#puppet cloud strife

[retroillustrates]

Drifting away into dreams of despair

Visions of doom and of dead eyes that stare

Will the end be what you thought, will you escape?

[voiddrawss]

always on my puppet!cloud bullshit.

[thereisselfpreservation]

Did a colored sketch for this drabble!!

(there's a version with no filter under the cut)

[appledogwrites]

Thinking about how maybe Jenova’s mimetic abilities were part of the reason Cloud took on Zack’s personality out of his coma… rolling this feral wet kitten around in my mind… sinking my teeth into the psychological/body horror ingrained intro his character… i love him so much I promise… let me send him through hell. For science

[errantnight]

New paper doll! Poor baby got the cheap dress, but he shouldn't have slacked off on the side quests!

[thereisselfpreservation]

"Good Boy" 319 word drabble puppet!Cloud, mild sefikura, bad end timeline -- but a fluffy bad end?

Distantly he heard shouting, but none of the words registered in his mind, too filled with blissful static for anything else to fit; a euphoria he knew came from Sephiroth’s pleasure at him fulfilling his purpose.

Breaching the crystal initially felt like pushing past a membrane, and inside a pleasantly warm liquid welcomed him in as a gentle thanks for his delivery. He stared, transfixed, as the Black Materia left his palm to float upwards to rest in front of where Sephiroth’s heart would be. It was beautiful, just like Sephiroth -- and just as deadly, too, as it activated.

Distantly he heard shouting, but none of the words registered in his mind, too filled with blissful static for anything else to fit; a euphoria he knew came from Sephiroth’s pleasure at him fulfilling his purpose. He had unfortunately stumbled along the way, but in the end he had succeeded, granting his master the final key to achieving his goal. Around them the cavern shook, and the roots holding Sephiroth’s cocoon in place gave way, collapsing down around them. He himself nearly fell backwards, knocked into by falling debris, though suddenly he felt himself be tugged forward instead.

And then... silence.

The surrounding chaos had been muted, blocked out by…

Despite the quick flash of shock, his expression was heavy-lidded and slack. Soon everything faded away (even the faint pins and needles from the direct contact with mako) until all he could feel was the pulsing heat that trickled down his spine, and a heavy weight on his mind that pressed all of the unnecessary thoughts out as though they were nothing more than juice squeezed from an overripe fruit. He had done a good job. Hojo hadn’t wanted him, hadn’t thought him useful, but Sephiroth felt differently. No other opinion mattered but his master’s, and he was being rewarded for completing his task. He knew that finally, finally he could rest -- rest here, where he belonged, settled against Sephiroth's body with the Black Materia between them, where the two of them would sleep until the world was ready to birth its new god.

(art) (ao3 link)

[errantnight]

So, Sephiroth went to a brothel to unwind and relax, because destroying the Planet is harder than people think.

What he didn't expect, however, was to meet his favourite little puppet, wearing a decadent dress, doing an improvised dance onstage.

Does Sephiroth find Cloud after the show to compliment his performance?

Hey has it been a whole year since I started this?? This went in a completely different direction than originally intended and it got really dark but I hope you don't mind!

Blood and Honey

Found in the Sector Seven train station by Chocobo Sam, Cloud's susceptibility to suggestion lands him in a far different situation. Working as a prostitute at the Honeybee Inn, Cloud prepares for bed content with his place in life as his true memories are suppressed in favor of an easier life. When a strange man appears in his room, a stranger who is terrifyingly familiar, Cloud has a choice to make for the kind of existence he should be living... an easy life of a happy Honeybee, or the puppet of the man who knows what Cloud is deep inside?

[errantnight]

Oh no do I even have TIME?