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.

Comments

[huffythedragon]

Grumpy guy left? But I liked him.

[bustered]

Yeah, he's gone, and his name's not on his door anymore. [A pause. If he was in a better mood, Zack probably would have laughed at 'grumpy guy.'] I liked him too. He was a good friend.

[huffythedragon]

He really was, man. Even if he never said a lot.

[bustered]

Yeah, that's just how he is. Quiet. He listens though, even if you don't think he is.

[huffythedragon]

I know, he always remembered stuff even when I thought he wasn't listening.

[bustered]

And always pulled it out when you least expected, right?

[huffythedragon]

Uh uh! Exactly like that.

[bustered]

Yeah, that's Cloud all right. He cared a lot more than he wanted people to know, I think.

[huffythedragon]

I know a lot of people like that.

...A couple of ponies, too.