It's party time! /cue rapping dog

[risingwinds]

Who: risingwinds, and all his friends!
What: Ven's extremely belated surprise party.
When: October 8th
Where: The Rec Center
Summary:After draft and experiment, Ven's super belated 'birthday' party is finally underway! Food, fun, derping, and mingling are all a-okay.
Rating: Probably no more than PG.

[After being suitably distracted by Sora earlier in the

Comments

oh god the rapping dog

[wingenvy]

[Zack will most definitely be at the party! Gotta support his little blond bro, after all. He'll be mostly hanging out around the food table, indulging his SOLDIER appetite and talking to anyone who happens to cross his path, so whoever crosses his path should best prepare for plenty of happy yakking.]

[wingenvy]

[Ahaha. Zack's brows lift a little at that reaction, but his grin softens to a smile and he doesn't look all that surprised.]

Lemme guess, you know another Zack where you're from?

[erodingearth]

[It takes a moment for him to realize he's still gripping Zack's hand, and he nods as he releases it.]

Yeah. You even look similar to him. Sorry about that.

[wingenvy]

Nah, it's okay. Ven had the same reaction when we first met! So it's probably the same Zack, right?

[erodingearth]

Probably, yeah. He's younger though -- training to be a hero.

[wingenvy]

Yeah, that sounds like me! The hero thing must be the universal goal for Zacks.

[Maybe someday he'll meet the kid. How weird would that be?]

[erodingearth]

So does that mean you're still aiming for hero status? [Or did he already reach it? He has to be ... what, at least five years older than the kid he had last seen?]

[wingenvy]

Of course! I think it'll happen someday. At least I hope so, anyway.

[erodingearth]

Glad to hear it. The Zack from my world was very positive, too.

[wingenvy]

So how'd you meet him? I'm kinda nosy about this other-me, sorry.

[erodingearth]

No, it's fine. I met him during a tournament; we fought each other on fair terms for awhile, and I beat him. [...] But then he was taken over, controlled, and I had to fight him again to free him.

[wingenvy]

Whoa, controlled? Like mind control or something? [And here'd he'd figured himself to be immune. Maybe it's different from Jenova.]

[erodingearth]

It seemed like he was being controlled by the darkness; it also made him much stronger than normal. Luckily, it didn't seem to affect him afterward. [They had been able to say their goodbyes without the kid collapsing on him, which was definitely a positive sign after two battles.]

[wingenvy]

[Controlled... by darkness? That doesn't sound weird at all, no.]

Well that's... good. [Sort of?] Man, you and Ven have such crazy worlds.

[erodingearth]

I think that could be said about most people's worlds. [Hey, gotta have some sense of humor about this.]

[wingenvy]

Yeah, no argument here. Though you'd have more experience with that, I guess- I've only ever been to this world and mine.