go home and stay there

[amovingtarget]

Triad shenanigans! FUN AND GAMES! I think I'd put the midpoint at the end of chapter nine… and the rest of this part is them hoping the threat isn't real, and ultimately finding out that it is. Ouch.

Part 3/5


♥ Aerith :"D But Cloud has another premonition or something about Aerith activating Holy :(
♥ Reno! Oof. He is such a slippery motherfucker. I really had to work for that one. Also, I love that when Aerith announces him as her bodyguard, Cloud does a bit of a double take at her knowing he's SOLDIER…
♥ Oh my gosh?? Reno: "Bodyguard, huh? You know I'm hers too, right?" Aerith: "Really? Since when? This is the first I've heard of it." Reno: "'Cause it was a classified op, princess." Aerith: "I don't think it counts then."
⊛ And those spectres come to save us. At this point my best guess was that maybe they were spirits trapped because of the reactors sucking up the lifestream….
♥ Reno "If there's so much as a scratch on her… you're done." I'm admitting this earlier than I should, perhaps, but I did end up with a headcanon that the Turks were all various degrees of sweet on Aerith.
♥ I like what they did with the old barrel dropping mini game! I can't fuck this one up, unlike the original which fucked up every single time (^_^)
♥ Aerith: "Give me a moment… don't just… run off on your own." Cloud: "Those the words of a SOLDIER candidate?" Aerith: "So petty." :"D
♥ Aerith's tiny "Shit!" when the ladder falls :'D And when she pretends to fall off the pipe :"D
⊛ Aerith: "We're getting closer to the station. Even so, we'll probably run into a few monsters on the way. Heh… There's a face that screams "so what?" Cloud: "I've fought scarier things in my sleep." Hehe… wait… what if he's being literal :|
♥ Resident: "Did any debris hit the church?" Aerith: "Not debris, no…" Heeee
♥ Rude! Too cool for rope :')
⊛ Got to the Sector 5 Slums. Reactor 5 on the big screen. Everyone talking about us being Wutai spies :( And there's Scarlet, yikes. Damn she's scary.
⊛ Stopping to talk to… the whole of Sector 5 pretty much. I'm surprised that the whole time we're here we never hear any ambient dialogue about Zack…
♥ Aerith: "So, Cloud, what's your favourite flower?" Cloud: "They're all the same to me." Aerith: "Sure you want to say that to a florist." Cloud: "Better than lying." Ahhh and then he admits to giving the flower away, but to whom? "Don't recall…" and she totally calls him out :")
♥ Her house is some kind of paradise ;___;
♥ I LOVE this whole exchange. Cloud just can't keep up with her, and he's so grumpy but then she's about to tell Elmyra -- or is bluffing that she'll tell -- that she paid for his bodyguard services with a date and then he jumps in with, "I'll do it!"
⊛ Elmyra: "That Aerith… She's a handful, isn't she?" and then if you speak to her, "It must be tough -- No, never mind." She was gonna say something about Zack ;___;
♥ Picking flowers :"D
⊛ Oates: "It's this guy who's always stumbling around town in a dirty robe full of holes." Oh no…
♥ Cloud Strife, rescuer of lost children :') And they love him! "Look at you, Mr Popular."
⊛ Oh no, that tiny flashback… Is Tifa your girlfriend? Aerith: "But she's someone special." Cloud: "No. It's not like that. It's more like… I don't know how to explain…" Ow my heart.
⊛ Oh no. It's kind of heart breaking the way Oates says, "You're one of us now, you can come and play here whenever you want," to Cloud who had been so terribly alienated as a child ;___;
⊛ #2 remnant and Cloud seeing him as Sephiroth. "The reunion… is nothing to fear…." D: And what was that little reaction from Aerith when Cloud said he feels like Sephiroth is still alive… and one of the kids about the remnant, "My dad told me that that man, he used to be a SOLDIER when he was younger." Oh no...
♥ Child dressed up as a moogle :') That's so fuckin cute I'm gonna die. A moogle membership card! Trade moogle medals for items! So that's what they're for!!!
♥ Aerith: "Hi, I'm some people, nice to meet you." :"D
⊛ Time for some sidequests perhaps. Rounding up some kids for the Leaf House… they all wear homemade Buster Swords on their backs I can't. Picking up garbage, giving people directions, helping an old lady cross the street :') What good mini-Clouds :') Oh no… fuck… wait… Cloud is too new here, surely. Is this about Zack ;___;
♥ Toad King???? The kids think Cloud can take him :') Cloud: "Oh, yeah. Real easy. But here's the thing… I don't work for free -- or cheap." …. "I'll do it for three gil. I'm offering a special discount right now on toad king jobs. Looks like it's your lucky day." :") and after the Toad King is defeated THEY GIVE ME THE NAIL BAT :'D
♥ Ms Folia's speech about the children ;___; Took her predecessor's torch and ran with it. It was Biggs????? MOTHERFUCKER. NO. FUCK YOU GAME ;_____;
♥ Random guy: "We need someone willing to fight." Aerith: [looks pointedly at Cloud] Cloud: "….I'll handle it."
♥ ambient dialogue: "One my friends told me this hot mercenary got her out of jam." :")
⊛ A quest to put flowers on a grave for someone .__. and the end oh my god???. So I bought the graveyard key from the moogle shop before I even got this quest, and now Cloud is like here, take it back, and the old guy is like, the fuck bro I just told you about my bad legs, you take it, and Cloud says, pay me 5k gil and I'll do it, and the old guy is like fuck you D: "I won't ask you for anything else! I'll take your damned key and give it to the boy!" AND I KNOW WHY CLOUD DID IT, IT'S BECAUSE THE MOOGLE BOY WANTS TO MAKE EVERYONE HAPPY AND THIS OLD GUY IS SAD ABOUT NOT BEING ABLE TO VISIT HIS WIFE'S GRAVE ANY MORE. FUCK THIS GAME.
♥ The kids have invited me to play whack-a-box. "We usually don't let adults play, but since you're cool, we're gonna make a special exception just for you." :") THAT WAS SO MUCH FUN :'D
♥ Mireille: "The kids have been talking about you. The defender of the secret hideout." :")
♥ Chromogger battle holy fuck and the Angel of the Slums is gonna rip off Don Corneo :') That's all the sidequests here complete :"D People love me!!!
♥ Rude is feeding the pigeons :") "I've never seen him before. He your new boy toy?" I literally choked omg
♥ Aerith: "Rude's not a bad person. Really." oh my… hmmm… hhhmmmm... they totally fucked once u.u
♥ I love this omg, the banter during the battle is amazing. Ah, his face when she uses his own words on him! Rude: "Go home and stay there." Aerith: "You know I can't do that." :'T
⊛ Oh noooo…. the flowers…. they have something special to share but there's one last step first…. you mean Holy and Aerith dying ;___; Aerith: "Maybe I should just give up. Honestly, it's what I do best." Cloud: "Could've fooled me. From what I've seen, you're no quitter." You tell her, Cloud ;___;
♥ NO. UGH GOD I LITERALLY KEELED OVER. Aerith leaves and Cloud is like …. and looks down at the flowers and grumbles, "Learn to talk to her." I CAN'T. All anyone has to do is be nice to him for like five minutes and he turns into a marshmallow istg.
⊛ Back to the house… Elmyra asks Cloud to leave tonight without her. "You boys made a trade -- a normal life for power. You can't have it both ways." Cloud's tiny reaction here… because I guess it's true. He wanted to be strong, famous, powerful… above everyone who made him feel like an outcast :(
⊛ Oh no… lying down waiting for Aerith to go to sleep. Thinking of his mom D: "I've never been more proud." she says D':
♥ Trying to sneak out… WOW WHO PUT ALL THIS JUNK HERE [WHEEZE] "Please don't let her hear me again…"


♥ And here she is to catch me on my way out of the Sector, this fiend. Off to Wall Market we go…
⊛ You know. Every time I start a new chapter I'm like… but what if this is the last one o___o which… obviously it can't be because we have to at least get to Red XIII because trailers said so. I really hope that we at least get to the part that's… just before boarding the ship from Junon to Costa del Sol, because that means we'd get to tool around in the overland while we wait for the next game…? That's… probably too much to ask :(
⊛ Oh no, a glitch and a stray tear? What happened, Puff :(
⊛ Aerith: "Folks started pouring in from all over. Business was booming, money was flowing.. Which attracted the attention of some guys who… didn't much care for the law." Cloud: "And now there isn't any." Sharp tack. How did you end up in such a mess….
♥ The collapsed expressway!!! :'D Ugh. Everytime I recognise something from the old game I just alskdjfalhskjdf
♥ Aerith: "Do you moonlight as a crane operator or something?" and he huffs the tiniest laugh and she's like, aw yeah high five now? (because last time he was like, uh no??) and he's still not gonna, and her face :') And he regrets disappointing herrrr
♥ Bandits!!!! These guys are hilarious loll
⊛ Aerith: "Random question, why did you quit being a SOLDIER." Cloud: "That is random." Aerith: "Did you have any SOLDIER friends?" Cloud: "No… not really." :'(
♥ Getting tricky with these crane arm puzzles I see….
♥ OH NO I DIE. I KNEW IT. HE WAS LIKE NEXT TIME I'M GONNA DO IT. AND THIS TIME SHE DIDN'T OFFER A HIGH FIVE AND THERE WAS AN AWKWARD MOMENT WHEN HE WENT TO RETURN ONE AND ALSKDFJHA :"D AND SHE NOTICED!!! Aerith: "Don't worry, we'll be on the same page next time." Cloud: "What are you talking about…" hiding his terrible face :')
♥ More bandits D: STOP STEALING MY MONEY I WORKED HARD FOR IT D:
♥ AAAAAA YOU CAN DO OPTIONAL HIGH FIVE WHEN SHE ASKSSSS AND YOU GOTTA HOLD THE BUTTON AND IT MAKES HIM LOOK SO RELUCTANTTTT HE'S SUCH A SHY MONSTERRRR
♥ The parkkkkk…. Let's take a break, Puff. Cloud: "I don't have time for--" Aerith: "Up there looks nice." grumble grumble fine…. He sits a safe distance away, she sighs and scoots closer.
⊛ The same rank… as who? Aerith: "The first guy I ever loved." aldskfjghasldkf Cloud: "What's his name, I probably know him." And you can read Zack from her lips, but we can't hear it, and he has another glitch :(
♥ Aerith: "Gotta look forward, not back." :(
♥ Oh my goshhh Cloud: yeah as if I wanna talk to your hyperactive maniac daughter ever again… Also Cloud: "You gonna be okay getting home?" Aerith: "And if I said I wasn't?" Cloud: "I'll go with you." Aerith: "Thought you needed to get back?" :")
♥ This beautiful chocobo pulling the Don's carriaggeeeee
♥ Ahhh and he jumps on the carriage to talk to her! Tifa: "I'll be fine, you've seen how much ass I can kick." Cloud: "...I have…" and he jumps down. Aerith: "Oh no, you don't. You're going after her." Cloud: "She's a big girl. She can handle the likes of him. And worse."
♥ I used the option she's a great fighter and Aerith is like, "I'm not sure that helps…" but, you know… I'm right and I should say it u.u
♥ Wall Market :'D Everything is here!!! The guy with rooms for the night! The broken machine thing that shoots at you! Damn this place is a maze though… I keep getting lost...
⊛ Fighting Shiva in VR -- battle intel says "IT is the manifestation of a queen who once healed the planet's wounds with ice, as evidenced by the existence of permafrost in the polar lands." Oh my!
♥ Don's lackey's being like, eh, she could use a little work but she's cute? about Aerith. Aerith: "Cloud… requesting permission to kill." Cloud: "Denied." heeee
♥ An appointment is required. The earliest slot to see Andrea Rhodea is…. three years from now (^_^)
♥ I'm controlling Aerith now??? Is this because I got a hand massage :'D His little "S'alright I guess…" is so cute...
⊛ This is very strange… I don't know what's happening right now. In the old version we go to the mansion and Aerith straight up volunteers to bring Cloud as her cute girlfriend. Right now we're still labouring under the assumption that we can get Aerith in…. hmmmm
♥ AAAA THE COLOSSEUM MATCH! CLOUD DOES HIS VICTORY SWORD TWIRL!!!! I'M DEAD!!!!! AND AERITH DID HER THING TOO!!!! ASDLFKAJSWHDLFKASJDANFLSK LET ME SEE IT AGAIN GAME PLSSSSSS
♥ [sees it again] How do even you do that with your arm Cloudddd
⊛ Wow, what's the deal with Chocobo Sam and Madam M. I'm so intrigued about how the Trio became the Trio. Why would they help his scumbag be… scummy. But in other news, I have so many fans now.
⊛ Me, travelling that collapsed expressway: "I kind of miss those haunted house thingies but I'm also so glad I don't have to fight one." Me, finding out what the surprise round is: "Okay, never mind!" I MANAGED TO KILL IT ALSDKFJAGHLK AFTER A MILLION YEARS OF BATTLE ALSDKFJH FUCK
♥ They high fived :') it's so cute :')
♥ Rocked the squat challenge :')
⊛ I gotta go all the way back to the expressway for the next side quest? Man fuck that….
♥ Oh my what an entrance for Aerith! Here we go. Aerith's Plan.
♥ Johnny: "Hey Cloud! Bro! I can call you bro, right?" Cloud: "No." Johnny: "Just wanna say, bro, that I'm totally relieved that you're looking out for Tifa." :"T
♥ THERE'S A FUCKING DANCE MINI GAME I HATE ITTTT
♥ Honeygirls: "Looks at his muscles! -- Aww he's blushing!" This poor boy does not know what to do with himself (^_^) I love his tiny "What the fuck, Aerith?!" face before the dancing starts. Also… come on Andrea, he's a vision of beauty already and you know it.
⊛ Hmmm… I don't like this new way they did it. I mean. I appreciate that it's supposed to be fun, and it… kind of is... but also I'm full of second hand embarrassment for Cloud :X The old way was so much better… :( One of the things I was really looking to was seeing Cloud grumble his way to coming around to the plan through all the sidequests, and now he doesn't get a say, and he barely gets a reaction… and on stage on top of that...
⊛ Went to the clothing store to see if they had more dresses… the way it was in the game. Now where's this guy's dad? He was in the bar before and now he's not…. D': Oh well. Off to the Don's…
♥ Tifa: "Cloud? That you? That make up, that dress!" Cloud: "Nailed it, I know. Thank you. Moving on." Bless :')
♥ Ah :') There's a chest in the Don's basement and Cloud can't or won't bend down to open it in that dress so he kicks it. Nice touch :')
♥ Cloud: "Pathetic. Corneo: "Hey, which one of you said that? Was it you? Oh, you got a mouth on you! I'm gonna enjoy breaking it in!" 0____0
⊛ It looks like there's no mechanic for for the actual choice? Pity...
♥ Cloud is being max dick but the Don.. is into it (^_^) Eyyy and these girls kicking ass :'D Meanwhile, I love that Corneo's belly jiggles but none of the breasts in this game do.
♥ Ah, that was wild. And down they go.
♥ Oh. Reeve. The only person in this building who actually cares about anything except power? Poor guy...


♥ Tifa: "How do you two know each other?" Cloud: "I saved her, she saved me… Round and round it goes."
⊛ Damn that's a big ass sewer though. And. I recognise it from the early gameplay trailers :) How long ago was that even, and here we are playing the game at last. Is this the real life…
⊛ Tifa: What do you think Shinra's really up to? I mean, they've gotta have an endgame, but I can't imagine what it is. Destroying a whole chunk of the city just to get back at us doesn't make any kind of sense." Cloud: "Yeah. I can't imagine any way they could profit from it. It's gonna cost them a fortune to rebuild."
♥ Tifa helping Aerith, I'm love.
⊛ Aerith: "The future isn't… set in stone. That's what I always tell myself." She knows, she has to… :(
♥ Think of something fun, after saving the plate you're gonna… Tifa says she will go topside shopping, stuff for the bar. Tifa "Cloud can carry all our stuff." These two are so adorable together. Ship, ship, ship… Avalanche is a big polycule, I don't make the rules. AND THEY WORKED TOGETHER TO CATCH HIM :"D
⊛ Almost gave up on the pump mini-game because I couldn't make sense of it, or at least, I wanted to, but there's no way to back out so I had to keep doing it until I figured it out (^_^;)
⊛ Toad Cloud!!!!
♥ This back to back shot from the trailers!


♥ Rude and Reno feeling bad about the plan. Reno: "Guess it's a little late to grow a conscience." :(
⊛ The train graveyard is haunted??? A sad ghost? :(
♥ Heckin ghosts ugh. Cloud: "I don't have time for your shit." Yeah >:[ UGH. Weak to the one element I didn't pack materia for.
♥ Ugh stop making me feel bad for it ;___; "All this time, you were waiting for someone to come and play with you."
♥ This tiny flashback with Marlene, she's such a sweetheart.
♥ Moving the trains :') But hearing the Turks' talking about the plan ;___; And the black wind took Aerith away D:
Aerith: "You. You're the one who…" What? D:
♥ A tiny Aerith :( lost and left behind :( Oh no. Tifa: "Hey, we found you." after she's been flashing back(?) to a game of hide and seek where she was never found ;___;
⊛ Not another boss battle ;____; Let me rest
⊛ Did we free all the train ghosts????



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Comments

[enemyofperfect]

I'm admitting this earlier than I should, perhaps, but I did end up with a headcanon that the Turks were all various degrees of sweet on Aerith.

So much multishipping. :')

Avalanche is a big polycule, I don't make the rules.

So very, very much. I approve. :")

[amovingtarget]

I'm a monster and I can't be stopped (^_^;)

[wheatear]

I love that Aerith curses, haha.

Whack-a-box was my favourite mini-game.

The high-five with Aerith is hilarious, I love that you have to hold down triangle and he does it so slooooowly. All the Cloud/Aerith banter was great.

"Nailed it, I know. Thank you. Moving on."

Best line in the game. :D

[amovingtarget]

The high-five with Aerith is hilarious, I love that you have to hold down triangle and he does it so slooooowly.

Omg yes! Cloud why you pretending, we already know you want to! :")

"Nailed it, I know. Thank you. Moving on."

Best line in the game. :D

I love it so much :"D