RPG Final Fantasy 7: Resurrection

[Talon]

Members of RPG so far:

[b]Domon

The Harlequin

DeathKnight

Raiha

Yoda

User Name

Myself[/b]
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[color=ocean teal][u][b]Siren:[/b]Come on, Blaze! We can't be late!

[b]Blaze:[/b]On my way, Siren!

[size=5][b][center]FLASH![/b][/size][/center]

[b]Blaze:[/b]What is it, sir?

[b]White-haired Man:[/b]It's "materia". You'll learn how to use it.

[b]Blaze:[/b]Not that, the sword!

[b]White-haired Man:[/b]Oh...that's my Masamune. Don't touch it....

[size=2]touch it.....[/size]

[size=1]touch it.....[/size][/color][/u]

[i][color=teal]Blaze woke up, his headache worse than ever. He sighed, grabbing his blade and walking outside. He breathed in the mountain air of New Nibelheim, situated at the base of Mt. Nibel. He jumped onto a nearby snowboard, boarding down to the snowbanks near the bottom of the village hill. As he stopped, something odd blurred the plains to the southeast. It looked like a huge city, spewing Mako energy. He shook his head, knowing it was impossible. Midgar had been demolished months before, as well as all of the Mako reactors. Yet there it was, a city filled with Mako reactors. Seconds later, Cloud and Barrett slid down next to him.[/i]

[b]Barrett:[/b]Aw, damn, man! Ain't no way my eyes is trickin' me! That's Midgar, no doubt! Looks like it's time for another AVALANCHE!

[b]Cloud:[/b]Calm down or you'll start a real one...wait...who's that?!?!

[i]A white-haired figure clothed in black, carrying an extremely long sword, vanished from sight just as they focused on it. Whatever it was, it made Blaxze feel strangely weak. Suddenly, a huge beast descended the mountain from above them.[/i]

[b]Blaze:[/b]A Rogue Sweeper! Battle Formation![/color]

[DeathKnight]

[color=crimson]Sitting idlely in his shop, Ken flipped through a book he had picked up recently from a travelling odds-n-ends merchant- It was a lucky find, to say the least. It held many secrets about materia and its used, being written by one of the Shinra scientists before the climatic end to the corperation a year ago. He stopped on a few pages, quietly reading them. His concentration was broken by a few shouts coming from somewhere outside, causeing him to quickly grab his weapon and run outside.

Glanceing around, he saw Cloud, Barret and Blaze all glanceing up the mountain aways. Following their gaze, he saw the creature too, and he quickly ran to their aid, his trenchcoat flowing behind him. He took aim as he slid to a halt next to Blaze, nodding to him as he did.[/color]

[Talon]

[color=teal][i]The rogue robot hurled boulders at the party, but its poor aim ended up with the party out of harm's way. As the robot further descended the hill, it extended its energy bayonet. SLashing blaze on the chest, the Sweeper brought Ken just enough time to hit it square in its chest, sending it staggering. The machine glared at Ken, preparing to slice him, when the bloody wound from Blaze's chest welled up and began to glow.[/i]

[b]Blaze:[/b]Rushing Burner!!!!

[i]His broke his limit, burning the machine into a pile of rubble with rapid strokes of his weapon. Ken simply nodded, looking at the city of New Midgar, as it had been dubbed.[/i]

[b]Ken:[/b]Time to save the planet?

[b]Blaze:[/b]Yep.

[b]Barrett:[/b]Gonna get in over our heads like last time?

[b]Cloud:[/b]Yep.

[b]Blaze:[/b]Gonna kick some serious ***?

[b]Whole Party:[/b]YEAH!!![/color]

[Raiha]

[COLOr=royalblue][i]A cool saturnine voice broke into the cheering.[/i]

---: Then I'm sure, you won't be leaving this girl behind....

[i]The group stopped and looked. A slender female was standing behind them, hair blowing in the wind, a simple staff of iron in her hands. She smiled at them gently and bowed her head. When it was brought up again, they noticed her insiduous silver eyes....watching them quietly.[/i]

Cloud: Who are you?

---: You may call me Lethe. I've come to help you....

Blaze: Why would we need your help? That pile of rubbish over there was no big deal.

Lethe: The time to fight for your life...will be soon in coming. You'll need somebody who can heal...and summon.[/COLOr]

[Domon]

[i]Cloud looked at the girl for a moment and then a wave of sorrow swamped him as that horrible memory flashed back to him. He had been with his group of friends in the city of the ancients and they were sleeping in an old house when Cloud and Co. heard a strange noise, Cloud had followed it first and that was when he saw the most horrible secne unfold before his very eyes. Sephiroth had come out of nowhere and plunged his sword right into Aeris' chest, he had killed her instantly. Cloud snapped out of it and realized where he was, he looked over at Lethe, she looked so much like Aeris.[/i]

Cloud: Its too dangerous for you.

Lethe: It is not, i'm strong enough. Why? You don't want a woman coming along with you?

Cloud: No its not that..Its just that...You remind me of someone who was very dear to me, she was killed by Sephiroth...

Lethe: Oh..

Cloud: I better head down to the bar and tell Tifa about this turn of events, won't she be thrilled. Actually, how about we all head there? Get something warm to drink and come up with a plan. Ok?

The rest of the group: Okay.
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OOC: Sorry for shortness, i'm extremely busy.

[The Harlequin]

[font=gothic][color=crimson][I]Vincent walked in, his hand reflexively darting in under his cloak to his rifle as movement started in front of him. His claw, now silver, crept up to his waist, instinctively moving into the best position for a strike. He relaxed, as it became apparent only the normal customers were around.

He gave a nod, and a slight smile eclipsed by his cloak, to Tifa, which for him was the equivalent of bursting out in tears of happiness, and sought one of the quieter tables in the darker corners. As usual.

His shotgun on the seat beside him, ready, he sat, watching the door. Tifa brought him a drink, only getting in a few words before she was called away again. Not that she would have stayed. She'd never really been comfortable around him. None of them had.

Vincent sampled his drink, a red wine, per his taste, and thought about that for a moment. Why should they be? Then or now...

The thought brought Chaos rushing back into his head. Vincent impercepibly stiffened, striken with mental agony. The demon ran through his veins, trailing wildfire. He raged, savaged at Vincent, demanding he lose control, demanding to be free, to be satiated, to be the master of this hapless mortal shell.

One did not live through mulitple very nasty experiments without gaining a measure of mental strength though. And it took everything Vincent had to repulse the entity that laid a taloned claim on his soul. As it did, every other time he had been assulted.

He shuddered in release, and turned his attention back to his surroundings. Just in time. Cloud and Barret were back for whatever reason, with several people he didn't recognise. Two males and a female. Probably the recruits of whatever AVALANCHE insanity Barret was proporting these days. Unlikely to be a bother. That was the thing about helping to save the world, and having it known you were a mutant freak....your desire for privacy was generally assuaged.

They went to the bar, were Tifa motioned them over to his table. Vincent muttered a slight curse to himself. Without doubt, they'd attempt to sucker him into whatever problems they had. The problem, his problem that is, was that they'd probably need him.[/font][/color][/I]

[Talon]

[color=teal]OOC:You also forgot to put up your limit breaks, Domon.
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[i]In the middle of the night, Blaze woke up. He crept from his bed, equipping himself and getting a Chocobo from the stables. He rode off to Midgar, more specifically, Mako Reactor #1. Inside, following the rebuilt path that Cloud himself had followed, he made it to the front gates on the train. Somehow, this all felt familiar to him. He sighed, keeping himself on the right track. As he got to the central core of the Reactor, he pulled out his bomb. Setting, he bent over just in time to see a caspule, just under the walkway. Forgetting his bomb, he swung under the platform and dropped next to the capsule. He looked inside, wondering if it was the remains of Jenova. He was wrong. It was him.[/i]

[b]Blaze:[/b]What the Hell?!?!? I'm...no, it has to be my imagination. I thought it was me, I was being paranoid.

[b]Cloud:[/b]I wouldn't count on that. In this world, things are usually what they seem.

[b]Blaze:[/b]How the Hell did you get here?

[b]Cloud:[/b]Cid gave me a lift.

[b]Blaze:[/b]....

[i]Blaze climbed back up the platform just as Cloud activated the bomb. Suddenly, from behind, a rushing noise of organic material came up behind them.[/i]

[b]Cloud:[/b]That isn't a Guard Scorpion....

[b]Blaze:[/b]No, it's a Whelk! (OOC: FF3 Boss, don't attack it while it's in it's shell or get hit by a Megavolt....whole party.)

[b]Cloud:[/b]Christ, those things went extinct years ago! How could...watch out!

[b]Whelk:[/b]Gruuu!!!

[i]The beast fired a huge ice attack at Blaze, shredding the left aleeve of his shirt. He grimaced, the pain in his arm growing, but he stood firm. Cloud, however, jumped and atacked the Whelk....just as it retracted into it's shell.[/i]

[b]Whelk:[/b]GRUU!!!

[b]CLoud:[/b]Oh, crap....

[i]A mighty thunderbolt came crashing down on the two combatants, raging in them painfully. Cloud and Blaze both opened their eyes, glowing red with rage, as the attack ended. The Whelk showed its head again, only to suffer, at the same time, Rushing Burner and Bolt. Cloud held on to his limit as the Whelk died. Both men turned, beginning to run as the bomb would set off in eight minutes...[/color][/i]

[Raiha]

[COLOR=royalblue][i]From the rooftop, Lethe watched the men running like crazy. She flicked off her keen sight and headed downstairs once more. It wouldn't be necessary for a time. She brushed back her hair with long pale fingers, then went into the bar's main room and sat down. Tifa smiled.[/i]

Lethe: White wine please.

Tifa: How old are you again?

Lethe: Well how old do I look?

Tifa: ....16.

Lethe: For the record, I'm 26.

Tifa: ...oh...right.

[i]She smiled and brought over the glass. Lethe winked and sipped it slowly....savoring the taste. Out of the corner of her eye, she watched another man....from what she could feel, he wasn't happy. His eyes were flicking back and forth rapidly....like he needed to release something.

Lethe turned and stared right at him, eyes flashing from silver to lilac.[/i][/COLOR]

[DeathKnight]

[color=crimson]Ken stepped into the bar, takeing a wiff of the air inside, an aroma of various foods being served to coustomers filling his nositrils. He calmly walked to the bar, nodding a hello to Tifa.

[b]Tifa[/b]: I'm guessing the usual, Ken?

[b]Ken[/b]: Yeee-ap..

Tifa smiled a bit and poured him a shot of whiskey, setting it on the bar and leaving the bottle- knowing Ken's alochol-drinking habits. He glanced around silently, noting the lack of Cloud's and Blaze's presence. He glanced back to Tifa, who was humming to herself as she cleaned a glass, he hair shining from the lights.

[b]Ken[/b]: Cloud and Blaze arent here..

Tifa's mood seemed to suddenly change, Ken's eyebrow shifting easily at her reaction. He had become good friends with her over the past year, and he knew that she had special feelings for Cloud. Silently, he poured another shot into the glass and swallowed it.

[b]Tifa[/b]: I saw Cid giving Cloud a lift off twards New Midgar.

[b]Ken[/b]: Damn fool. I'm guessing Blaze is probably there, and they have no idea what they are getting into. [/color]

[Domon]

[COLOR=blue][i]Cloud started running faster, toward an open window, he pointed his saber in front of him so as it would break it first. As the glass shattered Cloud could hear the a deep rumbling eminating from where he and Blaze had been just 8 minutes ago, and then a massive shock wave sent Cloud and Blaze flying out the window on top of an Elevator capsule. Cloud stood up and dusted himself off.[/i]

Cloud: Well, that brings back some memories.

Blaze: Maybe that should bring back some more. Look!

[i]Just then another monster hovered down and looked them in the eyes with a look of fury and hate. Cloud unsheathed his Mythril Saber and readied for combat.[/i][/COLOR]

[Talon]

[color=teal][i]A Hundred-Gunner was coming down the shaft next to them, aiming right at them. Cloud reaied for a lengthy, unpredictable combat, but Blaze simply smirked. He dashed forward, cutting the elevator's cable. The Hundred-Gunner fell with the elevator, being smashed to death in the city below. As they capsule they were in hit thr ground, they found no troops, so ran off to the neaarby sector 7. Cloud's memories came into focus again, and Blaze was forced to drag him to Cid's waiting biplane, waiting atop a church in sector 5...[/i][/color]

[Domon]

[COLOR=blue][i]Cloud was shocked at how close to detail this New Midgar followed to the old ruined one, it was accurate. Clear down to the last building.[/i]

Cloud: Someone wants to re-stir the memories within me, but who? Who do i know that wants to torture me mentally? No... It couldn't be him, I know i killed him, he's dead. It has to be someone else.

Blaze: Who are you talking about?

Cloud: Sephiroth....But he can't, he's been dead for a year now, something's not right here. I think we should round up everyone and start some investigating.

Blaze: Okay.

Cloud: Thing is though, i really think we should just think about this for a day or two and then come back after we've thought about it. For now, let's get out of here. This palce is giving me the creeps.

Blaze: You and me both.

[i]The two climbed to the top of the church and hopped into the biplane with Cid and they were off.[/i][/COLOR]

[DeathKnight]

[color=crimson][b]Ken[/b]: Sounds like they are back.

A releived expression came over Tifa's face as the sound of the Bi Planes engines zoomed past, Cid coming in for a landing a short distance from the town at his house. Ken looked up at Tifa, and swallowed another shot down, the alcohol easing his recently-frayed nerves.

[b]Ken[/b]: I'm going to go check to see if anything happened. Keep the bottle here.

Tifa chuckled a bit as Ken departed from the bar, turning twards Cid's house and jogging there. He approached Cid's house, the massive aircraft hangar next to his house instantly takeing the spotlight. Several different types of planes, rangeing in size and stature greatly, were placed in there. The Biplane's engines were still on as Ken approached the hangar..[/color]

[Talon]

[color=teal][b]Ken:[/b]Where the Hell were you two?

[b]Blaze:[/b]New Midgar. Taking out a reactor.

[b]Ken:[/b]Ah, ****, Barrett's gonna be pissed.

[b]Cloud:[/b]Why?

[b]Barrett:[/b]Because y'all fools went without me! Damnit, I wante a piece o' the action, man!

[i]The group laughed aloud, Tifa rushing in. She walloped Cloud upsode the head, then bashed Blaze in his cheek.[/i]

[b]Tifa:[/b]Damnit, don't SCARE me like that again! I was worried you had gone and gotten killed! Or worse, that both of you had gone and gotten girlfriends!

[i]With this, every single guy in the hangar stood stock-still, almost dropping to the ground in a fit of laughter. However, Vincent turned up and happened to have news.[/i]

[b]Vincent:[/b]There was a news report of your "terrorism" on the wire. It is believed to be the work of the founder of the new "Alphacorp". Basically, they think Alphacorp destroyed their own reactor for insurance, because the founder, a man with white hair, was seen leaving the scene. His name is Rith Phenos.

[i]With this, Blaze and Cloud headed for Cloud Nine, needing a well-deserved drink and some relaxation.[/color][/i]

[Domon]

[COLOR=blue][i]Cloud didn't believe this. The things just sounded to close to resembling Sephiroth. He could feel a bubbling anger rising in him. He took his saber and slashed the nearest tree.[/i]

Cloud: GRAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!! I don't believe it. I just don't believe it.

Tifa: What?

Cloud: Think Tifa. White hair, a new Midgar resembling the old one down to the smallest detail, this place had the same church everything. This guy is Sephiroth! It has to be! He's toying with me, trying to get me to come to him so then he can taunt and torment me more.

Tifa: Be reasonable Cloud, he's dead, been dead for a year. I don't think he could have come back to life.

Cloud: I don't know, its just too weird. What do you think Vincent?

Vincent: I don't know what to think right now. All i can say is that i have a bad feeling.[/COLOR]

[Raiha]

[cOLOr=royalblue]Lethe: It doesn't matter either way....we have to either destroy it or watch this world die.

[i]She sat down next to the others and sipped from her wine glass. Vincent stared at her....she seemed far too calm for all of this to be happening. She returned his gaze and a half smile played about her face.[/i]

Lethe: What?

Vincent: You aren't worried?

Lethe: I've lost everything already.[/COLOR]

[Domon]

[COLOR=blue][i]Cloud looked at the girl with a puzzled look, maybe she had family that had been killed by Sephiroth, he didn't know, but he wanted to know.[/i]

Cloud: Will you tell us what happened to you? I'd like to hear your story.

Lethe: Okay. I'll tell you.

[i]The girl started her story.[/i][/COLOR]

[Raiha]

[COLOR=royalblue][i]She sighed and leaned back....mind going into the past that she had wanted sealed off.[/i]

Lethe: I was born into a well placed family, and my privleges were many. And then there was Sephiroth. He came and killed my father before my eyes. He started after me, but my mother's magic performed a final protection spell before her own death. His deathblow went astray, and I lived. I tried to run, but it was too late.

[i]She opened her robes and slowly undid the leather lacings of her corset. A long healed, silver scar, traced down from her sternum, to her stomach. The scar curved like a snake and twisted underneath itself.[/i]

Lethe: ...he gave me this. And smiled at me. Then he left.....that was his only mistake, but I'm going to make him pay for it. As soon as he was gone, I ran, and made it to the Cosmo Canyon. I trained with Red XII for a long time...and now I'm ready to fight back.[/COLOR]

[Domon]

[COLOR=blue][i]Cloud looked at the scar one more time and remembered RedXIII telling him that he was training a girl for battle, he just never thought it was this girl, he could see the thirst for revenge. Cloud simply looked at her and showed her the scar he had on his chest.[/i]

Cloud: I got this from the same man, he was a man that betrayed a man that i considered a friend, once he had injured that man severly, i ran at him with my buster sword but Sephiroth expected it and turned and rammed his Masume through my body, but i somehow managed to bring out an unkown strength and i flung Sephiroth into the bowels of the old abandoned Mako Reactor. At first i thought he was dead but then he made his apperence in the origninal Midgar and that's how our adventure started. So you and i have scars from the same man. I wouldn't get my hopes up, it might not be Sephiroth at New Midgar. Anyways we should all get some rest.

Tifa: I think you just thought of a good idea, you and Blaze get some sleep.

[i]Cloud stood up and headed for his house. As soon as he entered the house Cloud took his sword and threw it into the nearest wall in a blinding rage, he couldn't believe that Sephiroth could be alive. Cloud walked up his stairs to his bedroom, he kicked off his boots and threw his gloves onto a nearby table and walked over to his bed and collapsed into a sleep that was tormented with horrible dreams.[/i]

[b]Dreamscape[/b]

[i]Cloud is in the place Aeris is killed, he is standing there. The pool water lapping against the side of the pool, and there in the center of it was Aeris with a look of peace on her face. Cloud stepped towards her but then out of nowhere he appeared, he stepped up behind her and Aeris didn't move or anything.[/i]

Cloud: LOOK OUT! ITS SEPHIROTH!

[i]Aeris turns around and a look of horror overcomes her, she stands up and manages to get 3 feet away but before she can get to Cloud, Sephiroth has taken his sword and driven it through her heart, killing her. Aeris' lifeless body falls to the ground and Sephiroth stands over her body with a manical grin on his face, he then walks up to Cloud and brushes past him, Cloud draws his sword and rushes him but Sephiroth has disappeared. Cloud then turns his attention to Aeris' body, he runs to her and slumps down, he picks her up and holds her.[/i]

Cloud: Please Aeris, wake up... Come on... Please wake up.. Come on.. I know you can hear me... Please...

[i]Cloud then realizes the inevitable and buries his face in her shoulder and cries, the only girl he ever loved was killed brutally in front of him.[/i]

[b]End Dreamscape[/b]

[i]Cloud snaps awake with cold sweat pouring down his face. "It was all a dream." Cloud said mentally as he sat up and looked at the only picture that had been taken of him with Aeris, the only momento...He looked at the picture, Aeris was sitting next to him with her arm wrapped around his and her head on his shoulder and he was resting his head on hers. These memories just were too much, all Cloud could do was cry. He wished there had been some way to save Aeris...Some way to bring her back to life or something...[/i][/COLOR]

[Raiha]

[COLOR=royalblue][i]Lethe woke up...and some sort of sense led her to Cloud's room. She let herself in with a simple unlocking spell and walked to Cloud's bed. The salty smell of tears mixed with sweat, and the scent of sorrow. Lethe opened her arms, and Cloud burried his face and wept.

She closed her eyes and stroked his hair gently....she knew why he cried.[/i][/COLOR]

[The Harlequin]

[color=crimson][font=gothic][I]Vincent stayed awake, as everyone else faded away into their rooms. Tifa leant on the bar, Vincent seated on the other side, an amontillado negligently held in his hand. No one else was awake, and the two spoke softly for half an hour. Eventually, Tifa's yawns grew more pronounced, and she blinked a lot between speaking.[/I]

Vincent: Get some sleep. I'll stay up, and watch the bar.

[I]Tifa gave him a tired smile of thanks, and retired. Vincent dimmed the lights, until they were little more than a slight glow. His red, bloodfilled eyes saw perfectly anyway. Better even, in this light.

The thought of another long night didn't faze him. He hadn't gotten more than two consecutive hours of sleep since there had been a knocking on his coffin in Nibelheim, and the last time he had gotten more than eight hours in a given week was right after he had been dropped off by Cid, after the battle in the Northern Crater. And hell, that was more assimilating information through sleep than actual tiredness.

The thought brought the imperceptible upturning of one corner of his mouth that served as a smile. He stood up, and walked over to the door.

His tall frame bent slightly, his arms stretched in front of him, he leant on the doorframe and gazed out into the night. The stars at least, were constant. The watched, and missed nothing, and judged not. His mutations, his occasional lapses into bestiality, worried them not. They didn't eschew him, despise him, revile his hideous nature. And for that he thanked them.

He looked up and down the road, and saw only one house still lit up. Then, as he looked on, the light winked away, and he was left viewing the world by moonlight, albeiting enhanced by monstrosity.

He sighed, and went back inside. It was well into the morning now, and a few soft sounds emanated from the guest rooms. None of which concerned him.

He sat back down at his usual table, and watched both doors. He had a feeling that he wouldn't welcome someone coming out of either one.[/font][/color][/I]

[Talon]

[color=teal][i]Blaze couldn't sleep. He had been working on something in his room long and hard, and he had just solved one problem. He walked out into the bar, seeing Vincent awake.[/i]

[b]Blaze:[/b]Well, at least you are still as predictable as you always were.

[b]Vincent:[/b]What's that supposed to mean?

[b]Blaze:[/b]Ever since I came here, every night I couldn't sleep, I'd come down and talk to you.

[b]Vincent:[/b]Just because the world is yet again on the brink of destruction doesn't mean I can sleep at ease now.

[b]Blaze:[/b]Well....I think Cloud's right.

[b]Vincent:[/b]The anagram? I solved that hours ago, before I even told you.

[b]Blaze:[/b]Heh. Always were smart, Vincent. "Rith Phenos", just rearrange the letters into one word, "Sephiroth". So.....are you going to fight for the planet again?

[i]Vincent nodded as he picked up a drink. Blaze walked outside, becoming a victim to his own memories...[/i]

[center][b][u]Dreamscape[/b][/center]

[i]Blaze and Siren sat in the middle of a field, Midgar's poisoning fumes far behind them. They held each other close, Siren smiling gently.[/i]

[b]Blaze:[/b]Siren? I...I want to join SOLDIER.

[b]Siren:[/b]I know. But....why?

[b]Blaze:[/b]I want to protect everything we've always worked for. For our livelihoods.

[b]Siren:[/b]Promise me one thing? Any promise, but please, promise me something.

[b]Blaze:[/b]Alright...I promise you when I leave SOLDIER, when I come back, I promise you I'll marry you.

[b]Siren:[/b]That would be wonderful......

[b][center]End Dreamscape[/b][/u][/center][/color]

[User Name]

[color=green][i]All the way on the opposite side of the glode, the sun beat down on Kiefs back. He had reached the town two days ago, and was trying to track down some old pilot by the name of Cid. He had spoken to a woman claiming to be his fiancee and had learned that he the pilot was off visiting some friends. He was expected back in a few hours.

Kief had had spent the last two days wandering around the town, gathering stories and healing his battle wounds. He had just escaped Mt. Nibel with his life after being attacked by a huge dragon, when a pack of wolves thought they would enjoy a nice dinner of weary man flesh. They hadn't been too hard to kill, it was the week long trek to the nearest town that wore him out.

And now, as he sat on the old rocket launch site, waiting for Cid, he thought he could really use some help on his travels. It had taken him over a year to get to where he was, and he had only just managed to cross the continent with his life still intact. Still, he had seen a lot of interesting thing and had met loads of amazing people. All his encounters had gone into the book he had started writing when he had told his uncle Dio he was going to travel the world. Dio had told him to write down his adventures and one day, he'd have a bestseller (if they lived through the treat of Meteor). His uncle had also told him, that should he ever meet a boy called Cloud, that he should talk to him. Cloud had had lots of adventures, his uncle had said.[/i][/color] "And say hi from me!" [color=green][i]Dio had shouted after him as he left. He had met a lot of people who had met Cloud, even one of his old friends, a wolf by the name of Naniki. He had liked Naniki, and had dedicated a whole chapter of his book to him. Cloud used to call him RedXIII, 'cause of his unbelievable red fur. RedXIII had been training a young woman in the art of combat. Lethe had been her name. Kief had had a thing for her. It was one of the reasons he had stayed in Cosmo Canyon for two and a half months. Cosmo Canyon was beautiful and mysterious, and Lethe had fitted in perfectly. She was in his book too.

As Kief began to slip into a doze, a small biplane soared overhead, turned and landed on a small airstrip just outside town. Kief sat up. Cid was back! [/i][/color]

[Raquel]

[COLOR=orangered]OOC: I've... Been PM'd...
IC:

[I]Siren sighed and pulled her hood up more, casting a shadow over her sad amber eyes... Under the long black cloak, Siren was wearing more black... Her pants were made of strong cotton, allowing her movement to be unrestricted... A black silk tank top served as a top and two leather bandoilers cris-crossed her chest, strapping the two formidible sabers to her back... The black grained leather hilts protruded from two slits cut the the cloak...

Siren slipped up to the door of the inn she had stayed at a few other times in the past... The owner, Tifa, was polite and always respected her wish for privacy... She entered the bar, wondering if anyone was still up... Soft voices came from the direction of the bar and Siren moved towards them, receding farther into the protective darkness of her hood...

Two men sat at the table, one had his back to her and she stopped several feet behind him, noding to the taller of the two as he noticed her...

Her voice was slightly husky, as if somthing had damaged her throat many years before... A thin scar wound it's way around her neck, ending just below her right ear... However, her voice still retained the sugar coated threating tone she had adopted in her years alone... It got her point through and discouraged unwanted conversation...[/I]

Siren: I'm sorry to bother you so late, but is Tifa around?

[I]She produced a pouch and tossed it onto the counter...[/I]

Siren: I need to see her about a room for the day... She knows who I am... It shoulden't be too much trouble...[/COLOR]

[Talon]

[color=teal][i]A voice rang out behind him, asking fo Tifa. Vincent stood, accepting the pay from the woman and preparing to show her to her room. Blaze, however, spoke up himself.[/i]

[b]Blaze:[/b]A familiar voice from days when life was easy...

[b]Siren:[/b]Who are you? You seem.......familiar.

[b]Blaze:[/b]Heh. Straighten my hair, dye it sheer black, and take the Mako glow from my black eyes...

[b]Siren:[/b]It couldn't be......you just can't be....Blaze died four years ago! I watched him die!

[b]Blaze:[/b]Died....no.....I....ARGHH!!!!!!

[i]Blaze collapsed under the strain, his memories clouding him as though a physical force entered his body and shred him. He stood again, his mind unclear. He reached for the hands that had always comforted him, but they stayed at Siren's side.[/i]

[b][center][size=5][u]FLASH!!![/size][/b][/center]

[i]Blaze stood on the edge of a cliff, next to Siren. Sephiroth's evil gaze landed on Blaze, the Masamune glimmering in the moonlight. The long kitana falshed through the air, cutting it like a razor, and Siren fell. Her neck had been slashed, all the way from her right ear. Blaze cried aloud, howling in emotinal rage. He picked up his own kitana, the Muramasa, and thrust it forward at Sephiroth. The attack was parried easily.[/i]

[b]Sephiroth:[/b]Move aside, fool, my mother is waiting for me. I must free my mother!

[b]Blaze:[/b]You Ancient freak! You killed her! YOU KILLED SIREN!!!

[i]Blaze slashed again, but Sephiroth hit him low. Blaze dropped the Muramasa, falling from the cliff, his chest slashed wide open. He hit the ground, but he never felt it....[/i]

[b][size=5][center]FLASH![/center][/size][/b][/u]

[i]Blaze was shaken awake by Vincnt, Siren shaking her head from the table. Blaze sat up, opening his shirt. A long, silver scar filed from his upper torso to his bottom ribs. He remembered seeing the "him" in the tank in the Mako reactor. He remembered seeing a long, bloody scar in the exact same place, but that scar was unhealed. It all made sense. And it drove Blaze to tears.[/i]

[b]Vincent:[/b]In the whole year I've known you, you've never cried. What's wrong, Blaze?

[b]Blaze:[/b]I know why i'm alive....why Siren believes I'm dead...the real Blaze Feneris is dead.

[b]Vincent:[/b]What do you mean "real Blaze Feneris"?

[b]Blaze:[/b]I...I'm....I am his clone...I am a perfect clone of Blaze Feneris. I have his memories, his very essence....but I'm not real....

[b]Cloud:[/b]Wrong. I was still in SOLDIER when the body of Blaze Feneris was found in Cosmo Canyon. You, my friend, are real. The thing in the tak was a hopeful clone of you. I...I kinda healed the real you and swapped you with the failed clone. Revive magic comes in handy....and I wanted to undo what Sephiroth did to you.

[b]Siren:[/b]Then that means.....you're really the man I was marrying that night on Cosmo Peak......You're really Blaze Feneris...

[b]Vincent:[/b]Damn, this ****'s too freakin' confusing.[/color]