#cissnei u r being corralled

[corruptedbyvengeance]

Cissnei realized with an inward sigh that she was not getting to watch much of the target today. Fortunately, she had already called it in so that Tseng could deal with it. She attempted to turn back toward the church but this Nai character was much bigger and stronger than she was. She had little choice in the matter.

"I wasn't really coming back for you," she said, her voice all politeness and cheerfulness. "I had hoped to talk with your precious 'Poppy.' But we aren't going to do that, are we?"

Was Nai indicating that he was a piece of the planet itself? Or was he just saying random bullshit to throw Cissnei off his tracks? Probably the latter. He had sniffed out that she was looking for information, maybe, and was just saying random nonsense. Still, she would report it as usual.

Ah, so she had chosen to stay. He'd wondered. Nai sauntered out of the church, tossing a goodbye to Aerith before beelining in Cissnei's direction. He was going to cause so much chaos with this, it was going to be glorious.

Now he just needed to decide how much truth and how much bullshit he was going to give this turk.

"Aw, buttercup. You stuck around for me, I'm flattered." He tossed an arm over her shoulders, uncaring of her personal space. "Poppy's playing in the garden now, you know how it is. Learn some awesome unfathomably powerful new skill, get another history lesson and make fun of Shinra and then take a break talking to some plants. I'm sure you do something similar. but like, more murder." He casually steered her away from the church, still smiling.

"Poppy likes her privacy when she's communing with the planet, y'know? It's cute, that she thinks she needs to be all alone to talk to us. Like we don't hear her no matter where she is."