[the flames grow as the memory beckoned takes place in cloud's imaginings. it doesn't stir often within him, but just mentioning, referencing nibelheim and it going up in flames—much caused by sephiroth—has cloud remembering the memory which force out the confusion and the sense of failing he had felt back then. of fear. of a growing distress that surges from primal instinct alone and the fatalistic understanding that losing his life is very much the likeliest possibility.]
[cloud closes his eyes and breathes in, trying to center himself, but instead finds the taste of smoke filtering down his throat. eyes opening, they burn orange as the stars around them unravel and change into flames, burning the buildings cloud had seen his entire childhood.]
[he takes a step back, looking around him in bewilderment. it's just as he remembers it, back then.]
[a crack above him and he quickly jumps out of the way; a house's roof collapsing, the wooden frames losing all integrity to keep it upright. cloud coughs smoke in his lungs, turning a hateful expression back towards sephiroth, who stands like he belongs amongst all the flames—just like he had during the incident in nibelheim.]
There's a role you want me to play. [he keeps his voice steady, boots crunching against the soil at his feet.] If I defy it, I won't do it to help you. Why would I? After all you've done.
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[cloud closes his eyes and breathes in, trying to center himself, but instead finds the taste of smoke filtering down his throat. eyes opening, they burn orange as the stars around them unravel and change into flames, burning the buildings cloud had seen his entire childhood.]
[he takes a step back, looking around him in bewilderment. it's just as he remembers it, back then.]
[a crack above him and he quickly jumps out of the way; a house's roof collapsing, the wooden frames losing all integrity to keep it upright. cloud coughs smoke in his lungs, turning a hateful expression back towards sephiroth, who stands like he belongs amongst all the flames—just like he had during the incident in nibelheim.]
There's a role you want me to play. [he keeps his voice steady, boots crunching against the soil at his feet.] If I defy it, I won't do it to help you. Why would I? After all you've done.