Kalm

[Aerith Gast Gainsborough]

Lissa

When Lissa called for help, this wasn't exactly the help she was hoping for. "...! " She let out a little gasp as he grabbed her by the face. Her hand was still gripped on her staff, which she thought might of given her a small advantage of getting away from him if he tried anything.Though, considering the position she was now in and where his hand was, talking was a bit difficult without sounding a bit muffled. "W-What's wrong with ME?!" She tried to say,Lissa was never good with handling insults directed toward her.While that was irritating, nothing prepared her for what he said next.The anger in her eyes shown clearly as she glared at him.Validar would suddenly feel the end of her staff slam into his gut, as hard as she could manage it, which unfortunately for her, probably wasn't that powerful, still he deserved some pain."You talk of your son like he's nothing to you...You disgusting creature!! You just .....just...!!" Great, she wanted so much to think of something to scare him, but no words came to her. Nothing that would even shake him, anyway. "..You will pay for saying that! No matter what! I will show you ...NEVER to mess with my family..and never threaten MY children!" This was not a father-in law to her. He was just another horrible person who she wanted nothing to do with. But before she could say anything more, everything went dark as she slipped into unconsciousness.

 

[Brave Restoration King]

Yosuke Hanamura

"We can accomplish anything as long as we work together. Isn't that right, partner?"



"Man, this place blows..." Yosuke said, his arms crossed as he was standing outside one of the shops in Kalm. His partner that he had finally reunited with, not relationship partner, but more like fighting partner and best friend, was inside buying some things. They had decided to head to Midgar, and Yu knew the way already. Lucky me, Yosuke thought. "Can't be any worse than this place..." The town was pretty dull... And even though Inaba had been a pretty boring place, somehow it seemed to gain a whole lot of interest once Yu transferred there.
They were heading there because they were told that most of the world travelers go there, and there was a small chance they may run into someone they know there. They decided it was best to look around at least. If there was even a 1% chance that anyone they knew was there, it was worth it.
"Yosuke!!" Yu called from inside the shop. Yosuke knew immediately, just by his voice, that something was seriously wrong.
Yosuke rushed into the shop, though he stopped dead in his tracks when his eyes came upon a small TV the shop had set up in the corner of the room. "...??!" It couldn't be... "Adachi?!"
The two listened and watched the video feed until it was cut, and a long moment of silence swept over the small shop.
...
Yu turned finally to the employee behind the counter. "Where was that broadcast from?" He asked, his voice dead serious.
"M-Midgar..." The shopkeeper said, sounding almost stunned and a little scared by the changes that were coming. "The ShinRa Building."
Yu turned to Yosuke. Yosuke nodded. The two immediately left the shop. Midgar was already in sight from this town. They began to run, as fast as their legs could carry them.

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[Aerith Gast Gainsborough]

Slowly trotting into the city, a beautiful,sleek and shiny coated stallion would catch the attention of the town's people, the only problem was, it's attitude wasn't quite so admirable. As it trotted along, it seemed to be moving it's head to the left and side slowly, as if searching for something. Soon, the rider atop of the horse would begin to feel it's growing anger as it reared to it's hind legs for only a second. "...Um, Avel?? " Oh, this was not a good place to get finicky. There were a lot of people here, despite how small the town seemed! Unhappy noises came from the stallion as it's temper continued to spike! "Avel! Calm down! " Such a to-often used word, and a word that didn't do her very good most the time!

It began to become a little more frantic, scuffing it's hooves into the ground as it moved in quick sudden movements. "Ah! I'm sorry, please move away! A-Avel isn't at his best behavior! " As if it ever was. She just needed to be sure no one got to close.

That's when a young woman stopped in her tracks suddenly, it was so sudden in fact that the cart she was pushing ended up causing the weight of it's contents to shift further to the end, causing all of it's ruby red....juicy apples to spill all over the ground. It was as if a strange love-at-first-site hit the horse, it's eyes wide and locked onto the apples rolling along down to it's hooves. That's when objects went flying past it's rider. Or, maybe not. It was her, Sophie, who went for a brief flight into a near by water bucket. Yep, she was just...bucked right off with no care in the world. The only thing that mattered to that horse was those yummy apples of sweet joy. Sophie on the other hand, had gone head first into the barrel of water, luckily, the weight of her armor and her own body weight was enough to split the barrel so she didn't, you know, drown. That would be quite the unfortunate way to go. It was almost in-visioned in her own brain as she sat there, soaked to every inch of her body, her head stone there standing tall beside Avel, with the inscription of "Here lies Sophie, killed by her beloved stallion Avel, all because he was hungry and just HAD to have a apple. " Yep, that was going to be her end one day. "T-This is the last bucking you do! I'm....-I'm going to rust..." She couldn't do it. How could she say anything so angry to that adorable face?! Just look how happy he was, inhaling as many apples as he possibly could.. "..." She reached over, a stray apple had rolled it's way to her feet. "...Well, I might as well enjoy too! " She reached over as she got herself into a more comfortable position sitting up..

And just as her hand took hold of the apple, Avel turned to face her, it's eyes were like the fiery wrath of hell, Sophie's hand jerked back suddenly. That look! It was absolutely terrifying. What did the ill-tempered horsie of adorableness do? Trotted right back to her, snatching the apple it's owner dropped in fear. "....T-That's okay, you meanie..I wasn't that hungry after all..! " Her stomach then proceeded to disagree with a loud, un-lady like growl that created a deep pink blush to rush to her cheeks. Avel paid no attention, trotting it's way happily back to the rest of the apples!

 

[Aerith Gast Gainsborough]

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[Aerith Gast Gainsborough]

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[Brave Restoration King]

"Heh, damn, feels good to be successful!" Barret let out jovially as he made his way back towards the Inn, where his darling daughter awaited him. "Another oil field, another windmill, another step towards a better energy source! I'm gonna make this world a better place without bleedin' the planet dry!" While Cloud and the others had continued their fight, Barret had mostly left the life behind him in pursuit of trying to create a world that didn't need Mako. That didn't destroy the planet. And the best way of doing that was finding alternate sources of power. Maybe not as efficient as Mako for now, but a lot better long-term, needless to say.
Still, his thoughts were broken by the sound of a gunshot in the Inn he was nearing. "What the-?! Marlene!!" He shouted, practically knocking the door off its hinges in his rush to get in and go towards the room she had been staying in.
"What the?!" He was met halfway by a familiar man and with a catlike doll on his shoulder, who was pushing Marlene with one hand and had Cerberus with the other. "The hell's goin' on here?!"
"Shinra's gone off the deep end, they have!" Cait Sith shouted frantically. "They're trynna round up all our old pals! Cid's already in custody!"
"SOLDIERs had Marlene. They intended to force your surrender. If not for Cait's warnings, I wouldn't have made it in time." Vincent said, gently nudging Marlene into Barret's arms. It was clear what the gunshots were, now...
"The hell're they thinkin'? ...s**t, I owe you both one." Barret said, lifting Marlene to sit on his shoulder.
"Oh, perish that thought! What're pals for, eh?" Vincent nodded in agreement. "We gotta hurry though, c'mon! Shinra's still in Kalm! We gotta get to Cloud and the others!"
"If we don't warn them, we may not be able to get to the others in time."
"Uh, right! Hang on, Marlene. Daddy'll get you out of here!"
"Follow me." Vincent hurried forward, followed by Barret.
"I know where they're at, so just follow my direction! Go left here, into this alleyway!" An instruction followed, and they dodged the squadron of infantrymen searching. "All right, great! Now hurry, because they're-" Cait suddenly went silent, and a moment later, went completely limp.
"The hell?"
That moment of confusion was all that was needed. "Freeze!" A giant group of infantrymen and Neo SOLDIERs approached the group, weapons trained on them.
Barret instinctively put Marlene down, nudging her towards a nearby hiding place and raising his gun arm.
Vincent instinctively raised Cerberus swiftly, but after a moment, he let out a short sigh, lowering the gun. "We can't fight here." He said.
"The hell we can't!"
"We can't let civilians get caught in the crossfire."
"..." The memories of the bombings flashed through Barret's mind--an extreme act done out of desperation. Something he justified at the time, but after reflecting on it, he continued to have a harder time justifying the lives he stole in the pursuit of trying to extend the planet's life a tiny bit. He couldn't make a mistake like that again. "Damn!" At this point, they had been surrounded, and there was no way for this to end except in their arrest. But he had gotten Marlene out of the way--and that was the most important thing for him. He had a lot of friends in Kalm, and in a lot of cities--he knew they wouldn't let her be hurt or go without food or shelter. For now, he had to go along with this...