Crisis Core Cloud; Before The Emo

[CLOUD STRIFE]

grey skies & light fading ,,



"You're a liar, a cheat, unfaithful dog
You threw away all our love and trust
It's so hard to see just who you are
You've been sticking with amnesia."

THE OOC SECTION
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CHARACTER NAME

Cloud Strife

CHARACTER DESCRIPTION

Cloud is a rather slim man, standing at a partly 5'7", although if you were to count his hair, his height would be well over six feet. His aforementioned hair is a bright blonde although he usually keeps it, along with the upper portion of his face, keeping his features hidden with the helmet that is part of his MP uniform. The original reason for this was because Cloud was rather shy and withdrawn early in his life, although now it's partially to hide his identity from those around him.

The helmet is gunmetal grey with the exception of the three red lenses located on the front of it. Only two are functional while the third is simply present for aesthetic value, as it's meant to make the soldier in question appear less than human and strike fear into their enemy's hearts. The rest of the uniform consists of a simple dark blue shirt, a light blue scarf, brown gloves, dark blue pants, military boots, and a pair of matching knee and shoulder pads. All in all, a very simple and practical outfit.

CHARACTER PERSONALITY

As a child, Cloud was a very shy and introverted boy. Even though Tifa, himself, and everyone that knew the two would consider them childhood friends, they were never actually very close. This was partially due to Cloud feeling as though he was better than the other children that lived in his town, and so he grew to hate them despite his affection for Tifa.

After Tifa's mother passed away, it was this affection that led him to follow Tifa up Mt. Nibel, where she believed that she could see her mother again. Tifa was injured during the journey and Cloud was blamed for it, with Tifa's father forbidding him to see her again. This event caused him to develop a short temper, and Cloud would often pick fights for any or no reason at all, although he remained as closed off and introverted as before.

After leaving his home town to join Shin-Ra, Cloud learned to open up a bit despite having his dreams of becoming a SOLDIER crushed. Through the friendships he developed between Zack, Sephiroth, and the Turks, Cloud got over most of his earlier shyness although some aspects of his past self remained.

CHARACTER HISTORY

As a child, Cloud was a very shy and introverted boy who really only had his mother to keep him company. Even though Tifa, himself, and everyone that knew the two would consider them childhood friends, they were never actually very close. This was partially due to Cloud feeling as though he was better than the other children that lived in Nibelheim, and so he grew to hate them despite his affection for Tifa.

After Tifa's mother passed away, it was this affection that led him to follow Tifa up Mt. Nibel, where she believed that she could see her mother again. Tifa was injured during the journey and Cloud was blamed for it, with Tifa's father forbidding him to see her again. This event caused him to develop a short temper because he blamed himself for what happened to Tifa, and Cloud would often pick fights for any or no reason at all, although he remained as closed off and introverted as before.

This event is one of the major events in Cloud's life that inspired him to try and become a SOLDIER. The other was hearing stories about the famous SOLDIER, Sephiroth. Cloud saw this as an opportunity to become stronger, impress Tifa, and gain fame all in one go. The night before setting out to Midgar, he told Tifa of his plans and she made him promise that he would always protect her- a promise that he couldn't keep.

Despite his lofty ambitions, Cloud failed in his attempt to join SOLDIER. As he couldn't go back to Nibelheim ashamed and a failure, he simply joined Shin-Ra's military and became an Infantryman. It was during this period that he met and befriended a SOLDIER named Zack Fair during a mission in Modeoheim. They encountered Genesis and Dr. Hollander, two wanted criminals, and Zack pursued Genesis while Cloud attempted to capture Hollander, although they both failed to detain them. While Zack was off confronting Genesis, Cloud met up with Tseng, leader of the Turks, and chased after Hollander. However, Angeal, another SOLDIER, made an appearance and defeated Cloud and Tseng in defense of Hollander.

Some time after the incident at Modeoheim, Cloud was sent to protect a Professor named Rayleigh from AVALANCHE, a terrorist organization. Cloud failed yet again and Rayleigh was slain by the terrorists, although the Turks were able to save Cloud from sharing Rayleigh's fate. A year after Rayleigh's death, Cloud, Zack, and Sephiroth traveled to Nibelheim in order to investigate the damaged Mako reactor located there, but they never made it. They were overtaken by a strange light en route to Nibelheim, transporting them to another world...

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headlamps making patterns on the wall ,,

THE IC SECTION
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"Hello there. You've just arrived in the Distorted World. Why don't you tell me your name, and the first thought going through your head right now?"

"..." A...voice? I don't...understand...I...?

"That's certainly interesting... forgive me if I don't know what to say to that. So tell me, where are you from?"

"Ni...bel...heim..." Everything is...fuzzy...hurts...

"Can't say I've ever heard of it. Well, tell me about yourself. What do you do? What are some of your likes and dislikes?"

"Shin...Ra...?" S-So cold...warmth? Mom's stew...SOLDIER...Zack Fair...do I...like him...? Or is it...?

"Ah, that's amazing! And not only do we have some things in common, you're quite the looker, too, aren't you?"

"..." Hurts less now...

"There's no need to be shy. They always say, if you've got it, flaunt it, right? Anyway, enough about that. Who are you allied with?"

"I'm...a Survivor."

"I'm sure you have your reasons... Oh, on another note, how tall are you?"

"Five-seven? I...who are you?"

"Drat! Just four inches too tall. Although... hmm, would you mind if I asked you on a date? Don't worry, I'll buy."

"I'm not interested. Tifa...Tifa?"

"Finding a venue might be a bit difficult, anyway, since I have no idea where we are... tell me where this is, again?"

"Moonflow...I heard someone call this place Moonflow."

"Ah, how could I forget? I'd love to vacation here someday, when it's not so foggy... It's scenic, you know?"

-glances over at the pyreflies dancing in the dying light-"It is. It's...beautiful."

"Well, thank you for the lovely conversation! I'm afraid I'll have to be leaving you, though, since I'm going to explode in about three seconds anyway. Buh-bye now!"

"...!? W-Wait, I don't understand...! ...She's gone. What happened to me? What is all of...this?"

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uptown it's dead now but ,,

THE ROLEPLAYER SECTION
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ROLEPLAYER NAME

Screwy

ROLEPLAYER AGE

20

EXPERIENCE

7

PASSWORD

curaja

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out here no one seems to care at all ,,

THE RP SAMPLE SECTION
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RP SAMPLE
(Blegh. I wanted to do Cloud and Sephiroth in Mt. Nibel, but then I remembered that didn't actually happen, and since I'm not doing crazy emo FFVII Cloud, it means he has no fake memories. So I ended up with the Before Crisis scenario, but then halfway through it I remembered I hated Cloud in Before Crisis because he was a bit of a showoffy dick who actively got in your way. Derp to me.)

Cloud would not fail. He could not fail. Failing to get into SOLDIER, failing to capture Hollander, failing Tifa...up until this point, Cloud's life just seemed to be nothing but a chain of failures caused by his own incompetence; his weakness. But no more. He'd finally been given another chance to prove himself. Along with two other Shin-Ra MP's and a member of the Turks, his mission was to guard Professor Rayleigh, who held a disk containing vital information, until she was safely delivered to Shin-Ra HQ. They were traveling by train, and it seemed like the trip would be uneventful...

Then AVALANCHE attacked. They'd sent a squad of genetically-modified super soldiers known as the Ravens to kill Rayleigh and steal her data...but the Shin-Ra soldiers had something else in mind for them. The attack had started when a single Raven teleported into the train car Cloud's group was defending and brandished a scythe, quickly cutting one of the Shin-Ra MP's nearly in two before the others had time to react. By the time that Cloud and the remaining MP had raised their rifles, the Raven had already vanished into thin air. The MP was the one who spoke first, "What the hell was that...that...thing?!"

The Turk hesitated for a moment before responding, "They're called Ravens, although I've never encountered one personally, I've read reports from other operatives about them...I don't think that even I could take more than two at once." Cloud grinned slightly and tilted his head up a bit, "I guess that I'll take what you can't handle, then." The other MP gave him an incredulous look, "Do you think this is a joke? They just killed one of our men! They cou-" The MP was cut off as a scythe smashed through the window behind him, the blade hooking underneath his chin before the Raven yanked back on it, cleanly decapitating the witless MP. As his headless corpse slumped to the floor, Cloud caught a quick glance of the Raven that had murdered his ally- the enemy soldier was hanging off the side of the train, glaring into the window that he'd just smashed.

Cloud only had time to notice that the Raven was wearing some kind of orange goggles before the AVALANCHE member vanished in a puff of dark smoke. The Turk quickly drew an electric baton and assumed a fighting position, "Get ready...!" The Turk had barely had time to issue his warning before the Ravens attacked, although it didn't stop Cloud from calling back, "I can handle it!". Cloud could hear their footsteps thundering against the tin roof of the train car, letting him pinpoint the first Raven's location. He spun around quickly just as the Raven dropped down from the top of the train, swinging his legs forward while holding onto the edge in order to kick the window open in order to get inside. As soon as the Raven's feet smashed through the glass, Cloud fired a quick burst from his rifle. The Raven hadn't been injured by the attack, but the force of the bullets were enough to knock him back into the wall, causing him to fall underneath the train.

He tried to ignore the sickening crunch that jostled the train car, opting instead to check on the Turk. His partner was locked in hand to hand combat with two Ravens...and was winning. After making sure that the Turk didn't need his help, he turned to see if any more Ravens had entered on his side...and felt something smash into the side of his face hard enough to knock him off his feet. Cloud hit the floor hard enough to blur his vision. He tried to pull himself to his feet, but the Raven swiftly kicked him in the stomach with enough force to send him flying into the wall, denting the metal there. The Raven walked towards his crumpled form menacingly...which gave Cloud time to recover just enough to hoist his rifle up and empty the entire clip into the Raven's chest. He gave a small sigh of relief, thinking that he'd bought a few seconds to catch his breath...when he realized that the Raven hadn't actually toppled from the gun fire.

In fact, the Raven hadn't moved much at all. The Raven sneered as he bent over and grabbed Cloud by the shoulders before slamming him against the wall to daze him. Cloud tried to struggle, but the Raven was too strong for him. The AVALANCHE member raised his leg and drew it back...just as Cloud heard a woman screaming and another voice yelling 'NO!' as the Raven kicked him in the chest. The Raven used his teleportation on Cloud, sending Cloud through the wall of the train. He vaguely registered the irony of dying in the same way that he'd killed the first Raven just as his body landed on something with a sickening crack, bathing his world in darkness...

Cloud woke up a few hours later on the cement floor of a train station's boarding platform. He slowly picked himself up and then realized what the crack had been. The MP picked up the two halves of his helmet and collapsed back onto his knees, laughing hysterically. He'd failed...again. Failed at saving Rayleigh, failed at securing the data that Shin-Ra needed, failed at fighting off AVALANCHE, and worst of all...he'd even failed at dying properly. The laughter quickly subsided, replaced with anger as he squeezed the pieces of the helmet he still held hard enough to make it break apart in his hands. No...the worst thing wasn't that he hadn't died. It was that he'd failed Tifa...but that would never happen again. He wouldn't let it. Never again."

[admin]

Looks good! ... But please don't make him stutter so much XD I hated how slow he talked in KH. ANYWHO, I don't see any glaring errors so you are APPROVED!


And have a Claptrap too