‍‍‍‍ ‍‍‍‍ * ‍‍‍‍𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗵𝗮𝗿𝘁.

⠀⠀⠀‍‍‍‍⠀⠀⠀⠀❧ ⠀⠀intertwine⠀⠀⠀for⠀⠀⠀┈⠀‧₊˚ ⠀⠀⠀‍‍‍‍⠀⠀the⠀⠀⠀ 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁⠀ ⠀⠀time, ⠀⠀⠀@petalgraced. ⠀⠀⠀⠀‍‍‍‍⠀⠀⠀⠀‍‍‍‍⠀⠀⠀⠀‍‍‍‍⠀⠀⠀‍‍‍‍⠀⠀⠀‍‍‍‍⠀⠀‍‍‍‍⠀⠀‍‍‍‍⠀

[‍‍‍‍ ‍‍‍‍ * ‍‍‍‍𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗵𝗮𝗿𝘁. @starlitfists]

⠀ ˖ 𑁍 ۫ ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍⠀ 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 ⠀⠀ ⎯ ⎯
𝒑𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗶𝘀𝗲⠀⠀ ⠀⠀.⠀⠀ ⠀⠀𝗺𝗲.

[‍‍‍‍ ‍‍‍‍ * ‍‍‍‍𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗵𝗮𝗿𝘁. @starlitfists]

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huh ? ⠀⠀ nonsense. ⠀⠀ it'd be on the house.
⠀

[❛ 𝘕𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘨𝘶𝘯.. ❜ @zantetsvkvn]

don't have to. besides, i'd have to pay you back somehow.

[ale🍅 @elysiumshill]

I am going to hurt myself and others

[‍‍‍‍ ‍‍‍‍ * ‍‍‍‍𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗵𝗮𝗿𝘁. @starlitfists]

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we can't have that ! ⠀⠀ let me make you something. ⠀⠀ (•̀ᴗ•́)و
⠀

[❛ 𝘕𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘨𝘶𝘯.. ❜ @zantetsvkvn]

drinking a coffee.

..tastes horrible though.

[‍‍‍‍ ‍‍‍‍ * ‍‍‍‍𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗵𝗮𝗿𝘁. @starlitfists]

⠀
targeted by some monsters. ⠀⠀ i got a little caught up in helping her, ⠀⠀ and so .. ⠀⠀ ﹙ ⠀⠀ trailing off, ⠀⠀ vaguely gesturing to the injury with her head. ⠀⠀ ﹚
⠀

[‍‍‍‍ ‍‍‍‍ * ‍‍‍‍𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗵𝗮𝗿𝘁. @starlitfists]

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﹙ ⠀⠀ there's no time to insist that she's alright before he grabs her arm, ⠀⠀ despite her urge to do so. ⠀⠀ she simply watches cloud, ⠀⠀ brows furrowing ever so slightly. ⠀⠀ ﹚

i'm okay ! ⠀⠀ i promise. ⠀⠀ some kid wandered off too far and got ⎯⎯

↴

[𝙘𝙡𝙤𝙪𝙙 @illusionary1st]

( frowning, looking over at the gash ) tifa…how did that happen? hey, lemme check it out.

( pulling out a bandage and cure materia, he delicately takes her arm and wraps it up )

i’ll cast cure too, hopefully it helps. you okay?

[‍‍‍‍ ‍‍‍‍ * ‍‍‍‍𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗵𝗮𝗿𝘁. @starlitfists]

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please, ⠀⠀ that's all you. ⠀⠀ you're the cutest. ⠀⠀ 🥹*
⠀

[◟♯ . ‍ ‍ ‍ 𝓪𝖾𝗋𝗂𝗍𝗁.͟...ᐟ @petalgraced]

⁣　
⁣ NYAWWWWWWWW OMIGOSH OMIGOSH 🥹🥹🥹 tifa.. you look sooo adorable ~ !
⁣

[‍‍‍‍ ‍‍‍‍ * ‍‍‍‍𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗵𝗮𝗿𝘁. @starlitfists]

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i expect nothing but utmost dedication to all of my lessons ! ⠀⠀ ☝️* ⠀⠀ ﹙ ⠀⠀ … giggling, ⠀⠀ ﹚ ⠀⠀ obviously. ⠀⠀ ﹙ ⠀⠀ said with playful sarcasm. ⠀⠀ ﹚
⠀

[𝙘𝙡𝙤𝙪𝙙 @illusionary1st]

heh, that's right. i still remember all the lessons you've taught me. can't say i always abide by them but...well, what do you expect, right?

[‍‍‍‍ ‍‍‍‍ * ‍‍‍‍𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗵𝗮𝗿𝘁. @starlitfists]

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﹙ ⠀⠀ dozing off . . . ⠀⠀ 💤* ⠀⠀ ﹚
⠀

[‍‍‍‍ ‍‍‍‍ * ‍‍‍‍𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗵𝗮𝗿𝘁. @starlitfists]

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﹙ ⠀⠀ a slight startle, ⠀⠀ though she soothes upon realizing who it is ⠀⠀ ⎯⎯ ⠀⠀ nodding. ⠀⠀ ﹚ ⠀⠀ sorry, ⠀⠀ i didn't realize you were there ! ⠀⠀ i'm okay, ⠀⠀ just tending to, ⠀⠀uh, ⠀⠀ this ..
⠀

[𝙘𝙡𝙤𝙪𝙙 @illusionary1st]

( moving to go sit alone and take a breather, he notices her slumped posture and moves to check on her )⠀ ⠀

tifa? is...everything okay?

[‍‍‍‍ ‍‍‍‍ * ‍‍‍‍𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗵𝗮𝗿𝘁. @starlitfists]

@illusionary1st 𝔃𝐞𝐥𝐝𝐚.༢ thank you 😼

[‍‍‍‍ ‍‍‍‍ * ‍‍‍‍𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗵𝗮𝗿𝘁. @starlitfists]

𝔃𝐞𝐥𝐝𝐚.༢ i will say that i've Never written tifa before and i'm just now getting into ff7 so forgive me as i find her voice!!

[‍‍‍‍ ‍‍‍‍ * ‍‍‍‍𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗵𝗮𝗿𝘁. @starlitfists]

𝔃𝐞𝐥𝐝𝐚.༢ all that is to say everyone should hmu i wanna write wjth all of u

[‍‍‍‍ ‍‍‍‍ * ‍‍‍‍𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗵𝗮𝗿𝘁. @starlitfists]

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lightning, ⠀⠀ huh ? ⠀⠀ i like that. ⠀⠀ ﹙ ⠀⠀ didn't make any difference to tifa, ⠀⠀ who smiled at the other. ⠀⠀ ﹚ ⠀⠀ i'm tifa.
⠀

[❛ 𝘕𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘨𝘶𝘯.. ❜ @zantetsvkvn]

lightning.

( not her real name,
but who cared, right? )

you?

[‍‍‍‍ ‍‍‍‍ * ‍‍‍‍𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗵𝗮𝗿𝘁. @starlitfists]

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wish i could say i had any plans aside from using my free time to laze around, ⠀⠀ but alas .. ⠀⠀ ﹙ ⠀⠀ … ⠀⠀ ﹚ ⠀⠀ no harm in getting some much needed rest, ⠀⠀ though ! ⠀⠀ another lesson from tifa. ⠀⠀ 😎*
⠀

[𝙘𝙡𝙤𝙪𝙙 @illusionary1st]

tell me about it. been working so hard, we all deserve a break. got any fun plans?

[‍‍‍‍ ‍‍‍‍ * ‍‍‍‍𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗵𝗮𝗿𝘁. @starlitfists]

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﹙ ⠀⠀ nursing a small gash, ⠀⠀ a sigh pushing past lips ⠀⠀ ⎯⎯ ⠀⠀ she 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘴 she's alone, ⠀⠀ and therefore tifa allows her posture to slump ever so slightly. ⠀⠀ ﹚
⠀

[‍‍‍‍ ‍‍‍‍ * ‍‍‍‍𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗵𝗮𝗿𝘁. @starlitfists]

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there's a little kitty stuck in a tree … ⠀⠀ 🥹* ⠀⠀ ﹙ ⠀⠀ could she do it herself ? ⠀⠀ absolutely. ⠀⠀ that doesn't matter now though .. ⠀⠀ ﹚ ⠀⠀ we've 𝘨𝘰𝘵 to help her down, ⠀⠀ hm ?
⠀

[‍ ‍ ‍ ͟ ⌖ ‍ 𝔢x𝚂𝙾𝙻𝙳𝙸𝙴𝚁. ‍ ⚔️ @makoblaze]

i don’t. (hands on hips, head tilting in slight curiosity, unintentionally mirroring tifa.)

[‍‍‍‍ ‍‍‍‍ * ‍‍‍‍𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗵𝗮𝗿𝘁. @starlitfists]

𝔃𝐞𝐥𝐝𝐚.༢ pin uneven

[‍‍‍‍ ‍‍‍‍ * ‍‍‍‍𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗵𝗮𝗿𝘁. @starlitfists]

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﹙ ⠀⠀ she understands. ⠀⠀ it makes no difference to her. ⠀⠀ ﹚ ⠀⠀ say, ⠀⠀ i don't think we've met before … ⠀⠀ what's your name ?
⠀

[❛ 𝘕𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘨𝘶𝘯.. ❜ @zantetsvkvn]

( offering a shy wave back. people weren't her.. strong suit. )