[Despite Zack's best efforts, the constant snowfall has been keeping patrols shortlived and before sundown due to the cold and lack of warm clothing. This leaves him incredibly stir crazy and what does Zack do when he's stircrazy?

Get his butt into trouble and record it the entire time.

It drove Sephiroth up the wall enough times they lost count, but the General is no longer here to worry about him. This has made Zack a little reckless, and this is shown by how he's left the house and is now picking his way through the rubble of what appears to be an abandoned building with his dreamberry in hand. Certain people may recognize it as what's left of the upper level of the Arena, long since having been left behind for the house across the street. So what's Zack doing up here to begin with? Hard to say. What he's not doing is minding where his shoulders go as he turns, looking up through the holes in the roof and walls of what used to be the sitting room, and he crashes right into a support beam that's barely standing. This knocks it down and sends snow down from the roof, but also starts an eerie creaking noise that echoes down to the street below.

As it turns out, with that support gone, the snow-soaked and half rotted boards of what's left from that part of the roof start to collapse around Zack's head. What's odd is, despite knowing what'll happen if they fall on him, the flashes anyone watching can see of his face don't show concern. Zack actually looks...happy as he dances around the the falling wood and ends up coated in snow when he finally stops. He laughs a little as he dusts the powder from his hair and shoulders, just as a final board begins to fall.

But before the board can fall on his head, Zack's dropped the berry, drawn his sword and reached up, slicing it in two without a second look. The pieces clatter off his shoulder pauldrons, but Zack's just grinning.]

Hah. Still got it.

[Aaaand big sneeze. He's also got a cold, but does he care? Nope. Same as he doesn't care about those shivers that he's got. Not much phases him these days, and a cold isn't even on the list. Neither is the fact that he just escaped a portion of the roof caving in on him.

Anyone passing by? You'll either find him darting between the upper and lower levels as he carts busted stuff around to replace it with new stuff, or practicing his sword swings on the ground level. All the while, the doors and windows on the lower level are all wide open to bring the wind in. Place hasn't been used in a while, and something's gotta get that stale scent out. And yes, he's ignoring the sneezing and coughing fits he's having, along with the shivers running through him. He really just...doesn't care. At all.]

Effects:A lighthearted amusement and fondness
Warnings: None

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[It's still pretty dark as the feed ends, but it's obvious from the snickering that Zack is awake. A hand appears in the dim lighting to shut off the Dreamberry, but then it stops, going still as if something just caught Zack's attention. A second later the bedside light comes on, and it's possible to see Zack sitting up in bed, looking around his room. But there's nothing there, and he narrows his eyes, what little mako he has left making them glow in the shadows the lamp can't banish.]</small>

What the hell was that?

[He glances down at the 'berry, then back around his room. Something's...definitely not right here.]

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[Hello, Somni. Have a grinning Zack Fair staring down at you from what looks to be a high tree limb. What's he doing up there? Goddess only knows. He does, however, have a point to having turned the feed on.]

You know, all this rain gave me an idea. This kind of thing happened every year back where I'm from, and after it stopped, we'd have this big bonfire in the middle of town to cheer everybody up. Burn all the fallen trees, have some warm food, dry off stuff that was still soaking wet...that kinda thing.

[He chuckles, getting a wistful look in his eyes before he shakes his head, going back to grinning like the dork he is.]

So I was thinking we could have one of those bonfires here. Just take a break from rebuilding and catch our breath or something. Have some good food, dry out some of the useable stuff, tell a few jokes or stories...you know, have some fun. Shiva knows we need it. [He huffs, almost pouting as if that will undo everything that's happened, but it doesn't do anything and he moves to get off the tree.

But this is Zack Fair, and he's not known for being graceful. So don't mind him yelping as he nearly slips off the tree, and the Dreamberry tumbles from his grip in time to catch him hanging off the branch he'd been perched on before it hits the ground and shuts off.]