[He cannot lose someone else. Sephiroth will take Luka’s trust and hold it close, protect it with his life, because to watch another become snatched-up in Shinra’s machinations, crushed beneath the corporate cogs, will break him.]
Come on. Gently.
[His strength is more than enough to sling Luka over his body if required, but there’s a gentle way he does it, offering his shoulder before his arm slips around his friend’s torso. A moment later and he’s rising with Luka hanging on one side, and Masamune still gleaming in his free hand.
He turns, and a squadron of guards are already filtering into Hojo’s laboratory, 3rd Class SOLDIERs in dark fatigues, blades in hand— suddenly hesitant now that Sephiroth levels his cold eyes at them.]
...Luka, just close your eyes, and we’ll have left this place soon.
[Sephiroth steps forward, and hardening his heart, treats this like the battlefield.
Exactly what Shinra itself had trained him for.
The next few minutes are a blur of violence. Sephiroth’s blade makes quick work of anyone who draws near with aggression, anyone who might even try to stop them. Soon, multiple alarms are blaring in their ears, layered on top of each other, for each floor he descends. For long stretches of time, there’s no one — as though the day-to-day employees of the building know to give him a very wide berth — but then there will be the sound of gunfire, and the quickness of the SOLDIER’s step, graceful in a way that tries not to jostle his friend further. The clash of steel, a yelp of fear. No sound from Sephiroth himself.
And then it stops, and they move again. The cycle repeats itself. At some point there’s a fall, gravity taking them down and impossibly quick, before his boots land metal and the flooring vibrates beneath the force.
The stairwell, of course, is a cramped but effective shortcut down. Shinra forces will bottleneck their way up to Sephiroth, which is a surefire way to fail in their assault. He knows this.]
How are you doing? [It’s the first time he’s spoken since the lab, and it’s only to check on Luka.]
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[He cannot lose someone else. Sephiroth will take Luka’s trust and hold it close, protect it with his life, because to watch another become snatched-up in Shinra’s machinations, crushed beneath the corporate cogs, will break him.]
Come on. Gently.
[His strength is more than enough to sling Luka over his body if required, but there’s a gentle way he does it, offering his shoulder before his arm slips around his friend’s torso. A moment later and he’s rising with Luka hanging on one side, and Masamune still gleaming in his free hand.
He turns, and a squadron of guards are already filtering into Hojo’s laboratory, 3rd Class SOLDIERs in dark fatigues, blades in hand— suddenly hesitant now that Sephiroth levels his cold eyes at them.]
...Luka, just close your eyes, and we’ll have left this place soon.
[Sephiroth steps forward, and hardening his heart, treats this like the battlefield.
Exactly what Shinra itself had trained him for.
The next few minutes are a blur of violence. Sephiroth’s blade makes quick work of anyone who draws near with aggression, anyone who might even try to stop them. Soon, multiple alarms are blaring in their ears, layered on top of each other, for each floor he descends. For long stretches of time, there’s no one — as though the day-to-day employees of the building know to give him a very wide berth — but then there will be the sound of gunfire, and the quickness of the SOLDIER’s step, graceful in a way that tries not to jostle his friend further. The clash of steel, a yelp of fear. No sound from Sephiroth himself.
And then it stops, and they move again. The cycle repeats itself. At some point there’s a fall, gravity taking them down and impossibly quick, before his boots land metal and the flooring vibrates beneath the force.
The stairwell, of course, is a cramped but effective shortcut down. Shinra forces will bottleneck their way up to Sephiroth, which is a surefire way to fail in their assault. He knows this.]
How are you doing? [It’s the first time he’s spoken since the lab, and it’s only to check on Luka.]