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[wingenvy]

Well, nobody can say this place doesn't surprise 'em anymore, I guess.

If anyone needs help with clean-up and rebuilding, I'm free. If everybody pitches in I bet it won't take much time!

Just how much damage did that thing do, anyway? What do we know about what it was and why it came here?


[Private to Cloud]

Hey, Spike? Are you okay? You've been pretty quiet lately.



[Zack's hanging around outside surveying the damage and making sure everything in the house is in order :|b Anyone's free to bother him.]

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[count-gardios.livejournal.com]

You did? I'm glad to hear it.

[wingenvy]

Yeah. I hope we're not the only ones who are glad about it.

[count-gardios.livejournal.com]

Trouble in paradise?

[wingenvy]

Maybe.

When will the bar reopen?

[count-gardios.livejournal.com]

...Right now, if the patrons would like it to.

[wingenvy]

I know one who wouldn't mind.

[count-gardios.livejournal.com]

I'll be there in just a minute.

[wingenvy]

Thanks, Guy. I'll see you shortly.

[Action]

[count-gardios.livejournal.com]

[The therapist is in.]

[Action]

[wingenvy]

[And here comes the patient.]

Hey, Guy. Sorry to drag you out on such short notice.

[Action]

[count-gardios.livejournal.com]

Don't think anything of it. Have a seat. [Guy gestures to a barstool.]

[Action]

[wingenvy]

[Has a seat!] Something good and strong, if you don't mind.

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[count-gardios.livejournal.com]

Coming right up. [Guy gets to mixing.]

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[wingenvy]

Thanks, man. [Zack just sorta flops down on the bar to wait it out. Guy's usually quick, he's just too mentally worn out to say anything just yet. Ugh.]

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[count-gardios.livejournal.com]

[Guy is patient, he can wait it out. So he mixes up Zack's drink and slides it on over.]

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[wingenvy]

[It doesn't take too long, but when Zack's finally ready, he lifts up and drains the glass in one go, and sighs.] I slept with Cloud.

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[count-gardios.livejournal.com]

[The urge to catcall rises but Guy swallows it down. Zack might appreciate it, but maybe once he's in better spirits.] I see.

[Action]

[wingenvy]

Then he told his ex-girlfriend we're both hooking up with Aerith.

[Action]

[count-gardios.livejournal.com]

Oooh. [Okay that's the reason behind the frown. Ouch.]

[Action]

[wingenvy]

Yep. [He slides his glass back and forth a bit, visibly unimpressed.] And then his son disappeared.

[Action]

[count-gardios.livejournal.com]

[Well hell.] And you've been playing counselor and go-between, haven't you?

[Action]

[wingenvy]

I'm trying to. It's sort of a mess right now.

[Action]

[count-gardios.livejournal.com]

Counselor I can see, but do you really have to play translator, too? [Guy takes Zack's glass and mixes him a new drink.]

[Action]

[wingenvy]

Translator, what? [Swig.]

[Action] keywords.

[count-gardios.livejournal.com]

Let me guess how this is going. [And here Guy puts his amazing thread-stalking observational skills to the test.]

You, Zack, are gifted with the spoken word. That's not hard to see. Cloud isn't. That's also pretty obvious. And he doesn't know what to do -as evidenced by him telling his ex-girlfriend about this when I'm guessing this has only happened in the past couple weeks since you didn't say anything about it last time we spoke- so it's up to you to both try and help him work through it, explain what's going on to other people, especially Aerith. Who, by the way, is a lovely woman, and you have excellent taste.

Meanwhile, that leaves you up and out in terms of affection and attention from him because he's too busy wallowing in his own problems -which, honestly, I won't fault him for, what with losing his kid- but that also leaves you feeling a bit used and cheapened because something that was obviously very important and special to you has fallen to the wayside of his attention span. Tell me if I'm getting cold.