2nd Combo - [Voice] -- Backdated to 1-24, before the Yeti attack

[redcladidealist]

Aw damn it! [Lloyd's voice is frustrated, but with a definite tone of dismay.] Why won't it come out?! Zelos is going to- [He cuts himself off. Something rustles and water sloshes, the sounds somehow almost desperate. After a few seconds, though, Lloyd groans again. Thunk! That, my friends, is the sound of a head hitting a wall.]

Damn it! Does anyone know how to get bleach stains out?

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[firstclassdream.livejournal.com]

Sorry, pal.

Umm, guess there's nothing wrong with white. I stick to black myself, white gets dirty too fast.

[redcladidealist]

Good point. We do have to travel a lot, so clothes get dirty pretty fast. I'll go with black, then, if I can't fix the pink. [Lloyd perks up.] I bet Zelos would like it if he never had to worry about stains!

[Oh Zack, what have you done?]

[firstclassdream.livejournal.com]

Well, next time leave the bleach for white clothes. Kinda all it's good for really.

[redcladidealist]

Got it! Don't worry, I won't make the same mistake twice!

Thanks, mister!

[firstclassdream.livejournal.com]

No prob. And no misters or sirs, got enough of that in my SOLDIER days. I'm Zack Fair.

[redcladidealist]

Fair enough. [He's not intending to make a pun there. Completely by accident, Zack.] I'm Lloyd Irving.

A soldier, huh? [Lloyd tilts his head.] You don't look like one.

[firstclassdream.livejournal.com]

[Happens all the time~] Nice to meet ya, Lloyd

[And that there gets Zack to blink a bit. Shouldn't the uniform and mako eyes be enough of a hint?] I don't? ...Really?

Fff, forgot I started off in voice. Can we say this thread was in video?

[redcladidealist]

You too!

[Lloyd gestures with his hands toward his head.] Yeah, don't soldiers wear helmets? Doesn't it smash their hair? [He's never seen a uniform like that, and glowing eyes? Hey, that seems almost normal after having two companions whose eyes were red.]

So did I! *headdesk* Sure, no prob.

[firstclassdream.livejournal.com]

[Zack chuckles a bit, rubbing his neck.] Well, most Seconds and Thirds wear them, but I was never a fan of them. But I'm guessing our ideas of SOLDIER are a bit different. See, where I'm from SOLDIER is a pretty elite group which three ranks: Third, Second and First Class. I use to be a SOLDIER First Class.

Woo~ Equal fail! \o/

[redcladidealist]

I thought soldiers were people in the army. I mean, that's what you called them all. If a soldier is something special, what do you call the regular ones?

So you're pretty good, then, right?

[firstclassdream.livejournal.com]

Well, there's the normal army, that's the infantryman. Then you got us SOLDIERS who got mako enhancements and then the Turks that...well do all the other stuff. Spying and whatnot.

[Oh no, heroic pose might be a go.] Yeah, guess ya can say I am. Er...was. [Neck rub.] Sorta ex-SOLDIER now.

[redcladidealist]

"Mako"? [Lloyd's eyebrows furrow at the unfamiliar term.] What's that?

How can you sort of be an ex-soldier? Either you are or you aren't, right? Did you quit, or were you kicked out?

[firstclassdream.livejournal.com]

Liquid form of the Lifestream. The Lifestream is kinda of like the Planet's energy. Members of SOLDIER get mako enhancements. [He brings the Dreamberry closer to his face, So Lloyd can get a good look at his glowing eyes.]

No, more like betrayed. [Zack is still kicking himself for not getting a clue sooner that ShinRa was no good.]

[redcladidealist]

Whoa. [Hope you don't mind if Lloyd stares deep into your eyes for a bit. That is really, really cool.] Hey, did you know your eyes are glowing?

So... mako is like mana. Got it! Although I don't think I've ever seen liquid mana before. [Solid mana, yes. Even mana bombs. But he hasn't seen mana in a liquid form yet. Hmm...

Then Lloyd's eyes widen.] Betrayed? What happened?

[firstclassdream.livejournal.com]

[No worries, he's use to it. Zack laughs a bit at Lloyd's question.] Yeah, it's what happens when you have mako in you.

[Zack's smiles fades.] Well, the company I worked for had it's fingers in more sticky business than I thought.

[redcladidealist]

How'd you get it inside you? Did you drink it? [Hey, it makes sense![

[He frowns.] That's not right. They shouldn't have betrayed you just because they got stuck in something.