AERITH.

[tactic]

something will go here i promise

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w0, monday.

[tactic]

[ Wandering by the church! He has to stop and stifle a laugh every time he sees the message about the cursed Bible, but when he spots a familiar face, he gives a little wave. ]

Hello, Miss Aerith. Staying at the church, then?

[ With your CURSED BIBLE that is there some of the time. ]

[residentflorist]

[OUR CURSED BIBLE. aerith has many questions about it, but honestly she can only hope for the best. there's a very cheery little wave though, bracelets jingling softly and shifting just slightly to show she has a little scrawling of a word on her forearm. it might be a little difficult to see it at first though.]

Looks like it. We stayed here our first night here, but guess this is home now. What about you? Are you somewhere a little more comfortable?

[tactic]

[ Just heaves a small sigh as a "35" appears on his cheek. He is trying very hard not to look at any words appearing on Aerith's person. ]

Comfortable... Well, no. I'm staying at the barn.

[ HE HATES IT... The smell of straw is becoming one with him. ]

w0, thursday.

[tactic]

[ FINDS AERITH WHEREVER SHE IS!! ]

I wasn't actually in love with him.

[residentflorist]

[HELP. she's probably outside of the church but this statement really just. makes her pause. and stare at him. and kind of laugh? sorry. very funny that he's telling her this before cloud has said anything.]

Could've fooled me. You were pretty invested yesterday. [eheheh.] Feeling more yourself now?

[tactic]

[ He is in SHAMBLES and you LAUGH at him...

He deserves it. ]

I do. But the past two days were... [ ugh, he doesn't even want to think about it ] What could I have done to make someone use their affinity on me like this?

w2 saturday

[residentflorist]

[boy, what a weekend! after that fiasco of a trial, aerith is...wandering, really? this is all very new to her, so she's just kind of aimlessly drifting to look at what's available. that probably makes it a little easier to come across aventurine and it doesn't stop her from approaching.]

I think we've all had enough excitement for the day, don't you? [she says, as if she didn't spend the last, like, 15 minutes of the trial crying.] Let's find a place to unwind a little. ["and catch up" goes unsaid.]

[tactic]

[ The restless energy can be shared between them, and Aventurine glances up with a small smile when he sees who's approaching. ]

Would you like to meet the cats?

[ Holds his arm out to her to take. ]

[residentflorist]

The cats? [she has not explored that far, but the look on her face is very much ":o". yes please. she will take his arm, but she's also mindful of his injuries.] Better than the rats in the village, I bet.

w4 friday

[residentflorist]

[well. she checked in on aventurine not long after he and cloud returned just to make sure he's stay alive, but considering what bad shape he was in she left him be to rest.

it's the next day though, so she's off to find him wherever he may be!! and when she does find him, she has...a can of soup from the vending machine in one hand and a smoothie from jamba juice in the other.]

Wasn't sure which one would be appropriate. Or if you'd even want anything? But I wanted to check in on you, too.

[tactic]

[ He's sitting up in bed with a book in his hands now that he's not falling back asleep every two minutes. When he looks up to see who it is, he smiles. There are bandages on half of his face, as well are bandages around his neck and right arm, but he's no longer looking deathly pale. ]

Thank you.

[ Aventurine closes the book and sets it aside, then gestures to a chair that's already been pulled up beside his bed. He's had a string of visitors already, but it's always nice to get to chat with Aerith. ]

Yesterday was probably quite the scare.

[residentflorist]

[she has a seat and sets aside the food for later whenever he may want it, frowning softly as she takes in his appearance. bandages are...not great, but at least he's awake. that's a small blessing. nevertheless she does smile a little to that.]

Just a little. Though I'm sure it was kinda scarier for you guys than us. You look better though. How're you feeling?

w5 monday

[residentflorist]

[happy monday, we are at cloud dressed to the nines this morning, and aerith seems to be in a fairly good mood? she's browsing, eyes wide as she browses through some of the dresses with faint threads of alarm as well, but she relaxes and offers aventurine a smile when he walks in.]

Kind of a shame we don't really have anywhere to wear these, huh?

[tactic]

[ Yes... YES!!!! THIS IS HIS FAVORITE PLACE IN THE WHOLE TOWN NOW

There's so much excitement radiating off of him even if his smile is as composed as ever. He's immediately wandering over to the accessories. ]

We could change that, you know. Have a little gathering with friends.

[residentflorist]

[this surprises her absolutely none, and in fact her own emotions reflect and pick up on his excitement? the overwhelmed little feeling is buried under amusement. there he goes.]

You think? We have been having get-togethers pretty much every week now. Even if we don't have a great venue for it nothing says we couldn't try anyway.

w5, thursday.

[tactic]

[ WE CAN'T JUST HAVE ONE NORMAL WEEK

Where is Aerith is she recovering in the hospital, well. It's Aventurine's turn to visit her post-CYOA, my god. Imagine catching a break. He'll knock or wave to signal his arrival and just give Aerith a quick look over as some distress and concern vibes off of him. ]

Hey.

[residentflorist]

[OUR TURBO GRAVEYARD...

you know she really should go to the hospital, but no. she has personal reasons not to go there and only part of them are because i'm not sure ff7 has many available ones to begin with. to the spring she went!

she is at her apartment! so he can probably notice that after he brings izutsumi home from the hospital to go back to the penthouse, timelines are fun. cloud is out doing cloud things (probably checking on the baby chocobo or grabbing things for her) but it means that he can knock on the door and find that it's easy to open! welcome. here is the general view, though the bed is obviously bigger and there are a few more bookshelves filled with crystals and books and plants. there's also what looks like a large cozy sitting chair and a small table.

all of that aside, she's awake! she's curled up on the bed, and her wounds look closed so all of her blood is now inside blood. however she also looks unnaturally pale, and when she looks at him her eyes are glowing a little. she's also keeping her eyes only halfway open. light sensitive...of note, aventurine might also notice that she's wearing a new cute black choker! little bit of gold on it...circuit-like detailing. there's also a preserved black flower in a small vase on the windowsill by the bed.

the immediate emotional vibe is a little disjointed, and she seems to be staring past him for a moment as if looking at someone over his shoulder. but her attention comes back to him, and it's a faint pulse of ease upon seeing him, even if she's also suddenly giving off quiet distress.]

Heya...guess we swapped, huh?

[tactic]

[ There's some relief at seeing her awake and speaking, but his concern only grows when he notices how pale she is and the way she stares off at something over his shoulder. He doesn't bother looking behind him, he knows there's nothing there. ]

Wish we hadn't. Hope you don't mind the intrusion.

[ He'll wander in, gaze studying the cozy room before it settles on the chair, and he picks it up to bring it a bit closer to where Aerith is in bed. ]

... How are you feeling?

w6 monday

[residentflorist]

[sometime post-baby and post-the living imploding on themselves for reasons that definitely aren't our fault...they're here! where is here, they can be at the itabag store again actually because aerith is very much looking through the supplies.]

So what do you think? Are these actually cute, or a little tacky?

[tactic]

[ He's holding one of these itabags up to inspect it... His expression looks grim. ]

... I wouldn't wear this.

[ YEAH THAT'S A TACKY SAYS THE MAN WHO DRESSES LIKE A PEACOCK ]

[residentflorist]

[he's right, but also.]

Oh come on! Even if we found one that was really glamorous? Bet we could find one in your favorite colors and everything.

w7, monday.

[tactic]

[ Guess who's chilling in the apartment lobby before he decides to head back up? It's Aventurine! And when he spots Aerith, he'll give her a wave. ]

How'd protecting the assets go?

[ He got pulled away from Cloud's backside due to certain other distractions, thank goodness. ]

[residentflorist]

[he's valid for this, so she's grinning to that.]

Well guarded, I think. [she has successfully alpha'd her way into making people look less i suppose.] Half of the joy of this is making it more embarrassing for him.

[she says this but also zero shame publicly declaring the protag booty belongs to her, apparently.]

w7 saturday

[residentflorist]

[aventurine!! where are you!!! he is one of the people aerith is actively looking for, so whenever she does come across him probably back on the graveyard side of things, she's approaching with a bit of a calm, pleased energy. she's happy they killed the god, but there are also a few underlying emotions of confusion because what the fuck was that!]

...think they'll let us take stuff back to our own worlds after this? [this is not what she wants to talk about, she's just starting them off lightly here.]

[tactic]

[ No, he is matching her confusion because everything that had happened had been completely unexpected.

But that confusion is momentarily broken when she comes to find him at the shopping center. ]

I hope so. I've amassed quite the collection while here.

[ HIS ENTIRE CLOSET FILLED WITH CLOTHES AND ACCESSORIES ]