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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 ★ ♫

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[starshower]

[She would have laughed at that were it not for the sounds still coming from outside. She turns and is surprised to find Cloud right behind her—with all the noise, she thought that he might have wandered off to take a look around the outside of the garage, but if he's here, then that means—]

No... I thought that was—

[Her train of thought is interrupted again by the sound of something falling, followed by low grunts near what she assumes are the gas pumps... She can't see them from where she is.]

If that wasn't you...?

[Tifa is already on her feet and beckoning for him to follow her, slowly and carefully, back to the garage door... but when they peer around the walls, all they'll be able to see is a pump hanging from its tank. Not where it was when they came in, that's for sure.]

[memorate]

[ Normally, Cloud wouldn't care where the noise is coming from, it's not like it's their garage or their business to investigate it. If it's a looter, they're no better either.

However, what he doesn't like is the possibility of being followed by anyone. He had been looking over his shoulder for so long, and with Sephiroth's presence, one can never be too relaxed.

Suddenly growing tense, his hand reaches for the hilt of his sword as he stands his ground. ]

If anyone's here, you have one chance to show yourself.

[ He's open to talk... but not for much longer. ]

[starshower]

[As if responding to Cloud's threat, there's a loud bang from behind the gas tanks, and the pump swings violently against it, clanging loud like a war drum in the otherwise silent pitstop, but it's not loud enough to drown out the low grunts coming from that direction.]

Doesn't sound like a person...

[Not anyone here, at least. No one grunts like that unless they're Barret Wallace.

Tifa slides out from behind Cloud and approaches carefully, steps light as she tiptoes over the dirt.]

Hello? We're not gonna hurt you... promise.

[Unless it hurts them first.

And then she spots it: a pair of low-lidded eyes peeking out from behind the gas pump, and above them, three massive yellow feathers jut out from the top of its head. It wanders out, revealing its oddly shaped body and featherless wings.

It's... kind of cute...

Until it snaps its beak and kwehs the moment it makes direct eye contact with Cloud.]

[memorate]

[ Cute as it may be, the eye contact doesn't do much to sway Cloud's opinion of it. A few weeks ago, he would have just mindlessly attacked it, as that was the norm back in their homeworld. He has learned since then that some creatures here are docile, even if they don't look like any animals that he knows of. ]

It's just one of the monsters around here. Might be a pokemon for all we know.

We should leave it alone.

[ Why does it look kind of familiar though... ]

[starshower]

[It sounds familiar too... minus the grunting, it reminds Tifa a little of...]

Wait a second...

[It's small eyes dart between the two of them as Tifa approaches further, her steps still slow and careful as it starts to puff the plume of feathers atop its head.]

Cloud. I don't think that's a Pokemon. I think it's a— [kweh!!!!] Chocobo!?