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@groundedcuratoria-blog
groundedcuratoria:
( So one of my most favorite characters, canonically dead for 22 years, appeared on my girlfriend’s TV as she was playing FFVIIR and gave us a very important message. )
I LIVED, BITCH!!!!!!!
Welcome back bitch.
You missed meeee~ <3
Moment of Truth.
strifeofcloud:
x continued here with @groundedcuratoria
Was it possible to numb all of your emotions for the rest of your life? Ever since that horrid day, Cloud had constantly hoped that one day he wouldn’t be able to feel anything in his heart ever again… but it had been three years.
Three years of missing him.
Three years of trying to forget about him.
Three years of almost succeeding only for it to crash back down and make Cloud miss him all over again.
A sad sigh left Cloud’s lips as his fingers delicately ran over the Buster Sword leaning against the wall next to his bed. He had admired the sword for so long when he watched Zack swing it with ease and grace; he never thought that one day it would be his own to hold. If Zack could see him from the Lifestream… would he be proud of Cloud for all the things he accomplished? Or… would he be ashamed that this was the person Cloud turned out to be?
Had he maintained Zack’s honour? Or had he tainted it with his name?
Unfortunately for Cloud, he’d never be able to hear the answer because Zack was… gone.
Cloud’s eyes clenched shut as he put his head in his hands, silently cursing himself for the tightness in his throat. He was pathetic – still crying over someone when years had passed since his death. He should have been doing something more meaningful with his life, not wasting it by mourning over someone who was never coming back.
But… Zack wasn’t just anyone to Cloud.
He had been his sunshine, and this cruel world took him away.
It wasn’t fair.
Oh what Cloud would give to just hear his voice again… just one more time.
Despite his light sniffles, Cloud heard the knocking on his door and he couldn’t help but groan quietly. No… He didn’t want to see anyone right now – not when he was like this.
“Hey, Cloud! Wanna come out here and give another country boy a warm welcome?!”
!!!
Tearful blue eyes widened as he lifted his head up with a gasp, his heart practically frozen as he heard the voice call out to him. That… That couldn’t have been… right? Surely he had made that up. He had to be hearing things. There was no way that after practically begging for Zack’s voice that he would actually hear it again. He was dead. He was dead. He was dead.
And yet… as if Cloud just wanted to suffer all over again, a part of him begged himself to just get up to make sure no one was actually at the door – to confirm that he was just going crazy. So Cloud slowly wiped his eyes with trembling hands before he forced himself to get up, hesitantly making his way to the door.
But as Cloud opened the door, expecting to have made the whole thing up in his head to cope (well it wouldn’t be the first time), he was pretty sure his heart stopped, because right there in front of his very eyes was…
“Just the guy I wanted to see.”
… Zack.
He… He had to be seeing things. He was crazy; he had to be crazy for any of this to make sense…!
“Y… You…” A broken whisper left Cloud’s lips as he just shook his head, taking a few hesitant steps backwards as he tried to process the sight that stood before him. “This can’t be real… No… Y–… You can’t be real.”
Yeah. Okay. Zack was pretty sure there was gonna be some backlash over this. He knew that walking into this. It wasn’t easy suddenly showing up on someone’s doorstep... but. It had to be done. He owed him that much. But watching as Cloud backed up, shook his head, and denied that he was even standing there was a punch to the gut of guilt Zack didn’t expect. Or... Okay. He expected it. But he didn’t think seeing it would hurt this bad.
“No--!” Zack spoke, taking a step and reaching out for his old friend, but remembering boundaries were a thing that he had to respect; refusing to go further than that as his heart ached to see him... panic, in front of him. “Nononono, shh shh shh--...! I’m real...! I’m here..!
I know it’s hard to believe, but it’s me...! Look at me! I’ve got the scars to prove it! Uh--....” He stammered in the end, struggling to sweat out his own anxiety as he found himself having to quickly come up with a way to fix this... to avoid stressing Cloud out further, while also making him realize that he was really here...
“... Ah--! Ask me something only I would know. I can answer it! Th-.. the mountains? Where I died?? The Turks were there, they helped me, I--!”
Zack sighed, and rubbed the back of his neck as he hissed, and swallowed nervously.
“... I’m just--... I’m really here, Cloud. Trust me. I wouldn’t lie to you...”
( lmao
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L M A O
L M A O
L M A O
L M A O!!!!!!!!! )
( So one of my most favorite characters, canonically dead for 22 years, appeared on my girlfriend’s TV as she was playing FFVIIR and gave us a very important message. )
I LIVED, BITCH!!!!!!!
A Heart Weighed Down
kunselxknows:
When it came to company news and him, more likely than not Kunsel was aware of them a couple minutes after they went out - so he was well aware of Zack’s promotion. And the situation surrounding it.
Sure, he was happy for Zack finall reaching the position he so dreamt of but also… the timing couldn’t have been worse, only feeling like a quick replacement even though Angeal had recommended Zack for First even before Wutai.
Kunsel himself was on his way to the briefing room, going to tutorial a new 2nd class on Lazard’s request when Zack nearly ran into him, startling at the other’s shout and stepping back himself.
He could be First Class, but he was still Zack.
He was about to joke around, ask him if the promotion didn’t make him think he was too good to talk to Kunsel now, but he stopped that thought even before he opened his mouth, brows furrowing under that blank helmet of his, a slight twist downwards of the corners of his mouth being the only hint otherwise.
“Nah, don’t worry about it.” Kunsel shaked off Zack nearly walking over him, “Listen… maybe the uniform isn’t you color, but you don’t look too good, man. Are you feeling ok?”
With his head slightly hung low, it was a wonder that Kunsel telling him that there was nothing to worry about far as nearly trampling him just now reached Zack at all as the worries on his mind engulfed him yet again.
It was just… he didn’t understand any of it. Angeal had left him completely in the dark, and there was so much going on and he didn’t understand any of it… Just what was going on..?
Mako-infused eyes blinked as Zack finally registered that his friend had asked him a question.
“Huh?” — Right, right, it was if he was okay or not. “Oh-- Yeah… Yeah.”
His reply lacked any pep or enthusiasm, more drenched in sorrow and confusion than anything positive. The 1st Class SOLDIER operative took in a breath before trudging on around Kunsel.
“I’m fine.” He spoke again, his usual happy aura still missing from his entire presence, his eyes back on the floor as he walked on.
( OTL It really saddens me to say this, but until further notice, all of my RP blogs are now on hiatus. I haven’t lost my muse or anything, oh hell no. Far From it! It’s just that. Well… my family’s in a financial bind, and not everything can get paid right now. Namely, well… the internet bill.
So, until my internet comes back, I won’t be able to post any replies, or even interact with anyone oocly. :x I’ll let you guys know when I have it back, but hopefully I won’t be gone too long.
FYI though, all of my replies that I owe have been saved into a text document, and I’ll be working on them while I’m away. YES, ALL of them. So if it’s been a while since I last replied to you, don’t worry. It’s coming!
That said, I may post replies and starters during this “hiatus”, and if I do, it’s because I’ve finished them while I’ve been gone, and I’m online to ONLY post them. You’ll know when I’ll be back completely – I’ll be holding my own welcome back party lmao.
So, until then, see you guys around! ;o; Love you all~ <3 )
- @copyessencedeluxe
All he wanted was a nice sweet treat. A nice pastry filled with creamy filling and a warm crust. What he didn’t ask for what this pink blob thing at his feet eyeing his treat like he hasn’t eaten in months. With the dessert right in front of his mouth, waiting to be bitten into, he had been stuck there for a good moment or two now. He didn’t really know what to do in this situation, much less what this cute but weird creature even was... It wasn’t something he’d have to fight, was it? He was pretty sure Aerith wouldn’t approve of him attacking such an innocent and cute pink thing...
So the ex-SOLDIER decided to be nice, and while he didn’t dare move closer for the sake of making sure his paid-for-with-the-few-Gil-he-had treat would stay his, he kept his blue eyes on the pink critter, and offered it a smile and a chance to maybe be friends?
“.. Hey there. Uh... what brings you here? ... Besides what’s... in my hand. Heh.”
A Heart Weighed Down
- @kunselxknows
So you know what's not fun? Being told "congratulations on your promotion" when your mentor and one of your most closest friends is very much MIA and with the way your workplace had been acting, you really don’t know what they were going to do with him. Yeah. Shit wasn't fun at all.
Zack Fair had been promoted, and also given a mission of some kind. He had just finished changing into his new SOLDIER 1st class standard uniform, and with a very haunting lack of the excitement he thought he’d feel when this day would come, the mix of emotions he had felt swirled within him and clouded his attention even more than usual.
Naturally, this lead Zack to walking through the halls of the SOLDIER floor of Shinra HQ rather blind, acting on muscle memory more than looking where he was going.
So when the uniform of another SOLDIER operative came into view, he nearly collided into them, jumped back with a shout and a rather odd pose, before it finally hit him who he just bumped into.
Kunsel. Kunsel was... a friend from within. Someone who he could trust here, in this confusing place that he decided to sign into service with.
“O-Oh. Sorry about that, man. Didn’t see you.” He said flatly as his thoughts went back to the pit of “Angeal is missing”, and doubts of what group he was working for exactly. Did he make the right choice...?
@pikmin-commander
For some reason, the only thing Olimar could think of was, This poor kid’s knees are going to be thrown out all the way to Koppai by the end of this…
Even so, he was glad to find a friend for the Pikmin. They had been getting their hands on everything ever since they arrived at Delfino Plaza. It was about time that they got some Person to Pikmin interaction.
The Pikmin immediately fixated on the crouched man, running over and practically swarming him. A crowd of Red, Blue, Yellow, White, and Purple started to mess with the man. Many hopped onto his body and started to climb upwards, while some just settled for the shoes and sat. The one Pikmin that had found Zack in the first place seemed to be leading others back up to the hair as well. It was just a Pikmin’s Playground on Zack from head to toe.
“It seems though you’ve become quite the crowd favorite!” Olimar smiles, giving a laugh or two along with it.
So he saw the tiny army approaching him coming, but that didn't make it any less surreal. Practically a whole garden came flocking to him instantly, and although he stayed there and let them do as they pleased... it was both humbling and empowering at the same time. He was so tall, he almost wanted to stay completely still so that way they wouldn’t get hurt. That... would be easier said than done for him, though.
... Now that he was thinking about it, what was with him and people with strong connections to nature anyway...?
As the pikmin climbed their way up, and found their own little nooks and crannies on Zack to stay on or in, he was starting to question how he ignored the first one in the first place! Now that a ton of them were climbing on him, he could feel their individual weights and pulls of gravity that threatened to topple him over. It wasn’t going to work, though. He was once SOLDIER, after all! He could handle anything--! Or, well. Almost anything.
“Whoa--!” He let out between laughs and failed attempts to keep himself still -- nearly standing up and moving his feet regardless of the flower critters climbing and chilling out on his shoes. There was a wide smile on his face the whole time, even though it was obvious that he was worried about their safety with how his eyebrows framed themselves on his expression. This sure was an experience!
“Have I?” He asked playfully as he laughed at the sensation of more pikmin swimming through his hair than he had before, aware of what exactly they were doing in there and every little stroke they made.
“These guys sure have their strength in numbers!”
@pikmin-commander
Olimar was glad that this Zack fellow was being a good sport about the Pikmin climbing over him, but he couldn’t help but feel embarrassed about the entire situation. Speaking of embarrassing situations, the fact that the man had to kneel down onto his knees just to shake hands with him. That admittedly made Olimar a bit red faced, but seeing the bit of ‘I-Is this okay?’ look Zack made once he got down made him happy to see that he wasn’t alone.
Once Zack made his hellos, Olimar was a bit shocked that he was friends with that Cloud person. That Cloud always seemed a bit uptight to Olimar, but he had been told that he had that same effect on people as well, so he couldn’t judge. He was just glad that the Pikmin had found someone friendly to climb up if anyone at all.
“Ah, I’m sure they won’t get sick. None of the Pikmin have mouths besides one type of their species, so I’m sure they will be fine.” Olimar smiled reassuringly with a nod. Though hair gel had some similar properties to the Nectar the Pikmin loved so much, so he honestly wasn’t sure. He shook that thought out of his head, getting back to the person still knelt down in front of him.
“Would you like to meet the rest of the Pikmin?” Olimar gestured behind him to where there was a large platoon of about 50 different colored Pikmin ranging from Red to Purple.
“That one seemed quite interested in you, so I’m sure the rest would like to say hello as well.”
"Ah, okay." Zack said in response, nodding his head with a relieved smile on his face. His shimmering eyes trained on the ground for just a bit as it sunk in. There was a small silence for just a tiny little while as the Ex-SOLDIER found his eyes moving over to the crowd of Pikmin behind Olimar in curiosity. Interesting little guys... it looked like some of them had buds or even flowers in bloom on their heads! And to think. He’d never experience this kind of thing if he stayed locked up on Gaia... sometimes, it was good to break the rules. Just a little bit.
Finally, Zack Fair was broken out of his thoughts with a fitting suggestion of saying hello to all the other Pikmin creatures. The question made his eyebrows raise and his mouth to fall open just before he gave his response.
“Ah--.. Sure!” He said as his smile returned. “Why not?”
When it was decided that he’d say hello to the interesting little critters, he nearly stood back up -- even lifting himself up a tad before... settling back down. Considering the tiny friends he was about to meet were even tinier than his other new tiny friend, maybe continuing to be crouched down would be the best option to make things easier for everyone.
The struggle of being 6′ 3″. Being tall isn’t all it’s cracked up to be, kids.
( Starter call for Zack! Like this post if you want a thread with ‘im! Indies, you can like it too, no worries!! )
( Zack’s about page is up! )
( shit. I think I lost my app for Zack.... )
@pikmin-commander
The Red Pikmin continued to climb until it was finally spotted by the human. When it was finally spotted, it took a tiny hand off of the shirt and waved before continuing up the shirt to the shoulder and eventually to the head where it began to swim through his long and seemingly endless hair. It wasn’t long at all before Olimar ran up to the man and tweeted his whistle, causing the Pikmin to leap from the swimming pool of hair. As it runs back to the squad of multicolored Pikmin, Olimar walks up to the tall man and bends over with his hands on his knees.
“I’m quite sorry, sir. My deepest apologies. I just got caught up on all of these interesting things on this island and lost one of the Pikmin. I’m sure it won’t happen again.” He finishes, picking his hands up from his knees and extended one up.
“Salutations. My name is Olimar. What might yours be?”
The strange creature waved, and Zack being the friendly and curious guy he was, raised a hand hesitantly and waved back. It was a weird sensation, to be honest... now that he knew it was there, he could feel it's every move along his shoulder and neck and even in his hair. The sensation got a laugh out of him, as the creature played in it... It was strange, and weird, but hey. He's had weirder happen. Like being a dead man walking--.
“H-hey! Careful in there! Hopefully the gel won’t get you sick if you eat it or something...”
Suddenly, from behind him, a whistle blew, and it startled him; causing to jump just a tad before turning around rather fast.
His eyes were focused on the bright light on top of the small, tiny man’s helmet, the his face... and then the crowd of the same kind of creatures alongside him. Whoa... there was a lot of them... did they multiply like rabbits or something? He took notice of how his little red friend joined his, er, “pack” maybe? Just before giving his attention to their... commander, Zack assumed.
The commander apologized, and once again the Ex-SOLDIER was a bit startled. What did he have to apologize for? It’s not like the little creature--...Pik...min? Disturbed him.. he just said hello and then went swan diving in his spiky, black hair! If there was anything to be concerned about, it was the little guy getting sick because of something in his hair. If anything.
“O-oh, don’t--!” He waved his hand, “Don’t worry about it. He didn’t bother me at all! Gotta laugh at things, right?”
Then... Olimar... held out a hand to shake, and... geez. That was a bit of a, uh... Problem. One that could be easily fixed, but... still kinda awkward. The black-haired hero knelt down on his knees to meet Olimar to his eye level the best he could, and shook his hand proudly.
“I’m Zack.” -- SOLDIER, 1st Class! was his instinct to say next, but his mouth was held open as he stilled his tongue. He shook his head and gave Olimar a smile.
“Supporter for Cloud Strife. ... Say, hair gel won’t make those guys sick if they eat any of it, will it?”
insp.
life of a hero…
groundedcuratoria
- @chacscontrcl
– Well, of course Zack was out and walking around on a day like today. It was gorgeous out! And he was definitely going to sap up the sights of a place so utterly green and not-so-dead like his home planet was while he could. There was no doubt about that.
It was pretty surprising how far his nature walk had taken him by now. Wasn’t he near the hospital or something like that? He wasn’t sure. He had been here a good while, but hadn’t exactly memorized the layout of the isle yet.
It was honestly rather uplifting. Seeing nothing but a sea of green and plant life, hearing the sound of grass, small flowers and weeds be crunched over his SOLDIER-grade boots…
The atmosphere made his heart soar and brought his spirits up by a noticeable amount… but the attachment to the nature around him was broken by the sight of a black silhouette just a ways in front of him.
It… looked familiar. Was that… that hedgehog he had made friends with on that island vacation a little ways back? What was his name again…?
… Ah, right! He raised up a hand and waved at the hedgehog with a smile on his face.
“Yo! Sonic!”
Once he was sure he had gotten the mobian’s attention, Zack sprinted to close the distance between them. The black of the silhouette… remaining black. And Sonic’s quills looked… different the last time they met… did he change his quilldo every day? Zack caught the red stripes on the hedgehog’s spines and his red eyes and…
Oops. Well, too late to turn back now. Good job, Zack…
He finished his sprint, standing just in front of the hedgehog he had yet to meet properly, breathing in deep to get a headstart on catching his breath.
“So… Sorry about that.” He laughed out. “You look like a guy I know.”
“I’m guessing you guys know each other? You two kinda look alike.”
Questions still had obliterated the hedgehog’s mind as he still was unsure as to what he was doing exactly on this island. He had met a few individuals for answers, but it lead to nothing for him. Perhaps he was just destined to remain on this island for good? Who knows. Those answers still remained clueless for the poor hedgehog, now just remaining to aimlessly wander about the island.
He watched as birds fluttered on by, chirping in the blazing sun and listened carefully to the gushes of the wind. It was a very nice breeze, at that. Shadow was always one to lurk within metal containers of dark buildings, out in the night or perhaps in the depths of space, but being in nature definitely had its advantages and was a lot more different. Although Shadow didn’t exactly take well to change, he was still accepting it, regardless. He had no choice to in the matter, really.
However, someone had shouted out a name. He knew it wasn’t his name but he still turned his head to see who it was. A human? He hadn’t really communicated with humans often, or at least that in a very long long time. He watched as the human ran up to him and caught his breath. His red orbs narrowed towards the happy male, still not really recognising him. Was he meant to?
A guy he knew? Who was he talking about? Was it the Professor? Was it the Doctor? Maria?
“… Who are you talking about?”
The ex-soldier straightened his posture once his breath had successfully caught up with him. He found himself matching the confused and curious look on the hedgehog's face with his own, an eyebrow raising as a silence fell between them for a mere moment. So... did this guy not know Sonic? Weird. The blue guy had said.... -- Or. Wait. Maybe this hedgehog hadn’t caught the name he yelled out earlier? That was an option.
“... Sonic. The hedgehog? Same height as you, comes from the same world as you...?” He began, before finishing with a quick “I... think? I mean, I doubt walking, talking, cartoony-looking hedgehogs are common around the worlds this place calls on...” He said, feeling just a little awkward. It was bound to happen, he had just gotten used to the whole “other worlds” concept by blindly hitching a boat to this island. Nobody really explained anything to him. He was pretty lost.
... Probably just as lost as this little hedgehog guy was. Now that that was buzzing in his head, Zack was determined as ever to help this guy out, if he needed -- or, even wanted -- the help. Don’t worry, hedgehog guy! Your hero has arrived to save the day!
“Is that ringing any bells?”
