[yeah what the fuck is a stability. she grew up on the road and was her own mom and taako's mom, stability was a pipe dream.]
I mean like magic. I ain't a level twenty wizard for nothing. [she says, amused, but - she sees the campfire, and without asking, starts to drag them both over to it.]
[ is dragged both for this and for forgetting that lup does not have MP and this doesn't need to worry about not having enough magic for winter or something.
but yeah cloud follows, he has accepted his lot in life, and he looks at Jason curiously himself. the fuck is an earth :)? ]
[i feel like one of the worlds lup was on MUST have been earth. anyway.]
Probably. It wouldn't let me actually play the violin the other day, so. [...] I'll bring snacks next time.
[she has them sit down, settling between the two of them and making herself comfortable. their hands can be free for now. once she sits, she seems like... very relaxed. this is safe, and she likes it.]
[ he'll sit down as well. his hands are finally free! lup and jason seem comfy! this is nice. ]
You can bring snacks, but they wouldn't get cooked in the fake fire, either. [ it's a very realistic and nice simulation, but it's still. a simulation. ] It's right outside Gotham and you never knew for how long?
[ a mild tease to jason. this seems normal to him because all city people don't go anywhere. ]
Look, I said I didn't get out much, didn't I? I've been a few other places, but... usually, when you're in the city, you're in the city. Not a whole lot of reasons to wander out into the wilderness unless that's your thing.
[He will sit down with Lup and Cloud because neither of them can say no to Lup here. He crosses his legs so he can rest his arms on the sides of his knees while he idly picks the grass beneath them.
The fire is somehow warm! Even if it won't cook their s'mores. Simulation!]
I can always throw you both in the middle of Gotham if you want.
I can bring snacks that don't require fire, Cloud.
[you negative nancy. she yawns a little, and rests her head against cloud's shoulder before looping her arm around jason's and being clingy.]
I am going to make a request for not-Gotham, actually. I want to be outside and in fresh air. Even if it's fake. There's the sun. I need it, or I'm going to wilt.
City boys are all the same. Can't get out of the neighborhood without being shocked.
[ he's still teasing. also jason said s'mores!! he was talking about s'mores!! damn!!! "why does he know what s'mores are" i said so. but lup follows that up and there's a wry little huff ]
You're wilting right now. [ it's cuddling, not wilting, cloud. he's looking out at the lake ] Takes out one of the places I thought about showing. The only sun in the slums of Midgar is artificial.
[ except for where the plate collapsed killing thousands of people but that is a huge bummer. ]
[Lup is between them, but he reaches around her to sock Cloud in the arm gently. This is how they communicate as men or whatever.]
Alright, no Gotham. Suits my just fine. [He folds his arm over Lup's and reaches up to hold her hand because he figures she'll try holding it anyway, and even if she wasn't, SHUT UP.] That sucks.
Your planet that bad off with... uh, the lifestream, or whatever? That the sun has to be artificial, I mean.
[no, she absolutely takes his hand, it's fine. she also makes a huffy noise when jason punches cloud. why are men like this.]
Quit giving each other bruises, you dinguses. [she grumbles, twining her fingers with jason's. she is paying attention to the answer to jason's question, though, glancing up at cloud.]
[ a blatant lie, but he doesn't punch jason back so. honestly. he stretches out and looks almost amused at the question, though in the bleakest sense of the word ]
They're draining the planet, not the sun. [ he doesn't know about that kind of pollution. it's fine. ] Midgar's the city of mako. Eight reactors, eight sectors, all on steel plates about three hundred meters above the ground. And under that? You've got the slums. Sun doesn't reach down there, so they installed artificial light in the plates to mimic it. People do their best to survive down there in the shittiest of circumstances.
[ there's a long pause ]
Well. Six reactors, now. Blew up two of 'em. And sector seven was... [ ... hmmmm yeah he's just going to trail off and look blankly at the water instead never mind midgar sucks ]
Oh. They're under the reactors. Those are some fucking big... [His brows furrow pensively. He's peering at Cloud around Lup.] You actually have people living under something like that?
That... can't be healthy. Reactors, like... nuclear sort of reactors, right? You're making power and shit. Jesus.
[CLOUD, DON'T JUST TRAIL OFF. He sort of lowers his eyes to glance at Lup, but doesn't know if she'll look back at him or not. Cloud's trauma.]
[ this seems important to note. even though jason is right. and honestly he'd expand on midgar but lup says that and he looks a little :T ]
I don't have a problem talking about it. [ lup trying to be nice and cloud immediately being offended. hilarious. i'm so sorry. ] It's just not exactly a great topic. Shinra dropped the sector 7 plate to try and get rid of us.
[What the SHIT. Isn't it bad enough to shove poor people under a fucking reactor, and now they're having the plate dropped on them?! Well, Jason's expression is both bewildered and angry.]
What. [THE BAT IN HIM IS GETTING SO RILED UP HERE. The countryside might not be zen enough to stop him for being angerous.] They were trying to get rid of your group, or everyone? I guess it doesn't matter when anyone being shit on can start an uprising.
Between the people living up top and the people on the bottom, sector 7 had about fifty thousand people living there. We got the heads up and managed to evacuate part of the slums, but we didn't get there in time to stop them from dropping the plate.
Then put the whole thing on Avalanche. Pretended they were working with the enemy country. Hoping to start up another war, maybe. [ ... ] Even including me, Barret's Avalanche had less than ten people in it total. That's the kind of shit Shinra's willing to pull to get what they want. Sacrifice fifty thousand people without even blinking an eye.
[ sorry he is a bummer on this beautiful day he's also very angry about this still and i'm resisting adding a memshare of the plate falling to this ]
[The small relief is the slums could be evacuated, but he knows that doesn't exactly change a whole lot in the long run. Some people probably still got hurt, worse, they died. It's still fucked up.]
Doesn't sound entirely different than Gotham sometimes. Maybe not on that scale. Well, usually. You think they're going to drop more...?
We're out of Midgar, and they got what they wanted. Most people ate up that propaganda like anything else Shinra puts out on the news. There's nothing to gain in them dropping more plates.
[ so at least he's not worried about that? yay. but lup says that and he looks at her with a frown ]
Don't. It's a lot more complicated and dangerous there than you think it is.
[ this is him being worried but it just sounds dismissive again <3 twice in one thread <3 ]
[yeah!! jason is the best, lup just hums happily at his agreement.]
I'm sure it is, but I beat a world eating monster and restored like a hundred places back to normal so your little, uh, mass corporation, will not stand a chance against me. And also Jason.
He grimaces at the jolt of the memory, unintentionally squeezing Lup's hand. IT TRULY DOESN'T ABATE THE ANGER ANY LESS. God dammit, Sephiroth. Why are you INSANE now!?]
I'm not either. I promise you I'm stronger than he is. And anyway - you can't kill something that's already dead. [a beat.] We want to protect you, too, Cloud. The things you care about.
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I mean like magic. I ain't a level twenty wizard for nothing. [she says, amused, but - she sees the campfire, and without asking, starts to drag them both over to it.]
Where is this, anyway? Earth, I assume.
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but yeah cloud follows, he has accepted his lot in life, and he looks at Jason curiously himself. the fuck is an earth :)? ]
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Earth, yeah.
[Imagine being with two people who aren’t just from Earth. He is not unaccustomed to that though. Plenty of aliens on his planet, hilariously.
So he takes it in stride as he follows Lup to the campfire. It’s warm! Simulation warm.]
Just outside of Gotham. Think if I got s’mores, the simulation would make us pretend eat?
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Probably. It wouldn't let me actually play the violin the other day, so. [...] I'll bring snacks next time.
[she has them sit down, settling between the two of them and making herself comfortable. their hands can be free for now. once she sits, she seems like... very relaxed. this is safe, and she likes it.]
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You can bring snacks, but they wouldn't get cooked in the fake fire, either. [ it's a very realistic and nice simulation, but it's still. a simulation. ] It's right outside Gotham and you never knew for how long?
[ a mild tease to jason. this seems normal to him because all city people don't go anywhere. ]
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[He will sit down with Lup and Cloud because neither of them can say no to Lup here. He crosses his legs so he can rest his arms on the sides of his knees while he idly picks the grass beneath them.
The fire is somehow warm! Even if it won't cook their s'mores. Simulation!]
I can always throw you both in the middle of Gotham if you want.
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[you negative nancy. she yawns a little, and rests her head against cloud's shoulder before looping her arm around jason's and being clingy.]
I am going to make a request for not-Gotham, actually. I want to be outside and in fresh air. Even if it's fake. There's the sun. I need it, or I'm going to wilt.
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[ he's still teasing. also jason said s'mores!! he was talking about s'mores!! damn!!! "why does he know what s'mores are" i said so. but lup follows that up and there's a wry little huff ]
You're wilting right now. [ it's cuddling, not wilting, cloud. he's looking out at the lake ] Takes out one of the places I thought about showing. The only sun in the slums of Midgar is artificial.
[ except for where the plate collapsed killing thousands of people but that is a huge bummer. ]
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Alright, no Gotham. Suits my just fine. [He folds his arm over Lup's and reaches up to hold her hand because he figures she'll try holding it anyway, and even if she wasn't, SHUT UP.] That sucks.
Your planet that bad off with... uh, the lifestream, or whatever? That the sun has to be artificial, I mean.
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Quit giving each other bruises, you dinguses. [she grumbles, twining her fingers with jason's. she is paying attention to the answer to jason's question, though, glancing up at cloud.]
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[ a blatant lie, but he doesn't punch jason back so. honestly. he stretches out and looks almost amused at the question, though in the bleakest sense of the word ]
They're draining the planet, not the sun. [ he doesn't know about that kind of pollution. it's fine. ] Midgar's the city of mako. Eight reactors, eight sectors, all on steel plates about three hundred meters above the ground. And under that? You've got the slums. Sun doesn't reach down there, so they installed artificial light in the plates to mimic it. People do their best to survive down there in the shittiest of circumstances.
[ there's a long pause ]
Well. Six reactors, now. Blew up two of 'em. And sector seven was... [ ... hmmmm yeah he's just going to trail off and look blankly at the water instead never mind midgar sucks ]
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That... can't be healthy. Reactors, like... nuclear sort of reactors, right? You're making power and shit. Jesus.
[CLOUD, DON'T JUST TRAIL OFF. He sort of lowers his eyes to glance at Lup, but doesn't know if she'll look back at him or not. Cloud's trauma.]
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Yeah, no, that sounds like a bad idea. [...] You don't have to talk about it. By the way.
[and then, wryly:] Maybe we should pick a fuckin' word for topics we don't want to talk about.
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[ this seems important to note. even though jason is right. and honestly he'd expand on midgar but lup says that and he looks a little :T ]
I don't have a problem talking about it. [ lup trying to be nice and cloud immediately being offended. hilarious. i'm so sorry. ] It's just not exactly a great topic. Shinra dropped the sector 7 plate to try and get rid of us.
[ ha ha. a bummer. ]
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[What the SHIT. Isn't it bad enough to shove poor people under a fucking reactor, and now they're having the plate dropped on them?! Well, Jason's expression is both bewildered and angry.]
What. [THE BAT IN HIM IS GETTING SO RILED UP HERE. The countryside might not be zen enough to stop him for being angerous.] They were trying to get rid of your group, or everyone? I guess it doesn't matter when anyone being shit on can start an uprising.
[A pause.]
...Is that what I saw? After.
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she does look. very horrified at that, though.]
On - but - did it fall on people?
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[ he looks out at the lake again ]
Between the people living up top and the people on the bottom, sector 7 had about fifty thousand people living there. We got the heads up and managed to evacuate part of the slums, but we didn't get there in time to stop them from dropping the plate.
Then put the whole thing on Avalanche. Pretended they were working with the enemy country. Hoping to start up another war, maybe. [ ... ] Even including me, Barret's Avalanche had less than ten people in it total. That's the kind of shit Shinra's willing to pull to get what they want. Sacrifice fifty thousand people without even blinking an eye.
[ sorry he is a bummer on this beautiful day he's also very angry about this still and i'm resisting adding a memshare of the plate falling to this ]
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[The small relief is the slums could be evacuated, but he knows that doesn't exactly change a whole lot in the long run. Some people probably still got hurt, worse, they died. It's still fucked up.]
Doesn't sound entirely different than Gotham sometimes. Maybe not on that scale. Well, usually. You think they're going to drop more...?
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lup looks very upset about fifty thousand people dying.]
... I'll have to make a pitstop to your world after all this, I think. [she's going to fight rufus shinra herself 1v1 her fox only final destination]
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[ so at least he's not worried about that? yay. but lup says that and he looks at her with a frown ]
Don't. It's a lot more complicated and dangerous there than you think it is.
[ this is him being worried but it just sounds dismissive again <3 twice in one thread <3 ]
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No, I think she's right. [Because same hat. Time to fuddle in Cloud's personal home business.] Besides, you owe me a couple of shots with my gun.
[This is a joke, but the implication of him going to help out with this shitshow is not a joke.]
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I'm sure it is, but I beat a world eating monster and restored like a hundred places back to normal so your little, uh, mass corporation, will not stand a chance against me. And also Jason.
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[ a little snapped, and fuck it it's still sunday week 3 so they can have this little memory until 4:04 in case it wasn't obvious what he is worried about. ]
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He grimaces at the jolt of the memory, unintentionally squeezing Lup's hand. IT TRULY DOESN'T ABATE THE ANGER ANY LESS. God dammit, Sephiroth. Why are you INSANE now!?]
Dammit, I'm not--scared of that asshole.
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it's so fast. she shakes her head to clear it.]
I'm not either. I promise you I'm stronger than he is. And anyway - you can't kill something that's already dead. [a beat.] We want to protect you, too, Cloud. The things you care about.
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