audience: cloud

[mygod]

Comments

[residentmerc]

... Wasn't that one cursed?

[mygod]

Plenty of them were.

[ it's an easy opening so, ]

Too distracted to notice?

[residentmerc]

[ stop tALKING ABOUT IT the man is DEAD ]

Too busy gathering them to eat them.

[mygod]

[ laughs ]

I see.

[ in the most doubting voice ever ]

Did you not receive a new batch today?

[residentmerc]

... Yeah. Shared them with Aerith.

[ mmmmmoving on ]

That Pestilence's idea of a reward?

[mygod]

How quickly you both tend to rebound.

[ stop ]

Probably. They really like the whole candy bit.

[residentmerc]

Both? [ WHO IS AERITH REBOUNDING FROM THAT ISN'T ZACK (he clearly did not mean aerith) but also, alright: ] Look, the guy's dead, and I'm not the biggest fan of having my head messed with. Give it a rest.

[mygod]

[ simply: ]

I teased him plenty when he came seeking solace after it wore off, so consider it a matter of evening the score.

But fine. If it truly irks you, I'll drop it.

[ they just wanted to mock both parties equally ]

[residentmerc]

... Seriously, how many people did he talk to about this...?

[ everyone keeps talking to cloud about it!!!! aventurine!!!!! ]

I thought Yuffie was bad enough.

[mygod]

[ laughs faintly, but not too mockingly this time. aventurine is dead after all... ]

Could it be that you are not processing it with enough people?

[residentmerc]

What's there to process? It wasn't real.

[ cloud "never process a single emotion and bury it deep inside until you die" strife ]

[mygod]

There is the part about having your head messed with. [ to borrow cloud's words ] Aggravation or disdain would make sense.

Or the general sense of experiencing a feeling that strong out of nowhere, and realizing it isn't yours.

[ famine isn't pushing either, but like. there is plenty to process, cloud ]

[residentmerc]

Then we can call it processed when I find out who did it and kick their ass. That's it.

[ "experiencing a feeling strong out of nowhere and realizing it isn't yours" is maybe more common for cloud than he wants to admit to. so he doesn't!!! yay ]

[mygod]

[ cloud your brain soup

but famine shrugs ]

Fair enough. Think you made an enemy already?

[residentmerc]

Wouldn't be surprised, but... Probably just someone thought it'd be funny.

[ cloud looking at this cast like. no i dont think this was a hate crime. i think they are just stupid. ]

[mygod]

Well, they'd be right, though I think it was the two curses on top of each other that made it especially good.

[ don't say that to cloud's face ]

Perhaps you may still have a chance to get even later.

[residentmerc]

Don't think most of 'em realized they overlapped.

[ and you better not TELL THEM, YOU ]

You mean with a curse? 'Cause I'm fine just knocking them out when I find them instead.

[mygod]

Too bad...

[ not this ]

Either. Your power's a finicky one, but it definitely has room for comedy.

[residentmerc]

It's a little too luck based for my taste.

[ he's not!! cait!!! his luck stat isn't that good!!! ]

[mygod]

Oh? Find yourself unlucky?

[ a beat ]

I suppose that does align with what little I know of you.

[residentmerc]

I didn't ask. [ to be roasted!!! ] It's not bad if I want to know what powers other people get without having to share, I guess.

[mygod]

[ no one ever asks... ]

An upside, if you're forced to look for one.

[residentmerc]

Yeah, I'm all about looking at the silver lining.

[mygod]

If your luck continues to be this bad, I do imagine it will be a honed skill, yes.

[residentmerc]

What, the other guy doing better?

[ mysterious other ditto ....... ]