#wolvesoldier

@wolvesoldier said: “Prepare for the fight scene!“ 

It isn’t the first (or worst) time they’ve been surrounded, but it’s definitely on their top ten list. Why they even have that list, Cloud’s not sure, but according to Zack the cliffs above Midgar ranked a solid 3, so he supposes this can’t be so bad. Maybe a 5. No one’s full of bullets yet at least.

There’s two Zoloms in front of them and a lot of horrible squelching noises from the mud pits further in the trees; at least three others, maybe more. They knew a nest was nearby, but this is just... fucking fantastic. The giant serpents are irritable from the climate changes forcing them north, seeking deep enough water as the Planet warms and dries; with the temperature increase telling them it’s spring already, they’re also more violent in anticipation of breeding season 

If they weren’t so close to a refugee settlement, Cloud would be fine with letting them take over the mucky remnants of the Northern Lake, but Zoloms are too territorial to coexist near human beings. So here they are, a delivery boy and a dead man, to wrangle the angry noodles away from the edge of swamp. They’ll Sleepga what they can, and kill what they can’t, and Cloud will clean the regret off his sword along with the blood. The world isn’t kind.

@wolvesoldier​ from X

Of course it’s bad. There’s whole radishes floating in what’s allegedly dinner but looks like muddy river water. Cloud thinks half the rabbit he brought back might be in there somewhere. From the bit of sinew floating on the unpleasantly scummy surface of the ‘soup,’ he can guess it went in mostly whole.

Dropping his rucksack at the foot of the tree, the short blond walks over with patience held thin as a cobweb and manages to almost sound civil. Almost. It’s more than their old field commander would’ve done in this situation, that’s for damn sure.