#poor seph

SOLDIER Vlogging Shenanigans pt. 25

[The camera flickers on to film a giant Sephiroth poster plastered on the wall. Beneath it is a small table with delicate, lit candles]

[A cough and ecstatic talking is heard in the background. The video zooms in on the poster and Genesis's displeased hum is heard from behind the camera]

"Puppy, why in the Goddess's name do you have this atrocity in your apartment?"

[The camera is turned around and pointed at Zack, who's sitting on the floor of his bedroom playing cards with Cloud. Angeal and Sephiroth are seen in the background going through Zack's Halloween mask collection]

"It's my Sephiroth shrine," Zack grins at the camera. "I pray to it sometimes to guarantee good hair days."

[The camera pans up as Angeal's cackling is heard. He's doubled over laughing while Sephiroth wears an ugly, red goblin mask]

Sephiroth straightens his back. "Infinite in mystery—"

"—YEAH, YEAH, I GET IT," Genesis barks.

[As the rest of them fill the room with laughter, Genesis angrily turns the camera off]

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[The video next cuts to Cloud, who's laying on Zack's couch, reading something off of his phone. A TV is heard in the background, along with Genesis's quiet recitation of LOVELESS and some snoring]

"Someone wants to know what your favorite subjects in school were," Cloud reads, "they also say that they're currently going through finals…" Cloud's expression is sympathetic as he scratches his head. "Damn, that's rough. I have my SOLDIER exam in a few weeks so I guess I'll join you in mourning."

[He flips the camera around on Sephiroth, who's sitting stiffly on the same couch while watching the movie]

"Sephiroth, what was your favorite subject in school?"

There's a small huff from the General before he spares the camera a bored look. "I never went to school."

"But you were homeschooled, right? Sorry, I mean lab-schooled."

[The camera shakes slightly as Cloud laughs. Sephiroth raises a single eyebrow, lips twisting upward in amusement before he redirects his attention back to the TV]

"I liked chemistry and astronomy."

[Cloud zooms in on Angeal, who's watching the same movie, sitting cross-legged on the floor]

"Angeal?"

[Angeal cranes his head up, looking surprised]

"Favorite subject? Ah…Let me see…I liked biology a lot, especially botany."

[The camera pans up to where Genesis and Zack are sitting. Cloud's uncharacteristic gasp sounds from behind the camera]

"Oh, Goddess, that's adorable," Angeal remarks.

[Genesis has fallen asleep while reading LOVELESS. His voice's melodic timbre has put Zack to sleep as well, who's now leaning up against the redhead, serving as Genesis's pillow]

[Cloud huffs from behind the camera]

"Well I know Genesis's favorite subject was literature." He zooms the camera in on them. "And Zack was once suspended for setting loose three goats in his school."

[Sephiroth's sudden, booming laughter is enough to startle them both awake]

first date starters . accepting

With reading glasses on, her hair pinned up high in an improvised bun with the aid of a permanent marker and dressed in what could frankly be described as pajamas, Melissa was definitely not the picture perfect of any self-respecting queen. She was definitely leaning towards tired, overworked mother of enough children to fill in a daycare facility.

Which, frankly, was not an improper description of the Honey Bee Inn during certain weeks; there were always times where ruling over a group of girls felt like an impossible challenge, and the bags under her eyes and the headaches she tried to keep at bay with herbal tea were proof enough of that.

She had completely lost track of time - while numbers had never been her strongest suit, the madame was also inherently protective of the inn's finances, enough to keep to herself most (if not all) administrative tasks in relation to bookkeeping and managerial controls in terms of revenues and expenses.

Sephiroth's quiet entrance into her office had gone unnoticed in favor of the spreadsheets and invoices she had been cross-checking until he said hello. That made Melissa raise her head, finding the figure of the former 1st Class by the door and looking at her expectantly - oh, Odin's beard; they had agreed to go out shopping for new clothes that afternoon, didn't they?

Possible SPOILERS I suppose.

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So Cloud is in a coma like state from being completely submerged in Mako for goodness knows how long.

I have always assumed this coma is due to Mako POISONING.

So imagine my surprise when Zack says "It looks like...Mako addiction..."

*Record screeches to a halt*

Hold up. Addiction? Wouldn't that be if he wanted more instead of being near comatose and going "ung...nuh...muh..." All the time?

Zack are you accusing Cloud of having something to do with Mako BEFORE the tube? And what makes this even better is everyone he tells this to goes along with it! No one says "Are you sure he isn't just...you know OVERDOSED?"

So, did they mean overdosed, and someone just decided to go with the literal translation instead of using the context?

Did the Censors go "No! Poisoning is bad. He's addicted! This will make kids not want to do drugs!"?