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FF7 - Daemon AU - ficlet - Dragon Taxonomy
390 words or so, gen.
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"No, no, no!"
Perched on a rock, Cloud paused and looked over his shoulder. The rest of the group was making its way up the trail. Yuffie, of course, was being the noisiest ninja ever, which made him wonder why he was bothering to scout ahead; everyone in the area would hear her coming regardless.
"You guys -- 'dragon', pfft. Like a ryuu is the same thing as a wyrm!"
Oh, whatever. The area wasn't that dangerous yet. Little rocks, stunted trees, easy to see things coming. Cloud traded a glance with Skally; they sighed, then gave in and waited for the group to catch up.
"...I admit Wutai dragons don't really look the same," Tifa was saying, "with the... moustaches, and the body shape and such, but it's like calling a tiger and a lion cats. They both are, aren't they?"
Yuffie drew herself up (not that far up) and glowered. "It's like calling a lemur a monkey."
"And they're not?" Cid drawled, with the tone of someone who didn't give a good goddamn, which Cloud had learned to interpret as 'totally messing with you'. Yuffie didn't disappoint, arms flailing, her flying squirrel daemon puffing himself up and chittering angrily.
"They're totally different branches of evolution! For one thing a ryuu is much smarter. And slender and more elegant! And better at magic, and subtler! A wyrm-dragon is just so... gauche. And violent." She stroked her chin, brows scrunched up in deep thought. "Kinda like comparing Vince and Barret."
Cloud gave in, again, and joined in on the conversation. "... You make it sound like Vincent and Barret aren't the same species."
Cid chuffed out a laugh, his Liz clicking her beak in sharp, vaguely threatening amusement. "Then again...!"
Barret swatted at Yuffie. "Kidding, kidding!" she said, dodging and almost tripping over Nanaki's back. "Like, uh, Red and Barret!"
Barret glared, not entirely seriously. "It still comes out like I'm the bumbling wild beast here!"
Everyone started laughing then; even Vincent cracked a smile, quickly hidden in his collar. Barret joined in with a sighing, I-am-so-put-upon chuckle.
Even as he smiled with the rest of them Cloud couldn't look at Skally straight on, with her long catfish whiskers rippling in some unseen wind. We got it wrong, some corner of his brain said. We didn't even get the right type of dragon.
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"No, no, no!"
Perched on a rock, Cloud paused and looked over his shoulder. The rest of the group was making its way up the trail. Yuffie, of course, was being the noisiest ninja ever, which made him wonder why he was bothering to scout ahead; everyone in the area would hear her coming regardless.
"You guys -- 'dragon', pfft. Like a ryuu is the same thing as a wyrm!"
Oh, whatever. The area wasn't that dangerous yet. Little rocks, stunted trees, easy to see things coming. Cloud traded a glance with Skally; they sighed, then gave in and waited for the group to catch up.
"...I admit Wutai dragons don't really look the same," Tifa was saying, "with the... moustaches, and the body shape and such, but it's like calling a tiger and a lion cats. They both are, aren't they?"
Yuffie drew herself up (not that far up) and glowered. "It's like calling a lemur a monkey."
"And they're not?" Cid drawled, with the tone of someone who didn't give a good goddamn, which Cloud had learned to interpret as 'totally messing with you'. Yuffie didn't disappoint, arms flailing, her flying squirrel daemon puffing himself up and chittering angrily.
"They're totally different branches of evolution! For one thing a ryuu is much smarter. And slender and more elegant! And better at magic, and subtler! A wyrm-dragon is just so... gauche. And violent." She stroked her chin, brows scrunched up in deep thought. "Kinda like comparing Vince and Barret."
Cloud gave in, again, and joined in on the conversation. "... You make it sound like Vincent and Barret aren't the same species."
Cid chuffed out a laugh, his Liz clicking her beak in sharp, vaguely threatening amusement. "Then again...!"
Barret swatted at Yuffie. "Kidding, kidding!" she said, dodging and almost tripping over Nanaki's back. "Like, uh, Red and Barret!"
Barret glared, not entirely seriously. "It still comes out like I'm the bumbling wild beast here!"
Everyone started laughing then; even Vincent cracked a smile, quickly hidden in his collar. Barret joined in with a sighing, I-am-so-put-upon chuckle.
Even as he smiled with the rest of them Cloud couldn't look at Skally straight on, with her long catfish whiskers rippling in some unseen wind. We got it wrong, some corner of his brain said. We didn't even get the right type of dragon.
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I like how Barret can take a joke and poke fun at himself. And what's Nanaki's daemon? And Vincent's?
Poor Cloud. I'm guessing Zack is being all "crap, I was trying for 'Nibel dragon Cloud' and got 'only dragon I've ever seen was in Wutai' I accidentally typed 'Wufei' there, which isn't a Freudian slip, it's a whole Freudian lingerie shop"?
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Nanaki doesn't have a daemon. ;^; In the original books the armored bears managed to be sentient and feeling without daemons either, and I like the difficulties in interacting with someone who doesn't have a daemon and yet is still a person.
XD; uh. Spoilery spoilery. *goes lalala* pffff wufei loevs you too. and now i'm thinking i should write him in drag for the wufei in ff7 crossover, gaia wants me to!
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Wufei: You've been taking lessons from Maxwell. This does not bode well.
Zack: Uh, no. Anyway. They need a SOLDIER to go undercover for a little bit.
Wufei: .... Not that I'm opposed on principle, but is that not a job for a Turk?
Zack: Usually, yeah, but I guess they want the guy to come out alive.
Wufei: Ah. Why are you alarmed at asking me?
Zack: Well. These guys would be on their guard against SOLDIERS, and there's really only one type of person who can't be a SOLDIER...
Wufei: Those who don't take well to the mako treatments, yes.
Zack: Which covers the entirety of one, what's the word, demographic. And you're kinda the... *gestures something vaguely along the lines of "small, slim, young, pretty"* ... the best one. Only one.
Wufei: What exactly are the mission parameters, Zack?
Zack: . . . Crossdress.
Wufei: . . . Did Maxwell put you up to this?
Zack: NO.
Wufei: Very well.
Zack: Abuh?
Wufei: It is a job. It requires my skills. There is no honor in refusing it.
Zack: I kinda might believe that better if you weren't growling it.
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Flying squirrel that is so perfect
Also, "beak?" I thought Cid's daemon was a Jumping...?
Or is Liz now a parrot?
Or a chameleon as I now have flashbacks to Magic School Busno subject
XD yeah, giant bunnies weren't dangerous enough for Cid so Lisbet is now a snapping turtle. Bwahaha. ...I now realize I don't know if you'd say beak for a turtle in english D: you do in french so I didn't check. argh! *runs to google*
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Just when someone says 'beak,' I immediately think of bird. Squids have beaks, too, actually, but a land-squid would be really weird...
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Oh hey, he could also fit a seagull, now that I think about it. They're kinda vicious birds too. XD
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BUT I AM AN INFIDEL, SO YOU SHOULD IGNORE ME.
xD
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A squirrel daemon suits her so well. My brother and his wife once had a pet squirrel. Cute, would eat out of your hands...and bit through the muscle between her thumb and pointer finger when it got a hair up it's ass. Scary animals....trying to fight off the image of Squirrel!Yuffie mauling Sephiroth's face now.
We? Who is this we Cloud speaks of the last line? I sense plot.
(As far as Hojo breeding Red and Aeris it would be awful against their wills like that
but the babies would either be horrendous or devastatingly cute.)no subject
You do well to sense plot! *cackles*
(... pff XD kawaiii nekomimi cetra~)
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