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[legacy_blade]

Hey, looking for some advice! I need to find something pink. Clothing or an accessory. I've got this really important meeting, and I'm supposed to wear pink. Except I'm really new to this place and I literally don't know where any of the shops are.

Not that I'm lost or anything. I've got an awesome sense of direction and all of that.

Anyway, uh, advice is totally wanted. Not the greatest at picking out clothes and stuff.

Oh, and is there a weapons vendor anywhere?

Thanks!

-Zack

[Does he think that the texting is basically just Shinra's internal E-mail system? Totally. Is that why he's signing off like it's an e-mail? ABSOLUTELY. Poor guy hasn't done casual texting before.]

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[mostlycloudy]

Aerith.

You're Aerith's Zack.

[Yuffie's not a name he knows. To go along with his headache, he now has a pang in his chest, too. "The first boy I ever loved." "No matter what happens, you can't fall in love with me." "Don't I get a say in that?"

Well...maybe not.]

What other friend?

[legacy_blade]

[Oh! He knows Aerith! Zack's glad she's making more friends.]

His name is Cloud. He's, like, one of my two best friends. Actually, after everything, he's probably my best friend. And now here I am all 'man I hope Kunsel doesn't find out he got usurped'. But also all 'of course he wouldn't know, I'm in another dimension'.

But Kunsel's got this way of finding things out, so who knows.

[mostlycloudy]

Kunsel.

[The next appears a full minute later.]

It's you, isn't it?
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I thought you were dead.

[legacy_blade]

[Wait. Oh wow! Wait!]

I mean, of course it's me. Who else would I be? Is that you, Spike? Yuffie said you were here too but I didn't know if I could believe it. Angeal didn't mention it but I realized maybe you never got to meet him which was super sad I guess.

But hey now you can! And you've clearly met Aerith! I'm so glad. I've wanted you two to meet for the longest. Oh man, we have GOT to catch up. I've gotta check in on Aerith first. I made a promise, that's why I got us back to Midgar and all of that. Well, most of the way.

Still we've gotta hang!

[Listen, the problem with texting is that you CANNOT DO SQUATS IN EXCITEMENT while you are texting. Which means rambling fingers instead. Sorry Cloud.]

[mostlycloudy]

[It's a moment before he responds, because "Spike" brings back a lot of memories he'd not precisely forgotten, but misplaced.]

Catch up? Where have you been?

A lot's happened since
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you know.

[legacy_blade]

[Oh! So memories were like Zack's locker then. Yeah, that would make sense. Easy to misplace things in there. Once Zack had lost an aerial strike materia for two weeks.]

Well, definitely not here.

Oh yeah, TONS of stuff. Wait, which 'you know'? We've had a LOT of 'you know' moments. So while I do KNOW I don't know which one I'm supposed to know. You know?

[mostlycloudy]

After

[After we were captured, and then the tubes, and the pain, the Mako, more pain.]

After we made it back

After you
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Gave me your sword.

[legacy_blade]

Oh geez. That after. I was hoping you meant after our escape. Or one of the two times Cissnei helped us. Or the whole Banora stuff.

You taking good care of that sword? There's a lot of unfulfilled hopes and dreams that come with it.

Actually, this is a bad way to talk about this.

[mostlycloudy]

My head got pretty messed up for a while.

[He actually believed that-

-but no. He's a terrible bodyguard.]

You should go. I know she misses you.

[legacy_blade]

[He kissed her too. So many letters. Maybe now he could find out what they were about.]

I have to get something first. But then I will. And after that, sometime soon, you and I are gonna catch up too. If you've met her, then it's been a while, right? I wanna know about you too, Cloud.

[mostlycloudy]

A lot's happened, Zack.

A lot I don't even understand, but I'm around. Hit me up when you're free.

[legacy_blade]

I'm free. I want to see you, Spike. Once I see Aerith, we should meet.

[mostlycloudy]

Yeah, okay.

Where?

[legacy_blade]

Ummmm Markets or perhaps my room?

[mostlycloudy]

Markets

[It was the first response that didn't come after a pause. It'd be easier to run if he needed to there.]

When?

[legacy_blade]

Tomorrow? I don't know how long it will take to do things with Aerith, and then I'm gonna need a little time to rest I think.

[And he's going to be effectively ambushed by Angeal and a puppy, and while he doesn't expect it, it will mean he doesn't mess up his time with Cloud.]

[mostlycloudy]

Sure, yeah. Tomorrow.

[It will give him time to get his thoughts in order...or at least less chaotic.]

[legacy_blade]

I'll see you then. Happily. You gotta tell me EVERYTHING>

[mostlycloudy]

Everything's a lot, but I'll do my best.

[legacy_blade]

I know that will be more than enough. Consider me your cheerleader!

[mostlycloudy]

Just what I needed.

[Is that a hint of his dry humor coming through? Possibly.]

[legacy_blade]

Well of course you did. Everyone needs a cheerleader.

[mostlycloudy]

Fine. But no pompoms.

[legacy_blade]

[Can you tell that he’s pouting? Because he’s pouting. How could you do that?]

I’ll figure something out then.

[mostlycloudy]

Really? Like what?