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."
[it's kind of debatable if she knows what that means based on the things happening to her, but even so she wouldn't explain it to cloud. not without knowing the full context, and this is now a zack-shaped wrench in things.]
...I don't know if there's anything we can do with that yet. [because WHAT. but she does move to reach for his hand.] But if Zack was able to reach you, then...we might be able to find him when we get back. [maybe that's her job.]
Don't feel bad he got away. That wasn't anything you did, and we'll find a way to bring him back to us. [she'll swim through the lifestream to find zack herself, i guess.]
[she's just stepping around so she's in front of him, looking up into his face while holding his hand still.
there's something bittersweet in thinking about how zack always talked about her, and she's once again wondering if he ever got her letters. or why he never wrote back. and it does make her happy, knowing she meant so much to him.
but there's something sweet here, too, about cloud saying these things just because he thought zack had hurt her and she thinks that it's a very big difference from the cloud she first met who didn't want to take a flower from her. there's a little smile that's both fond and sad somehow simultaneously, even if the words are light.]
He was a good guy. [because that's zack through and through. he was a person who changed her, too, someone so good and so brave and promised to be there and change the world for her. but instead, her world changed with cloud, the one who actually brought her along and stood with her to see the sky for the first time. zack was her first love. she's never going to forget that, and she's never going think otherwise. but...that doesn't change how she feels about this, too.]
Sooo...does that mean you'd say the same about any guy you thought would hurt me? [it's a joke to tease him a little because. what even are they to each other right now.]
[ she steps in front of him and his eyes widen a little as he watches her. this feels like... something. he can't quite tell what.
zack was a good guy. he knows that much. of course he was, and--thinking about him is still hard, the details fuzzy, but that's not important, because he is busy staring at aerith with a furrowed eyebrow at the question. he doesn't... get it. ]
Of course I would. [ it's sincere, is the thing, a little too harsh, like he's surprised she's even asking. ] I'm not gonna let anyone hurt you, Aerith.
[ even if--he's not always so sure he can stop himself from hurting her, like what he thinks might have happened with the black materia. but he doesn't want to fail her like that.
[oh. the sincerity surprises her a little. it's not like cloud says things he doesn't mean, but he's not always assertive about things. she did know the answer, and she seems to understand maybe they're talking about two different things.
does that even matter? the sentiment remains the same. "i'm not gonna let anyone hurt you."
she trusts him. even knowing how sephiroth, somehow, is able to reach him and even knowing she might lose him if he strays too far, she still trusts him. she's taking his other hand to hold in hers.]
I know you wouldn't. I told you. I'm less worried when it's with you. [that had been about walking down this empty road, but it extends to...everything. being in this place, being amongst people who might turn on each other at any moment, having to face sephiroth and stop him. she's going to do everything she can to make sure nothing hurts him either. even if she's the one causing pain in the end.
[oh. she sees this. she is aware of what she's looking at, and she takes in the sight of that water tower in nibelheim, thinking to herself that the memory itself is a little sweet. and cloud's just as hopeless now as he was back then. it's a big promise to make...but she also thinks it isn't any less sincere than what he's just said to her.
but the question she has on her mind is "will sephiroth let you keep that promise now", and there's no way to ask that. so instead...a little smile.]
Things worked out in the end, didn't they? [in that cloud and tifa are still friends now, and they're still trying to protect each other. the past is in the past. aerith's focus is on their future now.]
Yeah. It's fine. [ clearly nothing is up with cloud and tifa's relationship and nothing is trying to ruin it. and he thinks that promise was kind of worthless because he is not really keeping it ever but lets not go into that ] ...I'm glad she's not here, but...
[ he misses her too? kind of lowkey misses all of them. it'd feel more doable if barret was yelling about how everything is bullshit. but he especially misses tifa, for reasons ]
[clearly! she says, aware that sephiroth is here to ruin so many things even if she doesn't know the full extent. but...she goes quiet, holding his hands and looking away from him then.]
...I miss them. This is the longest we've been apart for a long time. And this place is hard and I wouldn't want them here either, but...can't really help it, right?
No kidding. It'd be just like him to be locked up somewhere and then get mad again when people disturbed him. [stop shittalking vincent.] Who knows...maybe he's still out there somewhere.
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...I don't know if there's anything we can do with that yet. [because WHAT. but she does move to reach for his hand.] But if Zack was able to reach you, then...we might be able to find him when we get back. [maybe that's her job.]
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... Right. We can find him. Maybe... Sephiroth's got him trapped somewhere. [ maybe? he doesn't know. he still doesn't fully understand. ]
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Don't feel bad he got away. That wasn't anything you did, and we'll find a way to bring him back to us. [she'll swim through the lifestream to find zack herself, i guess.]
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[ ... ]
I thought he was just some jerk that hurt you. But that's not Zack. He was ... He was always talking about you. Couldn't shut up.
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there's something bittersweet in thinking about how zack always talked about her, and she's once again wondering if he ever got her letters. or why he never wrote back. and it does make her happy, knowing she meant so much to him.
but there's something sweet here, too, about cloud saying these things just because he thought zack had hurt her and she thinks that it's a very big difference from the cloud she first met who didn't want to take a flower from her. there's a little smile that's both fond and sad somehow simultaneously, even if the words are light.]
He was a good guy. [because that's zack through and through. he was a person who changed her, too, someone so good and so brave and promised to be there and change the world for her. but instead, her world changed with cloud, the one who actually brought her along and stood with her to see the sky for the first time. zack was her first love. she's never going to forget that, and she's never going think otherwise. but...that doesn't change how she feels about this, too.]
Sooo...does that mean you'd say the same about any guy you thought would hurt me? [it's a joke to tease him a little because. what even are they to each other right now.]
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zack was a good guy. he knows that much. of course he was, and--thinking about him is still hard, the details fuzzy, but that's not important, because he is busy staring at aerith with a furrowed eyebrow at the question. he doesn't... get it. ]
Of course I would. [ it's sincere, is the thing, a little too harsh, like he's surprised she's even asking. ] I'm not gonna let anyone hurt you, Aerith.
[ even if--he's not always so sure he can stop himself from hurting her, like what he thinks might have happened with the black materia. but he doesn't want to fail her like that.
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does that even matter? the sentiment remains the same. "i'm not gonna let anyone hurt you."
she trusts him. even knowing how sephiroth, somehow, is able to reach him and even knowing she might lose him if he strays too far, she still trusts him. she's taking his other hand to hold in hers.]
I know you wouldn't. I told you. I'm less worried when it's with you. [that had been about walking down this empty road, but it extends to...everything. being in this place, being amongst people who might turn on each other at any moment, having to face sephiroth and stop him. she's going to do everything she can to make sure nothing hurts him either. even if she's the one causing pain in the end.
man what a miserable thing to have in common.]
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[ want you to not be worried, maybe. whatever he was going to say is lost because it is cloud's turn to memshare a random romantic moment with someone else when you were younger ha ha!!!! id tell you when it ends but youve played the game ]
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but the question she has on her mind is "will sephiroth let you keep that promise now", and there's no way to ask that. so instead...a little smile.]
Even back then, huh? [she does not clarify.]
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... Back then? What do you mean?
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Just...seeing how important you are to each other. That's all.
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... Misunderstanding, turns out. It's cleared up now.
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Things worked out in the end, didn't they? [in that cloud and tifa are still friends now, and they're still trying to protect each other. the past is in the past. aerith's focus is on their future now.]
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[ he misses her too? kind of lowkey misses all of them. it'd feel more doable if barret was yelling about how everything is bullshit. but he especially misses tifa, for reasons ]
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...I miss them. This is the longest we've been apart for a long time. And this place is hard and I wouldn't want them here either, but...can't really help it, right?
[she says, not knowing what cloud's reasons are.]
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[ even though cait is mostly forgiven he will continue to :| their cat. although, after a beat: ]
Maybe not Vincent. Wouldn't be able to tell if he got any different.
[ HE. HE ALREADY TURNS INTO A MONSTER. ]
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Yeah...yeah, that's true. [LET'S NOT THINK ABOUT THAT.] Although he would be right at home in the mortuary.
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[ they will not stop shittalking vincent ]
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