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Reno ([personal profile] midgarhorizon) wrote in [community profile] onepassingnight2012-04-01 04:39 pm

So You Want to Sell Your Soul...

The city, Midgar was full of people. Soulless, faceless people that ate and breathed and worked and slept. People who didn't have a prayer when it came to protecting themselves from the evils of the world. The monsters that lurked in the darkness, in the streets at night and threatened their very lives as they lay sleeping. Then there were the creatures that inhabited the city, just as monstrous and inhuman but somehow more honest about wanting to destroy you and for what reason.

The Turks were the last bastions of defense against the evils that was AVALANCHE led by Fuhito. They were the only thing separating the world from teetering beyond the brink of despair and falling into destruction. Everything they cared about would disappear. Homes, lives, family. They were a family. Drastic measures had to be taken, consequences notwithstanding. They were underpowered, short handed. There was no way to win against these guys. Reno could not let any more fall to Fuhito and his bunch. He had lost too many people he was willing to call friend. This was where it ended.

This room.

Reno held the grip of his EMR tightly, knuckles turning white with the force, standing in front of an impressively carved oak desk. It was an audacious plan, one that could backfire or cause any number of unexpected things, but it was their one last hope. They needed help, more power, something, and Reno was going to sacrifice himself to get it- not that he had that much humanity left anyway. Not with most of his friends six feet under. He was a lone turk against the world.

The person behind the desk was sitting in an over-sized winged back chair, facing the large floor to ceiling window overlooking the city basking in the glow of mako. Nothing was going to get done like that, he had power to buy and a soul to sell. He walked forward and grabbed the chair to swing it around.
waterfell: (ami ♍ i don't believe in you anymore)

[personal profile] waterfell 2012-04-02 12:53 am (UTC)(link)
Not alone. Turks don't leave their members alone, and that's why Ami's been drawn to them, time and time again in her dreams. She steps into the room, dressed properly in the unmistakable uniform. She seals the door behind her, with a single flick of her wrist that closes it and prevents it from being opened again until they're finished. Privacy.

Her eyes flicker to Reno. This isn't what she expected (for starters, he isn't what she expected, so clearly male). What is he up to? No matter; for now, she'll stay back and let him handle things until she sees fit to step in.
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[personal profile] plotdeviceturk 2012-04-02 03:43 am (UTC)(link)
Tseng smirked at Reno from the chair, black hair falling around his face from behind a white and silver mask that matched the equally white suit he wore with a blue tie.

He laced his fingers together on his knee. "Impatient, aren't we Reno?"
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[personal profile] tasercopter 2012-04-02 06:12 am (UTC)(link)
She wasn't quite sure what she was doing in this room. Midgar. It felt like it had been a long, long time since she'd last seen it like this, in one piece. She saw the ruins on almost a daily basis. However, she didn't question it too much. She still saw it in dreams sometimes.

She didn't feel any urgency, because what was there to be urgent about?

Instead, she headed toward the chair to turn it around, curious. That's when she realized someone else was there, reaching toward the chair already. She turned toward him and blinked. Well, that wasn't exactly what she'd been expecting.
waterfell: (ami ♍ i don't believe in you anymore)

[personal profile] waterfell 2012-04-02 08:21 pm (UTC)(link)
"I didn't think you should have to handle it alone." It sounds lame even to her ears, because since when did that start to matter again? Yet somehow it does. She isn't sure what Reno's up to here yet, but she has a feeling it won't be easy, or simple.
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[personal profile] nohometown 2012-04-02 09:56 pm (UTC)(link)
He's gazing out at the city thoughtfully. He knows Midgar well. His city--not where he was born, for he doesn't know where that might have been, but this is where he's spent most of his life, first with Science Research Division, and then with SOLDIER. Yet for all that, it doesn't feel like home, or how he imagines home must feel, judging by the way Angeal and Genesis spoke of theirs.

Lost in his thoughts, he's not expecting to have his chair turned around, but when it is, he remains composed, studying the Turk who stands before him with a cool, yet neutral gaze. He's used to people approaching him with appeals. There's always someone asking him for something.

"And how may I help you?"
waterfell: (ami ♍ let me finish reading this book)

[personal profile] waterfell 2012-04-02 10:36 pm (UTC)(link)
"I know the way," she says simply. Of course she does, as a Turk; the dream provides it to her, though she'll likely forget its specifics upon waking.

"However, it's because this is uncertain that you shouldn't be running off as if you don't regard the rest of us. There are people who'll wonder why if you don't come back."

She doesn't name herself as one of them. Whether she is or isn't, the important thing is that people who will be concerned for Reno exist. For Reno.
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[personal profile] tasercopter 2012-04-02 10:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Reno's own EMR was resting on her shoulder as she looked him over.

The concept wasn't completely strange or novel to her. She did recall Cloud and others mentioning a male version of her (if Tseng had thought much of it, he hadn't said, but he didn't ever give much away). It was an idea she'd found intriguing, though obviously, in her mind, she was the real Reno. Still, if he really was her, she was inclined to give him the benefit of the doubt and assumed he must be a worthwhile and likely superior person. Compared to others, if not herself.

"Oh, so it's you," she said, pleased to be the knowledgeable one in this situation, as she'd had some forewarning. She grinned. "Took you long enough to get here."
waterfell: (ami ♍ i don't believe in you anymore)

[personal profile] waterfell 2012-04-03 12:00 am (UTC)(link)
She knows the grim choice for herself. They are the ones with the power to hold a ruined and darkened world together. They are the ones who kill the dozens for the sake of the thousands and tens of thousands. If they'd prefer to forget the monsters were once part of the thousands themselves, they still can't allow them to cause destruction.

"It's because I understand it that I'm here," she says simply. "Let's go."
waterfell: (ami ♍ it can't be!)

[personal profile] waterfell 2012-04-03 12:19 am (UTC)(link)
No. She takes the consequences on herself; there'll be no blame for her own choice, not even when the trap is revealed and Ami finds herself pushed away just in time. She staggers to a stop and turns sharply back towards her comrade. Is he alright? (She should have known something was wrong when they had the time to talk to each other, uninterrupted, but in the dream it had felt normal.)

Among the Turks, the next question doesn't form: Why had he helped her when it was dangerous to him, too? They've been capable of that.

More important than any injury, how had they fallen into this trap, and how to hunt down their prey?

"Are you injured?" More than concern, it's asking if he can go on. Because otherwise, whatever her feelings about it, she's doing what she can and then leaving him for the sake of moving on to finish the greater goal. He'll understand that, too. They were here for a reason.
Edited 2012-04-03 00:19 (UTC)
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[personal profile] nohometown 2012-04-03 01:57 am (UTC)(link)
Power. He wasn't surprised by the request. Wasn't that what most people wanted from him? It was something he could provide. Power itself was simple and straightforward, and the limits of his own had not been determined by science. The uses of power, however--that was a much more complicated matter, far from being straightforward.

"I can give you that." He didn't address Reno's offer, not yet.

Anything. Usually, he acted because he was following his orders. People didn't make him such offers. What did anyone have, that he wanted? He already had strength, prestige, any material goods he desired.

"And what do you want it for?"
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[personal profile] tasercopter 2012-04-03 02:22 am (UTC)(link)
She didn't have a thing to be ashamed of either (looking great, as always), and she had just as many scars, if not more. Getting hit by Meteor did that to you. Not to mention everything that had happened after that.

It was weird to see herself as a guy, but she--he--was good looking, as expected.

She had no idea what this deal was that he was talking about, but she shrugged, as if she already knew everything. "Well, looks like I'm here, too. I was waiting for you to catch up." This may not have been true at all (and it wasn't), but that didn't stop her from saying it. Without having anything pressing to worry about--after all, this wasn't her dream--she could afford to mess around. She nodded toward the chair. "But you go ahead, if it means that much to you." She was so gracious, too.
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[personal profile] yuffiekisaragi 2012-04-03 04:13 pm (UTC)(link)
"Oh hi!"

That would be Yuffie Kisaragi planted in that over-sized chair, sitting cross legged and slouched against the back. She's been waiting for who knows how long, and finally something's happening.

She wasn't really expecting Reno, of all people, but then again she wasn't sure who to expect. She just knew she was waiting. Cocking her head to the side, she studies Reno for a moment before she breaks out a wide grin just for him.

Leaning back in the chair, she props her feet on the desk, unmindful of any important documents they may be strewn across it. Hey, it's not really her office. If it were, it'd be a hell of a lot more fun.

"And how can the world's great ninja assist you today?" A question posed without a firm decision on if she would help him. With anything.
yuffiekisaragi: (Displeased)

[personal profile] yuffiekisaragi 2012-04-03 09:48 pm (UTC)(link)
His comment earns a glare from her before she rolls her eyes. It's not the first (and probably won't be the last) time she's been called 'kid', though she is clearly well past her adolescent years.

Maybe not clearly, since she still sorta looks like a twelve year old boy.

"That's Yuffie Kisaragi to you, buddy," she points a finger at him in a rather authoritative manner (if you ask her). "And you're the one coming to see me, aren't ya? What, am I not what you were expecting?"

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