[voice]

[thenightmarebegins]

I'm less human than before.

...Where is my weapon? Is this... a dream?

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[chaotic-dirge.livejournal.com]

...?!

...Aerith?

[gardenerofgaia.livejournal.com]

Got it right! [Jaunty little wave at the window.]

And it's not a dream. We're all in the village: me and Cloud, Yuffie and Tifa. Want directions? It might be a long walk.

[chaotic-dirge.livejournal.com]

Then... we've all returned to the Planet?

What is this village?

[gardenerofgaia.livejournal.com]

Re...[Oh. Oh. Because she knows she'll die in her future, but she's never really thought of herself as "dead".] No. This...isn't the Planet at all. There's a lot to explain, but we're all alive here. And this place is called "Luceti".

[chaotic-dirge.livejournal.com]

Another world entirely? ...How did we arrive here?

[gardenerofgaia.livejournal.com]

...That's one problem...no one really knows how we came here, or how to get back. [And she's a little hesitant to say why they're here.]

[chaotic-dirge.livejournal.com]

[Vincent accepts this readily enough. It's strange and unexplainable, but no more unusual than Aerith being alive and well. He thinks over what she's said, feeling like he's missing something vital.]

Is there anything else I should know about this place?

[gardenerofgaia.livejournal.com]

[...Yeah, she should probably tell him.] The people who brought us here are called the Malnosso. They run experiments--once a month on the village, but sometimes they take individuals.

So make sure you don't fall out of touch, all right? We'd like to know you're okay.

[chaotic-dirge.livejournal.com]

Experiments.

[She's said the magic word of doom. If there was ever anything that can make Vincent even more serious...]

...I'll try not to.

[gardenerofgaia.livejournal.com]

[We're sorry, Vincent. >_>;; You did have to hear sometime.]

Good! [And then--hopefully reassuring--]...We can get through them. They don't last.

Did you get any closer to the--wait, you never said where you are. In the forest, right?

[chaotic-dirge.livejournal.com]

[It was only a matter of time. Small comfort that they aren't permanent. Even so...]

There seems no choice but to endure.

...The forest, yes. I'm nearing some buildings.

[gardenerofgaia.livejournal.com]

Cloud and I are in house #50. And Tifa's got her own Seventh Heaven here.

[chaotic-dirge.livejournal.com]

I'll look for them.

[gardenerofgaia.livejournal.com]

Or I could come find you. Unless someone's already meeting you?

[chaotic-dirge.livejournal.com]

Cloud is.

[gardenerofgaia.livejournal.com]

[Laughter.] Quick on his feet, as always.

[chaotic-dirge.livejournal.com]

It seems that hasn't changed.