So off to Aeris's House. I almost forgot where it was. Kept forgetting
this was a game and not reality. Well is it? I don't wanna think about
that now. It just makes me go in circles.
Cloud: Aeris lives back here.
Perry: What a dump.
Barret: I sure hope Marlene is okay.
Perry: She is.
Barret: How are you so sure?
Perry: Just instinct.
Barret: …
Perrry: Exactly.
That got a giggle out of Tifa.
Perry: hehe
We arrived at Aeris' house. It was much more beautiful than the entire slum we came from. Flowers everywhere.
Perry: How pretty!
Cloud: Let's go inside.
We all entered.
Elmyra: Cloud, it's about Aeris right?
Cloud: I'm sorry, the Shinra have her.
Elmyra: I know. They were here.
Cloud: You didn't stop them?
Elmyra: Aeris wanted it. She had a small girl with her. She exchanged the girl's safety for her cooperation.
Tifa: Must be Marlene.
Barret: Marlene! I'm terrible sorry. Marlene is my daughter.
Elmyra: You're her father? How could you leave her in such a situation?
Barret: Don't get me started on this. I just wanna…well it's hard to explain.
Elmyra: I understand. She's upstairs. Go see her.
Barret: Marlene!!!!
Barret ran full speed up the stairs.
Cloud: Better see what's up.
He soon followed.
Tifa: This is my fault.
Elmyra: Don't blame yourself.
Tifa sat down at the table. I pulled up a chair next to her.
Perry: You know it's not your fault.
Tifa: Yea, but what can we do now?
Perry: Get Aeris back. What else?
Tifa: You sure we all have a chance?
Perry: We have at least a little chance. And that could be a very good one.
Tifa: But…
Perry: NO butts! Don't put yourself down like that. Where is that optimist that I admire so much?
Tifa: Well, she's right here!
Perry: That's right! So what do you say?
Tifa: Let's DO IT! Let's go get Aeris!
Perry: There we go!
Tifa: That helped a lot! Thanks so much!
She kisses me on the cheek.
Perry: There's one!
Tifa: You still haven't forgotten that?
Perry: Of course not. But thanks anyway.
Barret: What's goin on down here?
Cloud: Yeah.
Perry: We've decided to go find Aeris.
Cloud: We were just about to discuss it.
Barret: Yeah, let's go. Sorry to ask this, but could you take care of Marlene for a bit longer?
Elmyra: Of course! Just don't go killing yourself.
We ran outside.
Cloud: How do we find a way to the Shinra Building?
Tifa: Maybe someone in Wall Market can help us.
Perry: Good a place as any.
Barret: Then let's move out foo's!
We ran towards Sector 6, The Wall Market!
Once we arrived at the Wall Market we had no idea where to go.
Cloud: Where to search?
Tifa: Maybe someone has some information how to reach the headquarters from here.
Barret: I heard some odd weapon salesman usually knows about stuff as out of the ordinary as this.
Cloud: I know where that is.
We all followed Cloud to the weapon shop.
Salesman: Hey, you're back! And I have a deal for you.
Cloud: What would that be?
As they spoke I looked at Tifa's gloves.
They looked pretty old and not as powerful. I have quite a bit of gil, so…
Perry: Yo! You got any fighting gloves?
Other Salesman: Yup. Mythrill Claws, 1200 gil.
Perry: I'll take em.
We exchange the materials and I slowly walk over to Tifa.
Tifa: Oh, hello Perry. What's behind your back?
Perry: It's well…since you've been so kind to me…I decided to get you something.
Tifa: A gift? You didn't have to.
Perry: Well. I noticed your weapon is a little busted up. So I bought you this.
I hold up the Mythrill Claw. Her face lit up.
Tifa: Wow! This should help a lot! Thanks so much!
Perry: No problem. I mean you gave me this sword.
Thankfully she did, Marauder helped a lot in certain battles.
She put the new gloves on.
Tifa: They fit just perfectly.
Perry: I'm so glad you like them.
Tifa: Excellent.
Cloud comes back with three bateries in his hand.
Perry: What are they?
Cloud: It appears we can climb up the plate and he says we need these on the way up.
Barret: Les go!
We exited the shop and headed for a back alley that some children showed us.
Perry: Some wire!
Cloud: This thing can't go all the way up the plate.
Barret: What do you see when you look at it?
Cloud: Just a normal wire.
Barret: Well I see a golden shiny wire of hope.
Perry: We don't have many other options. I'm willing to climb if you are.
Tifa: Of course I'll climb.
Cloud: Okay. Let's go!
We began to climb up I was last up. Tifa was ahead of me. Barret, ahead of her with Cloud up front.
Perry: This is difficult.
Tifa: Just hang in there and climb.
Easy for you to say. You can't see up your skirt from here, it's a little distracting at this height.
Eventually we reached a bunch of wreckage that bridged a gap to a propeller.
Cloud: Maybe if I put a battery here the propeller will work.
He inserted the battery and the propeller moved in a position that allowed us to continue.
Cloud: Another battery…
We found this round sign that was down. With the battery in it rose up to a new level.
Barret: Let's climb!
Once up we found a beam swinging back and forth.
Cloud: Guess we have to swing across.
One by one we jumped and swung across.
Perry: Hmm…
Reluctantly I jumped and just made it but when I jumped across I wasn't going to make it.
Perry: ahhh…
I stopped falling all of a sudden. I looked up and Tifa had caught my hand.
Perry: woah.
She pulled me up.
Perry: My hero.
Tifa blushed a little.
Perry: Let's hurry. I'm fine.
Barret: Okay.
After another quick climb it was before us. Shinra Headquarters.
Cloud: Let's go!
We ran ahead and there was the front door.
(Now here are two parts to the story. The first is what happens if they climb up the back stairs. After that will be if they charged in head on. Just here for those of you that want to get to the better part.)
The Stairs
Cloud: They go up pretty far.
Perry: Can't be more than 20 floors…
Barret: I heard the building is over 60 floors.
Perry: Jesus! You must be joking!
Tifa: You could use the exercise.
She ran up the stairs ahead of me.
Perry: Hey wait up!
I went after her.
Perry: What was that supposed to mean? You calling me fat?
Cloud: Those two are something.
Barret: Who gives a %&*. Let's hurry!
After about twenty minutes we reached floor…23!!!!
Perry: Only 23!!!!!! What the hell? Whoever made this building should be shot about 50 times in the head!
Tifa: You get mad easily.
Perry: Well it's hard work.
We kept going upward.
Cloud: 48. Almost to 60.
Perry: 13 to go.
Barret: I thought it was 12.
Perry: You forgot to count this floor. We didn't pass it yet.
Barret: Who cares?
Perry: Let's continue.
Floor 56.
Tifa: 1385…1386…
Perry: What are you doing Tifa?
Tifa: Counting the steps…1387…1388.
Perry: Damn are we there yet?
Cloud: Let's see…
After another couple minutes.
Barret: Finally, Floor 60!
Perry: Bout damn time!
Tifa: Get your game face on!
I drank a Potion I had to restore my energy.
Cloud: Ready let's go!
Now for the way in head on!
Front Desk
Receptionist: I'm terribly sorry but you need an appointment.
Barret: Don't need no appointment. Anyone you don't want an ass full of lead better get the &*#% outta the way!
Guards: Think that's AVALANCHE? Seize them!
Two guards ran at us.
Tifa: Take that.
She cast Fire on one of them and one slash from me killed him.
The other threw a grenade at us but we avoided it and it exploded outside.
He threw another but I took my sword and hit it back at him. He picked it up to re-throw but it detonated in his hands.
Barret: To the top!!!
We dashed up the stairs and made it to the elevator.
Cloud: I was hoping not to cause such a ruckus til we saved Aeris.
Barret: Oh come on. We'll get outta this mess.
The elevator went black.
Perry: What happened? Where is everyone?
The lights came back on and the numbers at the top were going nuts.
Barret: Don't care where! Just stop the damn thing.
He pushed the button and we were on to Floor 38.
The door opened and two guards were aiming their guns at us.
They opened fire but Tifa took the blow for me.
Tifa: Ahh.
The Fire materia fell out of her hand. I picked it up and decided to use it.
The two were torched a little, but Barret finished them off.
Perry: Tifa! You okay?
The doors closed and the elevator moved oddly again.
Tifa: ugh…yeah…Cure!
She healed the injury she suffered.
Perry: Take more than that to stop you I guess.
Tifa: yeah.
Cloud: Get ready…Floor 49.
The doors swung open but some scared employee was there.
Employee: Um…I've got the wrong floor…BYE.
The doors closed and we ended up on Floor 60. Finally.
Cloud: Be Ready!
Cloud: Aeris lives back here.
Perry: What a dump.
Barret: I sure hope Marlene is okay.
Perry: She is.
Barret: How are you so sure?
Perry: Just instinct.
Barret: …
Perrry: Exactly.
That got a giggle out of Tifa.
Perry: hehe
We arrived at Aeris' house. It was much more beautiful than the entire slum we came from. Flowers everywhere.
Perry: How pretty!
Cloud: Let's go inside.
We all entered.
Elmyra: Cloud, it's about Aeris right?
Cloud: I'm sorry, the Shinra have her.
Elmyra: I know. They were here.
Cloud: You didn't stop them?
Elmyra: Aeris wanted it. She had a small girl with her. She exchanged the girl's safety for her cooperation.
Tifa: Must be Marlene.
Barret: Marlene! I'm terrible sorry. Marlene is my daughter.
Elmyra: You're her father? How could you leave her in such a situation?
Barret: Don't get me started on this. I just wanna…well it's hard to explain.
Elmyra: I understand. She's upstairs. Go see her.
Barret: Marlene!!!!
Barret ran full speed up the stairs.
Cloud: Better see what's up.
He soon followed.
Tifa: This is my fault.
Elmyra: Don't blame yourself.
Tifa sat down at the table. I pulled up a chair next to her.
Perry: You know it's not your fault.
Tifa: Yea, but what can we do now?
Perry: Get Aeris back. What else?
Tifa: You sure we all have a chance?
Perry: We have at least a little chance. And that could be a very good one.
Tifa: But…
Perry: NO butts! Don't put yourself down like that. Where is that optimist that I admire so much?
Tifa: Well, she's right here!
Perry: That's right! So what do you say?
Tifa: Let's DO IT! Let's go get Aeris!
Perry: There we go!
Tifa: That helped a lot! Thanks so much!
She kisses me on the cheek.
Perry: There's one!
Tifa: You still haven't forgotten that?
Perry: Of course not. But thanks anyway.
Barret: What's goin on down here?
Cloud: Yeah.
Perry: We've decided to go find Aeris.
Cloud: We were just about to discuss it.
Barret: Yeah, let's go. Sorry to ask this, but could you take care of Marlene for a bit longer?
Elmyra: Of course! Just don't go killing yourself.
We ran outside.
Cloud: How do we find a way to the Shinra Building?
Tifa: Maybe someone in Wall Market can help us.
Perry: Good a place as any.
Barret: Then let's move out foo's!
We ran towards Sector 6, The Wall Market!
Once we arrived at the Wall Market we had no idea where to go.
Cloud: Where to search?
Tifa: Maybe someone has some information how to reach the headquarters from here.
Barret: I heard some odd weapon salesman usually knows about stuff as out of the ordinary as this.
Cloud: I know where that is.
We all followed Cloud to the weapon shop.
Salesman: Hey, you're back! And I have a deal for you.
Cloud: What would that be?
As they spoke I looked at Tifa's gloves.
They looked pretty old and not as powerful. I have quite a bit of gil, so…
Perry: Yo! You got any fighting gloves?
Other Salesman: Yup. Mythrill Claws, 1200 gil.
Perry: I'll take em.
We exchange the materials and I slowly walk over to Tifa.
Tifa: Oh, hello Perry. What's behind your back?
Perry: It's well…since you've been so kind to me…I decided to get you something.
Tifa: A gift? You didn't have to.
Perry: Well. I noticed your weapon is a little busted up. So I bought you this.
I hold up the Mythrill Claw. Her face lit up.
Tifa: Wow! This should help a lot! Thanks so much!
Perry: No problem. I mean you gave me this sword.
Thankfully she did, Marauder helped a lot in certain battles.
She put the new gloves on.
Tifa: They fit just perfectly.
Perry: I'm so glad you like them.
Tifa: Excellent.
Cloud comes back with three bateries in his hand.
Perry: What are they?
Cloud: It appears we can climb up the plate and he says we need these on the way up.
Barret: Les go!
We exited the shop and headed for a back alley that some children showed us.
Perry: Some wire!
Cloud: This thing can't go all the way up the plate.
Barret: What do you see when you look at it?
Cloud: Just a normal wire.
Barret: Well I see a golden shiny wire of hope.
Perry: We don't have many other options. I'm willing to climb if you are.
Tifa: Of course I'll climb.
Cloud: Okay. Let's go!
We began to climb up I was last up. Tifa was ahead of me. Barret, ahead of her with Cloud up front.
Perry: This is difficult.
Tifa: Just hang in there and climb.
Easy for you to say. You can't see up your skirt from here, it's a little distracting at this height.
Eventually we reached a bunch of wreckage that bridged a gap to a propeller.
Cloud: Maybe if I put a battery here the propeller will work.
He inserted the battery and the propeller moved in a position that allowed us to continue.
Cloud: Another battery…
We found this round sign that was down. With the battery in it rose up to a new level.
Barret: Let's climb!
Once up we found a beam swinging back and forth.
Cloud: Guess we have to swing across.
One by one we jumped and swung across.
Perry: Hmm…
Reluctantly I jumped and just made it but when I jumped across I wasn't going to make it.
Perry: ahhh…
I stopped falling all of a sudden. I looked up and Tifa had caught my hand.
Perry: woah.
She pulled me up.
Perry: My hero.
Tifa blushed a little.
Perry: Let's hurry. I'm fine.
Barret: Okay.
After another quick climb it was before us. Shinra Headquarters.
Cloud: Let's go!
We ran ahead and there was the front door.
(Now here are two parts to the story. The first is what happens if they climb up the back stairs. After that will be if they charged in head on. Just here for those of you that want to get to the better part.)
The Stairs
Cloud: They go up pretty far.
Perry: Can't be more than 20 floors…
Barret: I heard the building is over 60 floors.
Perry: Jesus! You must be joking!
Tifa: You could use the exercise.
She ran up the stairs ahead of me.
Perry: Hey wait up!
I went after her.
Perry: What was that supposed to mean? You calling me fat?
Cloud: Those two are something.
Barret: Who gives a %&*. Let's hurry!
After about twenty minutes we reached floor…23!!!!
Perry: Only 23!!!!!! What the hell? Whoever made this building should be shot about 50 times in the head!
Tifa: You get mad easily.
Perry: Well it's hard work.
We kept going upward.
Cloud: 48. Almost to 60.
Perry: 13 to go.
Barret: I thought it was 12.
Perry: You forgot to count this floor. We didn't pass it yet.
Barret: Who cares?
Perry: Let's continue.
Floor 56.
Tifa: 1385…1386…
Perry: What are you doing Tifa?
Tifa: Counting the steps…1387…1388.
Perry: Damn are we there yet?
Cloud: Let's see…
After another couple minutes.
Barret: Finally, Floor 60!
Perry: Bout damn time!
Tifa: Get your game face on!
I drank a Potion I had to restore my energy.
Cloud: Ready let's go!
Now for the way in head on!
Front Desk
Receptionist: I'm terribly sorry but you need an appointment.
Barret: Don't need no appointment. Anyone you don't want an ass full of lead better get the &*#% outta the way!
Guards: Think that's AVALANCHE? Seize them!
Two guards ran at us.
Tifa: Take that.
She cast Fire on one of them and one slash from me killed him.
The other threw a grenade at us but we avoided it and it exploded outside.
He threw another but I took my sword and hit it back at him. He picked it up to re-throw but it detonated in his hands.
Barret: To the top!!!
We dashed up the stairs and made it to the elevator.
Cloud: I was hoping not to cause such a ruckus til we saved Aeris.
Barret: Oh come on. We'll get outta this mess.
The elevator went black.
Perry: What happened? Where is everyone?
The lights came back on and the numbers at the top were going nuts.
Barret: Don't care where! Just stop the damn thing.
He pushed the button and we were on to Floor 38.
The door opened and two guards were aiming their guns at us.
They opened fire but Tifa took the blow for me.
Tifa: Ahh.
The Fire materia fell out of her hand. I picked it up and decided to use it.
The two were torched a little, but Barret finished them off.
Perry: Tifa! You okay?
The doors closed and the elevator moved oddly again.
Tifa: ugh…yeah…Cure!
She healed the injury she suffered.
Perry: Take more than that to stop you I guess.
Tifa: yeah.
Cloud: Get ready…Floor 49.
The doors swung open but some scared employee was there.
Employee: Um…I've got the wrong floor…BYE.
The doors closed and we ended up on Floor 60. Finally.
Cloud: Be Ready!