Midgar really is not built for dragons.
Midgar had not been built with dragons in mind; that much had been clear when Cloud first arrived in the city to join the cadet program. Doors were too small, and food sizes in all the restaurants and take out places were calculated for human consumption. Not to mention, no one had thought to inform the residents of Midgar that a dragon had joined the cadet program; there were at least three calls a week for SOLDIERs to dispatch a rampaging dragon for three months before anyone thought to make an announcement that the dragon wandering the city was an employee and not, in fact, a rampaging beast out to devour innocent bystanders.
(The fact that Midgar was not built for dragons did not change three weeks later, when Zack decided midnight was the perfect time for them to go food shopping.)
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"Zack."
"What's up buddy?" Zack didn't look up from his PHS, trying to locate the grocery list he'd emailed to himself earlier that morning. (Gotta get Cloud a PHS too, he reminded himself abruptly. Reeve had been working on a design that would be both big enough and easy to manipulate with claws for his friend recently.)
"I'm stuck."
There was a pause, before the statement registered in Zack's brain and he looked up; Cloud was indeed stuck. His head had fit through the door just fine, but his shoulders had gotten wedged into the doorway and now he was unable to force himself in further, but also unable to back out. "...OH. Um-shit Cloud hang on-" Zac dropped his PHS into a pocket and looked around, a little frantic. He'd stupidly left his materia bracer at home, and didn't have anything else on him that could cast mini so that solution was right out. A shout of alarm from a nearby clerk, who had notexpected a dragon stuck in the door when he turned the corner, drew Zack's attention and the man bounded over, arms waving frantically.
"Hey! Great timing-don't suppose you have something we can use to help my friend do you?"
"I-uh-N-no. I'm sorry sir, I-" The man took a deep breathe and straightened as the initial alarm wore off, a thoughtful expression coming over his face. "I think I know what might help sir."
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"You know, when I suggested food shopping I didn't think I'd end up spending an hour lubing a dragon."
"Shut up Zack."
"If it helps, at least now your scales are all smooth and shiny-"
"Shut up Zack."
I was asked recently how I come up with adventures for Cloud and friends and tbh I don't really come up with anything ahead of time? The Cloud Dragons plotting process is literally 90% me asking Luci what he wants Cloud to do next and doing it, 5% Luci telling me to write a situation and 5% me taking something that happened to me in and applying it to Cloud's life.
Basically the plotting process most days is
Me: What if Cloud did [insert chapter events here]
Luci: do it
Me: ok
Me: *posts chapter hour later*
[laughs] So yeah like there's nothing really special about how I go about doing stuff.
