retellers | AUDIENCE: "KASUMI"

... Right. If we secure our escape route.

[ they are not nearly as confident about this. cynicism. ]

When. [Gently.] It's too early to admit defeat.

Haven't admitted defeat. [ offended? ] Just making sure we don't rush in on hopes alone.

It's not rushing in. But visualizing yourself as a winner is the first step to victory. [Holding up a single fingie and everything. Step numero uno!] That's something I learned from my coach.

First step to victory is having an actual plan.

I can't say that we have a plan, but aren't we doing our best with the information we do have access to?

We're doing... something, alright.

And, wouldn't you say something is better than nothing?

[i'm out of w4 questions throws a fog ball at wolf too "why didn't you do this during actual week four" i got consumed by the euphoria of math]

I--

[ whatever the fuck wolf said didn't matter because yoshizawa is about to be thrown into a memory and wow i can't BELIEVE this was cloud strife all along, holy shit, everyone is shooketh. by which i mean, look at cloud be straight in a very messy dream because it's a very funny choice for a memory ]

[wow i never saw this coming damn how could you bamboozle me this way zia

this is such a heterosexual memory, tho. i'm in tears. was wolf even able to parse any of that? a mystery. but sumire is going to stare at him like what the actual heckie before immediately blurting out—]

Your name is Cloud?

[absolutely forgetting he might just not hear that. rip.]

You know I can't hear that, right?

[ his name sure is [bzzzt static] as far as he knows, sure. ]

I—

[closes her goddamn eyes. name loss...]

I forgot.

So did I. [ dryly. funny joke!!! ] It's fine, just. Don't bother using it.

[... It's a little funny, actually! The corners of her lips twitch because same hat, man.]

I won't. Though, do you think all your memories will be returned once we recover all the nova?

Probably. They're clearly not that far.

[ squints at fog bubbles ]

Oh— That's a good point. [SQUINTS AT FOG BUBBLES, TOO??] I wonder how it is they work...

[Speaking of fog bubbles, though, one is going to come out of nowhere and smack Sumire in the face?? Because I, Kyuu, think it would be extremely funny if Wolf saw this memory (until 24:20) even if the irony will be lost on both of them.]

[ [cloud voice] haha believing you're someone else to take on their legacy because of a mix of fucked up powers and trauma, how weird. imma go use my giant sword now that i got from being a soldier

anyway, he's the one squinting now, frowning at the rest of the bubbles. ]

... How much of that did you manage to catch?

[ because. memories. ]

... Enough of it.

[Oh, wow. Her hair is so interesting now. She starts messing with her bangs.]

My memories of that time are still intact... for the most part.

Name aside. [ basically? but he tilts his head ] So the guy messed with your head?

[Gently nods.]

It allowed me to gain distance from what happened to my sister, but... For nearly a year, I lost sight of who I was.

And then you showed up here. Must've helped.

[ sarcastic ]

Well... [Joking, just a little.] You can't say I wasn't prepared for this situation, can you?

I don't think you'll be able to fix it the same way this time, though.

... Last time wasn't so great, so I'm willing to try something new.

[Please no slappy her trauma back into her with more trauma.]

Yeah? Think this one might go better?

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