moseyin: (they beg me to write them so)

[personal profile] moseyin 2017-08-11 06:43 am (UTC)(link)
And I'm only mostly broke, so let's go fix that. [There's a cruddy bar right over there, dingy and dirty, and infinitely more comfortable than the sparkling designer bars further up the towers.]
wingenvy: (and I know how I feel)

[personal profile] wingenvy 2017-08-11 07:55 am (UTC)(link)
[Heck yeah for scruffy bars; Zack follows him there without complaint. It feels kinda nostalgic- he ghosted around a few in the slums while he was dating Aerith back home, just a little place to take the edge off after some rough missions so he didn't take his work to her too much. The mako burned the alcohol out of his system so he never saw her drunk or anything, but a bit of liquor and a listening ear helped. He hated tainting her church with the sort of shit ShinRa ordered him to do.]

I doubt they've got anything strong enough for SOLDIERs, but let's see what they can hit us with.
moseyin: (god damn right;)

[personal profile] moseyin 2017-08-12 09:39 am (UTC)(link)
We're on an alien planet. Maybe they have like, giant alien monster tranquilizers that work on us. [Honestly Cloud would kind of like to get smashed, LIKE SERIOUSLY, if there are two people in their world who deserve to black out for a night it's the two guys sitting at this bar

Cloud orders four shots of their strongest and slides two over to Zack.]
wingenvy: (throw your love around)

[personal profile] wingenvy 2017-08-12 11:13 pm (UTC)(link)
[Zack mutters a thank-you to both Cloud and the bartender and slams down one shot within seconds, brows lifting as it burns its way down.]

That's not half bad. I actually felt it a little-

[wait]

-nah, it's gone.

[TIME FOR SHOT #2

so how much money do you have, cloud]
moseyin: (very catchy)

[personal profile] moseyin 2017-08-13 10:15 am (UTC)(link)
[um not enough] We might as well just get a bottle of rubbing alcohol and chug that. [Do that have that here? It'll be on the ships, lets go raid some sick bays]
wingenvy: (fish in the sea)

[personal profile] wingenvy 2017-08-14 12:20 am (UTC)(link)
That sounds nasty. How desperate are you feeling?

[that probably won't get them drunk either. mako really sucks sometimes, man.]
moseyin: (I'm bigger than my body)

[personal profile] moseyin 2017-08-14 03:30 am (UTC)(link)
Uhhhh... [Discreetly checks comm for credit balance. ..............okay, guess he's...gonna transfer funds from his sword savings account. He can just make it back...bonding with Zack is more important...] Not that desperate. Let's get a couple more rounds, I bet that'll do it.
wingenvy: (staring at the blank page before you)

[personal profile] wingenvy 2017-08-14 05:11 am (UTC)(link)
I'm up for it. I'll pay you back, I promise!

[he figures Cloud isn't looking to be repaid for this sort of thing, but he really hates being a mooch. maybe in a month his wallet will be less full of mothballs.]
moseyin: (very catchy)

[personal profile] moseyin 2017-08-14 05:17 am (UTC)(link)
I'm pretty sure you treated me to lunch enough times that I won't hardly even break even with this. [So don't worry about it, ya dingus]
wingenvy: (a celebration)

[personal profile] wingenvy 2017-08-14 05:51 am (UTC)(link)
Eh, I never counted.

[Junon was the most memorable, and anyway, Cloud did invite him to his mom's house. So that was kind of one version of payback. He wonders if Cloud remembers that, actually.

He downs the third shot they order and it burns more pleasantly, his throat getting more used to this world's alcohol. Time and volume, he's hoping, will do something. He needs this apparently.]


Geez... it has been way too long since I drank.
moseyin: (damn)

[personal profile] moseyin 2017-08-14 05:53 am (UTC)(link)
[Quiiiietly pushes his shots over toward Zack, just toying with the glass of his first one. You probably need this more than he does, dude.]
wingenvy: (too late for second guessing)

[personal profile] wingenvy 2017-08-14 06:06 am (UTC)(link)
[Zack kind of barely notices it, trying not to be cranky about the situation they're in- how he happens to be a SOLDIER and how the mako has to do its thing and absorb it like the thirsty monster-making chemical it's always been. He knows it's not the be-all end-all shield, it didn't save Angeal or Genesis or even Sephiroth so it sure as hell can't save him, but why's it have to be this efficient?

It sucks. This sucks. He's not immortal or all-powerful but he can't even have the pleasure of getting trashed and forgetting for half a second that he died horribly like, two weeks ago. Ugh.

He drinks all but two and holds the third, sliding it back and forth between his hands along the bar counter.]


....You know, there was this bar back home near the Shinra Building, real trash heap that belonged in the slums- it kept a special order liquor in stock for SOLDIERs only. Stuff had mako in it, and that... that could get even a 1st so drunk they had to be carried home.
moseyin: (they send me away)

[personal profile] moseyin 2017-08-14 06:15 am (UTC)(link)
I never heard of that. Was it home brew? [You'd hear about people siphoning off mako from reactor pipes and using it for bombs and drugs and stuff, but he'd never once heard about it being made for liquor. Of course, if it was some kind of SOLDIER secret, of course he wouldn't know.]
wingenvy: (when the bombs are bursting in the air)

[personal profile] wingenvy 2017-08-14 06:55 am (UTC)(link)
Probably. The bartender was always real secretive about it- I figured he got it illegally and was just protecting his own butt. Nobody would've sold him out unless the price was high enough to alienate all their buddies, though. The booze was too good to risk losing it.

[And escaping taught him one thing- just about everybody has their price. It just never came to that.]
moseyin: (i can't help this awful energy)

[personal profile] moseyin 2017-08-14 09:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Kinda funny that the only thing that can get someone mako-enhanced drunk is more mako. [Not that Cloud wants to try it; probably wouldn't react very well with him. With his luck he'd probably just forget like his mother's face or something else equally traumatic.]
wingenvy: (we'll do what it takes)

[personal profile] wingenvy 2017-08-14 10:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Getting drunk is kinda like getting poisoned, right? So I guess you could call it temporary mako poisoning. I only tried it the one time, though, so I can't say for sure how it worked.

[When you live the SOLDIER life, you don't want to end up relying on that sort of coping mechanism or you'd lose your damn mind. Once was enough. Just when he'd really needed it.

(But an encore right now would be nice.)]
moseyin: (god damn right;)

[personal profile] moseyin 2017-08-14 10:49 pm (UTC)(link)
[Cloud could argue that, having experienced both, mako poisoning is nothing like being drunk, but Zack doesn't look particularly primed for debate right now so he'll just drop it and order some more shots.] Let's put that stuff to the test against this alien liquor stuff then. Bottoms up.
wingenvy: (cause 99 miles per hour)

[personal profile] wingenvy 2017-08-14 11:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Bottoms up.

[Zack taps his glass against Cloud's and downs it, then another for good measure. Whatever's in this stuff is slow-acting, but he's starting to feel it, thank god. The fact that the bartender is showing some concern is probably a good sign.

Maybe if he earns some cash he can buy a few bottles for whenever they leave? This could come in handy.]


Cloud... y'know...

[........finish your sentence, Zack]
moseyin: (the person inside me)

[personal profile] moseyin 2017-08-14 11:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[Just goes ahead and knocks back this other shot he's been toying with over here and checks his balance again before ordering another round.

Zack doesn't continue so Cloud glances up to find his expression unreadable. It seems a little odd, to see Zack so conflicted, but also a little familiar? He's seen that face before, he knows it, even if he can't remember when.]
...yeah?
wingenvy: (so this heart learns to trust)

[personal profile] wingenvy 2017-08-14 11:51 pm (UTC)(link)
...Nothing. Ah- no, not nothing, I mean...

[Drinking was a mistake. He goes ahead and takes another shot anyway.]

I mean, I'm grateful. For... all this. Giving me a chance. I know it's weird, yeah? It's hard for you. I wouldn't blame you if you wanted to just avoid me. So... thanks.
moseyin: (it's a kickin song tho)

[personal profile] moseyin 2017-08-14 11:56 pm (UTC)(link)
[It's kind of surreal, being thanked by Zack for hanging out with him. It's absurd enough that it startles a light little laugh out of Cloud as he reaches for the next round of shots and passes the majority over to Zack.] You're kidding, right?
wingenvy: (I keep falling down)

[personal profile] wingenvy 2017-08-15 12:06 am (UTC)(link)
[stop fueling his absurdity, Cloud, goddamn. You're gonna have to carry him back at this rate.

...he still drinks them, though, zero complaints involved.]


Not kidding- I'm dead serious. [was that a joke? that was a teRRIBLE JOKE don't ever again] Some people would do that. And they'd be fine with it. And- and I'd be fine. [he wouldn't. he'd endure.] But you didn't, and... it means a lot to me.
moseyin: (I'm colder than this home)

[personal profile] moseyin 2017-08-15 12:11 am (UTC)(link)
[Shakes his head, taking his single shot.] You've got it all wrong, I'm the grateful one here. The number of people who'd avoid me after what I did is probably one less than the Planet's population. You're one in a billion.
wingenvy: (no one else)

[personal profile] wingenvy 2017-08-15 12:20 am (UTC)(link)
...s'not your fault, man. I'm mad at the bastard who locked us up, not you. Anyway, you- you're all I've got. You an' Aerith. And that's not why, but it's the truth.

[Everyone else is either dead or out of his reach. Betrayed him or blocked by those who wish him harm. He's clinging to what he knows with all his strength and Cloud has to know, has to know how important he is.]
moseyin: (my mind's like a deadly disease)

[personal profile] moseyin 2017-08-15 12:27 am (UTC)(link)
[Well that, Cloud can relate to. Maybe not back home; he has a whole slew of people who've thrown their lots in with him, most of all Tifa. Back home, Cloud has everything.

And Zack...back home, he has nothing. He lost it all the same way Cloud did, and then what little freedom he had left, he lost that too so that Cloud would survive.

Cloud reaches over and thumps a hand down on Zack's back, turning to face the bar contemplatively. Zack's not really doing him a favor by trying to patch things up between them, so maybe he should stop treating it like that.]
You'll have me as long as you want, then, [Cloud says quietly.] I'm not goin' anywhere.

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