Interlude I - The First Dream

[rhapsody-onfire.livejournal.com]

[The Junon Cannon. One of her favorite places, if only in her dreams. It no longer existed, having been destroyed just before Meteorfall. And yet, she still remembered it. Very clearly, in fact. She point to the very same places that she always sat, where Angeal stood, where Sephiroth stood as she recited LOVELESS or they sparred. The Cannon was destroyed many times.

She sighed softly, a breeze playing with her hair. She dug her hands into her pockets, only mildly surprised she wasn't in her normal uniform but a much more casual outfit. The hat had long since been set in the back, where she used to sit with her friends.

Her friends.

She hugged her stomach, looking down at the waters below the tip of the cannon. She struggled to keep her tears inside.]

Do I even have the right to call them as such?

[OOC: Just something tame for now as I get used to this sort of game. XD I recommend listening to this! This can turn into a nightmare if you would like, something happy, or keep it as just a melancholy dream. :3 Up to you guys!]

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[waterfell.livejournal.com]

[This girl has not called anyone 'friend' since years ago, when she still believed in that. Even the few who've gotten close to her, she never calls friends. It's the opposite of Genesis' guilt.

As she approaches, she seems to have little sympathy for the crying girl. Instead, she pauses a short distance away, and looks at her for a long moment.]

What's this about?

[The voice is recognizable from before.]

[rhapsody-onfire.livejournal.com]

[She blinks and looks over her shoulder. She recognized that voice! How strange, so now there are dream walkers about? Luckily, her tears had yet to fall at this time but she turns back to the sea to wait until they completely disappeared.]

What's what about?

[waterfell.livejournal.com]

Your mopey speech. [Or rather, sentence; she's being unkind.]

[rhapsody-onfire.livejournal.com]

It doesn't concern you.

[waterfell.livejournal.com]

As you wish, then! [She starts to move beyond Genesis.]

I'm going into the water.

[rhapsody-onfire.livejournal.com]

[She raises a brow and tilt her head.]

Have fun, I suppose.

[waterfell.livejournal.com]

[She hasn't left for too long - dream timing is malleable - when she finally comes out of the water and realizes she's still within the dream, within this world. She retraces her earlier steps to avoid losing her way, and comes upon Genesis again.]

Just where is this place?

...this is going to get so awkward when she turns around.

[hisdreamsmyfate.livejournal.com]

[So, he'd come here for training. Not the most ideal of locations, given that it was the real thing and not the Training Room, but it was good enough. Zack wasn't afraid of heights, and even if he did fall, he would be alright.

It's during a session that he spots a young redheaded woman, tipping his head to the side in confusion a moment before walking forward. How... did she get up here?]

Y'know... a pretty lady like you shouldn't stick around. I wouldn't want you to get hurt~

hahaha, oh boy

[rhapsody-onfire.livejournal.com]

[She froze when she heard that voice. Zack was never in her dreams, not like this. He always knew it was her and he was never flirtatious. And she was hardly ever in control of herself.

She shuddered, hugging herself tighter as her control over her emotions completely shattered. Hot tears rolled down her face as she gripped her shirt. Finally, she turned to look at him, her voice bittersweet.]

Except I think you would want me hurt. You've the right.

/DRAMATIC CHIPMUNK

[hisdreamsmyfate.livejournal.com]

Nahhh, c'mon. I'm not that type'a guy! Why don't we ju--

[And then she turned.

He looked at her.

And the SOLDIER leaps back several feet almost comically.]

--Genesis?!

XDD

[rhapsody-onfire.livejournal.com]

[She nodded, not moving an inch just yet.]

Yes, it's me.

he's just like. wow, right now. XD

[hisdreamsmyfate.livejournal.com]

But you're a...

How did you...?

[brb, brain breaking. Since when was the rogue SOLDIER First such an attractive *woman*?]

...

Uh. ...hi?

XD I knowww

[rhapsody-onfire.livejournal.com]

[...this wasn't the response she was expecting.]

...Hello?

[helpmeguideit]

[ Charles approaches and is quiet, knowing it is a dream that doesn't belong to him as he has never seen the place. He doesn't say a word, but he stands up next to her. ]



[ ooc; charles is a mindreader, permissions, but if the thought of him in her mind bothers you, let me know~ don't want to step on toes. ]

sdfkjhdsfk Charles!

[rhapsody-onfire.livejournal.com]

[She turns her face to the side, swallowing thickly as she gathers herself. She wasn't expecting a stranger to be in her dream and she's unfamiliar with the fact that there are people from other worlds who could potentially show up here. It's still very new to her.]

Can I help you, sir?

:D hi

[helpmeguideit]

Why can't you call them friends, darling?

<333 Iiiii still need to see that movie *sob*

[rhapsody-onfire.livejournal.com]

[He heard her? Great.

She stayed silent, shaking her head.]

It's... no concern of yours.

Awwwwwwww :3

[helpmeguideit]

I don't suppose it is.

[ Looks around. ]

What is this place?

I will do this! When it comes out on DVD!

[rhapsody-onfire.livejournal.com]

[Her memories still surface of a certain event (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6ZaSipHuO4) even as she speaks.]

The Junon Cannon. Before it was taken away, anyway. The town below only just barely regained its former glory.

[The waters aren't so polluted anymore.]

[no-hometown.livejournal.com]

[He's not surprised to find himself here, so he accepts these surroundings immediately. It wasn't so long ago that he was here in truth, or in a kind of truth, as he and his friends had often used the Junon Cannon simulation while sparring in the Training Ground. The view of the sea and the sky is expansive, and whether it is a simulation or not, it seems real.

He hadn't expected to find a woman standing here, but it's a dream, and he doesn't question it. He hears her voice as she asks her question. He approaches soundlessly, but doesn't draw too near, not wanting to startle her when he speaks.]

What are you referring to?

[rhapsody-onfire.livejournal.com]

[She is still startled none the less and she turns swiftly, her eyes huge and wet but still recognizable with that mako glow. Why is Sephiroth standing before her? Was he another to walk dreams, like a few of the others?

But how? The dead don't dream. She blinks away the tears though a couple manage to escape. She's quick to swipe them away and turn back to the sea.]

I was asking myself... if I still even had the right to call you a friend, Sephiroth.

[no-hometown.livejournal.com]

[He frowns. He recognizes Genesis at once when she turns, but he doesn't understand how Genesis can be here or why she is a woman. What can that mean?

Still, he doesn't care to lose his composure, and he regards her steadily, as if unsurprised, studying her and considering the situation. As far as he's aware, Genesis died at Modeoheim, but not before their friendship had soured quite bitterly. He is unmoved by her tears, but he doesn't draw his sword.]

I would say that you do not. Though once you did.

Wow, tl;dr, I am so sorry, fff

[rhapsody-onfire.livejournal.com]

[She nods at his answer. It wasn't unexpected. She herself didn't even think she had the right.

Genesis sighed shakily and regained her composure. She bent down to sit at the edge of the cannon.]

It has been... several years since we last saw each other. My... insanity had grown worse and needless to say, once it returned... once I was healed...

No one existed anymore. [Her shoulders rose in a shrug, and dropped with another sigh.] I killed everyone I loved to get my cure and I wasn't even aware of what my actions were doing until it was too late.

Every day that I live, I ask myself. "Was it worth it?" and always I say, "No." despite knowing that I should move on, knowing I cannot change the past, knowing that had I never done what I did, I would have died of degradation.

[She turned her head, silently regarding Sephiroth from the corner of her eyes.]

For what it is worth, even if it's years too late, even if this is a dream... I am terribly sorry for what I have done.

Even if the morrow is barren of promises
Nothing shall forestall my return
To become the dew that quenches the land
To spare the sands, the seas, the skies
I offer thee this silent sacrifice...

That's all right, I love tl;dr <3

[no-hometown.livejournal.com]

[He listens to her speak, weighing her every word in his analytical way. There is much in what she says that he doesn't understand. Several years? A successful cure? And what does she mean by no one existed? She seems to be speaking of events he has no knowledge of.] I exist.

You died in Modeoheim. Or Genesis did. [He doesn't take his gaze from her, still wary. This is odd. He contemplates, but does not accept her apology.] Are you another copy? [The question is brusque, ungentle.]

[Though is it likely such a copy would sit reciting poetry at him? He can't suppress the wryness that surfaces in his tone.] I would prefer never to hear that particular poem again.

<333

[rhapsody-onfire.livejournal.com]

[She shakes her head.]

I never died in Modeoheim. Merely faked my death. I will return once you make a trip to a small town called Nibelheim. That happened around ten years ago.

[She faces the ocean again. She takes his tone with ease, really, even if it sent pain into her heart.]

A lot has happened since then, Sephiroth. I am no copy, I simply live a lonely existence now. Quite fitting, don't you think? I got what I wanted but at a very high price.

A price I didn't see until it was too late.

[She won't reveal everything, but she may as well reveal a little. Who knows if Sephiroth will remember this dream or not. And even if he did, he could simply play it off as just that. Just a dream.]

You, Angeal, Zack, most of ShinRa... everything is gone now.

All except LOVELESS, anyway. [One could hear that smirk in her voice.]