... So Aerith's gone.

[While he was off doing... what? Sleeping? Dancing? He couldn't really remember. To all his knowledge, it had been a day.]

... Zack too, probably.

[Cloud's voice is melancholic, but also withering, hurt. He'd had a chance, and he'd missed out. Was he ever going to get another one like it ( Read more... )

[This? This is the sound of a machine revving up.

It's quickly followed by the roar of the engine, which in turn is followed by the angry shouts of people who, presumably, have leaped out of the way.

And this? This is Cloud's voice:]

Hey, Zack.

How about you get in the side-car this time?

Guess I should check the network a bit more often.

... Aerith?

[This is still a little weird for the boy. Give him just a bit. Freki, the wolf, whines very softly, probably only heard over the feed by the residents with good hearing.]

You got a moment?

[Cloud's face is the first thing which appears on the feed. He quickly turns it up and around, showing the landscape of the foothills. He's clearly standing on level ground, but pointing the view up. What he's pointing at is one of Duib's Talbuks. Of course, Cloud doesn't know that.]

Think there's good eating on one of them?

[Rather than address the previous situation (it being one Cloud would honestly have rather forgotten about), Cloud turns on the video with a slightly exasperated look on his face. His hair is very slightly dampened down, indicating that he had been in the bathhouse. In fact, the door to it is against his back. He is, however, fully clothed - even ( Read more... )

[There is a small boy on the feed. He has messy, straw-like hair that he can't keep in a ponytail. He is wearing a t-shirt and shorts that look too big for him. His limbs are scrawny, all bone and ropey muscle. His eyes are huge and blue. He is smiling ( Read more... )

[There is a lot of steam curling around Cloud. He looks to be indoors, and his hair is dampening to his forehead, though it takes a lot more than steam to get rid of those spikes.]

Bathhouse's pretty much done.

[He moves the steaming-up camera to point at a massive tub, suspended over a controlled fire. Faldain and Aureln might be seen in the ( Read more... )

This place...

Everyone's found the library by now, right?

Have they looked in the room beside it?

Who's the carpenter around here?

Meet me at the house nearest the Inn.