catchall rupert

[skyagain]

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[skyagain]

Well, considering everything, maybe we should keep that bar low.

[agleam]

I am heightening the bar as soon as I make it out of here.

[skyagain]

A wise plan when there isn't one guy pulling the strings trying to make our lives miserable.

[agleam]

[...]

Well, no, that's still a thing for me back home, but I'm going to fix it. So, heightening the bar as soon as I get home and do that.

[skyagain]

... It's sort of a thing for me back home, too.

[ so he was being secretly ironic, but now it's funny awkward ]

[agleam]

Oh.

[a beat.]

Who...?

[skyagain]

... His name's Sephiroth. It's... a long story.

[ and he says the name with a lot of hatred so you know ]

[agleam]

...Okay. We don't have to talk about it if you don't want to.

[skyagain]

... I've already talked about him too much this week.

[ and it's monday! he hates memshares. ]

[agleam]

[it's wednesday but he's valid anyways]

Sounds like you could use a subject change...?

[skyagain]

[ WE'VE HAD SO MANY THREADS THIS WEEK ELI I WAS LIKE IT WAS... WEDNESDAY? NO MONDAY SURELY he's even more valid now it's fine ]

If you say it like that and I eat more stardust, I'll get mad.

[ it's wednesday he has wolf ears on ]

[agleam]

[days are hard you're also valid]

Yes, I am clearly responsible for if and when that happens.

[skyagain]

Thanks for understanding.

[ the stardust is not as understanding and rupert gets this until 5:30 you can skip the fighting bits obviously ]

[agleam]

[ah. hm. after a few moments:]

...You weren't really going to hurt him, right?

[skyagain]

[ ... Well. Uncomfortable. he crosses his arms, but he's not looking at rupert ]

If she needed me to. Guy was putting them all at risk of being hunted down and killed by Shinra.

[agleam]

[a beat.]

But it wasn't just up to her, was it? It was up to you, too.

[skyagain]

I would've done it, yeah. [ is this what rupert wants to hear ] But I wasn't Avalanche. Wasn't my business to decide what to do about their problems.

[agleam]

[i'm sure it will be shocking when i reveal that isn't what he wanted to hear]

...Did it work out in the end? I mean - did he betray them?

[skyagain]

No. [ cloud does not say it did not matter, because a fucking plate fell on the entire sector to destroy avalanche ANYWAY, but; ] Johnny's fine. I met up with him again before he left town. Guy helped out when I had to do some stuff to help Tifa with something else. He seemed alright with everything.

[agleam]

...Good. I'm glad he was decent about it.

[skyagain]

He's kind of a mess of a guy, but he said he'd be starting over a new leaf or something.

[ shrugs. cloud thinks it's fine to consider killing a man and then befriend him ]

[agleam]

Well, then I'm glad you didn't...

[very funny that he was about to say hurt him, right before they're getting stardusted again and experiencing actual murder]

[skyagain]

... Your campus, huh?

[ YIKES. he's wincing after it because that is not a great dead. rip to bradley. ]

[agleam]

—Sorry. Sorry.

[he doesn't imagine cloud is anti-murder especially in the context of why they were killing in the school but it still feels like something to apologize for]

Uh - yeah.

[skyagain]

... It's fine.

[ he puts a hand to rupert's shoulder briefly ]

Guessing it wasn't something you were thrilled to be tasked with, huh.