he leans back on jason and does put weight on him. like doing so might give him some kind of comfort, though unfortunately there's that echoed doubt that cloud can help at all. he's no good at comfort. ]
... I'd be thinking the same if I were you. [ he'll admit it. sometimes you take every failure like a personal fault. ] But I think you're good enough.
[ it's the sync, that tells him he's feeling like that specifically, so it's cheating a little. but he does mean it. ]
[He sort of glances at Cloud, but the subject matter is kind of heavy, so he looks away. A swirl of gratitude is in there somewhere, under the mountain of doubt.]
…You are too. Good enough.
[Just gonna drop his head down against Cloud’s shoulder though so he can’t be perceived. And so he doesn’t have to see a single thing.]
[ hm. he's not going to disagree, even if it feels kind of funny to hear that here, where he made a promise to tifa he completely failed to keep. he tries to focus on feeling kind of fond instead.
he leans his head against Jason's on his shoulder. ]
... You still owe me Gotham, later. [ a subject change offer if Jason wants it. ]
[Oh, shut up, Cloud. If he can't keep dodging around the compliments because he thinks the same way, you can't either!!]
I can take you to see Gotham, yeah. [But not right now, he likes the stars, but he will not say this because it sounds ridiculous. UNFORTUNATELY, the thoughts are there... which Cloud gets anyway...] Thanks for showing me po-dunk Nibelheim.
[It's said as a tease, but there really is a lot of gratitude in him that Cloud can also feel, so.]
Hey. It's backwater, not po-dunk. [ the joke is that that description is worse. he does get the thoughts about the stars and that's why he said gotham later. jason's gratitude makes him feel flustered which is unfortunate. now jason can feel that. ] ... But no problem.
Yeah, okay. Keeping all the good stuff for yourself. I get it.
[Like this sky!!!!! Why is Jason so infatuated with this sky!! He’s mad he likes it so much since that makes him seem like he has zero worldly experiences. Tch.]
Want to see Gotham? If we can get out of here. I warn you, it smells bad and it’s loud.
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Can't be as bad as the Midgar slums for smell. [ he's making no move to go yet because Jason is infatuated with the sky and he has no idea. how tf they're getting out. ] It can wait a bit.
Also stop being fond of how much he likes the country sky. Leave him alone.]
They might be about the same.
[He leans back some on his hands so he can see farther up.]
Not sure how much I like how small this makes all of us seem. You know what’s wild? Theoretical physics. That some of those stars are so far out, you have to travel at the speed of light and even then you still couldn’t reach them for however many light years.
And if you travel that fast, if you skip time and go through a wormhole, you don’t age as fast as the people you leave behind since they aren’t moving through time as quickly. So if I left and came back, you’d be an old man, and I’d be maybe thirty.
[ you know what's funny about being in sync. that Jason can tell he is both intrigued and also baffled by this turn into jock nerditude. none of that is stuff that's up cloud's array of knowledge he has not even met cid yet, but it's... interesting. he does think that.
he also has the unfortunate fleeting thought of not like I'm making it to be an old man. don't acknowledge that. ]
... I forgot you've got space travel at your place.
[Why does Cloud have to be this way? He really kills the everything with that last little thought, and normally Jason doesn’t pry because he hates when people pry with him too.
But he’s FOND of Cloud. So he looks over with a faltering expression. And, like, just says it.]
[ god damn it Jason Todd. Can't you just ignore thoughts!! cloud looks away awkwardly ]
... Accelerated cellular degradation is the most common cause of death in SOLDIERs. [ so. yes. the mako! (and also alien genes but he doesn't know that part)> ]
He frowns slowly. He is looking even if Cloud is looking away! Great, we’ve got a lich, a human, and an accelerated human. He doesn’t even know Lup is a lich exactly, I don’t think which is hysterical.]
Cloud… [He’s… Well, he doesn’t like it, but he can maybe accept it a bit easier than…] …Does Lup know?
I don't know. [ he shrugs a shoulder ] I quit, remember? But I doubt it's a big priority for Shinra.
[ there's the sync again where there's a level of unsure and confusion that should probably not be there talking about his past. it's fine. no more questions! ]
[Don't just change the subject, CLOUD. He wants to know more about your WEIRD SOLDIER HEALTH PROBLEMS maybe so he can fix them when he gets back to Gotham shut up don't look at him don't even talk to him. Anyway.
He sort of snorts.]
Kind of? Justice League--don't ask [said in that "you can ask if you want" kind of way]--has a space station in the planet's orbit. Called the Watchtower.
[Actually might be destroyed by Superboy, but I hate comics I'm not checking. The Watchtower can be there for this thread only.]
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he leans back on jason and does put weight on him. like doing so might give him some kind of comfort, though unfortunately there's that echoed doubt that cloud can help at all. he's no good at comfort. ]
... I'd be thinking the same if I were you. [ he'll admit it. sometimes you take every failure like a personal fault. ] But I think you're good enough.
[ it's the sync, that tells him he's feeling like that specifically, so it's cheating a little. but he does mean it. ]
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…You are too. Good enough.
[Just gonna drop his head down against Cloud’s shoulder though so he can’t be perceived. And so he doesn’t have to see a single thing.]
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he leans his head against Jason's on his shoulder. ]
... You still owe me Gotham, later. [ a subject change offer if Jason wants it. ]
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I can take you to see Gotham, yeah. [But not right now, he likes the stars, but he will not say this because it sounds ridiculous. UNFORTUNATELY, the thoughts are there... which Cloud gets anyway...] Thanks for showing me po-dunk Nibelheim.
[It's said as a tease, but there really is a lot of gratitude in him that Cloud can also feel, so.]
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[Cloud is out here being cute and gay on the water tower he should have been het on.
He nudges Cloud and shifts to raise his head, but all the way so he can look at the sky again.]
I like it. Minus the shitty scientist mansion and probably the radioactive reactor, it’s a good place. Sorry it… you know. But I liked seeing.
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Mm. ... Thanks for wanting to see it. I probably wouldn't have tried to otherwise.
[ it's still very bittersweet, but. y'know. he's still glad he came. and glad Jason liked it. ]
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[Like this sky!!!!! Why is Jason so infatuated with this sky!! He’s mad he likes it so much since that makes him seem like he has zero worldly experiences. Tch.]
Want to see Gotham? If we can get out of here. I warn you, it smells bad and it’s loud.
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he hums ]
Can't be as bad as the Midgar slums for smell. [ he's making no move to go yet because Jason is infatuated with the sky and he has no idea. how tf they're getting out. ] It can wait a bit.
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Also stop being fond of how much he likes the country sky. Leave him alone.]
They might be about the same.
[He leans back some on his hands so he can see farther up.]
Not sure how much I like how small this makes all of us seem. You know what’s wild? Theoretical physics. That some of those stars are so far out, you have to travel at the speed of light and even then you still couldn’t reach them for however many light years.
And if you travel that fast, if you skip time and go through a wormhole, you don’t age as fast as the people you leave behind since they aren’t moving through time as quickly. So if I left and came back, you’d be an old man, and I’d be maybe thirty.
[Sorry to Cloud that….he is a jock nerd.]
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he also has the unfortunate fleeting thought of not like I'm making it to be an old man. don't acknowledge that. ]
... I forgot you've got space travel at your place.
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But he’s FOND of Cloud. So he looks over with a faltering expression. And, like, just says it.]
Why do you think you won’t? Be old. The mako?
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... Accelerated cellular degradation is the most common cause of death in SOLDIERs. [ so. yes. the mako! (and also alien genes but he doesn't know that part)> ]
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He frowns slowly. He is looking even if Cloud is looking away! Great, we’ve got a lich, a human, and an accelerated human. He doesn’t even know Lup is a lich exactly, I don’t think which is hysterical.]
Cloud… [He’s… Well, he doesn’t like it, but he can maybe accept it a bit easier than…] …Does Lup know?
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[ he is still looking away. ]
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[Look. He respects not telling, he’s a Bat.]
I won’t say anything. [That’s for Cloud to mention if he wants to do it.] No one has found any way to mitigate it yet?
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[ there's the sync again where there's a level of unsure and confusion that should probably not be there talking about his past. it's fine. no more questions! ]
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[He isn’t sure what to say. Like… someone dying, you say sorry. Someone dying? What the hell do you say to that?]
You alright…?
[He nudges Cloud gently with the back of his hand. Look at him?]
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Yeah. It's fine. [ he seems to mean it, too? and also changes the subject from depressing stuff byyyye ] You ever actually been to space?
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He sort of snorts.]
Kind of? Justice League--don't ask [said in that "you can ask if you want" kind of way]--has a space station in the planet's orbit. Called the Watchtower.
[Actually might be destroyed by Superboy, but I hate comics I'm not checking. The Watchtower can be there for this thread only.]
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... They actually call themselves the Justice League?
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[Jason washes his hand of that. Jason whose name is Red Hood, a stolen moniker from the psycho clown he hates. It’s fine!]
What, Midgar doesn’t have a good old fashioned league of justice?
[A joke.]
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[ he's truly dying here ]
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If you think that’s wild, wait until you hear about the Legion of Doom. Three guesses who’s on that one, and the first two don’t count.
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he is dying. ]
The Legion of... Doom. They willingly announce themselves as that? [ what kind of cartoon villainy is this ]