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Cloud Strife (pyrocumulus) wrote in the_nexus_rpg,
@ 2007-12-15 21:50:00

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canon_is_god, derek_bliss, pyrocumulus

A certain semi-famous blond, spiky "ex-SOLDIER" walked into a ~~bar~~ Nexus, half-hidden behind the ridiculously large crate of booze that he was carrying. Naturally, it took a few moments before he realized that no, he wasn't in the store-room at the Seventh Heaven and yes, Tifa was probably going to kill him messily on his return no matter what, given that the door he'd walked through had conveniently disappeared behind him.

Sighing, Cloud set the crate down and leaned on it, reading The Sign with a bemused expression before shrugging fatalistically.

"What's your favorite cure for nightmares? Alternately, how the heck do you get out of this whole land of disappearing doorways?"

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	derek_bliss 2007-12-16 05:32 am UTC (link)
	"I find something to do until I'm tried enough that when I do go to sleep, I won't really be aware of my nightmares," Derek replies. "Alternately, you keep looking until you either find the dorr you came from, or it comes looking for you somehow." (Reply to this) (Thread)

	pyrocumulus 2007-12-16 01:53 pm UTC (link)
	"I guess that would be worth a shot. There's not exactly a lack of things to do," Cloud said, scruffing a hand through his hair before sighing at Derek's second revelation. "I was afraid of that. I tend to have bad luck when it comes to these things." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

derek_bliss
2007-12-16 02:44 pm UTC (link)

"You'll get out eventually," Derek assures him, "The nexus doesn't keep folks for long for the most part. So unless you're already dead, it'll eventually spit you back out the right door."

He pauses for a minute, as if thinking, "If it takes a day or two, let me know. Maybe I can help you figure it out."

((OOC: Hey, I have Advent Children on DVD and can rip stills off of it for you if you need more Cloud icons.))

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	pyrocumulus 2007-12-16 03:14 pm UTC (link)
	"I wasn't dead the last time I checked... though I could be wrong, I think it's happened to me before," Cloud said, "I'm more worried about Tifa killing me for disappearing on her." ((I have plenty of Cloud icons.. poor guy just doesn't get much in the way of a range of expressions in the movie. XD It's interesting finding stills where he's not being all emo.)) (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	derek_bliss 2007-12-16 04:22 pm UTC (link)
	"Yeah, that might be a problem, especially if she doesn't know about this place," Derek admits, "Guess you could either tell her about it or else tell her you got jumped somehow." ((Heh. So very true. But at least he has more range of facial emotion than, oh, say, Squall. g)) (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

pyrocumulus
2007-12-16 04:33 pm UTC (link)

"Considering it's the first time I've been here, unless she's been doing something in the basement that I didn't know about, she probably doesn't know about here," Cloud said, though he did half-smile at how silly the whole thing was.

"She'd never believe that I got jumped. There's a very short list of people who can successfully do that anymore."

((Squall is like one of those cat posters.. the one with the persian's picture over and over with different emotions under each. XD))

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derek_bliss
2007-12-16 05:14 pm UTC (link)

"You'd be surprised. Been several times folks from the same place have shown up and not realize others from their home have been here before. And considering that sometimes telling folks where you've been can make you sound like a total loon," Derek shrugs, figuring Cloud can finish that train of logic by himself.

"Got monsters that could sneak into the basement? Or phenomina that could explain your absence? That is, if telling the truth isn't an option?"

(("And how many ways can you say 'Whatever'?" *g*))

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	pyrocumulus 2007-12-16 05:22 pm UTC (link)
	"But from me, it'd be no crazier than usual," Cloud said with a chuckle. "The bar's far enough into Edge that monsters aren't a problem... I could blame it on Aerith, I suppose." ((lollerskates!)) (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	derek_bliss 2007-12-16 05:28 pm UTC (link)
	"Well, at least you have a couple of ready-made exuses, then. Where I come from, the most remarkable thing are vampires. Otherwise, it's a pretty boring place. Trying to explain the nexus would have had me dumped in a looney bin pronto." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	pyrocumulus 2007-12-16 05:31 pm UTC (link)
	"Considering that the Planet and Aerith both have a bad habit of meddling in my life at inopportune moments, most of my friends have learned to take it in stride. Nexus can't be that much weirder," Cloud said, shrugging. "Vampires, huh? I've never dealt with any of those. Closest my world has is Vincent, and he's more of a half-demon-thing." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

derek_bliss
2007-12-16 05:40 pm UTC (link)

"Heh. Don't say that too often--the Nexus has a nasty habit of proving people wrong at a whim."

Like the talking sink Derek met once. Yeah, that was not one of Derek's most fond moments. Appliances shouldn't be talking without a computer chip, let alone have a will of their own.

"Yeah. I bet Vincent has a better attitude, though. And less likely to leave an intentional mess in his wake without a good reason."

	canon_is_god 2007-12-16 05:33 pm UTC (link)
	Sarah looks out there as well, though she can't see nearly as far of course. "There's a lot of people that'll know where to point you to--I'm kinda in the minority, actually." She grins up at him. "There's other people around that could help you get home by other methods too; the Nexus is a generous place." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	pyrocumulus 2007-12-16 05:43 pm UTC (link)
	"I'm beginning to see that. Thanks for your help.. ah..?" Cloud trailed off, realizing finally that he hadn't asked anyone's name or introduced himself. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)