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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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[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?

[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]

[Selphie smiles at Zack.]

This is Luceti.

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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.]

[wingenvy]

Oh, wow. That's kind of... [Convenient, but weird. Why take it if they're just going to give it back >:|]

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[wingenvy]

[Man, what a difference. Genesis and Angeal used to shed like twenty feathers every time they took off.]

Huh... thanks for the advice, I guess. [He might just try pulling out a feather later to confirm this, but not when anyone's around. If it really does make him sick he can't risk getting caught.]

[wingenvy]

That's great! Well, kind of. I mean, it's better that he's here than- [The alternative, which is with Shinra. But he probably shouldn't mention that. Juuuust in case.] ...Anyway, do you know where he is?

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[consultmybooks]

Not at all. It's nothing anyone else wouldn't have told you. The ones who have been here longer get unfortunately good at this.

[He points to a building across the plaza] The Welcome Center is there, they can get you an apartment if you don't have friends here you can stay with. Some of your things might have ended up in the clothing shop or the item shop, but it might take a while yet.

[wingenvy]

[Damn, so much for keeping a low profile. And here he thought he'd been doing okay.]

Just trying to get a feel for the town. I don't recognize it, so... mind telling me where I am?

[wingenvy]

Luceti? Never heard of it. Is it a new town? [He still doesn't know how long he was underground, so... it wouldn't be that surprising.]

[boomchucka.livejournal.com]

It's more of a village than anything else.

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[wingenvy]

[Welcome Center? Sounds like a useful place to start. Zack glances in that direction, then nods.] I'd better head over there then. I'll check around for my stuff, too.

[bearingevil.livejournal.com]

[Well, to be fair, Sanosuke probably has insanely high standards. Blame the company he normally keeps?]

Guess that makes you another new guy. You're not going to recognize it. We're in a place called Luceti, and it's an entirely different world, or something.

[wingenvy]

[Trufact, Mister Charge-in-Guns-Blazing isn't going to be up to par with the Oniwabanshu.]

...I'm pretty sure we don't have space travel where I'm from. [Then again, construction for the Shinra No. 26 had just started before he left...]

[trueknight]

He's ... well, he's in town at least. ... Unless he ran off into the woods for whatever reason, but I sorta doubt that. [After all, he JUST got here -- why would anyone want to go out and do something like that the very next day?]

[wingenvy]

O... kay. [Selphie he is peril here, must you get all specific on him.] So is it new? I don't know this region.

[bearingevil.livejournal.com]

Space travel? What the hell is that?

[Sanosuke decides that it doesn't matter, and keeps going.] Look, this place doesn't make a damn bit of sense. You just have to kind of accept it, starting with those wings on your back.

[wingenvy]

[but Cloud can be kind of stupid sometimes In town, he's in town! ...Wait, what?]

Ran off? You mean he's up and about?

[trueknight]

... Well, yeah. Why wouldn't he be?

[boomchucka.livejournal.com]

Hmmm... okay! So this is Luceti as I already told you and you've been brought here by a group called the Malnosso. It's not new and you'll get to learn your way around soon enough.

[wingenvy]

[Whaaaat? He doesn't have wings on his-

...Wait.

He has wings on his back.]

....Whaaaaat!?

[wingenvy]

Why'd they bring me here? What's the point? [He's just going to walk out anyway.]

[wingenvy]

[......]

Ah, no reason! I just haven't seen him for a while.

[trueknight]

Huh ... [Welp. Good enough for him!] Well, anyway, I'm sure you'll run into him at some point. It's not like he can really go much of anywhere, with the barrier and all.

[boomchucka.livejournal.com]

[Sorry Zack, you can't walk out. Selphie answers his question grimly.] They bring us here to experiment on us.