It's true, nobody could stop me. Not yet. But if I chose to then I'd have to think of a surname at the very least and none of the ones open to me appeal. As funny as it might be to watch half of Shinra explode into gossip and dramatics if I put my sire's name down.
Drinking ages hasn't stopped me from making it before, but it feels as if I really shouldn't. Not from an external pressure kind of way exactly, but what alcohol does to an adolescent was part of my education!
What new thing do you have in mind? It's cold out and the rain is suspiciously rainbow-looking, who knows what it might do if you're out in it for long.
guess that's fair. you can always have mocktails, they still taste good. alcohol's kinda overrated anyway, I don't drink a lot and I'm fine!
I've been out in the rain already, haven't noticed anything weird yet. what about Wintermute? it isn't raining on the mountain! we could climb one, I keep thinking that'd be fun. maybe we can find a dragon
[He still. Doesn't know what to do with that information. On one hand mother, on the other hand she left him.]
And Sephiroth Jenova sounds silly, so she's also out of the running. I may as well rename myself Tim the Enchanter and give the intake personnel issues.
I have always felt being inebriated is more hype than anything else. Some college age students speak highly of it.
Wintermute may be acceptable, I doubt there's prismatic rain there. Are you sure it hasn't done anything? Mr. Valentine didn't observe anything either but the last time there were odd rainbow effects I grew up spontaneously for a month.
did she leave you, or were you taken? don't think I got the whole story def don't do jenova tho you could pick a whole new name yeah. it'd be weird at first but we'd get used to it
i haven't noticed the rain doing anything so far. if weird things happen theyre usually temporary anyway, I'm not worried
She left and I was taken. She didn't fight it, from what I've been told.
Names aside, I don't plan on re-enlisting, and I'm not sure what my enlistment status will be when I kill my sire. I'll burn that bridge when I come to it.
Probably wear a rain jacket just in case. I'll pack something warmer for Wintermute.
If I can be anything I want then I want to be a chocobo. If the Turks can be coerced into assisting (and I think they can be!) then I won't get a medal but I might get a commendation. Nobody will be able to deny he's a threat to the company. Hopefully the most likely runner-up will be easier to keep in line.
I've never been to Modeoheim, but at least bring a spoon, I have a collapsible bowl just in case.
Honestly I don't know how you can stay away from it. It's been a struggle sometimes to not just use all my lore for it. Just putting things together to see what comes out the other side kept us busy for nearly a week.
Hm. I'll get going then. I don't know how long it'll be dry, see you there in a couple of hours.
[It's a bit of a flight even for Sephiroth, but at least it's certain he won't be too tired out when he gets there. Takes more than that even on a bad day.]
[It is reasonable, when the goal is climbing a frozen mountain in the middle of winter in Wintermute, that there should be some preparations. And so he has, but not as many as most people would probably bother with. When Sephiroth arrives by air, continuing to scorn the use of things like public transportation, he's made some nods towards the inevitable weather! He's got a nice puffy jacket (black of course), boots better suited for outright hiking, an actual hat, and .. a pair of sunglasses.
The snow gets painful to look at in any kind of bright light.
Things like climbing cleats, or safety ropes, or emergency supplies are entirely foregone; he's got a spoon and a collapsable bowl, it's good enough. Time's allowing him some measure of the grace he'll be known for as an adult, practiced enough with his landings by now that it's casual in its ease. Zack's easy to spot so it's in his direction he heads - and the wings stay for now, fluffed all up against Wintermute's cold. It's like wearing a living warm blanket.]
[He's definitely more prepared than Zack is, who is geared up with... pretty much exactly what he'd had at Modeoheim. Usual gear only. His sword has a couple of stocked materia in it, and his boots are pretty decent for climbing already, so... it's probably fine? At least, he doesn't look worried as he straightens up with an easy wave.]
Yeah, all set! It's not raining here, either. Should be a nice breezy climb.
[Well, okay, it's still cold. But he's not bothered.]
[The moment Zack mentions rain, Sephiroth casts a look skyward that is nothing short of starkly suspicious. It's true, it never actually RAINED in Wintermute, and nothing seemed off about the snowfall, but he really didn't trust that prismatic rain at all.
He's going to go home and find himself turned into a horse or something from it, he's sure. That's how these always start.]
Sounds good. Walking to the mountain or flying?
[Or he supposed, motorcycle, but he's not really keen on that option; if they ran into trouble somehow it'd have to get left behind. And he didn't spend all that time figuring out an ideal model just to have it left in the snow.]
[There's no motorcycle around, so it seems as if Zack was of a similar mind, at least by the time he got close enough to discover just how much snow is in the area. He rolls his shoulders a bit and glances towards the mountain in the distance.]
I'm cool with walking, but if we wanna climb up before the end of the day, we'd better fly and get started ASAP. You game?
[Sure, they could fly all the way up, but that isn't what they're here for. The purpose is the journey, not the destination!]
[The only reason he didn't mind Legend, really; it saved on a lot of walking and STILL let him get in plenty of cardio. That he cheats a little with gravity is not important, it just makes getting off the ground again easier and as quiet as ever. The owl feathers had uses.
As did finally, FINALLY figuring out hovering in place, waiting for Zack to do the same. It wouldn't be THAT far by air but if Zack had a specific mountain or glacier he wanted to climb, then he'd have to lead the way. Otherwise Sephiroth's going to pick one at random.]
[Being able to fly is awesome and useful, it's true. Zack had resisted for a while, considering all the issues he'd ended up with when it came to wings and those attached to them, but eventually he'd been able to embrace the potential, thanks to a handful of good people and good lessons. So when he draws out his wings, he launches into the sky with gusto, taking off for a similarly random-picked mountain, which ends up being one sort of in the middle. It looks like a good challenge without being too unreasonable for a day trip (for a pair of SOLDIERs, at least).
He sweeps down to land near the base, at a spot with a healthy incline to get them started walking and, gradually, shift to a proper climb the higher they'll go.]
This looks like a good spot to start! What do ya think?
[It is purely coincidence and SURELY not at all a planned thing that when Sephiroth backwings to land not far from Zack, he comes down in a powdery drift instead of anything firmer, promptly disappearing in a shower of snow.
He surfaces almost immediately.]
If there's an ice cave, we should investigate. You never know what might be in one.
[Delicately his new shroud of snow is shaken off - and the wings are staying again, once more puffed up. Had it not been for EVERY Legend winding up with wings in some form he'd probably have been very uneasy about such an obvious, visible mark of inhumanity, but ... it was common enough where he'd simply never built up a negative association.
It helps in moments like this. A convenient warm blanket to wear.
The mountain is eyed. For a normal unenhanced human it would probably be outright dangerous, especially since neither of them have any climbing gear at all.]
I've only ever climbed the one in Cruel Summer, maybe there won't be any caves at all.
[Zack tries and fails to not laugh when Sephiroth vanishes into the snow. Pale and white-haired, he practically disappears even when he gets up again. Poor guy. (It's hilarious.)]
I agree! Caves always have some weird stuff. Or fun stuff. Or just stuff in general.
[And sometimes the stuff explodes! Sometimes it tries to eat you! These are also fun and weird options. Zack starts forward up the path anyway, undaunted by its appearance or their lack of proper gear. They'll manage somehow! But mayyyybe he's keeping his wings out longer than usual, too. Just in case. He can survive falling off a mountain - crashing through Aerith's church from the top plate kinda proved his fall durability - but that doesn't make it fun to do.]
[He manages a remarkable amount of dignity for being snowed and the laughter, but he doesn't actually seem bothered, either by Zack's amusement or the drift. Reasonably snow free, he heads for a decent start point for the climb, rubbing his hands a little on his pants to remove the remainder.]
Oh, it does. Good for hiding in when the sun gets too hot, just wait it out in the dark until closer to sunset. You just gotta watch out for trolls asleep in them.
[It wasn't a bad way to spend the heat of the day, in the back of a nice cool dark cave. Aside from the trolls, anyway, but those were easy to deal with.]
I haven't found a lot interesting in them though. Just glow in the dark mushrooms.
[Huh. Now he's rethinking the idea of visiting some of Cruel Summer's caves. He doesn't mind fighting trolls or whatever - par for the course in his life, let's be real - but exploring new places is a thing he likes just about as much as fighting. Any time he went to Cruel Summer it was mostly rocks and sand... this sounds far more intriguing.]
Glow in the dark mushrooms are kinda interesting. Are they tasty?
[The kid from Gongaga wants to eat weird mushrooms, news at 11.]
I don't think I'll be going to Gongaga and devouring all its mushrooms any time soon.
[Though it did make him wonder if that's where most people got their mushrooms. If Banora's major export was apples, did Gongaga export weird mushrooms?
Things to find out if it ever occurs to him later when he's back in his own time.]
I think only one should be fine, as long as the mushroom isn't immediately lethal. I can cast for both of us pretty well, and if it incapacitates me suddenly you'll just have to pick up my sword and cast it yourself.
[Why double up! Well sometimes there's reasons to double up, but that's usually active fighting when the chance to snap off a heal or cure isn't really going to happen often.
He didn't think mushrooms in Cruel Summer would count.]
Or you can eat it, since you're familiar with mushrooms, and I'll watch to make sure you don't start hallucinating or foaming at the mouth or something.
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Drinking ages hasn't stopped me from making it before, but it feels as if I really shouldn't. Not from an external pressure kind of way exactly, but what alcohol does to an adolescent was part of my education!
What new thing do you have in mind? It's cold out and the rain is suspiciously rainbow-looking, who knows what it might do if you're out in it for long.
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guess that's fair. you can always have mocktails, they still taste good. alcohol's kinda overrated anyway, I don't drink a lot and I'm fine!
I've been out in the rain already, haven't noticed anything weird yet. what about Wintermute? it isn't raining on the mountain! we could climb one, I keep thinking that'd be fun. maybe we can find a dragon
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[He still. Doesn't know what to do with that information. On one hand mother, on the other hand she left him.]
And Sephiroth Jenova sounds silly, so she's also out of the running. I may as well rename myself Tim the Enchanter and give the intake personnel issues.
I have always felt being inebriated is more hype than anything else. Some college age students speak highly of it.
Wintermute may be acceptable, I doubt there's prismatic rain there. Are you sure it hasn't done anything? Mr. Valentine didn't observe anything either but the last time there were odd rainbow effects I grew up spontaneously for a month.
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def don't do jenova tho
you could pick a whole new name yeah. it'd be weird at first but we'd get used to it
i haven't noticed the rain doing anything so far. if weird things happen theyre usually temporary anyway, I'm not worried
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Names aside, I don't plan on re-enlisting, and I'm not sure what my enlistment status will be when I kill my sire. I'll burn that bridge when I come to it.
Probably wear a rain jacket just in case. I'll pack something warmer for Wintermute.
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well you can be whoever you wanna be, the only rule is there are none
they should give you a medal. I know they wont but they SHOULD
I'll be fine! I went to modeoheim without a coat and i didnt die
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I've never been to Modeoheim, but at least bring a spoon, I have a collapsible bowl just in case.
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it's COLD. that bowl idea is a good one. i've got a fire blade materia too
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Shall I meet you in Wintermute or are you coming by? I want to go before the rain starts again.
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we can meet there, easier that way. near the station? we can find a spot to climb when we get there
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Hm. I'll get going then. I don't know how long it'll be dry, see you there in a couple of hours.
[It's a bit of a flight even for Sephiroth, but at least it's certain he won't be too tired out when he gets there. Takes more than that even on a bad day.]
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long answer is i get bored of waiting for it to finish and THEN forget
[that's not that much longer an answer, but that's just Zack texting for you. He'd be better off materia-melding with company.]
ok I'll be there in 2 hours! see you
[Zack'll be in the Wintermute station sure enough, doing squats in a corner with a thermos at his hip and the Buster on his back.]
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The snow gets painful to look at in any kind of bright light.
Things like climbing cleats, or safety ropes, or emergency supplies are entirely foregone; he's got a spoon and a collapsable bowl, it's good enough. Time's allowing him some measure of the grace he'll be known for as an adult, practiced enough with his landings by now that it's casual in its ease. Zack's easy to spot so it's in his direction he heads - and the wings stay for now, fluffed all up against Wintermute's cold. It's like wearing a living warm blanket.]
Have everything you need?
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Yeah, all set! It's not raining here, either. Should be a nice breezy climb.
[Well, okay, it's still cold. But he's not bothered.]
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He's going to go home and find himself turned into a horse or something from it, he's sure. That's how these always start.]
Sounds good. Walking to the mountain or flying?
[Or he supposed, motorcycle, but he's not really keen on that option; if they ran into trouble somehow it'd have to get left behind. And he didn't spend all that time figuring out an ideal model just to have it left in the snow.]
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I'm cool with walking, but if we wanna climb up before the end of the day, we'd better fly and get started ASAP. You game?
[Sure, they could fly all the way up, but that isn't what they're here for. The purpose is the journey, not the destination!]
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[The only reason he didn't mind Legend, really; it saved on a lot of walking and STILL let him get in plenty of cardio. That he cheats a little with gravity is not important, it just makes getting off the ground again easier and as quiet as ever. The owl feathers had uses.
As did finally, FINALLY figuring out hovering in place, waiting for Zack to do the same. It wouldn't be THAT far by air but if Zack had a specific mountain or glacier he wanted to climb, then he'd have to lead the way. Otherwise Sephiroth's going to pick one at random.]
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He sweeps down to land near the base, at a spot with a healthy incline to get them started walking and, gradually, shift to a proper climb the higher they'll go.]
This looks like a good spot to start! What do ya think?
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He surfaces almost immediately.]
If there's an ice cave, we should investigate. You never know what might be in one.
[Delicately his new shroud of snow is shaken off - and the wings are staying again, once more puffed up. Had it not been for EVERY Legend winding up with wings in some form he'd probably have been very uneasy about such an obvious, visible mark of inhumanity, but ... it was common enough where he'd simply never built up a negative association.
It helps in moments like this. A convenient warm blanket to wear.
The mountain is eyed. For a normal unenhanced human it would probably be outright dangerous, especially since neither of them have any climbing gear at all.]
I've only ever climbed the one in Cruel Summer, maybe there won't be any caves at all.
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I agree! Caves always have some weird stuff. Or fun stuff. Or just stuff in general.
[And sometimes the stuff explodes! Sometimes it tries to eat you! These are also fun and weird options. Zack starts forward up the path anyway, undaunted by its appearance or their lack of proper gear. They'll manage somehow! But mayyyybe he's keeping his wings out longer than usual, too. Just in case. He can survive falling off a mountain - crashing through Aerith's church from the top plate kinda proved his fall durability - but that doesn't make it fun to do.]
I haven't done that one. No caves there, huh?
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Oh, it does. Good for hiding in when the sun gets too hot, just wait it out in the dark until closer to sunset. You just gotta watch out for trolls asleep in them.
[It wasn't a bad way to spend the heat of the day, in the back of a nice cool dark cave. Aside from the trolls, anyway, but those were easy to deal with.]
I haven't found a lot interesting in them though. Just glow in the dark mushrooms.
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Glow in the dark mushrooms are kinda interesting. Are they tasty?
[The kid from Gongaga wants to eat weird mushrooms, news at 11.]
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Generally I don't eat things that brightly colored, it's normally nature's way of telling you it's toxic.
[...On the other hand.
On the other hand, now he's thinking about it, and he trudges in silence, considering things very, very carefully.]
Later on I'm going to make a poison esuna materia, and then I'm going to eat one. I'll let you know.
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[Everything's brightly coloured there, and lots of glowing things. The trick is identifying the markings!]
You should make two and invite me along! [Or he's inviting himself, apparently.] I'd eat one, too.
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[Though it did make him wonder if that's where most people got their mushrooms. If Banora's major export was apples, did Gongaga export weird mushrooms?
Things to find out if it ever occurs to him later when he's back in his own time.]
I think only one should be fine, as long as the mushroom isn't immediately lethal. I can cast for both of us pretty well, and if it incapacitates me suddenly you'll just have to pick up my sword and cast it yourself.
[Why double up! Well sometimes there's reasons to double up, but that's usually active fighting when the chance to snap off a heal or cure isn't really going to happen often.
He didn't think mushrooms in Cruel Summer would count.]
Or you can eat it, since you're familiar with mushrooms, and I'll watch to make sure you don't start hallucinating or foaming at the mouth or something.
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You know, I thought I replied to this already and yet..
uwu what a tease
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me giving up on trying to remember if this came up before: zack also forgot
part of it did!
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