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insusurro2020-05-19 01:47 pm
- [ event ],
- [ open ],
- [ whispers ],
- aerith [ asha ],
- aerith [ riddle ],
- andrea [ yan ],
- angeal [ ariel ],
- cid [ ariel ],
- cloud [ peach ],
- cor [ asha ],
- elena [ liz ],
- regis [ ariel ],
- reno [ abby ],
- rikku [ iola ],
- rude [ peach ],
- rude [ yan ],
- rufus [ hebe ],
- sephiroth [ bird ],
- sephiroth [ cat ],
- sephiroth [ nyan ],
- sephiroth [ sten ],
- shelke [ dalrint ],
- squall [ peach ],
- tifa [ ash ],
- tifa [ asha ],
- tseng [ mil ],
- veld [ hebe ],
- weiss [ shikki ],
- zack [ asha ]
ARRIVAL.
π ππ πππ π ππππ ππππ ππ ππππ πππ π you moved under your own power. The shadows that dwelt in the corners of your vision vanished, the world is bright and the shackles of destiny fall from your liberated limbs.
You're free.
But before you can take that next step, before you can alter your fate, a terrible howling fills your ears. It's an ill wind full of malice, one that rips you off of your feet and back, back, back from this chance to seize your destiny. The shadows coalesce into a single entity, its hands locking around your throat. It cannot let this stand.
You think that maybe this is the end. The world goes dark as it rushes past you, this is the end.
Except you wake to the feeling of rain on your skin.
The cliffs around you bare the scars of a fierce battle. Before you, a massive city faces the sea. Behind you, greenery sprawls for miles. Midgar has never looked so beautiful, but it has also never looked so unlike itself. The Sister Ray points proudly towards the sea. A bustling city crawls out from its shadow, looking wealthier and more robust than the slums ever did. You don't have long to ponder this.
Because you aren't alone. Others are coming to, looking just as confused and uncertain as you do. Some are battleworn and bloody, as if they were pulled from a fierce battle. Others appear to be in perfect health, as if they were simply pulled from a long slumber, though no less confused and lost. The howling that filled your slowly begins to fade, and as it does, the rain begins to clear.
ππππππ is within a few hours walking distance. ππππ lies not much further in the opposite direction. There is no presence urging you to walk to one or the other, no voice from on high telling you what path your feet should walk. Underneath this infinite blue sky the choice to go - or to stay - is entirely yours.
ππππ ππππ πππ ππ ππππ ππ?
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[What else can she say? Her voice isn't steady and there are tears in her eyes, spilling out onto her cheeks.]
Are you hurt? I can try to heal you.
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[She turns into her friend's embrace, hugging tight, but not too tight.]
No, I'm fine. I just... I don't understand what happened.
[She notices the tears, and reaches up to brush them away from Aerith's cheek.]
Are you alright?
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Been a long time. [She strokes a hand over Tifa's pretty black hair, unashamed of her tears or her shaky smile.]
I missed you.
[But she looks...just like she left her.]
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[Tifa's confusion is clear.]
Aerith, we were together just a moment ago. Or...however long before we got knocked out.
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[And it's better to just...leave it at that.]
We should find shelter. We might run into Cloud on the way!
[She brightens, drenched and muddy.]
There might be others too.
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[This isn't the first time, Tifa has gotten the feeling that Aerith isn't saying everything. And it's also not the first time that Tifa doesn't press for an answer.
Instead, she just takes Aerith's hand in hers, and gives it a reassuring squeeze.]
Let's go.
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As if she is going to object to having her hand held. Aerith laces their fingers together and returns the squeeze.]
Where to first? I'm not that eager to return to Midgar, are you?
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It's probably too dangerous to go back there right now. So I guess, is that Kalm? I don't remember it being so close.
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Aerith doesn't believe she is really alive. At least not for long.]
Could all of this be an illusion?