o6 | Dictated

[bustered]

[Angeal Hewley]

Cloud's gone.

[/Angeal Hewley]

[About an hour after that filtered message, Zack addresses the journal without a filter this time. His voice is that mix of neutral and tired that marks familiarity of having to bring the 'not coming back' message to people waiting for their friends and loved ones to come home. Such can be life in SOLDIER.]

For those who knew him, Cloud Strife has gone home.

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[bustered]

Don't know. It's been half a year for me, but the longest I've heard is over three years.

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[foin]

Three years with no progress... People are still trying, right?

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[bustered]

As far as I know. The ones who want to, anyway.

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[foin]

And the others are simply making a life here until they're sent back. [It's not a question.]

What about you?

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[bustered]

Or because they assume the Castle won't send them back. But yeah.

What about me, what? Which side of it I fall on, you mean?

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[foin]

Mhm. Are you looking for a way back, or are you settled in?

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[bustered]

I'm dead back home. Castle sends me out, there's nothing left. Here, I wouldn't call it a life, but it's a routine.

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[foin]

Dead? The dead can come here??

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[bustered]

The Castle did something to heal some of it, I wasn't bleeding as much when I got here. And someone else helped me out. I don't get that at home, not unless it could get there in a minute. I'd lost too much blood.

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[foin]

How is that even possible?

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[bustered]

How is it impossible? Just because it's improbable doesn't mean it can't happen.

How exactly did it do it? I don't know.

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[foin]

I suppose... it's still hard to take in, though.

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[bustered]

I did put it kind of bluntly. [It's the closest thing to an apology he's got right now, anyway.]

But I guess it's a good way to warn you that this place can -- and will -- do really strange things to its inhabitants. They're not all bad, but they're not all good either.

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[foin]

Mn, it's okay, I appreciate the information. Anything I can get is helpful right now.

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[bustered]

...new here? [Yes, he was that distracted. Oops?]

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[foin]

I arrived yesterday. It's that easy to tell, isn't it?

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[bustered]

Nah. It's more that someone who's been here a while wouldn't have asked the questions you do. [A pause.] I'm Zack. Zack Fair.

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[foin]

Doesn't that amount to the same thing? [She chuckles.] I'm Asuna. It's nice to meet you.

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[bustered]

Should a person assume all who are ignorant in some aspects to be new? That's dangerous thinking. [But it's okay, he'd rather focus on someone else than his own loss.] Nice to meet you too. Settling in okay so far?

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[foin]

That's a good point, but it would have been correct this time.

Ah, it's going to take getting used to, especially since it's my real body here.

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[bustered]

Well... Yes, you do have a point.

[Okay, Zack has seen some weird stuff in Paradisa, but that makes him ask.] Real body?

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[foin]

Mhm! I'm still dressed like my Avatar, but... it seem like it's actually me!

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[bustered]

...Sounds like you come from a pretty interesting world.

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[foin]

It depends which one you mean.

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[bustered]

Which one do you want to talk about?