The Number I is a Final Fantasy VII Sci-fi/horror/AU fanfic by Nautilusopus where mathematical metaphors contain the trauma we were healing from all along!
Post-Advent Children, Cloud hallucinates due to what seems like Jenova presence until his episodes escalate into body-snatching. The culprit? Earth scientist, Aeris Gainsborough.
Tropes in this story
- Meat Puppet: Cloud is one of these, sort of
- Broken Tears: Cloud is very damaged and stressed out Could be a bit of Inelegant Blubbering
- The Adjectival Man: Vincent is referred to as The Pale Man
- Extra Eyes: it's like that sometimes
- Nightmare Fuel: Really. There's a lot.
- Bite of Affection: well, sort of