[Action]

[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.]

Comments

[Voice]

[knightofratatosk]

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.

[Voice]

[wingenvy]

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

[Voice]

[knightofratatosk]

I'm Emil... Emil Castagnier.

[He adds his last name as an afterthought, but he doubts that it's actually going to jog any memories.]

[Voice]

[wingenvy]

[Welp, that's a mouthful. Still not ringing any bells, though, so Zack shakes his head.] Sorry, I don't remember at all. Nice to meet you, though. [He glances around after a moment, obviously distracted.]

[Voice]

[knightofratatosk]

It's nice to meet you again too.

[And then he notices Zack glancing around as if looking for something and tilts his head.]

... is something wrong?

[Voice]

[wingenvy]

Oh... yeah, kinda. I'm looking for someone. Have you seen a guy around here with eyes that look like mine? Blond hair, doesn't talk much...

[Voice]

[knightofratatosk]

Eyes that look like yours?

[You're going to have to be a little more specific than that, Zack; he's never really paid close attention to your eyes, partly because he still has trouble looking people in the eye sometimes.]

[Voice]

[wingenvy]

Yeah, like this. [Zack leans in a bit and points. See? GLOWING EYES. Awesome, huh.]

[Voice]

[knightofratatosk]

[... NO ACTUALLY THAT'S KIND OF CREEPY, ZACK. Don't mind Emil just staring for a moment.]

I don't think so... what else does he look like, besides having blond hair?

[Voice]

[wingenvy]

Huh... Well, if you don't remember the eyes, you probably don't know him. His hair's pretty spiky too, easy to recognize.

[Voice]

[knightofratatosk]

Spiky blond hair... wait, do you mean Cloud?

[DUH, EMIL. They're from the same world, after all.]

[Voice]

[wingenvy]

[DING. Zack perks up.] Yeah, that's him! I'm looking for Cloud.

[Voice]

[knightofratatosk]

I talked to him just a couple of days ago, but I don't know where he's living right now. You could always try asking for him over the journals, though.

[Voice]

[wingenvy]

Journals? I don't have one.

[Voice]

[knightofratatosk]

There wasn't one near you when you woke up?

[Voice]

[wingenvy]

I didn't see any. Was there supposed to be?

... so I just realized this was supposed to be [Action] fml

[knightofratatosk]

Um, yes. Every New Feather gets a journal when they arrive here.

[Action] ...lol wow we fail hardcore

[wingenvy]

I guess I missed it... man. Is it important?

[Action] you mean we are AWESOME

[knightofratatosk]

Yeah, that's how people communicate with each other here. It's probably still wherever you first woke up, if you can even find it again.

[Action] JUST A LITTLE

[wingenvy]

[....Oh boy.] I don't know if I can find that spot again.

[Action]

[knightofratatosk]

... that could be a problem.

[Action]

[wingenvy]

I guess they don't come with a tracking device or anything, do they?

[Action]

[knightofratatosk]

Not that I know of...

[Action]

[wingenvy]

[...Oh yeah, this'll be rough.] Well, whatever. I'll look for it later. First I have to find Cloud!

[Action]

[knightofratatosk]

You could always try going to the Welcome Center and seeing if anyone there has seen him. They might be able to tell you where he's staying now if he's already chosen an apartment.