#cloudvii

001 - their first meeting. rufus wandered down below after his father's death and power was secured to learn more about him - like what the fuck he did down there. was it all for primal desire or was there business dealings he should be keen on. it just so happened that the night rufus and his crew went down there was the night there was an auction - cloud's first auction ( which he absolutely wanted no part of ; cloud is a ornery little bee :] ]. naturally cloud had many bids .. which prompted rufus to keep outbidding until he won.

rufus is surprised to find himself attracted to a bee; this place reminded him of where his father would've rather been than with his family - but he could at least be assured he never touched this bee. though rufus bought his company and could do as he liked, they'd simply talked.. much to cloud's surprise. though cloud really didn't have much information about his father. rufus books him again. cloud, thinking this time he was the sex stripped down to his boxers in his office ( assumed this was some office kink play ). ru liked what he saw but wanted no such thing ; he was simply touring cloud around his kingdom ~ cloud wanted to die of embarrassment. the third booking rufus pays way for cloud to go to his estate in junon. cloud normally doesn't take bookings outside of the inn due to how dangerous they could be but even if he didn't want to go - you don't say 'no' to the most powerful man in the world and the honey bee inn is just OKAY with it. so cloud goes. dinner and drink is ready. cloud isn't used to being wined and dined - just wham bamed thank you ma'amed. then they go on a walk around junon where rufus tours cloud around. looking out at the bay they share their first kiss. things get heavier once they get back home though they decide to hold off from sex for now - they want it to be known the other is sexually healthy. in our thread they are on their way back to midgar and speaking on the plane ride ( which cloud is having a rough time, his poor stomach ), of which cloud is going to get PEPPERED with SO MANY QUESTIONS by fellow bees when he finally gets back to the hive below.

that's the first thread we've got - there's 4 in total ( maybe 5 soon with them teaching each other some dances ). but wanted to feed you some deets :]

WOW I really love this!!

I like that Shinra Sr. is already gone, and there’s this degree to which Rufus has to unravel the mystery of his father’s devious plans and connections. The idea of Rufus at the Honeybee even having to think *for a second* about the possibility that his father had already been in a similar spot, possibly with the same faces…yikes.

On the contrary, Hannibal thinks this is the greatest gift ever. "If Rufus ShinRa has brought you to my door, he must care for your wellbeing. He isn't so facetious with his money or so I heard. Least one forget, the greatest gift is a sound mind." He tapped the side of his temple.

@cloudvii // Clud // 𝐒𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐂𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐋𝐄 𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐃𝐎𝐌𝐒 

Some days Cloud chooses to remain quiet, his head fogged over with what Rufus could only guess was the calling that was sirening his attention from him. At times, it came as a quick moment where the question Rufus had granted came back with a 'what' and 'sorry.' The connection where his words were always heard and acted upon with zeal was suddenly severed. This time Cloud was speaking on what was actually transpiring in his head.

❛ I’m hearin’ voices in my head. ❜

"What are they saying?" Rufus implores, tilting his head to the side so that he can better catch Cloud's expression on his face. A narrowing of his eyes, he's wondering why Cloud's own seem so .... peculiar. As if the color, the beautiful blue hue, was slowly being drained and replaced with emerald. Naturally, he'd grown accustomed to that color-- emerald was the city of Mako which he ruled. 

@cloudvii 's Garnet sent: ❛ you are sick in the head. ❜ // pretend this is from Garnet's blog .. for when I eventually move her to side-blog b/c logging in and out is tiring and I'm old ♥

|| ||               "My. What a thing to say to a noble who has traversed such great distances to seek an audience with his Queen~." He clutched at his chest where his dying heart lay, as though her words had pierced him there; like a dagger, perhaps~.

      "And I suppose you claim soundness of mind? After all you've weathered to secure that crown... How delightful. Admittedly, I hadn't pegged you for someone of such... resilience. Perhaps that's a trait inherited from your mother."

      He turned then to regard the 'lovely' portrait of the late Queen, ensconced in its gilded frame in the grand hall, her expression greedily content. "But she wasn’t, was she? Your mother, I mean. Resilience she may have had, but a summoner she was not."

      He looked back at the young queen over his shoulder after a moment of thought, fingers thoughtfully tapping his chin. "Curious how that came to be, no? The elephant woman never did disclose much about you... But now she's not here to hinder my inquiries~."

      With a dramatic flourish of feathers and silks, he spun to face her fully, bowing deeply, hand extended in a mocking offer to dance, "You know well what a fascinating enigma you remain to me~. The servants say no one is more beautiful; the courtiers claim no one is more noble; and the king, before his passing, declared no one held a higher place in his heart... Yet he was no summoner either. So, Canary, where did you flutter in from?"

When he'd stopped by and heard Cloud was at the inn, Shivan hadn't hesitated for a second. He'd immediately headed out without bothering to clean off the makeup that was no doubt running with his tears. The inn owner hadn't stopped him at all, just pointed the way to Cloud's room. It wasn't the first time Shivan had shown up like this and sadly, wouldn't be the last.

His eyes widened however as Cloud stepped out instead of offering to let him in, putting a hand on the blondes arm. "No- please don't go and fight them." Shivan pleaded softly. "It was one of the Don's men, I just-... I was just getting off work. I'm fine, Cloud, really."

He wasn't, but he didn't want Cloud to get into any trouble for him. Fighting with clients was already bad enough, and Cloud got into more fights than he did. He didn't want to find out what would happen if he ended up trying to fight one of Corneo's lackeys instead of some rich client. There was no doubt in his mind it would be a worse outcome.

buffy the vampire sentences | @cloudvii

"Doing that won't save the world, you know."

He said it dryly as he settled down onto a fallen piece of large driftwood. It's surface worn smooth from the ocean. A small pit in the middle of a circle of them burned low against the dark night sky. It was a stop of many on their journey.

When in truth, Soleil wanted to do the same. It all felt so bleak and impossible most days. But they had to, didn't they? No one else would be able to do it. At least, that's what he told himself. As if it was some grand destiny foisted upon them, when in reality it was luck of the draw after many unfortunate events.

Soleil looked down at the flames for a long moment, expression somber. He wasn't any good at motivational speech, but he'd at least try. At least try to make light of it a little.