001 - [AUDIO]

[stormhelm]

[static]... cctk... anyone... [static] computer only... intranet...[static]

[abruptly, the noise cuts out and the line clears] ...we go. Can anyone hear me?

Well... [a sigh, and at a gruff mumble] if this isn’t a dream... This is Cloud, trooper in the 7th division for Shin-Ra Company, personnel number...[the sound of fiddling, a faint jingle of

Comments

[audio]

[notlikethemovie]

Shin-Ra, you say? Well, Angeal and Zack'll probably be looking for you then.

You're currently stuck in Jigoku Apartments, a rundown dump in the most haunted city you'll ever see. Take the roll of red tape you should have nearby, and use it to tape up anything that seems to have something wrong with it. Windows, doors, the walls themselves--you name it. The red tape works to ward off paranormal activity.

Don't ask me why it scares off the ghosts, I can't tell you. If you want questions for anything, go ahead and ask.

Re: [audio]

[stormhelm]

... Angeal is here too?! But... he's...

[He pauses. the wheels are turning in his mind. Best leave that complication until later.]

... thanks for the info.

[audio]

[notlikethemovie]

Yeah, about that...

Things can get a little complicated around here. I'll fill you in on it when you've had a bit more time to settle in.

Re: [audio]

[stormhelm]

... just tell, me please; how long have Angeal and Zack been here for?

[Video]

[p3rfect_kill3r]

[Well don't you just look interesting...a member of the military.]

Welcome to Jigoku, it translates as Hell. I'd promise you it'll be fine, but that depends entirely on what the ghosts want to do.

Re: Audio

[stormhelm]

... you sound so excited about that. [said in a very dry tone]

[except, now he's thinking along the lines of 'i died and was sent to a hell dimension'.]

So what did you do, to get sent to Hell?

[Audio]

[p3rfect_kill3r]

[A chuckling is just heard the other end. This is too good to be true. Excited? Fft, not a chance.]

I can't answer that. If it was because we did something wrong, then I'd be curious as to one or two other tentants' reasoning. We're picked at random it seems.

Re: [Audio]

[stormhelm]

And no one's found a way back yet, other than Medusa... who ended up back here anyway.

[Voice]

[faroresson]

Do you have any red tape near you?

Re: [Voice]

[stormhelm]

Yeah. [Everyone's fussing about the tape, so he figures at this point that it's pretty important.]. What happens when the tape runs out?

[Voice]

[faroresson]

Well, hopefully we can find some more. [He fiddles with his own, the sound a faint picking close to the microphone.]

My name's Link. Do you need anything?

Re: [Voice]

[stormhelm]

I don't.... thanks, anyway. [He sounds quite awkward, like he doesn't know how to react what with all these people offering their help.]

[Voice]

[flies_lopsided]

Cloud Strife?

[With the (very brief) exception of the older Cloud before, Angeal hadn't personally met the boy, but he'd heard a good deal about him from Zack - at least, from the first Zack that was here. He had no reason to believe that this Zack wouldn't be just as pleased to see his friend back too.]

This is Angeal Hewley, SOLDIER 1st. Have you been informed of your situation yet?

Re: [Voice]

[stormhelm]

[Angeal Hewley, the superior officer who's supposed to be dead. Things are just getting better and better. Still, though, it's almost an automatic reaction as soon as Cloud's addressed.]

S-sir! [For certain, he just jerked upright in his seat.] Yes, I've been informed.

[beat]

... I got in contact with Zack, but haven't heard back from him yet. Is he... injured?

[Voice]

[flies_lopsided]

What room did you find yourself in?

[Angeal frowns.]

Not to my knowledge. Do you have reason to believe he is?

Re: [Voice]

[stormhelm]

Not sure, but I think it's somewhere on the third floor.

[he hesitates.]

... I did. It's a long story... I'm glad he's okay.

[voice]

[the_aurailia]

Aya, ey cowboy? You are new si? I am late. What for you already know?

[video]

[stormhelm]

[He's on video at this point, and just... well. stares at the feed with blank confusion.]

... A cow... boy?

...What the hell is a cow?

[video]

[the_aurailia]

[Why does NO ONE understand the coolness of being called cowboy around here?]

Aya... Never mind, look. You are new si? This is yes or not?

Re: [video]

[stormhelm]

['cowboy' makes Cloud thing of a young boy that's part-monster, part boy. Feathers and tusks are involved.]

Yeah. Everyone here is so helpful. I get it; tape, ghosts, people from different worlds.

[He really doesn't mean to sound so rude and abrupt. Honest.]