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[starshower]

Who: Tifa Lockhart & YOU
What: December catch-all!
Where: Where the threads happen
When: When the threads happen
Content Warnings: N/A

𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘪'𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘰𝘳. 𝘪'𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘹 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳. 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚋𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚌 ★ 𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚌 𝚛𝚘𝚘𝚖 ★ 𝚐𝚢𝚖𝚗𝚊𝚜𝚒𝚞𝚖 ★ 𝚑𝚊𝚖𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚍 ★ 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚍𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚍 ★ ♫

Comments

[starshower]

It's pretty secure!

[At least, she hopes so. Unlike the punching bag in her room, which fell and dumped sand all over the floor the moment Cloud swung at it... She has no idea about that happening, but she's still finding sand in the strangest places in her room to this day...

But she isn't going to say no to a little help, and maybe she can convince Parsee to join her after.

Once she's sure that the bag is steady, Tifa prepares her fists again, and then swings, hitting the bag as hard as she can, but not so hard that it would send the other girl toppling over. The chain rattles and the bag thrums.]

So, what're you doing down here?

[bridge_princess]

[At first glance, Parsee didn't look that strong. But a youkai was stronger than they looked. When the fist connected, the bag shifted, but it was clear enough that she'd hold it steady for the time being. Grunting, she glanced around the bag at Tifa.]

I was exploring. Been trying to figure out these new locations from time to time. Heard you working out. What about you?

Expecting trouble, or just keeping in shape?

[starshower]

Little bit of both.

[When she sees that Parsee can hold her own against the punches, Tifa lays on a couple more.]

Never know what's gonna come up next. Wanna be prepared for anything.

[The last time she let her guard down, the universe took the opportunity to kick her in the ass. Not this time.]

It's nice to see some equipment around here, I was wondering when it'd come up! You should give it a whirl. A good old one-two!

[bridge_princess]

[Parsee grunted as the punches landed, nodding over at Tifa. She couldn't fault the line of thought. After Memetos and their first nightmares, there were ample reasons to be prepared for a fight, and if the force of the impacts were any indication she'd do just fine. She kind of wished she was this good at physical combat, but then again she had some tricks up her sleeves.]

Heh. You realize I'm more the claw and rend sort. Not really good for the health of a punching bag. Though I suppose I could still try some of this out maybe.

You get through the dreams alright?

[starshower]

It's great for building up that upper body strength.

[Which, if she's more of the clawing sort of fighter, it couldn't hurt, Tifa thinks. And at least she's here to hold the bag in place if Parsee does want to try.

Her head tilts from the other side of the bag to get a better look at her, expression drooping.]

I think so, yeah. There were some things I didn't need to see, but... it was all a dream, right?

[bridge_princess]

I've never really been the sort to build up that strength, though I guess it couldn't hurt.

[She wasn't wrong, and frankly the few Youkai who actually put an effort into their bodily strength, like Meiling, were powerful to say the least. And if it came down to it, it was a way to get her anger out, and she had plenty enough of that.]

There were things I didn't need to be seen in there... but I think it was a dream. I don't know if it was a proper one, though. I doubt this world understands what they really are yet.

... You alright there?

[starshower]

Yeah, I'm fine.

[Parsee seems to snap her out of her spiraling thoughts, and Tifa corrects her expression, smiling again.]

It's just that... I saw some people down there. They were acting the way they shouldn't have been... even me? It sounds kind of crazy, saying it out loud.

[bridge_princess]

Oh that... no, I understand. I saw Yuugi briefly. Sort of.

[She gave her a look that was just at the edge of sympathy. It wasn't her strong suit, but she could manage it at times.]

Someone told me there's things in that place, shadows. Like the dark versions or the darkness inside yourself. It was probably that, which is why they'd be weird. I didn't see myself, though...

Heh. I already am my own shadow.

[starshower]

Aerith was the one who saw me... and Cloud. Barret, too.

[Who isn't even in this world and yet, his form still found a way in there. It's a bit odd that even if it was Aerith's dream, it was still able to manifest into something more real than just her dream... if that makes any sense. None of it makes much sense.]

I know it can't really hurt us, so I guess that's what matters. It was nice to have these working again, though.

[She lifts a hand and shows Parsee the materia in her gloves.]

Don't know what I would've done without 'em. Wish we could get them working in the real world.