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mooglenet_backupWoah, Kunsel would kill to have this phone. [A laugh] Though, bet ya I’m talking into my hand right now. Gotta say, this is the craziest dream I’ve had so far.
So, off chance that I haven’t cracked, anyone wanna tell me what’s going? Because I’m pretty sure I have no idea where I am or how I got here. Wait, better question: anyone seen a guy with spiky blond hair? He sort of looks like a chocobo. Goes by the name Cloud Strife. Last time I saw him...well, no need to get into that. I just wanna find him as soon as I can.
Cloud, you better be okay.
So, off chance that I haven’t cracked, anyone wanna tell me what’s going? Because I’m pretty sure I have no idea where I am or how I got here. Wait, better question: anyone seen a guy with spiky blond hair? He sort of looks like a chocobo. Goes by the name Cloud Strife. Last time I saw him...well, no need to get into that. I just wanna find him as soon as I can.
Cloud, you better be okay.
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[ voice--or, you know, lack thereof ]
Date: 2010-03-16 04:22 am (UTC)[video]
Date: 2010-03-16 04:22 am (UTC)This is just so surreal! Is that really him speaking right now or is this some sort of poorly conceived prank? The only way she could find out if she turned on the video feature upon her sky phone.]
Zack…? [The video popped on once she called his name, revealing her face.]
[Voice]
Date: 2010-03-16 04:35 am (UTC)[ video ]
Date: 2010-03-16 04:39 am (UTC)Zack is treated to the familiar image of a sunglasses-clad Turk leering at him suspiciously through darkened lenses]
[video]
Date: 2010-03-16 04:41 am (UTC)Aerith?! That really you?
[ video ]
Date: 2010-03-16 04:50 am (UTC)Big silent guy with sunglasses... Gotta be Rude, right?
[ video ]
Date: 2010-03-16 04:56 am (UTC)[For a dead guy]
[video]
Date: 2010-03-16 05:09 am (UTC)Yes, its me! Hey, when did you get here? I had no idea you came back, Zack.
You know Cloud is going to be really excited to see you again. He was talking about you for a week straight when you first arrived here.
[video]
Date: 2010-03-16 05:10 am (UTC)You know Cloud?
[video]
Date: 2010-03-16 05:35 am (UTC)Yep, he's a good buddy of mine.
[video]
Date: 2010-03-16 05:39 am (UTC)Seems like Papa Cloud's got a lot of new friends lately...
[video]
Date: 2010-03-16 05:40 am (UTC)[He's looking around still, hoping to find a clue just how he ended up outside from the labs. However, he looks back at the phone when Aerith mentions Cloud's name.]
Cloud is with you? Is he okay? [Wait a second, first arrived? Zack's a bit lost now.] Ummm, I don't think I follow you.
[ video ]
Date: 2010-03-16 05:43 am (UTC)[Cue Zack's goof grin.]
So, do you?
Re: [video]
Date: 2010-03-16 05:44 am (UTC)Papa Cloud?
[video]
Date: 2010-03-16 05:56 am (UTC)...who are you, anyway?
[ video ]
Date: 2010-03-16 05:56 am (UTC)[Translation: maybe. Looks like you'll never know, Zack.
Or will you?]Might want to talk with your friends.
[Somehow Rude figured hearing the news might come easier from those closer to Zack]
[ video ]
Date: 2010-03-16 06:29 am (UTC)Trust me man, I'm looking for them.
[ video ]
Date: 2010-03-16 06:41 am (UTC)Strife and his crew are around here somewhere.
[And Tseng, too, but Rude isn't going to mention that in case Tseng wants to keep a low profile for the time being]
[video]
Date: 2010-03-16 06:41 am (UTC)I'm Zack. You should have heard of me...I think.
[ video ]
Date: 2010-03-16 06:45 am (UTC)[Giving that the last time Zack saw Cloud the poor blond was in a mako tank Rude's words only help to confuse him.]
[video]
Date: 2010-03-16 07:21 am (UTC)...Zack... [He searches the screen as if he just can't see what's really there. He's imagined Zack up before when he's been alone, so this might not really be him.]
I... [Hey, noticed how much older he looks yet, Zack? He looks away, his eyes glowing with sadness for a moment before he looks back at the screen.]
I don't look like a chocobo.
[video]
Date: 2010-03-16 07:44 am (UTC)[He looks closer at the screen because there's something not right at all with this image.]
Hey, you okay? Cause last I saw you we were in that lab and I got no clue whats going on.
[video]
Date: 2010-03-16 07:49 am (UTC)[He's tired of repeating this story, but he'll do it one more time. Because it's Zack.]
This is a world called Gaia. A man called Garland brings us here without a known reason. He can bring us from any time and... we don't know how to get back.
[He sighs shakily. He might go throw up after this, because seeing Zack has seriously unnerved him again.] I'm not twenty-one anymore. I'm twenty-five this year. And... I should explain in person why we haven't been together in almost four years.
[Cloud frowns at him, reaching to rub at the back of his neck.] Where are you? Check your phone for the GPS.
[video]
Date: 2010-03-16 07:51 am (UTC)Wait a minute, you're Zack?! I've heard about you!
[video]
Date: 2010-03-16 08:05 am (UTC)[video]
Date: 2010-03-16 08:14 am (UTC)[He tries his best to take this all in, but it isn't easy. Waking up from a mako nap and then ending up in a new world was not his idea of fun.]
That's a lot to take in, Spike. I guess this sort of explains the little girl calling you Papa Cloud now though.
[He says this with a grin before doing as Cloud asked.] Umm, some place called Dali. Take it you know where that is, right?
[video]
Date: 2010-03-16 08:54 am (UTC)[He tries hard not to actually look at the screen, keeping his gaze down.] Marlene, yeah. She's not my daughter, but I look after her for her dad...
I know where Dali is. [He knows where everything is in Gaia. Studying the map helps!] I'll talk to Tifa about coming to pick you up. You can stay with us until you've figured something out.
[video]
Date: 2010-03-16 09:24 am (UTC)[He frowns a bit, Cloud's avoiding him but why?] Seems like a cute kid. Guess I'll be meeting her soon, huh?
Well, guess I'll just stick around here until then. [He smiles again, hoping to lift up Cloud's spirits.] Then you can give me the grand tour, okay?
[ video ]
Date: 2010-03-16 10:45 am (UTC)Zack! You came back! Aw, man, Cloud is gonna be so happy! You really need to stop disappearing on him!
[voice]
Date: 2010-03-16 01:00 pm (UTC)I was starting to think you'd never reappear. Hey, do you know where you are?
[video]
Date: 2010-03-16 03:54 pm (UTC)[He might explain one day.] She's cute, yeah. Denzel and Shelke will want to see you too. They're my other kids... sort of.
[Cloud quirks the corner of his mouth in an awkward almost-smile.] Again...
[video]
Date: 2010-03-16 05:28 pm (UTC)[Realizing that Zack had absolutely no memory of Gaia, Aerith starts to wonder if he was reborn at the Iifa Tree first before coming to a town.]
Yep, he's with me or rather with Tifa. Yeah, Cloud's been busy since you've last seen him.
[She paused.]
...Zack, what is the last thing you remember?
[ video ]
Date: 2010-03-17 01:27 am (UTC)Talk to Strife.
[video]
Date: 2010-03-18 03:46 am (UTC)You collecting kids or something, Cloud? [He laughs a bit. He always thought Cloud would do well with kids.]
Hey, not my fault I sort of kind of was here before. [He gives Cloud one of those playful pouts.] Don't have time to hang out with your best friend anymore?
[ video ]
Date: 2010-03-18 03:48 am (UTC)Not like I'm trying to disappear on anyone, kiddo. So, taking a guess here, you one of Cloud's kids?
[voice]
Date: 2010-03-18 03:53 am (UTC)Reappear? Never been here before, though Cloud said I was here before. Kind of weird, huh? I'm in a place called Dali...wherever that is.
[video]
Date: 2010-03-18 03:57 am (UTC)I saw him like a second ago and trust me, he was doing a whole lot of nothing. [He face falls a bit at that.]
Oh boy, not sure if that's the best topic right now.
[ video ]
Date: 2010-03-18 04:03 am (UTC)Poor guy has no clue he's been the dead for everyone.Don't worry, I will.
[ video ]
Date: 2010-03-18 09:15 am (UTC)[video]
Date: 2010-03-18 01:25 pm (UTC)[His eyes dart up at that last part; look how upset that almost made him, Zack! Just look!] I-I... I never said that.
[Oh, wait, he has an idea!] ...um... could you get the airship to Lindblum, Zack? I still don't really like flying...
[ video ]
Date: 2010-03-18 09:42 pm (UTC)[Ff, he wonders if Tseng knows about this.
Video feed is terminated a moment or so later]
[voice]
Date: 2010-03-18 11:12 pm (UTC)Dali is in Alexandria, and Alexandria is in... Well, this is a different world. A world called Gaia. There are quite a few people from our world here, but we're not all from the same time. I was only fifteen when you last saw me, wasn't I? I'm twenty-two now.
Anyway, we're in Lindblum at the moment. Do you want us to come and fetch you? I'm sure there's an airship that goes straight from Dali to Lindblum.
[video]
Date: 2010-03-19 06:08 am (UTC)Still get motion sick, huh? Pretty sure I can handle that, I got my niffy phone after all.
[ video ]
Date: 2010-03-19 06:13 am (UTC)Bet I'll see you soon then. Going to be taking a trip to visit as soon as I can.
[voice]
Date: 2010-03-19 06:21 am (UTC)Man, looks like I going to have to take notes or something. [You can almost hear him rubbing the back of his neck.]
I'm heading there on one. It'll save Cloud the motion sickness that way.
[video]
Date: 2010-03-19 05:13 pm (UTC)[voice]
Date: 2010-03-19 05:25 pm (UTC)Okay! We can meet you at the station. See you, Zack.