Gotta catch a train [Completed]

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Character(s): Sephiroth, eventually Kadaj and various Turks
Content: While en route to his rendezvous with Rufus Shinra, Sephiroth is intercepted by Kadaj. Insanity ensues.
Setting: Somewhere east of Paixao Central Station, and heading in that general direction.
Time: Mid-afternoon
Warnings: Swearing, violence, and bloodshed. Well, if Kadaj and his summons can shed blood, that is...


Sephiroth had had better days. First, there had been the unfortunate encounter with whatever those creatures had been; then, the strange man named Vincent. They had parted company after he checked something on the journal he carried, which had prompted Sephiroth to do the same. After spending the better part of an hour speaking with a man named Shinra and a person who claimed to be somehow related to him, he'd started moving toward the central station marked on his journal's map.

This whole thing stunk to high heaven. None of it added up; President Shinra, dead? His son in charge of everything? Sure, it would probably happen like that, but that would take -years-.

And now, a person claiming to be related to him, and who was quite obsessed with meeting him. A man named Kadaj, who Shinra claimed was one of Hojo's science projects gone wrong. A man who was supposed to have been created as a replacement for himself, alongside two others...

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If he'd had any sort of faith at all in gods, Kadaj would have said they were conspiring against him.

As it was, he was left cursing viciously at nothing, tired of slaughtering the numerous Nobodies and in too much of a hurry to do that now anyway, no matter how much he wanted to vent. The President was here, more of his turks were here, and all of them were from some future after his, where he had been defeated. Could things get any worse? Obviously they could, because not too long after that he had found Vincent's entry mentioning Sephiroth of all people and he knew he had to meet the man no matter how much he loathed him. That what Mother would have wanted.

He whiled away his time on his way to the man in conversation with the President himself, his expression shifting rapidly from amused, disgusted, confused, and all the way back to furious again. He hated communicating like this-- it was so much easier to be in control of the situation when he was with Shinra in person. He'd be able to stop the man's dancing around the issue with a mere word or action then. Instead he had to wait between responses and try to discern through language alone whether the President was lying or not. It was impossible. Absolutely maddening. He couldn't wait for when the time came to finally see him in person. Then he'd be able to tell if he really was...

But no. He had to meet with Sephiroth, the favorite, and try to convince him to join his side, all to make Mother happy. Mother would want that, right? She wouldn't want her sons to be fighting. He had to stay calm, assess the situation, make the correct judgments... all of it to win Sephiroth over so that everything would be perfect for the Reunion. For Mother. That was his job.

So... he would do his job.

Mother would be so proud of him.

Trying hard to maintain that kind of perspective on things, Kadaj tore his eyes away from his journal and put it aside for now. He could talk with the President after he was done speaking with Sephiroth. Thankfully, the other silver-haired man was incredibly easy to spot, and, keeping a tight rein on the jealousy and anger that sprung up at the mere sight of him, the remnant made a beeline towards him. Hopefully he could get this over with quick. The more time he spent speaking with him, the more likely it was he would say something to drive the other man off. Mother wouldn't want that at all.

Once he got close enough to him, he quickly fell in stride with the other man, saying with rather forced light-heartedness, "Sephiroth, I presume~?" As if it could be anyone else.