[Video or Action Post] A Death Announcement

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[When Shelke appears on the screen, she is sitting on a chair that she has dragged out behind the Strife-Lockhart house in Lindblum, her legs tugged up and crossed in front of her, and a crumpled white bag with the word '-akery' visible on the front. She doesn't say anything for a good fifteen or twenty seconds, considering the screen carefully. She seems quite calm though...most likely the reason she is doing this instead of a different member of the family.]

For those of you that knew him, Cloud Strife is dead. He was involved in an...altercation...by the Dragon Gate in Lindblum which he did not survive.

If anyone wishes to pay their respects to Tifa and the others, you are allowed to come by but things are somewhat...disorganized. [A faint frown then, and her blue eyes narrow.] Warning us beforehand would be appreciated.

[Another pause, as though she weren't certain what else to say, and then she reaches up and turns off the phone.]

[[OOC: So, here's the official 'Cloud is Dead' notice for anyone who missed it/would like to react to it again. For people who happen to be at the house, or wanting to stop by, that can happen here too! And feel free to threadjump. ]

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[xnotyetaherox.livejournal.com]

I can't... I'll just be sick if I eat anything.

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[heartofheaven.livejournal.com]

[Oh, poor Denzel. Tifa hugs him. It's the best kind of comfort she can think to give right now.]

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[xnotyetaherox.livejournal.com]

It's not fair.

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[heartofheaven.livejournal.com]

I know. I know it's not...

But we can't give up hope, Denzel. Cloud wouldn't want us to do that. He'd... He'd want us to carry on.

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[xnotyetaherox.livejournal.com]

But it's so hard without him!

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[heartofheaven.livejournal.com]

He might come back... Aerith did. And if he doesn't... Well, we'll just have to work even harder to get home. That's where Cloud will be.

[Part of Tifa is unsure whether she ought to reassure him like this, if Cloud is truly gone. But there has to be a chance that he'll reappear. It's happened before.]

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[xnotyetaherox.livejournal.com]

... Do you think he's waiting for us back on the Planet?

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[heartofheaven.livejournal.com]

[She nods.]

I think so. You know Cloud. He always comes back.

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[xnotyetaherox.livejournal.com]

I hope you're right, Tifa.

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[heartofheaven.livejournal.com]

[She strokes his hair, sighing.]

Me too, honey. Me too.