Subject: Hey! It's been a while!

[kunsel]

To: My Mun
From: Kunsel

Contents:

Again, huh?
You've really got yourself worked up this time, too. I mean,
it's flattering and all, but you're a grown woman...remember?
Shouldn't you have more control of your emotions than this?
I know that you miss me, but I'm doing alright. It's not that bad
up here in your head space. Okay, sure, there are a few guys
that I'd rather not be around, but for the most part it's less
crowded than the SOLDIER floor back at headquarters.
Alright, alright! It helps that Zack is here, too! Happy?
I know you're grinning. I can see you, you know.
Anyway, you should let him out for some fresh air! Puppies
need to run, or so Angeal would say! Wait...that doesn't mean
you get to target him. That's out of the question!

Comments

[colorofthesky]

[ omg is that...?! ]

Kunsel???

dfjhd delayed departure so have a tag

[kunsel]

Hey, Zack! How's it going?
Did you finally get to take that vacation?
Just kidding, I already know.

[I bet your mun found a way to heckle you into the afterlife, huh?]

screeeeeeeeeeeee

[colorofthesky]

[ He laughs a little at that. ]

Not really, Kunsel.

[ His vacations always ended poorly, you know that. Not that he really knows how to vacation properly, but details. ]

It's going all right.

[ He's happy to see you!! ]

What've you been up to?

[recitings]

[Blinks at the text.]

Huh. You are that infamous second class SOLDIER.

[makesmonsters]

To: The Idiot Who Hit Reply-All Again
From: Someone of the Board of Directors who is considering calling in a favor with the IT department to provide electric shocks of progressively increasing voltage to all personel who continue to do this despite mandatory classes on company email etiquette

Please report to to Floor 68 for readjustment of either the viewing apparatus of your helmet or your judgement. One or the other seems to be malfunctioning.

/SPUTTER

[kunsel]

To: Professor You're-Doing-It-Wrong
From: Knows-It-All

Content:

You mean you didn't get the memo?
Electronic mail is a great way for SOLDIER members to
get to know one another in between missions! It's become
so popular that they're even considering implementing it
officially as the number one new bonding exercise for all
of Shinra's employees!
Speaking of bonding, Professor Hojo...maybe we should be
mail buddies from now on.
You sound like you could use a friend, and I'm the best
listener around.
Oh, and for the record, I'm pretty sure my helmet fits
like a glove. And my judgement is pretty sound, too.

[gallant_guardian]

[...you are a very strange soldier.]

[But that's not polite, so she's just going to stare and wonder.]

[kunsel]

Infamous? Jeez, you make it sound like
I've got some kind of shady reputation or
something, Genesis.

[Don't even know my name? Well, that's okay. I know enough about you that it'll make all the difference!]

omg right i feel the same way sdfjsdhf

[kunsel]

Yeah, somehow...I didn't think so.
But you're at least spending time with that Aerith girl, right?
She's pretty cute. I bought a flower from her for a couple
gil. She wouldn't let me help her fix her wagon, so it was the
least that I could do.
Not much other than that...

[Just the usual trouble, same as always.]

[Speaking of, I saw that blonde-haired buddy of yours not that long ago. Don't remember much after that, though...huh.]

[kunsel]

[Oh no. A pretty woman has appeared. QUICK, WHAT DO?!]

...So. Uh. New around here?
I could totally show you the ropes.

SOLDIER BROOOOOS sob I am so happy

[colorofthesky]

Yeah. She's across the hall from me.

[ She insisted. Go figure. ]

...Thanks, Kunsel. I appreciate it.

[ Since, you know. He never made it back. ]

You planning on going anywhere?

ME TOO sdfjfg I might have made noises :x idc tho

[kunsel]

Across the hall, huh?

[Zack, you sly dog, you!]

It's about time, buddy. I was beginning to wonder
about you, you know?

[Because, well, you spent a lot of time around Angeal and Sephiroth...and that Cloud kid. And me. Look, it's just...there was some talk. Nothing the fan club didn't snuff out, though!]

Hey, you would do the same.

[Not would have. Would. Kunsel refuses to live in the past with Zack right there.]

And uh...
You know, I'm not really sure. My mun had me
at scorched for a bit. Man, it feels like it's been forever
since then. She was kinda rough on me, but I guess
most of them tend to be. But where were we?
Oh, right! The question...

[It's hard to answer. This is the one place you never disappear forever, Zack. The one place...]

[sakurabito]

It seems when mundane take control of another's life, they lose their ability to control themselves. Surely you have noticed this.

idc either /also making noises

[colorofthesky]

She kind of insisted.

[ What, he's not planning anything!! ]

...About me?

[ You'll have to qualify that, Kunsel. He's not exactly sure what about him you've been wondering about. ]

They can be, yeah. [ He's a little peeved at his own mun, at the moment so...yeah. ] You think she'll send you back there?

[kunsel]

[...is it?]

[Is it really you?]

What? I mean, of course. Yeah. I knew that. Who doesn't
know that?

[...]

I take it yours has been rough on you
again, huh?

[gallant_guardian]

...

That will not be necessary. I am quite familiar with ropes.

[recitings]

[Genesis has heard of a Kunsel. But really, he rarely interacts with the other SOLDIERs unless it was for business or a mission. So he pretty much ignored this particularly snoopy second class.]

I find it rather shady that you're able to collect the information you're able to. But then again, that is still an impressive skill.

/SMUSHES FACE ON

[kunsel]

Heh. That sounds like something she would do. You
need that, though.

[Someone to watch over you. Look out for you. Keep your heart big and your eyes wide open.]

...Never mind about that, it's not
really important! It's in the past.
Speaking of the past, let's not talk about it. But I
met a Turk once named Elena. You ever hear of
her? I get the feeling you two would have got
along great. She always appears to be up for a
challenge!

[...]

My mun thinks about it sometimes.
I think it'd be weird. How many people that I knew before
would even still be there, you know? Elena's gone.
Angeal, too. And...

[You.]

[kunsel]

We're all good at something, Genesis.
Using our strengths to our advantage is part of
what makes SOLDIER the renowned force that
it is. I happen to be good at observation, and
you're one of the best when it comes to performance.
So, what do you say: are you up for some R&R?
Reconnaissance and Recital!
We could watch Loveless together and take
turns speaking the parts! I've seen it just the once,
but I've got almost all of it memorized.

[...he's serious.]

[sakurabito]

[Yes. Yes it is.

How long its been...]

Of course.

[Silly Kunsel.]

Need you ask?

[So is the author of his canon.]

They exist to be insufferable.

[kunsel]

...Oh.
I mean, of course you are! You seem like a nice, intelligent
young woman.

[kunsel]

Man...bear with me, because this is going to sound odd and,
if I know you, and I do, you're going to tell me I'm nuts or
something. Kind of like Professor Hojo did, only you're not so
liable to tell me my helmet's cutting off the circulation to my
brain. Come to think of it, you never really made a big deal
about my helmet. Thanks!
...Oh yeah, I was leading up to something.
What I meant to say was...it's good to hear from you again.
Commander.
Didn't think I'd forget, did you? Heh.
Even grumpy, it's still good. I wonder if your mun thinks the
same thing and that's why you're put through the ringer so
often?
Love hurts, or something like that.

[gallant_guardian]

And a senior officer.

Though, no doubt, not of your order.

[She's taking a guess there really... but there's no way somebody like this is a high-ranking officer in whatever group they are a part of.]

1/???

[recitings]

[Genesis stares at the message for a while.]

2/???

[recitings]

[A really long while.]