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[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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What barrier? [Don't see anything...]

[Okay, Sanosuke's got to admit, it's kind of funny when it's not him being shocked out of his mind. He keeps his reaction to a grin, however, since he definitely sympathizes.]

No kidding. Really fucked up, isn't it? Just don't let them get damaged or it'll hurt like hell. Oh, and if you lose them completely, you die. At least, that's what I got told.

[But how could he not know about the-- right. Right. No memories of this place. Adjust expectations, Yuri, adjust expectations.]

... Oh, right. There's a barrier that surrounds this area to keep us locked in here. You can't see it, but when you get close enough to it, you'll definitely know it's there.

[There there, Yuri. Give him some time.]

Whoever did this is a real class act, huh... [Is this some kind of doomed fate he's got? After that little taste of freedom...]

[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?

About as classy as they get, yeah. [ ... ] I wouldn't worry about it too much, though. It's not like you'll be here forever, or anything.

[... 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!

[You laugh at his pain D|]

That's messed up! You can't just give people wings like this!

Is there some kind of time limit on this? Because I'm pretty sure I've already had enough.

[...God, seriously? Because he hasn't had enough of that already in Nibelheim.]

What? That's horrible!

If there is, then it isn't one you'll ever see any time soon. [That was kind of a downer. Let's throw this line out--] Besides, this place isn't too bad. Just ... think of it as a really crappy vacation, and you'll be fine.

[Zack blinks and leans back, eyes wide. He was not expecting that little thing to start talking! Though now that he can get a better look, he can see that it is a person, not a bug or anything. Damn, she's so little!]

Oh- uh. Hi. Sorry for staring like that, I've never seen anyone so- [Tiny? That's kind of insulting, even if it's the truth.] ...Like you.

[Pretty much.]

Hey, I didn't do it. I've got a set of them too, okay? I'm just telling you what I got told. Ask around and you'll keep getting the same story.

[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?

...I don't know if I can see it that way. This place looks nice and all, but... I have somewhere I have to be. I promised someone I'd come back.

[... 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?

I didn't mean- [Ah, nevermind.] ...That's crazy, anyway. And you're new here too?

Huh? [But isn't he ...

...

... He's got no real way of knowing for sure, but he's got a pretty good feeling that saying "HURR BUT I THOUGHT YOU WERE DEAAAAAAD" isn't a good idea. Shutting that away, not mentioning it, and that's the end of that.]

Oh ... I see. Well, apparently time stands still back in your world while you're stuck here -- not that that fixes anything, but you at least don't have to worry about how long you end up stuck here.

I don't get it either. You should probably just go "okay that works" for about half the stuff I'm gonna tell you about this place; if you try to figure out the why you'll drive yourself nuts.

[Cloud is clearly unimpressed with how this operation works.]

[...Man, he feels terrible just from that one look alone. The kid looks like Zack just kicked his favourite puppy.]

Sorry, uh... not ringing any bells. Maybe you could tell me where we met or something?

Really? [Man, it's just one unbelievable thing after another out of this guy's mouth. Zack has a lot of investigating and confirming to do, that's for sure.] Is there anything normal about this place?

We met here in Luceti, but if you don't remember me, then you aren't going to remember that either. Um, not that that's unusual or anything; it happens a lot here.

Honestly? There is for some people. Most of us? No, there really isn't.

Works for me, I guess. I probably wouldn't understand even if I tried.

Really? That's weird... my memory's usually pretty good. What's your name?

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