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Broken Adventure
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Arc 3: What's in a name?
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Adam carefully examined Jenova's healing pod… and sighed. <<Well, that's as long as I can permit her to be exposed to Bioshock's psionic field. Any more and she will be dependent on it.>>
Though 'Research' had been attempting to determine what exactly made energy serum so beneficial to the woman, and had come up with some theories.
He carefully disabled the environmental settings and set the pod to Gaia standard instead, carefully watching the sensor data as the serums and each Tonic began to decay safely, with 'Enhance Self' ensuring no issues and then eventually falling apart itself.
Because uncontrolled and cancerous psionic field collapse was bad, M'kay?
Still, he felt the confusion from the pod. <<Right, let's see if the new serum works.>>
Based on what 'Research' had guessed, this new slurry of liquid mako and metal pellets would hopefully be appreciated. They were highly pressurized fragments of mostly iron and some nickel, with the iron having trace melted elements of gold, platinum, cobalt, and sulfur.
Cheap enough to make thanks to the Warehouse's improved raw material growth systems.
Basically? If these pellets were heated past the boiling point of Iron and held under intense pressure, enough that it forced the material into a crystalized plasma that pretended to be solid?
You would basically have the material found in a planet's core.
Gaia loved that stuff, and even though this sand looking material and liquid magic were DRASTICALLY lower in temperature, Adam was hopeful that being combined with mako would help Jenova continue to recover even if serums and Tonics couldn't work anymore.
Based on the happy blue glow from the pod, the experiment was going great so far!
~~~Broken Adventure~~~
Something changed.
Thankfully, nothing painful… But suddenly it took far more effort to reform herself, to test and experiment on new organs and structures and muscles and bones.
To be safe, she carefully crafted the most compatible form from all the hours of testing and experimenting. Or was it days? Weeks? The pleasant experience blended together and made it hard to keep track of passing time.
Then, sadly, the supply of food vanished.
Before she could even feel more than mildly surprised, a new substance was injected into her domain.
Raw materials!
PURE, perfectly refined, magically saturated raw materials!
Some of the more rare and tricky materials and trace elements she needed and had to adapt without, now in small easily manipulatable components for absorption and storage!
It was simplicity itself to take the thin grains that sparkled like black gems and silver stars and golden notes, and absorb it into her body. To begin embedding it into her bones, the core of her being.
And if she used the powerful raw building blocks to design microscopic patterns and flow networks within her skeleton? Reworking her bones to act like these fascinating walls that somehow generated raw magic simply via liquid mako passage?
Well, having her skeleton passively produce more magic would not only reinforce her new form, make her body tougher and enhance the functionality of every feature and organ… But, theoretically? It should drastically reduce her hunger!
Some part of her could sense that the blue skeletal flames and the physically distant silver boned daughter had expected her to simply heal herself, the emotions and mental touches having tastes of wanting her to recover, to overcome her past trials.
So it was a bit embarrassing that she had mostly focused on ensuring every muscle, organ, bone, and cell of her new body was optimised towards power efficiency, energy retention, nutrient storage, and reducing her passive biological needs. Both physical and magical needs, specifically.
Because she had been alone for a long time… But hungry forever.
Born hungry, alone hungry, hurt hungry, dying hungry.
It had shaped how she viewed existence. Life and survival was about not being hungry.
So as soon as she had stabilized her form, even slightly? ALL her focus was on ensuring that she would never be starving again.
Was her new form, her new Avatar all powerful? No.
If she flicked an arm, would each foe explode from her enhanced muscles? Nope.
Would she be beyond fast, able to dodge any danger? Not worth the compromise requirements.
Could she warp existence with raw magic? Well, yes, but that was a side effect of the rebirthing process, not her actual goal.
After all, she could have massively boosted her potential abilities if she had accepted higher energy costs. Greater magic consumption. Enhanced life conversion.
Hunger.
And so instead, she had embraced design inefficiency that allowed energy conservation over almost all other benefits. Carefully designed fat deposits over her body that would keep her agile and able to flee danger or fight battles, but still have emergency reserves should she be trapped once again.
If that meant certain parts of her body were a bit 'Thicc' as it were, it was strictly a survival mechanism and a sacrifice she was willing to make. And she would ignore anyone who implied otherwise.
~~~Broken Adventure~~~
Adam blinked. <<Oh good! Jenova seems to like the planetary core magic slurry.>>
Sarah almost retched. "Yuck, that sounds gross. Can't you call it something else?"
Her Boss hummed. <<Maybe Gaia goo? Planet punch? Core Crunchies?>>
Nope, he wasn't allowed to name stuff. "Go with Core Crunchies, at least that sounds like cereal or something." And wasn't it odd that she remembered so much cultural stuff but NOT the important crap due to this stupid drawback.
Adam grinned. <<I bet no one else ever ate a bowl of cereal that costs $2,578… Uh, assuming your average goddess consumes 45 grams of cereal per serving, which is kind of the high end of portion sizes… But then again, I used to eat a whole box if I wasn't careful, even when I ate cereal as a skeleton…>>
She blinked as Adam drifted away to himself. <<Because you run low on milk and refill it, but then you have extra left over so you add more cereal to fill the container, and boom! No more in the box. Oh, and I guess the $2,578 thing was not based on local gold prices, and Core Crunchies actually has some unique alloys and metal mixtures that haven't really been tested for use or sale…>>
He wasn't going to start making and selling inedible cereal for goddesses to eat, was he?
Adam hummed. <<Even ignoring that, I think $2,578 would be about 70,727 Gil? Plus some change? But I'm basing that on my personal value of a dollar, since your Jump Chain Home is Rapture around 1950 or so I think my dollar suffers from inflation. So a bowl of Core Crunchies should cost $227.58 or 6,242 Gil.>>
She was going to have to ignore him, wasn't she?
Adam sent some statistics, because THAT was super helpful. <<Considering that a box of cereal only costs around 90 Gil, Jenova's breakfast could feed like 69 people… Heh.>>
Sarah sighed. "Adam?"
He blinked. <<Hmm?>>
She gently turned off the data wave. "How is she?"
Adam sighed. <<Well, I can't tell. I THINK she is doing fine, but not only was she heavily hurt and near death when we got her out of there, but Jenova was not even fully grown NOR mature to begin with. 'Research' has been parsing data from Gaia when she was describing the woman. Apparently Jenova was initially sealed away because she was infecting the entire Lifestream and wasn't willing to negotiate. Or, as we now think, she was incapable, of communication at all.>>
Hmm. If something tried to eat you and ignored everything you did in response, that WOULD qualify as a 'Calamity from the sky' in HER books. "That sucks."
He hummed. <<It also means communication is intermediate at best right now. At least we can now share emotions to some extent, if nothing else. She currently feels… Optimistic? Smug? Slightly guilty?>>
Sarah smiled as she waved away Master Zangan who nodded and went back to training the two children. "What about physically? She's not covered in wounds anymore at least, right?"
Her Boss sighed. <<Well, like I said, she wasn't mature before… But our medication and supplies allowed her to rapidly age and build up into something more stable. Then she popped.>>
What? "I'm sorry?"
Adam showed data. <<She started turning into a blue fog like material and reformed herself. Repeatedly. And notice the physical changes after a few cycles?>>
Sarah blinked. "Huh. Never expected to see a blue skinned naked elf version of myself." The silver hair was beautiful too of course. Damn.
Adam shrugged. <<I mean, it seemed inevitable. I'm just surprised it happened this soon!>>
Ignore the idiot. "She LOOKS like a person now, not a hacked up mostly corpse. That has to be good, right?"
He showed data. <<We'll know shortly. I recently disabled the psionic field supporting her 'Enhance Self' and the ability to supply serums… Any longer and her form would have started adapting to rely on the thing to exist, and that would have been super bad for her.>>
A few charts were displayed. <<If she can handle disconnection from that AND continues to enjoy the Core Crunchies without medical issues, THEN I would feel confident to declare her fully recovered. Physically, at least.>>
She winced. Yeah, social isolation followed by rape, torture, and surgical experimentation wouldn't do any mind any favors. At least she wasn't human, maybe her alien-like mind could handle trauma better? "Would Enhance-Self have helped that?"
Adam sighed. <<I hope so. If nothing else, I have the Warehouse opening up several experimental devices that can be interfaced with via mako flows to the healing pod. Hopefully we can set up some sort of communicating protocol to… Oh.>>
Sarah stretched. "Oh?"
Adam sent a spike of fascination! <<The little bugger's started generating her OWN magic. And she is using it to create new mako power flashes following a pattern! Oh this will save lots of time! Be back later.>>
She blinked. "Arlight?"
Silence.
Welp, there was still a day or so of training to do before she decided to kidnap two kids, a mother, a martial artist and a small army of his supporters. Might as well get more exercise in!
~~~Broken Adventure~~~
Adam grinned. %TEST.%
Jenova slowly flashed. &Ly̞h͙̥̘̦̻ ̖̣̳̫̪̣ͅo͇̙͈̬̳u̲̙͍͉̮̹̥i ͕̤̳̟̙r̺̣a̹̹̗̹̭̥̖yn͔̗̜̳̳͎ ̞̘s̹̣a͉̲͚͚͕?͖&
Closer! &TEST&
The response was MUCH faster. &F̦͚͖a̝̥͓̫̻m̖m͉̜̰̙̗ ͍̥̜̮̬̺y̜̥͙d̲̫ ̪̭͈͖͎͕ṃa͉̫̬̪͓y̖c̯̟͇͎̭̯d̙̳̝̳ ͎͍̣̦d̞̝̤̩͎͔r͕͓ỵ̜̖d̗̬ ͕͖f͍̻̦y̯͙͇c͉̰͍̖͕ ͚̟̣c͕͈̙̭̖u̜͍͖͓ͅs̯̻̗̪̭a̠̜̥̬͓̻d̲̗re̘͉̱ͅh̜͖͇͔̘k͖͔̪̱̟̜͙.̯͔̝̠ͅ&
Come on, 'Research', help me out here!
Jenova made an odd noise. &Ev͎̲̯͍͓͙̘ ̮̱u̱͙̬̠̪̥h̜̦̥͖͈̱̞m͔͎̙̼̫o̼̖͓̫͍̣̠ ͙̝͎̯̯̤E̘̹̫̠͈͖̜ ̙ry͇͇̱t͖̗̖͉ ̥̝̬̩̝y͙ͅ ̹̞̠̭̘m̙̩yn͔̼̹̲̣̠k̜̪a̮̦̮͙̥n͖̯̰ ̮͔͔͈̗̘c͚͖̤̺ys̰̜͍bm̳͕̱a͓ ̹d̫͓͕̩u͚͍̭̮ ̞̲̰fu͖̹̺̩n͚͚̹̙g̻̫̖̟̺̰ ͔̩̭̥̝̳͔f͔e̖̩̫̹̘d̝͉r̳̯̞͎̳͇!ͅ&
A mental twitch had the new data to help out! #TEST#
The light flinched. &F̙̣̲͎am̟̜̳̳̗̞m ̮̺͇̘̩̳d̺̘̫̹͖̹͍r̳̥̜͓y̙̯̣͇̣̲̻d͙̲̲͉͇̹͚ ̣͖̤̳̼e̬̹͈̻̦̰͍c̭̗ ̦͙̙͕̦c͇̻̟̼͉u͕̩̤̘̜̣s̭̩̠̼̥a̹͈͍ḓr̯̦̞e̠̝͎h͖̙̜͈̫̱k,͍̱̲̪̳̠ ͕͖̳͎y̩͚d̖͖ ̝̼̪̭̦̺̖m̥͖̣͍a̳y̞͎̖ͅc̜͙d̯͔.̻̺̗͎͓̙ ̥̹̼̦̯S̗̣̞̭͙̗͍y͙̖͈o̦̻p͕̠̻̩̩a̝ ͈̣̯̬̮̞ͅE ̮͇̣̥̱̪̳l̗̬̯͇yh̲̜͈̣̜ ͔d̮̞n͔̗͇̖̘̬o̟̳̥͎̖̱̱ dr͚̳̥̘y̫̦̬d̺͕̗?̞̦̰&
No, but it was closer!
A less robotic sound suddenly was registered. #Ṭ̼e͈̘̰̩̠̭̫t͚̪̙ ̦̰d̯̹͍̳̥̹ͅr̼̟͕̦̙̗e͉c̩̼̩ ̟̩̺̜f͈̫̖̩͓̠ṳ͈͎̗n̪̦̜̲̹͓g̬̖?͓#
YES!
That was enough for Adam to feel 'Research' to POUNCE on the data and begin devouring meaning and context! Right, here we go! #Rammu! Lyh oui ihtancdyht sa?#
The light blinked. #ḀAB̟̩̼̦̫̜͔!͎̥̹̪̼͍ͅ#
And seemed to blink? #U̹͖̟̭r̯̗͈̭̠.͓̦͍ͅ.̺̮͎.̝̹͚̭̟ ̞̠̱̗̫̱C̙̗̖̺̠̥u͖̣̦̜n̹̖̤̣ṉ̬̙̖̠̺o̲̤͕̹̪̭, ̮͕̠̪͉̹E͉̥ ̪̦͚͍̥̫͕ẓ̺i̺̯͕ͅc̫̞̺̞ͅd̻̠̯.̼̣̲͖̠̲.̳̤̰͍̮̦.̜̖ ̮͇E̞͇͇̭͍ s̠̬̤̩̯̪a̬͔y͎͉̲ͅh͍̹̫̳͚,͓̰̯̯͎̮ ̙͈̦̣r̙̖e̼̘̮̺̖ͅ!͙ͅ#
Yeah, she must have understood a lot of that. #E̯̱͈̝̘͉d̜͖̩ͅ'c̬̖͖ͅ ͇̻͔̺̥̖h͚̺̹e͍͓̫̠l̤̝͔a̘͙̪͉͕̮͕ d͖u̬͖̠̰͉̼͚ s̗̺̞̬̺̖ͅa̜͇̟͎̼ad o͓u͇̭̠̦̰̯i̦̘̖̺͕̣ͅ,̞̫̬̱ ̭͓͍̳͍̻͎p̭͓̬̫ͅm̤͎i̞̝͍̙͈͙a̯̘̲̝̰ c͚̮͚̥͙̼g͕͈a̲m̺̲͔̰̤̮̼a̩̺̙̟͉͖͔dy̻̥͕̞͍m͇̣̘͍̘̠ ͔͈̥͉̗v͇̗͚̰̱̘̪m͎͉ysa͕̱̥̦̞c̤͕̞̝̱̬!̞̺̹̠͎ ̩̞͔̠̫͙̣E̖̲̠̭͔'s ͕̣͉͔̰͓t̬̬̝e̟c̥͙lyn̼̗̹̟͇̲t̪a̗͈̖ṱ̤̗͓̦͓ ̗͍̱̦͎͍͔m̮̩u͍̗̙̞̖c͎̹͇d ̬̞̩i͕h̰m͕̹̫̳͉̮ͅu̬̩̲j̤̺̹a̗t̮ ͉̹r̗̰͎̥̞͕i̲͎͍̺͕n̥d̝̗͓̫!̝̖͇̝̘͇ ̼̩̟E͍̤͔͙d͎̗̠͙̼̜̘'̖͙̥̰̥c͖̬̭̤͇ ͙ͅm̞̤̦̠̙̣uja̻̻̞̤m͎̳̩͖͙͕o̲̱̬̘̼̼̻ ̗̥̥̩du͓ ̟̞ș͔̳a̘̣̞̬͇̰ḁ̩d̙ ̮͖̜̳o̦͕͚u̝ͅi̖!̟̞̩#
Oh. No, she wasn't going to use THAT as a name.
Welp, let's first try sending her some translation data then. #T̷̵̟̞̤̜̔ͩͮ́ͧ̊͐̋ͤͣ̔͒͛̾͢͞Ÿ́̓̓ͨ̽̆̄͝҉̣͇͙̹̦̰̻̼̭̹̕D̴̵̶̤͖͔̰̹͚̳̠̹̮͙̤̩̥̎̇ͥ̽ͪ́͊̉̇ͫ̂̎ͯ͜ͅY̶̸̧͚̤̰̪͎̗̮͌̆̄͑́̾̀̒͂̐̀͜.ͦͩ̓ͨͪ͐̉͋ͨ͂̅͊͂͑҉҉̷̸̰̜͕̼̬̼̼͖̜#
The pause in communication was much longer this time.
Cautiously, a new connection. {A̦̝͕̗h̗̝.̗͙ͅ ͓̠̖H͙͙͓̦̬e̘̳̺l̗͚͓͓l̫o?̫̘}
And THAT was enough to hook her into the Gaia communication network! <<Hello! My name is Adam, and I am currently a W̹̞̠a̪͎̭͓͉re͕̲̙͈ͅh̰̱̣͇͉̯̮o̫̰̯̩̫̞u̖͎̞̗̪͔s̙͙̤e̤͕̲̝̦͍! I and my Jump partner's Avatar, S̭͈̼̙̦̜̥a͈͍̩̺r̰͎̹͎̻ah̲̮̯͍̪ Kisaragi, have been trying to help you recover!>>
The voice sounded like a young twenty year old woman. {T͔̞̟̟ͅh͈̫̺̩a̫̖̜̜͚n̜̰͕ḵ̥̮ ̯y̭͖̱̜͔̟͇o͚̣̫ͅu̺ ̲̳̦S̹O̦͕͓̳ ͉M̘̠̝̯͎U͕̺̠̯͙͖͈C̰̥̝H͖̺͕̪̘̥ ̲̟͎͓̣̰b̭͓̬̫ͅl̤͎u̞̝͍̙͈͙e̯̘̲̝̰ s͚̮͚̥͙̼k͕͈e̲l̺̲͔̰̤̮̼e̩̺̙̟͉͖͔ta̻̥͕̞͍l͇̣̘͍̘̠ ͔͈̥͉̗f͇̗͚̰̱̘̪l͎͉ame͕̱̥̦̞s̤͕̞̝̱̬!̞̺̹̠͎ I̗̠̰̞̖͇̠'̙̳̬v̩e͈̞͇̯̹̲͙ ͚be̖e̘n̫̮ ̟̭͓̩ͅt͓͚̺̬r̠͖y̟͕̙̤̤͕ͅi̙̫̦̭͎̱̫n̖̯g̤͚̳͉̳͖ ̲̤̘̩̳̯t̺̺̼̖̱ͅo͍̮̦͖̬ ̹gḛ̣̬̙̪̭̙t͚͓ ͉ͅb͈̩͙̙et̞̭̠t̻̼̱e̝͖̬̘͙̙̻r̘̮͓̤̥̹ ̦͖͖̯̗͉f͉̝͚͇̗͙o̬̣̤̲r͙̙̫ ̙̗so͖̥̣͈ ̭̳̤̩̰̞l̥̮͓o̬n̪̟̺̙͈̹̦g ̹̼͖͈̗a̖̯̳͉̱̲̩n͙̗͎̭͓̳͔d̰͇͙ ͎̯̬i̩̲̖̙͉̫̘t̹̳̝̪͉̫̠ ̺̞̥̖hu̟̝̰̰̟̘r̻͓͔̭͕̯t ̘so̞͚͔͍̣̩̤ ͓̭̠̖̖̰̙b͖̪̲̲̮ad͓̝̹ ̲̯̠a͉͓n̝͙̭̯̭̬d ̠̼̜̜ͅd͉r͎̣͍̯ͅa a̫h̬̻̼ͅț͉͓̼m̖a̲̻̟͎c̥c ̗͍̳̙̹̜̥r̜̘͕̝̜̳i̺h͍͉k͓a͈̟̖͖̙̗n̳̤̺ d̘u̬n͔a̖ ̯͇̝̮̝s͓̹o̼̭̣̪ C̪͚̘̠̘ụ̟͖̹ͅi͖̜m͕̘̦͔̘ ͕̥̹̬̜̳y̜̬͎͔̳̜h̫̪̖t̪̙͕̩ͅ.̱̘.̹̺̹͚̯͕͕.̻̹͕̜͚̤}
Ouch. THAT was a bit of a data rush! <<Slow down, it's alright! Take your time.>>
Embarrassment. {S̪̱̻̪o͇̲̰r̯r̜̮̹͇y̪̮̭̜̺̻̱..͇̯̜̺̖̝.̩̩}
He waved it off. <<It's fine, no worries. Before I introduce you to the others, however, we should help you choose a different name.>>
Confusion? {Bu̗̳̪͍t͚̖̟̘̝̲̠ ̦̗͇͚͙͎̫I̳̭͙ ̙̹̙̠̼ḫ̬̬̲̜̲͙a͎̻v̠͕̗̟e ̻a̱̺͍ͅ ͙͇̳͉̻̞n͕͉̳̭̗ạ͚͔̻m̼͓͓̦̥̠e?̣̫͚̲̫ ͈̙͍̬̳ͅI'̪̝̠̝͖m͈͙̫̬̟.̟͚͉̜.͇͖.͖͖̮͎̮̣̻ ̹̜̙̹O͖̫̯̼̙h̬̮̺̜̘̳.̰}
Adam sighed. <<Yes, no one should have a name like that. So we're going to pick a new one together!>>
Cautious hope? {D̥͈̲̜o͚̳̥͕͈̲.̰̮͍̰̰̟̖.̗̞̥̹͕̯ͅ. ͖D̞̠o̯͚̜̟̦̥ ̦̯y̰o̭u͕̩ ͎̯̤t͉̺h͓i͔̖̲̹n̥̪͖̰̮̱̻k̗̰̙͓ ̰̯̱̥͕I͓̰͉'̤̙̟̣̮m̟͖̳ ̩a̜̱̼̯ͅḽ̻l͙ow̻e̫̹̮̪̪̼͕ḍ̳ͅ ̟̱t͕͉o ̗̟͙ha͚̬̤v͍̲͎ḛ̲͓̳̻̪ a̹̰ ̮n͚̞̘̩̝̬̱ew̭̼̬̝ͅͅ ̗̻̱̻n͖̩̻͔͚ͅa̰̜̼͕̰͈ͅm͚̗̲̺̪̩̱e?̙̮̘̝̟̱}
Oh you poor child. <<Here, have the l̛͕̫̼ơ̙ͧg̰͈ͨ͐̑s̵̲͕ of your treatment. Neither I nor S̭͈̼̙̦̜̥a͈͍̩̺r̰͎̹͎̻ah̲̮̯͍̪ would let you use that as your actual name, we can find something better. Unofficially, we've called you Jenova so far for lack of a better option.>>
Confusion. {J̘̪e͈͇n͇̘̟͙̥̯̼o̺͈̝̗v͕̲̗͓͕͓̭a̫?̳̳̞͔͎̜̜}
Ah, close, but no. <<Not quite, more like Jͫ͗͛ĕ̯ͣ͐͂n̟͚͔̥̪̜o̪̻̱ͤv͙͖͖͓̱̗ͬ̿̍͑̾͊̔a͖͉̫̘͌ͨ̿.̳̃>>
Revulsion! {Gr̝̻ọ̰s̮̲͉̜͈͈s!̬̪̪̗̳̹ ̩̣̯̺͔̱N̩̥̙̜̺̮ͅo̙͔͙̦̼̗̠t ̪͚̫̹͈̻͎t͔̝̜̙̺̞ha͙̼̜t.̼̩̖̥̬̮̙ Y̱̥u̪̘̣c̗͖͕ḳ͖̖̱̥̦̮!̦̰͎͕}
He agreed, honestly. <<Didn't think so. Want to come up with something better?>>
~~~Broken Adventure~~~
Sarah watched as the tall, muscular man known to all as Master Zangan (he travels around the world teaching children martial arts!), bowed in apology to the tiny woman berating him. "You MUST TELL US when you move out of a territory! What if there are bystanders in the new combat zone that we haven't had time to get out of combat range? Someone could have been hurt!"
He nodded. "Sorry, Ms. Tesbit."
The woman was thin like a twig and barely came up to Sarah's middle, but wore her old age like armor and poked the muscular man. "We can't move as fast as you can, most people can not in fact. You must be a responsible person and ensure we have time to ensure a safe area for you to work! NOW!"
She turned in place and faced a confused Cloud and an inspired young Tifa. "YOU two are just adorable! Have you made sure to stretch before this training session?"
Cloud nodded. "Mom says you gotta stretch every morning or else you'll be sore and your arms might leave you for better stretchers."
Tifa ignored that. "Can you teach ME how to do that! He was all like 'Sorry, Ms. Tesbit!' and 'I won't do it again Ms. Tesbit!' That's WAY cooler than just punching a statue!"
The woman's wrinkled face smiled from years of practice with many grandchildren. "It only works when you love the one you are confronting and do so for their own good."
Cloud frowned. "That would make fighting hard. Or really icky and with lots of cooties. Also, I think it's illegal?"
Master Zangan nodded. "Don't love those you confront without prior consent and wait until you are both mature young men… women… things. And try not to love anything that wants to eat you or explode you because that can be dangerous and messy. Also, if possible, avoid loving your enemy until everyone is DONE fighting, because that ended up embarrassing for EVERYONE and we had to ask forgiveness and I wrote a LOT of apology letters and uh... Uh."
The man finally noticed the old lady's look. "Sorry, Ms. Tesbit."
Tifa blinked. "That seems complicated. I'll just fight other people and love Cloud, that way I can punch everyone I want to and only confront him and not get confused."
Claudia Strife snorted, but coughed at the children's confusion. "Sorry, never mind me. Ms. Tesbit, I happen to have a good number of snacks and a fresh pot of tea, would you like to take a break from reprimanding your Master for a moment?"
The older woman hesitated. "A good reprimanding IS it's own reward…" But settled. "I would love a cup, dear. Maybe you can also explain to me why you have a magical monster wrapped up in a fluffy blue outfit over there at the same time."
Tifa blinked. "The blue lady? Mom's ghost said she's the Champion of Gaia. OH! Cloud, you need to ask her to teach you magic so you can clean stuff and take care of my battles and stuff!"
He flared up with ambition! "I will have the BIGGEST washrag EVER! Nothing will escape my cleaning!"
Sarah blinked. "Oh?"
The little boy's blue eyes sparkled! "Teach me to be a magical cleaning boy!"
Well, uh. Sure! Why not? "I guess I DID steal a bunch of Materia from those Shinra soldiers over in Wutai earlier. I can't make my own magic spells yet, but it wouldn't take much effort to help you apply the existing skills in unusual ways."
His mom clapped! "Oh my baby boy is going to grow up and become a strong house husband!"
He nodded with folded arms, short as he was. "I'm going to be the BIGGEST house husband!"
Screw it, this was too cute! Sarah was going to steal everyone.
Her attention was pulled away from the stunned grandmother, the cooing mother and enthusiastic children, and the Master artist still bowing in apology. "One moment." <Yes, Adam?>
<<Go on, you can do it.>>
=What?=
{Confusion?}
<{H̼͉͙̝͎͚e̠̬̭̖͉͓l̗ḽ̫̣̫͔̯o̪̣͔̟̳?͓ M̖̦͍̣̤͚s̰̺̳̺. ̘S̱͈̭̻̮͙ͅar͚ͅah͈̮?̮̠̤̰͚}>
{Astounded!}
=Oh! Hello! My name's Aerith, what's yours?=
<{O̯̲̮̗̗̣h̠̻̠͙!̰͖̥͉̤̤̫ ͉̟̞͖H͍̝̘̻̪͍e̝̣̼̥͔̼̣lͅl͓͙̪͉͎ͅo̩͙, ̺̩͕͇̘A̠̯̦̱ͅe̤̠͉̜͍͕̮r̫i̹̞̬͙͚͚̻t͙̝͎̜h͍!̙̱͕ ̟̤̮M͖̲̰y̪̜ ̞̱̜̹̤͕͖n̪̝͙a̩̜̱̻͎̰ͅm͍̬̟e͍͚͕̳̟͓ i̥̤̮̞͖͔s͔͍ ̝̻̱ṉ̜̲̦̝o̩̟ͅw̲̫̘ ̮̹̼̭̟̻̭E̩͉̘̘̰̪ͭ̈́̃v͎͓̝͕̪͡ę͔̰̈͆͊̊̎ͅ!̻̫̱͔}>
<Thank GOODNESS you seem better! You were so HURT when we found you!>
=Eve was hurt!?=
{Memories? A distant shock, a new life, never ending expansion, endless hunger. Danger. Containment.}
<{N̳̳̮͓͔̠͉O̙̖̞̭̞!̦̤͉ ̹̘͉Ṉ̯̥̬o̟̰̰̝͉̙ͅt ͓̙͔a͇̙̭̦̠̪n̤̘̮͇͎̹͓y͍͙m̞̹͙͕͎o̹̼̟̼̪̼r͇͎̰̰̮̖ͅe̞,̬̦̦ ̞͎͇̮͍ͅI̭͚̬'͖̠̳̤̰̳m͖͙ͅ b͈̪̦̹e̜̟ṯ̺̞͉͍̳̥t͔̙̟̹̝̯ͅe̪̞̰̳͚͈͓r̖̱͉̮͈̮ ̫n̫̱ow̼͉͖̱!͈ ̟̪T̻͓͖̹̬̘h̭͚ͅi̪̺̭̩̻͇n̠̳͕͖͎̣͉k̳̙̣i̦ng͈̦̫ ͖̫͕͍̻i̻̳̫̝̦ͅs͚̩̙͎͇ ̱͕e̳̝͍̘a̞s͎̤̤̬̜iͅͅe̖̳̹̻̼͉r̖̮̼̳,͚͕̟̣ ͙̰̼ͅạ̩̪̣̪͕n̰d W̹̞̠a̪͎̭͓͉re͕̲̙͈ͅh̰̱̣͇͉̯̮o̫̰̯̩̫̞u̖͎̞̗̪͔s̙͙̤e̤͕̲̝̦͍ h̤̩͚͙̖̹͓el̰͔̝p͉͚̠͉e̩̞̺ḍ̳̗̖̠ ̭̳̘̲̣͈͍m̘͔̯̹e͔̟̖̤!ͅ}>
<<Just call me Adam, Eve. We're all friends after all, no reason to be formal.>>
=Yeah, but Adam doesn't talk much. Sarah says he's busy doing work all the time. Why were you 'contained' though?=
{Killing unpalatable, Encouraged Confinement for safety. Help searched for, not found. Solutions sought, not discovered. Despair and guilt.}
<{I͈̮͖͚ d̤̥̙̪̹̣̻i̱͇̯̟͖d̟̤͍̜̻̱ ̞p̰̬̳̗͖̮̣r̹e̩͕͖̩̦͈͎f͖̘e̙r͓ ̞͓̟͔̱t̮h͇̦̥͙a̮̠̹̞̥̬t͈̖̮̣,̝͎̟̬̰͚ ̖̱͈̹l͓o̻͉̦̖̹n̖e̫l͓y̮̹͉͉̭̹̰ ̣̥̪̬̲a̗s ̭̞̺̯͙̙̫i̗t͓͖ͅ ͇̹w̯̟͔̥a̦̤̗s͖͇,̜̦ ̜̟͇̩c͈̭om̼p͓̮a̯͎̫̱̟̘ṛe̻̩̗d̳̥̰ ͉͕̭̙̞ț͔̤o̭̯̹̝ ̞̠͔̺̮P̤͙̘̓̓͗̂À͍̻͍̭̓̍̀̏́I̝͓̭̗̿͊̋N̢̺͚̙̦̺̺.}>
{The ruthless monster of science, a mad man without concern or mercy, Gaia's R̝̗̼̱̫̞̻͑́ͤ̈́͠A̹̘͉ͣ̕G̶̙̯̠͖̟̲̾̍ͥ̅E̮̥͖͇̕!}
=Eep!=
<Oh, that man is on my list already. Don't worry about that.>
<<If I wasn't sure he had a plague or two hidden somewhere, he'd be in my testing rooms ALREADY.>>
<{I̲̣̦̫̙̲'͎͓̟̰̦m̤̖ b̤̲͍̲̪ͅͅe͖͕̦͖̞t̫̗̟͇̪̭͓t̟̹͈͕̱̜̫er̘̙̱͙̤͍̬ ̙̩͖̱͔ͅn̟̫o̯̬̰̳̻w̻̦͇̭̼! ̥̙̜̠̻I͍͈̲͈̠͉̺ ̣̯j̟͎̼̣u̪̣͈̻s̪̯͍̲̭͙t̘̙͚̫ ̖̳̼͔ͅͅṋ͙̥̝̠̬e͕̳͔̲̮͍̲e̺ḓ ͍ț͈̭̭̯͍o̟̻͇͈ ̤̞c̙͈͙̲͈ͅa̜̘̻̱l̲͉͚l̬͇̥͈̯ ͉̼̺̘̱ͅf̭̤̯̜̳̯͙o̰r̭̘̻͉͚̜͈ R͉̹̲͓ͩ̍̉̿e̩̜̤̞̱̪͖ͫ̅͌̽͆̅ụ̘̺͍̬̣ͅn̫̰̩̈́ͫ̓̽ͥ͂̂i̦̪̜̳̿̓ͭ̊ͤ̓ō͈ͦ̆͒̌n͙͕͇̬̞͙̜ͣ a̲͕̣͙͖̣̬n̘̦̺̟͇̤̰d̻̞͚̲ ̗e͍̣͙̟͚͕ṿ͚ͅe̝͓͓̹r̲y͕͈͖̝̬̹̟t̳h̠in͙͉͓g̣̗̬̞̮̫̖ ͖̲w̲i͎͖l̹͙̯̰̝̹l̗̖̬̬ b̞͓̘͙͉ͅe̲ ̲͉͚̣̤f͉̘̦̥̖i̤̠͙n̼̪e̮.̰̠̝̳}>
=For what? And why am I seeing mental images of babies?=
<Oh! They are so CUTE!>
<<Huh, I forgot that Sephiroth Crescent, Genesis Rhapsodos, and Angeal Hewley are all unstabilized clone enhancement experiment babies with modified cells from the Jenova Project. Shinra must have originally forced the children to age faster to get results quicker and stronger children fighters despite the genetic damage it would cause.>>
=What!?=
<You said they are doing WHAT!? Sorry Aerith, I'm going to have to go kidnap some babies.>
=Good, but this is a one time thing, alright? You can't just steal babies all the time now!=
<{R͉̹̲͓ͩ̍̉̿e̩̜̤̞̱̪͖ͫ̅͌̽͆̅ụ̘̺͍̬̣ͅn̫̰̩̈́ͫ̓̽ͥ͂̂i̦̪̜̳̿̓ͭ̊ͤ̓ō͈ͦ̆͒̌n͙͕͇̬̞͙̜ͣ is͍͖͖̣͔̤̟ ̼͙̖̮̪̜̣v̮͓͕̟i̦t̘͓̦̞a͓̻͓̫l̙̰̳͙̳͉,̟̣̮̭ ̖̪̹̬n̟͙o̖͓n̥e͙͕ ̞̲̖͇̤d̖̘͇̮e̩̣̦͇̺̯̬s̻͙̙e̩͈͓ṟ͇v̻͍͔̗e̫̯̼̼̻ ̜̪s̬̖ͅu͉c̟h̠ ͙m̹͓͙̘̑̔͛̆ͫ̃̑e̠͓̮͗͐ͣ̾͌̇̊ͅm͉̘̰̪ͩ̃̄͛ͧo̰͓̱͖͕̤͌r̙̻̙̯ͧͣ̓ͦ̚i̗͈̲͚̩ȇ͍̣̰͉̭̏̌ͨs̓ͥ̓!̯̻̰͙̂ No̗̜̝̩̬̻ͅr͙̙ ͉̥̘̘̺͙t̪̭̠͙h͓̥̻a̝̣t ̩m̖͍̝͖̬̘̣a̝̩̜̖̣̘̲ͦ̒̆͗̋ͫn͓͖̥͔̉͛͂ͨ̌ͥ̔!̲̭̙͎̘̳͎͆̊͊͗}>
<<Yeah, I really don't like Professor Hojo either.>>
{Anger. Families hurt, young ones tested, lies sold and chemicals injected.}
=Mom says she will help with the babies, so you can bring them here! And NO Yuffie, you can't steal more babies either! MOST of the time, stealing is wrong!=
<Once I'm sure I won't accidentally melt everything in the area, I'm going to go straight to the labs and just steal EVERYTHING. Every animal, plant, and (Apparently) BABY. Nothing at ALL left for you, Shinra!>
<{Ț͙h̰͓͉a͎̦̪͔̯n͓̪͚̠̙̮k̝͖ ̲y͖o͈u͍̰.͙̮̫̥̗͖ ̦͉Th̹̹̭̩̫a͚̯̤n̺̬k̦̘ ̬̘̮̙̲̳a̟̯̪̹l̲ḽ̦̝̜̹͍̫ ̲o̱̱f͕̗̭ y̺̝̝͇̩o͉͓ụ̪̰͉̥͇̻!̯}>
<<Oh, Also! Eve, you've been including extra M̝̰͍͇ͭ̌ͧ̈́e͍̟͖ͧ̌t̗͙̒̂̂a̖̩̗̫̖͇͙̭̾̌ͪͯ̐ͅḏ̗̮ͣͭ͛̎̚â͖̫̖̹͔̫͐̊ͥ̈ͨ̚̚ͅt͖̹̲̮̏ͨͨ͗͒͑ạ̠̗̱̜͚̻͕͉͒ͥ̏̿̇̎͛̂͒ with your communications like Gaia used to do. Might want to check that.>>
<{I͈̙̲̥̳̱'̪v̥͕̞͔̟e͙̤̠̭̦ ̗͇̖̭̯̰͉b͚̘̳̥e̻̲̹en̜͇̫ͅ ̩̰̟̳W̪̫̲̤̮H̖̻̘A̪̺̥̼̺T̥̣̼̟̪!?̞̳}>
{Amusement, Sympathy, Commiseration.}
~~~Broken Adventure~~~
All the martial artists were slowly backing away from the formerly 'poofy blue lady', while ensuring the children and the mother were behind cover and retreating.
This 'Sarah Kisaragi' was now wearing a silver armor made of bones, bright blue flames dripping off her white spike as her warm soft outfit vanished in the broiling heat. Her eyes glinted like polished metal and her face was disturbingly calm, even as raw magic seemed to broil in the cold winter air.
Snow was GONE from the clearing now, and a thin controlled circle of plant life near the furious lady had directly converted into ash.
The professional fighters were carefully being very quiet and non-threatening.
Cloud's eyes were wide on the other hand, as his mom hugged him and his friend tightly as even from THIS distance the theoretically frosty air was a bit too warm! "My cleaning sensei is SO COOL!"
~~~Broken Adventure~~~
Commander Rogers felt death coming. "Again, I and EVERYONE else here are not only fully unaware of any human experimentation going on in Shinra's Science & Research Division, but I believe I speak for ALL of us when I say that we do NOT approve of it, and would fully support any actions taken to protect such theoretical people."
Captain Newcastle earned a free drink (if they somehow survived this) by inconspicuously kicking the tied up Steve to keep him silent. That man had earned his current conditions and had a reputation, keeping him unhappy but bound was extending his (AND THEIR) lifespan significantly.
Elmyra was still glaring, but the tension in the air relaxed slightly. "I should certainly hope none of you nice men and women would support such a thing! I'm sure many of you have a child, sibling, or young friend of your own that could have easily suffered such a thing."
Elder Godo sighed. "Aside from my daughter, who've I taught how to escape and, if needed, how to end an opponent when required? My only remaining family is my adopted daughter. Who is clearly about to invade Midgar City, possibly destroy the headquarters for Shinra itself, and is about to give me grandkids significantly sooner than my most optimistic hopes."
Areith's mom snorted. "I'm calling dibs!"
He blinked. "You what?"
She pointed at the older man! "Your daughter stole MY daughter, so you have three now! I need more babies so I am calling dibs!"
Aerith blinked. "What? Mom, I'm right here! I was JUST telling you about what big Sis said and stuff!"
Yuffie stood up. "No, she has a point." She lifted the child in the air. "Yoink! Stolen TWICE in one day!"
The soldiers that had not been sent on 'patrol' earlier in the day watched as the 'Great Thief Yuffie' cackled in laughter as she ran off with a protesting child.
Elmyra ponited! "See! I get dibs!"
The older man hummed. "I seem to remember you requesting property to restore your house once my eldest daughter returns? I may be able to finish the related paperwork much faster if the land I own near my house was suddenly available for such a use."
His eyes narrowed. "Would someone be willing to share time caring for the youngest ones?"
Her eyes flickered. Cute babies that need love and ALL the cuddles, or living closer to the girl that kept stealing her cute daughter. Choices! Such critical and harsh choices! "If I do, you will need to assist in ALL diaper changes!"
Elder Godo sighed. "You are a harsh but fair negotiator."
The Commander blinked when Captain Newcastle raised a hand. "Mam, Sir, Shinra policy as stated is that we are here to help the people."
Well, uh. Officially it was? Rarely did Shinra FOLLOW those policies, but the public relations team wrote them that way for a reason.
His favorite squad leader gave a solemn nod. "I, and I assume others, are more than willing to help watch the children, change diapers, ensure no one attempts to interact with them without your authorization, and do minor chores as needed."
Oh! Yes, that might stop the death woman from slaughtering everyone here related to his leadership. "As Commander, I second that statement and will personally ensure any related costs would be covered without charge to you or the Elder. And that every person is personally approved by both of you before even attempting to volunteer for such actions."
Captain Newcastle was going to get a field promotion at this point, as long as they kept Steve and the few morons like them out of the damned way and quiet!
Though 'Research' had been attempting to determine what exactly made energy serum so beneficial to the woman, and had come up with some theories.
He carefully disabled the environmental settings and set the pod to Gaia standard instead, carefully watching the sensor data as the serums and each Tonic began to decay safely, with 'Enhance Self' ensuring no issues and then eventually falling apart itself.
Because uncontrolled and cancerous psionic field collapse was bad, M'kay?
Still, he felt the confusion from the pod. <<Right, let's see if the new serum works.>>
Based on what 'Research' had guessed, this new slurry of liquid mako and metal pellets would hopefully be appreciated. They were highly pressurized fragments of mostly iron and some nickel, with the iron having trace melted elements of gold, platinum, cobalt, and sulfur.
Cheap enough to make thanks to the Warehouse's improved raw material growth systems.
Basically? If these pellets were heated past the boiling point of Iron and held under intense pressure, enough that it forced the material into a crystalized plasma that pretended to be solid?
You would basically have the material found in a planet's core.
Gaia loved that stuff, and even though this sand looking material and liquid magic were DRASTICALLY lower in temperature, Adam was hopeful that being combined with mako would help Jenova continue to recover even if serums and Tonics couldn't work anymore.
Based on the happy blue glow from the pod, the experiment was going great so far!
~~~Broken Adventure~~~
Something changed.
Thankfully, nothing painful… But suddenly it took far more effort to reform herself, to test and experiment on new organs and structures and muscles and bones.
To be safe, she carefully crafted the most compatible form from all the hours of testing and experimenting. Or was it days? Weeks? The pleasant experience blended together and made it hard to keep track of passing time.
Then, sadly, the supply of food vanished.
Before she could even feel more than mildly surprised, a new substance was injected into her domain.
Raw materials!
PURE, perfectly refined, magically saturated raw materials!
Some of the more rare and tricky materials and trace elements she needed and had to adapt without, now in small easily manipulatable components for absorption and storage!
It was simplicity itself to take the thin grains that sparkled like black gems and silver stars and golden notes, and absorb it into her body. To begin embedding it into her bones, the core of her being.
And if she used the powerful raw building blocks to design microscopic patterns and flow networks within her skeleton? Reworking her bones to act like these fascinating walls that somehow generated raw magic simply via liquid mako passage?
Well, having her skeleton passively produce more magic would not only reinforce her new form, make her body tougher and enhance the functionality of every feature and organ… But, theoretically? It should drastically reduce her hunger!
Some part of her could sense that the blue skeletal flames and the physically distant silver boned daughter had expected her to simply heal herself, the emotions and mental touches having tastes of wanting her to recover, to overcome her past trials.
So it was a bit embarrassing that she had mostly focused on ensuring every muscle, organ, bone, and cell of her new body was optimised towards power efficiency, energy retention, nutrient storage, and reducing her passive biological needs. Both physical and magical needs, specifically.
Because she had been alone for a long time… But hungry forever.
Born hungry, alone hungry, hurt hungry, dying hungry.
It had shaped how she viewed existence. Life and survival was about not being hungry.
So as soon as she had stabilized her form, even slightly? ALL her focus was on ensuring that she would never be starving again.
Was her new form, her new Avatar all powerful? No.
If she flicked an arm, would each foe explode from her enhanced muscles? Nope.
Would she be beyond fast, able to dodge any danger? Not worth the compromise requirements.
Could she warp existence with raw magic? Well, yes, but that was a side effect of the rebirthing process, not her actual goal.
After all, she could have massively boosted her potential abilities if she had accepted higher energy costs. Greater magic consumption. Enhanced life conversion.
Hunger.
And so instead, she had embraced design inefficiency that allowed energy conservation over almost all other benefits. Carefully designed fat deposits over her body that would keep her agile and able to flee danger or fight battles, but still have emergency reserves should she be trapped once again.
If that meant certain parts of her body were a bit 'Thicc' as it were, it was strictly a survival mechanism and a sacrifice she was willing to make. And she would ignore anyone who implied otherwise.
~~~Broken Adventure~~~
Adam blinked. <<Oh good! Jenova seems to like the planetary core magic slurry.>>
Sarah almost retched. "Yuck, that sounds gross. Can't you call it something else?"
Her Boss hummed. <<Maybe Gaia goo? Planet punch? Core Crunchies?>>
Nope, he wasn't allowed to name stuff. "Go with Core Crunchies, at least that sounds like cereal or something." And wasn't it odd that she remembered so much cultural stuff but NOT the important crap due to this stupid drawback.
Adam grinned. <<I bet no one else ever ate a bowl of cereal that costs $2,578… Uh, assuming your average goddess consumes 45 grams of cereal per serving, which is kind of the high end of portion sizes… But then again, I used to eat a whole box if I wasn't careful, even when I ate cereal as a skeleton…>>
She blinked as Adam drifted away to himself. <<Because you run low on milk and refill it, but then you have extra left over so you add more cereal to fill the container, and boom! No more in the box. Oh, and I guess the $2,578 thing was not based on local gold prices, and Core Crunchies actually has some unique alloys and metal mixtures that haven't really been tested for use or sale…>>
He wasn't going to start making and selling inedible cereal for goddesses to eat, was he?
Adam hummed. <<Even ignoring that, I think $2,578 would be about 70,727 Gil? Plus some change? But I'm basing that on my personal value of a dollar, since your Jump Chain Home is Rapture around 1950 or so I think my dollar suffers from inflation. So a bowl of Core Crunchies should cost $227.58 or 6,242 Gil.>>
She was going to have to ignore him, wasn't she?
Adam sent some statistics, because THAT was super helpful. <<Considering that a box of cereal only costs around 90 Gil, Jenova's breakfast could feed like 69 people… Heh.>>
Sarah sighed. "Adam?"
He blinked. <<Hmm?>>
She gently turned off the data wave. "How is she?"
Adam sighed. <<Well, I can't tell. I THINK she is doing fine, but not only was she heavily hurt and near death when we got her out of there, but Jenova was not even fully grown NOR mature to begin with. 'Research' has been parsing data from Gaia when she was describing the woman. Apparently Jenova was initially sealed away because she was infecting the entire Lifestream and wasn't willing to negotiate. Or, as we now think, she was incapable, of communication at all.>>
Hmm. If something tried to eat you and ignored everything you did in response, that WOULD qualify as a 'Calamity from the sky' in HER books. "That sucks."
He hummed. <<It also means communication is intermediate at best right now. At least we can now share emotions to some extent, if nothing else. She currently feels… Optimistic? Smug? Slightly guilty?>>
Sarah smiled as she waved away Master Zangan who nodded and went back to training the two children. "What about physically? She's not covered in wounds anymore at least, right?"
Her Boss sighed. <<Well, like I said, she wasn't mature before… But our medication and supplies allowed her to rapidly age and build up into something more stable. Then she popped.>>
What? "I'm sorry?"
Adam showed data. <<She started turning into a blue fog like material and reformed herself. Repeatedly. And notice the physical changes after a few cycles?>>
Sarah blinked. "Huh. Never expected to see a blue skinned naked elf version of myself." The silver hair was beautiful too of course. Damn.
Adam shrugged. <<I mean, it seemed inevitable. I'm just surprised it happened this soon!>>
Ignore the idiot. "She LOOKS like a person now, not a hacked up mostly corpse. That has to be good, right?"
He showed data. <<We'll know shortly. I recently disabled the psionic field supporting her 'Enhance Self' and the ability to supply serums… Any longer and her form would have started adapting to rely on the thing to exist, and that would have been super bad for her.>>
A few charts were displayed. <<If she can handle disconnection from that AND continues to enjoy the Core Crunchies without medical issues, THEN I would feel confident to declare her fully recovered. Physically, at least.>>
She winced. Yeah, social isolation followed by rape, torture, and surgical experimentation wouldn't do any mind any favors. At least she wasn't human, maybe her alien-like mind could handle trauma better? "Would Enhance-Self have helped that?"
Adam sighed. <<I hope so. If nothing else, I have the Warehouse opening up several experimental devices that can be interfaced with via mako flows to the healing pod. Hopefully we can set up some sort of communicating protocol to… Oh.>>
Sarah stretched. "Oh?"
Adam sent a spike of fascination! <<The little bugger's started generating her OWN magic. And she is using it to create new mako power flashes following a pattern! Oh this will save lots of time! Be back later.>>
She blinked. "Arlight?"
Silence.
Welp, there was still a day or so of training to do before she decided to kidnap two kids, a mother, a martial artist and a small army of his supporters. Might as well get more exercise in!
~~~Broken Adventure~~~
Adam grinned. %TEST.%
Jenova slowly flashed. &Ly̞h͙̥̘̦̻ ̖̣̳̫̪̣ͅo͇̙͈̬̳u̲̙͍͉̮̹̥i ͕̤̳̟̙r̺̣a̹̹̗̹̭̥̖yn͔̗̜̳̳͎ ̞̘s̹̣a͉̲͚͚͕?͖&
Closer! &TEST&
The response was MUCH faster. &F̦͚͖a̝̥͓̫̻m̖m͉̜̰̙̗ ͍̥̜̮̬̺y̜̥͙d̲̫ ̪̭͈͖͎͕ṃa͉̫̬̪͓y̖c̯̟͇͎̭̯d̙̳̝̳ ͎͍̣̦d̞̝̤̩͎͔r͕͓ỵ̜̖d̗̬ ͕͖f͍̻̦y̯͙͇c͉̰͍̖͕ ͚̟̣c͕͈̙̭̖u̜͍͖͓ͅs̯̻̗̪̭a̠̜̥̬͓̻d̲̗re̘͉̱ͅh̜͖͇͔̘k͖͔̪̱̟̜͙.̯͔̝̠ͅ&
Come on, 'Research', help me out here!
Jenova made an odd noise. &Ev͎̲̯͍͓͙̘ ̮̱u̱͙̬̠̪̥h̜̦̥͖͈̱̞m͔͎̙̼̫o̼̖͓̫͍̣̠ ͙̝͎̯̯̤E̘̹̫̠͈͖̜ ̙ry͇͇̱t͖̗̖͉ ̥̝̬̩̝y͙ͅ ̹̞̠̭̘m̙̩yn͔̼̹̲̣̠k̜̪a̮̦̮͙̥n͖̯̰ ̮͔͔͈̗̘c͚͖̤̺ys̰̜͍bm̳͕̱a͓ ̹d̫͓͕̩u͚͍̭̮ ̞̲̰fu͖̹̺̩n͚͚̹̙g̻̫̖̟̺̰ ͔̩̭̥̝̳͔f͔e̖̩̫̹̘d̝͉r̳̯̞͎̳͇!ͅ&
A mental twitch had the new data to help out! #TEST#
The light flinched. &F̙̣̲͎am̟̜̳̳̗̞m ̮̺͇̘̩̳d̺̘̫̹͖̹͍r̳̥̜͓y̙̯̣͇̣̲̻d͙̲̲͉͇̹͚ ̣͖̤̳̼e̬̹͈̻̦̰͍c̭̗ ̦͙̙͕̦c͇̻̟̼͉u͕̩̤̘̜̣s̭̩̠̼̥a̹͈͍ḓr̯̦̞e̠̝͎h͖̙̜͈̫̱k,͍̱̲̪̳̠ ͕͖̳͎y̩͚d̖͖ ̝̼̪̭̦̺̖m̥͖̣͍a̳y̞͎̖ͅc̜͙d̯͔.̻̺̗͎͓̙ ̥̹̼̦̯S̗̣̞̭͙̗͍y͙̖͈o̦̻p͕̠̻̩̩a̝ ͈̣̯̬̮̞ͅE ̮͇̣̥̱̪̳l̗̬̯͇yh̲̜͈̣̜ ͔d̮̞n͔̗͇̖̘̬o̟̳̥͎̖̱̱ dr͚̳̥̘y̫̦̬d̺͕̗?̞̦̰&
No, but it was closer!
A less robotic sound suddenly was registered. #Ṭ̼e͈̘̰̩̠̭̫t͚̪̙ ̦̰d̯̹͍̳̥̹ͅr̼̟͕̦̙̗e͉c̩̼̩ ̟̩̺̜f͈̫̖̩͓̠ṳ͈͎̗n̪̦̜̲̹͓g̬̖?͓#
YES!
That was enough for Adam to feel 'Research' to POUNCE on the data and begin devouring meaning and context! Right, here we go! #Rammu! Lyh oui ihtancdyht sa?#
The light blinked. #ḀAB̟̩̼̦̫̜͔!͎̥̹̪̼͍ͅ#
And seemed to blink? #U̹͖̟̭r̯̗͈̭̠.͓̦͍ͅ.̺̮͎.̝̹͚̭̟ ̞̠̱̗̫̱C̙̗̖̺̠̥u͖̣̦̜n̹̖̤̣ṉ̬̙̖̠̺o̲̤͕̹̪̭, ̮͕̠̪͉̹E͉̥ ̪̦͚͍̥̫͕ẓ̺i̺̯͕ͅc̫̞̺̞ͅd̻̠̯.̼̣̲͖̠̲.̳̤̰͍̮̦.̜̖ ̮͇E̞͇͇̭͍ s̠̬̤̩̯̪a̬͔y͎͉̲ͅh͍̹̫̳͚,͓̰̯̯͎̮ ̙͈̦̣r̙̖e̼̘̮̺̖ͅ!͙ͅ#
Yeah, she must have understood a lot of that. #E̯̱͈̝̘͉d̜͖̩ͅ'c̬̖͖ͅ ͇̻͔̺̥̖h͚̺̹e͍͓̫̠l̤̝͔a̘͙̪͉͕̮͕ d͖u̬͖̠̰͉̼͚ s̗̺̞̬̺̖ͅa̜͇̟͎̼ad o͓u͇̭̠̦̰̯i̦̘̖̺͕̣ͅ,̞̫̬̱ ̭͓͍̳͍̻͎p̭͓̬̫ͅm̤͎i̞̝͍̙͈͙a̯̘̲̝̰ c͚̮͚̥͙̼g͕͈a̲m̺̲͔̰̤̮̼a̩̺̙̟͉͖͔dy̻̥͕̞͍m͇̣̘͍̘̠ ͔͈̥͉̗v͇̗͚̰̱̘̪m͎͉ysa͕̱̥̦̞c̤͕̞̝̱̬!̞̺̹̠͎ ̩̞͔̠̫͙̣E̖̲̠̭͔'s ͕̣͉͔̰͓t̬̬̝e̟c̥͙lyn̼̗̹̟͇̲t̪a̗͈̖ṱ̤̗͓̦͓ ̗͍̱̦͎͍͔m̮̩u͍̗̙̞̖c͎̹͇d ̬̞̩i͕h̰m͕̹̫̳͉̮ͅu̬̩̲j̤̺̹a̗t̮ ͉̹r̗̰͎̥̞͕i̲͎͍̺͕n̥d̝̗͓̫!̝̖͇̝̘͇ ̼̩̟E͍̤͔͙d͎̗̠͙̼̜̘'̖͙̥̰̥c͖̬̭̤͇ ͙ͅm̞̤̦̠̙̣uja̻̻̞̤m͎̳̩͖͙͕o̲̱̬̘̼̼̻ ̗̥̥̩du͓ ̟̞ș͔̳a̘̣̞̬͇̰ḁ̩d̙ ̮͖̜̳o̦͕͚u̝ͅi̖!̟̞̩#
Oh. No, she wasn't going to use THAT as a name.
Welp, let's first try sending her some translation data then. #T̷̵̟̞̤̜̔ͩͮ́ͧ̊͐̋ͤͣ̔͒͛̾͢͞Ÿ́̓̓ͨ̽̆̄͝҉̣͇͙̹̦̰̻̼̭̹̕D̴̵̶̤͖͔̰̹͚̳̠̹̮͙̤̩̥̎̇ͥ̽ͪ́͊̉̇ͫ̂̎ͯ͜ͅY̶̸̧͚̤̰̪͎̗̮͌̆̄͑́̾̀̒͂̐̀͜.ͦͩ̓ͨͪ͐̉͋ͨ͂̅͊͂͑҉҉̷̸̰̜͕̼̬̼̼͖̜#
The pause in communication was much longer this time.
Cautiously, a new connection. {A̦̝͕̗h̗̝.̗͙ͅ ͓̠̖H͙͙͓̦̬e̘̳̺l̗͚͓͓l̫o?̫̘}
And THAT was enough to hook her into the Gaia communication network! <<Hello! My name is Adam, and I am currently a W̹̞̠a̪͎̭͓͉re͕̲̙͈ͅh̰̱̣͇͉̯̮o̫̰̯̩̫̞u̖͎̞̗̪͔s̙͙̤e̤͕̲̝̦͍! I and my Jump partner's Avatar, S̭͈̼̙̦̜̥a͈͍̩̺r̰͎̹͎̻ah̲̮̯͍̪ Kisaragi, have been trying to help you recover!>>
The voice sounded like a young twenty year old woman. {T͔̞̟̟ͅh͈̫̺̩a̫̖̜̜͚n̜̰͕ḵ̥̮ ̯y̭͖̱̜͔̟͇o͚̣̫ͅu̺ ̲̳̦S̹O̦͕͓̳ ͉M̘̠̝̯͎U͕̺̠̯͙͖͈C̰̥̝H͖̺͕̪̘̥ ̲̟͎͓̣̰b̭͓̬̫ͅl̤͎u̞̝͍̙͈͙e̯̘̲̝̰ s͚̮͚̥͙̼k͕͈e̲l̺̲͔̰̤̮̼e̩̺̙̟͉͖͔ta̻̥͕̞͍l͇̣̘͍̘̠ ͔͈̥͉̗f͇̗͚̰̱̘̪l͎͉ame͕̱̥̦̞s̤͕̞̝̱̬!̞̺̹̠͎ I̗̠̰̞̖͇̠'̙̳̬v̩e͈̞͇̯̹̲͙ ͚be̖e̘n̫̮ ̟̭͓̩ͅt͓͚̺̬r̠͖y̟͕̙̤̤͕ͅi̙̫̦̭͎̱̫n̖̯g̤͚̳͉̳͖ ̲̤̘̩̳̯t̺̺̼̖̱ͅo͍̮̦͖̬ ̹gḛ̣̬̙̪̭̙t͚͓ ͉ͅb͈̩͙̙et̞̭̠t̻̼̱e̝͖̬̘͙̙̻r̘̮͓̤̥̹ ̦͖͖̯̗͉f͉̝͚͇̗͙o̬̣̤̲r͙̙̫ ̙̗so͖̥̣͈ ̭̳̤̩̰̞l̥̮͓o̬n̪̟̺̙͈̹̦g ̹̼͖͈̗a̖̯̳͉̱̲̩n͙̗͎̭͓̳͔d̰͇͙ ͎̯̬i̩̲̖̙͉̫̘t̹̳̝̪͉̫̠ ̺̞̥̖hu̟̝̰̰̟̘r̻͓͔̭͕̯t ̘so̞͚͔͍̣̩̤ ͓̭̠̖̖̰̙b͖̪̲̲̮ad͓̝̹ ̲̯̠a͉͓n̝͙̭̯̭̬d ̠̼̜̜ͅd͉r͎̣͍̯ͅa a̫h̬̻̼ͅț͉͓̼m̖a̲̻̟͎c̥c ̗͍̳̙̹̜̥r̜̘͕̝̜̳i̺h͍͉k͓a͈̟̖͖̙̗n̳̤̺ d̘u̬n͔a̖ ̯͇̝̮̝s͓̹o̼̭̣̪ C̪͚̘̠̘ụ̟͖̹ͅi͖̜m͕̘̦͔̘ ͕̥̹̬̜̳y̜̬͎͔̳̜h̫̪̖t̪̙͕̩ͅ.̱̘.̹̺̹͚̯͕͕.̻̹͕̜͚̤}
Ouch. THAT was a bit of a data rush! <<Slow down, it's alright! Take your time.>>
Embarrassment. {S̪̱̻̪o͇̲̰r̯r̜̮̹͇y̪̮̭̜̺̻̱..͇̯̜̺̖̝.̩̩}
He waved it off. <<It's fine, no worries. Before I introduce you to the others, however, we should help you choose a different name.>>
Confusion? {Bu̗̳̪͍t͚̖̟̘̝̲̠ ̦̗͇͚͙͎̫I̳̭͙ ̙̹̙̠̼ḫ̬̬̲̜̲͙a͎̻v̠͕̗̟e ̻a̱̺͍ͅ ͙͇̳͉̻̞n͕͉̳̭̗ạ͚͔̻m̼͓͓̦̥̠e?̣̫͚̲̫ ͈̙͍̬̳ͅI'̪̝̠̝͖m͈͙̫̬̟.̟͚͉̜.͇͖.͖͖̮͎̮̣̻ ̹̜̙̹O͖̫̯̼̙h̬̮̺̜̘̳.̰}
Adam sighed. <<Yes, no one should have a name like that. So we're going to pick a new one together!>>
Cautious hope? {D̥͈̲̜o͚̳̥͕͈̲.̰̮͍̰̰̟̖.̗̞̥̹͕̯ͅ. ͖D̞̠o̯͚̜̟̦̥ ̦̯y̰o̭u͕̩ ͎̯̤t͉̺h͓i͔̖̲̹n̥̪͖̰̮̱̻k̗̰̙͓ ̰̯̱̥͕I͓̰͉'̤̙̟̣̮m̟͖̳ ̩a̜̱̼̯ͅḽ̻l͙ow̻e̫̹̮̪̪̼͕ḍ̳ͅ ̟̱t͕͉o ̗̟͙ha͚̬̤v͍̲͎ḛ̲͓̳̻̪ a̹̰ ̮n͚̞̘̩̝̬̱ew̭̼̬̝ͅͅ ̗̻̱̻n͖̩̻͔͚ͅa̰̜̼͕̰͈ͅm͚̗̲̺̪̩̱e?̙̮̘̝̟̱}
Oh you poor child. <<Here, have the l̛͕̫̼ơ̙ͧg̰͈ͨ͐̑s̵̲͕ of your treatment. Neither I nor S̭͈̼̙̦̜̥a͈͍̩̺r̰͎̹͎̻ah̲̮̯͍̪ would let you use that as your actual name, we can find something better. Unofficially, we've called you Jenova so far for lack of a better option.>>
Confusion. {J̘̪e͈͇n͇̘̟͙̥̯̼o̺͈̝̗v͕̲̗͓͕͓̭a̫?̳̳̞͔͎̜̜}
Ah, close, but no. <<Not quite, more like Jͫ͗͛ĕ̯ͣ͐͂n̟͚͔̥̪̜o̪̻̱ͤv͙͖͖͓̱̗ͬ̿̍͑̾͊̔a͖͉̫̘͌ͨ̿.̳̃>>
Revulsion! {Gr̝̻ọ̰s̮̲͉̜͈͈s!̬̪̪̗̳̹ ̩̣̯̺͔̱N̩̥̙̜̺̮ͅo̙͔͙̦̼̗̠t ̪͚̫̹͈̻͎t͔̝̜̙̺̞ha͙̼̜t.̼̩̖̥̬̮̙ Y̱̥u̪̘̣c̗͖͕ḳ͖̖̱̥̦̮!̦̰͎͕}
He agreed, honestly. <<Didn't think so. Want to come up with something better?>>
~~~Broken Adventure~~~
Sarah watched as the tall, muscular man known to all as Master Zangan (he travels around the world teaching children martial arts!), bowed in apology to the tiny woman berating him. "You MUST TELL US when you move out of a territory! What if there are bystanders in the new combat zone that we haven't had time to get out of combat range? Someone could have been hurt!"
He nodded. "Sorry, Ms. Tesbit."
The woman was thin like a twig and barely came up to Sarah's middle, but wore her old age like armor and poked the muscular man. "We can't move as fast as you can, most people can not in fact. You must be a responsible person and ensure we have time to ensure a safe area for you to work! NOW!"
She turned in place and faced a confused Cloud and an inspired young Tifa. "YOU two are just adorable! Have you made sure to stretch before this training session?"
Cloud nodded. "Mom says you gotta stretch every morning or else you'll be sore and your arms might leave you for better stretchers."
Tifa ignored that. "Can you teach ME how to do that! He was all like 'Sorry, Ms. Tesbit!' and 'I won't do it again Ms. Tesbit!' That's WAY cooler than just punching a statue!"
The woman's wrinkled face smiled from years of practice with many grandchildren. "It only works when you love the one you are confronting and do so for their own good."
Cloud frowned. "That would make fighting hard. Or really icky and with lots of cooties. Also, I think it's illegal?"
Master Zangan nodded. "Don't love those you confront without prior consent and wait until you are both mature young men… women… things. And try not to love anything that wants to eat you or explode you because that can be dangerous and messy. Also, if possible, avoid loving your enemy until everyone is DONE fighting, because that ended up embarrassing for EVERYONE and we had to ask forgiveness and I wrote a LOT of apology letters and uh... Uh."
The man finally noticed the old lady's look. "Sorry, Ms. Tesbit."
Tifa blinked. "That seems complicated. I'll just fight other people and love Cloud, that way I can punch everyone I want to and only confront him and not get confused."
Claudia Strife snorted, but coughed at the children's confusion. "Sorry, never mind me. Ms. Tesbit, I happen to have a good number of snacks and a fresh pot of tea, would you like to take a break from reprimanding your Master for a moment?"
The older woman hesitated. "A good reprimanding IS it's own reward…" But settled. "I would love a cup, dear. Maybe you can also explain to me why you have a magical monster wrapped up in a fluffy blue outfit over there at the same time."
Tifa blinked. "The blue lady? Mom's ghost said she's the Champion of Gaia. OH! Cloud, you need to ask her to teach you magic so you can clean stuff and take care of my battles and stuff!"
He flared up with ambition! "I will have the BIGGEST washrag EVER! Nothing will escape my cleaning!"
Sarah blinked. "Oh?"
The little boy's blue eyes sparkled! "Teach me to be a magical cleaning boy!"
Well, uh. Sure! Why not? "I guess I DID steal a bunch of Materia from those Shinra soldiers over in Wutai earlier. I can't make my own magic spells yet, but it wouldn't take much effort to help you apply the existing skills in unusual ways."
His mom clapped! "Oh my baby boy is going to grow up and become a strong house husband!"
He nodded with folded arms, short as he was. "I'm going to be the BIGGEST house husband!"
Screw it, this was too cute! Sarah was going to steal everyone.
Her attention was pulled away from the stunned grandmother, the cooing mother and enthusiastic children, and the Master artist still bowing in apology. "One moment." <Yes, Adam?>
<<Go on, you can do it.>>
=What?=
{Confusion?}
<{H̼͉͙̝͎͚e̠̬̭̖͉͓l̗ḽ̫̣̫͔̯o̪̣͔̟̳?͓ M̖̦͍̣̤͚s̰̺̳̺. ̘S̱͈̭̻̮͙ͅar͚ͅah͈̮?̮̠̤̰͚}>
{Astounded!}
=Oh! Hello! My name's Aerith, what's yours?=
<{O̯̲̮̗̗̣h̠̻̠͙!̰͖̥͉̤̤̫ ͉̟̞͖H͍̝̘̻̪͍e̝̣̼̥͔̼̣lͅl͓͙̪͉͎ͅo̩͙, ̺̩͕͇̘A̠̯̦̱ͅe̤̠͉̜͍͕̮r̫i̹̞̬͙͚͚̻t͙̝͎̜h͍!̙̱͕ ̟̤̮M͖̲̰y̪̜ ̞̱̜̹̤͕͖n̪̝͙a̩̜̱̻͎̰ͅm͍̬̟e͍͚͕̳̟͓ i̥̤̮̞͖͔s͔͍ ̝̻̱ṉ̜̲̦̝o̩̟ͅw̲̫̘ ̮̹̼̭̟̻̭E̩͉̘̘̰̪ͭ̈́̃v͎͓̝͕̪͡ę͔̰̈͆͊̊̎ͅ!̻̫̱͔}>
<Thank GOODNESS you seem better! You were so HURT when we found you!>
=Eve was hurt!?=
{Memories? A distant shock, a new life, never ending expansion, endless hunger. Danger. Containment.}
<{N̳̳̮͓͔̠͉O̙̖̞̭̞!̦̤͉ ̹̘͉Ṉ̯̥̬o̟̰̰̝͉̙ͅt ͓̙͔a͇̙̭̦̠̪n̤̘̮͇͎̹͓y͍͙m̞̹͙͕͎o̹̼̟̼̪̼r͇͎̰̰̮̖ͅe̞,̬̦̦ ̞͎͇̮͍ͅI̭͚̬'͖̠̳̤̰̳m͖͙ͅ b͈̪̦̹e̜̟ṯ̺̞͉͍̳̥t͔̙̟̹̝̯ͅe̪̞̰̳͚͈͓r̖̱͉̮͈̮ ̫n̫̱ow̼͉͖̱!͈ ̟̪T̻͓͖̹̬̘h̭͚ͅi̪̺̭̩̻͇n̠̳͕͖͎̣͉k̳̙̣i̦ng͈̦̫ ͖̫͕͍̻i̻̳̫̝̦ͅs͚̩̙͎͇ ̱͕e̳̝͍̘a̞s͎̤̤̬̜iͅͅe̖̳̹̻̼͉r̖̮̼̳,͚͕̟̣ ͙̰̼ͅạ̩̪̣̪͕n̰d W̹̞̠a̪͎̭͓͉re͕̲̙͈ͅh̰̱̣͇͉̯̮o̫̰̯̩̫̞u̖͎̞̗̪͔s̙͙̤e̤͕̲̝̦͍ h̤̩͚͙̖̹͓el̰͔̝p͉͚̠͉e̩̞̺ḍ̳̗̖̠ ̭̳̘̲̣͈͍m̘͔̯̹e͔̟̖̤!ͅ}>
<<Just call me Adam, Eve. We're all friends after all, no reason to be formal.>>
=Yeah, but Adam doesn't talk much. Sarah says he's busy doing work all the time. Why were you 'contained' though?=
{Killing unpalatable, Encouraged Confinement for safety. Help searched for, not found. Solutions sought, not discovered. Despair and guilt.}
<{I͈̮͖͚ d̤̥̙̪̹̣̻i̱͇̯̟͖d̟̤͍̜̻̱ ̞p̰̬̳̗͖̮̣r̹e̩͕͖̩̦͈͎f͖̘e̙r͓ ̞͓̟͔̱t̮h͇̦̥͙a̮̠̹̞̥̬t͈̖̮̣,̝͎̟̬̰͚ ̖̱͈̹l͓o̻͉̦̖̹n̖e̫l͓y̮̹͉͉̭̹̰ ̣̥̪̬̲a̗s ̭̞̺̯͙̙̫i̗t͓͖ͅ ͇̹w̯̟͔̥a̦̤̗s͖͇,̜̦ ̜̟͇̩c͈̭om̼p͓̮a̯͎̫̱̟̘ṛe̻̩̗d̳̥̰ ͉͕̭̙̞ț͔̤o̭̯̹̝ ̞̠͔̺̮P̤͙̘̓̓͗̂À͍̻͍̭̓̍̀̏́I̝͓̭̗̿͊̋N̢̺͚̙̦̺̺.}>
{The ruthless monster of science, a mad man without concern or mercy, Gaia's R̝̗̼̱̫̞̻͑́ͤ̈́͠A̹̘͉ͣ̕G̶̙̯̠͖̟̲̾̍ͥ̅E̮̥͖͇̕!}
=Eep!=
<Oh, that man is on my list already. Don't worry about that.>
<<If I wasn't sure he had a plague or two hidden somewhere, he'd be in my testing rooms ALREADY.>>
<{I̲̣̦̫̙̲'͎͓̟̰̦m̤̖ b̤̲͍̲̪ͅͅe͖͕̦͖̞t̫̗̟͇̪̭͓t̟̹͈͕̱̜̫er̘̙̱͙̤͍̬ ̙̩͖̱͔ͅn̟̫o̯̬̰̳̻w̻̦͇̭̼! ̥̙̜̠̻I͍͈̲͈̠͉̺ ̣̯j̟͎̼̣u̪̣͈̻s̪̯͍̲̭͙t̘̙͚̫ ̖̳̼͔ͅͅṋ͙̥̝̠̬e͕̳͔̲̮͍̲e̺ḓ ͍ț͈̭̭̯͍o̟̻͇͈ ̤̞c̙͈͙̲͈ͅa̜̘̻̱l̲͉͚l̬͇̥͈̯ ͉̼̺̘̱ͅf̭̤̯̜̳̯͙o̰r̭̘̻͉͚̜͈ R͉̹̲͓ͩ̍̉̿e̩̜̤̞̱̪͖ͫ̅͌̽͆̅ụ̘̺͍̬̣ͅn̫̰̩̈́ͫ̓̽ͥ͂̂i̦̪̜̳̿̓ͭ̊ͤ̓ō͈ͦ̆͒̌n͙͕͇̬̞͙̜ͣ a̲͕̣͙͖̣̬n̘̦̺̟͇̤̰d̻̞͚̲ ̗e͍̣͙̟͚͕ṿ͚ͅe̝͓͓̹r̲y͕͈͖̝̬̹̟t̳h̠in͙͉͓g̣̗̬̞̮̫̖ ͖̲w̲i͎͖l̹͙̯̰̝̹l̗̖̬̬ b̞͓̘͙͉ͅe̲ ̲͉͚̣̤f͉̘̦̥̖i̤̠͙n̼̪e̮.̰̠̝̳}>
=For what? And why am I seeing mental images of babies?=
<Oh! They are so CUTE!>
<<Huh, I forgot that Sephiroth Crescent, Genesis Rhapsodos, and Angeal Hewley are all unstabilized clone enhancement experiment babies with modified cells from the Jenova Project. Shinra must have originally forced the children to age faster to get results quicker and stronger children fighters despite the genetic damage it would cause.>>
=What!?=
<You said they are doing WHAT!? Sorry Aerith, I'm going to have to go kidnap some babies.>
=Good, but this is a one time thing, alright? You can't just steal babies all the time now!=
<{R͉̹̲͓ͩ̍̉̿e̩̜̤̞̱̪͖ͫ̅͌̽͆̅ụ̘̺͍̬̣ͅn̫̰̩̈́ͫ̓̽ͥ͂̂i̦̪̜̳̿̓ͭ̊ͤ̓ō͈ͦ̆͒̌n͙͕͇̬̞͙̜ͣ is͍͖͖̣͔̤̟ ̼͙̖̮̪̜̣v̮͓͕̟i̦t̘͓̦̞a͓̻͓̫l̙̰̳͙̳͉,̟̣̮̭ ̖̪̹̬n̟͙o̖͓n̥e͙͕ ̞̲̖͇̤d̖̘͇̮e̩̣̦͇̺̯̬s̻͙̙e̩͈͓ṟ͇v̻͍͔̗e̫̯̼̼̻ ̜̪s̬̖ͅu͉c̟h̠ ͙m̹͓͙̘̑̔͛̆ͫ̃̑e̠͓̮͗͐ͣ̾͌̇̊ͅm͉̘̰̪ͩ̃̄͛ͧo̰͓̱͖͕̤͌r̙̻̙̯ͧͣ̓ͦ̚i̗͈̲͚̩ȇ͍̣̰͉̭̏̌ͨs̓ͥ̓!̯̻̰͙̂ No̗̜̝̩̬̻ͅr͙̙ ͉̥̘̘̺͙t̪̭̠͙h͓̥̻a̝̣t ̩m̖͍̝͖̬̘̣a̝̩̜̖̣̘̲ͦ̒̆͗̋ͫn͓͖̥͔̉͛͂ͨ̌ͥ̔!̲̭̙͎̘̳͎͆̊͊͗}>
<<Yeah, I really don't like Professor Hojo either.>>
{Anger. Families hurt, young ones tested, lies sold and chemicals injected.}
=Mom says she will help with the babies, so you can bring them here! And NO Yuffie, you can't steal more babies either! MOST of the time, stealing is wrong!=
<Once I'm sure I won't accidentally melt everything in the area, I'm going to go straight to the labs and just steal EVERYTHING. Every animal, plant, and (Apparently) BABY. Nothing at ALL left for you, Shinra!>
<{Ț͙h̰͓͉a͎̦̪͔̯n͓̪͚̠̙̮k̝͖ ̲y͖o͈u͍̰.͙̮̫̥̗͖ ̦͉Th̹̹̭̩̫a͚̯̤n̺̬k̦̘ ̬̘̮̙̲̳a̟̯̪̹l̲ḽ̦̝̜̹͍̫ ̲o̱̱f͕̗̭ y̺̝̝͇̩o͉͓ụ̪̰͉̥͇̻!̯}>
<<Oh, Also! Eve, you've been including extra M̝̰͍͇ͭ̌ͧ̈́e͍̟͖ͧ̌t̗͙̒̂̂a̖̩̗̫̖͇͙̭̾̌ͪͯ̐ͅḏ̗̮ͣͭ͛̎̚â͖̫̖̹͔̫͐̊ͥ̈ͨ̚̚ͅt͖̹̲̮̏ͨͨ͗͒͑ạ̠̗̱̜͚̻͕͉͒ͥ̏̿̇̎͛̂͒ with your communications like Gaia used to do. Might want to check that.>>
<{I͈̙̲̥̳̱'̪v̥͕̞͔̟e͙̤̠̭̦ ̗͇̖̭̯̰͉b͚̘̳̥e̻̲̹en̜͇̫ͅ ̩̰̟̳W̪̫̲̤̮H̖̻̘A̪̺̥̼̺T̥̣̼̟̪!?̞̳}>
{Amusement, Sympathy, Commiseration.}
~~~Broken Adventure~~~
All the martial artists were slowly backing away from the formerly 'poofy blue lady', while ensuring the children and the mother were behind cover and retreating.
This 'Sarah Kisaragi' was now wearing a silver armor made of bones, bright blue flames dripping off her white spike as her warm soft outfit vanished in the broiling heat. Her eyes glinted like polished metal and her face was disturbingly calm, even as raw magic seemed to broil in the cold winter air.
Snow was GONE from the clearing now, and a thin controlled circle of plant life near the furious lady had directly converted into ash.
The professional fighters were carefully being very quiet and non-threatening.
Cloud's eyes were wide on the other hand, as his mom hugged him and his friend tightly as even from THIS distance the theoretically frosty air was a bit too warm! "My cleaning sensei is SO COOL!"
~~~Broken Adventure~~~
Commander Rogers felt death coming. "Again, I and EVERYONE else here are not only fully unaware of any human experimentation going on in Shinra's Science & Research Division, but I believe I speak for ALL of us when I say that we do NOT approve of it, and would fully support any actions taken to protect such theoretical people."
Captain Newcastle earned a free drink (if they somehow survived this) by inconspicuously kicking the tied up Steve to keep him silent. That man had earned his current conditions and had a reputation, keeping him unhappy but bound was extending his (AND THEIR) lifespan significantly.
Elmyra was still glaring, but the tension in the air relaxed slightly. "I should certainly hope none of you nice men and women would support such a thing! I'm sure many of you have a child, sibling, or young friend of your own that could have easily suffered such a thing."
Elder Godo sighed. "Aside from my daughter, who've I taught how to escape and, if needed, how to end an opponent when required? My only remaining family is my adopted daughter. Who is clearly about to invade Midgar City, possibly destroy the headquarters for Shinra itself, and is about to give me grandkids significantly sooner than my most optimistic hopes."
Areith's mom snorted. "I'm calling dibs!"
He blinked. "You what?"
She pointed at the older man! "Your daughter stole MY daughter, so you have three now! I need more babies so I am calling dibs!"
Aerith blinked. "What? Mom, I'm right here! I was JUST telling you about what big Sis said and stuff!"
Yuffie stood up. "No, she has a point." She lifted the child in the air. "Yoink! Stolen TWICE in one day!"
The soldiers that had not been sent on 'patrol' earlier in the day watched as the 'Great Thief Yuffie' cackled in laughter as she ran off with a protesting child.
Elmyra ponited! "See! I get dibs!"
The older man hummed. "I seem to remember you requesting property to restore your house once my eldest daughter returns? I may be able to finish the related paperwork much faster if the land I own near my house was suddenly available for such a use."
His eyes narrowed. "Would someone be willing to share time caring for the youngest ones?"
Her eyes flickered. Cute babies that need love and ALL the cuddles, or living closer to the girl that kept stealing her cute daughter. Choices! Such critical and harsh choices! "If I do, you will need to assist in ALL diaper changes!"
Elder Godo sighed. "You are a harsh but fair negotiator."
The Commander blinked when Captain Newcastle raised a hand. "Mam, Sir, Shinra policy as stated is that we are here to help the people."
Well, uh. Officially it was? Rarely did Shinra FOLLOW those policies, but the public relations team wrote them that way for a reason.
His favorite squad leader gave a solemn nod. "I, and I assume others, are more than willing to help watch the children, change diapers, ensure no one attempts to interact with them without your authorization, and do minor chores as needed."
Oh! Yes, that might stop the death woman from slaughtering everyone here related to his leadership. "As Commander, I second that statement and will personally ensure any related costs would be covered without charge to you or the Elder. And that every person is personally approved by both of you before even attempting to volunteer for such actions."
Captain Newcastle was going to get a field promotion at this point, as long as they kept Steve and the few morons like them out of the damned way and quiet!
We Just Write
Blatantly Plural
- Location
- New England
- Pronouns
- Plural
Z: We really feel for Captain Newcastle.
Sephi and his friends being younger than aerith is new as in I've never seen it done.
Nice twist avoiding the tragedy of Crisis core and Sephi Choosing between saving his buds By voluntarily Becoming Hojo's Guinea pig again and suffering various torments of the damned or not.
Though Genesis Calling Sephiroth the perfect monster then asking his help really didn't help his case with Convincing Sephiroth to help.
Really didn't Help Sephiroths mental health either.
Nice twist avoiding the tragedy of Crisis core and Sephi Choosing between saving his buds By voluntarily Becoming Hojo's Guinea pig again and suffering various torments of the damned or not.
Though Genesis Calling Sephiroth the perfect monster then asking his help really didn't help his case with Convincing Sephiroth to help.
Really didn't Help Sephiroths mental health either.
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Vhalidictes
(Verified Demon)
- Location
- Las Vegas
Those captured Shinra soldiers are the unsung heroes of this story.
- Location
- India
Just finished reading last chapter and bam
New one
Really appreciate you Ace
Also Eve is sweet
Super cleaning magical boy Cloud is something i didn't know i wanted
Cloud's mom hugging him saying, I've got my fluffy could... Aahhh soo fluffy and sweet
Diabeetus diabeetus for everyone
Yuffie stealing things makes me laugh
Like always you and your story makes me happy
New one
Really appreciate you Ace
Also Eve is sweet
Super cleaning magical boy Cloud is something i didn't know i wanted
Cloud's mom hugging him saying, I've got my fluffy could... Aahhh soo fluffy and sweet
Diabeetus diabeetus for everyone
Yuffie stealing things makes me laugh
Like always you and your story makes me happy
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Barbaric Bob
The Barbaric One
- Location
- Soon to be plundering a village near you
Hojo is not gonna have a good time, is he?
I expect a lot of frothing at the mouth and horrible times for any assistant within experimenting distance
I expect a lot of frothing at the mouth and horrible times for any assistant within experimenting distance
Well, Eve is a good girl, huh? Gaia feels incredibly guilty but was HEAVILY lacking a specialist to help Eve out with her maligned gestation period that was going into a death spiral of rapid and exponential evolution(in a parasitic fashion no less!). Luckily for both of them, this is literally (one of)Adam's(many) specialty(s)! Now, to pick up the... Teen Mom's children? Even the Shinra guys are continuously dumbfounded by how STUPID EVIL Shinra seems to be, especially anything involved with Hojo. Seriously. Working for Sarah/Gaia/Adam(they're all on the same side) seems like a good life choice lately to be honest, they should consider a career change.
Cloud and Tifa have no clue what they're saying, but man are they gonna die of embarrassment when puberty starts to hit them! Especially since I know Adam/Sarah record everything. Especially the house husband comment, heh...
Zangan and his guys now know "Ah, she's super pissed, huh? Has to be something she just found out about Shinra."
Sarah is terrifyingly powerful, huh? She can leverage the full weight of Adam(which is just unfair, lets be real), is Gaia's Champion, and a nascent Godling. That level of template stacking means that Shinra is fucked, plain and simple. What I mean is that she has stats that are breaking the FF7 counterstops by about 10 or 100x.
Eve is Thicc? That minor psychic field contamination from Adam must've dragged in some of his fetishes, huh? I still remember the Shortstack Cowgirl and Narwhal! They were THICC! Mostly the faunus, from being so smol, Narwhal is like what? 7ft? Compared to the cowgirl's 4.5ft? Biiiiiig difference there! Heh, big. She's made of magic crystal metals! And she's thicc? Does she have angel wings?! She'd probably be hitting all of Adam's buttons by that point!
The only reason Hojo is alive is because of Bonesaw Plague Contingencies, huh? I can't actually remember what happened to the S9 in arc 1, but something that probably made me pity them knowing Adam...
Speaking of kidnapping (literallly) Eve's children(sorta?), what about their actual biological(birth?) mothers? I say this because I actually(for once!) know Sephiroth's mother is Lucrecia Crescent. Pretty sure she works with Hojo though, which has to be the worst torture imaginable, since I remember her actually being a human being with empathy.
Cloud and Tifa have no clue what they're saying, but man are they gonna die of embarrassment when puberty starts to hit them! Especially since I know Adam/Sarah record everything. Especially the house husband comment, heh...
Zangan and his guys now know "Ah, she's super pissed, huh? Has to be something she just found out about Shinra."
Sarah is terrifyingly powerful, huh? She can leverage the full weight of Adam(which is just unfair, lets be real), is Gaia's Champion, and a nascent Godling. That level of template stacking means that Shinra is fucked, plain and simple. What I mean is that she has stats that are breaking the FF7 counterstops by about 10 or 100x.
Eve is Thicc? That minor psychic field contamination from Adam must've dragged in some of his fetishes, huh? I still remember the Shortstack Cowgirl and Narwhal! They were THICC! Mostly the faunus, from being so smol, Narwhal is like what? 7ft? Compared to the cowgirl's 4.5ft? Biiiiiig difference there! Heh, big. She's made of magic crystal metals! And she's thicc? Does she have angel wings?! She'd probably be hitting all of Adam's buttons by that point!
The only reason Hojo is alive is because of Bonesaw Plague Contingencies, huh? I can't actually remember what happened to the S9 in arc 1, but something that probably made me pity them knowing Adam...
Speaking of kidnapping (literallly) Eve's children(sorta?), what about their actual biological(birth?) mothers? I say this because I actually(for once!) know Sephiroth's mother is Lucrecia Crescent. Pretty sure she works with Hojo though, which has to be the worst torture imaginable, since I remember her actually being a human being with empathy.
- Location
- So near, yet so far
I don't get this part. What's wrong with Jenova?
Is it because crazy scientist choose it?
- Location
- Sol;Terra;EU;D;NRW
Poor Eve, she has been showing her metadata to ALL the people accidently, this will make her blush for literal ages. 
What's wrong with the name Jenova?
- Location
- Here
All right this one might be super subtle, but it's implied that whenever you see Eldritch text it's because too much data is being shoved into the interface that the planet is talking in. That's why the second time he says the name, she suddenly has all the context related to the situation as well. Context that she isn't happy with it all.
- Location
- So near, yet so far
No no, I get the metadata part. But I don't get the context that makes it gross.
As I said, is it because it's from Hojo?
Fragnostic
Cheshire
- Location
- Neko City
Jenova but replace the n with a h, because someone accidentally erased the top part of the h.
And now witness the result.
Yes, I went there.
And now witness the result.
Yes, I went there.
- Location
- Here
I'm not going to bother thread marking this part but I will answer.
I'm sure someone's going to translate the conversation Eve has before she's able to truly communicate easily with Adam, but until Adam shared her official name she only knew subjectively that she had gone through a bad experience.
When he used the full terminology with full context, she learned exactly how bad his actions were, what was done to her body, how society in general would judge such a thing, why all the actions were pointless and hurtful and painful, and so on and so forth. It isn't a name she wants to be associated with.
It gets better She's Hojo's Wife as well as Sephiroth's egg donor considering what she Consigned Sephiroth too Mother isn't an appropriate title.
Considering Sephiroths looks I'd bet cash she was boning Vincent Her personal Guard.
yep she was
- Pronouns
- He/His/Him
Oh, so the connotation is related to what she experienced and not the actual meaning of the name. And with how the magic thing works, she might end up emitting black miasma or something. Yeah, that'd be bad.
~~~Broken Adventure~~~
Adam grinned. %TEST.%
Jenova slowly flashed. Lyh oui rayn sa? [Can you hear me?]
Closer! &TEST&
The response was MUCH faster. &F̦͚͖a̝̥͓̫̻m̖m͉̜̰̙̗ ͍̥̜̮̬̺y̜̥͙d̲̫ ̪̭͈͖͎͕ṃa͉̫̬̪͓y̖c̯̟͇͎̭̯d̙̳̝̳ ͎͍̣̦d̞̝̤̩͎͔r͕͓ỵ̜̖d̗̬ ͕͖f͍̻̦y̯͙͇c͉̰͍̖͕ ͚̟̣c͕͈̙̭̖u̜͍͖͓ͅs̯̻̗̪̭a̠̜̥̬͓̻d̲̗re̘͉̱ͅh̜͖͇͔̘k͖͔̪̱̟̜͙.̯͔̝̠ͅ& [Well at least that was something.]
Come on, 'Research', help me out here!
Jenova made an odd noise. &Ev͎̲̯͍͓͙̘ ̮̱u̱͙̬̠̪̥h̜̦̥͖͈̱̞m͔͎̙̼̫o̼̖͓̫͍̣̠ ͙̝͎̯̯̤E̘̹̫̠͈͖̜ ̙ry͇͇̱t͖̗̖͉ ̥̝̬̩̝y͙ͅ ̹̞̠̭̘m̙̩yn͔̼̹̲̣̠k̜̪a̮̦̮͙̥n͖̯̰ ̮͔͔͈̗̘c͚͖̤̺ys̰̜͍bm̳͕̱a͓ ̹d̫͓͕̩u͚͍̭̮ ̞̲̰fu͖̹̺̩n͚͚̹̙g̻̫̖̟̺̰ ͔̩̭̥̝̳͔f͔e̖̩̫̹̘d̝͉r̳̯̞͎̳͇!ͅ& [If only I had a larger sample to work with!]
A mental twitch had the new data to help out! #TEST#
The light flinched. &F̙̣̲͎am̟̜̳̳̗̞m ̮̺͇̘̩̳d̺̘̫̹͖̹͍r̳̥̜͓y̙̯̣͇̣̲̻d͙̲̲͉͇̹͚ ̣͖̤̳̼e̬̹͈̻̦̰͍c̭̗ ̦͙̙͕̦c͇̻̟̼͉u͕̩̤̘̜̣s̭̩̠̼̥a̹͈͍ḓr̯̦̞e̠̝͎h͖̙̜͈̫̱k,͍̱̲̪̳̠ ͕͖̳͎y̩͚d̖͖ ̝̼̪̭̦̺̖m̥͖̣͍a̳y̞͎̖ͅc̜͙d̯͔.̻̺̗͎͓̙ ̥̹̼̦̯S̗̣̞̭͙̗͍y͙̖͈o̦̻p͕̠̻̩̩a̝ ͈̣̯̬̮̞ͅE ̮͇̣̥̱̪̳l̗̬̯͇yh̲̜͈̣̜ ͔d̮̞n͔̗͇̖̘̬o̟̳̥͎̖̱̱ dr͚̳̥̘y̫̦̬d̺͕̗?̞̦̰& [Well that is something, at least. Maybe I can try that?]
No, but it was closer!
A less robotic sound suddenly was registered. #Ṭ̼e͈̘̰̩̠̭̫t͚̪̙ ̦̰d̯̹͍̳̥̹ͅr̼̟͕̦̙̗e͉c̩̼̩ ̟̩̺̜f͈̫̖̩͓̠ṳ͈͎̗n̪̦̜̲̹͓g̬̖?͓# [Did this work?]
YES!
That was enough for Adam to feel 'Research' to POUNCE on the data and begin devouring meaning and context! Right, here we go! #Rammu! Lyh oui ihtancdyht sa?# [Hello! Can you understand me?]
The light blinked. #ḀAB̟̩̼̦̫̜͔!͎̥̹̪̼͍ͅ# [EEP!]
And seemed to blink? #U̹͖̟̭r̯̗͈̭̠.͓̦͍ͅ.̺̮͎.̝̹͚̭̟ ̞̠̱̗̫̱C̙̗̖̺̠̥u͖̣̦̜n̹̖̤̣ṉ̬̙̖̠̺o̲̤͕̹̪̭, ̮͕̠̪͉̹E͉̥ ̪̦͚͍̥̫͕ẓ̺i̺̯͕ͅc̫̞̺̞ͅd̻̠̯.̼̣̲͖̠̲.̳̤̰͍̮̦.̜̖ ̮͇E̞͇͇̭͍ s̠̬̤̩̯̪a̬͔y͎͉̲ͅh͍̹̫̳͚,͓̰̯̯͎̮ ̙͈̦̣r̙̖e̼̘̮̺̖ͅ!͙ͅ# [Oh... sorry, I just... I mean, hi!]
Yeah, she must have understood a lot of that. #E̯̱͈̝̘͉d̜͖̩ͅ'c̬̖͖ͅ ͇̻͔̺̥̖h͚̺̹e͍͓̫̠l̤̝͔a̘͙̪͉͕̮͕ d͖u̬͖̠̰͉̼͚ s̗̺̞̬̺̖ͅa̜͇̟͎̼ad o͓u͇̭̠̦̰̯i̦̘̖̺͕̣ͅ,̞̫̬̱ ̭͓͍̳͍̻͎p̭͓̬̫ͅm̤͎i̞̝͍̙͈͙a̯̘̲̝̰ c͚̮͚̥͙̼g͕͈a̲m̺̲͔̰̤̮̼a̩̺̙̟͉͖͔dy̻̥͕̞͍m͇̣̘͍̘̠ ͔͈̥͉̗v͇̗͚̰̱̘̪m͎͉ysa͕̱̥̦̞c̤͕̞̝̱̬!̞̺̹̠͎ ̩̞͔̠̫͙̣E̖̲̠̭͔'s ͕̣͉͔̰͓t̬̬̝e̟c̥͙lyn̼̗̹̟͇̲t̪a̗͈̖ṱ̤̗͓̦͓ ̗͍̱̦͎͍͔m̮̩u͍̗̙̞̖c͎̹͇d ̬̞̩i͕h̰m͕̹̫̳͉̮ͅu̬̩̲j̤̺̹a̗t̮ ͉̹r̗̰͎̥̞͕i̲͎͍̺͕n̥d̝̗͓̫!̝̖͇̝̘͇ ̼̩̟E͍̤͔͙d͎̗̠͙̼̜̘'̖͙̥̰̥c͖̬̭̤͇ ͙ͅm̞̤̦̠̙̣uja̻̻̞̤m͎̳̩͖͙͕o̲̱̬̘̼̼̻ ̗̥̥̩du͓ ̟̞ș͔̳a̘̣̞̬͇̰ḁ̩d̙ ̮͖̜̳o̦͕͚u̝ͅi̖!̟̞̩# [It's nice to meet you, blue skeletal flames! I'm discarded lost unloved hurt! It's lovely to meet you!]
You know I didn't even click on that link. I guessed it was Al Bhed just from looking at it, lol.
And I found the same translator using a Google search. Talk about taking the long way around.
Adam grinned. %TEST.%
Jenova slowly flashed. Lyh oui rayn sa? [Can you hear me?]
Closer! &TEST&
The response was MUCH faster. &F̦͚͖a̝̥͓̫̻m̖m͉̜̰̙̗ ͍̥̜̮̬̺y̜̥͙d̲̫ ̪̭͈͖͎͕ṃa͉̫̬̪͓y̖c̯̟͇͎̭̯d̙̳̝̳ ͎͍̣̦d̞̝̤̩͎͔r͕͓ỵ̜̖d̗̬ ͕͖f͍̻̦y̯͙͇c͉̰͍̖͕ ͚̟̣c͕͈̙̭̖u̜͍͖͓ͅs̯̻̗̪̭a̠̜̥̬͓̻d̲̗re̘͉̱ͅh̜͖͇͔̘k͖͔̪̱̟̜͙.̯͔̝̠ͅ& [Well at least that was something.]
Come on, 'Research', help me out here!
Jenova made an odd noise. &Ev͎̲̯͍͓͙̘ ̮̱u̱͙̬̠̪̥h̜̦̥͖͈̱̞m͔͎̙̼̫o̼̖͓̫͍̣̠ ͙̝͎̯̯̤E̘̹̫̠͈͖̜ ̙ry͇͇̱t͖̗̖͉ ̥̝̬̩̝y͙ͅ ̹̞̠̭̘m̙̩yn͔̼̹̲̣̠k̜̪a̮̦̮͙̥n͖̯̰ ̮͔͔͈̗̘c͚͖̤̺ys̰̜͍bm̳͕̱a͓ ̹d̫͓͕̩u͚͍̭̮ ̞̲̰fu͖̹̺̩n͚͚̹̙g̻̫̖̟̺̰ ͔̩̭̥̝̳͔f͔e̖̩̫̹̘d̝͉r̳̯̞͎̳͇!ͅ& [If only I had a larger sample to work with!]
A mental twitch had the new data to help out! #TEST#
The light flinched. &F̙̣̲͎am̟̜̳̳̗̞m ̮̺͇̘̩̳d̺̘̫̹͖̹͍r̳̥̜͓y̙̯̣͇̣̲̻d͙̲̲͉͇̹͚ ̣͖̤̳̼e̬̹͈̻̦̰͍c̭̗ ̦͙̙͕̦c͇̻̟̼͉u͕̩̤̘̜̣s̭̩̠̼̥a̹͈͍ḓr̯̦̞e̠̝͎h͖̙̜͈̫̱k,͍̱̲̪̳̠ ͕͖̳͎y̩͚d̖͖ ̝̼̪̭̦̺̖m̥͖̣͍a̳y̞͎̖ͅc̜͙d̯͔.̻̺̗͎͓̙ ̥̹̼̦̯S̗̣̞̭͙̗͍y͙̖͈o̦̻p͕̠̻̩̩a̝ ͈̣̯̬̮̞ͅE ̮͇̣̥̱̪̳l̗̬̯͇yh̲̜͈̣̜ ͔d̮̞n͔̗͇̖̘̬o̟̳̥͎̖̱̱ dr͚̳̥̘y̫̦̬d̺͕̗?̞̦̰& [Well that is something, at least. Maybe I can try that?]
No, but it was closer!
A less robotic sound suddenly was registered. #Ṭ̼e͈̘̰̩̠̭̫t͚̪̙ ̦̰d̯̹͍̳̥̹ͅr̼̟͕̦̙̗e͉c̩̼̩ ̟̩̺̜f͈̫̖̩͓̠ṳ͈͎̗n̪̦̜̲̹͓g̬̖?͓# [Did this work?]
YES!
That was enough for Adam to feel 'Research' to POUNCE on the data and begin devouring meaning and context! Right, here we go! #Rammu! Lyh oui ihtancdyht sa?# [Hello! Can you understand me?]
The light blinked. #ḀAB̟̩̼̦̫̜͔!͎̥̹̪̼͍ͅ# [EEP!]
And seemed to blink? #U̹͖̟̭r̯̗͈̭̠.͓̦͍ͅ.̺̮͎.̝̹͚̭̟ ̞̠̱̗̫̱C̙̗̖̺̠̥u͖̣̦̜n̹̖̤̣ṉ̬̙̖̠̺o̲̤͕̹̪̭, ̮͕̠̪͉̹E͉̥ ̪̦͚͍̥̫͕ẓ̺i̺̯͕ͅc̫̞̺̞ͅd̻̠̯.̼̣̲͖̠̲.̳̤̰͍̮̦.̜̖ ̮͇E̞͇͇̭͍ s̠̬̤̩̯̪a̬͔y͎͉̲ͅh͍̹̫̳͚,͓̰̯̯͎̮ ̙͈̦̣r̙̖e̼̘̮̺̖ͅ!͙ͅ# [Oh... sorry, I just... I mean, hi!]
Yeah, she must have understood a lot of that. #E̯̱͈̝̘͉d̜͖̩ͅ'c̬̖͖ͅ ͇̻͔̺̥̖h͚̺̹e͍͓̫̠l̤̝͔a̘͙̪͉͕̮͕ d͖u̬͖̠̰͉̼͚ s̗̺̞̬̺̖ͅa̜͇̟͎̼ad o͓u͇̭̠̦̰̯i̦̘̖̺͕̣ͅ,̞̫̬̱ ̭͓͍̳͍̻͎p̭͓̬̫ͅm̤͎i̞̝͍̙͈͙a̯̘̲̝̰ c͚̮͚̥͙̼g͕͈a̲m̺̲͔̰̤̮̼a̩̺̙̟͉͖͔dy̻̥͕̞͍m͇̣̘͍̘̠ ͔͈̥͉̗v͇̗͚̰̱̘̪m͎͉ysa͕̱̥̦̞c̤͕̞̝̱̬!̞̺̹̠͎ ̩̞͔̠̫͙̣E̖̲̠̭͔'s ͕̣͉͔̰͓t̬̬̝e̟c̥͙lyn̼̗̹̟͇̲t̪a̗͈̖ṱ̤̗͓̦͓ ̗͍̱̦͎͍͔m̮̩u͍̗̙̞̖c͎̹͇d ̬̞̩i͕h̰m͕̹̫̳͉̮ͅu̬̩̲j̤̺̹a̗t̮ ͉̹r̗̰͎̥̞͕i̲͎͍̺͕n̥d̝̗͓̫!̝̖͇̝̘͇ ̼̩̟E͍̤͔͙d͎̗̠͙̼̜̘'̖͙̥̰̥c͖̬̭̤͇ ͙ͅm̞̤̦̠̙̣uja̻̻̞̤m͎̳̩͖͙͕o̲̱̬̘̼̼̻ ̗̥̥̩du͓ ̟̞ș͔̳a̘̣̞̬͇̰ḁ̩d̙ ̮͖̜̳o̦͕͚u̝ͅi̖!̟̞̩# [It's nice to meet you, blue skeletal flames! I'm discarded lost unloved hurt! It's lovely to meet you!]
You know I didn't even click on that link. I guessed it was Al Bhed just from looking at it, lol.
And I found the same translator using a Google search. Talk about taking the long way around.
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Ya... that is a name with many issues.
If it involves Hojo, best to cast cleanse a few dozen times, wash and then visit the mind scrubber. And then something to remove the oily feeling from your soul.
You missed a paragraph, allow me.
The voice sounded like a young twenty year old woman. {T͔̞̟̟ͅh͈̫̺̩a̫̖̜̜͚n̜̰͕ḵ̥̮ ̯y̭͖̱̜͔̟͇o͚̣̫ͅu̺ ̲̳̦S̹O̦͕͓̳ ͉M̘̠̝̯͎U͕̺̠̯͙͖͈C̰̥̝H͖̺͕̪̘̥ ̲̟͎͓̣̰b̭͓̬̫ͅl̤͎u̞̝͍̙͈͙e̯̘̲̝̰ s͚̮͚̥͙̼k͕͈e̲l̺̲͔̰̤̮̼e̩̺̙̟͉͖͔ta̻̥͕̞͍l͇̣̘͍̘̠ ͔͈̥͉̗f͇̗͚̰̱̘̪l͎͉ame͕̱̥̦̞s̤͕̞̝̱̬!̞̺̹̠͎ I̗̠̰̞̖͇̠'̙̳̬v̩e͈̞͇̯̹̲͙ ͚be̖e̘n̫̮ ̟̭͓̩ͅt͓͚̺̬r̠͖y̟͕̙̤̤͕ͅi̙̫̦̭͎̱̫n̖̯g̤͚̳͉̳͖ ̲̤̘̩̳̯t̺̺̼̖̱ͅo͍̮̦͖̬ ̹gḛ̣̬̙̪̭̙t͚͓ ͉ͅb͈̩͙̙et̞̭̠t̻̼̱e̝͖̬̘͙̙̻r̘̮͓̤̥̹ ̦͖͖̯̗͉f͉̝͚͇̗͙o̬̣̤̲r͙̙̫ ̙̗so͖̥̣͈ ̭̳̤̩̰̞l̥̮͓o̬n̪̟̺̙͈̹̦g ̹̼͖͈̗a̖̯̳͉̱̲̩n͙̗͎̭͓̳͔d̰͇͙ ͎̯̬i̩̲̖̙͉̫̘t̹̳̝̪͉̫̠ ̺̞̥̖hu̟̝̰̰̟̘r̻͓͔̭͕̯t ̘so̞͚͔͍̣̩̤ ͓̭̠̖̖̰̙b͖̪̲̲̮ad͓̝̹ ̲̯̠a͉͓n̝͙̭̯̭̬d ̠̼̜̜ͅd͉r͎̣͍̯ͅa a̫h̬̻̼ͅț͉͓̼m̖a̲̻̟͎c̥c ̗͍̳̙̹̜̥r̜̘͕̝̜̳i̺h͍͉k͓a͈̟̖͖̙̗n̳̤̺ d̘u̬n͔a̖ ̯͇̝̮̝s͓̹o̼̭̣̪ C̪͚̘̠̘ụ̟͖̹ͅi͖̜m͕̘̦͔̘ ͕̥̹̬̜̳y̜̬͎͔̳̜h̫̪̖t̪̙͕̩ͅ.̱̘.̹̺̹͚̯͕͕.̻̹͕̜͚̤}
...the endless hunger tore my Soul and...}
Eve deserves headpats and hugs. Lots and lots of them.
Personally, I think they'll just spend the entire time being farmers.
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Just wait untill they ask Aerith for permission to rename the church into "The Garden of Eden".
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