☈ strike #11 (backdated action / video)

[thestormishere]

[ Okay, so thanks to Luceti, Lightning has now accomplished the impossible: not only coming back from the dead, but coming back after becoming a Cie'th- something that is not supposed to happen under any circumstances. Despite that, however, everything is not as peachy as you'd think. Now? She's left in the aftermath, trying to sort things out

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[originaljackass]

I saw 'em.

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[thestormishere]

[ It's Jack's voice that sets Lightning on edge right away, even if she doesn't immediately understand why. There's a long pause before she answers, and even then there's a strange tone to her voice when she does that is somehow both flat and dark. ]

Jack.

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[originaljackass]

[Wow. He gets that tone from a lot of his exes. Scary.]

Hey Light.

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[thestormishere]

[ -- Wait, what? ]

... It's Lightning. [ Automatic response. Where in the world did he get the impression he could call her that? ]

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[originaljackass]

Yeah, I knew that already. [Light seems less like a made up name.]

We've got things to talk about, right?

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[thestormishere]

[ Man, that just rubs her all the wrong ways. ]

Then get it right. [ Because yeah, it is made up... but if she cared about how it sounded, then obviously she would have picked a less flashy one.

... She takes a breath. ]

More or less.

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[originaljackass]

You want to do this here or somewhere more private?

[Even if he bumped that up to a stronger filter, it's not perfect.]

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[thestormishere]

[ Sir, do you really have to... phrase it like that. :| She nearly snaps something at him, but then: ]

Bridge, south-west of building 4.

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[originaljackass]

Gotcha. On my way.

[Leaving Babe behind, Jack will head out there to the bridge, keeping an eye out for that familiar soldier he's come to live and kill.]

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[thestormishere]

[ And either Lightning was there to begin with or she's somehow quicker- she's already there, leaning against a support with her back to the water.

She's also armed, her usual gunblade which was left in favor of something heavier for the draft hanging in its holster behind her. That's not because of Jack, though... probably. ]

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[originaljackass]

[Jack is not actually armed. Not as much anyway. He broke his mundy blade on her, leaving him with just a pistol, tucked away under his sports jacket. The fact she is armed doesn't bother him. He just takes up a spot opposite of her.]

Okay, here I am. You want me to do the talking or what?

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[thestormishere]

[ Lightning is pretty tense in general, but she's even more tense right now. Already she's starting to wonder if agreeing to meet him in person so soon might have been a mistake.... ]

... I'd like to know what Aerith told you. [ Frown. ] But if you've got something else to say, then get to it.

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[originaljackass]

She said it was a curse. Some deal you have a certain time amount to fix before you lose it. Only you couldn't do it on account of this place.

[He reaches in a pocket and pulls out a pack of cigarettes. He fishes one out and a lighter follows.]

If she didn't tell you already, I was the one who did it. Finished you off, that is.

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[thestormishere]

[ Just what... is she supposed to say to that? "Good job?" She falls silent, watching as he lights up. People from Cocoon don't smoke, so it's safe to say she has no idea what he's doing there anyway. ]

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[originaljackass]

If you want to hate me for it, feel free.

[He pops the cigarette in his mouth and lights it up.]

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[thestormishere]

[ Hate? A beat passes while Lightning's brows draw together, and then she gives a quiet scoff. ]

You're giving me permission to hate you? Not hardly.