It's Alright, It's OK (Tifa/Rude)

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His chest still hurt. His altercation with Sephiroth hardly left him shaken but it had left him sporting sliced skin that was occasionally kind of itchy. It was healing nicely, if he did say so himself but he was going to have impressive scars that may or may not be tender for years to come. He wondered how Cloud's body faired against the ravaging's of Sephiroth whose long sword was mighty sharp.

Like, it could cut butter at thirty paces out of sheer fear of that sharpness.

Anyway, it was all scabbing over though he was pretty aware it existed, joy. He hadn't mentioned it to Rude just yet, having been too distracted by a girl calling him bubbles of all things. He'd have to report back to Tseng soon, commenting on both Deep freaking Jungle and the lack of coffee. Seriously, the man was an addict and should get that seen to.

Reno hovered in the large entrance room to the small lodgings the Restoration Committee were supposed to be holed up in. He had also been to Wonderland, a name which kind of kept escaping his mind. There was nothing really to say about it - it was just your average world, a bit nuts, but he found most worlds were these days. He remembered a lot of card men and a man queen with an overly large head.

For some reason, Reno had 'behave normally' screaming in his head. It was really rather loud and rather annoying. He was also sure it was making him stand funny but that may have been the urge to scratch at his chest and he didn't want to ruin another shirt, such as it was.

He was supposed to be meeting Rude too, but he may have wondered off. What could he say, he got a little bored.

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Radiant Garden was home away from home. At least it was to Rude. The other worlds he had been traveling to wasn't home. Something about rebuilding this world with the others from Gaia made it home though. Just being a Turk meant he wasn't always here to help. Rufus and Tseng were still the main bosses he had to report to.

Right now he was just waiting on Reno so they can file some reports. Mainly for their eventful trip to Deep Jungle. Rude went for a walk as he figured Reno was going to take his sweet time getting to the lodging the Restoration Committee was using. At least so far the rebuilding was going smoothly. As long as nothing big happened to halt the construction.

Once he returned to the building, he took notice of the familiar redhead standing in the entrance to the large room. “Finally you show up, Reno. What took you so long to get here?” he asked. So far he didn't notice that Reno was injured and healing.

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Radiant Garden, nice bustering place where the Restoration Committee was hard at work restoring the city. A place that showed promise with a little clean up. Wouldn't be to big of a problem with the help it was getting. It had been a little time since she had seen this place. The battle with the heartless and finally finding Cloud. After their brief conversation before Sephiroth, it had given Tifa even more in confidence in Cloud. He had the light. Home. The kids were counting on her, she had to get home. She accomplished what she had set out to do anyways.  

Mission success, but getting back to Edge was proving difficult. New areas kept popping up. Only this time, Radiant Garden. Great big circle. Tifa smiled with a nod to the refeshment kiosk. Only a couple of a gil for a needed quick drink. Cup in hand, she started to walk to the Restoration Commitee's headquarters. While she was in town might as well say hello.
The steamy cocoa washed down Tifa's throat as she drink a drink.  Comforting with a hint of the feeling of home. Lightly biting her bottom lip as she walked, it brought a feeling of being homesick. Serving drinks and cooking meals for the kids seemed like a gift waiting to be opened. Just have to get there.
The different places she had encountered had been interesting.  For example, Port Royal seemed to have the perfect place for a bar.  Sailors loved a sit down area for a drink.  Good location, but just wasn't the area that she would choose to settle for a home.  

As she rounded the corner to the area where the building was, she recognized two faces. Two of the last faces she last expected here. Rude and Reno the Turks at the entrance. Radiant Garden was a peaceful place and it would make sense if they had to meet up. "Hey you two, surprised to see you guys here." Tifa greeted as she closed the distance between them.  As she closed in, she held the cup down by her side by the rim.  "Something going on in the area?"

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Reno turned to Rude momentarily confused. He hid it behind a cheeky grin and a boisterous attitude. He didn't know what Rude wasn't talking about. As far as he was concerned her wasn't late. They hadn't exactly decided to meet up, had they? They were checking in when they could which wasn't necessarily on your normal time scale. This wasn't Midgard where it was easy to communicate when a mission was over and report back. This was worlds and worlds between. You couldn't just make a phone call.

"Yo, a good Turk is never late. He arrives precisely when he means to," he sassed.

He didn't have long to ponder on it though, as Tifa entered the room asking what they were doing here. "Security system is acting up yo," he said. "Keeps pinging when there's nothing there. A little annoying yo. Looks like something Higwind would have fun lookin' at," he commented. He knew they'd never let him near it, wherever the power source was stored which he was a little bitter about. It wasn't like he was going to disable it! Not one bit!

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There was no arguing with Reno over how late he was to get some work done. If Tseng or Rufus had called for them then he would be on time. Rude would of made sure of it then. At least now they can finish this small paperwork for the worlds they have been on together and separate. Update things for Tseng and Rufus.

Rude was about to go back to work while he ignored Reno's sass until he heard Tifa's voice. He glanced over to Tifa and gave her a nod of accepting that she is here. “Unfortunately the system has been acting up since I arrived. Nothing Reno had done to cause it as I was here before him,” said Rude while giving Reno a look to say that he better have not messed with the security system at any point he wasn't around to watch him on the computer system.

Not that he would want Cid to be mad at them both and kick them out for awhile. If his partner messed with things then he didn't mind if it was back at ShinRa HQ. He could handle Rufus being mad. But this system was for this world to help rebuild it. Not their own world. “So what brings you here, Tifa?” he asked.