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Tweak says, "Say no more, mon amour"

Zack Fair (herosheart) wrote in silverage,
@ 2011-07-18 15:39:00

Entry tags:

!log, susan pevensie, zack fair

Who: Zack Fair and OPEN
When: Monday, July 18, late afternoon
Where: a conveniently deserted alley somewhere in Manhattan
What: Zack is confused and needs explanations.
Rating: TBD, probably some reference to recent intense violence
Status: Open, in progress

The truth was, it was pretty easy to confuse Zack. He was a fairly straightforward man, and while he was far from unintelligent, he didn't have much of a mind for intrigue or mystery. The trait came with being the sort of person who liked to give others the benefit of the doubt. Zack Fair, at the end of the day, wanted to believe in people. He wanted to believe in the intrinsic goodness of his fellow human beings.

So, really, it shouldn't have been a surprise that Zack was very confused at the moment. He could have sworn he'd just been in the middle of the worst fight of his life (which was saying something, considering he'd fought Sephiroth), and now he was standing in the middle of a deserted alley with no one else in sight.

"Huh. Weird."

Zack raised his free hand to check for head injuries, just in case, although if he were hallucinating, he probably wouldn't hallucinate the injury responsible in the first place. Nope. No headwounds. His arm hurt, though. He glanced down and scowled as he realized that he'd caught a bullet with it. That was the problem with SOLDIER enhancements. You didn't always realize you were hurt until well after the fact.

Still, his biggest worry wasn't how many bullet holes he might be sporting this time, or if everything around him was real or a figment of his imagination. His biggest worry was Cloud--specifically, where Cloud had gotten to. The kid hadn't been in any shape to go anywhere on his own when Zack had tucked him behind the shelter of some boulders, so where was he now?

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_believeinmagic
2011-07-24 07:46 pm UTC (link)

"Consider it a welcome gift," Susan said. She liked the kid, even if he was a bit ... alien. Foreigner. Off. Odd. But he walked back to the gym front looking ... like a whole new person.

She couldn't help but narrow her eyes and give him a careful lookover. No, he didn't appear to have gone in and just hidden his wounds. He looked a lot better.

"All right," she conceded. "My apartment's back this way."

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	herosheart 2011-07-24 08:00 pm UTC (link)
	"Lead the way." Zack made a quick detour to retrieve his sword. It was probably a good thing it was getting a bit dark. He hadn't seen anyone else walking around with weapons, and he didn't want to get in trouble, but he was definitely not giving up the sword Angeal had bequeathed to him. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	_believeinmagic 2011-07-24 09:30 pm UTC (link)
	"So instead of a wand, you've got materia and a giant sword," Susan observed as they doubled back to her apartment. "And you're a soldier, not a wizard or magician. I'm pretty much convinced now that if someone can imagine it, it can pop up here." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

herosheart
2011-07-24 09:35 pm UTC (link)

Zack laughed and reached back to ruffle the spikes of hair over his neck in a nervous gesture. "Yeah, well, I'll believe that when I see it. I still have to get used to the idea that I'm not even on my own planet anymore. I'm kind of worried, to tell you the truth. I left a buddy back home, and he can't really take care of himself. So what happens to him? I'm kind of hoping he might have gotten picked up. Is there a way I can try to find him, do you know? Something faster than walking all over the city, I mean."

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_believeinmagic
2011-07-24 09:53 pm UTC (link)

Susan felt a pang in her heart for Zack. Her entire family had left her. Being left behind was the worst possible feeling in the world.

"Yes," she said quietly. "As soon as you drop me off, I'll direct you to the Welcome Center. You'll need to take a bus, but I have some tokens. There's also these ... odd bulletin boards." She didn't know how to describe them other than magic. "You write on them, and the writing shows up on every bulletin board across the city. It's a bit different."

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	herosheart 2011-07-24 10:01 pm UTC (link)
	"Huh." Zack blinked. "So, sort of like a text message, but with paper." He guessed that was okay. He'd try the boards, definitely. They might give him a few leads. "About the bus ... are they going to throw me off for having this sword? I noticed no one else is carrying weapons." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

_believeinmagic
2011-07-27 05:02 am UTC (link)

"Text message?" Susan asked. "You mean like a telegram? Or Morse? I suppose one doesn't need a paper for Morse code."

He was definitely confusing.

"They might, they might not," Susan said. "We're coming up on my place; I'll give you a bus token, and if they don't let you on, you can just buzz me and ... we'll figure something out." She would rather pay for his hotel room than let him - mostly his sword - stay with her.

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herosheart
2011-07-27 02:13 pm UTC (link)

"Thanks. I appreciate all of this." Zack really did. He'd been on the run for so long that the simple experience of walking somewhere with someone who didn't have the potential to turn him over to Shinra for another four years in the lab was a relief, even if he was still worried about Cloud.

"If there's ever anything I can do to pay you back, let me know, okay? I mean it."

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