Welcome to this place

[spikyponytail.livejournal.com]

[There's a teenage boy with blonde spiky hair leaning against the wall - but he isn't a Roxas. No, it seems a small Cloud has arrived, but it seems he doesn't know it yet, as his eyes are closed.]

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[spikyponytail.livejournal.com]

[Holy childhood heroes Batman!]

H-hi.

You... you're a SOLDIER, aren't you? [Inner fanboy flailing goes here.]

[honoranddreams.livejournal.com]

[Zack chuckles softly, nodding.] "Yeah, I am. I'm Zack. Who are you?"

[spikyponytail.livejournal.com]

[Eyes go wiiiiide.]

My name's Cloud! I'm gonna be a SOLDIER too one day!

What're you doing all the way out here?

[honoranddreams.livejournal.com]

[Excuse that wistful look that briefly flickers across Zack's face when he hears your name, Cloud. But then he's quickly smiling again, resisting the innate urge to ruffle your blond spikes.]

"Um, 'here'? Do you mean the Dressing Room, or Nibelheim?"

[He's got a hunch that Cloud is new to the Dressing Room -- and, whoops, he just kind of let it slip out that he knows that Cloud's from Nibelheim. Uh-oh.]

[spikyponytail.livejournal.com]

Well, Nibelheim, what's the... [One sec while he notices where he is.]

[honoranddreams.livejournal.com]

[Zack chuckles sympathetically, not at all unkindly. So, it would seem that this Cloud is indeed new here.]

"Welcome to the Dressing Room, Cloud. It's a place that pulls in people from all over, from different worlds, different times, you name it."