He could venture a guess, and all of it has to do with Shinra, and none of that bodes well. “Can’t say too much. Supposedly a spot deep in the cave system we gotta search. Direct from Reeve. It has to do with whatever was in that missing shipment.” Cloud’s breath hitches in his throat, his heart rate dropping to slow strong beats that he can hear in his ears. There’s only one reason to be in that cave system. “...Barret.” “I know. Way ahead of ya. But for now I just need to see it for myself.”

Cloud decides to give Barret a call and… #wip #wipwednesday #heichblurbs #ntyc

“While we’re on the subject of things you happen to manage, you could at least do me the solid of telling me what the hell was stolen from the WRO. At this point you’ve got several of us risking our necks for it.” Reeve’s expression goes dour, like he’s betrayed that Cloud even asked, like they’d been having such a good time catching up and now Cloud burst his little bubble. “Yeah,” Cloud pushes forward, “like where’s Barret? Used to be I could barely see one of you without seeing or at least hearing about the other.” “I can’t give away his location.” “You can’t seem to give away a lot other than orders these days,” Cloud retorts quickly, shifting his weight, arms still crossed. If he’s coming off a bit intimidating, it’s by design. He’s sick of doing favors for powerful people who only share half-truths. It’s one thing when Rufus does it, can’t ask a chocobo to change its feathers, but Reeve is supposed to be trustworthy. A friend.

weewoo, weewoo, we have written over 1k words of NTYC tonight, have blurb of Cloud and Reeve arguing! #heichblurbs #wip #NTYC #cloudstrife #ff7 #strifra #rucloud #🪙☁️