[Fic] "Two Guys and a Girl" index post -- Final Fantasy 7 (Mercverse AU)

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Two Guys and a Girl: Table of Contents
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When Tifa Lockheart meets Zack and Cloud Strife outside Nibelheim, she's only expecting a minor break in the routine of a small mountain village. She gets much more than that. A story about friendship, secrets, growing up, and the birth of one girl's social conscience.

(This story is set in the mercverse FF7 AU, which was created by icedark_elf as an open participation shared universe with only minimal canon. I took that as an opportunity to create reams of backstory leading up to the scenario she gave as 'present-day' canon, and, because this is a crack AU, I couldn't resist the chance to bend, staple, and otherwise mutilate normal game canon regarding trips to Nibelheim, because seriously, what's the point of crack AUs if you can't play around like this?)

Chapter 1: in which Tifa Lockheart meets Zack and Cloud Strife, two peculiar visitors who are staying in the abandoned Shinra mansion

Chapter 2: in which they explore the mansion and discover a dark secret

Chapter 3: in which they discuss what to do about the murdered demons, and Tifa and Zack vow friendship

Chapter 4: in which Tifa argues with her father and they cremate the demons

Chapter 5: in which Cloud teases Tifa and Zack and they walk into town for dinner

Chapter 6: in which Tifa introduces her father to the Strifes and sneaks out at night

Chapter 7: in which Tifa explores the mansion in the dark

Chapter 8: in which Tifa has a conversation with Lady Shinra's ghost and discovers Cloud's secrets

Chapter 9: in which Tifa is awkward over breakfast, they bury the demons' ashes, and Tifa and Zack decide to change the world

Chapter 10: in which Tifa argues with her father again, Cloud reveals his secrets, and Tifa steps out onto the road to adulthood

[Fic] "Two Guys and a Girl" index post -- Final Fantasy 7 (Mercverse AU)

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Two Guys and a Girl: Table of Contents
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When Tifa Lockheart meets Zack and Cloud Strife outside Nibelheim, she's only expecting a minor break in the routine of a small mountain village. She gets much more than that. A story about friendship, secrets, growing up, and the birth of one girl's social conscience.

(This story is set in the mercverse FF7 AU, which was created by icedark_elf/icedark_elf as an open participation shared universe with only minimal canon. I took that as an opportunity to create reams of backstory leading up to the scenario she gave as 'present-day' canon, and, because this is a crack AU, I couldn't resist the chance to bend, staple, and otherwise mutilate normal game canon regarding trips to Nibelheim, because seriously, what's the point of crack AUs if you can't play around like this?)

Chapter 1: (AO3 version) in which Tifa Lockheart meets Zack and Cloud Strife, two peculiar visitors who are staying in the abandoned Shinra mansion

Chapter 2: (AO3 version) in which they explore the mansion and discover a dark secret

Chapter 3: (AO3 version) in which they discuss what to do about the murdered demons, and Tifa and Zack vow friendship

Chapter 4: (AO3 version) in which Tifa argues with her father and they cremate the demons

Chapter 5: (AO3 version) in which Cloud teases Tifa and Zack and they walk into town for dinner

Chapter 6: (AO3 version) in which Tifa introduces her father to the Strifes and sneaks out at night

Chapter 7: (AO3 version) in which Tifa explores the mansion in the dark

Chapter 8: (AO3 version) in which Tifa has a conversation with Lady Shinra's ghost and discovers Cloud's secrets

Chapter 9: (AO3 version) in which Tifa is awkward over breakfast, they bury the demons' ashes, and Tifa and Zack decide to change the world

Chapter 10: (AO3 version) in which Tifa argues with her father again, Cloud reveals his secrets, and Tifa steps out onto the road to adulthood

[Fic] "Two Guys and a Girl" part 1 -- Final Fantasy 7 (Mercverse AU)

This story is set in icedark_elf's mercverse AU, about ten years before the main 'canon' of the AU (insofar as it can be said to have any canon). The idea bit me yesterday evening just before dinner, and was far too amusing not to write. There will be at least one more part.

So. "Two Guys and a Girl," in which I bend, staple, and otherwise mutilate normal game canon involving visits to Nibelheim, because seriously, what's the point of crack AUs if you can't play around like this?

Edited and extended 2/4/08, to make the beginning of the story play nicely with the ending, and to put in some details that I originally skipped because I thought I was writing a much shorter story.

( Two Guys and a Girl: Part 1 )

End of Part 1

Continue to Part 2

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[Fic] "Two Guys and a Girl" part 1 -- Final Fantasy 7 (Mercverse AU)

This story is set in icedark_elf's mercverse AU, about ten years before the main 'canon' of the AU (insofar as it can be said to have any canon). The idea bit me yesterday evening just before dinner, and was far too amusing not to write. There will be at least one more part.

So. "Two Guys and a Girl," in which I bend, staple, and otherwise mutilate normal game canon involving visits to Nibelheim, because seriously, what's the point of crack AUs if you can't play around like this?

Edited and extended 2/4/08, to make the beginning of the story play nicely with the ending, and to put in some details that I originally skipped because I thought I was writing a much shorter story.

( Two Guys and a Girl: Part 1 )

End of Part 1

Continue to Part 2

original post and comments