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[powersouls]

Cloud? He's one of the bravest, strongest people I know. He's always been there for me when I needed him. And he can be really funny, too. I think you'll like him.

[swatsflies]

Yeah? Did he ever save you from any sticky situations?

[He's actually thinking of Squall now and making comparisons]

[powersouls]

He's always been there whenever any of us needed him.

[As for specifics, though...]

There was one time when he dressed up as a girl to sneak in and rescue me. It was kind of impressive.

[Obviously the dashing, heroic story Zell was looking for.]

[swatsflies]

What??? Really?
Why would he need to dress like a girl?

[Though he could see it working with Cloud's face.]

[powersouls]

I was trying to get information from someone, and he only accepted women into his mansion. Cloud thought I was in trouble, so that's how he got in. He wore a wig and everything.

[That's... the delicate way of putting it, right?]

[swatsflies]

[A wig and everything. Everything???]

Wig and a dress, or EVERYTHING everything?
Whoa.
I don't know if I should feel bad for him or be impressed.
That's some dedication, man.

[powersouls]

[Wait what.]

What do you mean, EVERYTHING everything?

[swatsflies]

You said everything.
Did that include...
Make-up? Anything else?

[powersouls]

Make-up, perfume, and a tiara. He was very convincing.

[Was he, Tifa? Was he?]

[swatsflies]

That's some dedication.
Any other stories?

[Give him all the dirt \o/]

[powersouls]

What kind of stories do you want to hear?

[swatsflies]

How did you meet up again?

[powersouls]

We grew up together, but he left our hometown to join SOLDIER. We ran into each other again in Midgar.

[It's a pretty vague explanation, but getting into Cloud's trauma and how she actually found him would be pretty awful to do to him.]

[swatsflies]

so he met Zack there. Cool.
How hard is it to get into Soldier anyways?
Cissnei was talking about how Shinra took in a lot of orphans
and they usually joined Soldier or the Turks.

[powersouls]

[UGH CISSNEI. Zell, you are nicer than she is.]

It's hard. They're really picky about who they take. Most of the people who join up end up as regular soldiers and cadets. What about SeeD?

[swatsflies]

Yeah, it's pretty hard.
This year only four of us made the cut.
You have to complete the necessary training, take a written exam, and pass the field exam.

[powersouls]

Wow! That's really impressive. How long did you have to train for?

[swatsflies]

A few years. Some people have trained longer!

[powersouls]

What did you do, exactly? Once you passed?

[swatsflies]

Once we're SeeD, we are deployed around the world on missions.
My first mission was actually to help a rebel group.
They wanted the town free from Galbadia control.

[powersouls]

[REBELS, HUH.]

What's Galbadia? Is that a corporation or a government?

[Assumptions, Tifa!]

[swatsflies]

A country ruled by a military dictatorship.
Their President was an arse.
We had to fight against them during the field exam, too.

[powersouls]

How did you get assigned to that? Did they hire you, or did SeeD just decide to step in?

[swatsflies]

We got hired.
But Headmaster Cid also decided to step in.
He approved of the mission without waiting for approval.

[powersouls]

That's amazing. No one would be able to do that where I'm from. ShinRa is too powerful.