The Ultimate Anti-Climax of Ultimate History?

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[So, all of you islanders have been recovering from the horrors of the Zombie Island Mish-Mash of Nuclear AWESOME, doing your island-y things. That's cool, so has Ed, off being his usual slightly-reclusive self and blowing things up in his Gilligan-lab to pass the time. Life returns to what passes for normal here, right?

...and then there's the note. Of course your first thought is 'Oh God, another event?' as would be the logical train of thought--

Wait a minute. Wedding invitation? Of the island and--WHAT?! And on top of that you're free to leave for home or wherever you like?]

...there's no way. This has to be a trick.



(( MINGLE POST HO!!! Are you skeptical of this ~*gift from the heavens*~ as Edward is? Are you one of the insanely hopeful that shall plan for where you'll go? Need to start making tearful goodbyes to your long-time buddies? Shanghai some fellow islanders to your homeworld for nefarious purposes? Get pissed at being brought here recently just to leave? Flip out and go find some Black Materia to call down Mete--wait.

So yeah. Post, mingle, have fun! And assume this is the day of the note-arrival, obvs. Mods, if this is out of line, feel free to stake me out for the vultures. *A*b ))

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[thundagathighs.livejournal.com]

I think it's real, but for what it's worth, my opinion probably doesn't mean much compared to the older residents.

[flatchestking.livejournal.com]

Even if they are extremely jaded?

[thundagathighs.livejournal.com]

Sometimes being jaded can blind you to what's right in front of your face. [ sort of waves his invitation ]

We haven't heard from the island in a while. Is it really that surprising?

[flatchestking.livejournal.com]

... Which part?

[thundagathighs.livejournal.com]

The island being 'gone'-- maybe it was just busy with this?

Plus, I don't think it's ever pulled a trick like saying we'll go home and then not, right? But I might be wrong.

[flatchestking.livejournal.com]

If it has, I can only assume it meant 'home' as in where ever it is that someone may have shacked up in here.

[thundagathighs.livejournal.com]

Yeah, this is oddly... clear.

In any case, I'm not taking any chances.

[flatchestking.livejournal.com]

... Chances? What do you mean?

[thundagathighs.livejournal.com]

I'm not going to let the chance to say goodbye slip by me again.

[flatchestking.livejournal.com]

... Again?

[thundagathighs.livejournal.com]

I don't have a home to go back to.

[flatchestking.livejournal.com]

Was it destroyed during a war or similar?

... or is it something else...?

[thundagathighs.livejournal.com]

Something else.

Before I came here, I faced off against an entire army. Just me.

[flatchestking.livejournal.com]

... Ah.

[thundagathighs.livejournal.com]

So it's kind of a weird feeling, right now.

[flatchestking.livejournal.com]

... Back in my world, there is... a 'place' known as the Throne of Heroes. The souls of heroic warriors rest there after death. It is set aside from the cycle of life. Perhaps you may be in luck...?

*she has no bloody idea what to say really*

[thundagathighs.livejournal.com]

... Heh. Maybe! Sounds like a fancy place if I've earned my spot there.

[ He says it so cheerfully-- he's come to terms with the fact that he's dead. He doesn't mind and he doesn't want to make her uncomfortable. ]

[flatchestking.livejournal.com]

... Tell me, is there anything, absolutely anything, that you would undo with the life you had? Not counting here... whatever you would consider that.

[thundagathighs.livejournal.com]

... Undo?

Now that's a heavy word-- no, I wouldn't change a thing. I would do more, yes, but I wouldn't change anything so it didn't happen.

[flatchestking.livejournal.com]

Did you have a happy life?

[thundagathighs.livejournal.com]

Yeah. I had a lot of things to be thankful for.

[flatchestking.livejournal.com]

Can I know... what sort of life you had?

[thundagathighs.livejournal.com]

... Heh, sure.

I grew up in Gongaga. It was a small country town. From there on, I wanted to be in SOLDIER, this... elite, military task force. And I got in. And when I made second class, a lot of stuff in my life began to change. Some difficult things happened, I had to fight my teacher, and SOLDIER, and Shin-ra, and all of that... it wasn't what I thought it was.

Towards the end, I was just trying to make it back home, to take care of my friend and see someone I missed. I didn't make it, but... that person I took care of, he's still alive out there.

And... he'll do good.

I tried to lead the kind of life I thought a hero would have-- that's why I wanted to be in SOLDIER. Whether or not I made it... [ shakes his head ] I don't know. A hero shouldn't be the one to call himself a hero. What I do know is that even if my life ended like that, I wouldn't change it. I wouldn't run.

[flatchestking.livejournal.com]

It... might be a little bad of me to say this, but even with all of that, I think you may have had a better life than I.

[thundagathighs.livejournal.com]

...? What happened?