MASS MINGLE LOG, GO!

[these_balls]

Who: ANYONE AND EVERYONE
Where: ANYWHERE AND EVERYWHERE
When: May 31 - June 2
Summary: GET IN HERE AND MINGLE
Rating: BUT PLEASE MARK YOUR THREAD CONTENT ACCORDINGLY
Log:

Callin' out around the world
Are you ready for a brand new beat?
Summer's here and the time is right
For fourth wallin' in the streets
They're breakin' it in Cianwood
Down in Mahogany
In New Bark "City"

All we need is music, sweet music
There'll be music everywhere
There'll be swingin', swayin', B-G-M playin'
And fourth wallin' in the streets

Oh, it doesn't matter who you bring
Just as long as it's your thing
So come on, every guy grab a girl,
Everywhere around the world
They'll be roleplayin'
Fourth wallin' in the street

This is an invitation
Across the nation
A chance for the folks to meet
There'll be laughin' and singin' and music swingin'
And fourth wallin' in the streets...

Comments

[honorablefool]

[WHY DO YOU ALWAYS DO THIS CLOUD? WHY? CALM DOWN!

Zack got a look of concern as Cloud's brain seemed to short out, and he hurried forward, waving his hand in a wave that was more than a little halfhearted. Geeze, was he really that unnerving to see?

Wait. He was dead. Cloud probably had no idea what was going on either so...

Whoopsie daisy. Accidentally upset the blondie without even trying. And he'd thought he'd be someone awesome to see too!

Solution? HUGS! He took the two steps to pull him into a hug, then put him at arm's length so he could examine him.]

You're looking better than last I saw you~ At least you were before you looked like you were about to faint. DEEP BREATHS.

In, out, air circulates. I don't want you to up and die on me now that I'm not dead.

[bothourlives]

[HE'D JUST BEEN FIXED AND THINGS WERE STILL A LITTLE SHAKY. ONE DAY AT A TIME.

Cloud still hadn't moved, only stumbling forward a few steps when Zack pulled him in a for hug- but he didn't return the gesture, frozen in place and in a daze.

If being on a different planet wasn't surreal enough, this...]

You're not dead.

[Repeated back, quietly. He had actually listened though, obvious by the deep breaths he was taking while staring at his best friend.

Zack. His face scrunched up for a moment, brows furrowed, Cloud clearly upset by the sense of this is terribly wrong. Maybe it really was a hallucination after all, but it wasn't as important to figure out now, not if there was a chance to spend time with Zack again.]

[honorablefool]

[That's better. Nice, complete sentences! Baby steps. Three words can count!]

Nope, not dead.

[He ruffled up his hair and gave him a grin, trying to calm him down.]

I'm not dead, you're not dead, and this sure the heck isn't Gaia, but everything is peachy. Everything is sunshine and flowers and excellent pals, right?

[bothourlives]

[Huff. The hair ruffle finally did it, kicking him out of his trance as he instinctively reached up to swat Zack's hand away.

Honestly. He wasn't a derpy little cadet anymore.]

It's not peachy.

[You're acting a little weird there Zack. More so than usual.

It's a little suspicious.]

Do you even know where we are?

[honorablefool]

[Better! He relaxed out of the over the top cheerfulness with a smile that was more sheepish than anything.]

Ah... hahaha you see, that's a thing.

[He shifted on his feet, then gave him a thumbs up.]

Not a clue!

[bothourlives]

[Wow Zack you're useless!!!!

No okay he didn't mean that please don't leave him again.]

My phone isn't working.

[He sighed, looking around his friend and down the route, hoping some answer to all this would just... appear. Hey if Zack came out of nowhere why not.]

There's probably a town nearby, maybe we can find other people.

[honorablefool]

[He stared at him a beat, then fished in his bag, pulling out a pokegear.]

So you didn't get one of these things too? It's not a PHS but it's pretty useful anyway I think, people keep putting messages on it.

[And then he presented it to Cloud... in all its pink glory.]

[bothourlives]

[He really wasn't all that phased by the fact that Zack's 'gear was pink- he was currently sporting a pink ribbon tied around his arm and all, and the only reason it kind of bothered him was because he preferred the darker colors of his own phone. But if phones here were pink then whatever.]

I dunno. Didn't go through my stuff.

[Why would he have? His phone had been in his pocket, and anything else with him was supposed to be the delivery he had been trying to make.

But he took the presented 'gear, fiddling with it for awhile to figure out how it worked, scrolling through a few posts and reading--

Huh. Guess they really were stuck. Man, Tifa and the kids were going to give him so much hell for disappearing again and he hadn't even meant to this time.]

[honorablefool]

[He just shook his head with a grin at the put upon way Cloud looked once he'd finally started to properly sort through the listings on the page.]

That's how I figured out the whole 'alive again' thing. well, that added to the fact I can't zip wherever I want to to spy on people and stuff but that's totally a different thing!

[bothourlives]

[the whole alive again thing. It bothered him how candid Zack was being about... that. How easily his friend smiled and joked about how he wasn't dead anymore and everything was just fine and dandy.

How many times had he wished this exact situation were true? The things he would have done to spend time with his friend again... well. Maybe he should have expected this reaction, really. It was very... Zack.]

...You spy on me?

[But that's the part he finally decided to comment on, because it was a lot easier to talk about.]

[honorablefool]

[Please forgive him as he looks somewhere between sheepish and like he expects you to scold him. Better than upsetting you by joking about dying, true, but still, that didn't mean he wanted a scolding.]

Haha ah... there wasn't a whole lot else for me to do?

[bothourlives]

[He debated it, somewhat. The scolding. But the thought of what Zack could have seen in his life...]

There wasn't a whole lot I wanted you to see.

[Half-hearted use of the same phrase in return as he looked away.

Instead there was a whole lot of failure and you'd be disappointed in me. Even if it was better now. Getting better.]

[honorablefool]

yeah, I'm pretty sure you would've been happier if I hadn't gone to watch your quest to be a perfect woman huh?

[He grinned at him, leaning in a little as he watched him, aiming to distract.] But think of it this way, you are the prettiest princess?