finalflight | OPEN POST; [ SEPHIROTH / FFVII ]

OPEN POST; [ SEPHIROTH / FFVII ]

those chosen by the planet.

(( ~~despite the ominous choice of music~~ i default to a pre-nibelheim canon point, but can play post-nibelheim upon request! ))

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I don't! I-- you don't have to believe me, but I'm from Earth, and I've never left it!

[ And yet, here she is, trembling from the sheer force of trying not to burst into tears. ]

[The elevator reaches the bottom before they know it. The doors slide open and suddenly— Well. Sephiroth is starting to wonder if there’s much help to be found down here at all.]

Earth? I’ve never heard that used to describe the name of a planet.

[Of a planet. This sounds all too fantastical all over again. He’s not quite certain he wants to widen his existential scope that much, that suddenly.

Nigh automatically, he steps out of the elevator.]

I don’t think I understand. All this... and on top of it, you’re saying you come from a different world?

I... d-don't understand it, either... but it's true. I come from a different world... and normal people can't see me.

[ That's an entirely different thing to have to explain, though. But reluctantly, she steps out of the elevator after him, having to actually pick up the speed when the door threatens to close on her. ]

[They find themselves on the first floor of the Shinra building, wide, immaculate, corporate-clean. The lines of the architecture are tall and strong, always lending towards drawing the eye upwards. At the front is the reception desk, which is a rather mundane place for Sephiroth to visit -- someone will be in for a surprise.

Regardless, he doesn't care. He waits for her to join him.]

What do you mean by 'normal'? I can see you.