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[Zack is hanging around the shop plaza, doing a little investigating to try and see if there's anything special about the place now. If the supposed portal is going to open there, he's curious to know if there's anything in the area that's changed. You might find him poking at the fountain, circling the sunken well, stopping and crouching down to check the ground beneath the snow sometimes. He's pretty focused on his work, though it probably looks strange.

Bother him?]

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[wingenvy]

Maybe. But I figured it was worth a shot, anyway. [He sighs and flops down on the bench beside Cloud.] Ah well. Did you decide what you're doing?

[He'd thought the decision would be obvious, but his chat with Aerith pretty much flipped things around for him, and now he's not so sure.]

[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

...if we had proof that it worked, I might be more up in the air about it. [That's probably evidence enough to what Cloud's decided to do.]

[wingenvy]

...Guess I can't blame you for that. [So in other words, almost the same answer as Aerith. Oh boy.]

/steals akai's words

[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

...sorry. I know it's not what you wanted to hear.

hor.

[wingenvy]

...It's fine. I'd rather you tell me the truth instead of lying and then surprising me by disappearing later.

[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

I'm not going anywhere. Not just because it's suspicious, either.

[wingenvy]

So why?

[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

I promised I wouldn't forget.

[wingenvy]

[That's right... he did. And it's reassuring, if only because it guarantees that someone is going to stay with him.]

...Yeah.

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[Zack still looks a little bothered.] ...talk to Aerith yet?

[wingenvy]

...Yeah. [And it's probably obvious why he's not happy.]

[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't worry about it. She won't go. [He doesn't know that for sure.]

[wingenvy]

That's not what she told me.

[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

Then I guess we'll have to lock her in her room. [...he doesn't look like he's joking.]

[wingenvy]

[Zack smiles faintly, amused, but not quite sharing his certainty.] I don't want her to stay if she doesn't want to be here, Spike.

[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

She wants to be here, Zack. [She's just being stupid again. It's the Ancient City all over again, with her "saving the world" bravado and her skipping off without anybody else, that's what it is. Cloud's starting to hate it.]

[wingenvy]

...I wish it was this easy to get back. For all of us.

[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

[Zack's being pretty emo; Cloud's not used to being the chipper one between them, but with Jenova's disappearance he's pretty upbeat, all things considered. So he gives Zack a long calculatory look, trying to figure out what it is without asking.]

[wingenvy]

[Zack seems lost in thought for a long moment, until finally he shakes it off, stretching and doing a series of squats.] Well, whatever happens, we'll deal with it.

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[He's so down, holy crap.] ...what's wrong?

[wingenvy]

[But he's doing squats.] Well, besides the whole 'who'll be here tomorrow' problem, I'm fine.

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[In a flash of "mean kid-ness" Cloud debates kicking the back of his knees to make him fall.] I really don't think anyone should try it.

[wingenvy]

[That makes Zack pause in his squats, remaining crouched down.] ...Neither do I. I'm worried about where people will really end up.

[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

We could sabotage it. Or something.

[wingenvy]

Sabotage it? How?