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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]

Wings? [Zack stares, eyes snapping wide, and takes a step back. Wings meant- oh god, experiments too? Was Hojo behind this!? All the things that had been done to Angeal, and what Hollander had done to Genesis, and how Sephiroth was raised- just what was going on!?

Yeah apparently he hasn't been clued in about his own yet.]

[a-honeysuckle.livejournal.com]

Everyone has them here. Even the people that are native to the town, apparently. You can't fly with them, not really anyways.

[ She nods to him, waiting for him to realize he has a pair. ]

[wingenvy]

What's the point of wings if you can't- [Wait. Everyone? She can't possibly mean-

-bhjkashfdkjshkjf OH GOD HE HAS WINGS WHAT IS THIS]

[a-honeysuckle.livejournal.com]

[ Aaand, there it is. She smiles. ]

You have them too.

[wingenvy]

...Wh... why do we have wings? How!? I've never had wings before!

[a-honeysuckle.livejournal.com]

My guess is that they want us to look like we belong together? If everyone has a distinguishing mark...

[wingenvy]

That's a pretty messed up reason to put wings on people. I mean, couldn't we just get the same uniform or something?

[a-honeysuckle.livejournal.com]

I don't think they were really reasonable about the whole idea.

[wingenvy]

Seems that way. [A pause.] Sorry, I didn't catch your name! I'm Zack.

[a-honeysuckle.livejournal.com]

I'm Shino. It's nice to meet you, Zack.

[wingenvy]

Nice to meet you too! Even if the circumstances are kind of weird. [Can't really beat around the bush with that one.] Hey, have you seen anybody else around here with eyes like mine? Blond hair, same clothes, kinda quiet? I'm looking for my friend.

[a-honeysuckle.livejournal.com]

[ Shino tilts her head slightly. ]

There was someone new that I spoke to over the journals. He accidently had the camera turned on. Maybe it's him?

[wingenvy]

Oh, really? That's great, maybe he is here! I need to find him, though. It's not good to leave him alone for long.

[a-honeysuckle.livejournal.com]

His name is Cloud, if it helps at all.

[wingenvy]

...Huh? How'd you know his name?

[a-honeysuckle.livejournal.com]

He told me it.

[wingenvy]

[WHOA WHOA WHOA] He's talking!?

[a-honeysuckle.livejournal.com]

And walking around... I take it he isn't supposed to be?

[wingenvy]

...Well, he is, of course, but..., he hasn't... [Okay, maybe he's sharing too much info right now.] ...anyway, I'm glad to hear he's okay!

[a-honeysuckle.livejournal.com]

[ Ahhh, something was wrong. Well, she can't blame him for not wanting to say. He did just meet her. ]

I'm here if you ever need someone to talk to about it.

[wingenvy]

Huh? Talk about what? [Is something wrong? NOTHING IS WRONG LALALA-]

[a-honeysuckle.livejournal.com]

[She just smiles. OOOH Zack, she is used to the brooding ones~]

[wingenvy]

[Uhhhh. Okay then |Db Zack shrugs it aside; some people were just cryptic like that. He takes a step back, lifting a hand.]

Well, I'd better get going. I still have to find Cloud! Thanks for the help.

[a-honeysuckle.livejournal.com]

It's no problem. Have fun~.

[wingenvy]

[He responds with a half-cheeky, half-hopeful grin, waving and turning away to run off. Hopefully he'll manage to track Cloud down.]



[Shino has been added to the DMW!]