Thread: The world through our eyes...a FF VII AU story [with Sword_Dancer]

The city of Midgar was said to be the metropolis of the world with its advancements in the production of mako energy thanks to ShinRa Electric Company. However, this was only a partial truth of the glory that many people like to believe in when it came to the city. If you were one of the fortunate ones to make it to the plate and live in the first class world, occasionally second class citizens as well, then you would see nothing but potential opportunity and comforts in life. Those who were born poor, looked down upon as nothing more than street trash were the poor souls who inhabited the seven sectored slums that separated one from another. Each slum was in itself its own village, its own city that connected to the others via a roadway and train station. If you were lucky enough to make it into SOLDIER you could even ride the train up to the top of the plate and make it big however, most simply made due by working in the reactor plants that processed mako from the planet to convert into energy. It wasnt the best style of life, but it was something to get the people by. Day by day it was becoming harder for those who lived in the slums to find reasons to move forward with their daily routine, that is, until a group known as AVALANCHE made their appearance for the greater good. They were every day people who wanted to be more than ordinary, people who wanted the best for everyone, and for the planetso they struck back at ShinRa and their processing of mako energy. Sure it mad peoples lives easier, but it was killing the planet, and in turn killing everyone else Which brings us to the setting of our story, a train speeding down the railway toward the Sector One Reactor. It was supposed to be a supply train for SOLDIERS who were stationed there however, it was soon overrun by members of the terrorist faction known as AVALANCHE and their leader Barret, a very intimidating and charismatic African-american male with a penchant for swearing as well as a gun grafted into his arm. Other members of the team were nervously awaiting their stop as the speeding train slowly made its way to a stop, and all of them seemed on edge. All save for a single man in the back of the train. Yospikywhys it yo punk ass aint got shit to do or say about thiswe going after a Reactorthis is big shit! Barret didnt quite trust the new recruit as of yet, being a former member of SOLDIER, but if Tifa would vouche for the blonde bitch then he was going to give him a chance. The only thing that pissed him off more than Shinra though were cool headed tough guys that didnt give a shit bout nothing. The blonde male, five-seven with an impressively athletic build, opened mako infused blue eyes to watch his employer with a blank stare. He was wearing a blue armored suit connected to combat trousers by a bangle set of suspenders, and wielded the impressive Buster Sword atop his back with ease. A sigh fell from the mans lips as the train came to a halt, and rather than answer the man he simply made an acrobatic leap from the window to the outside area as two SOLDIER grunts were coming to inspect the trainhis blade moving through them with ease. Cloud Strife hated talking about pointless things this was after all, just a job for him. o.o Didn't want to get too carried away here. So...this should be good, right?