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[wingenvy]

[Okay, so. He'd been en route to Midgar with Cloud. With a motorcycle, it had been awesome. And they'd been making good progress! Sure, he wasn't all that certain about directions, but being underground for so long can screw with a guy a little. There's no helping it. He'd been in a pretty good mood, though.

So if things had been going well for the first time in ages, why did he wake up this morning and find himself in the woods, alone and unarmed, in a fresh pair of white pants that didn't belong to him? It meant he hadn't been captured, since he wasn't in the lab, so... what? Seriously, what?

More importantly, where is Cloud!?

There's a sense of panic he hasn't felt since the troopers in Nibelheim had first started dragging Cloud away from him, so he wastes no time getting up and heading off to get a look around. If the military isn't responsible for this, maybe Cloud just wandered off (somehow) after whoever it was had taken Zack out. Man, so much for life getting easier...

tl;dr Zack will be ducking around the village early-ish in the morning, trying to make the most of the late November sunrise by doing his best ninja impression. He's trying not to be seen, but how effective he is at doing so? Really depends. SOLDIERs are sadly not ninjas.]

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[a-honeysuckle.livejournal.com]

[ Oh, Zack, you are so not ninja. But, why point it out and ruin someone's day? Instead, Shino just sits on one of the benches and watches him try to dodge around buildings. ]

[wingenvy]

[But. He's trying. That's what matters right? :c

It may take him a bit, but he would be a lousy SOLDIER if he didn't know when someone's watching him. ...Even if he is out of practice. So after a little while he turns his head just right and- oh. That's not good, he's been spotted. By a strange girl, no less! Oh well, at least she's cute There isn't much he can do about it now, so with a cautious wave, he steps out.]

Hey, uh... can you tell me where I am?

[a-honeysuckle.livejournal.com]

[ Trying certainly gives him bonus points in the adorable category.

Shino smiles at him, tilting her head to the side. Seems like he's figured out the ninja bit doesn't work too much. She raises her hand and waves back. ]

Luceti.

[wingenvy]

[Blink. Blink. Luceti?]

That's not ringing any bells. Is it a new village? [He glances around. No mako reactor... oh geez, if it is new, he just made himself look like a total recluse by not knowing.]

are we assuming this is last in sequence?

[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

[Cloud's going to stalk this suspicious person for a while before speaking up. There's something familiar about him...]

What're you doing?

is cloud going to spirit him away to safety

[wingenvy]

[sdhjkfhkjfs WHAT WHAT where did that come fro- ...oh. Someone's talking- ...to...

...him. Hold on a second. There's no mistaking this guy. Zack just sort of stares at Cloud, eyes - mako eyes, HEY CLOUD DOES THAT HELP - wide. It's not a surprise to see Cloud, no. It's a surprise to see Cloud walking, and talking, and acting like he hasn't been in a mako-induced coma for Shiva knows how long.]

...Cloud...

well probably show him around :|

[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

[Another guy who knows him. Great. At least this one is pretty familiar?

The glow of mako is a lot more obvious when it's not even dawn yet, and it makes Cloud tilt his head and squint; this guy must be from home. He's really familiar. He knows he's met this one before.]

That's me.

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[consultmybooks]

[Giles is coming down the stairs of C4 that morning when...hm?

...it takes until Zack next ducks into the light, but he does manage to spot him. And the New Feather garb.]

Excuse me?

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[wingenvy]

[Ack! Caught. Zack pauses for a moment, considering his options, then relaxes his posture and lifts a hand. Better to play it cool, since the guy's not charging him with a gun. He really needs to get out of that paranoid phase.]

Oh, uh, hey! Don't mind me, I'm just out for a walk.

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[consultmybooks]

Yes, I can see that.

Need a map?

[trueknight]

[If Yuri saw anyone else in New Feather clothes attempting to ninja around the village, he'd probably just watch them for a while, wait to see if anyone helps them, then wander off.

But in this case? He'll be stopping his little walk and calling out. The way Zack's acting doesn't bode well in the "does he remember" front, but still.]

... Zack?

[wingenvy]

[People watching him? Makes him nervous, but that's okay. People talking to him? Still not great just yet, but he can deal. Someone calling his name? That usually means someone who recognizes him and wants to take him back to the lab. That is most definitely not good. So Zack's immediate reaction is to turn to face Yuri warily, taking a stance that looks like a cross between ready to fight and ready to run, with Zack still deciding what to do.]

Who are you? Are you with Shinra?

[trueknight]

[... Definitely doesn't remember, just like Cloud. Great. But unlike with Cloud, Zack's not someone he wants to mess with, so it's time to do a little damage control attempt and hope it works.]

Relax -- I'm not with Shinra. I don't even know who that is.

[Or ... what. He's not sure if Shinra's a person or a group or whatever. He can't really remember whether Zack ever mentioned it around him, either, but he's got a feeling that his not-knowing in this case might be beneficial.]

[bearingevil.livejournal.com]

[Sanosuke is not impressed by the way you ninja. And he doubts the ninja he knows would be either. So he just leans against a wall until Zack gets close enough, and oh look, he's wearing the same outfit you are.]

You know you're just making yourself look really suspicious, right?

[wingenvy]

[...Caught. This is not good. Zack narrows his eyes and turns in Sanosuke's direction- ...what, are white pants just the norm around here?]

You weren't supposed to see it.

[bearingevil.livejournal.com]

[Apparently? Though Sanosuke does wear white pants anyway.]

You might want to work on your skills, then. I think even a blind man would've seen you coming.

Just what are you trying to do, anyway?

[boomchucka.livejournal.com]

[A new face? He seems pretty confused about where he is. Selphie starts walking in the direction of the newbie with a curious look on her face.]

Are you okay?

[wingenvy]

[Man, way too many people noticing. His skills, they have failed him! (Oh well, he is sort of out of practice.) Time to play it cool, play it casual.]

Er- I think so. Do you think you could tell me what this place is?

[boomchucka.livejournal.com]

[Selphie smiles at Zack.]

This is Luceti.

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[chiisaichou.livejournal.com]

[Zack, you are so fail at ninja-ing it's not even funny. But Miyabi's actually decided to leave Ammy's tree - damn thing called needing to eat and all - so she was heading back to Salt's house just to eat and plan out rationally what she was now going to do.

She also went and got some goodies for Salt! So her tiny arms are laden with cookies and bits of chocolate and candy. She can barely see a step in front of her, but she does hear the man tromping around.

Please, try not to step on the tiny moving glowthing and her stash of sweets.]

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[wingenvy]

[The plus side of having her glow in the dark is that she's quite noticeable, even to non-SOLDIERs. For someone with enhanced abilities and senses like Zack, she sticks out like a sore thumb, so out of sheer curiosity he stops and crouches down nearby to watch her toddle along.]

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[chiisaichou.livejournal.com]

[Looks like a firefly, doesn't she? No, she's really just a very, very small person. Even if Zack isn't exactly hovering over her - sweet gods she might scream if he did that - she can feel his eyes on her, and the shadow he casts is a little hard to not notice either.

It takes her a while, since her thoughts are...definitely elsewhere, but she does look up and spots the obvious New Feather.]

Eh? Oh. Uhm--h-hello. Are you lost?

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[knightofratatosk]

[... hey that's an awfully familiar head of spiky black hair that Emil spots out his window there, so don't mind him racing out onto the porch... in pajamas.]

Zack!

[Voice]

[wingenvy]

[Zack initially has the same reaction as he'd had with Yuri - anger, defensive caution, an urgent need to run away - but then he sees that... it's just a kid. In his pjs, no less.]

...Huh?

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[knightofratatosk]

[... and cue drooping, because this is exactly the same as the way Cloud reacted, which can only mean one thing.]

... you don't remember me, do you?