Suite Dreams - Cloud

[aono]

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[aono]

And the chef too!

[There's bao on it! And he'll hold out the plate to Cloud.]

I figured everyone's hungry after the trial, so we might as well eat something, yeah?

[skyagain]

[ ... well, he'll take one, but he looks a little baffled ]

There was food in the mess hall all day?

[aono]

Yeah, but it wasn't "freshly made by Rin Okumura" food!

[He says that like his cooking is better somehow.]

[skyagain]

And that makes a difference?.

[ but despite everything, sure he'll take a bite ]

[aono]

Of course it does! Anything made with the heart makes a difference.

[It's bao. But Rin actually is an A+ chef, so it will taste good. But it's still just bao. Pork bao specifically.]

[skyagain]

[ a disgusting sentiment but a good bao. i have no idea if he has ever had this but whatever he eats it ]

You planning to feed this to everyone, then?

[aono]

As many people as I can, yeah. Some people probably won't eat it.

[YJH comes to mind here.]

After stuff like today, most people aren't thinking about little things like "oh I should eat dinner". So I don't mind reminding them. I always had to remind Dad and Yukio to eat too, whenever they were working late or studying too much.

[skyagain]

[ cloud is not emotionally smart enough to guess that it is also easier to deal with things when you are taking care of everyone else and that is why rin is giving him tifa vibes. sorry rin. ]

Mm. Yukio's...?

[ he is asking and being polite because he took some free food. it's terrible ]

[aono]

[I'm crying, Rin IS just like Tifa.]

My twin brother. He's not here, but he was with me when I was in that other place, the one before this one. His daemon was an alligator.

[It's a small price to pay for free food Cloud, just listen to the boy ramble on to try and not think about how someone is totally going to die tomorrow.]

[skyagain]

Those pets you've got with you?

[ he is not that bothered about someone dying tomorrow. like. as far as people who deserve it sieg is up there a little due to random mid trial stabbing from someone not a child ]

[aono]

They're not pets, they're a part of our souls.

...or they were, but they're not connected to us here for some reason.

[skyagain]

... So they're pets now.

[aono]

Just for now, but yeah. I bet our connection will be back when powers come back.

[skyagain]

... What's the connection even do, anyway?

[aono]

Er...it's kind of hard to explain...but like, Rinkou's just a part of me. It's like having a piece of my soul hanging around outside my body and it's actually a wolverine. When our connection is there, I can feel her wherever she is. And she can't really talk, but I can tell she understands what people are saying to her.

[skyagain]

[ he thinks about that for a few seconds ]

Sounds weird.

[ he doesn't want his soul hanging out outside thanks ]

[aono]

[Okay, he laughs at that.]

It's definitely weird! But now that I've had her for a while, it feels weirder not being connected to her. I kinda wonder what Dad would think if he saw her, actually. He had a familiar so I think he would kind of get it, maybe.

[skyagain]

... Okay, wait, how's a familiar different?

[ ARE THESE ALL JUST TERMS FOR PETS ]

[aono]

Familiars aren't connected to you at all, they're demons you summon with magic. But they're separate beings.

[skyagain]

But they still... listen to you?

[aono]

As long as you're nice to them, yeah. It's kinda like making friends.

[skyagain]

With a demon you summoned.

[aono]

With Kuro, he was already summoned by my dad. I just took over as his human contact after Dad died.

[skyagain]

... So you've got the demon familiar and the ... daemon soul thing, now?

[aono]

Yup! And I'm half-demon on top of that.