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[liveandforgive]

[ He's normally not a video guy. So surprise surprise! There's a spiky-haired blond sporting soft wolf ears on your feed. A pair of sunglasses are hanging around his collar. ]

Hey everyone. Not that it's my first time using this thing, [ shrug. ] but... I guess I might as well cut to the chase.

My name is Cloud Strife. Haven't ironed out the kinks just yet, but I'm thinking of opening up shop again. Lunatia's pretty big, and I used to run a delivery business back home. So...

[ He's gauging interest. ]

If you got a business or know anyone who does, I can handle your supplies' shipments. Or personal mail and parcels. You name it, we deliver it. [ Speaking of handling large packages, ] That reminds me...

[ Cloud's already standing outside by what appears to be the side of a road. So when he turns the camera... In frame is a monster-sized motorcycle that somehow manages to look sleek at the same time.

Yes. That's his ride. ]

Anybody know of any garages for rent?

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[liveandforgive]

Ah... Middle Lunatia's about as close as it gets to that home feeling for me.

[ Which is totally why, for the longest time, his place was damn-near barren for ages, right? At least it's more livable and accommodating when he's cleaned up after his roommate. ...maybe he'll visit her place instead. Just in case. ]

I heard about that... Somehow it didn't happen to me. I don't think I'll be visiting any grave sites for a while though.

[ Which leads into her question to him, as his gaze breaks from the feed. ]

Same boat as you. Just glad that it's over.

[ The dead should stay just...well, just that. ]

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Have you found yourself feeling homesick, then?

[It wouldn't be surprising. Most of them have been here for a good while now. Unless someone just flat out hated their own home world it seemed likely that some of that would be settling in by now, it's just that some people are better at handling or hiding it than others.]

Lucky. I think I'll be avoiding it for the foreseeable future myself for now. Stop by and see me here sometime, I'll avoid telling you about it over drinks.

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[liveandforgive]

I don't know if I'd truly call it that.

[ He'll explain. ]

It's just...familiar. Seems like all I've been doing here is fighting and...handling the moons. The second I figure out a way to get back to my world, I'm taking it. [ ... With a fuckload of reluctance, he doesn't add. He shakes his head again before he starts to mumble or go off tangent. This world confuses him to the umpteenth degree. In more ways than one. ] Sorry. Guess it boils down to not wanting to change everything about how I live.

[ As for Ziva's little offer? ]

I'll take it.

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[purrrrfection]

I've always considered myself open to new experiences but this was a damn lot to take in. I think I've adjusted, for better or worse. It's been eye opening, and a break I didn't realize I- or we -needed, but I'm eager to get home myself, if the opportunity arises.

[Back to where familiar faces know who she is beyond having gotten to know her here in the city, that is. Back to familiar sights and sounds and smells... Other aspects she doesn't miss quite so much, like familiar enemies, and a quiet apartment, and life or death problems with as of yet undiscovered solutions.

And further still...]

Should you manage to go before me, you'd be missed, I hope you know. All the more reason to make the most of the time we have here. Just let me know when you mean to stop by.

[This has given her an idea, in the meantime, not that she's keen to end the conversation just yet.]

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[liveandforgive]

A damn lot to take in...still feels like an understatement.

[ He gets what Ziva means. When she mentions how he'd he missed if he were to ever leave, surprise washes across his expression. Making the most of his time here... He wonders to himself. For the time she was here...

Was she happy? ]

Ziva... [ He nods as his face lightens up a bit. ] Okay. I'll be sure to drop you a line.

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[purrrrfection]

[As happy as could be expected. A lot of that easy going, confident air she puts on is genuine, but there are some days that she gets a little homesick herself. How long has it been now since she'd seen "HER" Scions? How long since she'd seen any of her adventuring companions, her extended family?

How long had it been since she'd seen Cai?

She has the guild, and that's been fulfilling in ways she hadn't expected, but if she's honest it's probably just a substitute for the bonds she misses so keenly, something familiar that she can wake up to, will be there every day that she's here, unlike the faces of the people she's met. Already a few have gone before. She means it when she says she'd miss him if she woke up one day to find Cloud was another one.

Never let it be said that Ziva wants to sit around feeling sorry for herself, though.

When Cloud's expression shifts, and she hears him say her name and trail off like that she gives him an amused smile, as if to say "Silly cub. No fretting over me, now.".]

Good. I expect to hear from you soon!