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prismaticpichu · 4 months

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Picture this: Seph winning Zack a plushie that he was staring at in the rigged claw machine. It’s too cute I can’t—

AHHHHH THE FEEELS 😭 BRILLIANT MIND! ❤️

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“You want one, don’t you?”

It was hardly even a question: Zack had been staring at the box of plushies for over forty-five seconds now, an obvious longing in the bright blue eyes that Sephiroth knew took every ounce of his willpower to bridle. Well-played by the diner, to have a claw machine placed strategically in the corner of their restaurant. It was practically magnetism—an irresistible force aimed to draw in youthful, innocent, somewhat-impulsive spirits. And conveniently for them, Zack fit perfectly into that bill.

Sephiroth wiped away his smirk as Zack turned back towards him.

“…Maaaaybe,” Zack admitted sheepishly, but the kind of sheepishness that told Sephiroth he was still comfortable confessing such a thing. A playful smile brightened his lips. “Can I borrow some Gil?”

Sephiroth scoffed, not harshly. “Are you serious?”

“Yeah!” Zack chirped. “I want that Elfadunk!”

Sephiroth cast a brief glance towards the machine—and, oh, there it was. Nestled between a cluster of other monsters was indeed a small, felty, beady-eyed Elfadunk turned on its side against the glass. Turned on its side, so it could of course be in perfect position to maximize its allure—a tantalizing treasure with big beady eyes that was gazing right back at them.

Oh Gaia.

“Soooooo….” Zack blinked. “Can I have a coin?”

“You don’t need it.” Sephiroth cut another piece of his food.

“But it’s so cute!” Zack continued, like it was the most sound reasoning he could give. “Pleeease Seph? I lost my wallet again.”

Ignoring the implication that he was going to have to pay for both of their meals—and the concerning addition of “again”—Sephiroth put a hand over his eyes, unable to help himself from rippling with quiet, amused chuckles at the sheer stupidity of what it was Zack wanted to do. Zack, a SOLDIER First Class, one of the best in the military, wanting nothing more than to win a stuffed creature that he could put on his bed and cuddle with and most likely name. It truly was stupid.

But, he supposed…. it was the precious kind of stupidity. The irreplaceable kind. No one else in his life would dare ask to borrow money so they could spend it on a cheap arcade game. No one else would even dare bring him to a place where such a thing would even exist. No one would even dream of it. No one would have the heart to.

Shaking his head, Sephiroth reached into his pocket and slid a shiny gold coin across the table.

“There,” he said, peeling his hand away from his eyes. “Go wild, my friend.”

Zack’s face exploded with glee. “Aww man! Thanks, bud! You’re the best!”

The smile lingered on Sephiroth’s lips as he watched Zack zip across the room and over to the game. He watched him insert the coin, watched as the machine came to life. Watched as he skillfully maneuvered the claw over the respective spot he wanted—just where the tip of the Elfadunk’s trunk poked through. Watched as he pressed the button, as the claw descended, as it grasped the trunk, as it pulled it out, as he maneuvered it back to the little pit and—

Dropped it.

Sephiroth frowned, a full and deep crease on his lips. What on Gaia was that? He had the plushie—right there. He had done the hard part—the skillful part—had accurately hovered the claw in the exact spot that it needed to be in order to get the toy he desired. He had it. The claw had a firm grasp on it.

So why on GAIA did it drop it?

Sephiroth frowned, rising from the booth and making his way over.

Zack looked utterly deflated as he stared at the plushie—mere feet away from the pit where he needed to drop it.

“No dice,” he said sadly, glancing up at the warrior and shaking his head in defeat. “Oh well. Guess it was fun to—what are ya doing, Seph?”

Steely, determined, Sephiroth remained silent as he inserted another coin into the machine and watched the mocking beads of illumination come alight. Eyes fixated on the Elfadunk, Sephiroth maneuvered the claw until its shadow stretched over the toy. Double-checked all angles to make sure it would grasp it.

He pressed the button, and watched the claw descend.

Down. Down. Down.

The claw fell over the toy.

The claw closed.

And the claw ascended.

…

With nothing in its grasp.

Sephiroth remained silent for several beats, motionless. Blank. Well—blank, that was, until his vacuous expression slowly morphed into a sharp, indignant glare at the toy still sitting pretty amid the other plushies. A glare slow powerful that one would think the glass would melt away under its heat. A glare that little saw, and little would like to see. A glare reserved for only the most horrible, treacherous, unbearably vexing complexes in the world.

…..What?? WHAT?

Was the claw made of grease? Was the claw made of GREASE? What kind of nonsense was this…..?!

Zack stared again at the Elfadunk, a whole new wave of defeat crashing over his face. “Aww man…” he said, before turning his attention back to the General. “That was so close, bud. Thanks for trying.”

Sephiroth gazed at the boy’s face for a moment—at the disappointment in his eyes against the bustling backdrop of the diner, at the slight wobble to his smile that told him he really wasn’t smiling much at all. It was a look of sorrow, a look of sadness. And Sephiroth’s heart twisted taut.

He… had let Zack down. He had just wanted to get him the plushie when he had so rightfully deserved it. And he had failed. He had failed his best friend.

….No.

He wouldn’t fail a friend. Not now. Never again.

Sephiroth whipped his head back towards the claw machine, the green eyes narrowing to daggers.

This… this was personal now.

And that’s how every eye in the restaurant became fixated on the incredulous sight of General Sephiroth spending dozens of Gil on a old-timey claw machine. Waiters stopped in their paths, customers stopped eating their food. Sure, people were starstruck when the man first walked in; but that star had exploded into a supernova, and no one could look away.

Not that Sephiroth cared.

Up, down, the claw went.

Up. Down.

Nothing.

Up. Down.

Up—

And, finally, it happened.

It happened.

Sephiroth watched with unwavering intensity as the claw went down for the 21st time, as it grasped around the toy. As those metal fingers cupped around the plushie’s body, as those metal fingers closed. As those metal fingers cupped around the toy and closed and began lifting the elusive Elfadunk into the air. As those metal fingers cupped around the toy and closed and began lifting the elusive Elfadunk into the air and—

Dropped it.

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Into the pit.

The diner erupted into a tempest of applause. People cheered, roared, high-fiving one another and waving their napkins. It was a sight to behold, truly—bigger than any recent sports victory in the city, a concourse of triumph and joy and domination.

But Sephiroth didn’t hear a single one of them, didn’t hear a single clap or shout. His mind was too focused on something else.

Sephiroth practically sank to his knees as he lowered to the belly of the machine and reached in to grab the plushie. It felt like touching a ghost, as his fingers grazed the real, tangible, uncaged felt before him. He withdrew the plushie from the machine with a swell in his heart—and a swell that only grew bigger as he saw the sheer joy on Zack’s face as he handed him the toy.

“You did it, Seph! You did it! You actually did it!” Zack hugged the toy against his chest, squeezing it with asphyxiating strength. “Thank you thank you thank you I love you so much!” And, suddenly, it wasn’t the toy that Zack was throttling anymore as he raced forward, and gave his friend a monstrous, grateful hug.

Sephiroth didn’t miss a beat. He wound his own arms around the boy in turn, his joy contagious and the man’s pockets empty, embracing his closest friend with the Elfadunk like glue between them, neither wanting to let go.

“Awwwwwwwwwww,” the diner harmonized.

Sephiroth’s cheeks flared coral as he realized—very sharply—that they were indeed still in public.

Well, ok. He let go then.

———

The Elfadunk was later christened Fidelis, a foreign translation of “loyalty” (Zack Moogle-searched it). Fidelis was slept with every night—and became quite iconic around Midgar. Even more iconic was the newspaper-captured story of General Sephiroth spending all his pocket change for his lieutenant. “Generous Sephiroth” some SOLDIERs would call him—a nickname that Zack adored but Sephiroth would quite frankly want burned to the ground. But what did any of that matter, anyway? Zack was happy that day.

Which meant Sephiroth was too <3

#sephiroth #ffvii #zack fair #crisis core #ff7 #randomness #asks #ty!!#pichu writing #this devolved into insanity ooopps #it was originally gonna be more genuine I promise 😂#idk WHAT HAPPENED #THOSE STUPID CLAWS MAN

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what-breaks-my-heart · 11 months

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#look I'm just OBSESSED with the way they gaze at each other okay #they are literally each other's what the arabs say qurratu ain #we have the word in my language (I don't speak arabic though I just learned it back in school) but I don't know what the English equivalent #the closes I can think of is apple of the eye #but it's not the same #the concept is similar but not the same #anyway #this post is about #GAZING #yeahhhhhhh #nothing but you #cdrama #wu lei #zhou yutong #ooopps I forgot the most important tag #THIS IS A RELATIONSHIP PROPAGANDA!!!

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falllpoutboy · 17 days

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leaked trailer…. thinking… processing… analyzing… do i ship helaegon? no but the concept of a failmarriage depression sex scene post b&c…

#god if this is d43myra im going to scream #when otto pulls out the ok but we still need a male heir tho. ooopp #i need them to explore the dynamic between them as brother and sister and husband and wife and mother and father all in one #please give them SOMETHING #hotd spoilers

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zaptrapp · 1 year

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now that The Mandalorian s3 is done... who were the spies hahaha

#mando s3 #the mandalorian #the mandalorian s3 #axe moves marry me lmao #bo katan marry me haha #din djarin marry me ooopp #also why is grogu named din grogu??#wasn't din his name #shouldn't it be djarin grogu #or something like that #idk #spoilers

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radicallxser · 8 months

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ERAFHHDJB

#this is my favorite movie of all time #i need him carnally #OMG #please please please #i wish the goblin king would come take me away #vee talks a lot #the labyrinth <3 #ooopps- au idea

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cuntstable · 1 year

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the stocean spinoff story from like a year ago was bad i wont lie but it was funny how pucci was in it and his reaction to the villains power (drawing porn and making people horny) was just like ”WOW if you drew religious art you could use this for enlightenment!” Okay. turbovirgin.

#also the part where he was like Wow this could make anyone horny. except me in built different Was funny. that and the foof + hermes cameos #were the only funny good thing #i found this panel i saved earlier and ment to post it but forgort ooopps #pucci posting #jojo

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erabundus · 1 year

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