Mission 16: [Accidental Video]
Oct. 29th, 2011 01:46 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
argentimperator[The feed blinks on as the PCD drops out of Sephiroth's coat pocket. The coat that Sephiroth is no longer wearing; the video catches him throwing it over a gravestone, hiding it from sight. The stone, of course, is only one out of a number he almost finds surprising. The names on them, however, are not surprising at all.
Angeal Hewley. Genesis Rhapsodos. Zack Fair. Faramis Gast. Lucrecia Crescent. Vincent Valentine.
All from his own world, with dates in Gaia's calendar. All people who have been important in his old life, even if he only found out about Vincent and Lucrecia here. But there are more stones, with more names that have nothing to do with his world.
Unohana Retsu. Gaignun Kukai Jr. Albedo Piazzola. Ulquiorra Cifer. Tsukino Usagi.
You get no prize for guessing what name is on the stone Sephiroth covered up.
His own grave is there, too, a monument topped with a guardian angel statue. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the statue seems to be missing a wing. There are three sets of dates inscribed on it, though on the third set, both dates are the same. He's already watched himself die at Cloud Strife's hands far more than could possibly be healthy for anyone, though not looking at the dates isn't any better thanks to the damn hallucinations. Listening to the bullshit spouted by his insane self is slightly less than entertaining.]
You betrayed Mother. [More voices speaking to him that no one else could hear.]
Jenova is not my mother and you are an abomination. I would almost consider these mercy killings if Strife were not such an ass.
[Despite the defiant words, Sephiroth looks more tired and depressed than anything, and the feed blinks out as he sits down by the covered grave.]
Angeal Hewley. Genesis Rhapsodos. Zack Fair. Faramis Gast. Lucrecia Crescent. Vincent Valentine.
All from his own world, with dates in Gaia's calendar. All people who have been important in his old life, even if he only found out about Vincent and Lucrecia here. But there are more stones, with more names that have nothing to do with his world.
Unohana Retsu. Gaignun Kukai Jr. Albedo Piazzola. Ulquiorra Cifer. Tsukino Usagi.
His own grave is there, too, a monument topped with a guardian angel statue. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the statue seems to be missing a wing. There are three sets of dates inscribed on it, though on the third set, both dates are the same. He's already watched himself die at Cloud Strife's hands far more than could possibly be healthy for anyone, though not looking at the dates isn't any better thanks to the damn hallucinations. Listening to the bullshit spouted by his insane self is slightly less than entertaining.]
You betrayed Mother. [More voices speaking to him that no one else could hear.]
Jenova is not my mother and you are an abomination. I would almost consider these mercy killings if Strife were not such an ass.
[Despite the defiant words, Sephiroth looks more tired and depressed than anything, and the feed blinks out as he sits down by the covered grave.]
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Date: 2011-10-29 06:25 am (UTC)[Or the fact that it actually belongs there.]
[Video]
Date: 2011-10-29 10:40 pm (UTC)I was supposed to be stronger than anyone, but I'm not strong enough to watch that moment again and again. [But then, he's always been more emotionally fragile than most people realized, hasn't he?]
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Date: 2011-10-29 10:43 pm (UTC)Is that how you would have thought of me if I had succeeded?
[Aka tread very, very carefully, Sephiroth.]
[Video] I think this is the most he's said in one shot ever.
Date: 2011-10-30 04:59 am (UTC)That has nothing to do with it. Knowing what I know now, and having seen my deaths... all three of them... I have no issue with accepting that he did what needed to be done.
In that time, in that place, under those circumstances.
My issues with Cloud Strife stem entirely from his behavior while he was here. I imagine he believed he was justified. Perhaps Zack believed the same. Perhaps they are even right. For all I have learned, I do not truly know what they suffered because of my madness. However, the fact remains that I am not yet that man and I have not committed those crimes. Do I have no right to resent being held responsible for events I have not yet lived through? In our interactions, the man came across as overbearing, belligerent, and self-righteous. I would like to think I am as entitled to my dislikes, rational or otherwise, as anyone.
.....I would have preferred it if you had succeeded. If you had ended it, and me, without such cost to yourself.
[Video] Sephiroth you are.... the worst at making him feel better. :|
Date: 2011-11-04 08:15 am (UTC)I did the same thing he did. Only he was stronger and succeeded. My point is: If I had succeeded, how can I know for sure you wouldn't think that of me?
[See his point, Sephiroth? He sees yours, even if he thinks it's irrational.]
This isn't how you get someone's forgiveness, just so you're aware.
[And yeah, that last part sounds just a little bit angry.]
Oh and do me a favor? Stay away from Sora. I don't want him to be the victim the next time this happens.
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Date: 2011-10-29 07:15 am (UTC)But Sephiroth, this Sephiroth who hasn't lost his mind yet, who knows where he comes from ... his son doesn't deserve that.
So he'll be on his way.]
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Date: 2011-10-29 10:46 pm (UTC)He got this broody streak from you, you realize.]
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Date: 2011-10-29 10:53 pm (UTC)Vincent doesn't stop next to Sephiroth. Instead, he walks to the headstone that bears his own name, and crouches in front of it. His right hand softly traces the dates etched into the stones.]
They even got the dates right. I guess I shouldn't be surprised.
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Date: 2011-10-30 06:23 pm (UTC)[He's not particularly surprised to see Vincent. In some matters, the older man is fairly predictable. Sephiroth leans back slightly to watch him examine the stone.]
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Date: 2011-10-30 06:40 pm (UTC)He turns around to look at the big one, and his eyes turn golden as he does, the pupils slowly elongating into slits as Chaos comes closer to the surface, almost as a reaction to the presence he can feel.]
You never learn, do you?
[The words are clearly not addressed to Sephiroth, as Chaos is watching the statue.]
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Date: 2011-11-01 11:59 pm (UTC)I will certainly learn nothing from you, dog of the Planet.
[Sephiroth pinches the bridge of his nose briefly between two gloved fingers. He could almost feel the headache coming on.]
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Date: 2011-11-02 08:51 am (UTC)And that's why you will fail every time, scourge. I may be a dog of the Planet, but I am a part of it. You're not.
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Date: 2011-10-29 12:34 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-10-30 05:09 am (UTC)I'm thinking.
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Date: 2011-10-30 07:13 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-10-31 06:18 pm (UTC)[Yes, he knows it's vague but he doesn't really want to admit to Unohana that he is brooding and being a little emo.]
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Date: 2011-10-31 09:23 pm (UTC)And you cannot do it inside?
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Date: 2011-11-01 11:10 pm (UTC)Inside seems less appropriate. I am unbothered by the current temperatures.
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Date: 2011-11-02 08:14 am (UTC)Besides, hiding one of them is hardly conclusive to reflection, don't you think?
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Date: 2011-10-29 07:44 pm (UTC)Cloud has his faults but he is not an ass, Sephiroth. I know this may be hard for you, this is hard for all of us, but there is no reason for saying that.
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Date: 2011-10-30 05:46 am (UTC)It takes him a moment to pin down the distant sense of familiarity.]
You are the girl the Turks have been watching.
[Yeah, that's all she gets. Sephiroth doesn't really feel the need to justify himself to her.]
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Date: 2011-10-30 08:33 am (UTC)[Oh but she's not letting him forget, even after everything she's not afraid right now.]
And don't think I'm going to let you off that easy though.
[video]
Date: 2011-10-30 06:58 pm (UTC)[She doesn't have anything to be afraid of, whether she realizes it or not. Fed up as he is with catching flack for his future, Sephiroth still wouldn't go beyond sharp words, especially with someone he doesn't even know can fight.]
I do not care. Perhaps Strife is the warmest, most caring man in the world to those he calls friend. However, my interactions with the man while he was here were highly unpleasant and I am entitled to my own opinion.
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Date: 2011-10-30 08:03 pm (UTC)[A pause as she decides to switch topics and then...]
What happened between you and Cloud? Here I mean....
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Date: 2011-10-31 06:24 pm (UTC)I would imagine any sane and essentially blameless man would take poorly to being treated as a monstrous, genocidal madman. I suppose not killing me on sight was his idea of a concession to the fact that I had done nothing in the time I came from.
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Date: 2011-10-31 08:30 pm (UTC)I am sure it was hard for Cloud.
But if it means anything, I won't blame you for things you haven't done.
[She'll try at least.]
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Date: 2011-11-01 11:27 pm (UTC)....He doesn't know he's going to kill her, but it wouldn't exactly surprise him to hear.]
It would be greatly appreciated. There are some here who have remained for years. I would be content to be one of them. [That is to say, he doesn't have much interest in going home and losing his mind and doing all that stuff.]
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Date: 2011-10-30 04:39 pm (UTC)Uh, Sephiroth? Are you okay? You've been outside for a really long time now.
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Date: 2011-10-30 06:33 pm (UTC)I am highly resilent to the elements. Prolonged exposure to the current weather will not cause me any problems.
[Whether or not Sora will realize that Sephiroth is hiding a distinct lack of emotional 'okay' behind the strictly physical answer is up in the air.]
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Date: 2011-10-30 07:11 pm (UTC)Um, okay. But you've been standing near those tombstones for a while now. I don't think staring at them is very healthy...
[He seems to be thinking for a moment or two.]
I can ask Riku if he'd be okay with you coming over. Then you at least wouldn't be alone.
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Date: 2011-10-31 06:49 pm (UTC)Perhaps not, but it can be informative.
[That last suggestion gets the closest Sephiroth will likely ever come to a wince. Sora just has.... no idea.]
I will not be alone. In any case, this is not the best time for me to be visiting Riku.
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Date: 2011-11-01 04:10 am (UTC)[He looks just a bit dejected.]
Oh. Okay. Are you two having a fight or something?
[Video]
Date: 2011-11-02 12:02 am (UTC)....It is complicated.
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Date: 2011-11-02 04:31 am (UTC)[He made a promise to Riku that he wouldn't leave the house until the event was over. Although he's kinda itching to see what's under Seph's coat.]
That's just code for you aren't going to tell me, isn't it?
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Date: 2011-11-03 09:54 pm (UTC)Yes. [Blunt Sephiroth is blunt. It's the truth, after all. If Riku wants Sora to know why things are....awkward between them right now, he'll tell him. Sephiroth is keeping his mouth shut until then.]
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Date: 2011-11-04 04:20 pm (UTC)Err...Okay. [Sora gets the feeling no one is going to be telling him anything of this sort any time soon.]