Zack Fair (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
colorofthesky) wrote2020-12-03 09:35 pm
colorofthesky) wrote2020-12-03 09:35 pm
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“Hey, it’s Zack. Leave a message after the beep.”
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“Hey, it’s Zack. Leave a message after the beep.”
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Well, let’s talk about that, then.
Your relationship with Sephiroth - what’s your goal? What do you really really want?
Your relationship with Sephiroth - what’s your goal? What do you really really want?
Zack, dear boy, I will be taking Kikimora off of your custodial hands a few days a week to work with me down in Zero. Hope that doesn't fuck up your scheduling any.
Oh hey, Pagan! Pretty sure we’ll be okay so don’t worry about it.
Is she okay?
Is she okay?
Yes, yes. She's just wanting more structure to her day, and I thought giving her some - oh individual attention and work would do her some good.
Ah, yeah - she does seem like the type who’d benefit from that.
It’s good of you to do that for her! As long as you want to have her helping you, I’m good for it.
It’s good of you to do that for her! As long as you want to have her helping you, I’m good for it.
Of course. I don't mind it at all. Gives me someone to talk to down there.
Well, great.
Just let me know if there's anything I can do to help, yeah?
Just let me know if there's anything I can do to help, yeah?
[ Zack sighs. ]
You're really stubborn, you know that?
You're really stubborn, you know that?
Mm... first, I want both of us to graduate.
[Without that, he's positive nothing remotely healthy would even be possible.]
... And...
[But why is it so difficult to even voice want he really wants, from then on?]
I want us to be able to live something... remotely resembling a normal life. Somewhere... maybe just outside a city, where... people wouldn't recognize either of us. Whether that's with us going on dates, or not, isn't even what matters most to me. It matters most that he's there, at all.
[He wants them to be able to start their lives over, basically. Build their lives from the ground up, away from lots of people. Become whatever, whoever's naturally for them. Figure out what their "normal" might be...]
[Without that, he's positive nothing remotely healthy would even be possible.]
... And...
[But why is it so difficult to even voice want he really wants, from then on?]
I want us to be able to live something... remotely resembling a normal life. Somewhere... maybe just outside a city, where... people wouldn't recognize either of us. Whether that's with us going on dates, or not, isn't even what matters most to me. It matters most that he's there, at all.
[He wants them to be able to start their lives over, basically. Build their lives from the ground up, away from lots of people. Become whatever, whoever's naturally for them. Figure out what their "normal" might be...]
Edited 2023-06-18 02:29 (UTC)
[At some point, there is a box delivered to the door of Zack's cabin - sometime before he heads out for the day.
Inside it, there is an assortment of fruit that's been cut into cute dog shapes, sandwiches, and several cupcakes—packaged separately and labeled as being for dogs. It is all very neatly arranged.
The note mentions it being from Jamil, and also says:
As thanks for saving Azul and Kalim.]
Inside it, there is an assortment of fruit that's been cut into cute dog shapes, sandwiches, and several cupcakes—packaged separately and labeled as being for dogs. It is all very neatly arranged.
The note mentions it being from Jamil, and also says:
As thanks for saving Azul and Kalim.]
Hello, Zack. How are you? I heard you say that Xue Yang was involved.
Hi, Xie Lian!
I’m kind of pissed but otherwise good!
He didn’t really do anything himself, per se, but he knew about it in advance, didn’t say shit about it, and was 100% on board with it so.
I’m figuring out a game plan here.
I’m kind of pissed but otherwise good!
He didn’t really do anything himself, per se, but he knew about it in advance, didn’t say shit about it, and was 100% on board with it so.
I’m figuring out a game plan here.
Ah, Xue Yang.
[He sighs a little, shaking his head to himself.]
There are times when knowing but not saying is the same as action, and there are times when it isn't.
It seems that at least two out of three of that party were a bit too interested in self-destruction. I don't know Johann well enough to guess if he had notions beyond destruction in general.
[He sighs a little, shaking his head to himself.]
There are times when knowing but not saying is the same as action, and there are times when it isn't.
It seems that at least two out of three of that party were a bit too interested in self-destruction. I don't know Johann well enough to guess if he had notions beyond destruction in general.
Yeah, I don’t know Johann well enough to say, either. I’m not gonna get mixed up in it since I’ve got my hands full as it is.
Xue Yang was definitely in it for the self-destruction, though. He told me so himself.
Xue Yang was definitely in it for the self-destruction, though. He told me so himself.
I saw Envy. [Xie Lian has no doubt there.
He sighs again.]
It's good that Xue Yang is open with you. I was planning on speaking with him. I'm afraid I was rather, ah, direct with him in the last flood, and then he was down in a coma. [It's not that he feels any guilt or responsibility - two different things - over Xue Yang's actions, or thinks that what he said, or hadn't, played a part in the self-destructive habits. But the mess has reminded him that he does want to have that conversation.] Self-destruction without care of the destruction caused to others.
First vines, now large holes... There are people here who express their feelings very energetically.
He sighs again.]
It's good that Xue Yang is open with you. I was planning on speaking with him. I'm afraid I was rather, ah, direct with him in the last flood, and then he was down in a coma. [It's not that he feels any guilt or responsibility - two different things - over Xue Yang's actions, or thinks that what he said, or hadn't, played a part in the self-destructive habits. But the mess has reminded him that he does want to have that conversation.] Self-destruction without care of the destruction caused to others.
First vines, now large holes... There are people here who express their feelings very energetically.
Yeah, we were both in a coma, actually. I’m extra annoyed he decided to do this right after we woke up, you know. All of this might have been very slightly better if he could have waited, like, a month.
[ Zack, pls. ]
I wish people be a little less energetic about it, honestly.
What do you mean by ‘direct’, though? Did he get mad at you?
[ Zack, pls. ]
I wish people be a little less energetic about it, honestly.
What do you mean by ‘direct’, though? Did he get mad at you?
If he could've waited a month, it might not have happened at all.
[He rubs the back of his neck.]
I don't know if I'd say mad, exactly... more, ah, distressed... [He's not going to say anything about crying, but, well.] There are things that should be said, but I don't think that's the same as saying that they should be said without care.
Especially to someone with a sensitive spirit.
[He rubs the back of his neck.]
I don't know if I'd say mad, exactly... more, ah, distressed... [He's not going to say anything about crying, but, well.] There are things that should be said, but I don't think that's the same as saying that they should be said without care.
Especially to someone with a sensitive spirit.
Edited 2023-08-13 21:54 (UTC)
Yeah, he was kinda...sensitive during that flood.
[ A pause. ]
Was it about Xiao Xingchen?
[ A pause. ]
Was it about Xiao Xingchen?
Yeah.
[It's a topic he's pretty sensitive about, even without the help of the flood.]
[It's a topic he's pretty sensitive about, even without the help of the flood.]
[Not long after this, Zack gets a half-hurriedly-typed message in text form:]
Watch out for Akira.
don't have proof or anything just trust me
he's going to go after all three of the ones involved in Envy's thing
Watch out for Akira.
don't have proof or anything just trust me
he's going to go after all three of the ones involved in Envy's thing
[ Oh, good. Just what he needs. Zack sighs. ]
Thanks for the heads up. Xue Yang’s gonna be with me all the time for a while - do you think that’ll put him off or no?
Thanks for the heads up. Xue Yang’s gonna be with me all the time for a while - do you think that’ll put him off or no?
[ Zack…sighs. ]
Yeah, that…whole thing is a really big mess.
Haven’t gotten around to addressing it much with him since- well, you know, coma. But that’s gonna take a while to deal with, I bet.
Yeah, that…whole thing is a really big mess.
Haven’t gotten around to addressing it much with him since- well, you know, coma. But that’s gonna take a while to deal with, I bet.
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