(Zack, having a good time chilling in Angeal’s apartment om his Gameboy Advanced)
(Until suddenly—)
Zack: AhhhhhhhhhhhhHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!
(The ear-piercing shriek explodes through the living space, jolting Genesis out of his seat and causing him to drop his copy of Loveless pero en espanol on the spot. His head shoots up, gaze shooting towards the couch where Zackary is sitting/the source of the sonic boom.)
(And his eyes widen in concern.)
(Angeal is gone, he realizes. So is Sephiroth. There’s no one to help Zack out right now, to address whatever crisis has plagued him. And that’s when another realization strikes:)
(…It’s all up to him.)
(He has to be the hero.)
(Perhaps he can redeem himself, at last. Perhaps this is his chance to apologize to Zack, to make up for all the times he had called him names or treated him poorly or grew jealous of him and Sephiroth’s blossoming friendship.)
(So, his mind made, only seconds having passed, Genesis races over to the couch.)
Genesis: I’m coming!
(He stops in front of the wide-eyed, blanched Zack, evaluating the sight. And he immediately he spots the problem.)
(There, on Zack’s copy of Pokémon Emerald, his partner creature fish thing bears a sickly shade of purple instead of the natural blue Genesis remembered from the TV show.)
(His eyes widen in distress, as well as a sudden jolt of understanding crashing over him.)
(Goddess… poor Zackary must think his game is possessed! Glitched! Hmphhhhh. He told Angeal he should’ve bought the lad a more modern video game.)
(And Gaia, Zackary’s breathing is out of control—)
Genesis: Don’t worry, whelp! I know what to do!”
Zack: What are you—?!
(And before Zack can even react, Genesis swipes the console from his hands, and restets the system.)
Zack: …
Zack: ….
Genesis (handing back the system as it reboots): “It’s okay, no need to thank me. Angeal has had his fair share of technical difficulties in the past. Nothing to be ashamed or.
Zack: …
Zack: …
Genesis: …What’s wrong? Why are you looking at me like that?
Zack: … ._.
Zack: That was a shiny Mudkip.
Genesis: A what now?
(Zack’s voice is wooden)
Zack: …A shiny Mudkip. Or should I say, 1/8192 chance shiny Mudkip. And I got one on my first shot.
Genesis: …Oh. I see.
…
Genesis: Well. At least your little game is not glitched anymore.
Zack: … ._.
Genesis: Is it getting hot in here—?
Zack: I’M GONNA KILL YOU.
(Angeal walks into the apartment minutes later to find Zack jumping up and down on a helpless Genesis’s back. He can’t even intervene before Sephiroth walks in behind him.)
Sephiroth: Zack! Stop that right now!
(Zack immediately freezes at his friend’s voice, the fire still in his eyes but a look of shame crossing his face as Sephiroth scowls.)
Angeal: …Thank you, Sephiroth. Now, Zack. In a civilized manner—
Zack: HE RESET MY SHINY MUDKIP.
Angeal: Okay. I don’t know what that means, but is this really a cause for—
Sephiroth: He did WHAT?!
(And that’s how poor Genesis Rhapsodos finds himself being body slammed by a 200-pound-plus Sephiroth.)
