AU Event: For the Planet [action]

[earthlychild]

[Who's the lady dressed all in dark gray and blue? Why she's familiar....almost. Aerith strides right past people in Garden, her loose (and suddenly short) hair flying behind her. There's no time to stop and sort out her memory: she needs to confirm for herself that things really are as safe as they appear to be. She tightens a dark blue scarf around her neck and steps onto the observation deck, gripping the ledge tightly.]

I'll complete my obligation and then I'll leave. I have no use for this, and it has little use for me. How can any of this be important in the end? In the end, it's still our job to ride the tide. Not control it.

[But she is definitely going to ride the tide back home straight into kicking certain awful people in the face, she thinks, clenching her fist. She glares out into the gray of the day, allowing her anger to start to pass.]

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[earthlychild]

I guess so. It's just...oh, it's confusing.

And I haven't been. We didn't know each other well.

[rerebrace]

You better not. I'll find out. [By contrast, despite his wording, this isn't any kind of threat. If there does happen to be a quavering note well-hidden in his voice, it's not one of anger.] I might not know what he'll do, but I know that much.

[earthlychild]

I promise you don't have to worry about that.

[She pulled her arms to herself and shuddered---not because she was lying, but because he worried her.]

[rerebrace]

[He eyes her. It's a soul he's missing, not a brain - or, for that matter, the ability to feel a little resentful.] What is it? Something to say?

[earthlychild]

I'm just worried. No clue what's going on, that's all.

Nothing you need to concern yourself with.

[rerebrace]

[Though he doesn't look at all satisfied with her answer, he won't push it.] Fine, I won't.

[He takes a few steps towards the exit, unwilling to turn his back on her. There's something not entirely right about her either, and he would've thought that would make him feel at home, but apparently it doesn't work that way.]

But... if you catch sight of him, I want to hear about it, understand?

[earthlychild]

You will.

[She turns, ready to head off in search of her cloak. She has some thinking to do.]