Special delivery

[notxinterested.livejournal.com]

Character(s): Cloud, Cid, Hope, Tidus, later Tifa
Content: Cloud made a smashing entrance into Paixao, we should probably make sure his bike isn’t wrecked.
Setting: Cid’s shop.
Time: Directly after Cloud’s intro.
Warnings: Cid

Never in a million years would Cloud have thought to use a summon this way, not even back when they were commonplace. The look on Tidus’s face when Hope had called down Alexander said he pretty much felt the same way. But it was a lot more proactive than waiting for help and faster than trying to dig the bike out and push it around by themselves.

After finding a mechanic, which was, thankfully someone he already knew, and tracking down the location, he lead the small group of people (and summon) to where the shop was, which wasn’t actually that far.

Cloud could only imagine the reaction Cid would have when the summon appeared at his doorstep.

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[mynamenotwhoiam.livejournal.com]

"Thanks for the help, Alexander." The giant machine man set the bike down carefully next to Cloud in the street. Of course...the Eidolon's definition of "careful" could use some work. Alexander nodded to Hope, then faded into sparkling dust.

Hope went to open the door, and held it for Tidus and Cloud.

[limitbreakpilot.livejournal.com]

It was most definitely not something he saw every day, that much was for certain. Whatever that thing was, it certainly wasn't like anything he recognized and he'd grabbed his spear and hurried on out the door of the shop before his brain managed to process the fact that it had been carrying Cloud's bike (and relatedly, that it had vanished just as neatly as any summon he'd seen before).

"The hell kind of company you keepin' now, Spiky?" Cid grumbled, as he planted the butt of his spear neatly against the ground. He wasn't going to be needing it here, but that didn't mean he'd forgiven Cloud for his unorthodox arrival just yet.

[storyofadream.livejournal.com]

Tidus had done a lot of surprising things with his life, but he never thought he would be adding "casual stroll down the street while using a summon as a pack mule" to that list.

It was...well, he could describe it as interesting, and just leave it at that. Maybe add in "slightly awkward" or "mildly surreal" as an afterthought, but otherwise, really, it was just plain weird.

Still, all things considered, he didn't mind not having to carry the bike himself.

Without saying anything, he followed Cloud, opting to keep quiet for now. After all, Cloud was the one who knew this guy.

[notxinterested.livejournal.com]

Cloud just shrugged off Cid's question, not really having a good answer for it. Or one that would be properly succinct enough, since Cloud didn't really feel like telling Cid what had happened to get them into this situation.

Instead, Cloud just opted to cut to the chase. He nodded towards Fenrir. "Think you can take a look at it?" As far as Cloud could tell, the bike was fine, but he didn't have an eye for these things like Cid did.

[7thheavensmile.livejournal.com]

Hearing that Cloud had nearly run over an innocent kid and then crashed his bike upon arriving in Paixao left Tifa just a little worried. She knew they were both okay, but still.... Fenrir obviously wasn't. So now she was making her way over to Cid's repair shop, if only to make sure everything would make it out of this in one piece.

Once close enough to the shop, she saw the group of guys standing outside, Fenrir sitting on the ground in front of them. She jogged over, happy to see Cloud and Cid. She recognized Hope slightly from the picture on her journal when she had spoken to him, but the last person she didn't know at all.

"This a private party or can anyone join?" Tifa asked as she walked up, her hands planted on her hips.

[mynamenotwhoiam.livejournal.com]

"You must be Tifa," Hope said, recognizing the voice, and her...um...face...from the journals. "We all just got here."

Cid seemed a little gruff to Hope, but he wasn't really any worse than Snow.

[limitbreakpilot.livejournal.com]

The fact that Cloud didn't really bother to answer the question didn't seem to bother Cid. Or rather, it didn't appear to bother him as much as it could have. Really, it was almost a given, with Cloud and anyway, the other comment was more immediately important by the standard sorting algorithms of Cid's mental processes.

"Course I can look at it," he grumped back. "Why the hell wouldn't I be able to? I've got eyes."

Fixing it would be a little different, but it wasn't like there was a whole lot of difference between an airship and a motorcycle when you got down to the inner workings. Engines were engines were engines, and the rest was just so much metal. That and you had to start somewhere. Not even ShinRa had been willing to let someone just start tinkering with airships. So yeah, he'd learned a thing or two along the way.

Anything further he was going to say however, was forestalled by Tifa's arrival - and that question he'd leave to Cloud.

[storyofadream.livejournal.com]

Unlike hope, Tidus didn't recognize the girl who appeared. From the way she jogged over, though, it seemed like she had a reason for hanging around. Maybe she knew Cloud or something.

"Don't see why not." Tidus replied casually, shrugging and giving her a friendly smile. "Never hurts to have more people around." Really, Tidus was talking just to talk. Somehow, he had the feeling that this woman wouldn't have left even if they had told her to.