Lilium Derived from Latin lilia, which may have come from a corrupted pronunciation of a word from an extinct Eastern Mediterranean language Humility, devotion, restored innocence after death
"Lovers used to give these when they were reunited."
[we are at the swamp. we are finishing grabbing our boxes! it is entirely possible cloud grabbed aerith's for her because she was ready to wander in and do it herself. you tell me. regardless, they have their things and aerith's reaching in to grab her staff first, followed by her bundle of clothes.]
Well...looks like it's mostly here. How about you?
[ cloud absolutely grabbed hers for her. and possibly bled for hers to open too, it's fine, it's a reverse of the usual sacrifice play. he's looking through and frowning. how... is the buster sword... fitting in there...
as a rpg character he doesn't get to ask about how inventory space works so he's frowning about something else though: ]
... Got the sword and the clothes, but nothing else. [ MATERIA??? ] I guess... it's a start.
[ ok forget the housing thing aerith is the first one on monday who gets to see cloud touching his bicep looking very uncomfortable at the fun sephiroth word branded there
[yes hello she's just grabbing onto his arm and claiming it as hers for now and walking away from the pyre. where are they going? fuck if she knows. a lot just happened, yuffie's upset, boothill's doc ock, and they still didn't solve death's...death.
so we are walking! they do not have to talk immediately, but it's fine.]
[ there is the slightest of stumble to his step as she grabs and drags, because he doesn't really expect it, but he falls into following her pretty easily after that. trial sure was a mess. understandable to want to get away from it.
they don't have to talk immediately, and cloud clearly is waiting for her to first, but when it doesn't come right away and they're far enough from everyone else-- ]
Aerith?
[ he doesn't ask if she's okay, but the question is implied ]
[immediately grabbing cloud's hand. "how is this any different than usual" it's not thanks for playing. but she seems a little !! about something as she starts dragging him out the door.]
There's a door in the woods now. Let's go check it out! [this might also just be because she wants to get out of the village. free her. LET HER GO OUTSIDE.]
[anyway she's been doing well with keeping her shit together and talking to people, checking on them and making sure nobody's completely falling apart (which is hard, everyone is so upset right now), but eventually she drifts her way back to wherever cloud may be, hands wringing a little as she fidgets and boots wet and sandy.]
[ they can be wherever the fuck we want i didnt think that far into it.
part of cloud thinks maybe it was, because of everything that showed up this week, but that seems counter-productive to say in the face of everyone's grief. ]
... Yeah. [ that doesn't mean he knows what to actually say as he watches aerith standing there ] Are you...
[ gonna be okay feels stupid, but it is affection week so instead he does take one of her hands to stop her wringing ]
[ DOG EXPLOSIONS HUH. WOW. post-trial cloud is looking a bit despondent, but most importantly he is looking at aerith to see how she's holding up after. all that. ]
[do we even have gas stations in ff7. we have cars but we have never seen a gas station? mystery. anyway aerith has probably dragged cloud through the door and out to the new area, leading him down the abandoned road and sticking close. she's in the lead, hands behind her back and a little skip to her step.
new changes. new hopes, right?]
This fog's still...kinda creepy, isn't it? Even after a few weeks I don't know if I can get used to it. [and it feels a little familiar, doesn't it?]
[ do... do our cars... even run on gas... oh i refuse to think about this
cloud's looking around as aerith leads, only about a step behind her as he takes in the scenario. ]
It doesn't feel right. [ the fog. and... well, he's not too fond of it after what happened, in that forest. ] Doesn't help that it's where the cultists are hiding.
[ we're dead! we're dead and we are still together. hilarious.
less hilarious was Everything Else That Has Happened, but whatever, they somehow managed to handle themselves enough to go to the apartments. and cloud is a gentleman (citation needed) so he was escorting aerith to her own because we have keys, or something.
so. now. here they are. they are probably still holding hands because he is maybe a little afraid to let go, but he is not analyzing that. he is also watching her with Big Ol' Eyes unsure what to say after she cried in his arms earlier. contact he can do and keep up (he's DONE IT) but he has no words of comfort at this point. everything still... happened. ]
luckily for everyone, she's calmed down a little. is her face still kind of a mess from crying nonstop for the last stretch of the trial? yes. is she still absolutely exhausted from everything? also yes. but she's holding cloud's hand and they're wandering up to the new apartments, and she has a key and cloud's busy looking at her like he's a little lost.
which, she thinks, is kind of fair. only one of them really has this sort of experience.
entering the apartment feels...strange, maybe, if only because it's a space sherecognizes. maybe cloud will, too. probably the real difference is that it's a little bigger to accommodate a living space. in that there are a few more bookshelves filled with crystals and books and plants and a small table similar to the one downstairs in her home.
now that they're here, she shuts the door and takes a breath as if trying to decide what's next.]
...hey. I know this is kinda a lot to ask, but...you'll stay tonight, right? [cloud has his own apartment but here we are.]
[she is...so tired. and they are both so smoky and kind of burned but nehan tried and that's what counts. so eventually they return to the apartment building and aerith leads them right to her own place, pulling the key out of her pocket and unlocking the apartment. the light through the window isn't as bright (not that it was super bright to begin with), and she waits for cloud to follow before shutting and locking the door behind them. no more.]
I have a few extra towels I grabbed earlier if you want to shower. The smoke was pretty thick.
[ he is a little sick of smoke and fire, cloud thinks, rubbing soot off a spot in his arm. it's always fire.
(lucas died but nothing like that matters here, so it's fine. aerith's there in front of him, dirty and burnt but okay, so it's fine.) ]
You don't want to go first? [ he could also go to his apartment. there's not really any need to take turns. he's got a key and everything, but. he hasn't used it yet, and maybe that's weird, but aerith hasn't wanted to be alone and cloud hasn't wanted to leave her alone, so here they are. ]
[ IN... SOMEWHERE? POST CLARITY. POTENTIALLY STILL AERITH'S APARTMENT I DON'T KNOW
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... Sorry. About... yesterday.
[ if he is honest he only halfway remembers what the fuck happened because the obsession thing maybe mixed in with one of his brain episodes in a. way. but he remembers he was fucking creepy and clingy so. there it go. but also secretly this is an apology that he let her get hurt AGAIN!!!! ]
[they're definitely still in aerith's apartment because it's funnier. he does not have to look at her! she is looking at him though. she's not going to address the actual hurt part because, uh, she does not want to trigger brainworms about sephiroth unless cloud actually says it himself, so she thinks about this carefully.]
You know...not really what I imagined when I thought about keeping you to myself.
[after their gacha adventures, aerith decides it's a good enough day to fulfill one of the little things she wants. and what she wants is time alone with her...cloud? boyfriend? unclear, doesn't feel like asking, assumes they're only for each other. moving on. so today she's in a cute dress, hair in its braid and a little basket in her hand with food while pulling cloud along with the other down toward the doorway that leads to the beachy island. there are still animal crossing flowers floating above her head, and as they reach middle summer island she continues to walk until there's a nice patch of grass surrounded by flowers and she just sits down, dragging him with her.]
...I know I said the lake, but this seemed prettier don'tcha think? [and i've missed the sun anyway...]
[ unclear, doesn't feel like asking and assumes they're only for each other is kind of the vibe for both of them actually. that's fine. cloud is letting himself be dragged along as usual, dressed for the occasion for once (sans jacket it's a tropical island) and while he doesn't have flowers above his head there is like. a singular happy music note that pops up above his head from time to time.
sitting is fine. ]
Mm...Yeah. This is better. [ she's always happier among flowers anyway. hmmm. he doesn't know that he likes this thought thing and he's frowning at it a little but let's. not acknowledge things. ] Too much fog around the lake anyway.
[ the good news is. he makes it out of the spring all by himself. the bad news is the spring does turn red before he crawls out of it, limbs shaking with exertion and then shaking in general as he tries to take the stupid nood doods jacket off, because it's wet and heavy and he's so fucking-- tired.
feels like... that time...
there's static as he tries to think about what it reminds him of, so he stops trying to.
most of his wounds are closed and no longer bleeding now, and the gore and blood has been rinsed off. some of it still clings to him, dyes part of his hair a dull ruddy color, but he doesn't seem to be paying attention to that as he looks around for aerith.
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... Aerith?
[ his eyes are somehow brighter than usual. glow... ]
[she's watched the water change colors once before this week, and that's probably the main reason she hasn't started to freak out too much yet. granted, she's very much anxious, sitting at the side of the pool with the baby chocobo in her lap.
she picks up the thought and she doesn't know what to say, watching him start to stand before she's up on her knees to crawl a little closer.]
Right here. [focus, merc. but her eyes widen a little at the sudden mako glow. cloud's eyes are already pretty glow-y, but this is...different, now. give her a second to actually get up to her feet and hold the bird who cheeps curiously.] Can you walk? We should get you home so you can shower off. [fret, worry, etc.]
[after trial...things are always tiring, and so she's still here holding cloud's hand and sort of just . . . in her thoughts. her free hand does pet their child though.]
...so. What now? [she's not going to fight him that he needs to go home and rest, she's just kind of mentally tired and wants to spend time with him.]
[ walking home after the party, though whether cloud's arm is around aerith's waist to help her walk or just holding her hand as they go depends on how drunk and/or cuddly she is feeling. cj has run off ahead for now ]
Where'd he run off to...?
[ was their child going home or was he off to find some food in the wild. either options are likely. ]
[she's not drunk, really. pleasantly buzzed at best since she really only had a drink or two at most, but she's feeling cuddly anyway because she always does. the arm around her waist is nice, and she's still walking fairly easily in her heels as they head back to the apartment.]
Aren't you the one always saying he's a wild animal? I'm sure he'll be okay. Besides, he knows where the door is if he wants to come back. [chocobos are very smart.]
[ putting her down in the water had felt wrong. it was the best solution, but it had felt--
he's glad aerith is unconscious and everyone else was too busy to feel the same vertigo and flash of pain he did as he put her in, visions flashing. it's not the first time he's had them, far from it, but it's... not about that right now. he just needs her to be okay now. anything else is--is-- later.
he stays in the springs with her even once she's in to hold her up so she doesn't sink, anxiously waiting to see if it works. it did for him, so... it should be fine. should be, but when the water turns red with more than just her blood (which is bad enough), it's hard to pretend there's not a flash of fear there. ]
... Aerith?
[ he's not sure why he calls when she's unconscious!! ]
[it takes time. it takes a little bit of time for everything to heal, bones mending, bruises faded, fatal wounds closing, and it means cloud is left holding her in the water as her head lists to the side in her unconscious state. she's still wearing the outfit from earlier and it billows out around her, something flowy and hiding even more damage.
but after some time...even when the water's turned red...she kind of sinks. it's water filling her nose, into her lungs, and it's stitching everything closed under a dark, murky abyss.
and suddenly there's a glow under the water when cloud calls her name, and she's sitting up with a gasp, immediately scrabbling to grab his shoulders and sit up in the water. the immediate emotion is fear, maybe. or panic. one of the two and her skin is unnaturally pale and her eyes are the same eerie glow as cloud's the week before and they're wide, rapidly filling with tears because what the hell just happened.]
[by now she's reverted back from being a child, and she's probably a little sore because she's still healing and truly just compacted and restretched herself, but she wants to spend some more alone time with cloud. it means she's holding his hand as they walk through the town, making their way to the new amusement park just to look.
[at some point when yuffie's out, probably catching up with others...aerith's just busy faceplanting into cloud's chest for a hug. A BITCH IS EXHAUSTED. WHAT EVEN WAS TODAY!!!]
Cannot believe they left her alive still... [she's not even mad anymore, she's just sad it came to this.]
...Yeah. They should've done something earlier. [ he is a little mad still and also a little exhausted and sad for ashlyn. ] It's too late for that now.
[ cloud is very ready to get away from people 1) looking at his ass 2) in general, even if everything is starting to look very rusty and messed up around here, so he squeezes her hand in a generic sure let's go ]
[ he looks down at her where she's holding his arm and goes who are you. no, he just tilts his head as he stares ]
You really want that? [ this is a genuine question because he doesn't think he'd mind? he is mostly... tired. catharsis wasn't quite there, but maybe that's because they still have so much fucking shit to do back home. ]
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weekend 0, saturday
Well...looks like it's mostly here. How about you?
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... Got the sword and the clothes, but nothing else. [ MATERIA??? ] I guess... it's a start.
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week 0, monday
he does not want this tattoo ]
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...um? [she has her own tattoo, but with her arms behind her back cloud can't quite see what it is yet.]
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week 0, friday
Wait-- what...?
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...these are new. [understatement. cloud is just holding this hand and now they are staring at these posters.]
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so we are walking! they do not have to talk immediately, but it's fine.]
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Aerith?
[ he doesn't ask if she's okay, but the question is implied ]
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week 0, sunday
we can talk about plot but first she is receiving one bucket of candy. im sure she got the same one but: ]
Here.
[ romance ]
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For me? [she says, as if she does not already know.]
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w1 monday
There's a door in the woods now. Let's go check it out! [this might also just be because she wants to get out of the village. free her. LET HER GO OUTSIDE.]
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actually there is a second difference and it is that cloud is smiling. yeah. you heard that right. ]
You think it leads somewhere? [ lets himself be tugged along as usual but he seems lighthearted about it ]
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w1 friday
It wasn't supposed to be worse this time.
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part of cloud thinks maybe it was, because of everything that showed up this week, but that seems counter-productive to say in the face of everyone's grief. ]
... Yeah. [ that doesn't mean he knows what to actually say as he watches aerith standing there ] Are you...
[ gonna be okay feels stupid, but it is affection week so instead he does take one of her hands to stop her wringing ]
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week 1, saturday
... Aerith?
[ what do you need girl etc ]
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she just looks a little livid, actually, while she's turning away from the pyre.]
Cloud. [this is her "i am going to beat the hell out of something" voice but her expression remains mostly the same.] We should go.
[where are we going? just the fuck away from the pyre, apparently.]
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new changes. new hopes, right?]
This fog's still...kinda creepy, isn't it? Even after a few weeks I don't know if I can get used to it. [and it feels a little familiar, doesn't it?]
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cloud's looking around as aerith leads, only about a step behind her as he takes in the scenario. ]
It doesn't feel right. [ the fog. and... well, he's not too fond of it after what happened, in that forest. ] Doesn't help that it's where the cultists are hiding.
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week 2, saturday
less hilarious was Everything Else That Has Happened, but whatever, they somehow managed to handle themselves enough to go to the apartments. and cloud is a gentleman (citation needed) so he was escorting aerith to her own because we have keys, or something.
so. now. here they are. they are probably still holding hands because he is maybe a little afraid to let go, but he is not analyzing that. he is also watching her with Big Ol' Eyes unsure what to say after she cried in his arms earlier. contact he can do and keep up (he's DONE IT) but he has no words of comfort at this point. everything still... happened. ]
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luckily for everyone, she's calmed down a little. is her face still kind of a mess from crying nonstop for the last stretch of the trial? yes. is she still absolutely exhausted from everything? also yes. but she's holding cloud's hand and they're wandering up to the new apartments, and she has a key and cloud's busy looking at her like he's a little lost.
which, she thinks, is kind of fair. only one of them really has this sort of experience.
entering the apartment feels...strange, maybe, if only because it's a space she recognizes. maybe cloud will, too. probably the real difference is that it's a little bigger to accommodate a living space. in that there are a few more bookshelves filled with crystals and books and plants and a small table similar to the one downstairs in her home.
now that they're here, she shuts the door and takes a breath as if trying to decide what's next.]
...hey. I know this is kinda a lot to ask, but...you'll stay tonight, right? [cloud has his own apartment but here we are.]
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w3 monday
I have a few extra towels I grabbed earlier if you want to shower. The smoke was pretty thick.
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(lucas died but nothing like that matters here, so it's fine. aerith's there in front of him, dirty and burnt but okay, so it's fine.) ]
You don't want to go first? [ he could also go to his apartment. there's not really any need to take turns. he's got a key and everything, but. he hasn't used it yet, and maybe that's weird, but aerith hasn't wanted to be alone and cloud hasn't wanted to leave her alone, so here they are. ]
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... Sorry. About... yesterday.
[ if he is honest he only halfway remembers what the fuck happened because the obsession thing maybe mixed in with one of his brain episodes in a. way. but he remembers he was fucking creepy and clingy so. there it go. but also secretly this is an apology that he let her get hurt AGAIN!!!! ]
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You know...not really what I imagined when I thought about keeping you to myself.
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w4 monday
...I know I said the lake, but this seemed prettier don'tcha think? [and i've missed the sun anyway...]
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sitting is fine. ]
Mm...Yeah. This is better. [ she's always happier among flowers anyway. hmmm. he doesn't know that he likes this thought thing and he's frowning at it a little but let's. not acknowledge things. ] Too much fog around the lake anyway.
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week 4, thursday
feels like... that time...
there's static as he tries to think about what it reminds him of, so he stops trying to.
most of his wounds are closed and no longer bleeding now, and the gore and blood has been rinsed off. some of it still clings to him, dyes part of his hair a dull ruddy color, but he doesn't seem to be paying attention to that as he looks around for aerith.
... Aerith?
[ his eyes are somehow brighter than usual. glow... ]
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she picks up the thought and she doesn't know what to say, watching him start to stand before she's up on her knees to crawl a little closer.]
Right here. [focus, merc. but her eyes widen a little at the sudden mako glow. cloud's eyes are already pretty glow-y, but this is...different, now. give her a second to actually get up to her feet and hold the bird who cheeps curiously.] Can you walk? We should get you home so you can shower off. [fret, worry, etc.]
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w4 saturday
...so. What now? [she's not going to fight him that he needs to go home and rest, she's just kind of mentally tired and wants to spend time with him.]
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... You gonna do your rounds? [ he's checking if she wants to talk to more people because she does, usually. cloud is. less. social. ]
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week 5, wednesday
Where'd he run off to...?
[ was their child going home or was he off to find some food in the wild. either options are likely. ]
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Aren't you the one always saying he's a wild animal? I'm sure he'll be okay. Besides, he knows where the door is if he wants to come back. [chocobos are very smart.]
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week 5, thursday
he's glad aerith is unconscious and everyone else was too busy to feel the same vertigo and flash of pain he did as he put her in, visions flashing. it's not the first time he's had them, far from it, but it's... not about that right now. he just needs her to be okay now. anything else is--is-- later.
he stays in the springs with her even once she's in to hold her up so she doesn't sink, anxiously waiting to see if it works. it did for him, so... it should be fine. should be, but when the water turns red with more than just her blood (which is bad enough), it's hard to pretend there's not a flash of fear there. ]
... Aerith?
[ he's not sure why he calls when she's unconscious!! ]
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but after some time...even when the water's turned red...she kind of sinks. it's water filling her nose, into her lungs, and it's stitching everything closed under a dark, murky abyss.
and suddenly there's a glow under the water when cloud calls her name, and she's sitting up with a gasp, immediately scrabbling to grab his shoulders and sit up in the water. the immediate emotion is fear, maybe. or panic. one of the two and her skin is unnaturally pale and her eyes are the same eerie glow as cloud's the week before and they're wide, rapidly filling with tears because what the hell just happened.]
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w6 monday
but eventually, she says:]
Do you think Yuffie doesn't trust us anymore?
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ok he is staring at her so ??? now ]
What makes you say that?
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w6 saturday
Cannot believe they left her alive still... [she's not even mad anymore, she's just sad it came to this.]
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...Yeah. They should've done something earlier. [ he is a little mad still and also a little exhausted and sad for ashlyn. ] It's too late for that now.
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w7 monday
Wanna go for a walk? We should check on CJ anyway, but I'm pretty sure he's digging around in the park.
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[ cloud is very ready to get away from people 1) looking at his ass 2) in general, even if everything is starting to look very rusty and messed up around here, so he squeezes her hand in a generic sure let's go ]
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w7 saturday
What do you say? You, me, and the hot spring?
[she's mostly kidding, but also damn she's going to miss it when they leave.]
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You really want that? [ this is a genuine question because he doesn't think he'd mind? he is mostly... tired. catharsis wasn't quite there, but maybe that's because they still have so much fucking shit to do back home. ]
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