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[If one passes by the bay area you might catch the entrance of a quiet disgruntled blond dressed largely in white, the only black immediately visible being the shoes and vest beneath the white suit jacket. He's currently standing in front of the Genessia Commonspace, idly seeming to turn a key over in his fingers while eyeballing the building as if he somehow finds it offensive.

This isn't the first time he's been kidnapped, but at least this go around it would appear that he's more of a guest than confined prisoner. Not that this really makes things all that much better. A gilded cage was still a cage. What they seemed to have here was an illusion of freedom.

Perhaps, he'd change his mind in time, but this place would have to work to show him he was wrong.]

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[There's only so long a time one can glower at a building, and thus once he'd sorted his thoughts out, he turned his attention to the phone he'd been given to examine it more thoroughly before finally ended up broadcasting a short message.]

Is there anyone else here from a world known as Gaia? I would like to speak with you if so.

[He would learn if he was alone here or not in a manner of speaking and then plan from there. Though while he waited for answers, he would head for Nettle and 27th street. He wanted to check out this Foundation that had been mentioned within the welcome message.]

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[Eh, after everything that had been going on, Reno was idly messing with his phone when the video is seen. At first he's wholly uninterested until the voice clicks in his mind along with the words.

It's then that he looks at the screen properly, well, shit.

Immediately he's flicking the video on.]

There's a few of us 'round here.

[Now that is a familiar face is glad to see.]

Perhaps you can brief me on who and how long you've been around?

[Casual conversation over a public line was one thing, for anything else he was going to want to work at securing this feed or talk to the redhead in person.]

Where are you?

[Feeling's not entirely mutual given he's sure he's going to have to keep an eye on him if something stupid happens. But, whatever, it gives him some sort of normalcy to contend with.]

Uhhh, haven't been around here too long. Less than a month, maybe a month, something like that. Rude's 'round here somewhere and then there's hero blondie and his friend that I'm not going anywhere near as I'm sure she'd break my face currently. Other than that, no one else.

[Yeeah, that'd probably be for the best.]

Just wanderin' Genessia, might be easier if you give me your location instead.

Noted.

[He considers Reno's words, there's something simply off with the time frame presented there and it makes him wonder if he's been knocked out and sleeping in that pod for around a month before waking up, because he knows with a quiet certainty that Reno has not been missing from his side for so long.

It was good to hear that Rude was here. To be honest, he was largely indifferent about Strife or Lockhart. Their presence could prove to be useful should something nasty rear its head here. It was about the only use he had for them these days. Pest control. As long as they were civil towards him and his, he could be perfectly civil in return.]

I believe I'm on Oak Avenue currently. I'm headed for Nettle and 27th.

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[It's entirely possible, he has no idea how this stuff really works in the long run. Nor is he particularly interested in delving into that kind of information as it sounds beyond boring in the end of the day.

But he's taking note of those directions, humming softly to himself as he thinks about where that is exactly. If there's one thing he's good at with cities, it's picking up the lay of the land after a few wanderings and he's pretty sure his mind's map is accurate for the most part, at least with streets.]

On the way, boss. Don't do anything stupid before I get there, yeah? [HE'S SERIOUS, RUFUS.]

[Airy has a few papers beneath her arm though it isn't the usual paper work that she has to deal with. Her hair is pulled off her shoulder's running down her back in wavy blond curls. She's wearing a short skirt and a button down shirt that's loosened until you can see the tank top beneath. It's gotten cooler out but it's to hot to wear anything more.

She stops when she sees the disgruntled looking stranger and turns to look at the building that he's currently angry at. She wonders if the building hurt him in some way.]

Are you okay?

[Airy doesn't know if he's noticed her or not.]

[Physically, yes, he was fine. Otherwise, he was the furthest from okay that one could be right now. At least when he'd been kidnapped prior, he'd still be on the same planet. The prospect of rescue was something not completely out of his hands and he still had his reputation, money and the shreds of power to fall back on.

Here he was more or less a stranded stranger in a strange land with nothing save what he wore and what his captors had decided to grant him upon awakening. The fact that they expected him to live in the building before him until he could make other arrangements was galling.

Though it was a step up from the cave his last captor had shoved him into.

He let his annoyance melt away into polite civility as he turned his attention properly to the young lady beside him.]

I'm fine. Tell me, how much does a decent hotel cost in this place?

[Airy quickly attempts to do some math in her head but promptly gives up.]

With what you wake up with? It can last about a month if you're frugal though most can only make it last for one. Do you not like this place?

[Her head cants to the side.]

If you get a job you can buy an apartment.

[It seems obvious but Airy has met a lot of people who don't know that and she'd rather just cover her basis now.]

[He glances briefly at the place once more before answering.]

It isn't to my tastes, no. I'm used to more privacy than this looks capable of granting.

[He'll have to think more on the pros and cons of using the freely given room later. For now, he turns his mind the new subject that had just been raised.]

How does one go about gaining such employment here?

[Does he like the idea of working under someone again? No. However it wasn't as if he really had much of a choice in that particular matter if he was to gain more funding to support himself here.]

The welcome center has listings. It depends what you know how to do or what you want to do. I sort of fell into my job.

[It'd been an accident and now she is in charge of a lot of stuff and she still doesn't know how it happened but she likes her job. It keeps her busy while giving her the freedom to do what she likes, helping others and organizing things.]

What do you like? I can probably help you find something or if you'd rather look alone.

I'll have to check it out.

[It'd be a place to start looking at least. Perhaps give him an idea of what his prospects might be. Unfortunately, what he might like held no real bearing over the type of work he'd no doubt end up having to do.

He liked working with guard hounds, practicing with the Turks, be it physical sparing or working with guns. He liked solving problems with minimal fuss, turning an enemy into an ally, even if for a short period of time. Those last were harder these days, but perhaps it made them more worthwhile.

He considered how to answer the question and decided to give her a simplistic version of the task he'd been involved in prior to his arrival.]

I was looking into how to utilize cleaner and healthier sources of energy back home, I doubt there's much call for that here.

You might be surprised. I know at least one business that's going to expand in that direction.

[It's Tony's and she only knows that because she's been working on the paper work though it isn't ready to be fully up and running.] Are you a scientist or engineer then?

[Now that was definitely interesting. He was curious just how they were headed in that direction and what was currently being used for power at the moment.]

Neither technically, but I've been around both since my youth. Personally, I prefer the engineer's over the scientists.

[The engineer's were less prone to play god in his opinion. Their budget was often more easier to deal with as well.]

I am rather good with computers if that counts for anything here.

It can, depends what you mean by 'good with computers'

[Airy glances to the south as if seeing something through the buildings. When she pulls her eyes back to Rufus she continues.]

You should see Nova City first. Everything there is usually a step up from what people are used too. At least from what I've seen. You might have to relearn a lot of computer based things. [Airy did, it isn't like they are using Window's 10 or anything she was familiar with.]

Once you get a hang of the interface it isn't so hard though.

I'm a capable hacker, or I was back home.

[He listens quietly to that, and yes, he can understand how that could be an issue. Still, he was a quick study. Given the chance and a crash course in how things worked. It shouldn't take him too long to get back up to par on his ability to sweet talk computers into dancing to his tune.]

I'll have to see if I can find someone willing to give me a crash course in how they work here.

[Airy rises an eyebrow.]

Did you hack into things a lot?

[She works with so many hackers that it's tiresome. She hates it when they decide to mess around with things.]

I know some people who know... but I don't know how much they enjoy teaching.

No. Just when necessary. You could say I did it to help some people I worked with. Kept some of their colleagues from being killed.

[Which is one way to put those events, even if it is an overly simplistic way to put it.]

Couldn't hurt to ask, could it?

That doesn't sound like a good place to work...

[A job that involves bodily harm sort of unnerved Airy. After everything that's happened she finds a lot of what this man says unsettling. She doesn't want too, she thinks it's better to trust people, it might just be Tony's paranoia rubbing off on her which she also doesn't like.]

I mean it can hurt... emotionally. Terrance plays tricks in the office when he's bored and Tony is... Tony. I promise I like the people I work with.

[Rude notices the video. Probably he should have acknowledged that in some way but it's not unusual for him to defer until he's face to face with someone and what he sees from the feed gives him something of a starting point.

Not a great starting point. But it'd do.

Furthermore, he's known Rufus long enough to have a fair idea of how he'll behave - maybe not to Tseng-like levels, but not so far off either. Rufus will want information, so Rude will scope out the places that offer said information.

Sure enough, it doesn't take him long to spot the familiar blond and white shape up ahead. Rude picks up his pace a little, though still calm as he draws near enough to speak.]

Sir?

[And all the questions for when he got here and how he is and what he needs are all wrapped neatly into that one little word.]

[His pace slowed to a halt at the sound of the voice behind him and he turned to watch as Rude caught up to him. He could guess what the first questions that Rude would want answered.

He could almost hear them in the tone the word had been delivered in. That concern and inquiry.]

I'm fine. I just woke up maybe an hour ago at the most. How long have you been here?

Couple of weeks. Reno been in touch?

[No sense repeating information and it's as good a way as any to work out if Rufus even knows Reno is here at all. And that neither of the other Turks are, given their omission from his question.

It's only been an hour, maybe. But Rude knows how quickly Rufus can work.]

Yes. Said he'd been here nearly a month or so. Which has me wondering just how long I slept in the thing I woke up in.

[The last is casually spoken, but the idea behind it isn't something he likes. Yet, it is the only explanation to explain the time frame they're working with it seems.

Or rather it's the only one that actually makes any sense.]

Maybe they wanted to make sure we were already settled before you got here.

[There are flaws in the logic, of course - if that were true, why not bring Reno and Rude at the same time, and then there's the matter of their colleagues either left behind or yet to awaken. But as an answer it suffices until they can find out more about the place.

But Reno's been in touch. Rude can take that to mean he can skip certain other warnings in favour of natural deference to his superior.]

So what's the plan?

[A pleasant thought save for that it made it sound as if his kidnapping had been somewhat premeditated, or at the very least that those responsible knew just who he and his Turks were. He also couldn't help but wonder just where the other two were. If perhaps they had escaped this or if they were currently sleeping as he had been somewhere lost within the Bay within one of those pods.

Pointless really to ponder such things, given he currently can't do a thing about the situation and has very little to work with in regards to facts about this place and its reasons for kidnapping people here.]

Reconnaissance, job and house hunting.

[The first was apt to continue even after the latter two had been accomplished. He wanted to know why he was here and how he'd been kidnapped here along with two, possibly more, of his Turks. There were other smaller, minor things he also wished to know, but those two were his long-term information goals.]

What have you and Reno been doing since your arrival?

[Just as he expected from Rufus, right down to the house hunting. Of course Rufus wouldn't accept the meagre lodgings given to them upfront even as they've been perfectly serviceable for Rude up until now. That'll change, he knows, because even in a place where almost no-one knows him the need to protect Rufus hasn't left him.

He might at least be able to help with one of the three questions.]

Getting used to the place, mostly. Got security work for a company in Nova City. Can probably find something for you there.

[It'd make his life easier, at least.]

[ Weiss is actually checking in with the Foundation right now and sorting out new information, filing according to relevancy and essentially reorganizing the binders. While there are digital copies of everything, she makes sure that there are physical copies as well in case something happens since there are hackers around- and also for accessibility to people who have no idea how to use technology.

It's not a wholly rare sight to see her there, but it's certainly less common than her being at the Guardian's office in Nova City or one of the Schnee Company branches. Since she is, she let the person who normally manned questions while the scientists worked have the day off. Just so long as no one minds the very organized clutter of many, many binders being organized, it works out fine. When Rufus walks through the door, she peeks out from behind a file cabinet behind the desk. ]

Do you need something?

[ Okay, her customer service isn't the best but at least she's on it. ]

[Rufus eyed the clutter with something akin to knowledgeable amusement. This isn't the first time he's seen a mess like this, likely won't be the last either or so he hopes silently.]

Yes. The welcome message said I could find some answers here about this world. Could I see that information?

[He recognized the voice from the recording as the one who had spoken to him, but refrained from commenting on that for the time being.]

[ It was a temporary clutter- Weiss always made sure of that. She was nowhere near obsessive, but she ran a tight ship. It was the reason she was able to keep up with everything she did: She knew how to manage her time, and being scatter-brained and messy wasn't a part of that.

Also, since she grew up with maids she learned very quickly that messes make her uncomfortable and if she doesn't clean them up, no one else will. ]

You... can.

[ Except she's redoing the binders right now. She looks around for a moment. ]

Where would you like to start? I'm organizing it right now, but I can grab what you're looking for. Unless you'd just like to peruse the whole collection, in which case I'll have to ask you to wait a little while.

[Jack had stayed around the bay area as he'd only arrived a few days earlier himself. He still had quite a bit to learn about this new world but he couldn't help but notice another seemingly confused new comer.

He floated down from the roof he'd been perched on and hovered just above Rufus's head sitting on his staff]

Let me guess? You just woke up here?

[Tifa wishes she could say she's surprised to see him, but she's not. It seems even inter-dimensional kidnappings isn't enough to keep him separated from his men.

She hesitates for a moment before finally responding. He's going to learn of her and Cloud presence here soon enough anyways. She smiles but it's noticeably forced. She may have been able to find common ground with Rude, but that doesn't fully extend to his boss.]

I know of two guys here who will be happy to see you. [The underlying message being that she isn't.] Aside from them it's just me and Cloud here. And now you.

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