𝐕𝐄𝐋𝐃

𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬,
𝐢'𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 ( 𝑆𝐾𝑌 ),
𝐭𝐡𝐞 ( 𝑆𝐸𝐴 ) 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲,
@splinteredhonor.

[𝐕𝐄𝐋𝐃 @cinennaverite]

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— 𝐀 𝐵𝐸𝐴𝑈𝑇𝑌 𝐾𝐼𝐿𝐿𝐸𝑅 𝐆𝐎𝐍𝐄
𝑅𝑂𝐺𝑈𝐸

&& 𝐖𝐇𝐎 𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐃𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐇
𝐓𝐎𝐎 𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐘 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄𝐒

❥︎ ❥︎ ❥︎ ❥︎ ❥︎ l'homme éternel

— 𝐕.𝐕.

[𝐕𝐄𝐋𝐃 @cinennaverite]

In the same breath, he longs for the warmth of his husband and the chill of his grave.

[𝐕𝐄𝐋𝐃 @cinennaverite]

- a familiarity he cannot accommodate.

Not when the world keeps seething.

[𝐕𝐄𝐋𝐃 @cinennaverite]

'Who are you?' Beckons his reflection—a mako-visage distorted by the scientific anomaly known as 'forever youth'—a breakthrough no man should ever have eureka'd into existence.

The lines on his face are perpetually middle aged, yet his mind knows better.

It longs for -

[𝐕𝐄𝐋𝐃 @cinennaverite]

- categorize it for me? Family? Work? Play?"

He's, of course, teasing.

[𝐕𝐄𝐋𝐃 @cinennaverite]

On the other end of the line, a smile breaks his usual severity.

"Still keen on calling me that, Anvivia?"

He never asked the Turks to refer to him as anything other than 'sir'. Not even the title 'Director' felt right. Too formal.

"A broad ask for a busy man. Care to -

[Anvivia of Knives @turkanvivia]

@cinennaverite Hey Dad… how’s it going?

[𝐕𝐄𝐋𝐃 @cinennaverite]

@SplinteredHonor - pinged the not-bossman from the counter of an open bar.

"Tseng. I've infiltrated that hippie commune you were talking about. What's the plan? And make it quick—one more breath of this second-hand hookah smoke and you're gonna lose me."

[𝐕𝐄𝐋𝐃 @cinennaverite]

⠀
❝ ᴀɴᴅ ᴏʜ, ᴘᴏᴏʀ ᴀᴛʟᴀꜱ—
ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ'ꜱ ᴀ ʙᴇᴀꜱᴛ
ᴏꜰ ᴀ ʙᴜʀᴅᴇɴ. . . ❞
⠀
⠀

[𝐕𝐄𝐋𝐃 @cinennaverite]

@SplinteredHonor - quiet uprising. And, rumor has it that some of them were ex-Shinra themselves, which inevitably meant they had a bone to pick, too.

So...alas, he could not kick it back and share a blunt with a babe just yet.

Besides, he'd have much more luck once he had street cred.

He -