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[glorious_mercy]

[The feed hisses briefly as it comes to life and for a moment all that fills the screen is foliage of the trees around the owner of the device. Several seconds pass before the leaves and greenery are replaced by the face and shoulders of a certain general. One rather confused General at that, though he is currently hiding that confusion rather well

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[soldierboy777]

...Seph?

I - wha - you...

[You get a huge sigh and a slight puppy face.] Man, my head hurts.

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[glorious_mercy]

[Finally a familiar and welcome face, though it's no reason yet to relax considering what he's been confronted with so far. But despite the seriousness, there is perhaps a small bit of dry humor in his answer to the younger man.]

Zack.

Nice to see you as well.

What can you tell me about this place?

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[soldierboy777]

[He's seen people come and go many times, but every time, he could never help but ask a question that always had the same answer.] You...don't remember being here, do you?

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[glorious_mercy]

No. This is the first time I've come to find myself here. [A pause]

But you're the second to suggest that I have been here before...you would think I would recall being taken so abruptly from where I should be to here if it had happened before though.

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[soldierboy777]

Trust me, it's not. [It didn't even occur to him that Sephiroth could be arriving from after the events at Nibelheim - Zack had grown used to the way he'd acted before he'd vanished, and he was acting the same way now. He sighs, looking defeated.]

You're stuck here in Never Was. Weird name, I know. We all come from different time periods, which is totally weird. Don't believe a damn thing people tell you unless you trust them.

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[glorious_mercy]

Stuck?

[Have a subtle tilt of the man's head as he watches you quietly for a moment, thinking about previous conversations he's had prior to this one. For the most part the warnings he'd already been given rose foremost as he considered Zack's own.]

Would you consider Vincent Valentine a person to be taken as his word or do I take his words with a grain of salt as you say to?

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[soldierboy777]

Vincent? [It took a second for the name to match up with the face; he still sometimes thought of Vincent as Coffin Guy, after all.] Oh, yeah, he's cool. You can trust him.

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[glorious_mercy]

Good to know.

How long have you been here, do you know? You said we were stuck...there's no way to voluntarily leave this place then?

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[soldierboy777]

I can't really say how long I've been here. Could've been days, could've been years. Time's really weird here. Like the rest of the place. [Though there was no use mentioning the stuff that usually went on. At least not yet.]

But nope, no way to just up and leave. Not that it matters. This is a decent little place once you get past all the Heartless.

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[glorious_mercy]

I see. Strange but considering what I've been told about time already, I suppose I shouldn't be surprised.

Heartless?

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[soldierboy777]

Yeah, you get used to it. I mean, it hardly fazes me anymore, and that's saying something. [Laughs]

They're these little shadowy monsters that pop up around town, but I haven't seen any lately, so I guess you're in luck! I think the guys in charge have taken care of them.

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[glorious_mercy]

No place is without its dangers hm? At least forewarned is forearmed.

How have you been doing here? [a pause] What is there to do here, since we aren't going anywhere else anytime soon?

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[soldierboy777]

I've been...pretty good, actually. [Despite having reasons to feel otherwise, overall, yeah, all was good. For now, he couldn't help but think.] This town's not so bad once you get used to it. You're settling in pretty well already, aren't you?