Wings [One] - Video

[standing_alone]

This isn't how I imagined it would be. [Zack picks up one booted foot.] I could've sworn I was flying. [His brow furrows and he shakes his head.] Was that a dream?

Was it all a dream? [He tips his head back and focuses on the sky.] No...I know it wasn't. He's out there somewhere and I'm -

[Now it gets more confusing. On instinct, Zack reaches for his buster sword...and finds it. But hadn't he given it to Cloud?]

Someone is messing with me and you can bet I'll figure it out! [A small smile follows those words and he swings his sword with ease.] I've got my fire back and I know everyone is...safe.

[For the time being.]

Show me what you've got. [His expression becomes almost sly.] Once a SOLDIER always a SOLDIER.

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[yourbestguysgun]

You okay there, buddy?

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[standing_alone]

I've definitely been better. [But he's definitely been worse too. And not that long ago.] What's the name of this place?

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[yourbestguysgun]

It's called the City.

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[standing_alone]

Huh. I was expecting something more original.

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[yourbestguysgun]

Yeah, me too. But what can you say? It's to the point.

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[standing_alone]

I'll give it that.

So how long have you been here?

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[yourbestguysgun]

Almost a year.

[ Which is nearly kind of startling. ] I take it you haven't been here before?

[worldofourown]

A SOLDIER, hm?

[ He'd encountered Sephiroth in the City. He'd called himself that too. Suspicions, suspicions... ]

[standing_alone]

That's right! The best of the best! [Or that was how it was supposed to be. Before.]

[worldofourown]

[ Before what~? ]

And wielding a sword, no less.

Or is it Standard Issue?

[standing_alone]

[Sephiroth lost it and Cloud went catatonic.]

No, this one is special. It's called a Buster Sword and only SOLDIERs carry them.

[worldofourown]

[ Poor Sephie. Karl always knew he was too high-strung. ]

What can it do?

[standing_alone]

[Heart-breaking is more like it. Zack never saw it coming.]

Pack one hell of an impact! Especially when it's used by someone like me.

[worldofourown]

[ Probing oh-so-casually. ]

Oh?

Can you slice monsters in two with one swing?

[signatures]

I don't think anyone's intending to fight you.

[standing_alone]

You can never be too careful.

[signatures]

But you can be too paranoid.

[standing_alone]

I'm a SOLDIER. Fighting's in my blood.

[signatures]

Either luckily or unluckily for you, you might need a bit more than that, here.

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[beyourarmy]

Flying? Do you have wings or something?

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[standing_alone]

I thought I did.

[He shakes his head.]

Not anymore.

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[beyourarmy]

That kinda sucks. Flying's fun.

Did you just get here? I don't think we had a curse today. That I noticed.

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[standing_alone]

It always looked fun to me. But I'm grounded. [He shrugs.] Yeah, I'm a new arrival.

Curse?

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[beyourarmy]

...and no one explained that stuff to you, yet?

There's days where weird things happen to us. Sometimes the place snows in summer, the entire City gets decorated in a festival, or the people act really weird and do things they wouldn't normally do.

Even if it's not that bad, we still refer to those events as curses.

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[standing_alone]

They haven't had a chance.

[Sounds...interesting? Zack scratches the back of his head.]

Can it get bad?