BackstageSins

Rainy season in Wutai was a setback that ShinRa hadn't foreseen in the Wutai War. The Wutain forces were perfectly capable of operating in the torrential rains, thick mud, and host of slimy creatures that seemed to multiply every time a soldier so much as blinked. The SOLDIERs and Regular Army did not. They very nearly lost the war in the first year because of the weather. --------------------------------------------- The second year, two SOLDIERs huddled together under an old bus shelter, listening to the rain on the metal roof. Both were injured, one badly, and they were cold and damp. A summon cast by the Wutain side had scattered their

I am a stone. Smooth. Flawless. Unmoving. Unaffected by the world that moves around me. I am above it. Beyond it. At one with myself and the universe. I am a stone. "Are we there yet?" "Be quiet, Reno." "Hey, I'm asking an honest question." "Be quiet." "I've never been out to this island, yo. How'm I supposed to know how long it takes to get out to it?" "I have never visited the ruins either, Reno." "Oh." I am a stone. Smooth. Flawless. Unmoving. Unaffected by the world that moves around me. I am above- "So how are you not puking? We're on a boat." "Hush." "You take some kind of meds? I thought they didn't work for you." "Leave m

There were better ways to be woken up on a Saturday morning than by screaming. Especially when you had spent more time than you liked to think about fighting for your life, so screaming at any time meant someone near you was being mauled. Even more so when it was before 7am the morning after a very busy night. Then again, Tifa was the woman in charge of two children, three teenagers, and an adult who often behaved like he was twelve. She ought to expect those sorts of noises. The source of the screaming went tearing past her bedroom, presumably headed for the back of the house and the new addition that housed most of the household's newest