(I noticed, just ignore mine.)
"Well, if I'm infected anyway." He said and walked next to cloud, taking his hand and closing his eyes. "Let's see what, if anything I can learn about this. You talk like you know about this from something else, another virus. Another infection. Give me the details. Soul webs are really freaking big, so the more info you can give me, the faster I can find it and see where the rabbit hole goes." He mumbled, eyes turning Azure again. "Dates, times, people, places, anything you can give me helps."
-She looks at Fen-
... I want them safe.
What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?... You'll stay with me. You and Cloud will stay with me no matter what, right?
What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?-Even more uncomfortable-
They dug up this mummified corpse in the ice from about 2000 years back. They thought it was one of the Cetra, but it was something else. This sentient virus that feeds on civilisations that's been around for millions of years, they dug it up, and they did what anyone else with too much money and too many guns would've done, and they tried to make weapons out of it.
I'm the only one of those weapons left, but I'm not... I'm not infected the same way the victims would've been, since —
-Jerks his hand away- Look, is — is this really helpful? What are you trying to do? Can't I just — can you switch off the eyes, please? This is kind of private, and it's not something I just — it's hard not to think about it, and I'd rather not think about that stuff because it's not helpful to think about —
...
-Pulls her into a non-optional hug-
-This one somehow reeks of even more desperation than her usual variety-
What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?He's not responding. He's following the trails back to the ice, and all the events involving what happened. It's safe to say he now knows about FF 7, AC, and all the spin off and supplementary stuff. He's processing the info, his eyes darting looking at nothing, trying to find anything useful to their current situation.
-Sweaty, feverish Gracia hugs oh yay-
I miss Caroline. She always made things better no matter how bad they looked.
What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?-the spinoffs and supplementary stuff is non-canon and ACC is only partially canon so there's that-
-hojo and gast find weird ice mummy-
-Jenova project kicked off-
-Sephiroth conceived as weird alien virus monster hybrid-
-love triangle results in third wheel getting shot dead-
-Guy goes nuts after finding out about the Jenova Project and what she is and by extension what he is and burns the town down-
-Cloud shows up and stabs him through the back and hurls him off the catwalk-
-Cloud has seen said weird ice corpse and the source of the Jenova Project and now knows too much and just cost the science department their crown jewel-
-Hojo decides "waste not, want not" and sets him up as the next test subject-
-[THE FOLLOWING FIVE YEARS HAVE BEEN OMITTED DUE TO CONTENT OF A GRAPHIC NATURE AND MAY CONTAIN SCENES THAT MAY BE UPSETTING TO SOME VIEWERS]-
-I mean it's really detailed and showcases what the virus is and what it can do but geez-
-And now Cloud gets to be an alien virus monster hybrid-
-And also certifiably insane since the aforementioned five years broke him pretty hard, and meanwhile the company is running damage control because their previous dead supersoldier isn't quite as dead anymore and stole the corpse that also isn't so dead anymore either right out of the science department and is planning something called a Reunion-
-Which is what happens when every single cell of said virus corpse tries to merge itself back into one, puppeteering anything infected with said cells in order to accomplish said goal-
-Spreading itself through the population, hiding in unknowing sleeper agents and disguised as humans via shapeshifting, tainting the life force of the planet itself whenever anyone dies of it, until the planet is sucked dry of all life and it flees the planet to go find another one to eat-
-It has been causing extinction after extinction since the dawn of time in various forms, from the aforementioned sci-fi survival horror-esque method to the more recent geostigma, which he also came down with (guy can't catch a break for shit)
-But eventually it was eradicated, with the very last bit of it living as part of Cloud-
-When he dies, it dies, as long as he never has kids or bites anyone or donates blood-
-Except that's no longer the case because someone gave him the flu and it was modified by his own weird alien biology and hybridised itself to blend in and assimilate, as it does with any organism it comes across-
-And now it's airborne and potentially kills much faster, and as usual is just trying to eat-
-And Cloud is standing there looking really Not Okay with everything going on in general-
edited 2nd May '16 1:28:58 AM by WonderSquid
the backlash from that much info actually sends Calico into the wall, his face bleeding from his nose, eyes, ears and mouth. Not enough to be deadly but enough to be scary as hell, considering he was fine a moment ago. "H-Holy crap.." He coughed out when he was able to do anything but wheeze. "You....are messed up, and I really...REALLY...Need to buy you a drink if we live through this." He started wiping the blood off his face.
"Not in the least." He groaned and turned, the cloth vanishing so he could cough out speck of blood that got into his lungs while he was recovering. "That was the single dumbest thing I have ever done, but it did tell me one thing. You managed to stop the reunion once. Whats to say the same method won't work again?"
edited 2nd May '16 1:42:19 AM by chibifenrix
You mean, by killing everyone infected that didn't die from the initial shock, with nine tenths of the world's population as collateral? Not a huge fan of that.
Sephiroth's already dead, anyway, and I'm not controlling this, so killing me won't cure everyone. That's not how it works.
There's a cure for the 'stigma, but we don't know if this is gonna be like the 'stigma. And if it isn't, and I go back home for the cure and it doesn't work, I've started a pandemic with an incurable disease. We can't take another hit to the population, not after all that. We've had to start paying people to have more than three kids.
edited 2nd May '16 1:47:23 AM by WonderSquid
"One, I just got most of my head and soul scrambled doing that. Bright idea are not likely Fen." He said and bit his tongue. He may have seen a little more than he wanted or needed. "And second, I'm not hearing any other ideas."
That took the wind from his sails. "R-Right...Right. Sorry. It's a lot to go through." He mumbled and shook his head. "Shit." He let his head fall back against the ground. Pardon my language, but shit."
edited 2nd May '16 1:50:12 AM by chibifenrix

Not good enough. Never good enough. Too many of you..
I hate it. Hate it!
What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?