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[ Cloud sounds tired. Really, really tired as if he hadn't been sleeping too well lately. He also sounds a little hoarse. Night terrors. They are just so much fun. ]

Rusty... if you're around, maybe we should talk.

Or something.

Aerith? Tifa? Zack? Tseng? Sparky? Are you still here?

Doc... Thanks for rebuilding First Ken. It's pretty useful.

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Odd....I didn't see you around. But that was probably for the best - Rusty was turned and we had ourselves a nice little fight...

[There's a short pause before she gives a short, cynical laugh]

At times, yeah. I didn't think it was possible, knowing how messed up we were before arriving - but it seems we all have more ways of being beaten and broken.

...I had found Rusty. [ Nope not going to say another damn thing about it. It was horrible enough, really. ]

Don't let this place do that to you.

Mmm. Were you able to help him?

[Too bad, Cloud, she's going to ask anyway. Because she was in the exact same boat and did not know that dying was necessary to bring her back to normal. But at least she'd been lucky and had somebody she at least know kill her.]

....I appreciate the concern. But don't forget, I am a Turk, and it will take a hell of a lot more than turning into a monster to break me.

[ Just sort of nods with a soft 'Mmm'. It still shocked him a little. ]

I know. Turks can still be hurt.

[That's all she needs to hear.] ...Thank you.

[Oh, but those other words he says, she wasn't expecting those. She knew that he knew what had happened and damn Valentine for being a tattle-tale. There's a short pause and her voice cracks against her wishes.]

We know how to bounce back, no matter what the circumstances.

You're being awfully kind, Cloud. Kinder than you've been to the Turks - to me - in the past...

[ He'll just shuffle a little. He just gets tired of killing people. ]

Yeah... I don't think that we ever did our world any service by fighting each other all the time. We should have learned how to cooperate better, and to do that... well... that's something that should start with the people first.

[That feel, she knows it quite well. Killing people eventually got boring and, well, tiring.]

No, I don't think we did. Which was a shame, when ultimately we were both fighting to stop the same thing. And you were able to do what we couldn't.

I never boded any ill will against you personally, Cloud. It was all business.

I have a lot to fight for. [ Friends that don't give up on him, people that he never met before who still look up at him, the creatures he sees during his deliveries. ]

I know that. [ Now. ]

I can't speak for the others, but...thank you. What you did for Gaia did not go unnoticed. At least by me.

[Because, if it weren't for him, perhaps the entire world might have been destroyed by Meteor. And, if it hadn't been for him, those god damn remnants would have still be walking the planet.]

It seems we get to have a fresh start here, in some semblance at least. I owe you for what you've done, so...if you need anything from me or if I can be of any help, let me know.

[...]

[ Oh how he has no idea how to respond to this sort of thing because he doesn't feel like he deserves it even though he does and HELP ME ZACK. So he sort of blushes and clears his throat. ]

I just did what I thought was right.

Thanks. I'll remember that.

[Aren't you glad this is voice only, Cloud? If it makes him feel better, Elena is feeling all sorts of awkward and, by the way she's shifting in her seat, playing with the invisible lint on her suit, she's feeling just as uncomfortable. They were enemies before - that wasn't exactly an easy bridge to gap.]

I know. Its part of your MO. Otherwise you'd have left that little ninja friend of yours and I hanging on that cliff.

[See that? She's bringing up THAT incident just to lighten the mood. Don't you feel special, Cloud?]

I wouldn't leave anyone in that kind of situation, even if you were trying to shoot me earlier.

[ Maybe it was a little of the naive mountain boy, but he always wanted to help people out of tough spots. ]

Not to mention it was Don Corneo. DON. CORNEO.

[You can actually hear her shudder over the phone]

Every woman alive was cheering with joy when you and Reno knocked him off that cliff.

You know, I wanted to climb down there and make sure he was a grease smear.

He had hit on me too.

[She can't help herself any more and gives a short laugh.]

I pity whatever rock he landed on - it would be forever stained with Corneo for the rest of eternity.

[And there's a short break.]

....I'm afraid to ask, but....how did that even happen?

I feel sorry for whatever ate on him.

[ And he'll pause because ooops, she didn't know about that now did she? He had thought it was common knowledge among the Turks. ]

I... snuck into his headquarters in search for Tifa.

[ Please don't make him say it. ]

Those poor animals...

[You can't see it, Cloud, but her eyebrows are up and she's looking excited, like a kid a Christmas. You see, since she got captured by Don, Rude and Reno refused to tell her about a certain incident that they constantly snickered and chuckled about for years without ever telling her.

Then, of course, shit hit the fan and it was quickly forgotten.]

....You must have looked pretty good to not only sneak in but then get hit on...

[Nope. She's not going to even ask, Cloud. Not even going to ask.]

[ He is surprised. Since he had thought all the Turks knew about his cross-dressing to sneak into the Don's playroom thing. He just sort of is turning a bright red because umm, yeah not gonna say it right now. ]

...It was all Aerith's idea.

[They were the meanest mentors ever, Cloud. Let her tell you horrible tales on how they teased her for weeks after the Wutai incident.]

.....Smart girl.

[Yeah...don't mind that awkward silence.... She's pretty sure Aerith's death is still a taboo subject.]

Edited 2012-10-05 22:23 (UTC)

Yeah... Yeah she was.

.......Sorry.

It's okay.

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