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[identitycrisiscore]

[ When Cloud rolls out of his bed at the inn, he squints at the skyline of Aldrip. Squints at the phone-like device on his table, squints at the incoming light as if somewhat offended at how it's not making dealing with the last month of... whatever that was.

He decides the best course of action is to not get out of bed about it. ]

okay, so, like
let's say i have a friend
and this friend might be a little confused about the city.
and maybe this friend is having a little trouble with like

[ ...He was going to say memory issues, and maybe "hey what the fuck happened for the past three weeks", but you know what — until he's sure he's not the only one experiencing them he's just gonna. Not. Talk about that. ]

let me start over
i'm new here.
did aldrip always look like this?

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[identitycrisiscore]

it was a little town before, right?
thatched roofs, wood and stone and brick houses.
this is like... a whole city.
like where i come from, even.

[foxphorus]

Correct. It wasn't nearly this size before the events of last month.

You're familiar with this new style of architecture?

[identitycrisiscore]

well, glad that's one thing everyone can agree on, then.

[ He'll get used to it eventually, but man it's giving him the worst sense of deja vu. Speaking of... ]

kind of. it's not exactly one for one, but it reminds me of it.
tall buildings, narrow alleys, and neon lights were the hallmark of the most advanced city in the world where i come from.
we called it midgar, it was a real piece of work, even before you factored in the fact there was a whole other city underneath it.

[foxphorus]

It is a small comfort, given what seems to be the state of everything else. But if accounts of recent history are anything to go by, small comforts may be all we have to cling to.

Fascinating. Was the city beneath it similar, or more like the previous Aldrip we knew?

[identitycrisiscore]

whatever brings people together, right? guess that's a good way to look at it.

as for midgar—
it was and it wasn't. it was a slum. the midgar everyone knew was built three hundred meters over land, and was run by a singular corporation.
if you weren't working for them, or just didn't have enough money, well, then you went down to the slums, where you could at least catch a train topside.