Sephiroth really wonders how on Earth Cloud arrived at such bizarre and erroneous ideas concerning him. He is just a normal person ... well, no, not normal.... Can he ever be normal? But he isn't just part of a person. He'd grown up in the usual manner, even though his past was shrouded in complete mystery before he'd risen as a hero known in multiple worlds. He'd taken Zack away from Olympus Coliseum and trained him too, when it had become clear Phil wouldn't. They had worked together protecting worlds for years, until ...
He looks away. He had wanted to find something powerful enough to eradicate the Heartless. Zack had protested when they'd learned such an object was dark magic, but Sephiroth had been bent on finding it. And when he had ... everything had gone to Hell, just as Zack had feared. The object had taken him over and he had started lashing out at everything in blind rage and hate. Zack had tried to stop him, but they had become distracted and the Heartless had surrounded them. Zack had fallen off a cliff trying to beat them back....
That shock had broken the hold the artifact had on Sephiroth. He still looks desperately for Zack, wanting to believe he's still alive somewhere. And he is disgraced as a hero, at least in his own mind. He never goes out publicly as such anymore. His actions had led to his only friend being missing and quite possibly dead. He cannot think of himself as a hero anymore.
When he had first seen Cloud, he had recognized that hunger for the darkness. And he had decided to try to stop Cloud from making the same mistakes as he had. But then Cloud had somehow decided Sephiroth was his darkness, an idea Sephiroth had initially mocked before deciding to run with it in the hopes of teaching Cloud they are similar. But it had backfired, badly. Now it seems Cloud will never let go of that idea.
He does indeed catch sight of Cloud on the ridge, and he sighs to himself. Here they will go again.
"Hello, Cloud," he greets, walking away from the house and goes over closer to the ravine. "Have you been looking for me?"
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Date: 2024-09-16 04:21 am (UTC)He looks away. He had wanted to find something powerful enough to eradicate the Heartless. Zack had protested when they'd learned such an object was dark magic, but Sephiroth had been bent on finding it. And when he had ... everything had gone to Hell, just as Zack had feared. The object had taken him over and he had started lashing out at everything in blind rage and hate. Zack had tried to stop him, but they had become distracted and the Heartless had surrounded them. Zack had fallen off a cliff trying to beat them back....
That shock had broken the hold the artifact had on Sephiroth. He still looks desperately for Zack, wanting to believe he's still alive somewhere. And he is disgraced as a hero, at least in his own mind. He never goes out publicly as such anymore. His actions had led to his only friend being missing and quite possibly dead. He cannot think of himself as a hero anymore.
When he had first seen Cloud, he had recognized that hunger for the darkness. And he had decided to try to stop Cloud from making the same mistakes as he had. But then Cloud had somehow decided Sephiroth was his darkness, an idea Sephiroth had initially mocked before deciding to run with it in the hopes of teaching Cloud they are similar. But it had backfired, badly. Now it seems Cloud will never let go of that idea.
He does indeed catch sight of Cloud on the ridge, and he sighs to himself. Here they will go again.
"Hello, Cloud," he greets, walking away from the house and goes over closer to the ravine. "Have you been looking for me?"