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[Horst is in his supah fine Victorian clothes, twirling his hat idly] Right. I guess I'll get this started.

[Throat clear. Kneel in front of the PCD.] The holidays are upon us and I have a parade to run. Cloud Strife, I'm on my knees asking you to come and have fun. If you're really good, I can see to it that Santa tosses a candy cane in your direction. It just won't be the same if you're not there, so please, come.

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[ahandsomedevil.livejournal.com]

[It's a common goal. It's one that Horst hates.]

I can't imagine that worked in their favor. ...Were you the only one they did this to...?

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[mirroredecho.livejournal.com]

All SOLDIERS got mako injections.

But... when we were taken... we were used as text subjects. Me and Zack. As far I know... it had only happened once more.

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[ahandsomedevil.livejournal.com]

How did it change you from the other SOLDIERs? [He's surprised to find he's glad that Cloud has Zack; it seems the only thing he can't seem to tolerate is people dealing with things alone.]

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[mirroredecho.livejournal.com]

.... We were modeled after someone else. Someone they were trying to recreate.

... Someone I killed.

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[ahandsomedevil.livejournal.com]

[He mulls that over quietly, listening more to how Cloud said that]

I'm sorry.

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[mirroredecho.livejournal.com]

Don't. [He doesn't want to hear it, Horst.]

He got what he deserved.

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[ahandsomedevil.livejournal.com]

I won't argue that. [As infuriating as Cloud is, he can honestly say that he trusts the kid's judgment. If he killed someone, they needed to die.]

I imagine things are better for you here than they were there, yeah?

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[mirroredecho.livejournal.com]

Where I'm from... we're in the middle of a war. Things might be better here but I'm needed there.

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[ahandsomedevil.livejournal.com]

Well...time there is frozen. It'll be there when you get back. [Almost friendly smile] This may be the only real break you get from it. Don't waste it wishing you were back in the trenches.

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[mirroredecho.livejournal.com]

It's not just my world in danger. [If it was, maybe he wouldn't worry so much.]

But... I know it'll end in out favor.

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[ahandsomedevil.livejournal.com]

The world seems like a hefty thing to have in the balance. What else is the war being fought over?

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[mirroredecho.livejournal.com]

The gods, Cosmos and Chaos have been at war since a time no one can remember. There have many battlers, but neither side ever came out victorious.

Until now.

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[ahandsomedevil.livejournal.com]

Because of how you and Zack were changed?

What happens if one side does come up victorious?

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[mirroredecho.livejournal.com]

No. This is different. That battle is over.

The battle between Chaos and Cosmos will decide the fate of the universe, and all of the worlds in it.

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[ahandsomedevil.livejournal.com]

[He definitely gets it now and--as he often does--immediately seizes upon an idea] Including this one.

Conceivably, the war could be fought in part here, then, couldn't it?

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[mirroredecho.livejournal.com]

Not at the moment. Not until we've all found our crystals.

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[ahandsomedevil.livejournal.com]

Crystals? How does one go about finding them...?

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[mirroredecho.livejournal.com]

Don't worry about it. Only the chosen warriors of Cosmos have one.

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[ahandsomedevil.livejournal.com]

And hopefully they know they're chosen before they know they have to look for a crystal, yes?

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[mirroredecho.livejournal.com]

The ten of us know who we are.

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[ahandsomedevil.livejournal.com]

[He's a little amused to find that he's been anxious for something to do here]

Would I be wasting my breath to offer any assistance?

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[mirroredecho.livejournal.com]

I already found mine.

[Hold on two seconds while he goes and gets something. Some clothes might fly by the screen every once and a while, along with a small sound of annoyance.]

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[mirroredecho.livejournal.com]

[And back, holding a small green colored orb (http://thelifestream.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/Clouds-crystal.PNG) in the palm of his hand, angling it towards the camera for Horst to see.]

They look different for everyone.

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[ahandsomedevil.livejournal.com]

[Ordinarily he would've made some smarmy joke about all the clothes being tossed across his line of sight, but the crystal distracts him]

I've never seen anything like it. How do they...how do they work?

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[mirroredecho.livejournal.com]

They're the secret to Cosmos' victory. She's the only one who know's what they do.