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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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[Huh, well. That works for him. He shrugs and keeps walking along the main floor, jiggling a few of the door handles as he goes. When he reaches the fourth, it clicks and opens, allowing him to peer inside.]

Hey, this one looks empty.

Great, let's take it.

[Map back into ~~ear~~ pocket. Cloud is totally fine with snatching the first room they come across.]

And let's turn on the heat, it's freezing. [Cloud isn't particularly cold but he's not comfortable either, and that is unacceptable when there's no mako bill to pay. He heads over to the thermostat and fiddles with it.]

[Zack nods, dumping the food they'd picked up on the counter and sifting through until he finds the sliced ham and some bread. Heck yeah, massive meat sandwich incoming.] Looks like we'll really have to stock up. This place is pretty barebones.

At least the food's free, right? [The heat clicks on and Cloud throws himself onto the couch with a sigh, putting his feet up on the coffee table.]

Yeah, no kidding. [The words are a bit muffled; he's trying not to look it, but Zack's eating kind of ravenously. One doesn't eat very well while constantly on the run, and he can't really remember the last time he had a chance to sit down and have a nice, relaxing meal. Even with the wings and experimentation and whatever else people were talking about, he can't help but think about how peaceful it is.]

[Cloud knew he'd be hungry.

He watches Zack inhale the sandwich with a raised brow before leaning his head back and closing his eyes.]

Uggh...I need to sleep. I've been wandering around since I got here.

Well why the heck didn't you get an apartment sooner? [It's just a tease, and hopefully Cloud will pick up on that. He's not used to people not knowing how he acts.] I can see three rooms, so... probably bedrooms? If you wanna go ahead and sleep, I can keep watch.

Keep watch? Why? [Yup Cloud is totally fine with not having his guard up, because buildings are totally safe zone.]

[Zack opens his mouth to answer - it's obvious, man, anyone could just come in here and catch them both sleeping - but Cloud looks so self-assured and relaxed that mentioning it seems unnecessary, almost cruel. And who knows, maybe it is okay.]

Ah... no reason, I guess!

[Uh huh.]

[Stop looking at me like that and go to bed, Mr. I'm so Tiiiired.]

Then I'm heading to sleep. Oh- here. [He flips to the guide Buffy linked him to yesterday and holds his journal out for Zack to take.] Someone gave me this. It's pretty much what I told you, but I probably forgot some stuff. It should be in there.

[Zack takes the journal, glancing down at the pages. ...It looks long, so he makes a face at it.] Thanks, Spike. I'll give it a read. [More or less.]

You really gonna read it? [You're making the face of someone who refuses his tutorials. He hates that face. WHY DOES HE LEARN THESE THINGS IF NO ONE WANTS TO KNOW.]

Just don't quiz me in the morning. [In other words? No promises. He learns on the fly.]

Sure. [Cloud just picks the nearest bedroom, but he pauses at the doorway.]

You sleep too, all right?

Yeah, I will. [Probably. Maybe a little. When he stops being so paranoid.]

[Cloud isn't too concerned about it -maybe he will be later- so he nods and ducks into the room to crash. FINALLY. Time to replenish some HP/MP.]

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