1982 update
Here's part 6 of 1982. I hope you all enjoy.
Title: 1982 - 06 - Packing up
Author: Scrolls
Rating: PG-13?
Fandom/Pairing: FF7/None (eventual Aeris/Cloud/Sephiroth/Zack)
Disclaimer: SqaureEnix Owns, I'm just having some fun.
Notes: I'll be trying to get an update up every Monday-ish, so stop by then for updates.
Summary: What if Momma Strife had taken Cloud and Aeris and gone to Wutai?
Constructive criticism will be hugged while flames will be used to line the bunny hutch.
Enjoy Ladies and Gentlemen.
1982 - 06 - Packing up
’15,000 Gil, lightning and restore materia. Ten days travel food, clothing, travel cloaks, and sleeping bags for her, Cloud, Ifalna, and Aeris. Photo albums, inheritance necklaces, and family journals. Portable computer, bio-sample containers, and external data storage units. Clouds books, school things, and treasures.’
She had eight saddlebags and four backpacks to fill for herself, Cloud, Ifalna, and Aeris for the trip to Wutai. Two weeks of correspondence with the ninja had lead to the message from Lord Godo three days ago approving the operation.
Yesterday she had helped the ninja sneak into the lab to steal the biological samples.
Yesterday she had copied every file she could from the computer.
Yesterday Ifalna and Aeris had arrived.
Looking at the piles around her, Meryl knew this was it, she had pared down as much as she could. It was time to pack. Grabbing a saddlebag she started on the photo albums and journals.
“Momma? Do we really have to go?”
Looking up from her packing Meryl turned to the kitchen table. Tucked underneath, with his own saddlebag and his things waiting his turn to pack up, was Cloud. And looking into his eyes, Meryl could see his fear; the fear of leaving Nibel, his world, his home, leaving behind the culture and rules that he had grown up with.
The saddlebag forgotten, Meryl picked her way over to the table, and scoped Cloud up from underneath. Settling them both in one of the chairs, she held him close. She understood his fear, for she had felt it herself decades ago the first time she left Nibelheim. And like her, Cloud would have to face that fear and adapt to a new culture, a new environment, and new world.
“Yes sweetie. I’m sorry, but we have to go. The bad people I told you about are coming and we need to leave before the get here.”
“But Momma, you work for Shinra, and what about everyone else?
Meryl felt her heart ache, despites the fact that they had turned him into the village scapegoat, the outcast of his generation, Cloud still had a big enough heart to care about those stupid, foolish people.
“I used to work for Shinra sweetie, but they lied, have been lying all along. And I believed their lies, but now I know the truth, the truth that my work for them was used to hurt people. And I have tried to warn the others, but they won’t listen. They have made up their minds to stay and we can’t force them to come with us.”
Setting Cloud down she knelt in front of him, two fingers under his chin to make sure she could look him in the eye. “I’m sorry sweetie, but we are going, and nobodies’ coming with us. But we’ll be okay, I promise. Where we are going, the people there will help us, will help us drive Shinra out of Nibel and then we can come back okay?”
“Okay Momma.” She could still hear the doubt in his voice, but the fact that he was still willing to do as she asked was enough.
“Thank you, Cloud. You go ahead and get started on your packing okay? We need to go to bed soon since we’re getting up super early tomorrow.” Watching him go back under the table, Meryl banished her worries, she had made her decision, had set their path, the only thing to do now was to see it though.
At least when all was said and done she could honestly say she tried to warn them. The first town meeting after she had discovered the truth she had shared what she claimed were misgivings about Shinra. And their answer? Swift and loud, a declaration that they trusted Shinra and that that trust would never be shaken. In that moment she knew that she and Cloud were on their own, the reason she had reached out to her son’s ninja friends.
Shaking her head to dispel her thoughts, Meryl returned to task at hand. Tomorrow they would be leaving Nibelheim and all its people to their fates.
She only hoped that Nibelheims' children could one day forgive their parents for their decision.
Drop me a line, if you've got the time, later!
~Scrolls
Title: 1982 - 06 - Packing up
Author: Scrolls
Rating: PG-13?
Fandom/Pairing: FF7/None (eventual Aeris/Cloud/Sephiroth/Zack)
Disclaimer: SqaureEnix Owns, I'm just having some fun.
Notes: I'll be trying to get an update up every Monday-ish, so stop by then for updates.
Summary: What if Momma Strife had taken Cloud and Aeris and gone to Wutai?
Constructive criticism will be hugged while flames will be used to line the bunny hutch.
Enjoy Ladies and Gentlemen.
1982 - 06 - Packing up
’15,000 Gil, lightning and restore materia. Ten days travel food, clothing, travel cloaks, and sleeping bags for her, Cloud, Ifalna, and Aeris. Photo albums, inheritance necklaces, and family journals. Portable computer, bio-sample containers, and external data storage units. Clouds books, school things, and treasures.’
She had eight saddlebags and four backpacks to fill for herself, Cloud, Ifalna, and Aeris for the trip to Wutai. Two weeks of correspondence with the ninja had lead to the message from Lord Godo three days ago approving the operation.
Yesterday she had helped the ninja sneak into the lab to steal the biological samples.
Yesterday she had copied every file she could from the computer.
Yesterday Ifalna and Aeris had arrived.
Looking at the piles around her, Meryl knew this was it, she had pared down as much as she could. It was time to pack. Grabbing a saddlebag she started on the photo albums and journals.
“Momma? Do we really have to go?”
Looking up from her packing Meryl turned to the kitchen table. Tucked underneath, with his own saddlebag and his things waiting his turn to pack up, was Cloud. And looking into his eyes, Meryl could see his fear; the fear of leaving Nibel, his world, his home, leaving behind the culture and rules that he had grown up with.
The saddlebag forgotten, Meryl picked her way over to the table, and scoped Cloud up from underneath. Settling them both in one of the chairs, she held him close. She understood his fear, for she had felt it herself decades ago the first time she left Nibelheim. And like her, Cloud would have to face that fear and adapt to a new culture, a new environment, and new world.
“Yes sweetie. I’m sorry, but we have to go. The bad people I told you about are coming and we need to leave before the get here.”
“But Momma, you work for Shinra, and what about everyone else?
Meryl felt her heart ache, despites the fact that they had turned him into the village scapegoat, the outcast of his generation, Cloud still had a big enough heart to care about those stupid, foolish people.
“I used to work for Shinra sweetie, but they lied, have been lying all along. And I believed their lies, but now I know the truth, the truth that my work for them was used to hurt people. And I have tried to warn the others, but they won’t listen. They have made up their minds to stay and we can’t force them to come with us.”
Setting Cloud down she knelt in front of him, two fingers under his chin to make sure she could look him in the eye. “I’m sorry sweetie, but we are going, and nobodies’ coming with us. But we’ll be okay, I promise. Where we are going, the people there will help us, will help us drive Shinra out of Nibel and then we can come back okay?”
“Okay Momma.” She could still hear the doubt in his voice, but the fact that he was still willing to do as she asked was enough.
“Thank you, Cloud. You go ahead and get started on your packing okay? We need to go to bed soon since we’re getting up super early tomorrow.” Watching him go back under the table, Meryl banished her worries, she had made her decision, had set their path, the only thing to do now was to see it though.
At least when all was said and done she could honestly say she tried to warn them. The first town meeting after she had discovered the truth she had shared what she claimed were misgivings about Shinra. And their answer? Swift and loud, a declaration that they trusted Shinra and that that trust would never be shaken. In that moment she knew that she and Cloud were on their own, the reason she had reached out to her son’s ninja friends.
Shaking her head to dispel her thoughts, Meryl returned to task at hand. Tomorrow they would be leaving Nibelheim and all its people to their fates.
She only hoped that Nibelheims' children could one day forgive their parents for their decision.
Drop me a line, if you've got the time, later!
~Scrolls