooks like an Aerith, but is she the Aerith he knows? He's wondering if this is the same as when Yuffie came back and didn't remember there were two Clouds anymore. Still leaning out the window, his hands on the sill.]

Hey. [...Might as well ask, this might sound weird.] Where'd you come from?

Scowl? Mister Pouty. =D

[radiantblossom]

[She raises a brow, curious as to why he'd ask such a question, especially when he knew the answer.]

Radiant Garden. Why would you ask?

...n-not pouty. >_>

[nilradiance]

[There's a flash of a small smile before common sense kicks in to say no, he really shouldn't be glad Aerith is in this kind of place.]

It sounds strange. Come inside and then I'll explain. Door's over there. [Pointing to the main entrance. Of course, Aerith is free to clamber through the window if she wants, but Cloud does not think that would be a great idea with how she's dressed. :|b]

...sure and Aerith isn't stubborn.

[radiantblossom]

[A look of worry flashes across her face before she nods, and heads through the main entrance. If she weren't soaked to the bone, she probably would have went through the window. Cloud, you need a patio. D=<]

SOMETIMES, IT IS A SCOWL. >| Like so.

[nilradiance]

[Girl, how is he supposed to get himself a patio. Speaking of little luxuries like patios, Cloud's apartment is rather spartan; this probably isn't a surprise to Aerith. He's opened the apartment door so she can come in.

...She needs to dry off. Have a question called out while he's getting a towel.] How much do you know about this world?

[radiantblossom]

[She steps in, closing the door behind her while trying not to drip too much on the floor.]

Other than the fact we get wings upon our arrival? Nothing. What world is this, anyway? [And why am I here? Is Leon here? What about the rest of the HBRC? Was Radiant Garden destroyed again? But she refrains from asking anything else, unwilling to bombard him.]

[nilradiance]

Luceti. There's a guide for this; it happens a lot. Maybe more than it did in Traverse Town...[......How reassuring. He looks at her face as he hands her the towel.] But nothing's happened to the worlds.

[radiantblossom]

A guide, huh? We should've had one of those in Traverse Town. [She takes the towel gratefully and begins drying off her hair. She never thought she'd have to get used to another world again, thought all that was over with.]

Cloud. How--Why are we here? [She's obviously concerned.]

...w-wow, html fail. :|b

[nilradiance]

[...Well that is why we have guides, although even as Cloud flips the journal open to Raine's explanation, he knows it's not going to be good enough. Aerith might do research, but she's also going to need some answers right away.]

As far as I know, no one really knows "why" we're brought to the world. Even the "how" is vague. [He shuts his eyes briefly, then looks directly at Aerith. Very levelly:] We're trapped inside an enclosure. Somewhere outside the barrier is a group of people who have also been brought here, and they're running experiments on people like us.

[Just...clearing the brunt of the bad news out of the way right now.]

Is it sad I hardly noticed? D=

[radiantblossom]

[Wow, Cloud, you sure know how to make a girl feel good about a situation. Aerith wraps the towel around her shoulders, biting her lower lip in thought.]

I didn't quite expect that. [She sighs.] Anyone else we know here?

lmfao THE WHOLE COMMENT WAS IN PURPLE FOR ME XD;;

[nilradiance]

[...t-this way it can only go up? Well--]

Some of Organization XIII, but they haven't been a threat yet. Sora's here, too, and some of his friends.

There's also...something strange. [...and this coming from the guy who once wore a claw as fashion statement. :|b]

ohbeejezus! XD

[radiantblossom]

I see. [Aerith has already run into Xaldin, but she doesn't feel the need to bring it up. That's not important at the moment. Cloud mentioned something strange, and dear god what could possibly be more strange than the current situation?

She leans in close to him.]

Go on.

[nilradiance]

...There's another "Cloud", and "Aerith". And a Yuffie and Squall, but not the ones we know. [She just missed the other Tifa, but he won't mention that.] ...And Sephiroth.

[radiantblossom]

[She's gonna look at you incredulously, Cloud. That's just... wow. Not what she expected. Couldn't you have said,"And everything's free?"]

How is that--You're not joking, are you? [Now that she thinks about it, that's kind of cool.] Are they just like us?