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[residentmerc]

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week 0, monday

[residentmerc]

[ i was hit by the realization that aqua knows zack this morning and im not over it i hate kh. this is irrelevant to the thread i just needed to say it

cloud's hanging out near the pyre for now, looking through his rulebook. i am forcing him to be ooc and say hi first ]

...Aqua, right? [ thank god for profiles he can read ] What do you make of all this?

[keeper]

[ YEAH. SHE SURE DOES.

she probably saw his soldier uniform on his profile at some point but it's different seeing it in person. (if you tell me he's not wearing his uniform and is in a honeybee costume or whatever i'll have to rewrite this whole tag.)

anyway, she stares at him for a moment, wondering why he seems so familiar... until he addresses her ]

—Oh, yes. That's me. And you're Cloud? [ their squeenix ass naming conventions. ]

...To put things broadly, I don't like it at all.

[ ...resumes staring, sorry. she's trying to finish this thought, first. ]

[residentmerc]

[ HE IS, IN FACT, IN HIS NORMAL OUTFIT AND NOT SOME WEIRD HONEYBEE THING, PLEASE

he looks a little curious about the staring but he doesn't... question it immediately? ]

Yeah. [ her comment makes him huff ] Good summary of things.

[ ...

okay, well, now the staring is starting to get to him; ]

What?

W1 MONDAY

[keeper]

[ i just really wanted them to get chased by bees.

she accidentally shakes a hive out of a tree, and is confused for a moment because she was definitely expecting a pear. ]

That's not—?

—Oh, no—

[residentmerc]

Wasps?!

[ in the tone he would normally reserve for sephiroth ]

Aqua, run!

[keeper]

[ NORMALLY RESERVED FOR SEPHIROTH HELP ]

—Ah!!

[ well!! she is running!!! ]

Sorry— sorry!!

[ RUNNING AND ALSO LOOKING OVER HER SHOULDER

STILL SO MANY BEES, HATE THAT ]

How long are they going to chase us for—?!

W1 SUNDAY

[keeper]

[ she's just sitting by the pyre, looking contemplative. a little sad, but that's to be expected. ]

...Things have taken a turn for the worse, haven't they?

[residentmerc]

... Think we all expected things to get worse, but I don't think anyone thought it'd be this bad.

[ even the pessimists are shocked! that's how you know. life is terrible. cloud is standing by the pyre to look like an asshole ]

[keeper]

...And we still don't know how to make things better.

[ TRULY even the pessimists are going through it... ]

What happened yesterday...

...They're really not going to make things easy for us, are they?

week 2, monday

[residentmerc]

[ cloud barely has time to greet aqua before they are pulled into the darkness of memshares (if it doesn't load at the timestamp start it at 2:14) wow i am simply dumping things unceremoniously on you ]

[keeper]

[ ...WHAT... IS GOING ON... WITH REBIRTH... (also excuse me kisses tifa on the mouth)

but okay that is a bit shocking to see unfold for many reasons, even if it's really the fragment of a memory nestled within another. it's also not quite the same zack that she remembers, but...

not nearly different enough, either, that she would think of him as another person. ]

He's gone...?

[ there's so much more she wants to ask, but, one thing at a time. ]

[residentmerc]

[ teehee? :)

at her look cloud shakes his head, looking away like he is Ashamed ]

No. I thought so, but-- I saw him again, not that long ago. We were separated again before we could talk.

W4 MONDAY

[keeper]

[ sorry zia i am so braindead after hours and hours of gacha. she's actually back on animal crossing island... ]

...It's hard to believe this is the only place we can get any sunlight at all.

[ ALL THE OTHER LOCATIONS ARE LIKE, PERMANENT NIGHTTIME AND/OR GLOOM AND/OR FOG... ]

I feel like it's been ages since we were last here.

[residentmerc]

[ dont worry omo i am braindead in General ]

You don't realize how much you miss the sun until it's gone. [ it's an easy agreement as he looks out into the sky dramatically like a loser ] It's been... a couple of weeks. But yeah. Feels like a lot longer.

[ how is it only week 4 ]

[keeper]

[ it's okay they can both be so melodramatic about it.

but it's interrupted by silly little animal crossing emojis... (a swirly mark of pensiveness appears above her head) ]

That's still a pretty long time to be stuck in gloom. But it looks like we might be getting more sunlight [ and murder locations ] next week, too.

[ she walks around a bit and stoops down to collect some flowers ]

...So, how are things with you and Aerith? [ this is a very friendly question from aqua, but oocly my opera glasses are on. ]

week 4, friday

[residentmerc]

[ OR THURSDAY IF SHE WOULDN'T HAVE WAITED BUT I FORGOT... also this can be after body reveal if we want it to be timelines dont matter

hello aqua cloud is looking Better than when she found him in a box. there's still visible wounds on him but they are all closed up and there is no blood in sight. maybe his eyes look like they are glowing more than usual and his hair looks paler, but surely that's normal and not weird at all.

anyway should he be wandering around? who knows but he sure is anyway with his new son the baby chocobo ]

Aqua. [ hey 'sup ]

[keeper]

[ she looks put together but the 💦 emoji is giving away how much she's actually fretting. ]

Cloud...

[ he was soooOOOO not okay yesterday so she's WATCHIN' him. it is a relief that he's not actively bleeding out, though the hair and eye color is somewhat concerning. ]

Are you feeling any better?

[residentmerc]

[ he seems ok now! sooo okay. i mean he's still injured but none of them are open so he's A-Okay ]

Yeah. Springs worked alright. [ ... ] Sorry about that.

W5 MONDAY

[keeper]

[ IT'S EMOSHARE WEEK: everyone gets the same, steady baseline emotions of warm fondness and care, the feeling of being wrapped up in sunlight, or perhaps the brightness of the stars on a clear night.

anyway. THEY'RE AT RADIO SHACK!!! she's trying to figure out cell phone functions, please help!! ]

So you're supposed to press this button to take a picture...?

[ whatever her thumb is on, it's not the right button. ]

[residentmerc]

[ this is kind of an overwhelming feeling thank you he clearly doesn't know what to do with comfort

he looks at her vs cell phones and shakes his head. the feeling is kind of fond amusement even as he reaches to move her hand ]

That one. You can record videos, too.

[keeper]

[ you are so welcome, have fun with that!!

she immediately presses the shutter but like, the phone is pointed at whatever so it's just a bland picture of the wall, with maybe a cropped section of a product rack. she looks (and feels) super pleased that it works at all, though! ]

Thanks. It's nice to be able to carry around memories with us, don't you think?

[ she said that about their keychain gacha but it's extra true, even if the quality is like 10dpi ]

We should try to take pictures with everyone sometime.

[ at their pardi perhaps...!! ]

week 6, monday? tuesday?

[residentmerc]

[ just setting this after she is done being cursed. we can be anywhere. i dont know locations anymore ]

Feeling any better?

[ he doesn't seem wary just amused. even with the insults aqua was too pg to wound him..... ]

[keeper]

[ it will have to be tuesday yeah! 🥹 ]

Yes, but also... worse? I feel terrible. I'm so sorry.

[ AHHHHHH she's just wilting a bit don't mind her. ]

week 6, friday

[residentmerc]

[ I KNOW IT'S LATE BUT TACKLES YOU

is she still in the hospital. he's coming to visit. he's artistically bruised in the face because of lucas but he went on a spring dip so it's just bruises who cares he's here for aqua ]

Hey. Feeling any better?

[keeper]

[ COMMAT ME!!!!!

i am so sorry but

she cannot see the artistic bruise on his face she is blind atm... he might be able to tell because she fails to pinpoint him with her gaze, despite her eyes opening by habit. ]

A bit, thank you. This is Cloud, right...?

[ she's still bandaged up (arms and torso) but definitely no longer in danger of bleeding out ]