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Around Town

The sight of a spiky-haired blond around Edge is hardly unusual. The sight of one wearing a tattered cloak like Vincent Valentine's with a leathery bat wing protruding from the left shoulder is, perhaps, more unusual. He's been around since October, but mostly just trying to fix that problem with the portals after discovering he could dreamwalk like the Sephiroths. Probably no one really expected him to stay on after that.

And he could have gone home, probably. It seems like most people who came through the dream portals were able to go back. He, however, found he didn't want to. Zack is here, his Zack, alive and well. He was never dead, like they'd thought. And Sephiroth....

Of course, now that he's had to accept that his Sephiroth isn't a villain, life is much more complicated for him. He could make the excuse he's staying on to protect this world and Zack from Sephiroth, but it would just sound stupid and make him look like the jerk after Sephiroth worked overtime to fix the mess with the dreams. So if anyone asks him why he's there, he'll probably make up some other excuse. He's too prideful and too shy to just say he's there to be with his friend. And he'll never in a million years say that deep down, he wants to be around Sephiroth, to try to start figuring him out, to finally make sense of that living mystery who really isn't part of him but his own person.

Staying on will have its own problems, though. Like, what if he encounters ... himself? He's avoided it so far and hopes to continue avoiding it, but he knows that's unlikely. And anyone who didn't realize he was here fixing the dream mess will probably be confused by him. He can't retract that wing anymore, so that's always a glaring signal that he's not the Cloud anyone here knows.

Sighing to himself, he keeps walking down the street, bandaged buster sword slung over his shoulder.

Network

He really doesn't want to do this. But if he's staying here, he can't just bum around. So ...

"Anyone got any work that needs doing? I'm hiring out."

Just voice for now, but a lot of people here will probably recognize that gruff voice with the slight country drawl.

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Around Town

Sora was out exploring, still trying to learn this strange new place. He felt too crowded in sometimes, but that was a weakness that Tenka would never had fallen for, so he was trying act like it didn't bother him either. Maybe if he acted enough then he would believe it himself. Maybe.

But his discomfort and fear was swiftly forgotten when he saw the person ahead of him, or more... when he saw that sword.

Sora might be standing on the walk, facing Cloud as the other approached, standing still as a statue, eyes wide. How much did that sword have to weigh?

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darkshroudingcloud

Cloud stopped walking and looked at the kid. "What is it?"

He was thinking maybe this guy knew the other Cloud and was confused.

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sora_under_the_clouds

"Can.... Can you actually use that large sword?" he asked, awed.

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darkshroudingcloud

Cloud blinked in surprise at that. So maybe it wasn't about the other Cloud after all.

"Yeah, I can," he said. "It works too well. That's why I keep it taped up, so it doesn't do as much damage as it would otherwise."

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sora_under_the_clouds

"Can... Can you teach me?" he asked, earnestly.

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darkshroudingcloud

"... You want to learn how to use a sword like this?" Cloud blinked. "It's not like there's a lot of them around."

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sora_under_the_clouds

"I want to learn to be better with all swords," he said with a wobbly smile.

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darkshroudingcloud

"Huh. Well, I doubt Sephiroth will let you train with his sword. If you want to learn anything about mine, first you'd have to be able to lift it." He took it down from his shoulder and held the hilt towards Sora. "Let's see if you can."

He prepared himself to be ready to prevent an accident with the blade.

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sora_under_the_clouds

"Thank you," he said, bowing. "I'll try." He walked over and took a deep breath before putting his hands on the hilt. Another breath to center himself, and he tried.

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darkshroudingcloud

Cloud slowly released his hold on it. The thing was as heavy as it looked, or heavier. He would be surprised if the kid could successfully lift it. But hey, who knew. Maybe he ate all his spinach and was stronger than he looked.

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sora_under_the_clouds

His scrawny looking arms tensed. He pulled and slowly, carefully, it raised slightly. Sweat beaded his brow and ran down his face as he tried to lift it higher, but he lacked the height and leverage to supplement his strength, so it stayed only up that small bit, and then it began to shake as he strained.

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darkshroudingcloud

Cloud was impressed for it to be lifted at all, but he grew concerned when the kid didn't put it down. "Lower it!" he ordered gruffly, moving to intercede if needed.

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sora_under_the_clouds

He did so carefully. Once it was down he dropped to one knee, holding the hilt as carefully as he could until it was taken back. "I guess... I'm no good after all..." He said, weakly, dissapointed in himself.

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darkshroudingcloud

Cloud snorted as he took it back. "You're too hard on yourself. There's not a lot of people who can pick this thing up, let alone actually fight with it."

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sora_under_the_clouds

"Tenka would be able to," he said, gloomily.

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darkshroudingcloud

"Yeah? How do you know? You seen him lift things as heavy as this with ease or something?"

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sora_under_the_clouds

"He's Tenka," Sora said, as if that answered everything. "There's never been anything he tried that he couldn't do." Big brother worship at its finest. "Except chores." And there is the grumbling. Can you tell he's talking about a sibling?

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darkshroudingcloud

Cloud wasn't sure until chores were mentioned. He snorted. "He can't mop the floor or wash the windows?"

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sora_under_the_clouds

"He says the washcloth is too heavy," Sora said, dryly.

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darkshroudingcloud

A scoff and a swish of the wing. "And your parents let him get away with that?"

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sora_under_the_clouds

A shadow of sorrow on his face, he looked away. Rubbing his neck in a subconscious move, he mumbled "They... died. A long time ago...."

And now he knew how.

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darkshroudingcloud

"... Oh. Sorry." Cloud frowned.

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sora_under_the_clouds

"Tenka practically raised us after that. Walked away from a really good job for the government and everything. I don't... I don't really remember our parents. And Chuataro was just a baby. It's always been Tenka, and..." He winced. It still hurt. "And Shirasu." Losing him the way they did especially....

He stepped back from the large sword, rubbing his arms, trapped in the memories. The night their parents died. The night the Orochi attacked. Tenka getting so badly hurt both times...