More Cloud and Tifa stuff because I knocked back an energy drink and can see forever. (For anyone over thirty this is actually a Dangerous, Forbidden Technique)
A reimagining of the Lifestream sequence. Well, maybe a prediction seeing how Sephiroth’s meta knowledge fucked with the story in the last two games.
Cloud sits in his subconscious inside the Lifestream. His form shifts from young to adult constantly. He pulls his legs up to his chest and buries his face behind his knee’s.
Behind him, Sephiroth floats. His single wing casting a large shadow over Cloud’s mutable form.
Sephiroth: You’ve never been real, Cloud. All you’ve done. All you’ve seen. An illusion.
Sephiroth reaches for Cloud’s shoulder.
Sephiroth: Give up…end it…submit…all you—
Sephiroth: *eyes bulging and brow furrowing. He turns around to see Tifa standing behind him*
Tifa: *waving happily* Hey.
Sephiroth: Wha-what are you doing here?
Tifa: This is Cloud’s inner most mind, right?
Sephiroth: *turning fully to face her* Yes.
Tifa: Yeah. I live here rent free.
Sephiroth: *eyes darting side to side as he try’s to understand what the fuck is going on*
Tifa: And you, sir, are trespassing.
Sephiroth summons his sword and makes a blindingly fast horizontal slash. It is stopped short by Tifa’s index finger.
Tifa: You see, I’m kinda of a pillar here. He’s been using me as kinda of a safety net. Kinda flattering really. Knowing I’ve been saving him so much. So that means my strength here is *grabs hold of the blade and stares at Sephiroth menacingly* far beyond what you can hope to match.
Sephiroth: *sweating* This not gonna end well for me.
Tifa: *low, dangerous voice* This is not gonna end well for you.
I have a feeling there’s gonna be a boss fight with a specter of Jenova or Sephiroth at the end of the Lifestream sequence. I’d put money in it. It would be cool if Tifa got to fight him.