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rune-writes · 4 years

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As Long As You’re Safe

@ffseven #zackweek » Day 3: Family

The Price of Freedom Part 3

Word Count: 1552

Rating: G

Summary: After their first trip to the Nibelheim reactor, Zack accompanies Cloud to visit his mother.

Note: This was inspired by the mails Zack received in Nibelheim, in which Cloud asked Zack to come with him to visit his mother. (It was tempting to write Zerith, but the Family prompt won me :3)

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Cloud still lay on the bed when Zack returned to their room at the inn that afternoon. His friend had his head turned toward the window, watching the sky ablaze in deep red and orange, the last stretches of sunlight before it set beyond the peaks of Mount Nibel. Wisps of cloud drifted past, silhouettes of birds gliding among them. There was a sort of longing in the way Cloud gazed at the sky—a sort of deflated sigh as his chest rose and fell in a steady rhythm. Or maybe it wasn’t the sky he was looking at? Zack followed Cloud’s line of sight and found himself looking at the village water tower just visible beyond the windows.

He had heard it was a famous dating spot.

Do you know Tifa? Zack had asked him.

Sort of.

Talked to her?

No.

When he learned that Cloud would be going with him to Nibelheim, Zack had thought the guy would be ecstatic. Even Sephiroth had permitted him to visit family and friends. But then Cloud had stayed at the inn, standing guard with the other infantryman, never showing any signs of taking his helmet off. Not that it had been any of Zack’s business, but when he noticed his friend becoming mute every time a villager drew near, he couldn’t help but think it…odd. Because if he were in Cloud’s shoes and he was back in Gongaga…

Zack cast his eyes down, leaning against the doorway and folding his arms across his chest. If he were back in Gongaga, he’d go to his parents’ house first thing and he’d announce, “Mom! Dad! I made it!”

“Zack?”

The abrupt call broke through his reverie and he looked to see Cloud staring at him. The exhaustion was gone. He’d protected Tifa back at the reactor and the latter had helped him get down the mountain. Now both of them were worried about the other. Zack wanted to chuckle at this cute little observation.

“So,” Zack began. “When are you gonna go to your Mom’s?”

Cloud blinked several times before he recalled the invitation he had offered Zack—to come over to his house and try his Mom’s cooking. Zack had recognized the face of someone who hadn’t been home for years and hadn’t sent any word.

“It’s as good a time as any,” he went on. “Sephiroth’s locked himself in the mansion and I’ve got nothing else to do.” His gaze fell on Cloud, a tiny teasing grin creeping across his face. “And you haven’t gone to see your Mom, right?”

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Cloud’s house was the small cottage at the edge of the village, on the opposite side of the inn, beyond the water tower. It was easily recognizable from the little flower garden at the front. Beside it was a two-story building that looked like a house, at which Zack noticed Cloud steering clear of, even going as far as ducking his helmeted head every time someone passed them or called for another.

“You nervous?” Zack asked.

“Yeah.” Cloud’s voice was small and quiet, his shoulders drawn as if he wanted to disappear.

“You’d stand out more if you walked like that,” he whispered. “Stand tall, and proud.”

“But…” Cloud’s feet dragged across the barren, sandy ground. “I failed.”

“They don’t know that.”

“My mom will.”

Zack glanced at his young, dejected friend. “Is your mom the type who holds you in high expectations?”

“No.”

“Then everything’s alright, right?”

Cloud pressed his lips together but didn’t say anything else.

Each step drew them nearer toward the door until their feet finally stopped and Cloud drew a shuddering breath. He looked up at Zack, who gave him an encouraging nod, before lifting his hand and knocked three times. They heard the call almost immediately. Zack gave Cloud’s shoulder a gentle, reassuring squeeze, drawing back his hand when the door swung open.

A woman stood there, dressed in a brown shirt and white apron, her blond hair tied to a ponytail. She looked like an older, female version of Cloud. For a fraction of a second, Zack could imagine what Cloud would look like in his early thirties.

“Can I help you?” the woman said when none of them said anything.

“Ah! Yes, hello, I’m—” Zack spared Cloud a glance. His friend had turned to stone. “—with the company that arrived here the other day.”

“Oh, the SOLDIERs checking on the reactor?” Cloud’s mother pushed the door wider, wiping her hands on her apron and straightening her back. A bright smile graced her lips. “What can I do for you?”

Zack relaxed at her welcome. He told her his name and asked if she was Mrs. Strife. She blinked. Even the surprised gesture looked similar. Zack refrained himself from smiling.

But as she tilted her head to the side, her eyes suddenly widened around the edges and horror filled her face. “Cloud? Is it something about Cloud? Do you know my Cloud?”

Her sudden outburst took him by surprise. Zack hadn’t expected the notion of Cloud would send his mother on a frenzy panic.

“He’s not hurt, is he?” she went on. “I haven’t heard from him for years! I thought he’d come when I heard SOLDIERs would be coming, but apparently he didn’t, and I couldn’t stop myself from thinking the worst—”

Zack didn’t quite know what to do or what to say. Who was he to say anything about it? He hadn’t gone home for longer than Cloud had been away and the only word he’d sent his parents was a letter a few months back. Zack moved—to do what he didn’t quite know—console her? Pat her back? Assure her that no, her son was fine and healthy, and in fact, he was right there in front of her, too embarrassed to show his own face.

But Cloud got to her first when he called her “Mom”, his voice quiet but firm. Mrs. Strife looked up at the infantryman beside him. Zack could hear the smile on Cloud’s voice when his friend said, “Mom, I’m home.”

Mrs. Strife knitted her brows. She might be about to say, “What?” from the way her mouth opened, but then she narrowed her sky-blue eyes, and she stepped closer to scrutinize the grunt’s face. Zack witnessed the moment she gasped, tears welling in her eyes, as she said, “Cloud?” Cloud didn’t get the chance to answer before she threw her arms around him in a bone-crunching hug.

***

She ushered them inside and Zack introduced himself as a SOLDIER 1st Class who accompanied Sephiroth on this mission to check on the reactor. Mrs. Strife knew about Sephiroth. Of course, she did. Her son had idolized the hero for years before deciding to go to Midgar two years prior. Look at you, all grown up, she said. Cloud brushed her off saying it had only been two years, to which his mother countered that it had been two years.

Zack stood a ways away, watching this teasing banter between mother and son. Mrs. Strife noted the clothes Cloud wore, different from the ones Zack and Sephiroth donned. The same one as the guard who stood on his post in front of the inn. Cloud gave her a bitter smile and said, his voice quiet, “I didn’t make it.” There was a pause that stretched for one second longer, but then Mrs. Strife smiled a soft understanding smile and told her son that as long as he was safe, that was all she had ever hoped for.

As long as he was safe…

The words made him pause. Zack had never thought about that. Maybe that was how mothers were. No matter how long their sons had been away, they’d still wait, hoping to receive good news that their sons were alive and healthy. Would his parents say the same if he were to appear on their doorstep unannounced—bigger, older, much more different from the thirteen-year-old boy who had left Gongaga five years ago? His voice had changed. His appearance more so. Would they even recognize him?

“Good thing I made stew today,” Mrs. Strife said. Her bright smile was back. Then her eyes fell on Zack. “I planned to give some to you and the others at the inn, but well, since you’re here now, that can wait for another time.” She turned around on her heels and headed for the kitchen where a steaming pot lay over the stove. “How exciting! A welcome-back party for Cloud!”

“Mom, you don’t have to—”

“Oh, nonsense! Let a mother spoil her son.” She looked over her shoulder, her grin radiant. “Take a seat, Zack. I hope you’ll love it.”

A few feet away, Cloud, who had taken off his helmet, grunted, his face red with mortification. He looked at Zack and gave him an embarrassed chuckle.

“Sorry, Mom can be a bit…”

And Zack couldn’t help but laugh. Because despite Cloud’s reservations and nervousness at the prospect of meeting his mother, meeting any of the townspeople, Zack could still feel his excitement at having been back at his hometown. A luxury he couldn’t say he ever had. See, he wanted to say, everything’s alright. Zack grinned at the blush coloring Cloud’s cheeks.

“Let’s eat, Cloud.”

~ END ~

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breezeinmonochromenight · 5 years

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What does that ‘V is a discount Genesis Rhapsodos’ tag mean? You don’t seem to like V much.. :/

Short (V)ersion: Genesis did it First (class…heh) and in red.

Full Answer: Why is V a ‘discount Genesis Rhapsodos’? It’s mostly a joke, but let me count the ways:

Poetry at weird/inappropriate times from one beloved book. (V has Vergil’s William Blake book, Genesis has his LOVELESS)

‘Mysterious and poetic’ manner of gesturing and speaking (often in quotes from the aforementioned books)

Magic Bois™ with pets (V has his familiars and devil trigger + summoned canes, Genesis is the Materia master of the holy trinity [fire, specifically] and uses summons)

‘Hair matches the outfit’ color schemes

Both are motivated in their respective stories because they are dying/degrading and ‘running out of time’ (V is already physically fragile and crumbling to dust, Genesis’ hair rapidly grays and he gets weaker/paler).

Additionally, both were a part of/involved with the major big bad in some way and turned on/attempted to stop them (V is literally the human half of Vergil and realizes how utterly fucking awful Urizen is and hires one-devil-army Dante to wage war on him, Genesis realizes how utterly fucking awful ShinRa - his employer & the company that literally created/experimented in him - is and defects with like half of SOLDIER to wage war on them. This is a watered down summary for both characters, but yeah.)

Celebrity face and model (V looks like he was inspired by Kylo Ren, and Gen’s inspo + face and body model + JPN VA is literally Gackt)

Very attractive, significantly more popular & iconic, white-haired, stoic counterpart/friendo who is most often recognized as an antagonist that uses a famous, named katana (I really shouldn’t have to name the first character below to anyone, Vergil is the second image, for non-DMC folks):

Both Gen and V serve as character development for Sephiroth and Vergil up there. Vergil desperately needed the character development/his humanity knocked back into him if he was ever gonna be anything more than an antagonist. It was never going to happen with out some kind of massive disaster like the Urizen/Qliphoth incident. Sephiroth is, of course, one of the most legendary/iconic video game bosses of all time, and works well in OG Final Fantasy VII as a great antagonist, but he’s controlled by JENOVA and has very little in the way of personality (aside from the Nibelheim flashbacks). Genesis (+ Angeal Hewley) do a good job of showing that Sephiroth was an awkward/icy person, socially, but ultimately was a human capable of love and concern for others (he is visibly concerned at Gen’s initial injury that starts the degradation, and distraught that he can’t donate blood/cell samples to help. CC Seph also intentionally “fails to eliminate” his former friends and even mentions to Zack that he “doesn’t know how long he’ll remain at ShinRa”.)

Finally, neither are genuinely evil, but do resort to evil/shady means to accomplish their goals (Genesis becomes increasingly more desperate and mentally frayed as Crisis Core goes on, but ends up beating the degradation, V merges with Urizen and becomes Vergil once more)

I don’t mind V at all, I promise. I’ve already said that I take requests for V gameplay and stuff, and have fulfilled a few asks. But I don’t consider him his own character for a second because he’s just…not. I prefer his true & whole (V)ersion. I also get annoyed that he’s hailed as this unique new character when Gen’s been around for ages. I’m also a white-haired, stone-faced asshole who enjoys other white-haired, stone-faced assholes. So.

Edit: I forgot tags lmao.

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shelleyhennigsource · 6 years

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I am really impressed at how Shelley has always been present and active in the business literally all the time and through the years or at least the last 10 years? From Days of Our Lives till 2011 to then do The Secret Circle till next year, follow it with Zack Stone Is Gonna Be Famous and then Teen Wolf for the next 4 years and finally her work on streaming services. And still did some movies in between! I really admire her commitment, trajectory & hard work and can't wait for what comes next!

it is amazing, shows such a good work ethic and real determination! she’s incredible and i hope she keeps pushing herself to find great roles and put them on our screens :)

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marcusssanderson · 5 years

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50 Inspirational Disney Quotes About Imagination and Success

Our latest collection of inspirational Disney quotes that will inspire you in all aspects of your life! These Disney quotes will motivate you to find the success you hope for.

You are probably familiar with Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Goofy and other famous Disney characters.

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Inspirational Disney quotes about imagination and success

1.) “You don’t have time to be timid. You must be bold and daring.” — Lumière, Beauty and the Beast

2.) “You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.” — Christopher Robin, Winnie the Pooh

3.) “You can design and create, and build the most wonderful place in the world. But it takes people to make the dream a reality.” – Walt Disney

4.) “If watching is all you’re gonna do, then you’re gonna watch your life go by without ya.” — Laverne, The Hunchback of Notre Dame

5.) “Of all the things I’ve done, the most vital is coordinating those who work with me and aiming their efforts at a certain goal.” – Walt Disney

6.) “Sometimes the right path is not the easiest one.” — Grandmother Willow, Pocahontas

7.) “First, think. Second, believe. Third, dream. And finally, dare.” – Walt Disney

8.) “If you focus on what you left behind, you will never be able to see what lies ahead.” — Gusteau (Ratatouille)

9.) “Don’t just fly, soar.” — Dumbo (Dumbo)

10.) “To infinity and beyond.” — Buzz Lightyear, Toy Story

11.) “You must not let anyone define your limits because of where you come from. Your only limit is your soul.” – Ratatouille

Disney quotes to inspire you to success

12.) “You control your destiny — you don’t need magic to do it. And there are no magical shortcuts to solving your problems.” — Merida (Brave)

13.) “People often ask me if I know the secret of success and if I could tell others how to make their dreams come true. My answer is, you do it by working.” – Walt Disney

14.) “Always let your conscience be your guide.” — Jiminy Cricket, Pinocchio

15.) “The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.” – Walt Disney

16.) “The very things that hold you down are going to lift you up.” — Timothy Mouse, Dumbo

17.) “In every job that must be done, there is an element of fun. You find the fun and—snap!—the job’s a game!” – Mary Poppins

18.) “Venture outside your comfort zone. The rewards are worth it.” – Rapunzel, Tangled

19.) “Open different doors, you may find a you there that you never knew was yours. Anything can happen.” – Mary Poppins.

20.) “I never look back, darling! It distracts me from the now.” – Edna Mode, The Incredibles.

21.) “The only way to get what you want in this world is through hard work.” – Tiana, The Princess And the Frog.

Inspirational Disney quotes about dreams

22.) “No matter how your heart is grieving, if you keep on believing, the dream that you wish will come true.” – Cinderella

23.) “All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.” – Walt Disney

24.) “If you can dream it, you can do it.” – Walt Disney

25.) “My dream wouldn’t be complete without you in it.” – Naveen, Princess And The Frog.

26.) “If you can visualize it, if you can dream it, there’s some way to do it.” – Walt Disney

27.) “I don’t want to survive. I want to live.” – The Captain, Wall-E.

28.) “If you dream a thing more than once, it’s sure to come true.” – Aurora, Sleeping Beauty.

Disney quotes about love, family and friendship

29.) “Remember, you’re the one who can fill the world with sunshine.” — Snow White (Snow White and the Seven Dwarves)

30.) “Love is putting someone else’s needs before yours.” – Frozen

31.) “I was hiding under your porch because I love you.” – UP

32.) “‘Ohana means family, and family means no one gets left behind or forgotten.” – Lilo & Stitch

33.) “I’d rather die tomorrow than live a hundred years without knowing you.” – John Smith, Pocahontas.

34.) “Because when I look at you, I can feel it. And I look at you and I’m home.” – Dory, Finding Nemo.

35.) “Any day spent with you is my favorite day. So, today is my new favorite day.” – Pooh, Winnie The Pooh

36.) “To spend a life of endless bliss, just find who you love through true love’s kiss.” – Giselle, Enchanted.

37.) “To laugh yourself is to love yourself.” – Mickey Mouse

38.) “You can’t force someone to like you. It takes time for friendship to grow.” – Cody, Suite Life of Zack and Cody

39.) “Some people are worth melting for.” – Olaf, Frozen

40.) “A little consideration, a little thought for others, makes all the difference.” – Eeyore, Winnie the Pooh

Other memorable Disney quotes

41.) “The past can hurt. But the way I see it, you can either run from it, or learn from it.” — Rafiki, The Lion King

42.) “The flower that blooms in adversity is the most rare and beautiful of all.” — The Emperor, Mulan

43.) “A true hero isn’t measured by the size of his strength, but by the strength of his heart.” — Zeus, Hercules

44.) “You will always remember this as the day that you almost caught Captain Jack Sparrow.” – Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

45.) “Ladies do not start fights, but they can finish them.” – The AristoCats

46.) “She warned him not to be deceived by appearances, for beauty is found within.” – Beauty and the Beast

47.) “When life gets you down do you wanna know what you’ve gotta do? Just keep swimming!” – Dory, Finding Nemo

48.) “Look inside yourself, Simba. You are more than what you have become.” – Mufasa, The Lion King.

49.) “When there’s too much to do, don’t let it bother you. Forget your troubles.” –Snow White, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

50.) “Man has always learned from the past. After all, you can’t learn history in reverse!” – Archimedes, The Sword in the Stone

Which Disney quotes were your favorite?

There is great wisdom to be found in the inspiring words of Disney film characters and Walt Disney himself. Besides the entertainment they provide, Disney movies can teach you a lot about life; even better than some motivational and self-development books.

Hopefully, these Disney quotes have inspired you to find the success you hope for; both in life and business.

Did you enjoy these Disney quotes? Which of the quotes was your favorite? Tell us in the comment section below. We would love to hear all about it.

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