Raika had indeed grown slightly since the last time the two saw eachother. It had been over seven years by now— She'd merely been 15, a rookie infantry troop, when he left on a mission with Sephiroth, never to return. ⤷

As Raika stared at the figure before her, knuckles were starting to turn white from the grip on the poor door. Her mind raced with an insane number of thoughts, not understanding how Zack Fair happened to be at her doorstep. Surely she isn't hallucinating, right? ⤷

quietly eating some strawberries. Not only is it her favourite snack, but something which brightens her mood.

Sitting on her own, quietly counting the gil she had in her purse. It's not much, but it should be enough for a couple more days if she doesn't waste it.

A knock at her door was the last thing she'd expected. Once in a while she did have a visitor or two — usually her friends she'd made after her sector's downfall checking in on her. Or even a client wanting her to help do some odd jobs. But otherwise? Life was quiet. ⤷

A yawn escapes her lips, exhausted after a long day of trying to locate a certain group and seek out answers. Every time she had leads, she'd feel as if they're one step ahead — even if the group didn't know she was even searching for them.

❝ 𝔽𝕖𝕖𝕝 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕣𝕒𝕕𝕚𝕒𝕟𝕔𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝕎𝕦𝕥𝕒𝕚 𝕊𝕦𝕡𝕖𝕣 ℕ𝕚𝕟𝕛𝕒, 𝕐𝕦𝕗𝕗𝕚𝕖 𝕂𝕚𝕤𝕒𝕣𝕒𝕘𝕚! 𝔹𝕒𝕔𝕜 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕕𝕪 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕒𝕔𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟! ❞ ✧ ˢʰⁱᵖˢ ʷⁱᵗʰ ᶜʰᵉᵐ ✧ ᵇⁱˢᵉˣᵘᵃˡ ✧ ⁿᵒ ᵐⁱⁿᵒʳˢ ✧ #ᶠᶠᵛⁱⁱʳᵖ ━━━━ &&. as 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 as I draw ʙʀᴇᴀᴛʜ the 𝐬𝐮𝐧 will 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐄 in Wutai! ❞

𝓦ʜʏ ᴅᴏ ʏᴏᴜ ʟᴏᴏᴋ ᴜᴘ ᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴏɴᴇʟʏ ꜱᴋʏ? ʷʰʸ 笑って見せてよ ɪ'ᴍ ɴᴏᴛ ɢᴏᴏᴅ ᴀᴛ ᴘᴜᴛᴛɪɴɢ ɪᴛ ɪɴᴛᴏ ᴡᴏʀᴅꜱ あなたの 性格わかるから あぁ ᴛʀʏ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇʟɪᴇᴠᴇ ɪᴛ . . . ❝ 𝔹𝕠𝕪 𝕠𝕙 𝕓𝕠𝕪, 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕡𝕣𝕚𝕔𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝕗𝕣𝕖𝕖𝕕𝕠𝕞 𝕚𝕤 𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕖𝕡. ❞

𝐍𝐨 𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐭! . // ˚˖𓍢ִִ໋ 【 闘志 】 .✧.* 𝐁𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐌𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐌𝐈𝐓 ! ! ! ⋆ ˚ #FFVIIRP ⤑ #MVRP ⤑ #DISSIDIARP 𝐇𝐈𝐓 ♡︎ | 𝐇𝐈𝐓 ♡︎ | 𝐘𝐄𝐀𝐇! | 𝐘𝐄𝐀𝐇! | 𝐘𝐄𝐀𝐇!

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 𝐓𝐀𝐆𝐒 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 𝐂𝐑𝐄𝐃𝐈𝐓𝐒 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⸻𝟎𝟎𝟑。 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

Raika has worked with Zack, Tseng, Cloud and others in the past during her 'rookie' days. She doesn't remember a majority of them though as it was only one or two encounters. Zack and Tseng are the two she worked with a number of times.

Zack was the inspirational individual she looked up to. Even in her times of uncertainty, his confidence in her and positivity was enough to keep her going. She was determined to become a SOLDIER for him as well to show she could succeed.

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 𝐓𝐑𝐈𝐕𝐈𝐀 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 𝐀𝐑𝐓 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 𝐁𝐀𝐂𝐊𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 𝐖𝐄𝐀𝐏𝐎𝐍𝐒/𝐌𝐀𝐆𝐈𝐂 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐘 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 𝐁𝐀𝐒𝐈𝐂 𝐈𝐍𝐅𝐎 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⸻𝟎𝟎𝟐。 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 𝐑𝐔𝐋𝐄𝐒 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 𝐖𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐄𝐑 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⸻𝟎𝟎𝟏。 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 𝐌𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐓𝐇𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐃 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀