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[sonicblade]

My name is Cloud Strife. I just got here a bit ago. First things first, is man named Sephiroth around here? I was fighting him before I got here.

It's really important that I know if he is.

Thanks.

[Give it a few minutes and something else is added.]

If anyone from Radiant Garden is also here... please answer.

Thank you.

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[sonicblade]

Sorry?

[silverhound]

[Oh, shi--He gotta reply! Loz sits straight as he hastily types the following.]

You're lying! You're not Big Brother!

[sonicblade]

Well, yeah. I don't have a little brother/sister.

[Maybe this was the other Cloud's thing? Geez. At least he was warned ahead of time.]

[silverhound]

[That last reply pisses him off more than he cares to admit. Loz quickly replies, autocorrect be damned.]

Then why are you pretending to be him?!

[sonicblade]

I'm not. Looks like there's more than one Cloud Strife.

[He's still not sure he believes that, but with all the people confusing him for the other one... he couldn't really deny it either. It was just weird.]

Sorry. I'm from a different world than yours.

[silverhound]

What?!

[Loz stays quiet for a second and just stares down at the text in pure confusion. Just what the hell is going on? Is this guy lying? He has to be lying cause none of this makes any sense!

After a brief moment, he finally replies.]

You're lying! You know him! You know that...that name.

[He means "Sephiroth".]

Did you forget? Kadaj and Yazoo...?

[sonicblade]

I can't forget who I don't know. I'm not him.

[He feels bad, but there's not much he can do about it. And he would rather not deal with the fallout. Sephiroth existed only because of Cloud's stupidity. Nothing more. He didn't now what happened on this other world, how Sephiroth came to be or if this other Cloud really had siblings.

He also didn't want to know.]

The Sephiroth you know and the one I know aren't the same either. It's impossible for them to be. You're better off forgetting I said anything.

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[silverhound]

Liar!

[Loz's temper gets the better of him as he flicks on the video. As soon as the camera starts recording, those inhumanly bright turquoise eyes gaze at Cloud with such loathing. The same odd energy that gathers within Cloud's gaze lurks within his.

It's mako, mako energy but most of all...its her. The Calamity of the Skies, Mother.

There's no running from this fight, Cloud.

None at all.]

Coward! What? You planning on running again?

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[sonicblade]

[Cloud is only confused by this. He doesn't understand the loathing nor why the guy looks related to Sephiroth rather than himself.

He also didn't recognize the mako energy. His own eyes were bright but that was due to the Darkness. The Calamity doesn't exist in the KH world fam.]

...

[Well that was oddly specific even if it wasn't entirely wrong. But he'd already resolved to face things head on. Shame he didn't get to see who won the fight though.]

I'm not your brother. Your issue is with someone else.

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[silverhound]

So you are running.

[Not like all that running helped Cloud last time--no, excuse me. The so-called "Other Cloud". Loz scrunches up his nose at that. It reeks worse than it did in that damn church right about now. This idiot is really sticking to that story? Loz is actually offended.]

We had a lot of fun last time. [He says with a cruel smirk. Even if he's merely Sephiroth's remnant, that arrogant smirk remains the same.]

Oh, wait. I mean the other you.

[He huffs at that.]

But I had more fun with your "girlfriend".

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[sonicblade]

[His eyes do widen a bit at that until he realizes that what the guy was saying was false.

Well, false for him, anyway. He definitely sympathized though, even if Sephiroth didn't actually bother anyone but Sora.

His eyes narrow now.]

That doesn't work unless my friends are here.

[And they weren't except for Sora. If Tifa or Aerith were here, he wouldn't have heard the last of it.]

Going to have to end the conversation here. You're not getting it and you're not Sephiroth. Trying to mess with my head won't get you anywhere.

[He had a long road ahead of him. But he'd already felt the Light, he just had to believe. And this weirdo was actually helping. Thanks bro but he's going to shut the video off from here. And likely stop responding.

He feels bad for the other Cloud. Sheesh, Hades felt like a cake walk in comparison.]

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[silverhound]

Don't you even try--!

[Before he could say anything else, that bastard runs off. The video feed goes dead and Loz is left staring at a blank screen. It takes him a moment to register what happened but once he does, Loz actually punches the wall adjacent to him with a growl.]

Coward! [He gnashes his teeth together in pure rage.] You're not running from me, brother.

I'll hunt you down!

[Cloud better sleep with one eye open from here on out.]