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etrix for the videos, and Bela for the sweet messages and, as always, Zill for shoring me up when I list heavily to port :D Here it part one of the Gala, and I hope it will suffice! I've struggled more with this episode than with any other, but I will leave it to the readers to judge its worthiness!36
Reeve fidgeted with his tie again and got a sharp, stinging slap from Genesis, who was already halfway through his third glass of champagne.
“It’s choking me!” he hissed, and earned himself a severe look of contempt.
“Darling, if that degenerate pimp can pull off a tie, I think you can,” Genesis told him, and gazed down from the upstairs with a sigh of contentment. “Just look at the crowd, Reeve! I’ve seen as least fifty names down for the silent auction and we’re only ten minutes in! You’re doing very well!”
“Where is Mrs. Shinra? I had thought she would be here by now!” Reeve said, his nerves making his voice falter a bit. He gave his watch an anxious, unhappy look, not responding to Genesis’s pride because he had no idea how he should.
“Relax, dearest! She’s been here all along!” Genesis said, and uttered that trilling, floating laugh. “She’s been busying about talking up your crowd! She came with
“Ah, yes,” Reeve said, wishing he could take even a modicum of comfort from the size of the crowd. Unfortunately, crowds did nothing for Reeve, which went a long ways towards explaining why he was currently wedged up onto the second floor balcony looking down at his opening from behind the safety of a rather dull, heavy sculpture that, apparently, reminded Genesis of his father somehow. Reeve figured it was the bulbous protrusion that passed for its head. It rather resembled an apple…
“Well, if you’re going to stand up here pouting about what a failure you aren’t,” Genesis said, and walked his fingers up Reeve’s shoulder just to get him to sputter and bat at him. “Then I shall go and make sure that you are a success! Ta ta, darling! Do try to enjoy yourself, Reeve, dearest! This is your night!”
Reeve felt oddly adrift when Genesis fluttered off, the vivid tails of his ridiculous coat drifting behind him.
“My night,” he sighed, his miserable gaze taking in the huge crowd of people so far outside of his social class and experience that they might as well be from another planet. “My night, indeed.”
He hunched up tighter behind the sculpture and waited for an anvil to drop from the sky and cause the much-familiar ruin that he was so used to.
Cloud wandered the Gallery in a state of euphoria. He was the only reporter allowed in, and already things were so very juicy. He took photos of the paintings from various angles, willing to get the dull side of the story, but more importantly he took photographs of the various social bulls and their respective spouses, gathering lots of material for future scandal sheets. He also, when he was able, got quite a few shots of
Honestly, it gave him the creeps.
He flipped his camera around and switched it to computer mode, loading the one good photo of Rude into an email to his contact in Interpol. They, at least, were outside of the realm of ShinRa influence and wouldn’t blow him off.
And even though he wasn’t supposed to, he got quite a few shots of
He had just turned to get a picture of a rather intriguing looking Wutain man when Yuffie loomed before him and all he got was a mouthful of bared white teeth instead.
“Hi!” she said, not even noticing that she’d ruined his shot.
With an exaggerated sigh, Cloud let his camera dangle by its strap and said, “Hey.”
“You getting pictures of that guy? His name is Tseng,” Yuffie informed him. “I think you should investigate him, too.”
“Anyone else?” Cloud asked, giving her a hard look. “Like maybe some of the serving staff, or your grandmother or something?”
“No, I don’t think so,” Yuffie said, and Cloud rolled his eyes when she seemed to be genuinely entertaining the notion. She brightened again and pointed a wobbling finger at the Wutain man, saying, “He was with Rude last night at the club, I think he’s shady.”
“Because he goes to clubs?” Cloud asked. “Then maybe I should investigate you, you’re at those places all of the time.”
“Not to have meetings with big scary men and potentially hash out the terms of international drug-deals or hostile take-overs, I’m not!” Yuffie indignantly pointed out. “He’s off, Cloud! I’m fucking serious!”
“Alright, fine, just shut up,” Cloud said, aggravated with her. “I forgot how annoying you are when you’re drunk.”
“Did I mention that you’re a prick?” Yuffie asked, hands on hips and outraged. “I’m the Princess of Wutai, Cloud. Who the fuck are you?”
“The reporter who fucked you in the ass last night,” he said. “And the guy who’s telling you to get lost. Now scram, I got pictures to take.”
“You’re such an asshole,” Yuffie snarled, but at least she left.
Cloud located the Wutain man and got a couple of pictures of him with the slender, pale boy who Cloud recognized as one of
Cloud gave them a thoughtful look and glanced back at
Maybe that dipshit Princess was onto something here. It wasn’t often that Cloud could make connections between Midgar’s resident pimp-mobster and outside forces, but the Wutain guy wasn’t just some businessman, and his connection to Reno wasn’t superficial, Cloud’s gut told him that much.
He sent the shot of the Wutain guy to his Interpol contact as well, just covering his bases. Better safe than sorry when it came to getting a story, that was for sure.
Yuffie squealed when she saw
“Nothing, Yuffie,” the woman said, but her green eyes flicked and Yuffie tracked them to one familiar wolf of a redhead, busy plying his charm on one of the wealthy patrons. He seemed to become aware of the weight of their gazes and looked up, tipping a wink and an absolutely edible smile
Yuffie squealed softly and clutched
“Yuffie!”
She spied Genesis flitting down the stairs, one hand skimming the railing and head held high like any woman worth her dramatic salt. With a whoop and a wave she bee-lined it over to him, blabbering loudly, “I think they did it, Gen! I think it’s a done deal!”
Alarmed at the myriad ways that her statement could be taken, Genesis shushed her with a gloved hand and whispered, “Yuffie, darling, what on earth are you on about?”
“
Genesis gave her a reproachful, stern look and firmly said, “Dearest, you must stop that nonsense. I’m telling you directly,
“Oh yeah?” Yuffie laughed, and cocked her head at the couple who were standing in an intimate pose, laughing softly over their champagne. “She sure looks like she’s fooling him to me!”
Genesis stared in utter shock, murmuring, “No, that isn’t right…that simply can’t be…”
“It be, my friend,” Yuffie laughed. “How’s Reeve? Oh! I’ve hired a private investigator to check out
“Darling, why would you be investigating an employee of
“Because he caught me at the club last night and scared the fuck out of me,” she said, and grinned. “So, how’s Reeve?”
“Panicking in a quiet, rather endearing way,” Genesis said, not minding the shifts in conversation, his shrewd eyes sweeping the crowd. “If he manages to not pass out during his speech I’ve promised to let him grow his beard back.”
“Good one!” Yuffie snorted, grinning. “Did he go for it?”
“Darling, I’m Genesis Rhapsodos!” he reminded, and struck a haughty pose. “A promise from me is as good as gold!”
“You’re really going to let him grow it back?” Yuffie asked, and wrinkled her nose.
Genesis snorted and said, “Oh, believe me, dearest, in his current state Reeve won’t even be able to speak his name aloud, let alone recite his speech. I’ve got this one in the bag. And who was that tall, stern, and handsome man you came in with?”
“Some Tseng guy, a Wutain Lord. I’m having him investigated, too,” Yuffie said, and smirked, adding, “Musta been a great honor for him, meeting the Princess of Wutai and all.”
“He looked terribly thrilled,” Genesis lied, and spied the man looking at one of Reeve’s paintings, glass of liquor in hand and the other hand shoved into his pants pocket.
“I saw him with
“You need to slow down,” Genesis told her, and snatched her drink away to finish it himself. Thoughtfully, he said, “That is rather odd, though. Why would he be talking to
“No she’s not, and whoa change of subject!”
Genesis gave her a flat look and amended, “That is his name, darling, remember? Rude?”
“I know, I was kidding,” Yuffie said, and laughed until she snorted while Genesis studiously ignored both her and her ridiculous sense of humor. He watched the graceful, huge bodyguard in the background, unobtrusive and alert. The shadows lent him an air of menace that Genesis had not seen before – suddenly, it was much less easy to dismiss that he was talking to some foreign stranger. With a soft gasp, Genesis turned to Yuffie, gripping her arm hard and shaking her out of her snort when he asked, “Do they slave in Wutai?”
“Yeah, of course,” Yuffie answered, and snagged another drink from a passing tray.
“Yuffie!” Genesis hissed, shaking her until her champagne sloshed over her hand. “Do you think he might sell
Yuffie’s eyes widened and she whispered, “That guy hangs around with
Genesis – firmly sure that he was onto something – flailed in barely restrained panic and quietly wailed, “They’re in on it! Oh my Goddess!
Both of them nearly came out of their skin whenever Reeve tried to wedge into their conversation, clearly on the far side of panic at the volume of the crowd. The resulting squeal from Yuffie and startled yip from Genesis won a surprised shriek from Reeve that would’ve served a horror-queen proud.
The entire room fell silent, every pair of eyes landing on the blushing, frightened painter.
“It’s quite alright!” Genesis loudly said, pressing his hand to his heart. “I would love to, Reeve! You simply startled me with the suddenness of your asking! Everyone, it is official! Reeve and I are together now!”
The silence broke into congratulatory cheering and the growing crowd returned to drinking and talking within moments.
Reeve stood there staring at Genesis with an appalled, frightened, and utterly stunned look on his face.
Genesis shrugged slightly, said, “Congratulations, my love,” and tipped his empty glass to Reeve with an anxious smile.
Rufus was not entirely pleased to be here – he tended to avoid
Not without a good dosing of alcohol first, however.
“God, how does she put up with you?” Elena asked, on his arm as they entered the Gallery, leaving excited reporters and photographers behind. “You’re a fucking pig.”
“Well, in a few months, you’ll look like one,” Rufus countered, and wrinkled his nose. “I’m honestly reconsidering our deal, you know – I really don’t want you waddling around my house like some kind of overblown flesh barge.”
Elena scowled at him, searching the room for
“Oh my god,” she breathed, spying
Rufus glanced over, curious, and felt his jaw drop in shock. He had never in a million years dreamed that he would see Yazoo staring up at Reno like a love-struck puppy, or Reno gazing down at the young Cetran with warm affection in his eyes.
In a roomful of people!
“Fuck!” he hissed, and charged towards them, ready for battle, his steps faltering as his earlier drinks came back to haunt him, robbing him of his authority and turning him into a pathetic farce of an outraged husband. Which only served, as
“While you make love to my wife in public?” Rufus asked, outraged, while Elena anxiously tried to catch
“Rufus, really,”
“I’m not discussing anything with you, you tramp!” Rufus announced, and
“
Rufus was caught in a staring match and he was definitely the loser, swallowing hard and looking away to snag a drink from the passing tray.
“You go mingle,
Rufus waited until Reno and Elena had gone to the back before he darted after his wife, determined that this remain a private affair because Reno and Yazoo going public had never been part of the deal and would make things that much more complicated when the end of the line came for them.
Kadaj was behaving, and Tseng was relieved.
Even though those gorgeous Jenova eyes rested on
“Oh, but had you not come, my Jewel, you would never have needed to see this,” he murmured, feigning sympathy to hide the gloating.
Kadaj’s back stiffened but his chin when up and his green eyes flashed when he lowly said, “I needed to see this.”
Tseng smiled slightly, grabbing a glass of champagne and pressing it into Kadaj’s hand, urging him, “For the tension, merely. Drink.”
Kadaj knocked the glass back in one swallow and flung the glass negligently back at one of the wait-staff, his eyes locked onto
“How long have you known him?” he asked.
“A very long time,” Tseng said, intentionally vague. “We are both the men we are today because of one another.”
Kadaj’s eyes moiled with calculation, with thoughts. Tseng never underestimated his intelligence, and was constantly delighted by the turns of his convoluted thoughts.
“If I go back to Wutai with you, will it ruin your end of things?” he asked, and turned those cold eyes on Tseng. “I don’t want to end up making you lose your fortune or anything.”
“Of course not,” Tseng said, smirking. “I believe, if we simply do not tell him where you are going…”
Kadaj smiled but it wasn’t happy – it was vicious and cruel. The idea of vanishing into thin air on
“I will think about it,” the boy purred, and snagged another glass.
Tseng hid it well, but inside he knew, and felt the heady rush of victory.
Kadaj was his, lock, stock, and barrel.
“You got my money?”
“N…no, not yet,” Elena said, and hastily added, “But I will! I just need some time – ”
“I’m awful busy, Laney, time ain’t somethin’ I got much of, baby,”
Elena nodded softly, knowing that it wasn’t negotiable. Preparing herself to be caught out, she decided to use her only ace in the hole, knowing that there was a strong chance that Ronald had told Reno he could no longer have children.
But she had to try something.
“I’m pregnant, by the way,” she said, and waited breathlessly for the reaction.
“Ronald’s,” she said, and couldn’t hear anything over the nervous pounding of her heart.
“I don’t know, but I thought it might be useful,” she said, nearly faint with relief when he didn’t contest her. “In case something was to happen to Rufus.”
Elena nodded, afraid that she would never get the money in three days.
“Thank you,
“Fucking right I have,” he said, his eyes hard and sharp as diamonds. He pulled his hand out from beneath hers and stepped back, taking a drag off of his cigarette as he said, “We’ll worry about the kid later. Can’t see any use for it right now, anyway.”
Without another word to her, he left to go seek out
He was never going to let her live, not unless she had something to offer. She had to convince him somehow that a child of the President’s was worth its weight in gold.
And she had to get pregnant.
“Fuck,” she whispered, and hurried out to mingle with the crowd, wondering if Rufus would get drunk enough tonight to fuck her.
“Listen! I don’t know what’s going on here, but I want it to stop!” Rufus hissed, pulling
“You don’t need help with that,”
Rufus flushed darkly and said, “
He was growing more and more agitated as Rufus talked to him, his nerves pressed by the stress of his husband’s anger, adding to the stress of having the opening go well. He was shaken that Rufus was even here, and unnerved to find that his husband was going to pitch a fit over his affair.
“Really, Rufus, please let’s don’t speak of this now,” he begged, his head beginning to ache. He lifted his fingertips to his forehead and closed his eyes.
“We’ll speak of it now, alright!” Rufus snarled, and shook him again by his slender arm. “You want to have an affair? Fine! But keep it under wraps or I’ll tell my father all about it and then what,
Rufus stood there staring at him stupidly, stunned that
“I’m sorry,”
Furious but aware that he was being watched, Rufus wisely did not follow.
“Really, darling, don’t be so upset,” Genesis soothed, stroking Reeve’s cheek.
Reeve – still in a state of stunned upset – merely rolled his eyes to Yuffie as if to silently plead, “Can you believe this?!”
“Darling, there are bigger problems afoot here, really!” Genesis assured him, and Yuffie nodded earnestly in agreement. “You came up at a very climactic Moment of Realization, Reeve, dearest – you truly couldn’t have picked a worse time to interrupt. And then uttering that scream. Truly, darling, you screech like a little girl, it isn’t very manly of you.”
This coming from a man in a pink corset with a feather boa around his neck and glitter-spangled eyelashes that fluttered about an inch off of his lids.
Reeve continued to gape for a moment before he sufficiently gathered himself to ask, “And that was all you could think of?”
“Well,” Genesis said, and gave him a sly smile, snuggling to his side. “It is true.”
“It most certainly is not, sir!” Reeve corrected, offended. “Why, were I even inclined to be with other men, I would want one who…well…actually looked like a man!”
“Why, Reeve!” Genesis gasped, shocked. He turned to smile at Yuffie and winked, saying, “Isn’t he just so fabulous?”
“He really is!” Yuffie said, and giggled, eyeing him. “You clean up real nice, Reeve! Who knew such a hot stud was hiding underneath all those paint speckles and that awful beard?”
“Now hold on one moment, here, my beard was not – ” he cut off and cocked his head, asking, “Did you say hot stud?”
“Do tell!” Genesis gushed, and squeezed his arm again. “But, darling, we’ve uncovered a dastardly plot against
“Yeah! Rude and
Reeve blinked, looking from one obviously drunk face to the other.
“Er, Yuffie?”
“Hm?”
“Aren’t you Wutain?” he asked.
“Yeah!” she crowed, and started laughing. “Well, not to me, silly! Just, in general. Like, maybe to that guy over there.”
She pointed to Tseng, in deep conversation with Kadaj, and idly said, “I bet they’re sleeping together.”
“They do stand very close to each other,” Genesis remarked, squinting at the pair of them. “But I’m sensing some coldness on the boy’s side.”
“Excuse me very much,” Reeve said. “I hate to interrupt this impromptu relationship dissection, but do you have any proof to support this…oh, insane theory of yours?”
Genesis blinked at him with large, innocent eyes while Yuffie continued to try to puzzle out the exact amount of intimacy between Tseng and the delectable little Kadaj.
“So…we’re going on the word of two overly dramatic alcoholics who are employed in the theater business?” Reeve clarified, and shook his head, “Not a very convincing argument, now is it?”
Neither one of them had the good grace to look abashed, nor did they seem convinced that Reeve was right.
“Honestly, you two,” Reeve said, frustrated. He glanced around the room and gave the door back to the kitchen an anxious look, fidgeting when no one emerged for a full minute. “I’m going to check on the caterers.”
“Darling, really – ”
“I am not your darling!” Reeve hissed, and strode off indignantly to check on the caterers.
Yuffie laughed lightly and said, “Wow! He’ll never be overwhelmed by gratitude!”
“Tell me about it,” Genesis sighed, and rolled his eyes.
“Mei Li, I feel really out of place, here,” Zack said, nervously smoothing his hair for the millionth time. Even though Mei Li had combed it thoroughly, it refused to lie down. Instead, it was having its own little party on top of his head, locks waving too and fro in a riot of spikes. “I think you pissed it off.”
Mei Li looked up at his hair and stifled a dainty giggle behind her hand, every inch the tiny, delicate Wutain doll she was paid to be. She artfully tugged the sleeve of her robe back and reached up to pat his hair, saying, “There, now stop antagonizing it. You look fine.”
Zack smiled down at her and helped her tip toe to the next painting.
He had thought that this would suck, but Reeve was actually a very good painter, and Zack had a lot of fun trying to find all of the things hidden in the pictures. It was amazing the amount of detail the man put into his work – he captured everything about a place, down to dead flies on the window sill to old cobwebs beneath a chair. Even Zack, who was a hands-on man who had always lived off the strength of his back and had little appreciation for the arts, was thoroughly captivated by this man’s paintings, and he kinda wanted to meet him.
“Have we met the artist, by any chance?” he asked, glancing around the room. He spied Kadaj with Tseng off a ways, looking murderous, and anxiously followed his stare to find
“I believe that is the artist there,” Mei Li said, gesturing to a rather average, muscular man scurrying towards the kitchens. He seemed nervous and reminded Zack very much of a squirrel with his darting movements and watchful, frightened eyes. He laughed to see him, and remarked, “Well, I wouldn’t have thought these would come from that guy, but they’re fantastic.”
“Indeed,” Mei Li said, leading them slowly towards Tseng. “I believe I shall recommend him to my House – the Mistress is always searching for new murals, and he is quite good. I imagine he would enjoy a commission of that magnitude.”
“Hey, not everybody hates Midgar,” Zack said, compelled to defend the city that had taken him in.
Mei Li arched a perfect brow at him and he slumped a little, saying, “Yeah, who am I kidding? I can’t stand this place either.”
“Go home, then,” Mei Li told him. “I will as soon as my work here is done.”
“What work, exactly?” Zack asked.
Mei Li smirked and asked, “You expect answers when you offer none?”
“Touché,” Zack said, absently watching Kadaj.
Curiously, when he and Mei Li got closer, Tseng seemed to want to get rid of the boy, urging him to go off as if he didn’t want them all together at the same time.
“Weird,” he breathed, watching Kadaj stalk across the room towards Reno and bump into a blond with his own antagonized head of hair.
“Tseng shifu,” Mei Li said, bowing her head, and Zack gaped at her. He had no idea the two of them knew one another, and suddenly her place in
He frowned but inclined his head slightly when Mei Li said in that false, high, little-girl’s voice, “This is Zack Fair, Tseng shifu. He is a friend.”
Zack’s dark blue eyes met the cold, almost black eyes of the man Mei Li referred to as “Master” and he recalled the man’s long, white hand on Kadaj’s thigh – possessive and claiming, warning Zack away.
“Is he?” Tseng remarked, and smirked a little. “And who in particular are you a friend to, Mister Fair?”
“My boss,
Mei Li laughed again, that cute little giggle, and Tseng’s smirk widened to a smile. He gave Mei Li a secretive look and purred, “Well, we all have skeletons in our closets, I suppose…”
That made Zack start, and for a wild second he wondered if Mei Li had told him of what she had seen in Zack’s room – the blade, the unmistakable blade of the Brotherhood.
Mei Li seemed puzzled by the saying, however, and Zack forced himself to relax. It calmed him somewhat to know that not everything that went on in
“Look,” he said, deciding to be straightforward because dissembling was simply something he could not do. “I’m not after Kadaj. I understand that you’ve staked a claim on him and that he’s chosen you. I’m not sure if it’s the wisest decision, but it wasn’t mine to make anyway.”
Tseng said nothing, merely watched him with those glittering, predatory eyes.
“I’m going to be honest with you, though,” Zack said. “Nothing short of a fire is going to get Kadaj away from him, so you’re probably wasting your time.”
He was fairly confident that Kadaj wouldn’t leave
But unlike Kadaj, Zack had broken faith and fled.
He only hoped that the boy would be more loyal. As ugly and cruel as
Looking at Tseng’s cold, calculating eyes, Zack was certain it wouldn’t be the case with him.
“Hey,” he breathed, cupping her bare shoulders, pulling her tight back to his chest. “Hey, Cateyes, it’s ok.”
“It isn’t,”
“Don’t joke,
“Don’t cry, Cateyes,”
“I just…I think I need some air,”
“Then we’ll get some air,”
“No problem, baby,” he said, guiding her to the door of the kitchen. “Remind me later to kick his ass.”
And since these are so perfect for this episode! Two more of
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Date: 2009-07-20 10:19 pm (UTC)And second, this chapter is not lousy at all ! its excellent (but too short, haha !) and I will be waiting eargerly for part 2 :D
Genesis is such a bitch ! :D Cant believe he did that to poor Reeve ! And I am very impatient to know what Cloud will uncover with his pictures.
and well done Yaz ! :D but why is it worse for Rufus is the affair is public ? He is planning on blackmailing the family anyway, what difference does it make for him ?
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Date: 2009-07-21 01:40 pm (UTC)Genesis is hilarious! He will stop at nothing to get Reeve right where he wants him, lol!
Cloud is on a dangerous road without even knowing it, but he will get his information back before we know it and then there will open up a huge case of OMG!
Rufus technically isn't the one blackmailing Yazoo, Reno is. Rufus doesn't want to look like a cuckold in public, and he also doesn't want to deal with the rumors once Reno does what he's set out to do and breaks Yazoo's heart. Rufus wanted it kept quiet and tidy, done under the radar, so that he could get the holdings in Wutai and Yazoo would fade into the background where Rufus believes he belongs. Plus, if it gets out that Yazoo is already very friendly with Reno, then it will be harder to blackmail him over an affair he is already public with. Oh, the plot thickens :D
But, man, is it good to be back! *snugs you*
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Date: 2009-07-21 10:56 pm (UTC)and Rufus is an ass ! :D
snugs you back ! :D
Yei! I'm the first to review!
Date: 2009-07-20 10:19 pm (UTC)1ª I'm happy that you're back.
2ª You came back better than ever!
3ª I yelp with Yazoo's slap on Rufus - Yeah!Go Yazoo!
4ª This chapter is wonderful, I enjoying a lot the way that you're increasing the facts to the domino's fall.
5ª Thank you dear Stacey, you're the best and tight snugs to you, I'm honored to know that my drawings had inspired you.
Hugs and kisses and love!
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Date: 2009-07-21 01:36 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-07-21 05:22 am (UTC)Will Kadaj and Cloud finally meet in the next chapter?? *gasp*
I feel so bad for Rufus in this drama, lol.
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Date: 2009-07-21 01:27 pm (UTC)TEASE!
Date: 2009-07-21 02:11 pm (UTC)So many characters, with their distinct personalities and goals, can be hard to keep track of, but you're doing a good job of it. If you need to take longer to get the chapters 'settled' then take longer. I'll grump, but I'll wait. (I have no nails left to bite so it's okay.)
Hope RL smooths out for you soon.
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Date: 2009-07-26 12:52 am (UTC)Rufus totally deserved that slap! I agree! And the night won't be too terribly awful, I hope! However, I doubt it will go as any one of them plans.
Thank you very much, Etrix! You're awesome! *snuggles you* Always there with just the right thing to say when I need it the most! I wish I could be as good a friend to you!
WOW
Date: 2009-07-22 03:18 am (UTC)Re: WOW
Date: 2009-07-26 12:47 am (UTC)But, seriously, thank you so much! I am very flattered by such a sweet comment, and I'm very happy that you like my writing! I hope the soap will please you in the future, and look for it on Monday, as usual! Thanks again!
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Date: 2009-07-22 08:15 pm (UTC)Yep.
I have a feeling their all going to be tangled up in it good after this.
XD
and now that I've caught up, I'm going to have to wait for more! :(
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Date: 2009-07-26 12:34 am (UTC)Thank you so much for being so amazing with the comments and feedback! It really means the world to me to know what you guys all think! *snugs you*
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Date: 2009-07-24 01:09 am (UTC)Rufus took me by surprise. Why the hell was he so upset? I guess he's afraid of loosing face, but the way he acted it was like he cares. Well too bad for him, Yazoo and Reno are made for each other and I bet there's no way that Reno is going to go ahead with the blackmail plot. The hell with Rufus! He's an idiot!
That said, I missed you last week and this was a good episode. You have a lot of stuff going on, I don't know how you keep track of it all. I love it though and I hope you keep it up. This is way better than any soap they have going on on tv. Also I like how you write humor as well as drama. Zack's comment about his hair and Mei Li's response made me laugh. It was a cute bit :)
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Date: 2009-07-26 12:15 am (UTC)Rufus was upset because the deal did not include him being made an ass of in public. It is one thing for him to cheat on Yazoo, but quite another for Yazoo to be publicly cheating on him. And I wouldn't be so sure of Reno, he surprises me at every turn...
It's good to be back, I missed you guys! And I think I am through my odd writer's block! *snugs you* Thank you so much for still hanging in there! It means the world to me!
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Date: 2009-07-26 02:12 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-07-24 01:16 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-07-26 12:12 am (UTC)I've thought about publishing on ff.net, but I really don't think it would go over well. I publish there already as Purefoysgirl and the feedback is pretty nominal, at best. I don't know, it's like people will favorite and watch a story to death and not give you so much as a "Good job" or "it sucked" on it....You really think I should?
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Date: 2009-07-26 02:06 am (UTC)I've read your work as Purefoysgirl. I love Dog Will Hunt and Begining of the End. That scene where Reno bows his head and cries after he realizes how he wronged Yazoo and then killed him is one of my favorite scenes ever. Reno doesn't cry, but he does. And their reunion scene where drops his coffee and his cigerette is etched in my mind as one of the best scenes ever. I don't know if I reviewed it. I'm going to check and make sure. XD
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Date: 2009-07-24 08:31 am (UTC)Will Genesis and Reeve end up doing anything? *smirk* Because I would love that. And I'm aching to see it, and it seems like others agree XD Genesis is the kind of guy who's so infuriating that you end up falling in love with him. I dated a guy like that for 3 years ... lol. And Reno and Yazoo! So wonderful! I want them to run away together and be happy forever <3 there's my romantic Reno I always imagined and remembered from A Hard Time!
So now I have to like... wait for you to update... and be all, patient and shit now. XD
And by the way, nothing I've read that you've written is lousy. I can't imagine that ever being the case. :P
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Date: 2009-07-25 11:37 pm (UTC)I can't give away the secrets, lol! But Genesis and Reeve have something, don't they?
And be careful of Reno! It's easy to fall prey to his charms! But he's a dangerous boy, alright ;)
So, thank you so much, you've been amazing leaving comments for me! I really appreciate it! *snuggles you*
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Date: 2009-07-25 11:43 pm (UTC)Oh, and I would never want you to give them away :D They really do.
I knowww... *sigh* I'm bad about believing in people when they're assholes!! I just want so badly to believe that Reno won't break Yazoo's heart, but it's hard!
Aww, you're welcome! Haha I thought I'd be irritating, but I've been flipping out over the soap and getting really into it XD so after a while I was like fuck it I need to talk about this. hahaha. :D
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Date: 2009-07-26 09:18 am (UTC)Yuffie and Genesis are hilarious. Yazoo being sold as a slave ...yeah, right XD Reeve needs strong nerves.
Rufus is an ass as usual. And he deserved to be slapped SO badly! I like it when Yazoo shows some balls. And I wonder if Elena manages to get her pregnancy..
I guess Tseng and Zack aren't done with each other yet. And that might become dangerous.
Wonderful episode with a lot of tension :)
Hope RL is fine for you again!
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Date: 2009-07-29 01:56 pm (UTC)Yes, Reeve is the one resounding voice of reason between two drunken dramatics, which is not a place he appreciates in the least, lol!
Rufus totally deserved that slap, and we'll just have to see about Elena, hehe!
Tseng and Zack = dangerous combo, I don't think I'd ever want them to fight :(
Thank you so much for the kind comment and the kind thoughts! I think things have evened out a bit :D
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Date: 2009-08-03 06:01 pm (UTC)Poor Yuffie -_- *smacks Cloud* But her idea about Tseng and Rude´s plan is very interesting (and frightening!). I hope she´s wrooooong though!*tears apart her tissue*
Hahahaha, and GO Yazoo!!! You´re the best, smack him! *noms her* I bet Rufus is soooo confused now }:D Awwww, and he feels 'embarrassed' *rolls eyes*
Elena quickly needs someone to make her a baby *scans room* Hm... Red XII hasn´t had any appearance yet :P I bet their baby´d be such an... interesting...cub... *cough*
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Date: 2009-08-04 01:57 pm (UTC)Yuffie was just all over the damned place with Genesis! Talk about overreacting conspiracy theorists! LOL!
That smack was long overdue, I must say! He deserves a crack in the balls, but Yazoo is too much a lady for that, so a slap it was! And Rufus was just appalled that people saw his wife hit him, he couldn't care less about what prompted it :D He's such a bastard!
Hehe, Elena has her sights on someone, no worries!
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Date: 2009-08-11 10:30 am (UTC)BUT, with that said I'm just gonna go straight into fangirl mode and *squeeeeeee* I loved this episode. God, the plot thickens...
I have stopped trying to figure all of it out, because you keep surprising me in the most delightful ways, and predictability is just not a label that goes well with you, my dear! I love that I can't seem to completely figure out what it is Tseng is plotting, I love that Zack keeps beeing so damned secretive, I adore the mixed feelings Reno keeps spawning in me. I want to hate him for all the things he's plotting but somehow I just can't seem to. There is so much stuff going on I'm in awe of your ability to hold all the reins at once!!
And I gotta say...
“I’m the Princess of Wutai, Cloud. Who the fuck are you?”
“The reporter who fucked you in the ass last night,”
*squeeeeeee* I ADORE your Cloud!!!! But you already know that... :D
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Date: 2009-08-13 01:49 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-06-15 03:09 am (UTC)And Cloud is being an asshole as usual. I really wonder how Yuffie could end sleeping with him.
I think his confident can kill Zack one day.
And Yazoo strikes again! Hes being a bitch against his husband here xD
I still cant hate Rufus. He needs to try hard to dicipline his wife but I doubt about it since Reno's there xD
Theres something that missing from Rufus: his charisma. Man, Rufus, you need to stop playing and go try to act like another 26 y.o men out there for your fucking own good and stop using your father name everytime you've a problem! XD
Poor Rufus, poor Laney. Reno should give her another chance.
But please, dont let Rufus fuck her! Thats just eew! >_>