[closed] a least someone’s keeping up

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Who: Zack Fair & Cloud Strife
What: Exploring the Hammerlocke Citadel Ruins and having a good ol’ adventure time
Where: Hammerlocke Citadel Ruins
When: Late November
Content Warnings: TBA

Comments

[memorate]

Sounds like you know at least one of them.

[ Raihan is that dragon friend guy, but he's certainly not the only one, lest they forget about Lance and Dragonite! ]

Guess I know what you mean about reconnaissance now... [ So that's the reason they're here? It still feels more like a sight seeing tour with how much fun Zack is having. ]

Speaking of home... you're not really from Midgar, huh?

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[Let him live this sightseeing tour. But as soon as Cloud comments on not bing from Midgar he can't help but stumble over a rock or two and have a big case of the deja vu.]

Er... Yeah, nope. [He kicks that rock into the distance.] I'm actually from Gongaga.

[Me? GONGAGA.]

What about you? You don't seem like the big city type.

[Even if Zack already knows the answer to this question...]

[memorate]

[ He'll answer his question in a moment, but-- ]

W-What? What makes you say that? Do I really look like I don't belong there?

[ He did always try his hardest to blend in with the city, but he can only blend in so much with a giant sword on his back whenever he rides the train. ]

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[He grins and shrugs casually.]

Dunno, you got that small-town vibe about you. Like you'd be better around less noise.

[Even if Zack has an advantage here by actually knowing that Cloud is a small-town kid.]

[memorate]

[ "Better"? Trust Cloud to misconstrue that comment. ]

I can work just as good with noise, I already told you I'm ex-SOLDIER.

[ Huff!! ]

... It's Nibelheim. Doubt you heard of it, but... I guess we're both "small-town" guys. [ That's enough about Nibelheim, though... Cloud doesn't want to risk another headache just thinking about it. ] C'mon, let's get this job over with.

[ It's not really a job, Cloud... ]

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[Zack raises an eyebrow. Looking half-amused at the huffy way Cloud dismisses him but also a little half-worried. Time to keep that to himself for now.]

Small towns, yeah... Nothing around in those things.

[...! ANYWAY...

He falls into step beside the blond up the path now. There's the rocky entrance to the tall old-looking ruins. Cracked pathing makes it hard to walk so best to watch where they're stepping.]

Have you had any run-ins with other monsters and crap wound here before? I saw some of those bears with spines near the church once...

[On other jobs??]