Interlude I - The First Dream

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[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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[rhapsody-onfire.livejournal.com]

[She shook her head, a small mirthless laugh leaving her as she sniffled one last time.] No, don't do what I did.

Just... just leave. Get out while you can.

[She swallowed thickly.]

Talk to him? Your Genesis, I mean. At some point, he will probably ask for your help and say all the wrong things but... help him anyway?

[If his Genesis was mirroring her own destructive ways back then, then she was sure he would turn up at Nibelheim and be the catalyst to Sephiroth's insanity.

Perhaps she could prevent it, this time.]

[no-hometown.livejournal.com]

I can't leave. Not yet. How could I desert them, the ones who depend on me? I doubt ShinRa would be so eager to let me go. [They don't allow people to leave like that, not when they're useful, especially not as useful as he is to them. Or how much of a danger he would be if he were to stand against them. He'd be a liability.] What would I do then? Fight them all? Start a war? [This remark may be more than a little pointed.] No, that's not what I want to do.

I want to leave, but it isn't as easy as simply walking away.

[He turns to look at her, searchingly.] And it won't be so easy to be kind to Genesis, after what he's done.

[rhapsody-onfire.livejournal.com]

I didn't say to start a war. [She snorted at that pointed look.] But leave soon. Leave quietly. Anything. Take Zack with you and anyone else you want but just... leave.

[She knows it's not easy but it was either he tried now or there was the risk of Nibelheim. She returns his searching look with a sigh.]

Yes, I know. I'm not asking you to be kind or take him in or anything. Just... talk to him. I think everything could be prevented if we'd just... talked. Clearly, I wasn't in my right mind to simply walk up to you for a chat and I doubt your Genesis is the same.

It's a lot to ask for, I know.