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((OOC: Zell may show messages to Jim Hawkins. If you do not want Jim to see/know, then please let me know.))

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[heroproceeding]

not it!

[ Really, it's probably not fair to already call it without him knowing, but what's a little harm in dumb crap like this? ]

but yeah. yeah I see what you're saying. I feel like if my PHS back home could take pictures I mighta used it too. not that cameras aren't a thing back home but they sure aren't as advanced.

[swatsflies]

[ Brushing away Jim's hair. ]

I want to help you, too. [ Bumping their foreheads together. ] You don't have to always be brave for me. We're supposed to share the good and bad, right?

[swatsflies]

[ Driving Kunsel doesn't count. Or chocobos.

Splitting into a grin at the expression Zack was showing. ] What about air ships? Are they common where you're from?

[ The gears were churning and he's happy to scoot away from the serious conversation of bodies and the chapel for a bit longer. ]

[swatsflies]

You know what about you. How are you doing? [ Especially after all of that crap. ;-; ]

[swatsflies]

[ Isn't it Fair? Isn't it??? ]

We didn't really have communicators like this.
Well we did, but they became useless.
We had something interfering with the signal.

[ Hijacking it actually for creepy messages. Zack doesn't really need to know about the Sorceress who was imprisoned in space though. ]

[armoured]

Zell, I--

[Even he can't bring himself to say that he's fine at the moment.]

I'm getting by.

[heroproceeding]

interfering with the signal huh? what? was someone taking out the towers or something? that was really the only time ours were messed with. well and if you were out in some backwater town.

[ That's really the only way he could figure they would be messed with.. ]

[swatsflies]

Did you go to backwater towns often?
It wasn't any of those really.
The sorceress from the last war was launched into space.
She was major bad news.
While stuck up there she able to interfere with all transmissions.
Anything linked up wires underground worked but were hard to maintain with all the monsters around.

[swatsflies]

[ He doesn't like the sounds of that. ]

Alright. You know, if you ever need anyone... I'm here. We're all in this together, right?

[rattlingthestars]

I think it helped. [ Jim's quiet, enjoying being the center of his boyfriend's focus. He's too exhausted to feel much, but the sound of Zell's pride is echoed faintly in Jim's chest. He did do it. ] I know it helped.

[ He's quiet again, thinking. Even if Jim were an optimist, it'd be obvious this isn't enough to make him the way he was before, but it's enough to start repairing the cracks. ]

So now I keep doing it. Over and over again.

[armoured]

[There's a long... long hesitation.]

My brother is dead.

[Did he know already? Maybe. But it's at least some explanation for why he isn't doing well.]

doing it over and over again ;D

[swatsflies]

[ Can Jim feel the excitement coming off his boyfriend in waves? He's beaming still as he nuzzles his face. ]

Really? Hell yeah! [ Pressing a quick kiss against his lips. ] That's right. We'll keep doing it over and over. I'll be with you every step of the way. [ Zell is feeling pretty stupidly giddy that it helped. Patting the spot beside him as he cants his head towards the bed. ]

C'mon and lay with me.

[swatsflies]

[ Al can probably guess it's news from the sound of a sharp inhale. It feels like a punch in the gut, and it takes a moment to figure out how to word. ]

Frickin' hell. I...I'm sorry, Al. [ Making a frustrated noise as he rubbed the back of his head. ] What happened?

[armoured]

It was an anomaly.

[Another one, this is too many times that he's had to watch people that he cares about dragged away, helpless to stop it.]

I tried to-- I-- But I couldn't do anything.

[heroproceeding]

[ He does remember the mention of the sorceress though it feels a long time ago. ]

so she interfered with that too? well I guess if she was that powerful you had to launch her into space and she was STILL causing problems that must have been child's play to her. damn. no wonder. and then you have monsters chewing up what you CAN hotwire. sounds like a pain.

[heroproceeding]

[ What? They totally count!

At the mention of airships, Zack's already raising an eyebrow. ] Nah, they've been just getting off the ground lately. ShinRa has this one big one, but that's about it. I take it they're big where you're from?

[rattlingthestars]

I'm not being brave. [ Jim captures Zell's hand and squeezes it. ] It's... We've been here about six months, right? And I don't think a day's gone by that someone hasn't died. And at first every one hurt so bad.

[ He sucks in a breath, trying to gather his thoughts. ]

Even the ones that were strangers. Tadashi, Cloud, Hiro... [ Those had been worse than bad. Jim rubs his hand over his own eyes, shielding them for a moment. ] You remember what happened. What I did. After that ... I guess I couldn't let it hurt that much anymore.

[swatsflies]

[ What's even the right thing to say? He knows he can't say it's okay. He knows it's never going to be okay, even when you get someone back. Swallowing back his own emotions to do his best for Al. ]

I know. I know you did your best. [ He says it with certainty. ] I know you, Al. I know you would have done everything you could have.

[swatsflies]

Yeah, it was definitely a pain with a capital P
She's been taken care of!
Don't have to worry bout her or any other crazy sorceresses any more.

[ HOPEFULLY ]

Hopefully communicating becomes a lot easier for us
Or I should say for them.

[swatsflies]

The military uses them mostly. The Gardens can fly, though! They aren't as fast as the Ragnarok, but still pretty cool. [ He sounds excited by it. ] What about boats?

[heroproceeding]

[ Zack can't help but whistle at the thought of lots of flying aircraft. But wait- ]

Hey- back up a moment. The Gardens can fly? As in your homes?

[heroproceeding]

[ There's maybe a longer pause before Zack finally replies. It's so subtle yet. ]

them huh. yeah. yeah I guess it would become a lot easier with the sorceress gone.



hey Zell. you know we're gonna get outta here right?

[swatsflies]

[ Zack, Zell is honestly the last person you have to worry about being pessimistic about how things will end. ]

Yeah, I know we are.
We're going to solve this and kick some ass.

I'm just not going back to my world.

[heroproceeding]

[ Never know with this place. It does Bad Shit to people. ]

not going back to your world. so does that mean you're going to Jim's I take it?

[ A part of him really isn't all that surprised. But still. It's not as if Zell has nothing back home from what he's been told. He has friends back there. Friends and a mother back there and a world that's found peace. Not experiments and betrayal and death.

But for all Zell's shown in times where emotions run high to act before thinking, this is something that's had plenty of time to be sat and thought on. And if it's what Zell wants, it's likely been what he's already thought through for a while now. ]

[swatsflies]

They can fly. [ He nearly bounces in his spot. ] They were converted from old escape ships. We didn't even know they could do that until we needed to move ours.