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- elena [ liz ],
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- 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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Before he can even say anything, she's doing the Aerith thing, and it's like nothing's ever changed, like they can just go back to the church and the cart and live the life he suspects they were always meant to. ]
You hear that, buddy?
[ He tilts his head toward the groaningly unwitting charge leaned against his shoulder. ]
What Aerith says goes. We're gonna get ya home.
[ He can't remember how long it's been since he's grinned this hard. At least until Aerith finally disentangles herself and he realizes with a start that she'sβsmeared with his blood, no, dammit no, this is not how this is supposed to happen. ]
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I'll try to heal you both.
[His blood is sticky on her skin, on her clothes, but that sensation doesn't faze her. What matters far more is getting the bleeding to stop so Zack can have a chance to be without pain again. She wraps an arm around him to support him, pointing out a rocky outcropping where they can get some shelter, at least.]
Can you carry him that far?
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[ Like the three of them are taking a quaint stroll in the park, he keeps them going. It's so easy to ignore how tired he is when Aerith is around. And yeah, this whole situation is weird and throwing him for a loop, but the circumstances are great so he's not gonna question it.
Zack and Aerith and their charge get to the outcropping and Zack is careful setting the guy down. He's out like a light, but Zack checks his pulse and finds it strong enough. He brushes his hands off on his jeans and claps his hands together. ]
All right, Aeri. Do your thing!
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So when their poor friend is set down, she crouches down and sets about healing him, hovering her hands over the obvious wounds and stitching them together. Then she stands up and puts her hands on her hips.]
You're next, SOLDIER. [Yeah, there's no escape, Zack.] I guess...you know what I am?
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Oh. Yeah. The Turks...
[ Is about all he has to say, isn't it? They'd told him, but it's another thing to see it, even if there's always been a part of him that always knew, right from the start, that Aerith isn't like anyone else. ]
You're one of a kind, Aerith. [ He leans in, smile flashing brightly. ] But I always knew that.
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They're nosy.
[In true Aerith style, she says those words lightly, teasingly.]
Not all of them are bad. I just didn't like the idea of being put away again.
[His response is so him and her heart lifts immediately. Delicate hands will seek out his wounds, using her magic to heal the bullet holes.]
So are you. That's why I'm not going to let you die. [Cheeks turning pink, she ducks her head shyly.] I wish I had been there with you.
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You're here now.
[ He can feel his wounds mending, but the bigger thing on his mind is how much Aerith has changed. The scrappy kid he remembers is now this beautiful, elegant woman with sure hands and an even brighter spirit. She's breath-taking. ]
That's all that matters.
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I can feel souls pass. I knew when it happened.
[Mending the wounds that took his life is something she has needed to do. She can't undo how he suffered, but she can put an end to it. The world needs Zack Fair.]
Cloud needs to see you.
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[ Nevermind. It doesn't matter. Zack is perking up at the mention of that one name in particular. He has, after all, been looking for him all goddamned morning. How he could lose someone in a coma is beyond him. ]
You've seen him?
[ He twists and turns, looking over each of his shoulders. And thenβ ]
.... Waiiiiit a second. How do you know his name?
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Yes! I met him in Midgar.
[His reaction makes her giggle.]
I'm sure you can find him if you look really hard~
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The idea of Cloud and Aerith, two of his most treasured friends, running into each other puts a smile on his face. ]
You gonna be a peach and offer to help me find him?
[ He extends a hand. ]
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Yes, they have a
ChocoboCloud to find!]He'll be so happy to see you. But he might have trouble showing it, so we should hug him!