Who: Zack Fair and Sephiroth What: A reunion of sorts. When: Some time after Sephiroth's first post. Where: Near the Recreation area. Warnings: Nothing planned.
Sephiroth had come unarmed. It was a gesture and only that; Zack knew that he could kill someone with his bare hands if he found the need to do so. But that was all he could do to show his good will. His sanity.
The last time his sanity had been in doubt had been years ago, after going berserk on a mission. But he'd calmed down quickly. He'd recognized friends and enemies and been released. But according to Genesis...he'd never come back from the next time.
He didn't shy away from approaching Zack, surveying the other man. Not much change. It was as though he'd sent the Second Class to procure rooms for them yesterday. For him, it had been only a few days.
Sephiroth nodded at Zack politely. Even now, he was half expecting a lazy salute and acknowledgment of his rank. "Zack," He greeted quietly. "Would you like me to do anything to prove myself before...we go on?"
It really was strange to see Sephiroth as the man he known back from their Shinra days. The last time he had seen the other man, he was insane and putting the beating to Cloud. It wasn't like he could pretend he didn't hear what Sephiroth had been saying to Cloud the entire time the two fought. He and Aerith had been watching from the Lifestream the whole time.
"Sephiroth," Zack greeted back with a nod, that was quickly followed up with a frown. "Oh geez, I wouldn't have agreed to meet you if I expected you to be a danger to me." He added with a heavy sigh.
Of course that didn't mean he was going to ask Aerith or Cloud to be around the man that had caused them both a lot of suffering. That was far too much to ask, especially while everyone was still adjusting to the idea that the planet was no longer there.
"You would have agreed to meet me even if I was dangerous," Sephiroth replied. "To kill me, probably. Or to survey what I was capable of." His gaze was level, but he just looked tired.
"Genesis told me everything. Mostly everything. He wasn't...around for some of it." Sephiroth had tried to simply take it in stride and move on. It was easier said than done; he still had questions that no one could answer.
"As I've said. I have no memory beyond it. I can not imagine anything that would set me off that far. I hated ShinRa. I hate Shinra. For what they did to me and to Genesis and to Angeal. But burning a village to the ground is tactically ignorant, at best."
"I'm not really sure what Genesis knows, since I haven't spoke to him. I don't really know if I want too considering last time I saw him, he forced me to fight him." Zack replied, definitely a hint of bitterness to his tone. He would likely always hold a bit of resentment for getting pushed into those situations, both with Angeal and Genesis
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The last time his sanity had been in doubt had been years ago, after going berserk on a mission. But he'd calmed down quickly. He'd recognized friends and enemies and been released. But according to Genesis...he'd never come back from the next time.
He didn't shy away from approaching Zack, surveying the other man. Not much change. It was as though he'd sent the Second Class to procure rooms for them yesterday. For him, it had been only a few days.
Sephiroth nodded at Zack politely. Even now, he was half expecting a lazy salute and acknowledgment of his rank. "Zack," He greeted quietly. "Would you like me to do anything to prove myself before...we go on?"
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"Sephiroth," Zack greeted back with a nod, that was quickly followed up with a frown. "Oh geez, I wouldn't have agreed to meet you if I expected you to be a danger to me." He added with a heavy sigh.
Of course that didn't mean he was going to ask Aerith or Cloud to be around the man that had caused them both a lot of suffering. That was far too much to ask, especially while everyone was still adjusting to the idea that the planet was no longer there.
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"Genesis told me everything. Mostly everything. He wasn't...around for some of it." Sephiroth had tried to simply take it in stride and move on. It was easier said than done; he still had questions that no one could answer.
"As I've said. I have no memory beyond it. I can not imagine anything that would set me off that far. I hated ShinRa. I hate Shinra. For what they did to me and to Genesis and to Angeal. But burning a village to the ground is tactically ignorant, at best."
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