[Video/ Possible Action for anyone going to Midgar]

[thishealingwind]

[Aerith can be seen sitting on the ground, surrounded by a large, round plot of white and yellow flowers, all basked in the glow of a light from overhead. Around her is the remains of a dilapidated church; the wood of the walls is splintered and aged, and the pews that line either side of the room are falling apart or barely standing. The Cetra

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[Voice]

[mirroredecho]

[His voice is rather quiet, so much so that if she's not listening carefully, she might miss. He had been meaning to touch base with her, but everything else going on, it had been over whelming, even for him. But this was a good chance, right? Might as well take it.]

You use the door.

[Video]

[thishealingwind]

[It's deathly quiet here, so unlike Midgar, that Aerith picks up his very quiet voice when he speaks. Had it been anyone other than a select few, she might not have been able to recognize it, but she wouldn't mistake him for anyone else.]

Really? That's it? [A pause, as she considers what to say, using that time to make her way over to the door. She looks a little worried.] How are you, Cloud? Are you okay?

[Voice]

[mirroredecho]

I have no idea. [He didn't know what was going on, much less how to get out of an area once one was there. But the door seemed logical, and so it had been the suggestion he had given.

The other questions were loaded, however, and he didn't know how to answer them. So he skimmed over the true meaning, hoping she would get what he was trying to do.] Yeah. Nothing I can't handle.

[Video]

[thishealingwind]

[Aerith glances over her shoulder at the flowers before she pulls the door to the church open. The Cetra peers outside, only to be greeted with more of Sector 5.] Hm...

[The Cetra does like her loaded questions, though Cloud has always been pretty good at avoiding them. She's not surprised when he tiptoes around the issue, but she's not going to push him just yet.]

Well, you can handle anything, right Cloud? [A beat.] I've missed you.

[video]

[tinymakoaddict]

[Shelke is standing on the edge of the highway that runs above the sectors, looking down at the slums. She turned her phone on but then got distracted looking at something, and it's a few seconds before she looks over at it.]

I do not believe this is real. The sky phones would not work if we had been returned to Midgar.

[video]

[thishealingwind]

[Aerith recognizes the slums even from the aerial view that Shelke provides.]

Mm, I agree. [Still, that doesn't solve the problem.] Can you tell if there's anything beyond the outer edges of the city?

[video]

[tinymakoaddict]

[Shelke is quiet for a moment.]

Yes. Edge is not there. There is no trace at all of it, just the wastes. And the mako reactors appear to be functional.

[video]

[thishealingwind]

[She considers this for a moment. If the mako reactors are all functioning, then this is even further back than she'd thought. And most likely a false place.]

We should find a way to leave.

[Voice]

[eidolon_soul]

You leave the way you came...though if you do, the place will vanish if no one else is there.

[Voice]

[thishealingwind]

Hm...so all we have to do is find a way out? [Simple enough, though it is a big city.]

[Voice]

[eidolon_soul]

Yes, though even if you choose to stay, it ought to last a couple of days, at best.

[Voice]

[thishealingwind]

I think I might visit a place or two first. We'll see. The silence is kind of stifling.

I appreciate the help, though. Thank you.

[Video]

[fairesthero]

...It's beautiful.

[Video]

[thishealingwind]

It is, isn't it?

[Aerith can't help but agree with that. But it seems...fake somehow. No one has been caring for these flowers. They seem frozen in time, in a way.]

Though, it's not the same, somehow.

[Video]

[fairesthero]

Holes still in the roof?

[Though he's curious about a certain bit of damage.]

How so?

[Video]

[thishealingwind]

[She chuckles.] Of course. I always thought that they gave it more character, don't you?

Oh, it's just so quiet. [Unnaturally quiet.] I know it sounds strange, like that would be a good thing, but it's Midgar. It shouldn't be this quiet. It's unnerving.

[And on a more upbeat note:] Besides, you're not here.

[video]

[shurikenfemale]

[Cissnei is in the slums of Midgar, in front of large, dilapidated building surrounded by an iron fence. To this day, she still recalls the hatred she had for the others, how she had vowed not to return to the orphanage, and the one silver lining that was the boy that used to give her chocolate. Yet, here she was again.]

I don't know how to get back. It would be nice to know.

[video]

[thishealingwind]

[Her eyes widen a bit before her expression returns to normal.]

[A Turk. Hm...]

I've been told that we simply need to leave. Otherwise, the city will go away on it's own. I don't want to stay very long, and it sounds like you don't, either.

[video]

[shurikenfemale]

[She's not surprised that Aerith doesn't know who she is, despite Cissnei knowing her. Business as usual.]

I don't, but I think I have business to attend here.

[Unfortunately. She was going to have to face it sometime.]

[video]

[thishealingwind]

[Aerith nods in quiet understanding. She glances down the pathway toward her house, then back up toward the direction of the ShinRa building. She sighs lightly before she replies.]

You're right. I should probably do the same.

[A pause.]

You'll be okay on your own? [A Turk she might be, but she's young, and the Cetra doesn't think anyone deserves to be alone.]