lookin at them games. so exciting

[anonfantry]

You're just 'spinning your wheels,' again, right?

So make up your mind, already. It's not like I want to go anywhere, but... I can't do anything, the way I am, now. Maybe if I had a chance...

Nevermind. I don't wanna talk about it. I guess just do whatever you want. Just— Stop making me do dumb stuff, okay? It's not funny.

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[mediocrespells]

Muns think weird things are funny.

[Yes, the squirrel is talking. She sounds very unamused.]

[anonfantry]

[ He'd like to say who asked you, talking squirrel

but holy crap that's a talking squirrel. It's weirdly difficult to get huffy with a talking squirrel. ]

...Yeah, I guess.

[mediocrespells]

[She's not always a squirrel... Just when her mun feels like making things randomly awkward.]

It's not uncommon. My mun would have been far more amused if she'd thought to have me be pink or something.

[anonfantry]

Pink...?

[ Definitely missing something here. ]

[mediocrespells]

[Talking to people as a small fuzzy thing is too awkward. She feels small enough when she's not a squirrel so, she'll change back into a person now.]

...The most common mistake I make when changing form.

[Probably still awkward.]

[anonfantry]

[ Awkward is an understatement. And here he'd thought nothing could be weirder than talking to a squirrel. ]

Y-You can do that?

[mediocrespells]

Yeah. Mom taught me. She's a witch and I'm still learning.

[She'd avoid talking about it if she hadn't felt the need to change back into a human in front of him. She's actually kind of scared of her own power sometimes.]

So it's not like I can go around turning people into frogs or anything yet.

[rods]

Give your mun a chance too, Cloud. Maybe they'll think of something good!

[anonfantry]

I doubt it.

[ His equipped armor clearly grants him immunity to optimism. ]

[rods]

No, that's not "a chance". It has to be a little more encouraging!

[ yeah let's see how Cloud's armor stands up against Aerith's piercing RAYS OF OPTIMISM attack. (she's at least determined to try.) ]

[anonfantry]

I'm not gonna encourage that.

[ DEFLECTED come at me, flowerbro ]

[rods]

Oh, but...I thought you wanted something you could do. And you'll have things you can work on if you're in a game, right? As long as it's a nice one.

[anonfantry]

[ did he say that? because he's pretending he didn't say any of that. ]

There aren't any nice games. Maybe... Tolerable ones, but they only only exist so our muns can mess with us, in the first place.

[rods]

Think of it as "friendly teasing". They only do it because they like us.

[ Beam beam beam awwww yeah this is a girl who loves attention as long as it's not because she hears dead people

...then she suddenly thinks of something and puffs out her cheeks a bit. ]

But!! If it's a bad game, then you absolutely shouldn't go! [ NO ARGUMENTS. ]

Hmm... I do think there are nice games... games with friends. You have friends in Shinra, right?

[anonfantry]

Nothing friendly about it.

[ grumble grumble nope. Gotta keep up his love/hate thing with being noticed, over here.

He does manage to look a little taken aback by her sudden vehemence, though, at the very least -- okay, yeah, he'll nod a little solemnly and hope she takes that as his word.

No arguments from Cloud. ]

...Maybe. I don't know.

[ Friends!? What are those? ]

[rods]

[ Hey, she likes you. And people she likes aren't supposed to get in trouble. (Except, they kind of do anyway...)

Aerith tilts her head curiously. ] You don't know? Hmm...

That's really the sort of thing you should know. Especially... [ being in Shinra, but she can't say that, so she just shakes her head. Then she gets an idea. ] Say, why don't you meet with Zack? If you can. He's very friendly, and a good guy. Promise. [ She tilts her head just so as she finishes saying that with a soft smile growing and if Cloud can read teenage girls at all this is "lovestruck talking about boyfriend #24".

...Can he read teenage girls at all is the question. But anyway Zack is clearly an awesome person for Cloud to be friends with. Because it's already canon.) ]

[beyourguide]

It's not dumb stuff. It's just... silly.

Stuff.





...are you going somewhere?

[anonfantry]

[ TIFA YOU KNOW TOO MUCH

Tactfully... Avoiding a rebuttal. While he just awkward turtles behind his scarf forever, tyvm. ]

I dunno... Maybe.

[beyourguide]

{and she's got links to some of it too! Hey, that's what future childhood friends are for.

...also, scoot over, because she's sitting down next to you, shoulders a little curled and hands in her lap.}

do you have anywhere picked out to look at yet?

[anonfantry]

[ cries this post is now full of girls he's embarrassed himself in front of in every stage of his life

...Scooting. And shaking his head. ]

No. Nothing's for sure.

[beyourguide]

{that's because girls are evil! they only do it because they care, Cloud. Meanwhile, Tifa will pick at the hem of her skirt and frown at it.}

But you want to go somewhere, right? So - we've got to find you a good game. {right. Okay. Helpful friend mode time is go.} What's important to you? In a game? Maybe that will help us narrow it down.

[anonfantry]

[ every day, trying to dissuade him from heterosexuality You all have a hilarious way of caring!! ]

I don't-- [ hgblkrkj no, Tifa, stop trying to help. ] It doesn't matter. It's not like I have a say in it, either way. I'll just have to make the best of wherever I end up.

[beyourguide]

{pffft. you say that like you don't LIKE evil girls but Cloooooud, being helpful is kind of her thing! and- back up on her feet, hands on hips, oh, no, you don't, mister}

What? No! That's not right at all. You've got to be a part of helping your mun pick out a place or else you'll end up stuck on that train game or something. {not that the train game doesn't actually sound kind of fun but - motion sickness. Back to subject though, forget her not wanting you to leave her again, this is IMPORTANT!} You have to decide what's important so when your mun is looking at games you can fight for one that has what you need in it.

[anonfantry]

[ well if he knew any that weren't, maybe he could actually weigh in on that FLINCHING.

Tifa, use your indoor voice when Cloud's sulking. ]

Don't you think I've tried that? [ Actually, that train game would be a riot. Start all threads with Cloud puking on strangers... Meeting new people!! ] I don't have a say. That's how it's always been. I mean... Does that kind of thing ever work for you?

[beyourguide]

{actually Cloud, as much as she adores you... yeah. She kind of suspects you haven't actually tried that. So that's arms crossed but she's not going to flat out say it because she still has some respect for your pride. Until her eyes go a little bit stricken with the new distraction.}

Well - yeah. Why would she put me somewhere I wasn't going to be happy? I mean - the last one of me she had a home for wasn't in the best place or anything... she ended up dead the first week but she had someone that meant a lot to her there so it made it worth it for her. And she met a lot of really wonderful people while she was there too. Having something important to you there already means you're more willing to go along with the bad stuff because it's worth it. You've just got to tell your mun what you absolutely won't do without.