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Cloud Strife | Kingdom Hearts | Reserved

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Player
Name: Arc
Personal Journal: lineandcolor
E-mail: goofytastic[at]hotmail[dot]com
AIM/MSN: Line and Color
Timezone: PST
Current Characters in Route: None

Character
Name: Cloud Strife
Series: Kingdom Hearts
Timeline: Post-KHII
Canon Resource Links: You don't know me!

Personality: Cloud is often shown to be both very similar and very different from his VII counterpart. In many ways, he is very similar. He constantly worries for his friends, often worrying over being unable to protect them and wondering if he ever will be able to, but is also very different. He grew up in a very different world. He is often shown running away from something, or rather, someone. Namely Tifa, because he doesn't want her to get hurt should she come near him, knowing that Sephiroth is close by. His obsession over Sephiroth is not unwarranted either. Sephiroth claims to be Cloud (and it's even hinted as they both have a strikingly similar face within the game, even Goofy comments on this!) and that he is his Darkness.

While the game never outright states what Sephiroth actually is, this could be a good indication that Sephiroth really is Cloud's Darkness manifested just as Tifa could be Cloud's Light. No one knows for sure, so I won't elaborate too much on it. Either way, though, he does constantly fight Sephiroth, in hopes to one day either get rid of him completely or subdue him long enough to protect everyone else. After all, he even fell into Hades' trap, even trying to harness the Darkness to look for his Light and, in hopes, become stronger. But it didn't work and he learned from that.

His devotion and his compassion to his friends is quite admirable and astonishing, given how quiet and stoic he tends to act around him. But he also shows a remarkable sense of observation. He even has to tell Leon to relax, that Sora is strong and that the Keyblade picked the right person for the job. "He's a lucky kid." is all he had to say and interestingly enough, it was enough. Cloud doesn't speak much, but what he does have to say is always important and lasting. The only time he probably ever falters is when he's around Tifa or Aerith, as they know him best and how to get him to show more than the perpetual lineface.

And what Aerith and Tifa show is how undeniably awkward Cloud can get, hinting at a certain shyness that contributes to his quiet aloofness. He isn't sure how to act around the girls, with Tifa he pushes away because he wants to protect her and with Aerith it's because she knows how to get under his skin (not in a bad way!) and basically to get him talking. With Leon and Sora, however, he has a certain camaraderie with them. With Sora, he's almost like a mentor and with Leon, it's obvious that they are close friends and even have a rivalry with each other when it comes to fighting.

Cloud is a warrior who is compassionate and devoted to protecting his friends but will do everything he can to keep them at arms length, to the point where he can be socially awkward. He is obsessed with the Darkness in his heart, with Sephiroth who won't leave him alone, and will only be at peace once he his gone. But, all in all, Cloud is just a nice guy.

Strengths/Weaknesses: Physically, Cloud is very strong. He can lift the Buster Sword effortlessly and is quite fast. He's a bit of a sprinter, in a way, because he will unleash power, fast attacks all at once. And then need a moment or two to rest and catch his breath. He prefers combos and the occasional Thunder magic over anything else. This is also due to the fact that he has a bit of a one-track mind as mentioned above. He is stubborn as well, almost to a fault. Whenever he knows Sephiroth is nearby, he must defeat him at all cost.

Which leads me to his his fears and weaknesses. His greatest fear is being unable to protect his friends and losing to the Darkness. As such, he will always come to his friends' aid or to anyone's aid for that matter. However, perhaps he is a little too caring. When Tifa was threatened, he didn't hesitant to come to her aid but he also wasn't hesitant to keep her close by, as evidenced by him constantly running away from Tifa and even Aerith. He must kill the enemy quick or else the people he cares about will fall and, ultimately, himself. Sephiroth being one of the prime examples of an enemy he must defeat before he hurts his friends. The few people that were left after Radiant Garden's destruction are all that he has left and he can't lose them. Because he is so emotional, it can lead him to his downfall. Which is also why he tries to keep his emotions to himself. He knows his emotions are strong, hence the need to lock it all away.

Pokémon Information
Affiliation: Trainer
Starter: Psyduck
Password: Scrambled Eggs

Samples
First Person Sample: [Have a linefacing Cloud. Not all that uncommon, I'm sure. But he's not linefacing at the screen. Nope. He's linefacing at the derpy little duck in front of him.]

My sword is gone and... I got you.

Psy...

[Great. Just... fantastic. Ugh. He sighs and shakes his head. Thankfully, he had been taken from after the battle with Sephiroth, so he isn't worried about him so much as where the hell he is. He doesn't have a mom and this town is so small it shouldn't even qualify as a town. He finally addresses the PokeGear]

I thought I would have come back to Radiant Garden. What World did I land in this time? If anyone is there, I'd like to know. Thanks.

[Pause.]

Does anyone know a guy named Leon? Or some kid named Sora?

[He looks back at the Psyduck and starts linefacing again.]

And what am I suppose to do with you.

Third Person Sample: Cloud had begun making his way to Cherrygrove City. He wondered if that "city" will be some dinky little town as well. The Psyduck was walking behind him, or rather, waddling behind him. It was almost... cute, really. But Cloud had taken and seen almost everything, so it probably wasn't bother him as much as it should have. Even with the threat of Sephiroth gone, Cloud wasn't sure what to do. He had planned on going back to Radiant Garden to help rebuild it but that had to be put on hold for now. And maybe his friends were here, which hopefully allowed him to not be completely alone, despite his general disposition. But that still left the very real problem of not going back home yet. The place was nice, untainted but it wasn't his home.

It had taken him a long time for him to even feel at home in his original world, he wasn't sure he could do the same thing here even with whoever else was here. Cloud stopped walking to really take a look around. "No Darkness," He muttered.

But there was no Light either. It was like both were absent from this world. Or perhaps they were just in another form. Cloud couldn't tell and it was disconcerting. But he sighed, there was nothing to be done about it now. All he could do was go to Cherrygrove, make a call to let anyone he knew that he had arrived and simply... wing it. Cloud was used to that. Running around with no immediate plan. Who knows, perhaps it'll make the journey a bit more exciting that tiny towns and ducks with perpetual headaches.

He looked to Psyduck. "C'mon," He sighed. "Let's get going."

And off he went with the Pokemon in tow. Perhaps he could use this time to pick a name for the little guy. He couldn't just go around calling him by what he is, after all. It was just too weird.

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