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isleofavalon2021-08-17 07:51 pm
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凶 • fate beneath another sky
🧙 WHO: Cloud & Sephiroth
⚔️️ WHAT: An unexpected encounter. Will it escalate?!
🕒 WHEN: August 17th • Late Afternoon
🗺️ WHERE: Downtown Camelot
⚠️ WARNINGS: None
...... Mm. It went well.
... ....
Nope. Got it right in here.
[ Device in one hand and a bag full of miscellaneous goodies in the other, he gives a sparing glance inside as he's on his phone. It was another day of running errands in town, having spent most of his time in this world out on the outskirts on the farm. For the past while now, Cloud has been learning more about the various businesses that have cropped up in this realm; in due time? He may very well give up on the "odds and ends" line of work and try to revitalize his old delivery business. First was Gaia, then there was the unexpected success he found on Prismatica, working generally throughout Lunatia and then expanding to Amegahara... Here? He has no motorcycle, treks most places by foot, and has been adjusting to a whole new set of skills in the absence of his original strength.
Today was an interesting one! And he plans on telling Weiss all about it when he gets home. Speaking of which... ]
Yeah. [ He smiles to himself, gaze set to the clear skies ahead as he waits to cross the street. ] I'll seeya at home.
[ Hanging up with a content huff, he puts his device back in his pocket, readjusting his grip on the heavier bag. He's still got some time. So... ]
— — —
[ Seated alone on a nearby bench, his hands are folded in front of his face as he leans into them, lost in his own thoughts once more as he reminisces of his time spent here. He'd just celebrated his 26th birthday here... Three birthdays... It hasn't quite been three years since he was gone, but it's been some time since he actually saw his home. The last time he caught a glimpse of it was in an illusory world crafted for others to see. Even that trip was cut short before he had the time to truly take them back to see where he lived. And he wasn't just talking of Nibelheim, either. That was a shell of its former self...
No. To him, home was where his family was. It didn't matter to him now if it was in Edge, Kalm, Rocket Town, Wutai...hell, even in his time off the planet. It wasn't complete, and he still misses his old family photo left behind. But even Lunatia became a home to him, full of people he cared deeply about. Some of them came here, and those he knew from Gaia were coming and going all the same. Despite the fact that Cloud was still here, he'd resigned himself to a more subdued life until he figured out where they were going in this realm. ]
...
[ What was it? Fear of losing someone special all over again? He's happy here. But thinking of what he's left behind all the same, looking at the back of his hand out of reminisce, he ultimately sighs. ]
[ Suddenly—?! ]
?!
[ Jostled out of his thoughts by the commotion of some ravens fighting over what appears to be some shiny trinket (a coin?), they take off into the sky as they caw. The roughhousing saw some feathers coming loose, the blond's blue gaze widening some as one of the black feathers comes floating down. When he blinks next...it's in his hand as he near-listlessly stares down at it. Speaking of reminisce... ]
...
[ A starlit sky, moons beating down on crystalline sands of a distant planet, a bonfire keeping attendants warm. He remembers the meeting like it was yesterday. The day his heart sank to his feet and his spine felt as delicate as glass. Every step he took around the man was like walking on eggshells. And he cracks them every time, begging not to get cut. For the better part of a year, he'd gotten to know the man he once respected and looked up to. It was both a delicate situation and...looking back, a very sad one. Because there was no changing fate now that it'd been decided. He would return to his world and timeline, having defeated Sephiroth time and time again...
Yet that very same man would come to his aid, again and again, without truly knowing the reason why there was some distance. It wasn't about getting close. It never was. But— ]
Hmph,
[ He huffs through his nose, getting to his feet as he takes his eyes off the feather, idly tossing it away to lazily float to the ground.
Right. Better get going. ]
⚔️️ WHAT: An unexpected encounter. Will it escalate?!
🕒 WHEN: August 17th • Late Afternoon
🗺️ WHERE: Downtown Camelot
⚠️ WARNINGS: None
...... Mm. It went well.
... ....
Nope. Got it right in here.
[ Device in one hand and a bag full of miscellaneous goodies in the other, he gives a sparing glance inside as he's on his phone. It was another day of running errands in town, having spent most of his time in this world out on the outskirts on the farm. For the past while now, Cloud has been learning more about the various businesses that have cropped up in this realm; in due time? He may very well give up on the "odds and ends" line of work and try to revitalize his old delivery business. First was Gaia, then there was the unexpected success he found on Prismatica, working generally throughout Lunatia and then expanding to Amegahara... Here? He has no motorcycle, treks most places by foot, and has been adjusting to a whole new set of skills in the absence of his original strength.
Today was an interesting one! And he plans on telling Weiss all about it when he gets home. Speaking of which... ]
Yeah. [ He smiles to himself, gaze set to the clear skies ahead as he waits to cross the street. ] I'll seeya at home.
[ Hanging up with a content huff, he puts his device back in his pocket, readjusting his grip on the heavier bag. He's still got some time. So... ]
[ Seated alone on a nearby bench, his hands are folded in front of his face as he leans into them, lost in his own thoughts once more as he reminisces of his time spent here. He'd just celebrated his 26th birthday here... Three birthdays... It hasn't quite been three years since he was gone, but it's been some time since he actually saw his home. The last time he caught a glimpse of it was in an illusory world crafted for others to see. Even that trip was cut short before he had the time to truly take them back to see where he lived. And he wasn't just talking of Nibelheim, either. That was a shell of its former self...
No. To him, home was where his family was. It didn't matter to him now if it was in Edge, Kalm, Rocket Town, Wutai...hell, even in his time off the planet. It wasn't complete, and he still misses his old family photo left behind. But even Lunatia became a home to him, full of people he cared deeply about. Some of them came here, and those he knew from Gaia were coming and going all the same. Despite the fact that Cloud was still here, he'd resigned himself to a more subdued life until he figured out where they were going in this realm. ]
...
[ What was it? Fear of losing someone special all over again? He's happy here. But thinking of what he's left behind all the same, looking at the back of his hand out of reminisce, he ultimately sighs. ]
[ Suddenly—?! ]
?!
[ Jostled out of his thoughts by the commotion of some ravens fighting over what appears to be some shiny trinket (a coin?), they take off into the sky as they caw. The roughhousing saw some feathers coming loose, the blond's blue gaze widening some as one of the black feathers comes floating down. When he blinks next...it's in his hand as he near-listlessly stares down at it. Speaking of reminisce... ]
...
[ A starlit sky, moons beating down on crystalline sands of a distant planet, a bonfire keeping attendants warm. He remembers the meeting like it was yesterday. The day his heart sank to his feet and his spine felt as delicate as glass. Every step he took around the man was like walking on eggshells. And he cracks them every time, begging not to get cut. For the better part of a year, he'd gotten to know the man he once respected and looked up to. It was both a delicate situation and...looking back, a very sad one. Because there was no changing fate now that it'd been decided. He would return to his world and timeline, having defeated Sephiroth time and time again...
Yet that very same man would come to his aid, again and again, without truly knowing the reason why there was some distance. It wasn't about getting close. It never was. But— ]
Hmph,
[ He huffs through his nose, getting to his feet as he takes his eyes off the feather, idly tossing it away to lazily float to the ground.
Right. Better get going. ]