Thirty-fifth Lotus

[spandexisyouth]

[There are a great many scratched-out starts to this, illegible.]

Please do not be alarmed if you run into me. I will try to avoid most people.

I may need some days off work, Stoneface. I will come explain. [A pause.] I will come, and then I think I will not need to explain.

[[ooc: And now he's in Hidan's body. Whee!]

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[Quicklog] - Let's make this... bright and early on the 8th, sure

[eatenbylight]

[Cloud hadn't really been sleeping that well since he woke up in this body, but he'd been managing by the simple fact that he wasn't going to work anymore. So if he got tired in the middle of the day, he could simply take a nap if he needed to. Last night he'd had one of the strange, nightmarish dreams that tended to plague him from time to time, and hadn't been able to get back to sleep after waking up from that. Not that he could remember what the dream had been about it had just been... disturbing.

...of course, the fact that a large black-and-white fish had been floating in mid-air over his head when he woke up might have something to do with why he was still awake.] You look tired, Cloud. Are you certain you don't want to go back to bed?

[Cloud shook his head stubbornly. They were currently walking--well, Cloud was walking, with his fish swimming behind him--through the Park, along one of the many paths that wound under the trees and eventually past the Aquarium and over toward the Farm.] I'll be fine. I want some fresh air. [

[Quicklog] - Works for me!

[spandexisyouth]

[He couldn't not go for a run. If anything, Gai needed it more than he normally did. There was something very rough about being woken up by your most precious person trying to strangle you. He hadn't been able to get back to sleep, laying in the other bed staring at the wall. So at his normal time, Gai slipped out of the house for a run.

The rhythm was a little soothing, falling into it, knowing that few would be awake and around this time of day. Captain Planet was Gai's patrol; he wasn't likely to run into anyone from the Watch here.

He'd started to relax when a flicker of motion came from ahead. Gai slowed to a walk, watching, as someone who looked like a small Cloud walked out with a fish. He stopped, ready to greet Cloud, and that's when he remembered exactly who all had been killed by Apostle. Oh, this wasn't going to go well.]

Ah.

[Maybe he could slip back into the trees without Cloud noticing. Or maybe that would stress Cloud out more. A friendly greeting didn't seem like a good idea. Gai wound up standing there, feeling

[Quicklog] - I don't really have a good 'PANIC!!' icon, lol

[eatenbylight]

[As Cloud came out from the trees, he could see there was someone else there. Who could it be this early in the--

His eye widened as he actually looked at the person. Apostle. He couldn't forget that face, after... he was in prison! What had happened, had he... no, wait... a vague, half-remembered journal entry... he had vanished from Edensphere. Had he been reborn? Why hadn't it been... maybe he had...

His thoughts swirled, chaotic and panicked, and he took a few uncertain steps backwards before he tripped over something and fell heavily to the ground. Breathing unevenly, he continued to back away from Apostle, scooting along the ground until he ran into a tree. His face felt cold--it probably matched his hair at this point.] Cloud? Cloud, what is it, what's wrong, say something!

St-stay away... [Pathetic. But there was nothing else he could say, the panic freezing him up completely.]

[Quicklog] - Alas and alack

[spandexisyouth]

[Cloud had seen him, whoops. And Gai had meant to keep away from the victims. Apparently nothing was going according to plan tonight. But maybe Gai can still be helpful. Not thinking very well, Gai quickly goes to the fallen Cloud and reaches, stopping just before touching the boy. He freezes. That's a bad idea. A very bad idea.]

It is not what you think. It is all right. I am not him. Relax.

[ghost_of_00]

You don't need to avoid me.

00

[spandexisyouth]

That is very kind of you, 00.

...If you are sure, you could come over.

[ghost_of_00]

On my way.

[wait.]

Do you require comforting food?

[spandexisyouth]

Sailormoon has brought meatbuns, but thank you.

I would like someone who would not be upset by my appearance. Everyone else I know is or would be affected.