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[firsttsurugi.livejournal.com]

[that had been a far longer sleep then he had thought. dreaming, endless darkness, the works. some good and bad, but this was longer then expected. and as he groggily came to, a bit of a headache and a woozy feeling, he felt a little...inverted. more vertical and not horizontal. and dare he say it...]

....uh...wha...

[upside down?]

What the... Where am I? [looks around, and as he slowly comes to, the drug wearing off, Cloud realizes he's been tightly chained up and being held over extreme heat below]

! W-Woah, what the heck is going on?! Why am I... ... ...

[Lava. A boiling pot of LAVA]

GAHH!! H-Hey!!!

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[firsttsurugi.livejournal.com]

[made some bad choices... whether they were out of his control or not, as he was dropped another few inches, he didn't even look down to his demise. but a genuine look of disbelief crossed his expression. perceptive Cloud was perceptive]

You don't mean...what happened when I...?

[Sephiroth]

[notmachoish.livejournal.com]

Hm, did you say something?

[firsttsurugi.livejournal.com]

[sorry. he's honestly and genuinely back in angst mode right now, closing his eyes as he remembered everything that happened when he became Sephiroth. and the center of it all, whom broke and got so deeply involved as she did?]

...

[what could he say to that?]

[notmachoish.livejournal.com]

[he notices that expression, Cloud, and drops the silly act for a moment, looking rather serious]

I can see my the look on your face you understand the gravity of the situation, don't you? [he reaches forward and grabs the chains at Cloud's waist, pulling him to the side of the cauldron where he's standing and begins fiddling with the chains, but Cloud wouldn't be able to see what he was doing from his vantage point]

You hurt her. She trusted you, and you hurt her, whether you had control or not. That's twice, now. How much can I blame on the castle for this?

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[firsttsurugi.livejournal.com]

[those words sink in, sharper then any blade that had penetrated his skin. whether Komui was fiddling with the chains in any way or not... he wasn't thinking about that. he had constantly been told to not blame himself for what had happened in the past. here and back at the Planet. and it was how he had learned to forgiven himself. whether it was out of his control or not...it all still happened]

...

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[firsttsurugi.livejournal.com]

[faced with death, and faced with some pretty harsh facts, Cloud would have hung his head were it not for the fact he was upside down]

...

[firsttsurugi.livejournal.com]

I... [he has nothing left to say to that]

[notmachoish.livejournal.com]

[a soft 'ho, hum']

Don't get too sentimental on me, Cloud. It won't do either of us any good.

[firsttsurugi.livejournal.com]

... You gonna let me go or not?

[notmachoish.livejournal.com]

Of course I'm going to let you go.

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[firsttsurugi.livejournal.com]

[sigh in relief. after this he had a lot to think about... he felt terrible right about now and...]

[firsttsurugi.livejournal.com]

!

Wait--!

[notmachoish.livejournal.com]

[he finally frees the chains about Cloud's waist, which fall with a kerPLUNK into the cauldron. he motions to Komurin, and the pulley drops a few more inches so that Komui can pull him towards the platform with the step ladder]

Don't get too enthusiastic, or you might fall in~♪

[firsttsurugi.livejournal.com]

Grr... [oh god help him now. ... oh wait. Komui works for said god. THE FEAR OF HIM IS IN CLOUD NOW]

[notmachoish.livejournal.com]

[once Komui has a good hold of him on the platform, he motions to Komurin and the chain secured to the pulley gives some slack so he can position Cloud in an upright sitting posture on the edge. there, back on somewhat solid ground]

I'm not an unreasonable man, you know. It's true I will, at all costs, vehemently protect my sister and her innocence, but...

[firsttsurugi.livejournal.com]

... Thanks for letting me go.

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[notmachoish.livejournal.com]

Hm? You're getting a little ahead of yourself.

[notmachoish.livejournal.com]

[...





pushes him in the cauldron]

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[firsttsurugi.livejournal.com]

!!! Ahhh!!!

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[firsttsurugi.livejournal.com]

[just screams out in horrendous pain and he is completely engulfed by said lava]

3/3

[firsttsurugi.livejournal.com]

[...only not? wow this is hot but it's not boiling. and he should have been nothing more then ashes by this point bubbling on the surface. NOPE! immediately he gets to the surface, and realizes yup. definitely still alive. but WTF! is Cloud lava proof? as if gasping for breath, he hangs over the edge of the cauldron]

Haah...haaah.....haaah....haah... What...what the...hell...

What the hell...is this?!

[notmachoish.livejournal.com]

[Komui calmly crouches by the edge of the platform, looking down into the 'lava']

How dramatic! You made a very big splash.

[firsttsurugi.livejournal.com]

[still kinda flailing about making a splashes. part of him is still tied up y'know, by the ankles]

Get me out of here!!

[notmachoish.livejournal.com]

Well, I suppose enough of it's been absorbed into your blood steam. Komurin, pull him up.

[and now you're being unceremoniously lifted up and out of the "lava," Cloud!]

[firsttsurugi.livejournal.com]

Absorbed? What the hell did you do?!

[notmachoish.livejournal.com]

Who knows? We'll find out, sooner or later. [and he's walking down the step ladder, now.]

[firsttsurugi.livejournal.com]

... ... Rrgh. [let him go let him go let him go let him go. he flails by the ankles lolz]

[notmachoish.livejournal.com]

[good luck getting down, Cloud. Komurin is following Komui down the stairs :D]

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[firsttsurugi.livejournal.com]

Hey, wait! Let me down! I... ...

Ugh...

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[firsttsurugi.livejournal.com]

[ "You hurt her. She trusted you, and you hurt her, whether you had control or not. That's twice, now. How much can I blame on the castle for this?" ]

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(Lenalee... I...)