It reminds me of the darkness within the negative lifestream.
[That's only half true. The negative lifestream is dark and not as bright as the regular lifestream. It's full of sorrow, dread, despair, all sorts of emotions opposite of joy and happiness.
Which is fitting to how he feels right now.
But since Cloud commented on it, he lifts a hand a hand, telekinetically turning on the lights revealing the state of his cabin.
... Which is actually pretty simple. Nothing really out of place or anything, but it's pretty boring, plain, and looks like something inside the main shinra building of old.
On one of the far walls is something that looks kind of like Cloud's wolf emblem carved into the wall. But that's about what he has for decoration.]
[Cloud doesn't know enough yet to understand what's going on with the remnants. But if Sephiroth's sitting in the dark because it reminds him of another dark place that he apparently liked being in, well. That's what they call 'sentiment,' pal.
Cloud squints when the lights come on, taking a second to let them adjust before he glances around. The cat looks even weirder in the light. Cloud frowns when he recognizes what could easily be a room inside Shinra HQ. For a moment, it makes no sense to him - Sephiroth was the one who killed the president (more or less), he can't possibly have any love for that place, can he? - but then it occurs to Cloud...Sephiroth must have grown up there. Maybe it's the closest thing to 'home' he ever had. Boy, Cloud would kill Hojo a hundred more times if he could.
He might have said something about all of that, except then his eyes fall on the...carving. Is that...? He walks closer to it.]
The negative lifestream is filled with those who died in despair. So much that their negative emotions makes it so they don't join with the lifestream proper, instead their essence joins the other. Geostigma expedited this process. Had it not been stopped, it would have turned the entire lifestream black.
[Though Cloud hadn't yet asked, now he gets to know that even Geostigma gets solved in the end. Sephiroth figures it's something he'd ultimately want to know.
His eyes stay on Cloud as he edges closer to the carving. Oh. Right. That.]
I believe it is the emblem you wear.
[There you go, Cloud. That's something of a joke.]
[Since when has that been a thing? Cloud would have thought at least that Nanaki or Bugenhagen would have known about this, but he's never heard of it before. Maybe it was a new development. Maybe--]
You created it, didn't you. The black lifestream. That was your doing.
[A pause.]
What do you mean, geostigma was stopped?
[Sephiroth's answer to his other question earns him the flattest, most unimpressed look Cloud can muster.]
[He snaps the words, but then he falls silent. The church. Aerith...cured it from the Lifestream, somehow. Or will cure it. And...according to Sephiroth, Cloud does live to see it. The sudden burst of hope that erupts in his heart takes him by surprise. But he has to get out of here first. Has to earn it. He looks down at his palm, and then his hand clenches into a fist briefly before he drops it back to his side. He's going to earn it. Somehow.
Cloud doesn't glance over his shoulder, but he hears Sephiroth getting closer. He expects...well, honestly, he has no idea what to expect from the answer. So when it comes, he's weirdly less surprised than he could have been. Everything he's been learning so far seems to be adding up to a conclusion he doesn't really want to face head-on.]
...whatever. I'm outta here.
[For now, anyway. Something else he doesn't want to face head-on. He turns and starts walking back toward the door.]
[That is spoken rather low, but he does nothing to stop him from leaving. This is just how things are. And he's going to back to sitting around doing nothing.
The cat ... the cat however, might get in the way of Cloud leaving.]
[Cloud pauses, but only for a second. He can't let whatever's going on with Sephiroth muddle his mind again. Can't let him in. Can't hesitate. Not with Sephiroth.
...apparently Sephiroth's cat is a different story, though, because it sits directly between Cloud and the door, looking like it's trying to look adorable. Cloud does stop just in front of it with a hand on his hip and looks down, perplexed.]
What? Don't got any food for you or anything. Come on, scram.
[The cat, having learned from before, is going to use it's most pitiful sounding meow in response to Cloud saying to scram. Just sitting there trying to look adorable and sounding sad all at the same time.
And speaking of sad and adorable, Sephiroth is going to walk up by now.]
[Oh, come on, that's not even fair. Cloud gives the cat a Look, but he's still acting like it's some kind of barrier, as if he couldn't just...step over it.
Then it's Sephiroth who's getting a Look, but this one is more suspicious than anything.]
What? Why would I take your cat? Or...whatever this thing is.
I only let it stay around after it followed. Didn't you make a comment when you came over claiming to be surprised I care about anything, let alone a creature like this? Aren't you concerned for it's well being?
[And he doesn't know if it had one before it decided to follow Sephiroth that day. For all anyone knows he stole someone's kitten that day at the port.]
[He says as though he read Cloud's mind. He didn't. He can't at the moment. It's just the next logical thought since Cloud asked if it had a name, it doesn't, so he can give it one.
The cat, being a cat, proceeds to do the cat thing of not getting up or moving but laying down, still completely in the way.]
[Cloud's tone is stern and a little irritated when he says,]
Not naming your cat.
[And then there it goes, making itself comfortable. Cloud sighs and finally does just step around it, moving once again toward the door. Then, without turning around,]
[Sephiroth isn't offended by that comment nor is he going to stop him from leaving. It is the reason why usually were either in Zack's cabin or in Cloud's cabin most of the time in the past.]
[It's from the damn Shinra building, Sephiroth shouldn't like it, either.
He finally does take his leave without any further commentary. The cat, the carving, the cabin...it all makes Cloud uneasy. He decides to stop thinking about it.
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Date: 2024-06-26 03:53 am (UTC)[That's only half true. The negative lifestream is dark and not as bright as the regular lifestream. It's full of sorrow, dread, despair, all sorts of emotions opposite of joy and happiness.
Which is fitting to how he feels right now.
But since Cloud commented on it, he lifts a hand a hand, telekinetically turning on the lights revealing the state of his cabin.
... Which is actually pretty simple. Nothing really out of place or anything, but it's pretty boring, plain, and looks like something inside the main shinra building of old.
On one of the far walls is something that looks kind of like Cloud's wolf emblem carved into the wall. But that's about what he has for decoration.]
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Date: 2024-06-26 04:16 am (UTC)[Cloud doesn't know enough yet to understand what's going on with the remnants. But if Sephiroth's sitting in the dark because it reminds him of another dark place that he apparently liked being in, well. That's what they call 'sentiment,' pal.
Cloud squints when the lights come on, taking a second to let them adjust before he glances around. The cat looks even weirder in the light. Cloud frowns when he recognizes what could easily be a room inside Shinra HQ. For a moment, it makes no sense to him - Sephiroth was the one who killed the president (more or less), he can't possibly have any love for that place, can he? - but then it occurs to Cloud...Sephiroth must have grown up there. Maybe it's the closest thing to 'home' he ever had. Boy, Cloud would kill Hojo a hundred more times if he could.
He might have said something about all of that, except then his eyes fall on the...carving. Is that...? He walks closer to it.]
The hell is this?
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Date: 2024-06-26 04:38 am (UTC)[Though Cloud hadn't yet asked, now he gets to know that even Geostigma gets solved in the end. Sephiroth figures it's something he'd ultimately want to know.
His eyes stay on Cloud as he edges closer to the carving. Oh. Right. That.]
I believe it is the emblem you wear.
[There you go, Cloud. That's something of a joke.]
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Date: 2024-06-26 05:17 am (UTC)[Since when has that been a thing? Cloud would have thought at least that Nanaki or Bugenhagen would have known about this, but he's never heard of it before. Maybe it was a new development. Maybe--]
You created it, didn't you. The black lifestream. That was your doing.
[A pause.]
What do you mean, geostigma was stopped?
[Sephiroth's answer to his other question earns him the flattest, most unimpressed look Cloud can muster.]
Yeah. Thanks. I noticed. Why is it here?
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Date: 2024-06-26 05:25 am (UTC)[Cloud knows what Church]
Being connected to the lifestream itself, the power there made it go dormant.
[That was her doing. He knew she was trying to foil his plans from within the lifestream from the start.]
As for that ...
[He moves closer to where Cloud is standing, though not directly beside him, more like behind still a bit of a distance away.]
Consider it a reminder from when you left the first time.
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Date: 2024-06-26 05:57 am (UTC)[He snaps the words, but then he falls silent. The church. Aerith...cured it from the Lifestream, somehow. Or will cure it. And...according to Sephiroth, Cloud does live to see it. The sudden burst of hope that erupts in his heart takes him by surprise. But he has to get out of here first. Has to earn it. He looks down at his palm, and then his hand clenches into a fist briefly before he drops it back to his side. He's going to earn it. Somehow.
Cloud doesn't glance over his shoulder, but he hears Sephiroth getting closer. He expects...well, honestly, he has no idea what to expect from the answer. So when it comes, he's weirdly less surprised than he could have been. Everything he's been learning so far seems to be adding up to a conclusion he doesn't really want to face head-on.]
...whatever. I'm outta here.
[For now, anyway. Something else he doesn't want to face head-on. He turns and starts walking back toward the door.]
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Date: 2024-06-26 06:03 am (UTC)[That is spoken rather low, but he does nothing to stop him from leaving. This is just how things are. And he's going to back to sitting around doing nothing.
The cat ... the cat however, might get in the way of Cloud leaving.]
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Date: 2024-06-26 06:27 am (UTC)...apparently Sephiroth's cat is a different story, though, because it sits directly between Cloud and the door, looking like it's trying to look adorable. Cloud does stop just in front of it with a hand on his hip and looks down, perplexed.]
What? Don't got any food for you or anything. Come on, scram.
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Date: 2024-06-26 06:35 am (UTC)And speaking of sad and adorable, Sephiroth is going to walk up by now.]
You can take it if you want. The cat.
[He gestures towards it.]
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Date: 2024-06-26 06:42 am (UTC)Then it's Sephiroth who's getting a Look, but this one is more suspicious than anything.]
What? Why would I take your cat? Or...whatever this thing is.
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Date: 2024-06-26 06:45 am (UTC)[Listen Cloud he's in a depressive state where he feels like he has nothing anyway, so you might as well take the cat.]
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Date: 2024-06-26 06:48 am (UTC)[He has no reason to take the cat! He just met it!]
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Date: 2024-06-26 06:51 am (UTC)[Come on Cloud just take it.]
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Date: 2024-06-26 07:03 am (UTC)Still alive, ain't it?
[Thanks for admitting you do actually care about things, Sephiroth.]
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Date: 2024-06-26 07:07 am (UTC)[He turns to walk away making a light dismissive gesture with his hand.]
You were here before.
[As though that's the entire reason why and not like Cloud isn't standing here now or anything.]
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Date: 2024-06-26 07:10 am (UTC)[Cloud tilts his head.]
It got a name?
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Date: 2024-06-26 07:14 am (UTC)[And he doesn't know if it had one before it decided to follow Sephiroth that day. For all anyone knows he stole someone's kitten that day at the port.]
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Date: 2024-06-26 07:23 am (UTC)[A name pops into Cloud's head, but he's not about to offer to name Sephiroth's cat. That'd be just as bad as actually taking it with him.
The thought has him looking down at the animal again.]
You gonna get out of my way, or what?
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Date: 2024-06-26 07:26 am (UTC)[He says as though he read Cloud's mind. He didn't. He can't at the moment. It's just the next logical thought since Cloud asked if it had a name, it doesn't, so he can give it one.
The cat, being a cat, proceeds to do the cat thing of not getting up or moving but laying down, still completely in the way.]
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Date: 2024-06-26 07:33 am (UTC)Not naming your cat.
[And then there it goes, making itself comfortable. Cloud sighs and finally does just step around it, moving once again toward the door. Then, without turning around,]
Your place sucks.
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Date: 2024-06-26 07:37 am (UTC)[Sephiroth isn't offended by that comment nor is he going to stop him from leaving. It is the reason why usually were either in Zack's cabin or in Cloud's cabin most of the time in the past.]
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Date: 2024-06-26 07:49 am (UTC)[It's from the damn Shinra building, Sephiroth shouldn't like it, either.
He finally does take his leave without any further commentary. The cat, the carving, the cabin...it all makes Cloud uneasy. He decides to stop thinking about it.
For now, anyway.]