Squall, on the other hand, has given up on the idea of anything being easy, ever. The slowing down of the SOLDIER program had been one thing. With the end of the Wutai War, he'd been prepared to have less to do, for his duties to be less what he joined up for -- namely, as a graduate of Upper Junon's naval academy, it had been the appropriate continuation, the correct next step, since Junon's naval commissions weren't affordable for penniless orphans -- and more of the Shinra PR nonsense he'd hated.
He had not been prepared for Shinra to suddenly cease to exist.
He's really only barely started to buy into the idea that he could join the WRO Peacekeepers. He's heard the words "nepotism" or maybe "cronyism" thrown around -- apparently, some of the higher ranking people in the WRO are old AVALANCHE buddies of the Commissioner -- and that gave him pause. But he's good at what he does. He was a fucking SOLDIER Second Class. In Shinra, which was absolutely rife with cronyism, even worse than Junon's small fish Navy.
That's the problem he's worrying at when he catches sight of a figure that makes his blood freeze and the hair on the back of his neck stand up. It can't be. It absolutely can't be. Isn't he dead? Didn't he have some secret mission six years ago and then return from it and kill his way through Shinra Tower? Squall's seen the footage, what little survived. It was definitely him who killed the President, despite whatever Rufus Shinra might have inexplicably had to say.
...So what is he doing wandering the streets of Edge?
"...General?"
Edited (sorry this took so long!! life has been happening at the rate of about 1000 wtf's a minute) Date: 2025-08-19 02:21 am (UTC)
Sephiroth is just in the process of starting to take out his wings when the voice gives him pause. He quickly ceases that and looks around. It's not Cloud, but ... it's someone else he recognizes.
"Squall?"
He isn't sure what to do. To start going over closer could look threatening. To stay where he is could look unfriendly too. So he just stands there, still debating. The Masamune is held down at his side. He's never without it in case of trouble.
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Date: 2025-08-19 02:21 am (UTC)He had not been prepared for Shinra to suddenly cease to exist.
He's really only barely started to buy into the idea that he could join the WRO Peacekeepers. He's heard the words "nepotism" or maybe "cronyism" thrown around -- apparently, some of the higher ranking people in the WRO are old AVALANCHE buddies of the Commissioner -- and that gave him pause. But he's good at what he does. He was a fucking SOLDIER Second Class. In Shinra, which was absolutely rife with cronyism, even worse than Junon's small fish Navy.
That's the problem he's worrying at when he catches sight of a figure that makes his blood freeze and the hair on the back of his neck stand up. It can't be. It absolutely can't be. Isn't he dead? Didn't he have some secret mission six years ago and then return from it and kill his way through Shinra Tower? Squall's seen the footage, what little survived. It was definitely him who killed the President, despite whatever Rufus Shinra might have inexplicably had to say.
...So what is he doing wandering the streets of Edge?
"...General?"
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Date: 2025-08-19 03:50 am (UTC)Sephiroth is just in the process of starting to take out his wings when the voice gives him pause. He quickly ceases that and looks around. It's not Cloud, but ... it's someone else he recognizes.
"Squall?"
He isn't sure what to do. To start going over closer could look threatening. To stay where he is could look unfriendly too. So he just stands there, still debating. The Masamune is held down at his side. He's never without it in case of trouble.