[Accidental Voice // Action] 018

[silvergeneral]

[the journal cuts in with the steady crunch of boots on gravel--and then a quicker, lighter step following; Sephiroth's voice starts up]

"You know I don't need your help, yes?"

[and then... Faith?]

"Help hell. You are ten ways worth of creepy just showing up at my window and asking after borrowing an axe, you know that? Girl's gotta keep an eye

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[Voice]

[unseenspy]

Hmm...something must be suspicious if you specifically need to point out that your errand harms no one...

[Voice]

[silvergeneral]

[wryly]

"I suppose it's the axe part of the equation."

"Or maybe it's just you being Mr. Secretive over here!"

[Voice]

[unseenspy]

Indeed, it would seem so.

So who might you be?

[Since he must have a bad reputation if people are going to be suspicious about his axe...]

[Voice]

[silvergeneral]

I am Sephiroth.

[or just because he's carrying one... what, you don't get suspicious of weapon-carrying manly men roaming the village like they own it?]

[Voice]

[unseenspy]

S-Sephiroth?

[Uh-oh, shouldn't have used that tone...the tone that indicates that he's heard the name before...]

I'm Jay. I'm...just a neighbor.

[Too close of a neighbor, just three doors down...]

[Voice]

[silvergeneral]

[eyebrow raise]

I see my reputation precedes me.

[Voice]

[unseenspy]

Indeed...it does. You...don't like that, do you?

[At least that explains all the suspicion.]

[Voice]

[silvergeneral]

I'm no stranger to it. Even... before... everyone often shared those sentiments. It bothers me little now.

I can hardly place blame in this case. Better safe than sorry, yes?

[Voice]

[unseenspy]

That's true. I've always been cautious by nature, yet at the same time, I get curious about individuals with such a reputation.

Could it be just your strength that people fear so much? Or is there more to it?

[Voice]

[silvergeneral]

That depends. That could well be one part of it.

But I also make no secrets of the past. What one can do in the throes of madness and on the path of glory can be... messy.

[Voice]

[unseenspy]

That's strange to hear, from someone who's bothered by your reputation. Or perhaps this wasn't the kind of glory you were hoping to achieve?

[Voice]

[silvergeneral]

[Strange to hear from someone who's bothered by his reputation? So does he mean that he's bothered or that Sephiroth himself is bothered or...?

...He chooses not to answer that part.]

A half life of captivity, a village led by old enemies, a noted inability to spread my own wing, grounded with tiny, useless, pink wings...

[Glory? In this? He raises an eyebrow]

Perhaps you see something I myself have missed.

[Voice]

[unseenspy]

[Okay, now Jay's all confused...]

Well...your reputation is rather...negative. They say you're...quite dangerous. Does that reputation bother you?

[Voice]

[silvergeneral]

No. As I said, I'm used to it.

Besides, I am dangerous. There's no denying that.

[he shrugs]

The one who wrote the list is an old enemy. Why wouldn't he caution you to be wary?

[Voice]

[unseenspy]

I see... "Dangerous" as in being a skilled fighter, or "dangerous" as in the actual desire to harm people or destroy the world? Well, I'm sure the former is true...but how about the latter?

I actually haven't seen this list, nor do I know who wrote it. But some people have cautioned me to be wary of a few individuals.

[Voice]

[silvergeneral]

Certainly the former, not so much the latter. Does that make you feel better?

[he laughs]

And here I haven't yet done anything to warrant such suspicion.