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Characters:: infusedeyes & vatheon
Location:: Nostalgia Nook/Chocobo Farms
Time: Afternoon!
Style: Starting in prose but would really prefer [action]
Status: Open like a revolving door
'So close. We were so close...'
And then Shin'Ra arrived. He had tucked Cloud somewhere safe, and then he was lying on the ground wounded, bloody, dying. Cloud had come out--He was safe. He was going to live.
'For the both of us.'
Right... He had said that, didn't he? 'You're going to live for the both of us,' and Cloud had been repeating what he was saying, and then he was pulling Cloud down to his heart. Faintly, he remembers a dull, throbbing pain in his chest. ...Oh, right. He was shot multiple times, wasn't he? And then there was the bullet that grazed his skull and suddenly his life had been flashing before his eyes. Cissnei, Tseng, Sephiroth, Angeal, Cloud, Aerith... Aerith.
『Where are you? It's been four years. This will be the 89th letter I've written but I will not send out any more. I hope that you'll receive this last letter.』
Just what did she mean by last, anyways...?
And Angeal... He saw him just now, didn't he? Reaching down for his hand after Cloud had left--After he passed on the Buster Sword just as Angeal did in the past. He had taken it, didn't he? He was finally going to be free--
Now he felt wet. Soaked to the bone, even. It was raining, but this felt like that time he had fallen into a river on a mission during his time as Second Class. Boy, talk about embarrassment when he had to explain to Angeal what had happened. Despite the waterlogged feeling, the former SOLDIER felt... Comfortable. He was laying on grass, wasn't he? Yeah. He was. Something hard was digging into his back too, but he didn't want to wake up.
Eventually a Chocobo had taken notice to the unconscious man and was currently circling him with interest before it delivered a curious peck to the armor covering his shoulder. When it 'tinked' in response, the bird let out a quiet 'wark'. Hey, this thing made interesting noises!
'Mom?'
Peck. Peck. Peck.
'Mom, what happened?'
WARK!
It takes a few seconds for him to focus--To crack his eyes open. When he does, he's instantly met with a blurry figure of the bird that was assaulting him. Huh... That fringe looked oddly familiar. While his mind works in overdrive to place a name to the 'hair', a gloved hand reaches up to gently rest on the Chocobo's beak.
"...Cloud?"
Cooing softly, the Chocobo nudges his hand once in a mixture of surprise and curiosity before it calms, allowing the SOLDIER's hand to stay where it is. Zack felt weird. Maybe it was still from that strange pressure on his back, or maybe it was the holes in his sweater from when he was shot. Aside from that foreign feeling, he felt good. He didn't hurt anymore. It was enough to earn a gentle smile towards no one in particular.
'This feels nice...'
[ooc: I'll be responding to tags later but for now I need to run into town! I'll be back in a couple hours!]
Location:: Nostalgia Nook/Chocobo Farms
Time: Afternoon!
Style: Starting in prose but would really prefer [action]
Status: Open like a revolving door
'So close. We were so close...'
And then Shin'Ra arrived. He had tucked Cloud somewhere safe, and then he was lying on the ground wounded, bloody, dying. Cloud had come out--He was safe. He was going to live.
'For the both of us.'
Right... He had said that, didn't he? 'You're going to live for the both of us,' and Cloud had been repeating what he was saying, and then he was pulling Cloud down to his heart. Faintly, he remembers a dull, throbbing pain in his chest. ...Oh, right. He was shot multiple times, wasn't he? And then there was the bullet that grazed his skull and suddenly his life had been flashing before his eyes. Cissnei, Tseng, Sephiroth, Angeal, Cloud, Aerith... Aerith.
『Where are you? It's been four years. This will be the 89th letter I've written but I will not send out any more. I hope that you'll receive this last letter.』
Just what did she mean by last, anyways...?
And Angeal... He saw him just now, didn't he? Reaching down for his hand after Cloud had left--After he passed on the Buster Sword just as Angeal did in the past. He had taken it, didn't he? He was finally going to be free--
Now he felt wet. Soaked to the bone, even. It was raining, but this felt like that time he had fallen into a river on a mission during his time as Second Class. Boy, talk about embarrassment when he had to explain to Angeal what had happened. Despite the waterlogged feeling, the former SOLDIER felt... Comfortable. He was laying on grass, wasn't he? Yeah. He was. Something hard was digging into his back too, but he didn't want to wake up.
Eventually a Chocobo had taken notice to the unconscious man and was currently circling him with interest before it delivered a curious peck to the armor covering his shoulder. When it 'tinked' in response, the bird let out a quiet 'wark'. Hey, this thing made interesting noises!
'Mom?'
Peck. Peck. Peck.
'Mom, what happened?'
WARK!
It takes a few seconds for him to focus--To crack his eyes open. When he does, he's instantly met with a blurry figure of the bird that was assaulting him. Huh... That fringe looked oddly familiar. While his mind works in overdrive to place a name to the 'hair', a gloved hand reaches up to gently rest on the Chocobo's beak.
"...Cloud?"
Cooing softly, the Chocobo nudges his hand once in a mixture of surprise and curiosity before it calms, allowing the SOLDIER's hand to stay where it is. Zack felt weird. Maybe it was still from that strange pressure on his back, or maybe it was the holes in his sweater from when he was shot. Aside from that foreign feeling, he felt good. He didn't hurt anymore. It was enough to earn a gentle smile towards no one in particular.
'This feels nice...'
[ooc: I'll be responding to tags later but for now I need to run into town! I'll be back in a couple hours!]