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[skyagain]

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week 2, saturday

[skyagain]

[ well. idk what jail is like still because cola didn't describe it but cloud's here ]

... Bucky.

[ that's kind of all he's got for now. he's looking an odd mix of concerned, annoyed and a little guilty. HOW IS IT ALWAYS BUCKY ]

[frostythehitman]

[ well. jail here is the Ahnkeen church! So he's just sitting in the pews kind of limp and leaning forward, braced against his knees. His right hand looks scraped and a little bloody and mangled. ]

Hey Cloud.

[skyagain]

... I don't know how they got from hounding Kim Dokja to you.

[ in a tired tone, coming over to sit in the pews as well. he looks around the church, pensive. ]

[frostythehitman]

Stars. Clothing fits. Left hand.

[ he shrugs ] I'm a suspicious guy.

[skyagain]

They were desperate and didn't have an easy out.

[ ... ]

Did you ever see it? The church in the Realm.

[frostythehitman]

[ this gets him to lift his head ]

What? No. There was a church?

[skyagain]

Sort of. [ he looks up to the ceiling ] Our rooms in the castle were based off our memories. Mine was an abandoned church. ... It's where I met my hostage.

[frostythehitman]

...yeah?

[skyagain]

Fell through the roof into her flowers. [ it's nostalgia making him say this because they are in a church. ] Didn't remember any of that junk back in the Realm, though.

[frostythehitman]

Right. Of course not.

How'd she take you crushing her flowers?

[skyagain]

Mostly glad I wasn't a corpse in her church, I think. I fell from pretty high up.

[ he keeps looking at the ceiling ]

... I promised Clem I'd get her out of here. Didn't think I'd have to do the same to you, too.

[frostythehitman]

Don't worry about me. Just make sure my hostage is fine.

[skyagain]

I'm kind of at an all-or-nothing deal phase. But I'll keep it in mind if being choosy ever comes up.

[ he is clearly lying. after a pause, though; ]

Who are they? Your hostage.

[frostythehitman]

A good man, and a hero. His life isn't the one that should be on the line.

[skyagain]

Pretty sure that's why they picked him as your hostage. [ he's looking at the church again. symbolically. ]

[frostythehitman]

I know. But he doesn't deserve to be tied to my fuckups.

[skyagain]

... I get the feeling. Aerith shouldn't be stuck here because of me, either. [ he turns to look at bucky ] But they won't be. Either of them. I swear.

[frostythehitman]

Good. I'll do what I can from the grave, but...I don't know how it works, here. If there's anything I can do, if I'll still have a hostage left to save.

[skyagain]

I can't say for sure about what you can do that side, if anything, but your hostage isn't forfeit until the end of the contract. Did you ever read it? Just gotta show up to the lobby at check out time. We've got a few more weeks still.

[frostythehitman]

[ love that me constantly forgetting the contract details makes bucky look illiterate. good thing that's ic. ]

Right. We did it in the Realm, we can do it here. Just a matter of...figuring out what we have to do to make it happen.

[skyagain]

Right. So... Whatever happens, tomorrow and wherever you end up, don't give up, alright? Clem's gonna be working with you. [ implying there's anything to work on but LISTEN ] You two owe me for being pains in my ass, so when you come back, you better pay your debt somehow.

[ no ifs!!! cloud is only spite and stubbornness now ]

[frostythehitman]

You don't get to talk about being a pain in the ass, Mr. Rose From The Dead In The Middle of Trial.

[skyagain]

Didn't make it your problem, did I?

[frostythehitman]

For the length of that trial? You absolutely did.

[skyagain]

Would've been a bigger pain in the ass if I'd stayed dead.