[ Open ] I'm waiting for your last goodbye

[makoglow]

Who: Cloud Strife & You
Status: Open
Where: Various
What: Catch all if needed; questboard things mainly
Warnings: TBA





🌩️ Bite Sized Blessings

[ It really hadn't taken long for Cloud to track down this little pint sized disaster. Honestly he thought it might have been Nimona so he had thought to check with her first. But there is a trail of destruction to be followed. Eventually it leads him straight to the little whelp of a dragon.

It doesn't take him too long to catch it. But now he has another problem - it really is trying to bite him. ]

Cut it ou - augh!

[ Yeah. You guessed it. Cloud now has a baby dragon attached to his arm and it doesn't look like it's about to let go. Oops? ]

🌩️ A Storm of Sneezes

[ The first thing that he had thought was "of course" when hearing that the shaking and rattling of the structures on the island had been due to a cold. Because it just makes too much sense that the living creature people would choose to live on is susceptible to the elements.

Well no one is going to get him onto a ship to give the creature soup. But he is looking like he's thinking of an alternative. ]

Help me down.

[ As in he intends to scale the leviathan so that he can give it those smelling salts and other grossness that will help those sinuses. ]

🌩️ Beary Night

First cats now bears.

[ Sort of. Cloud might be referencing something that hasn't happened here, but years before. Something he had been reminded of when he had talked to Tifa last. Maybe that's part of the reason why he is heading out into the woods. Attached to his belt is a pouch of holly berries, hoping to attract the attention of the missing cub.

Only... Something seems to catch his eye. ]

Did you see that?

🌩️ Monty's Python

[ Just like he learned last time with the stupid goose, nothing should really be taken lightly. So even though it's said that all they are doing is going out and slaying a little rabbit.

Cloud has to wonder - ]

Should we start taking bets on what's going on with this rabbit?

[ You know... Before they find it. ]

🌩️ Wildcard

[ I'm happy to write closed starters or just go with something you feel like throwing at me. , Cloud will be avoiding ships as much as possible. So he can be found loitering around on any of the leviathans. ]

Comments

Bite-Sized Blessings

[pinksidekicking]

[ The entire trek, Nimona has been a bundle of hyperactive energy. A pink dragon! Now that they're here... she's cooing over it. ]

Aw, look at how little and sweet it is! [ She reaches out to scratch its belly, even as it's biting Cloud's arm. ]

I think it likes you.

[makoglow]

You're not helping, Nimona.

[ Aside from the initial bite, it doesn't even actually hurt. It is just annoying at this point. ]

How is biting me saying it likes me?

[pinksidekicking]

Alright, alright. It's just a baby dragon, and probably scared.

[ Fearlessly, she puts her hand on the dragon's muzzle and presses in a way that gets its jaw to open. Getting it to let go of Cloud. ]

It latched on to you first when I'm clearly the better choice of new dragon parent.

[makoglow]

That still doesn't explain how biting me is saying that it likes me.

[ Unfortunately, Nimona, the little thing seems to really be attached to Cloud. Like it doesn't want to go anywhere. Good luck. ]

A storm of sneezes

[seasaltkeys]

Are you sure you don't want me to do it?

[Because he's going to help, one way or another, but he is also smaller, and probably lighter.]

I don't know if this is a good idea.

[makoglow]

[ For a moment, Cloud considers this. Then nods. It's actually a sound plan. ]

All right. Have you ever scaled anything like this before?

[seasaltkeys]

Uh, not really. But I'm okay with heights!

It shouldn't be too hard, right?

[makoglow]

We'll go and get a couple of things first. Rope, mostly.

[ So that Cloud can keep a hold of him. Safer that way. ]

» A Storm of Sneezes

[tilfrosset]

[The shuddering of the earth below her is really getting to be too much. Etlrut's coughing and sneezing is unpredictable and the faster they get this hot soup into the creature, the better.

Jill's been assisting where she can all day and seeing familiar faces help keep the stress of the situation down a bit. However her friendly expression drops when Cloud seems to be standing far, far away from the rifters loading up the ship with pots of soup instead of going with them.]

Pardon me?

[She's heard what he said very clearly and in any other context, she would immediately give him an answer. However, Jill is sure she's missing something somewhere and Cloud needs to give her a few more details.]

[makoglow]

I'm not getting on any boats.

[ Nope. Can't make him Jill. He just... Needs to not be sick okay? Not if he is going to be of any use to this leviathan. ]

So I'm going to climb down from the top of its head.

[tilfrosset]

[Are those the details? No, it just explains why he's not joining up with the rest of the rifters. It doesn't explain why he's avoiding boats in total enough for her to understand his reasoning.]

Why not? It would make such a task much simpler.

[Besides, she doesn't think there's enough rope in this place to make her feel secure in leading him down on it. Though there are other options...]

[makoglow]

[ Yeah it really does look like he is going to need to explain, isn't he? Cloud sighs. Rubs the back of his neck. ]

Motion sickness. I didn't think it would really apply here, but I was wrong.

[ So he would rather avoid ships or boats if he can. Besides... They need to reach the sinus cavities too? ]

monty's python

[vermilloci]

[ She's already fought this rabbit once, but, clearly, either a hyper-beam from the professor's pokémon did not completely vaporize it or there are more. Which means maybe there's possibly a whole family of them? Rabbits do tend to multiply ad infinitum when there are no natural predators, after all...

Rem is thankful that she's found someone to accompany her on this quest who has such a big sword strapped to his back. Overkill is definitely needed. ]

I'm not sure, but whatever the case, it shouldn't be underestimated. I think to be cautious, we should try setting a trap.

[makoglow]

[ Yeah.... Rabbits are pretty good at multiplying. And though Cloud does have a sword at his back, it's not like he isn't quick. He's pretty light on his feet.

But Rem is also talking some sense. Cloud nods, agreeing. ]

All right. Do you have anything we might be able to use on you?

[vermilloci]

What do you think about... [ Since she's already faced this creature once... yes! She's come prepared. Rem digs into her satchel and pulls out...

One (1) string and
one (1) carrot.

The simplest of traps, really. ] This? [ She looks rather proud of herself. ] We tie the carrot to the string, distracting it with a lure-- and then take it out!

[makoglow]

[ Give Cloud a minute. The carrot might not be a bad idea. But a simple rope and carrot lure? Not something like a trap? ]

Have you done something like this before?

[ Cloud has to know. Not that he's judging her. Yet. ]

A Storm of Sneezes

[emet_sulk]

[ The things one does for crude currency, Emet-Selch grumbles to himself. Well, it's easier than some other jobs he could be doing. What's more surprising is that this boy is here too. ]

Why? What are you planning to do?

[makoglow]

I'm not using a ship. So I figured I would scale down the side of the thing's face.

[ And chill out there to apply the ointments and all of that. ]

[emet_sulk]

You need a rope, then.

[ Easy enough. He snaps his fingers and a length of rope appears in his hands...but there's a problem. He can immediately tell that it isn't real. Frowning, he waves it away and snaps his fingers again. With the same result. ]

...I thought the marks returned our magic to us.

[ Someone is a little put out to not be able to Create. ]

Beary Good

[cursedwords]

[ Hey, it's Toge again and his weird speech patterns. It'll probably be fine.

Walking through the woods, he's been keeping an eye on the tree line, glancing one way and the other. Not much of a conversationalist, but at the comment - he sees it at the same time.

The bear yes, but with the bear is a fire sprite.

Toge suddenly grabs onto Cloud's arm and gives a sharp yank before the two of them end up with a fireball in the chest. He might find him surprisingly strong, but if he resists, Toge's expecting the surprise to do the heavy lifting here - they just might both get a taste of that flame. ]

[makoglow]

[ Cloud has no issues with Toge tagging along. He doesn't feel awkward about the speech patterns at all by now. Maybe he will eventually ask about it, but for now? It's fine the way that it is. After all, Cloud isn't much of a talker over all.

He feels the tug to the sleeve. And that's when he notices the fireball coming their way. Toge can pull him out of the way, but Cloud is also getting out his blade to block it just in case. ]

Looks like we found something.

[cursedwords]

Salmon. [ Toge agrees and he unzips his high collar, showing off his curse marks. Between the two 'eyes' by his lips and the mouth on his tongue, that's why they call it the snake and fangs. ]

Mentaiko. [ They can handle this, although, admittedly a fire sprite is a new one for him.

Probably using fire against it won't work, right? ]

monty's python 🐇

[everblooms]

Ah, well.

[ She walks shoulder and shoulder with him, her gaze trained ahead as Aerith takes quicker, longer steps to keep up with Cloud. They're wandering beyond the streets now, to wherever their last tip took them. ]

To tell you the truth... Pretty much anything's better than the plants.

[ She doesn't elaborate; maybe Cloud can fill in the blanks? She's half fishing for information, gauging his reaction out of curiosity. It's not like he knew what was going on with that, but... ]

[makoglow]

[ He doesn't mind. As much as he wants to protect Aerith, at the same time there is no stopping her from doing what she wants. If anything, Cloud is just glad to have her company again. ]

You're not talking about the giant one, right?

[ Cloud knows that Aerith has hidden talent. How specific that is, well. It's not like he really had time to ask. If he stops and thinks about it, it might be pretty obvious. ]

Probably shouldn't say though because you're going to jynx us.

[everblooms]

[ Ironically, Aerith wants to keep Cloud safe and sound; she may not have all the pieces of the puzzle he's working with, but she knows him well enough to know he needs a push. Or three. ]

Bingo. Those were the kind of guys who only wanted one thing, you know?

[ To her, she thinks he already knows; that hearing any kind of flower is just how it goes. She thinks nothing of it. ] Maybe, though. So what? We'll handle it.

[ They always do! ]