History Fanfic / OffTheLine

* BulletProofMeatShield: Justified [[spoiler: game mechanics make it impossible for attacks to kill party members so Rainstorm grabs a fallen bounty hunter to use as a shield to protect him from the bounty hunters' attacks.]]

** When Nanaki suffered glitches in his gameplay due to the incompatibility of his headgear, Cait Sith tracked him down and made him a custom headgear in exchange for Nanaki's permission to study Nanaki's data.

** Reeve then offers Cloud a Job at Shinra just so then he could help with finding Vincent's body.

** Due to him literally existing before the game, Vincent was assumed to be a [[TheMissingNo glitch character]] because no one bothered to actually interact with him non-violently until Rainstorm.

* BullyHunter: [[spoiler: Rainstorm meets Flower went he defends from perverts harassing her by killing them.]]

* TheInsomniac: Vincent has not properly slept in 10-15 years and his physical and mental health have suffered from it. It's implied that he only slept when he was killed by other players.

* TheInsominac: Vincent has not properly slept in 10-15 years and his physical and mental health have suffered from it. It's implied that he only slept when he was killed by other players.

* MarshmellowHell: Rare gender-inversion. The young Treasure Princess ends up running into Rainstorm's bare chest when she fails to steal Rainstorm's loot.

* CombatStiletto: Rainstorm's shoes. They are literally so sharp that he accidentally killed a woman when he stepped on her. They are almost surprisingly practical for his race because they help with his balance
* CrutchCharacter

** Averted in a literal sense with the practice of Corpse Camping, act of repeatedly killing a character which causes them to lose their levels and stats.

* FrameUp: Rainstorm is framed by Tseng for Aerith's destruction of the Elder Tree, putting a huge bounty on his head.

** Vincent in canon sealed himself in a coffin and slept for many years. Here, Vincent hadn't slept for 15 years!

* TheSleepless: Vincent has not slept in 10-15 years and his physical and mental health have suffered from it.

* AscendedFanboy: Cloud goes from newbie player [[spoiler: to beta tester that was personally scouted by the '''game's creator'''.]]

* BerserkButton: Rainstorm does not like people who sexually harass others.

* {{Stripperiffic}}: Rainstorm and the entire Viera race dress like this.

''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/1295005/chapters/2686486 Off the Line]]'' by [[http://archiveofourown.org/users/esama/pseuds/esama esama]] is a ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' AlternateUniverse fanfic. Cloud gets a Virtual Reality Dream Console, a high-tech virtual reality video game console, [[MundaneUtility as sleeping aid]] assigned by his regiment's physican for his sleeping problems.

* AscendedFanboy: Cloud goes from newbie player [[spoiler: to beta tester that was personally scouted by the '''game's creator'''.

* CombatStiletto: Rainstorm's shoes. They are literally so sharp that he accidentally killed a woman when he stepped on her.

* RealNameAsAnAlias: Sephiroth doesn't hiding who he is in game. Vincent can't hide who he is.

* AscendededFanboy: Cloud goes from newbie player [[spoiler: to beta tester that was personally scouted by the '''game's creator'''.

* FanserviceRace: the Viera are a race of sexy bunny-eared people with skimpy outfits. Cloud loathes being one.

* InstantFanClub: Genesis/Beloved starts one in Rainstorm's honor after hearing his achievements.

* RedBaron: Titles are achivements in Terra Online for a player's accomplishments.

* AchievementsInIgnorance: Rainstorm's sthick is that he achives a lot of things because he doesn't any better as a new player:

* {{GIFT}}: Players can be jerks in Gaia Online. Red XII got killed and robbed several times and Rainstorm and Flower get sexually harassed. They also pull this back, but causing other players grief and causing as much havoc as possible.

* MyselfMyAvatar: Vincent is still a victim of {{ShinRa's}} human experimentation and his comatose body was used to test out the VRDC prototype, trapping him in Terra Online since the very beginning.
* NeedleInAStackOfNeedles: In order to visit a city without being attacked by bounty hunters, Rainstorm wears an enchanted choker that turns him female. Since Rainstorm stood out for being the only male Viera, it's pretty effective.

* AchievementsInIgnorance: Rainstorm's sthick is that he achives a lot of thing because he doesn't any better as a new player:

** Averted in a literal sense with the practice of Corpse Camping, act of looting a dead character which causes them to lose their levels and stats.

** Yuffie/Treasure Princess lost her levels and her loot when she is corpse camped by the Overseers for robbing their darling. The Overseer's darling turns out to be Aerith/Flower.

** Averted in a literal sense with the pratice of Corpse Camping, act of looting a dead character which causes them to lose their levels and stats.

* UnequalPairing

* ButtMonkey: The game goes out of its way to make things difficult or embarassing for Rainstorm.
* ChainmailBikini: Any armor the Viera wear turns into this. Its impratically is lampshaded twice: when Rainstorm fights a monster he gets whipped in his vulnerable bare mid-section. Rainstorm kills a woman by piercing her heart when he steps on her because all she wore on her mid-section was a corset. Red XII notes that most Viera tend to be long-distance fighters like archers and mages which tend to negate the inheirent disadvantage.

* BigGood: Cait Sith, the player character of Reeve, who serves as the moderator and head admin of the game.

* BigGood: Cait Sith, the player character of Reese, who serves as the moderator and head admin of the game.

** When Rainstorm finds out that Vincent is a player and not a virus, Cait Sith does everything he can to make up his past actions to Vincent and Reese plans to track down Vincent's comatose body.

* Rainstorm meets a whole guild of people who dress in one.

* RealNameAsAlias: Sephiroth doesn't hiding who he is in game. Vincent can't hide who he is.

* [[ReluctantFanserviceGirl Reluctant Fanservice Boy]]: Cloud hates how skimpy armor is on the Viera form
* Stripperiffic: Rainstorm and the entire Viera race dress like this.

* Stripperific: Rainstorm and the entire Viera race dress like this.

* WhatMeasureInNonHuman: Due to Terra Online's humanoid player base, Nanaki as Red XII has constantly watch his back because he is constantly mistaken for a mob or a pet and killed.

* ReadTheFreakingManual: Cait Sith implies that Cloud should have looked at his character's equipment customization when he finds out that equipment becomes skimpy as a side-effect of being a Viera.

Cloud decides to use his VRDC to play the popular MMORPG, Terra Online so he can have some fun while he dreams. [[HilarityEnsues It goes downhill from here.]]

** When Cloud finds out that Vincent is a player and not a virus, Cait Sith does everything he can to make up his past actions to Vincent and Reese plans to track down Vincent's comatose body.
* ButtMonkey: The game goes out of its way to make things difficult or embarassing for Cloud.
* {{GMPC}}: Cait Sith is not only an NPC, but the game's admin and head designer.

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