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[bravers]

(Spoilers for an oldass video game follow)

Hello everyone!

I'm Zero, a brand new player, coming in with Cloud Strife who is taken from (original!) FFVII.

He's coming in pretty early on in the game. He's taken from the Temple of the Ancients canon point right after handing over the Black Materia, unfortunately having a doozy of a mental episode and beating up everyone's favourite adorable flower girl because oh god, this man has serious problems. He's probably going to be rather confused to be here, but I imagine the brief chat he would have had with the Head would've gone a long way toward clearing up any questions he might have.

He's jumping right into mercenary work as an occupation, performing low-level tasks for the criminal underworld in Dualis.

His logic in this is that he's hoping to keep his head down, serve his agreed year and get back to being called by chasing down Sephiroth, but I would appreciate any and all interruptions to his plans to shut up, put up, and get back home ASAP. So please feel free to tag him and bother him, I'd very much enjoy all interactions! His discomfort at being bothered is directly proportional to my happiness.

I have a permissions post right here, and comments are screened for player privacy.

One last thing: I may be a little slow to respond, since I am GMT, but I hope to not keep anyone waiting that long, since I'm on my computer most of the day. With regard to reaching me, I do have discord (which you can pick up on the channel!) but I prefer plurk because I do forget about messages. A lot. I can be found at @ lodestars there.

Comments

[aguidingkey]

This is really funny timing since my current tag plurk has Tifa gifs on it. /halo

ANYWAY yay Cloud! I'm Stella and I just have Aqua from the Kingdom Hearts series, but welcome! If you wouldn't mind going over here and filling out the text box that would help me a lot. And let me know if you're in the number to avoid KH3 spoilers for!

I also added you on plurk!

[bravers]

Tifa gifs (and Tifa in general tbh) is the best thing to have on plurk, yes yes.

Hi!! I've filled out the thingie and it's really, really good to see an Aqua! Personal bias for best character in KH go. Thanks so much for the welcome and the add, I'll add you back rn!

[aguidingkey]

Tifa is the best, pretty much XD

Awesome, thanks for that! Aqua is my favorite. Can't wait to have these two interact!!

[bravers]

Oh my god yes. The remake was sold for me on last E3 because Tifa.

Yes, it'll be really fun! Unfortunately, I'm PC / Handheld only (until the FF7 remake, ofc) and I haven't played KH3, But I was super into BBS on Vita. KH3 spoilers are totally fine by me, I think I've seen everything I need to know through watching walkthroughs \o/

[aguidingkey]

SAME i had a hard time with ff7 originally BLASPHEMY, I KNOW but I'm hoping the remake can expand on things and make me really interested again. But I was complaining about it until Tifa showed up XD so at least she's there now!

I mean, that's how i know anything about chain of memories LOL i can't play the card system to save my life. Thank goodness for walkthroughs!!!

[bravers]

I have severe nostalgia goggles for FF7 because it was my first :'D But I totally get what you mean. I'm pretty much a fan of the episodic thing they've said (though I wish they wouldn't call it 'episodic', for me it's got a bad taste after FF15) and all-in-all, I'm so down for their idea of fleshing every part out with new content revolving around the cast (especially what they said about fleshing out Biggs and Jessie's relationship aaaaa)

All-in-all, come faster March. Come faster.

OH GOD CHAIN OF MEMORIES I REMEMBER THAT CARD SYSTEM completing that game was. fff. so needlessly finicky but what a good plot. BBS is my favourite for plot. So much. but I really liked CoM too...

[aguidingkey]

That's fair! I'm like that with FF8 XD But yes, I am looking forward to any extra details they want to give us!!!

Ah yes, the "good plot, horrible gameplay" problem. Always a fun one! BBS is still my hands-down favorite of the series and I don't see that changing! I loved the story and I actually really enjoyed the gameplay style. CoM... was definitely a good plotline but uughh the gameplay XD

[therevanchist]

Hi, I'm Carolyn! I have Revan from the Star Wars EU and Lt Mira from Warhammer 40,000, and oh my god I cackled at that Simpsons edit.

I have a Force permissions post for Revan, but she's light side and thus pretty harmless.

[bravers]

Haha, I love it too. I miss when the simpsons was good, so edits are all I have :/

It's really nice to meet you! Admittedly, I'm Probably the only person in the world which is canonblind to Star Wars, but thank you for explaining Force abilities really well in your permissions post. It made a lot of sense, even to someone like me whos eyes usually glaze over at Star Wars stuff!

I hope to see you and Revan in-game \o/

[therevanchist]

Next year The Simpsons will be old enough to drink.

I'm canonblind on a lot of popular stuff, so I've been there. I think people tend to go into too much detail 'cause they haven't really considered what other players genuinely need to know to make a decision. Permissions posts aren't really about the canon itself. If someone cared how the Force worked on a metaphysical level, they'd ask, y'know?

Also, I forgot that I have a permissions post for Mira, too, but she has no powers and it's pretty must just an opt-out for all the terrible crap from Warhammer and having a space fascist be awful in your character's general direction.

[bravers]

omg, I thought it'd be old enough already! Shows how much I know, sob.

Aye, totally. I'd never want to go into all the detail in the world for the silly jrpgs I like, let alone something with as many iterations as Star Wars, wow.

Yes, I should defs do that! I don't know so much about Warhammer either, but osmosis has taught me terrible, terrible things happen in that universe, oh boy.

I'll fill it out now!

[therevanchist]

Literally the canon that gave us the term "grimdark," whee.

I'm gonna add you on plurk (which I always forget is a thing I can do...) kadath

[silentnarration]

Aaah Hello!! I'm so excited to see Cloud.

I'm Shiro. I only have Squall here but I'm excited to toss him Cloud's way. I very much enjoy making Squall's life a comedic tragedy so I'm happy to help inflict that on Cloud in any way possible.

[bravers]

Hello!! Likewise, I'm really excited to see Squall as well!

It's so good to meet you. And oh man, I so look forward to it. I must admit, while I was poking around the jobs post while trying to decide Cloud's, I noticed Squall's and snorted a little. Such a beautiful disaster. Let's have them be disasters together at some point :D

[silentnarration]

they can commiserate over being FF protags.

Yess. I may be planning to have him build up to leading a grocery store coup as a mini plot at some point, so if Cloud ever wants to get involved in a literal food war.

Also I'm adding you on plurk!! I'm shirobiro over there. oh god please ignore the misfire plurk add from the wrong account. I wish I would stop doing that...

[bravers]

omg, I'm here for the grocery store coup. Cloud probably won't be, but hey. He can be roped into it. Please rope him into it.

Cool cool! I'll grab you back :D

[pretendtoneedme]

Hi there! I'm Tai, and I'm coming in with you, bringing this archer right here to facepalm at all the kids and young adults as well as Aqua's little brother who will not do that XD Happy to see Cloud in the game, and I'm looking forward to playing against you!

[bravers]

Hi there! Thanks for the welcome! :D
Please facepalm at this weirdo, yes yes.

[pretendtoneedme]

There will be facepalms and then "Okay, look, maybe you wanna try this instead" because lol Clint can never stop being a dad XD It'll be interesting!