For once in his life, something would be made easy for Kadaj. Strife finally hit a resonance he could not ignore, strong and in-range, and removed Kadaj's other options by coming to him.
Or rather, by standing on the edge of a rooftop overlooking Kadaj's location and Staring Down, Buster Replica embedded in the concrete and both hands resting on the pommel and scarlet cloak flagged melodramatically in the wind. One could never point this out to Strife, but he had a disturbing tendency to mimic Sephiroth's behaviors when left to his own devices.
It seemed the whole family had a penchant for melodramatic entrances.
Kadaj responded instantly to the sensation of that sudden, familiar presence nearby, eyes shifting up to the top of the building, locating him within a second.
He smiled. Not-brother was fast. The resemblance to Sephiroth in his little Pose-and-Stare was just further fuel to the fire, another added agitation to make his fingers twitch around the hilt of his weapon.
"I don't have time to play, not-brother," he stated bluntly, all the while twirling Souba with an almost excitable expectation. Mother would be angry. He knew she'd be angry, but the temptation was so very strong.
"I have a name, you know," he responded mildly, somewhat settled by finally having achieved his goal. The Jenova spawn wasn't Sephiroth, so he couldn't really justify getting all worked up for a kill he wasn't going to make.
The flash of the sword below made his blood quicken, though, and he found himself stepping off the edge of the building without consciously choosing to. The fall would have killed a human. Strife merely landed in a crouch, cracking the pavement with the impact and his cloak settling down around him. The Buster Replica remained up on the rooftop.
He remained crouching, eyeing the Jenova spawn's changed looks. Much better.
"I didn't come to play. I came to ask you a question."
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Or rather, by standing on the edge of a rooftop overlooking Kadaj's location and Staring Down, Buster Replica embedded in the concrete and both hands resting on the pommel and scarlet cloak flagged melodramatically in the wind. One could never point this out to Strife, but he had a disturbing tendency to mimic Sephiroth's behaviors when left to his own devices.
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Kadaj responded instantly to the sensation of that sudden, familiar presence nearby, eyes shifting up to the top of the building, locating him within a second.
He smiled. Not-brother was fast. The resemblance to Sephiroth in his little Pose-and-Stare was just further fuel to the fire, another added agitation to make his fingers twitch around the hilt of his weapon.
"I don't have time to play, not-brother," he stated bluntly, all the while twirling Souba with an almost excitable expectation. Mother would be angry. He knew she'd be angry, but the temptation was so very strong.
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The flash of the sword below made his blood quicken, though, and he found himself stepping off the edge of the building without consciously choosing to. The fall would have killed a human. Strife merely landed in a crouch, cracking the pavement with the impact and his cloak settling down around him. The Buster Replica remained up on the rooftop.
He remained crouching, eyeing the Jenova spawn's changed looks. Much better.
"I didn't come to play. I came to ask you a question."
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