Characters: Kadaj, Sephiroth, and Spirit Albarn
Location: BREW area
Rating: PG-13 for possible violence.
Time: 29th of Oct. In the afternoon, but before Cloud's network announcement.
Description: In order to teach his wayward remnant a lesson, Sephiroth actually contacted Spirit to arrange a private viewing of BREW so that Kadaj could 'demand to be
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The remnant followed Sephiroth in complete silence. There was nothing he had to say to the ex-general. Kadaj paid particular attention to how they got there, which keys where used in which doors, and any other information Kadaj felt pertinent. There was a chance he’d need to come back here if things did not go according to his plans.
The remnant wasn’t a fan of their red headed escort, but then again he barely paid attention to the man. “It’s a machine,” Kadaj stated simply in response to Spirit. “It doesn’t have a mind of its own. It’ll do what its owner tells it to do.” Idiot. Which brought up a good point. “Who controls it?”
With great ease he approached BREW. “This is it?” He asked, skeptical. He glanced back at Sephiroth, then at the box, then at Sephiroth again, and back at the box. He smirked picking it up. “You’re telling me this little thing brought us here?”
Kadaj shook his head, beginning to sense that he was somehow being deceived. He turned his attention to Spirit. “Don’t play games with me,” he warned. “Show me the real thing.”
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"You asked to be taken to the device, and that is what you now stand before," Sephiroth smoothly said while watching Kadaj pick the small machine up. "You, more than anyone, should be aware that looks can be deceiving, or have you already forgotten the power materia holds in comparison to its size?"
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He had better leave this to Sephiroth, though. For someone who was anti-social and grumpy, he at least knew how to deal with this kid. Maybe they were related? Come to think of it, they did look a little alike.
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“Materia, hm.” Sephiroth had a good point. Materia was power forged in the Lifestream and matched the size of the BREW machine, except they were round. For their stature they held incredible power. Which lead Kadaj to wonder if BREW was created by the Lifestream as well. Then a brand new thought occurred to the remnant and he winced. To anyone who caught a glimpse of his expression would have seen that he had a particularly painful or displeasing thought. “Are we dead?” the childish question surpassed his lips before he had time to consider it.
“We have to be,” Kadaj tried to cover up the ignorant thought with confidence. “Aerith is here, and you killed her.” He nodded in Sephiroth’s direction. “You’re dead too.” Though he would have preferred to smirk, he didn’t, because his next words were also painfully true. “So am I,” he grumbled begrudgingly, too quiet for anyone else to hear. “My brothers killed Cloud, and he is here.” Kadaj squeezed the BREW tightly in his hands. “My brothers survived,” at least as far as Kadaj was concerned, “and they aren’t here.” Yes, it was all beginning to make sense now.
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"We are hardly dead, Kadaj," Sephiroth said while his lips began curving up into a subtle hint of a smile. "Do you truly believe that anyone of my line can truly perish?" He asked. It wasn't to get the foolish remnant 'feeling better', but merely getting rid of that useless fear he could feel spiking within Kadaj. The sensation was more irritating than anything.
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"You're not dead," Spirit echoed. "We might be called Death City and our leader is Death, but we're all pretty alive. The war is because the Witches want to kill us, see?" replied Spirit. If he were Stein, he'd leer and say something creepy like shall I try to kill you now and prove otherwise?, but he was not Stein and therefore didn't. Spirit liked to think that he was a more wholesome creepiness, with activities limited to stalking his daughter.
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“Maybe,” he began, trying to figure out how to open the annoying little device. “We only live on because our planet had a Lifestream. A place where you were able to go, even if Mother’s cells do not mingle with the planet.” Kadaj’s voice was more contemplative than matter-of -fact. “There’s nothing like that here. Perhaps if he die here,” he dared not look in Sephiroth’s direction, “we really die.” It was an unpleasant thought for surely the both of them.
“Then the witch’s and I have a common goal.” Kadaj declared and tossed BREW before Sephiroth boots. “So turn into that weapon thing, and we can get back to what we both want to do.” Before giving room for a response, he nodded to Spirit. “And you tell us how to destroy it.”
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He watched as the BREW device was tossed towards his direction and landed just before his boots. There was no move to pick it up, and instead, the ex-General simply folded his arms over his chest as he murmured, "You are attempting to order me, Kadaj?"
His gaze remained fixated on Kadaj even if his remnant's attention shifted over to spirit. "Besides, I believe that bringing you here was purely for the reason so that you could make demands for what you desire. I will play no part in your discovery."
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"You destroy it by applying brute force," he added like it was an obvious answer. The BREW didn't have any particular mechanism, did not respond to magic, and did not respond to wavelengths of any sort. "But that hasn't worked in the several dozen times we've tried. You'd been to be at the level of the Great Eight to manage that."
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“I see,” there was a genuine tinge of disappointment in his tone. He had already held it in his hands and could tell he wasn’t strong enough to break it apart himself, not without a weapon anyway. It would have been helpful to have Loz here. Brute strength was his department.
“This war is taking too long!” The young remnant said suddenly, particularly animated. “Are the Shibusen that weak?” Kadaj tossed caution to the wind for the briefest of moments, just to get BREW back in his hands. “If you can’t destroy the witches then I will.” As soon as the war was over they’d all be sent home, right?
Kadaj was confident. And if Sephiroth was right, he couldn’t die here either. So what was there to worry about? “Tell me where they are.” He demanded and dropped BREW back on its pedestal non too gently. “I want to go back by tomorrow.”
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Sephiroth said nothing in regards to the slights against Shibusen. While he may have considered them weak in comparison to his own original power, the ex-General was more than well aware that they all were weak in this world. It was something that Kadaj simply hadn't come to terms with, and he doubted that Spirit would care one way or another about the jab.
"Going to defeat them with you bare hands, hmm?" He smoothly taunted with a silky smile.
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"You can't just hunt down witches," he protested. "We've been fighting them for eight hundred years and more. It's not that we're weak, it's just a really hard war to deal with. They'll just experiment with you and turn you into a dog or something." Which was far from a lie, since that was what they'd done to two or three of the guests. The others, of course, had become other animals.
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At the mention of experimentation though Kadaj forced a smile which probably still looked like a grimace. Even he had never personally been experimented on, he had inherited enough of Sephiroth’s feelings on the matter to try and avoid it at all costs.
“More than eight hundred years and you still have not won?” Kadaj sneered and decided right here, right now, that this war was endless and that BREW would never send them home. He’d have to figure out another way. In the meantime, the remnant realized that if he could not get sent home, maybe he could have others brought here. Was that possible?
He turned away from Sephiroth slightly, only giving him a profile view, and approached Spirit more closely. “What if,” he whispered, hoping that only the two of them could hear his words. “I wanted BREW to bring others here?” At least with Yazoo and Loz here the wait to return might become bearable. If it was sentient then it had a mind of its own, in which case, it should be able to be persuaded.
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Did he truly think that he was that stupid?
While he may have not noticed something sometimes, the ex-General knew well to keep a close eye on those closely involved with him - Kadaj was definitely considered one of them. Eyes narrowing subtly, he stood there silently.
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Spirit bent his head a little to hear Kadaj's whispering better -- oh, Kadaj really was this short -- and shook his head. He, however, did not have any compulsions about lowering his voice, dense enough not to notice that Kadaj was trying to keep things quiet. "The BREW is already functioning to grant Kid's wish; wouldn't have space for more. Although..." Spirit sniffed. "You could try begging it, maybe it'll listen."
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Kadaj stepped away from Spirit. He was useless for the time being. The remnant wouldn’t make any open threats for more information in front of Sephiroth.
Remarkably, his frustration level was now surprisingly low. Possibly because he believed things could be worse. Sephiroth was kind enough to bring him here. Though he had a sneaking suspicion he had only done so to witness the crushing disappointment Kadaj felt (which he, for the moment, wisely kept contained). And at the very least he knew important information. He knew exactly where BREW was located and he knew what the device looked like. He knew it was a tough little sentient machine and that it could only grant one wish at a time. As of right now there was no way to send anyone back to their respective planets or bring others here.
So he’d have to adapt. That was the key to survival. And if it was one thing Kadaj was good at, it was a strong persistence to exist and strive. “I’m done here.”
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