melodiesoflife | Because all of this makes sense [OPEN]

Characters: Yuffie and OPEN
Where: Aqures Ixen, also heading out of the city.
When: May 14th to May 20nd -ish
Summary: These chains of action make sense to Yuffie.
Warning: N/A

Rearranging some of MarKus's(or Spark's) things (or others – before meeting)

She would never take things and keep them, not anymore anyway. She just enjoyed moving her friends things around when they weren't around. If something caught her eye she might borrow it for a short period of time but she would always give it back. It was a distraction and it kept her skills sharp. There were many things filtering through her thoughts but nothing made sense when she finally went to put the pieces together.

Yuffie might be digressing a bit but it was the only way she really knew how to deal with everything. She wasn't sure if she should feel happy. Did she diverse to feel happy? Everything happens for a reason right? Maybe it was suppose to happen?

[ooc: Feel free to have Yuffie swipe anything. She'd look at it and then give it back or if she knows you, you can catch her moving your things around.]

Sneaking into windows (for those she knows - after meeting)

Her footsteps were silent as she moved across the gleaming grass. It wasn't so bright in the dark but the moons light was enough to make the area far to bright for Yuffie's liking. She couldn't really hide. She moved across the yard glancing at the window that stood like a checkered line marking the end of a race. It wasn't so hard to get to.

Yuffie should have probably turned invisible to do this but that wasn't as much fun and there was a purpose to her visit. The meeting had her thinking and this was her best chance to finally do something. She didn't think the other heroes were going to do anything so quickly so she was going to leave and try and do things herself.

There were just a few places she had to stop by first.

She moved up towards the window moving silently as she carefully began to open the sliding glass. She peeked in the window waiting for her eyes to adjust to the darker room. Let's hope her target was asleep.

Leaving town (Maybe not permanently or at all – after meeting)

Mooshoo finally caught up to her as she walked away from the city gates. A bag was slung over her shoulder and she walked with a purpose. She should probably leave with company but that didn't really cross her mind. She wanted to do something and this was one of the few times Mooshoo was trying to talk her out of a crazy idea.

”...This isn't a good idea” Mooshoo watched Yuffie his expression filled with worry. He usually let her be watching as she grew and changed over time. He knew that people cared about her and she cared about those around her and yet she was trying to do things on her own again.

“Come on. Mushu. It will be fine. I can't just do nothing.” She flashed him an angry stare.

”....you shouldn't go alone...”

“Yeah, I don't think anyone would want to come with. Besides I have even more people I want to protect.” She meant to make it sound like she was complaining but her tone became wistful and soft as she spoke. Yuffie knew a handful of people who'd get pissed if she just up and left.

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The difference between a Hero and a normal person was that a Hero wouldn't settle for others to be so keen into running towards something that would inevitably get them hurt. Even if they hated you for it at first, if it kept them safe ultimately that was the most important. It had been a great deal of time since Sephiroth had been in a position mentally to think as clearly as that. That's what it was all about right? Protecting and fighting for the innocent?

Oddly, Sephiroth found himself caught between the same poles of thinking. Partly wondering why Yuffie had even come here; to seek his support seemed hardly likely, she'd not needed his say-so for anything before. Partly wishing she would just leave him be already. But perhaps it was that battered shred of heroism within him that couldn't let her be knowing that she wasn't going to be Ok.

"Right now. It's not clear exactly what we should be doing; not that it's changed much from when we first got here." He sounded a little off, perhaps even more than a little unsure, but as Sephiroth continued he seemed to find a foothold within the point he was trying to make.

"I joined the military, to give myself that something to do. It feels right to do that, like I'm contributing in the meantime. I intend to help out with the airship; since I think that's important too."

Yuffie had never seen Sephiroth as a hero. How could she? Yet, out of everyone in Crystallis there were only a few that she had ever seen act like a hero and Sephiroth was one of them. It was annoying and she hated him for that too. It was so easy to hate him the more he showed those decent traits. It reminded her who he was in her time. If he could change that future she'd welcome it but she didn't have that sort of blind hope anymore.

"I guess that's important." She didn't know what to say to him. She could tell that he was unsure at first but it was as if her question only dissolved the doubt from his mind.

Yuffie kept her gaze steady looking up at him before turning to look back towards the window. This was so annoying. "I can't do that." But he could, he could be a hero when she couldn't do anything.

Her fingers curled into fists. Why was it so frustrating?

It was an odd contradiction that was the source, perhaps, of Yuffie's difficulty-come-frustration in dealing with Sephiroth. He was everything that might be expected of a Hero, yet what had awarded him that had decimated her home nation and everything her people had stood for. Wutai was still licking its wounds at the point he had come from but from hers its identity had all but degraded beneath the great weight of Shinra and its only use was as a tourist spot.

But surely Wutai's defeat paled in comparison to the great despair that Sephiroth personally had a hand in dealing to every living thing on their Planet? A future that would come to pass regardless of his actions or what he spent his time doing in Crystallis. But what if something happened, what if he changed, he knew it was a possibility.

"Why can't you?" Sephiroth focused himself onto the subject of the late-night conversation and resolved somewhat to close the lid on his own insecurities for that reason; it was strange, but it wasn't the first time he'd helped to give others advice and had it work out for the better. It wasn't ever as if he tried particularly hard, somehow, it just turned out that way.

He noted how tense Yuffie was becoming and offered an additional comment, taking care to at least make it sound less of a snap than his first question.

"I'm sure that you have something that you are good at that, that can be of some use."

She looked up at him confused at the almost compliment. She felt like that was the best she was going to get from Sephiroth. "You think I'm good at something?" Her tone sounded skeptical but she was secretly very happy. She knew what she was good at. She was good at being a ninja and everything that entailed.

There must be something that she can do.

"I have an idea!" She didn't smile but there was a gleam in her eye that Sephiroth might remember from when Yuffie got a really bad idea. "I have to go."

She stepped towards the window opening it quicker than anyone should be able to. She looked back at Sephiroth as if she was about to say thank you except that she didn't.

"Later."

Because all of this makes sense [OPEN]

20th May - Sneaking into windows

20th May - Sneaking into windows

20th May - Sneaking into windows

20th May - Sneaking into windows