♥ 7 [voice]

[dropof_light]

[Caught outside - oh, Leon will kill her if he finds out! Aerith turns on her PDA to find out if there's anyone who'd be willing to give her shelter when something catches her eye.]

...Mom? Mom!

[The PDA falls from suddenly nerveless fingers, and before she can think or reason this out, she takes off into the forest after what might - or might

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{Action}

[acairnia_npc]

{Mist curls up from the ground, coalescing into a humanoid form and a familiar voice calls out in a woman's voice.}

Aerith? Baby, is that you?

{Action}

[dropof_light]

Mom!

[She slows, about ten feet away from the mist.]

How did you get here? I saw you and Daddy - how are you here?

{Action}

[acairnia_npc]

...I-I'm not sure...

{A diaphanous arm reached out.}

But you're here, too! Now we can be together...!

{Action}

[dropof_light]

Together?

[Something in the back of her mind is setting off alarm bells, and she's realizing maybe she should be listening to it.]

But I saw you and Daddy overtaken by the Darkness - this is impossible!

[voice]

[courageousstar]

Aerith! Aerith?!

Are you there?

[voice]

[dropof_light]

[Her voice is quite faint.]

But ▒▒▒▒ you and Da▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ tak▒▒▒▒ darkness!

[voice]

[courageousstar]

W-what? Aerith?

[voice]

[dropof_light]

[If Zack listens closely, he may be able to hear the following, very faintly:]

But ▒▒▒▒ you and Da▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ tak▒▒▒▒ darkness!

[action]

[dropof_light]

[Have an Aerith, running for her life, cheek bleeding. She stops just short of throwing herself into his arms, holding out a hand glowing with Curaga defensively in front of her.]

You are the real Zack, aren't you?