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Date: 2026-01-11 03:23 am (UTC)
nimbuster: (close your eyes and sigh)
From: [personal profile] nimbuster
Right. I won't.

[The resigned exasperation that crosses his face might be for her or for himself, or - most likely - both.]

...Sephiroth. The adult one, not the kid.

Date: 2026-01-11 07:50 pm (UTC)
nimbuster: (hmmm)
From: [personal profile] nimbuster
Seven feet tall, long silver hair, green cat eyes, long black coat. Can't miss him if you see him, but he hates everyone, so you might not.

[Everyone but Cloud, apparently, but he's just not going to think about that.]

...not sure. He hates all of humanity and tried to wipe us off the Planet back home, but so far he hasn't tried it here. Dunno if he'd see you guys any different than other humans or SOLDIERs.

Date: 2026-01-11 09:41 pm (UTC)
nimbuster: (go ahead try me)
From: [personal profile] nimbuster
Uh...yeah, he was there. Briefly.

[Until he coerced Cloud into leaving the party with him, but hey.

He scowls.]


People hate you just for, what, having powers? Assholes.

[His frown turns both concerned and stern, as he looks her directly in the eye for the first time since he arrived.]

If he comes near anybody with shitty intent, call me. I can deal with him without collateral damage. If he's coming after you, it'll be because of me, one way or another.

[His tone is matter-of-fact, not guilty or morose. It's a practical consideration - he doesn't want Sephiroth fighting anyone where he could destroy what they've worked for, and he knows by now there's nothing else Sephiroth wants here that would drive him to violence.]

He's just an enhanced human, like me, but he doesn't see it that way. A scumbag scientist experimented on him with alien DNA, so he sees himself as a monster and he blames all of humanity for it.

Re: cw fictional racism

Date: 2026-01-11 11:10 pm (UTC)
nimbuster: (uhhh I have concerns)
From: [personal profile] nimbuster
But if anyone could be one, doesn't that prove there's pretty much no difference? Who cares if you look human or not? [A pause.] Anybody in Etraya ever say anything like that?

[Cloud shakes his head, the sternness remaining.]

Sephiroth is my responsibility. Do what you gotta to keep your people safe, fuck him up by all means, just...call me, too. Okay?

[He nods thoughtfully.]

Mm. He used to be a hero. Best of the best. Till he found out they lied to him all his life.

Date: 2026-01-11 11:34 pm (UTC)
nimbuster: (cloud explains it all)
From: [personal profile] nimbuster
But that's not your fault. You can't help your own genetics.

[No more than Sephiroth can. But Shinra managed to avoid any reactions like that by touting him as a supersoldier, a hero keeping people safe, and all the SOLDIERs who followed made the choice to be enhanced. Not that they ended up much better in the end, either, considering the degradation. Which Shinra knew about and never mentioned. Their usual MO.

Cloud shrugs a little.]


Bothers me, too. But you don't.

[She's more than just her abilities.]

Thanks.

More or less, yeah. Lets hatred and rage drive him. I took him down once already, but he came back even more powerful, so...don't think he'll stop until he gets what he wants or I kill him for good.

[Somehow.]
Edited Date: 2026-01-11 11:37 pm (UTC)

Date: 2026-01-12 12:46 am (UTC)
nimbuster: (cloud explains it all)
From: [personal profile] nimbuster
Sure seems like most of us here come from some kinda hell. Guess that's what happens when all our worlds are in line for the chopping block.

[Cloud shrugs.]

Nope. Because you just told me how you think. Like you said - it'd be pretty dumb to tell me all that if you planned to use it against me. Right?

[His brow furrows. 'Surgery' - yeah, he gets what she means. The suggestion feels wrong to him, but he won't bother bringing that up when it's just a remote possibility.]

Actively back home. Here, kind of a stalemate for now. Can't get what he wants here, but he ain't above fucking with me just for kicks.

[And yet, apart from the very first day Sephiroth was here, he keeps insisting all he wants is for Cloud to spend time with him. It's gotta be bullshit, but so far, nothing's disproved it.

So far.]

Date: 2026-01-12 08:33 am (UTC)
nimbuster: (white lady math)
From: [personal profile] nimbuster
Huh. An AI doesn't count as a mind you can read?

[Cloud studies her for a moment at that talk about change, head tilting slightly. Then he nods once with an air of approval.]

Can't be easy, going against your instincts. So, as your student, I appreciate it.

[He makes an uncomfortable face when she talks about working on his trauma. That sounds suspiciously like talking about things he really doesn't want to talk about - or, in some cases, can't. But he nods warily.]

Okay...

Date: 2026-01-12 09:19 am (UTC)
nimbuster: (pained smirk)
From: [personal profile] nimbuster
I'll take your word for it. Too bad Echo refuses to make an appearance.

[If Echo was really entirely on the up-and-up, you'd think they'd want to prove it.]

Yup.

[Which is his way of saying he does, in fact, think she's succeeding at this difficult task.

He sighs.]


Yeah, yeah. So...what do I have to do?

Date: 2026-01-28 11:37 am (UTC)
nimbuster: (close your eyes and sigh)
From: [personal profile] nimbuster
[Being patient with himself and not letting bad days get to him are among the few things Cloud is terrible at, so he sees right away why she said this would suck. Great.]

...sure, patience. Okay. What else?

Date: 2026-01-29 04:02 am (UTC)
nimbuster: (deep thoughts with cloud strife)
From: [personal profile] nimbuster
Yeah, I'll be fine.

[He's not entirely certain about that, but there's a reason 'I'm fine' is one of the most common things he says to people...]

So, you gonna poke around in my head for stuff about Sephiroth?

[It occurs to him that if Sophie's digging around in his mind, she's probably going to find...whatever it is that's going on with him. Weird memory glitches, the feeling that he isn't wholly himself, all that stuff. He doesn't want her to, but on the other hand, maybe she could actually tell him what's happening and help him fix it. Hmm.]

Date: 2026-01-30 08:08 am (UTC)
nimbuster: (hangin out)
From: [personal profile] nimbuster
Oh. Uh...yeah, that does sound better.

[Except in the sense that if she's not poking around in his head, it means she's expecting him to talk about this stuff, probably.]

So where do we start?

Date: 2026-01-31 08:58 am (UTC)
nimbuster: (it's a bird it's a plane it's probably)
From: [personal profile] nimbuster
[Okay, that's not the worst tale to tell. He's told it once already. This is probably fine.]

Right. Well, he and I were both in the SOLDIER program together back home. Supersoldiers enhanced with the Planet's life energy, basically. He wasn't an asshole, then - he was a hero.

[The feelings are already strong, despite the detached way he's telling the story. Beneath his stoic exterior, there's a potent undercurrent of betrayal and rage, years-old shock and horror; the feeling that Sephiroth wasn't just a hero, but Cloud's hero.]

We were on a mission together in my hometown when he found out about the experiments. He was conceived and born as a science project, genetically altered with the DNA of a psychic alien the lab dug up from an ancient crater and designed to be the strongest warrior on the Planet. He spent a week holed up in a library reading all the reports and findings from the project, and then he burnt down the whole village, killed...everybody.

[Outwardly, he's still mostly calm, maybe a bit melancholy. The feelings he's pushing down are a tumult of grief and fear and helplessness, with a side of self-loathing for not being able to stop it from happening.]

So I killed him. And then five years later, he came back, somehow. He's hell-bent on summoning a meteor to smash into the Planet and becoming some kind of multiversal god, and...I guess he's focused on me because I'm the only one who's ever beaten him. Revenge for killing him.

[There's definitely more to it than that, though, according to the vibes Sophie's getting from him. Dread and horror, fear of himself and of Sephiroth, confusion, shame, guilt...

...and underneath all of that, there's something else, vague and mostly subconscious. Some kind of connection, maybe, or an inevitable pull, and the sense that there's a lot more in Cloud's head than he consciously knows about, secrets hidden in dark parts of his mind he can't currently access.]

omg welcome to the FFVII experience XD

Date: 2026-02-01 07:23 am (UTC)
nimbuster: (get outta my head)
From: [personal profile] nimbuster
[There's a brief moment right as he's about to answer her questions about SOLDIER where he hesitates, and Sophie picks up what feels almost like glitchy static at the edges of Cloud's mind. Then it fades and he goes on like nothing happened.]

By choice. I joined up because when I was younger, the propaganda machine convinced everybody that the war we were waging on a nearby country was just and necessary, and Sephiroth was a great war hero for clinching our victory. But by the time I made it in, the war was over and we were just...an elite fighting force at Shinra's beck and call to take down anyone or anything that challenged them.

[His eyes widen when she explains what she's found in his head, accompanied by a profound and desperate dread.]

A wall? What--

[But if he's honest with himself, it's not as surprising to hear as it could be. All the missing memories and lost time, the weird headaches, the things he somehow knows that he shouldn't, stuff that doesn't add up...this might explain everything. But if Sophie's right, breaking down that wall could be a disaster.

But he's sick of living in the dark with nothing but the feeling that something is very, very wrong inside his head.

He lets out a breath, frowning.]


Everything I've said so far is nothing I haven't told my friends back home. But...there's more, and I think that wall you're talking about is the crux of it. Something's been off about my memories, ever since...

[He tries to think back to when it started, but that glitchy static returns, and this time it sends pain shooting through his head. He flinches, squeezing his eyes shut and pressing one palm against his temple, though it doesn't help. Flashes of half-remembered events flicker through his mind in quick succession - stumbling into a train station, talking to Tifa, watching a tall silhouette walk away into the bright sun--and then it's all gone again. The pain fades, and Cloud catches his breath for a second.]

...I...I dunno. Not sure when it started.
Edited Date: 2026-02-01 07:23 am (UTC)

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