o7 | Written

[bustered]

[It's taken him forever to actually care enough to make this entry -- and when it comes down to it, when the journal is finally on his lap and open to a blank page, Zack doesn't feel like speaking to it. But he's got to; he's allowed himself this funk for much too long, however justified it may or may not have been.

He finally chooses to write, the letters indented with the pressure of a pen gripped too hard.]

Angeal Hewley has gone home.

[That's enough, he thinks -- and all he cares to write, really. People who knew Angeal would know the bits he didn't write, how he'd be missed as a mentor and a friend, and people who didn't know Angeal wouldn't care.

He closes the journal after leaving the sentence, tucking it safely away and standing from his perch on a bale of hay in the stables. He'd planned to go for a ride, but it won't happen if he doesn't actually get his butt in gear.]

Comments

[heal_theworld]

[She giggles and then answers him.] A mongoose dragon and a protozoan. So I know how to ride animals... I suppose a chocobo isn't much different.

[bustered]

[He's seen that mongoose dragon thing in the stables! So this is good, especially since the chocobos are much smaller. He starts to lead the way out of the stables, past the other stalls of animals.]

Yeah, you should be fine, I'd think. Both of these two are used to taking a rider. The only thing you probably have to get used to is their gait.

[heal_theworld]

[She leads her chocobo out as well, following him.] Oh, good.

So where are we going?

[bustered]

[He looks back over his shoulder with a big smile.] I dunno!

[No seriously, Zack hadn't had a destination in mind. He just wanted to get away from the castle a bit, to distract his mind from recent losses. He raises a hand to wave at the castle above them as they exit the stable.] Just... not here, at least for a couple of hours.