voice

[makoglow]

Type: Voice
Sender ID: makoglow - Cloud Strife
To: General
Subject: Where the hell am I
Warnings: None, I think


[ There's no video feed here and even the audio quality isn't great. It's like there's a degree of interference. And then comes Cloud's grunt. ]

--the hell am --? [ Yeah that static isn't clearing up. ] Can -- hear me?

[ Well Cloud sure hopes so! ]

Assholes --- me ---. Just woke --- and I -- no idea where --- -- --. Going to try --- break ---. Took -- materia and ----. Will just have -- --- them some payback.

[ Well it seems to go quiet on his end... Is that a good thing. Or... ]

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[activatingcombatmode]

[What the hell is this? Zack hits reply via video right away. Something about this feels wrong. Really wrong.]

Cloud?! Hey, Cloud!? What the hell are you saying? Where are you? Someone took your materia?!

[makoglow]

Z-ck? I can- -eally --- you.

[ He can't really hear him all too clearly and he's had to turn the volume down. ]

I don- know wh-re I --. B-d singal.

[activatingcombatmode]

[This is bad.]

Cloud! You're breaking up, I can't hear you!?

[... Bad signal??]

What do you see around you right now?! Cloud!

[makoglow]

[ He tries to turn on the video feed. It's snowy. Barely visible. But shapes of bars can be made out. Maybe stone in the background? The connection is very, very bad. ]

Probably somwh-re de--p un--gr--. It's --mp and co-d.

[activatingcombatmode]

[The connection is so bad that Zack can't make anything out that's noteworthy. Just some snow and shapes of bars... He's outside on an island that still has snow on it? Underground? A cage? What the hell is going on here.]

What the hell... Hang in there, Cloud! ... I'll find you.

[He's probably not going to be able to do this on his own. He'll try and contact Tifa.]

[makoglow]

[ He's definitely being held somewhere that's deep enough underground that the signal is bad. Maybe a cellar? A dungeon? Cave system? It's really hard to tell.

It returns to audio only and Zack can probably hear Cloud kicking at the bars. ]

I'll -- f-ne. [ So Cloud thinks. ] K--p Ni--na c-lm.

[ He's worried about her going all darkness dragon on them. ]

[activatingcombatmode]

[Zack's frustration and worry grows by the second. On one hand, he's glad that he can actually hear Cloud in some capacity. That means he's okay. ... In some capacity.]

What? Are you okay? You're not hurt?

[...]

I'm going to call Tifa, first. Don't worry.

[Might have to try and repeat that part about a certain pink daughter. Or hope that Zack has enough sense to remember her temper.]

[makoglow]

[ Look, it's just as frustrating for him. He promises. ]

K--p Nimona ca-m. [ Because she will be worried. ] Do-'t do anyth-ng r-ckl-ss.

[ That's all of you. Zack, Nimona, Tifa. Anyone. They all need to remember to not do anything that will get themselves hurt. ]

[activatingcombatmode]

Nimona... Damn it.

[Now it clicks into place. If Cloud is somewhere in danger, then Nimona is sure to run off to try and find him. Probably in some sort of massive dragon form, too.]

I'll watch her, don't worry.

[... He can't really promise any of them won't do anything reckless, though. It's Cloud. It's their Cloud.]

Just hang in there.

[makoglow]

[ All Zack will hear is an affirmative before a breaking sound. Looks like he might have gotten something loose. ]

This is prob-bly tied to th- auct--n. Found s-me inf-rmat--on on some Cors---s.

[ It's not a secret that he's been trying to take down all of the people in this illegal business, after all. ]

🎀

[activatingcombatmode]

[Zack has an inkling what this is all about, too. Although, Zack isn't sure about all the details... And it's hard to get what Cloud knows out of him right now thanks to how broken up the call is.

The connection is going to get worse from here on out. Zack won't be able to respond after that.]

Cloud? Cloud! What did you say about the corsairs?!

[... The line goes dead.]