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[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

...what is this? Bugenhagen's machine...?

[Cloud frowns, and anxiously tugs at his gloves to tighten them just in case. He takes a brief walk to explore the area, though his eyes are drawn to the sky several times and he can't seem to concentrate. As a sort of nervous habit -oh Holy help him, if he's stuck in his own head again- Cloud began to mutter to himself as he started for a nearby bar.]

I was in Midgar...went to sleep in a tent outside. Tifa was there, Cid was there. Barret's in Kalm with Marlene. There was that building...

[Cloud pauses; that building. He'd written it off as exhaustion, residual hallucinations. A memory that wasn't quite what it was supposed to be. But- Wait, he'd gone back inside. ...why had he done that?

He stops just as he passed through the door, a hand to his forehead and brow furrowed in confusion. Damn.]

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[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

[THAT GIRL (or was it a boy?) JUST VANISHED-

Oh now she's back. And- uhhhh. Cloud takes the bottle and looks at it. ...aspirin indeed. He should probably thank her, but he's still a little weirded out by her blinking in and out of existence like some kind of faulty dimension-hopping Christmas tree light.]

...right, thanks. [Because he does have a headache. Except he can't dry-swallow pills.] How...exactly did you do that?

[virginaesthetic.livejournal.com]

[Haruhi doesn't think to explain important things. She focuses on things like "that guy seems to have a headache."]

Eh? Oh. I thought about going back home and then I left. You must be really new then. I'm Haruhi.

[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

Yeah.

[He'll give it a shot though, and shakes out...four pills. Yeah four should do it.]

I guess you see this kind of thing often?

[virginaesthetic.livejournal.com]

Pretty often. People appear a lot and need help. I'm not very good at explaining this place but I can try if you need it. I thought I could at least help with the headache.

[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

No, it's fine. I'll probably find someone else. [Plus Cloud would like to find some water for these pills.

He realizes belatedly that he'd never given his name to her in return.] I'm Cloud, by the way. Cloud Strife. Thanks for the aspirin.