Mission 12 : [Accidental Video] Meant to be posted last night but comp kicked me off.

[argentimperator]

[The PCD has apparently been set aside in a moment of distraction and turned itself on. Sephiroth doesn't notice the blinking red light as he frowns curiously at the man running the particular booth. He's really only gone out to examine the festival because he knows full well that if he doesn't go on his own, he'll likely be dragged to it by Riku, Jr., or both.]

That's right, sir, it's a test of dexterity. You have to be quick, precise, and careful, or else the paper net tears and the fish stay in the water. Why don't you give it a try?

Very well. [He hands the attendant a couple of vaguely coin-shaped slices of rock, having noted quickly that they don't require actual money. On the first try he only ends up with a broken net, but he works out quickly where he went wrong, and on the second attempt he scoops out a pretty white fish with red spots.]

Congratulations, sir! One quick learner you are. Here!

[Sephiroth looks a touch surprised when the attendant puts the fish in a bag with some water and pushes it into his hands. Apparently he didn't realize that succeeding meant you won the fish. What is he going to do with a fish?]

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[He doesn't like asking questions. He prefers to make leading statements. His lips twist slightly before he gives in on the matter.]

What is Jenova, then?

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[ff_red_turk]

It's an alien life form. It crash-landed on the Planet with a meteor. No one knows when exactly.

[Looking at the fishies swimming.]

Professor Gast excavated it from Norther Crater. He thought it was a Cetra. Shinra's original goal was to recreate the Cetra.

They had no idea of what they were actually dealing with.

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I remember... Professor Gast was always very interested in the Cetra.

An alien life form... What were they dealing with, Vincent? Why does everything seem to revolve around Jenova, and why was I told that this creature was my mother?

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[ff_red_turk]

To recreated the Cetra, they tried to hybridate humans with what they found. That's how SOLDIER was started.

Hojo told you what he needed you to hear. He needed you to only have him or the people he decided were good for you around you. Your mother ...

[He closes his eyes, and takes a deep breath.]

As far as he was concerned, Lucrezia was a willing incubator. Nothing more.

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Project G. [And, apparently, him. Sephiroth looks away, his expression tight with barely-hidden fury that Vincent will probably see easily. He'd always known he was different, but this...]

Why did she allow it?

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I wish I knew.

[This is one of the many secrets Lucrezia left him with.]

I don't think she knew that you'd be taken away from her. she wouldn't have agreed if she'd known that.

She was a scientist, but she wasn't ... like them.