[ good day to you too, zuko. and honestly i have no idea if cloud ever learned this about him or not but the visual is not great no matter what, and at the end of it he's just. looking at zuko worriedly ]
... You good?
[ but you put this on wednesday so he is wearing wolf ears ]
... It's one moment. I wouldn't call it your entire history. [ he grabs his shoulder gently ] Been happening all week anyway. I've leaked more memories here than I ever even had back in the Realm.
[ well. cloud is holding onto his head like he has a headache, because it turns out a memory of a headache still gives him the headache. incredible. but he shakes his head after a second ]
He's... It's hard to explain. [ he's looking away ] He... was a war hero. I joined after the war, and he was a general. We went on a mission to my hometown, and he... snapped.
[ And This Happened is the implication. he refuses to expand on that ]
... That was five years ago. I thought I killed him back then. And he seems pretty convinced that I did, too. I'm not sure how he's back. But-- that's my problem now.
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week 0, sunday(2)
What happened to your shirt.
[ he resisted asking while a man was being put to death but zuko. ]
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[ but he at least looks a little chastised because it's cloud.... ]
I had to make bandages for that dumb old man. [ (affectionate) ] We don't have a medbay or anything yet.
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[ ZUKO. like he looks understanding because thanks for helping jiji but also ]
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... It's been a long night.
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You did the rounds talking to everyone shirtless?
[ he is sounding dubious. he is just poking fun now. ]
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Kind of..... I mean...... I was doing other stuff, too.
Are you done making fun of me now?
[ he deserves it ]
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[ zuko!!! ]
You know you've got more outfits in your room, right?
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[ grumbles!!!!!! ]
Is this all anyone's gonna talk about when they see me now?
[ yes. ]
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[ he could at least spare zuko's feelings. ]
week 1, thursday
Is anything still bleeding?
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Nope. Arm's not the best, but everything else is closed up, so it's good enough.
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What happened in there, Cloud?
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Rich people party. [ this isn't a joke this is what it was ] Some kinda trap for their own entertainment, I guess.
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That's messed up. Did you have to fight something?
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[ he pauses ]
Each other, at one point. Brainwashing.
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Of course.
[ derisive noise. ]
Glad you made it out okay, aside from... the arm.
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[ cloud is so tuff and strong..... ]
Must have been weird to be in one, after.... you know, seeing people come back messed up...
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[ it. uh. it sucked. ]
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... Is she okay?
week 1, saturday
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... Hey.
[ he reluctantly pats him. his personal space. please. he does not know what to do with hugs. ]
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... I'm glad you're okay.
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[ zuko gets a hair ruffle with cloud's now functioning right arm. yay. ]
Sorry I worried you.
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[ half-hearted chastising ]
... Messed up that it was Clementine, too....
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... Yeah.
[ sorry that is his current angst button ]
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[ zuko instantly realizes he ducked up ]
You know it's not your fault, right?
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Doesn't make it any easier knowing what'll happen to her.
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.... Yeah, I know.
[ not really anything he can say to make it better, so he won't try. ]
This whole situation was just... garbage. The only thing good was that... you came out okay in the end....
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[ considering the state he was in... ]
week 3, wednesday
[ it's that scene ]
[ here. he's fucking thirteen in this ]
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... You good?
[ but you put this on wednesday so he is wearing wolf ears ]
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[ also i'm glad he's kawaii for this ]
Yeah. Sorry you had to see my life's history.
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Yeah, but it's not a great memory to see. [ but at least cloud has the memories to leak!!! ]
I guess the bright side is that you have all your memories back now, right?
[ im very funny ]
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[ speaking of those since you asked, oh nooo sephiroth is heeeere until like 3:30 or whenever the fuck he vanishes ]
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[ there is so much fire. zuko goes still for a moment, trying to figure out how to parse this. ]
[ the implication that he's reaching for his mom who is burning to death is very very yikes. also. is it a hallucination? ]
... Who was that? Sephiroth?
[ nananana ]
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He's... It's hard to explain. [ he's looking away ] He... was a war hero. I joined after the war, and he was a general. We went on a mission to my hometown, and he... snapped.
[ And This Happened is the implication. he refuses to expand on that ]
... That was five years ago. I thought I killed him back then. And he seems pretty convinced that I did, too. I'm not sure how he's back. But-- that's my problem now.
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[ and go quiet. ]
I'm sorry.
[ that's rough, buddy. ]
[ from this limited memory zuko isn't sure if it's a hallucination, or not, like cloud said, but ]
You can defeat him again. I'm sure of it.
[ real or not... ]
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Maybe he's just waiting for you to show up? He seems to have a weird obsession with you.
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[ also god i forgot to write he took it fine ]