For Reeve

[emovampboy]

When it came to use of his phone, Vincent was very much like Cloud. He left it on, received messages and listened to or read them, but quite rarely responded. The few times he did respond tended to be if he deemed an actual answer to be required, or when from time to time Marlene got hold of Cloud or Tifa's phone and contacted him. Since it was so rare for her to do so, he always took it as a good thing to answer.

Which meant he had answered when she called him a few days after a message from Tifa asking him to come to a party for the girl, which he had ignored; his first mistake. Once answered, the girl had spent several minutes speaking to him, until suddenly springing the question of if he were coming to her party and making it quite impossible for him to really say no without seeming like a total heel, and so he agreed to go; his second mistake. And then he had made his third mistake - actually going.

At first, it really wouldn't have seemed to have been a bad idea. He knew everyone who was invited, how they acted around one another, and that Tifa would keep the whole group from going completely crazy over the course of the night, but he had not expected having to assist in breaking up one of Cloud and Barrett's squabbles when the woman had to leave for a short time to fetch something, and honestly he was glad that Reeve was invited and could help diffuse the situation with; especially when Yuffie and a very unhelpful Cid decided it would be a great idea to bet on who would win if they actually took to fistacuffs over whatever stupid thing it was this time which set them off.

All of this had left him rather done with company, and as soon as Tifa was back to be the adult in the situation, he'd snuck outside for some relative peace and quiet.

Comments

[emovampboy]

Vincent nods, and looks at the menu quietly. He doesn't really mind if the food isn't all that salty, but Reeve had asked so he responded.

After a bit though he does notice something that looks good and indicates it to Reeve. "Is this any good?"

[plate_builder]

Ah, a nice red curry with potatoes, peanuts and pineapple. Reeve nods his approval. "One of my favorites when I don't want something as spicy."

His own dish tonight will be a noodle based one, spicy before he even used the spices tray to up the temperature.

[emovampboy]

"Then I'll try it." Vincent keeps the page open so he can let the waitress know, and seems to search again for a topi.c

[plate_builder]

Good thing he has Reeve here, because Reeve can easily supply a topic. The fact that he can see Vincent is looking for one makes him happy to swoop in.

"I admit, I'm a bit jealous of you and the others. I never got to see Mideel myself. Not when it was still standing. Though I have made it a primary area for assistance from the WRO. Our three primary points of interest right now are Kalm, due to the number of Midgar refugees that ended up there, Mideel and Wutai. The latter because of all Shinra did to them. I'm actually going to get my first ever trip to those last two soon."

[emovampboy]

"It was nice, if small." Vincent honestly doesn't recall it a huge amount, as it wasn't somewhere they stayed very long. Mostly Tifa had stayed there, with Cloud. "I'm surprised you've never been to Wutai, however. Shinra liked that place too much."

[plate_builder]

"Shinra wanted that place for their power. For their strength," Reeve answered. Then he frowned and looked at his water. How do you even put it into words?

"The executives other than Heidegger and Deusericus were not allowed to go to Wutai. Supposedly to prevent us from being kidnapped to be used against Shinra. For me, though, I expect it was because I was a soft touch."

[emovampboy]

"...I see." It makes sense he supposes, but it's also strange. For such a strategic point, to allow so few people near it? If people hadn't known Wutai existed, it could have been considered myth. "I suppose be cautious of going when
Yuffie is nearby."

[plate_builder]

Well that gets true laughter from Reeve, who shakes his head as well. Works for him.

"Especially since I always carry materia with me?" he asks playfully. Yes, he knows to be careful. And to try not to let her know.

[emovampboy]

"That, too." Vincent smiles just faintly, and looks up as someone comes to take their order, giving his before folding the menu and handing it to the server. "She also would offer you the Super Golden Deluxe Tour. Only 1 million yen."

[plate_builder]

"Oh what a wonderful bargain," Reeve laughs as he offers his own order and menu. And he orders a nice coffee as well. "Only one million you say? Well, as it would go to Wutai's improvement I could almost agree with that."

[emovampboy]

"It would go to the improvement of Yuffie, maybe her clan on a good day." The smirk indicates that he knows this isn't true. Money and materia hungry as the girl is, she's not a bad person, and she would put much of it towards Wutai.

[plate_builder]

"And I think Godo would use it for Wutai," Reeve counters, wearing the same smirk. But he knows Yuffie loves her homeland.

[emovampboy]

"Yes." Vincent just nods, and drinks from the water that would have been set on the table for them. "Where else are you scheduled to go?"

[plate_builder]

"For now, only those places," he shrugs. "A lot of places don't want to deal with me. Including Nibelheim. The people there are a bit testy over not getting paid anymore and understanding what they were covering up and all of that."

A bit confusing, but he's willing to work on that for a while.

[emovampboy]

"It's going to take time for people to forgive, and to understand."

[plate_builder]

"Exactly," Reeve agrees. "And I'm definitely a complicated situation, both a good and an ill."

But he's coming to terms with that. It's harder with Avalanche than it is with others of course.

[emovampboy]

Vincent nods a little. "I'd offer to help, but I don't think it would be a very good idea."

[plate_builder]

“I need to sell myself on my own merits. But I thank you,” Reeve chuckles. Yes it was a kind offer but it might well not be a kindness. And Vincent offering really was good.

[emovampboy]

"Said after trying to recruit me forever." Vincent sounds a little amused.

[plate_builder]

"You're something different," Reeve smirks. But the problem is that Vincent isn't wrong. "I admit there are things that I could use from you, in regards to the WRO. Most of it involves scouting in Midgar actually."

[emovampboy]

"Scouting?" Vincent looks a little confused. "Do you mean for people, or something else?"

[plate_builder]

"Something else."

He'd claim resources if Vincent asked further, but fact was that he had a bad feeling about the city. There were secrets he had not known, and he didn't think it was all done there. Not to mention he has to evaluate the results of the reactors being damaged. Something he was certain Vincent would be mostly resistant to dealing with.

[emovampboy]

"Good. I'm not into scouting people." Something he's sure Reeve is well aware of.

[plate_builder]

“I would not use you for that,” Reeve assures him, annoyed at the very idea. “No, there are other things related to Midgar. If I wanted people looked into I would use other resources.”

[emovampboy]

"Do you have many resources?" It's an honest question, but the tone indicates Reeve is welcome not to answer.