OPEN POST; [RUFUS SHINRA / FFVII]

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TAG ME BINCHES

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My files.

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[Valetine, sometimes even Rufus requires more context than two-word texts.]

Are we filling the blanks? Let's see: your files are... collecting dust.

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[ he is doing alright so far. ]

Where?

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[He's only so willing to play the "figure out the context with minimal information" game, though. He has better things to do with his time than to humor an ex-Turk.]

Better question -- why?

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I need them.

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Second verse, same as the first —- why?

Don’t make me pull all the weight around here.

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I'm destroying them.

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Is that so? Interesting, as they’re not yours to destroy.

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Irrelevant.

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No, actually. Fairly relevant.

I’m not the kind of man who hands over company property and legalese documents just for the sake of their destruction.

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Do you have use for them?

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They’re sealed.

What happened to you was unflattering, there’s no doubt about that. But that’s all the more reason why those files don’t leave this building.

What good are they to you destroyed, anyway?

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They won't be at risk of leaving the building once destroyed.

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You didn’t answer my question.

Why do you want them destroyed? They’re relics of the past.

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They're my past.

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Representative of it, maybe. But otherwise harmless, locked up tight behind security clearances.

Not hurting anyone. Leave them be.

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I can't do that.

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Why not?

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I have my reasons.

[ none of which he cares to share. ]

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Share them.

You have to sell it to me. Pretend you’re at the opposite end of a business deal, and tell me why I should care.

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No.

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Then my answer's the same.

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[ guess he'll have to do this the hard way

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[No response. While normally a respite, from Vincent it's anything but.]

All right, then.

[He murmurs to himself, making certain to put in the call for a little tighter security for the night. Just in case.]