001 || come hold my hand through the night.

[lottato_prima]

[A full day afterwards, and you'd think he'd learn by now to stay still. But guess what? He's not listening to any of you! Because he's sitting over the edge of the bed, now that the Sleep spell finally wore off, holding the... comm-shell thing in one hand. He still looks exhausted as all hell, though he's managing a small smile through it all.]

...Cloud. Cloud, can you hear me?

[Definately sounds like he hasn't rested enough.

The SOLDIER gives a weak laugh, shaking his head and allowing his bangs to wave in front of his face.]

Prolly not.

I'm... lookin' for someone. Cloud Strife. Blonde hair, may or may not be completely comatose.

Dunno where we are, but... whoever brought us here. Thanks.

[Giving a hoarse cough, he turns away from the feed a minute to catch his breath, just before turning back and resuming his demeanor.]

Gonna take a look around. Ping if you can tell me anything.

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[hisdreamsmyfate.livejournal.com]

[Ohhh you're not getting off the hook either, buddy. He's still sitting at the edge of the bed, leaning over his legs and trying to figure out...

Okay. So you're not just a near-death hallucination. There really *is* two of himself. He can't help the tired smile when he hears his own younger voice address him.]

I'm good. Wish I knew what was goin' on, though.

You forgot to disable the custom comments. XD

[fairly-small.livejournal.com]

Uh... good question. [Cheek scratch.]

Ven says we're n Vatheon, this place pulled us from out worlds. Somehow there's two of us because you and I are from different worlds. I'm from Greece and you're not.

Other than that, I'm still trying to figure out the other stuff. All I know is that we're stuck here for now.

DONE.

[hisdreamsmyfate.livejournal.com]

...Greece?

[Not a world he was very familiar with... alright. He had no clue what his twin was talking about, so this is a pretty confusing conundrum.] I'm mostly tryin' to figure out if you are me, or if we just look alike. Already, I'm startin' to doubt that.

[Unless he knew the same people he did...]

Start over, start over. Tell me a bit about yourself, first.

<3~

[fairly-small.livejournal.com]

[He laughs, shaking his head.]

Nope, I'm not you. I just look like you and have the same name. I'm pretty sure we're, otherwise, two entirely different people.

[Nods]

Well, I'm Zack. I'm from Greece, Thebes specifically. I'm a hero in training, too! I go to the Coliseum everyday to train and practice and... um, that's it, I guess?

;3; *facesquish*

[hisdreamsmyfate.livejournal.com]

[So maybe it was just coincidence they happened to meet like this, if they weren't *entirely* the same person. That definitely takes a load off, and it's shown when the SOLDIER heaves a sigh of relief at the boy's explanation.

That meant he wasn't losing his mind. Good.]

Huh. Sooo you're not in any militia or anythin'? An' what kind of a coliseum is it? You definitely look like you've got some SOLDIER armor, but you said we're not the same person.

DUN SQUISH MAH FAIS

[fairly-small.livejournal.com]

Nah, too young to be in the army at the moment. My armor is just standard soldier armor, nothing major. Got it from a friend, actually.

The Coliseum is this huuuge place where all heroes come to train and prove themselves! You get to fight monsters or the other guys and people can come and watch and decide for themselves if you're hero material!

BUT IT IS SO SQUISHABLE.

[hisdreamsmyfate.livejournal.com]

How'd you manage to get armor off a friend? Did he steal it from someone else, or--?

[He winces a little, grabbing his head suddenly breaking out of shinra soldier armor and--

KRT.

Something. Remember. Was he remembering something?]

--ow. Sorry 'bout that.

IS NOT

[fairly-small.livejournal.com]

I didn't steal it! I was giv-

[He pauses and climbs onto the bed, leaning down to look at Zack's face better.]

You okay? Headache?

...;~; /CRIES

[hisdreamsmyfate.livejournal.com]

[He blinks, and blinks again, pulling back his hand to stare at it a second, then to his twin when the other leans in.]

Somethin's not right. It feels like there's gaps in my memory. An' not just from what happened to me, from months, even years ago.

*pats*

[fairly-small.livejournal.com]

Well, you were pretty injured, y'know. Just rest and get better, it'll come back!

;u; <3~

[hisdreamsmyfate.livejournal.com]

...how bad was it?

[fairly-small.livejournal.com]

[Zack looks down.]

Pretty bad. Don't think you woulda made it if Lea and Sephiroth hadn't come along with that magic of theirs.

[hisdreamsmyfate.livejournal.com]

Se...

Sephir... oth. I... that name. That name's really familiar. But where do I...?

...

--it had somethin' to do with why I got attacked.

[fairly-small.livejournal.com]

What do you mean? He seemed like he was your friend, he came out to help you as soon as he saw the... thing on the starfish... thing.

[hisdreamsmyfate.livejournal.com]

I can't say for sure - somethin' about him just... doesn't feel right to me. I can't seem to remember why.

[fairly-small.livejournal.com]

Why don't you have a talk with 'im?

[hisdreamsmyfate.livejournal.com]

Don't you think that's a little rude, though? I mean, the guy did try to help me out. It'd be a little nasty to say, "Hey sorry, but I think you're an ass."

[fairly-small.livejournal.com]

I didn't say that! Just... find out more about 'im. See if he knows anything.

[hisdreamsmyfate.livejournal.com]

I'm... guessin' you don't know where he went, do you? Whatever happened on the shore's still a little fuzzy.

get on aim bb ;;

[fairly-small.livejournal.com]

No, sorry. I'm sure he'll be back though!

/IS ON DAMNIT.

[hisdreamsmyfate.livejournal.com]

--you said you knew him before. How?

<333

[fairly-small.livejournal.com]

Uh... back in Thebes, there was this hero named Sephiroth. Looks just like the one you know, only from my world. I thought it was him, at first, since the Sephiroth on my world disappeared. But it turned out he was from your world.

[hisdreamsmyfate.livejournal.com]

[He's thoughtful a moment, quietly wincing when his head gives another violent jolt. It's trying to remember things that're too screwed up to rememberm and each attempt just hurts more.]

He's... a hero?

[He swallowed hard. Damn... he had to be rescued by a hero. Now that was really embarrassing.]

I can remember my name, who I am, where I worked... but certain people just aren't comin' to mind. Why?