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History Inverted
A Final Fantasy VII Fanfiction
Author: Sanjuno Shori Niko
Summary: Reeve is uncomfortable with this situation. It's hard to be a gentleman and save the Planet at the same time.
Timeline: Just when you think you've escaped the madness... there's more.
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(In which Reeve would like a refund on this mind trip please.)
Although he was not aware of it at the time, Reeve woke in their new reality at the same time as Cloud. The toymaker took a few seconds longer than his blond comrade to recognize his surroundings, having never lived through such a thing before. It was the difference between reading a report and going into action yourself.
‘So this is what a pickle feels like.’ Reeve looked around with shameless curiosity. Yuffie and Nanaki were in the mako-filled tubes across the room from his. There was no discernible breathing apparatus attached to any of them. Respiration did not seem to be an issue at the moment, but there was no telling how long that state of affairs would last. It would be best if they were to free themselves as quickly as possible. ‘Interesting. Still, it’s far and past the time we left this place.'
Reeve cupped one hand around the red glow of a Summons, smiling like a proud father at the smooth red orb that rose from the flesh of his palm. Gentle fingertips brushed over the slick surface of the globe. ‘I remember you… go on.’
The summon materia disappeared in a flash of red light, briefly illuminating the far corners of the lab. Yuffie leaned forward, waving cheerfully at Reeve from her tube. Shadows covered the room again, the lab lit only by the dim markers set above the doors and in the floor. Reeve wiggled his fingers back at Yuffie in reply, but most of his attention was focused on carrying out his quickly slapped together plan.
In an old storeroom, lacking even the meanest emergency light and packed end to end with dust covered crates filled with abandoned projects and long forgotten experimental designs, a red light flashed. The soft whirr of machinery coming to life broke the stillness and reflective gold eyes opened, predator eyes shining in the dark.
“Gud mornin’, Shin-Ra!” Cait Sith grinned as he beat the dust from his cape, swirling it back around his neck with a flourish. The crowned cat posed heroically for an audience of none. “Time fer a wee mite o’ hackin’ an’ escapin’, aye Moggie?”
Reeve grinned as the computer panels attached to their cages lit up, program windows flashing open and shutting down as code scrolled by faster than a human could read. Soon enough, air hissed from a released pressure valve as the mako drained out through grates under their feet. The cage doors unlocked and swung open once the mako finished draining. Reeve coughed violently, hearing Yuffie and Nanaki do the same as air hit their faces. Reeve shook his head, trying to clear mako from his eyes and ears and nose and mouth… it covered him everywhere - sticky and cold and prickling hot all at once - it was less than pleasant, but he managed to scrounge a faint smile from somewhere. “Good job, Cait. Thank you.”
The intercom crackled, spitting static and the cheerful mania of Reeve’s favourite alter ego. “T’was nowt a problem, m’laird. Grab yon sheet or sommat, I’ve cleared ye a path t’the outside. Moggie and I’ll meet ye at th’exit with proper garb. See ye there!”
“Domo-domo, Koneko-chan!” Yuffie grinned, tossing aside the drop-sheet she had used to scrub the mako out of Nanaki’s fur and already shoulders deep in a likely looking closet.
“Find anything?” Reeve grabbed a sheet for his own use, and doing his best not to let his eyes wander to anything Lord Godo would consider inappropriate. Yuffie had grown up sheltered and joined Avalanche when she was all of fifteen. There was a noticeable difference between fifteen and twenty - but Yuffie seemed dead set on ignoring the passage of time, just as cheerfully unconcerned by her body now as she was as a child. Yuffie was like a little sister to all of them and that… possibly contributed to her lack of shame. Reeve doubted she would want to be naked in front of someone who was not considered family. It was still awkward on his part.
“Yep. Here, catch.” Reeve caught the bundle Yuffie threw at him, shaking it out into a lab coat and drawstring pants. Yuffie laughed at the mournful look Reeve sent her way. “It’s that or naked, your choice.”
“Better than nothing I suppose.” Reeve sighed and started to dress, aggravation clear on his face. In light of the bad associations many of their group had with ‘scientists’ and ‘labs’ and the dreaded ‘white coats’, Cid and Reeve did their best not to fit the stereotype. Despite their multiple and shared doctorates in mathematics, robotics, electronics, computer programming and aeronautics, both men refused to accept the appellation ‘scientist’ and fervently insisted that they were ‘engineers’. Yuffie thought it was hilarious, but agreed that the further separated they were from men like Hojo the better.
“So where are we?” Yuffie buttoned up a lab coat of her own. It was overlarge on her petite frame, but other than the deep vee of the neckline it covered her decently from neck to knees.
“A lab.” Reeve smirked when the young ninja huffed at him, rolling dark violet eyes in a very expressive opinion of his sense of humour.
“I believe Yuffie was inquiring as to our geographical location.” Nanaki looked up from his grooming. Yuffie had gotten the worst of the mess off with the sheet, but some things required more personal attention and his tail flame had taken this long to reach a semi-decent state.
Reeve sighed, looking around the labs with narrowed eyes. Narrowed eyes that shimmered materia-gold in the gloom as he leaned over a dusty computer terminal and pried it open to get at the hard drive. “We’ll find out where we are once we get outside. Cait will have found that much information for us.”
“Let’s get a move on and blow this joint!” Yuffie bounced on her heel impatiently as Reeve unearthed a forgotten computer bag and packed it with the scavenged memory drives. Purple eyes sparked and flared noticeably in the gloom as the ninja loosed a small snarl of impatience. “… Okay, you can do your stupid computer thing. I’m going to rewire the power generators to blow up. All this mako means I can make something explode.”
Nanaki chuckled and padded after Yuffie while Reeve did his best to hunt down likely looking computers. This must be one of Hojo’s labs, and the more of his files they had, the easier it would be to find the rest. Once their self-appointed tasks were complete, they made their way to the outside of the lab. Blinded by the natural light after the gloom of the lab, they paused to blink spots from their vision. The sun was high in the brilliant blue sky, shining brightly on the white-topped waves as they washed up over the glittering pale beach sand of the shore, highlighted the intense patterns of the colourful shirts presented to them by a demonically grinning Cait Sith.
“… We’re in Costa-de-Sol?” Reeve shook his head in disbelief. Yes, Hojo had been known to spend an inordinate amount of time in the resort town, but Reeve had never given thought to the man having a lab there. Really, he should have known better.
“Aye.” Cait Sith danced in happy little circles atop the Mog’s head. “Lucky fer ye tha’ they shipped me here along wit’ ye, aught ye’d be nekkid as a babe in arms, and tis nowt a nuddie beach, ye ken?”
“So.” Yuffie shed the lab coat and pulled on the swim suit Cait Sith had provided for her, holding the shorts and sandals in one hand as she cast a considering look at the water, slanted eyes casting back violet sparkles of light. “Take the opportunity to wash off first, but then what? Where do we go from here?”
“Cloud is heading for Nibelheim.” Nanaki followed his human companions down to the water’s edge, rolling in the sand for a dust bath as they ducked under the waves to rid themselves of the last of the mako residue. Both Reeve and Yuffie rose up, hip deep in water with their heads tilted to the side, listening with distant eyes.
“It’s as good a plan as any.” Reeve looked at the just-visible rooftops of Costa-de-Sol proper, Yuffie’s gaze turning calculating as she followed his line of sight.
“Let’s stock up for the trip.” Yuffie chirped, practically dancing out of the waves on to the sand. “Around or over - those mountains are gonna be trouble if we don’t have gear.”
Reeve looked at Yuffie’s pleading face and sighed, smiling helplessly. “Agreed. Go ahead, Yuffie, this is your show.”
“Yatta!” Yuffie scrambled into the rest of her clothes, ignoring the salt drying on her skin as she dragged Reeve down the beach, Nanaki bounding along beside them. Their footprints were washed away by the sand long before the mess Yuffie had made of the lab’s mako generators reached critical mass.
The explosion could be seen from town, and the distraction kept the populace from noticing the sudden rash of thefts that occurred that night until much later. By that time, equipped with tents, armbands and what few decent materia could be scrounged up, the trio of Avalanche members were on their way South-West, aiming for the pass that would get them through the Corel Mountains.
(Word Count: 1566)
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Wow. I finally finished re-typing all those pages that I lost. It took a while, but I did it. *is proud* Now I only have six more notebooks to go... *stares blankly at notebooks full of fic* Seriously. When did I even find the time to write all of that?
Well whatever. I have work in the morning and I'm too sleepy to be clever tonight, so I'm just gonna post this thing and go to bed like a good girl.
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HERE THERE BE DRAGONS!!
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A Final Fantasy VII Fanfiction
Author: Sanjuno Shori Niko
Summary: Reeve is uncomfortable with this situation. It's hard to be a gentleman and save the Planet at the same time.
Timeline: Just when you think you've escaped the madness... there's more.
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(In which Reeve would like a refund on this mind trip please.)
Although he was not aware of it at the time, Reeve woke in their new reality at the same time as Cloud. The toymaker took a few seconds longer than his blond comrade to recognize his surroundings, having never lived through such a thing before. It was the difference between reading a report and going into action yourself.
‘So this is what a pickle feels like.’ Reeve looked around with shameless curiosity. Yuffie and Nanaki were in the mako-filled tubes across the room from his. There was no discernible breathing apparatus attached to any of them. Respiration did not seem to be an issue at the moment, but there was no telling how long that state of affairs would last. It would be best if they were to free themselves as quickly as possible. ‘Interesting. Still, it’s far and past the time we left this place.'
Reeve cupped one hand around the red glow of a Summons, smiling like a proud father at the smooth red orb that rose from the flesh of his palm. Gentle fingertips brushed over the slick surface of the globe. ‘I remember you… go on.’
The summon materia disappeared in a flash of red light, briefly illuminating the far corners of the lab. Yuffie leaned forward, waving cheerfully at Reeve from her tube. Shadows covered the room again, the lab lit only by the dim markers set above the doors and in the floor. Reeve wiggled his fingers back at Yuffie in reply, but most of his attention was focused on carrying out his quickly slapped together plan.
In an old storeroom, lacking even the meanest emergency light and packed end to end with dust covered crates filled with abandoned projects and long forgotten experimental designs, a red light flashed. The soft whirr of machinery coming to life broke the stillness and reflective gold eyes opened, predator eyes shining in the dark.
“Gud mornin’, Shin-Ra!” Cait Sith grinned as he beat the dust from his cape, swirling it back around his neck with a flourish. The crowned cat posed heroically for an audience of none. “Time fer a wee mite o’ hackin’ an’ escapin’, aye Moggie?”
Reeve grinned as the computer panels attached to their cages lit up, program windows flashing open and shutting down as code scrolled by faster than a human could read. Soon enough, air hissed from a released pressure valve as the mako drained out through grates under their feet. The cage doors unlocked and swung open once the mako finished draining. Reeve coughed violently, hearing Yuffie and Nanaki do the same as air hit their faces. Reeve shook his head, trying to clear mako from his eyes and ears and nose and mouth… it covered him everywhere - sticky and cold and prickling hot all at once - it was less than pleasant, but he managed to scrounge a faint smile from somewhere. “Good job, Cait. Thank you.”
The intercom crackled, spitting static and the cheerful mania of Reeve’s favourite alter ego. “T’was nowt a problem, m’laird. Grab yon sheet or sommat, I’ve cleared ye a path t’the outside. Moggie and I’ll meet ye at th’exit with proper garb. See ye there!”
“Domo-domo, Koneko-chan!” Yuffie grinned, tossing aside the drop-sheet she had used to scrub the mako out of Nanaki’s fur and already shoulders deep in a likely looking closet.
“Find anything?” Reeve grabbed a sheet for his own use, and doing his best not to let his eyes wander to anything Lord Godo would consider inappropriate. Yuffie had grown up sheltered and joined Avalanche when she was all of fifteen. There was a noticeable difference between fifteen and twenty - but Yuffie seemed dead set on ignoring the passage of time, just as cheerfully unconcerned by her body now as she was as a child. Yuffie was like a little sister to all of them and that… possibly contributed to her lack of shame. Reeve doubted she would want to be naked in front of someone who was not considered family. It was still awkward on his part.
“Yep. Here, catch.” Reeve caught the bundle Yuffie threw at him, shaking it out into a lab coat and drawstring pants. Yuffie laughed at the mournful look Reeve sent her way. “It’s that or naked, your choice.”
“Better than nothing I suppose.” Reeve sighed and started to dress, aggravation clear on his face. In light of the bad associations many of their group had with ‘scientists’ and ‘labs’ and the dreaded ‘white coats’, Cid and Reeve did their best not to fit the stereotype. Despite their multiple and shared doctorates in mathematics, robotics, electronics, computer programming and aeronautics, both men refused to accept the appellation ‘scientist’ and fervently insisted that they were ‘engineers’. Yuffie thought it was hilarious, but agreed that the further separated they were from men like Hojo the better.
“So where are we?” Yuffie buttoned up a lab coat of her own. It was overlarge on her petite frame, but other than the deep vee of the neckline it covered her decently from neck to knees.
“A lab.” Reeve smirked when the young ninja huffed at him, rolling dark violet eyes in a very expressive opinion of his sense of humour.
“I believe Yuffie was inquiring as to our geographical location.” Nanaki looked up from his grooming. Yuffie had gotten the worst of the mess off with the sheet, but some things required more personal attention and his tail flame had taken this long to reach a semi-decent state.
Reeve sighed, looking around the labs with narrowed eyes. Narrowed eyes that shimmered materia-gold in the gloom as he leaned over a dusty computer terminal and pried it open to get at the hard drive. “We’ll find out where we are once we get outside. Cait will have found that much information for us.”
“Let’s get a move on and blow this joint!” Yuffie bounced on her heel impatiently as Reeve unearthed a forgotten computer bag and packed it with the scavenged memory drives. Purple eyes sparked and flared noticeably in the gloom as the ninja loosed a small snarl of impatience. “… Okay, you can do your stupid computer thing. I’m going to rewire the power generators to blow up. All this mako means I can make something explode.”
Nanaki chuckled and padded after Yuffie while Reeve did his best to hunt down likely looking computers. This must be one of Hojo’s labs, and the more of his files they had, the easier it would be to find the rest. Once their self-appointed tasks were complete, they made their way to the outside of the lab. Blinded by the natural light after the gloom of the lab, they paused to blink spots from their vision. The sun was high in the brilliant blue sky, shining brightly on the white-topped waves as they washed up over the glittering pale beach sand of the shore, highlighted the intense patterns of the colourful shirts presented to them by a demonically grinning Cait Sith.
“… We’re in Costa-de-Sol?” Reeve shook his head in disbelief. Yes, Hojo had been known to spend an inordinate amount of time in the resort town, but Reeve had never given thought to the man having a lab there. Really, he should have known better.
“Aye.” Cait Sith danced in happy little circles atop the Mog’s head. “Lucky fer ye tha’ they shipped me here along wit’ ye, aught ye’d be nekkid as a babe in arms, and tis nowt a nuddie beach, ye ken?”
“So.” Yuffie shed the lab coat and pulled on the swim suit Cait Sith had provided for her, holding the shorts and sandals in one hand as she cast a considering look at the water, slanted eyes casting back violet sparkles of light. “Take the opportunity to wash off first, but then what? Where do we go from here?”
“Cloud is heading for Nibelheim.” Nanaki followed his human companions down to the water’s edge, rolling in the sand for a dust bath as they ducked under the waves to rid themselves of the last of the mako residue. Both Reeve and Yuffie rose up, hip deep in water with their heads tilted to the side, listening with distant eyes.
“It’s as good a plan as any.” Reeve looked at the just-visible rooftops of Costa-de-Sol proper, Yuffie’s gaze turning calculating as she followed his line of sight.
“Let’s stock up for the trip.” Yuffie chirped, practically dancing out of the waves on to the sand. “Around or over - those mountains are gonna be trouble if we don’t have gear.”
Reeve looked at Yuffie’s pleading face and sighed, smiling helplessly. “Agreed. Go ahead, Yuffie, this is your show.”
“Yatta!” Yuffie scrambled into the rest of her clothes, ignoring the salt drying on her skin as she dragged Reeve down the beach, Nanaki bounding along beside them. Their footprints were washed away by the sand long before the mess Yuffie had made of the lab’s mako generators reached critical mass.
The explosion could be seen from town, and the distraction kept the populace from noticing the sudden rash of thefts that occurred that night until much later. By that time, equipped with tents, armbands and what few decent materia could be scrounged up, the trio of Avalanche members were on their way South-West, aiming for the pass that would get them through the Corel Mountains.
(Word Count: 1566)
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Wow. I finally finished re-typing all those pages that I lost. It took a while, but I did it. *is proud* Now I only have six more notebooks to go... *stares blankly at notebooks full of fic* Seriously. When did I even find the time to write all of that?
Well whatever. I have work in the morning and I'm too sleepy to be clever tonight, so I'm just gonna post this thing and go to bed like a good girl.
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HERE THERE BE DRAGONS!!
♥
♠
♥
♣
♥
♠
♥
♣
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