Everything was happening so fast that Tifa could barely keep up anymore. The announcements she was hearing blaring over the loudspeaker had indicated that Shinra had been fighting one of the Weapons and that they had apparently just defeated it. Just how powerful were they at this point? Could they really be capable of killing even the planet’s guardians?Ssshhhp.The door across from Tifa’s chair suddenly opened. On the other side of that door, she saw someone standing there that she did not

Glug… glug… GLUG-UK...“M-Mmmmnh…”The metallic tube that had shoved itself between Tifa’s lips pumped water into her, rehydrating her in the only way Shinra would allow. After chugging one last pint, she felt the tube remove itself from her mouth and ascend back into the ceiling with a mechanical whine.Gloouuurrrroouurrph...Guuuurrroourrrrn… Ploouur-glourt… Her stomach let out all sorts of weird sounds as the gallon or so of water mixed with Red and Barret’s remains, making them

Shluuurp…“Mmm…”Taking a sweet sip of wine from her glass, Scarlet stared unenthused at the glowing hologram projected before her, which served as a 3D map and digital scale model of the militarized city of Junon and its surroundings.A good portion of the holographic space was filled by the ocean, which stretched far and wide before running into a rugged cliff face. Most of the rocky wall was covered by the city itself, which consisted of several layers of buildings and streets stacked on