ʀᴇɴᴏ (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
electroburst) wrote in ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
expiationlogs2023-05-10 12:52 pm
electroburst) wrote in expiationlogs2023-05-10 12:52 pm
so come out of your cave walking on your hands (closed)
Who: Reno & Sephiroth
Where: Lorentia Caves
What: Reno fucks around finds out
Warnings: Probably nothing serious but god only knows tbh
[ Reno has exactly two pieces of relevant information to work with after the party at the tavern. He also has a bunch of smaller, less cohesive pieces too, none of which add up to anything that makes him feel completely and totally comfortable with this excursion, exactly. But that could be because of a lot of things, not just the intel. He's also partnerless, bossless, orderless, rudderless, and woefully under-equipped. No fun, fancy Turk toys here, no materia stash, no backup curatives. No chopper, that one sucks. Guess he could've asked the SOLDIER or the not-SOLDIER to come with him, but he's not a fucking baby. A lone Turk is still plenty capable, especially when that Turk is Reno.
Anyway, back to the intel: he knows there's a weird guy living in the caves. The caves are easy enough to find on a map, and he's handy enough of a hiker that getting there isn't difficult.
The other thing he knows, pressingly, is that Sephiroth is here. He got that straight from Cloud's mouth, something he took as gospel and without question. That's not something you just say, especially not when you're the dude's, like, mortal enemy or whatever. Reno doesn't need proof to believe that. Sephiroth's here, full stop.
It's the not-that-helpful tidbits that help him to line up those two pieces of information and decide that "guy in cave" and "Sephiroth" are likely the same thing. (The "weird" qualifier helps, honestly.) And it tracks, anyway, doesn't it? Sephiroth and caves go together like this (imagine crossed fingers). What would be really wild if there was also a prominent piece of Jenova also in that cave, but haha, don't be ridiculous. That wouldn't happen twice.
When you're setting out to investigate like this, it's important to have a goal, and Reno has exactly one: confirm that Sephiroth is the guy in the cave. That's literally it. No need to engage, certainly not if it's going to result in a fight. As for what he does past that, like, say, in a confrontation? Fuck it, we'll do it live.
Reno's just gotten finished marking his trail back, the entrance to the caves visible a few meters away, when an odd sound catches his attention. It's a pity he doesn't think to associate "odd sound" with "a fucking dragon" until it's a little too late to do something about it. ]
Where: Lorentia Caves
What: Reno fucks around finds out
Warnings: Probably nothing serious but god only knows tbh
[ Reno has exactly two pieces of relevant information to work with after the party at the tavern. He also has a bunch of smaller, less cohesive pieces too, none of which add up to anything that makes him feel completely and totally comfortable with this excursion, exactly. But that could be because of a lot of things, not just the intel. He's also partnerless, bossless, orderless, rudderless, and woefully under-equipped. No fun, fancy Turk toys here, no materia stash, no backup curatives. No chopper, that one sucks. Guess he could've asked the SOLDIER or the not-SOLDIER to come with him, but he's not a fucking baby. A lone Turk is still plenty capable, especially when that Turk is Reno.
Anyway, back to the intel: he knows there's a weird guy living in the caves. The caves are easy enough to find on a map, and he's handy enough of a hiker that getting there isn't difficult.
The other thing he knows, pressingly, is that Sephiroth is here. He got that straight from Cloud's mouth, something he took as gospel and without question. That's not something you just say, especially not when you're the dude's, like, mortal enemy or whatever. Reno doesn't need proof to believe that. Sephiroth's here, full stop.
It's the not-that-helpful tidbits that help him to line up those two pieces of information and decide that "guy in cave" and "Sephiroth" are likely the same thing. (The "weird" qualifier helps, honestly.) And it tracks, anyway, doesn't it? Sephiroth and caves go together like this (imagine crossed fingers). What would be really wild if there was also a prominent piece of Jenova also in that cave, but haha, don't be ridiculous. That wouldn't happen twice.
When you're setting out to investigate like this, it's important to have a goal, and Reno has exactly one: confirm that Sephiroth is the guy in the cave. That's literally it. No need to engage, certainly not if it's going to result in a fight. As for what he does past that, like, say, in a confrontation? Fuck it, we'll do it live.
Reno's just gotten finished marking his trail back, the entrance to the caves visible a few meters away, when an odd sound catches his attention. It's a pity he doesn't think to associate "odd sound" with "a fucking dragon" until it's a little too late to do something about it. ]