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[pauldrons]

Fail Filtered to: Sephiroth
General, I've got good news and bad news. Got somewhere private enough that we can talk?

Open to Network, not fail-locked:
So, uh, I got a question for you guys. Anybody know where I can get a sword around here? Mine seems to have not made the trip with me and it feels weird to not have it, so...[sheepish look is go] I'd just really appreciate it if I could get a new one or something. Or if somebody could tell me they've seen my old one. It's about six feet long, weighs around 50 pounds...pretty hard to miss, but I can't find it anywhere.

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[midgarhorizon]

Yeah. Who else? The Mog-fairy?

[pauldrons]

No, not that, I just...[siiiiiigh. The part of him that hopes his world is still there was kind of hoping no one else had gotten pulled here, too.] You surprised me, that's all.

[midgarhorizon]

Wanna know what surprises me, slick?

[pauldrons]

[Headtilt. Why is he getting the feeling he's going to regret asking this.] Sure, I'll bite. What surprises you?

[midgarhorizon]

I'm here for months and then suddenly you guys start showing up all within days of each other.

That's kinda surprising.

[pauldrons]

Huh. We started showing up just out of the blue? Maybe that means our world isn't gone after all! [See this face, Reno? This is Zack clinging onto hope, however minuscule it may be.]

[midgarhorizon]

That so? I can't remember saying I thought it was gone.

[pauldrons]

You didn't, it's just...the letter I got and everything...[Some part of him did believe it. Shame on him, no?]

[midgarhorizon]

That bunch of bullshit? Don't believe a word of it.

[pauldrons]

Okay, I won't. [Just like that. deep breath. It's okay, Fair. You can trust Reno.] You said you've been here for months?

[midgarhorizon]

Yeah. Around ten weeks.

[pauldrons]

So I'm guessing you know a lot about this place, huh? Got any pointers for a guy still learning up from down?

[midgarhorizon]

You'd be wrong 'bout that, but I got some pointers. Stay out of the restaurant on Floor 21. The prices for the food isn't anything you want to pay.

[pauldrons]

Stay out the restaurant...got it. [grin] Sounds easy enough. I mean, the cafeteria food isn't that bad after you eat a few ration packs.

[midgarhorizon]

This month all they've been serving is nutrition bars.

[pauldrons]

[Nutrition bars? ...crap. He hates those things.]

Okay. Maybe ration packs are better than that, but you're the one who said the prices for the food in the restaurant aren't any good. What are they charging up there?

[midgarhorizon]

Either you got to find something they want, or they take an arm.

[pauldrons]

[See this look, Reno? This is the look of a person slightly disgusted. No food is worth an arm, thank you.]

Yeah, okay, I'm staying out of there. Thanks for the warning. [Slight shudder, then he stops and stares.]

...You're not talking from personal experience, are you?

[midgarhorizon]

Shiva's tits. Do I look like an idiot?

[pauldrons]

[Do you really want an answer to that?] No, but it sounds like you were telling me because you lived through it the hard way or something. How was I supposed to know you didn't?

[midgarhorizon]

Zack, turk. I've got ten weeks of snooping around under my belt.

[pauldrons]

And Turks don't learn things the hard way sometimes? You guys are human too, you know.

[midgarhorizon]

Please, I'm a pro. Where did this weird reputation I'm careless come from? I've been trying to figure it out for years now.

[Okay, so the whole elevator incident might have had something to do with it, but he had come out unscathed. Mostly]

[pauldrons]

Maybe it came up because you weren't a pro when you got started? Rumors can follow you for a long time, you know.

[Mostly unscathed doesn't...really count, unfortunately. Not that Zack would know from experience, nope. Never.]

[midgarhorizon]

I'm just glad I'm not a SOLDIER, with the fanclubs and all sorts of weird shit fans do.

Like writing "fan stories."