So, here I go! Dun da da daaaaa!Man, I should be more consistent in updates. I barely do. That's really saaad.
and uh... ff7 is square's not mine.
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It
had been two days--To be a bit more precise, two days, four hours,
forty-eight minutes-- since they had set off on their own. It had also
been three street brawls since, as great general Sephiroth was all but
peaceful. Aeris had been counting--days, hours, minutes, thoughts and
occurrences-- just about everything that could relate to the
progression of time. It was a habit, despite that their time in this
land wasn't judged by time passed, but achievement. Achievement was,
unfortunately, the only thing their quest lacked.
"So, you're saying there isn't one room, ONE ROOM, in this whole ENTIRE inn"
"I'm sorry, sir, with the recent tendency for evil, the city is having trouble adapting to the population increase"
A uniquely terrifying growl seemed to change his mind.
"Oh..! I'm... I'm sure we could find some accommodation for you and your friend, sir"
That's
how I ended up in the slightly nicer end of an underused chocobo
stable, resting silently on the same black cape that had served as a
seat-softener back in hell's waiting room. The stable was actually
fairly comfortable, and mostly empty. There were one or two dull, bored
chocobos down at the other end, but they didn't look like they'd seen
the light of day for a while.
She gave her quiet companion a long look.
"So, what are we doing next"
He
turned his head soundlessly, apparently surprised by her attempts at
civil conversation. He gave a long sigh before turning towards the
window.
"How am I supposed to know"
Aeris wasn't in the least bit surprised.
"Sephiroth"
He turned his head in silent acknowledgement.
"We're
like rats running a maze. Everything we're doing, they want us to do.
They must want us to learn something along the way, but... do you think
we're really going to get out of here"
She didn't truly think she wanted to know just yet.
He seemed to think quite a bit about this, before standing up and walking over to his own makeshift bed.
"Get
some rest," he told her, not quite as violently as he had meant it to
come out. "It may not look different outside, but it's very late"
For once, she had no complaints to add.
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Vincent
was a busy man today. He smiled into his coffee at the thought,
relaxing into the tranquility of his home. Cloud and Tifa would
probably be thrilled, but somehow that wasn't the motivating factor.
Vincent had never in his life, before now, had anything resembling the
desire to make his humble abode more 'homey', but he was gradually
becoming fonder of the tiny patch of warm morning sunlight that graced
his kitchen floor daily, and the light ruffling of chocobos in the next
room, happy with the new change in their room and their caretaker. Of
course, the renovations were entirely his project, as the people he
allowed to see him in this mood were few and far between (most being
chocobos.
Pulling back the sleeves of his red woolen sweater, he
snagged his bag of chocobo greens and headed into the next room to feed
his chocobo friends.
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Wow, yay.
You know, I really did have to put Vincent in there SOMEWHERE. AND in
case you all say "that's not like vincent at all!" you see, he CHANGED.
Yes, I know.
Anyway! Begging reviews off you here. One maybe for
this chapter. I don't hostage chapters asking for reviews, but if
ANYBODY AT ALL reads this, I'd kinda like to know. Eh, well, see ya!