FFVII Redux

"Space aliens! Why the god damn fucking hell did it have to be space aliens! Fuckers!" Cid glared at Nanaki as though it were the big cat's fault.

Cosmo Canyon's guardian shrugged, the human motion looking odd on his inhuman frame. "We won't know what their intentions are until they come closer to the planet, but we can still see them from here. Take a look through the telescope yourself, and tell me what you think."

Cid's palms were itching for the haft of the Venus Gospel, so he settled for lighting another cigarette, despite Nanaki's impatient and disapproving stare. "Whatcha want me to do?"

"Just look through the view piece."

He could hear Nanaki fiddling with the controls as he leaned over the periscope-looking thing attached to the telescope. The starry sky spread out before his eyes in larger-than-life detail.

"Please wait a moment while I set the proper coordinates."

Cid repressed a snort; the damn cat was always so fuckin' polite. He waited while the image in the view piece swam in and out of focus before settling on one spot in the sky.

Cid's jaw dropped, along with his cigarette. "Holy fuckin' shit!" And he'd thought the Shinra no.26 was beautiful when they'd first launched her- half a dozen elegant, silvery, birdlike shapes hung in the sky like Yuletide ornaments. They glowed faintly against the backdrop of space, reflecting all the colors of the stars around them in a soft, multihued corona.

They were the sexiest fucking thigs he'd ever seen.

Nanaki's voice was slightly drier than usual. "I figured you would appreciate the telescope."

Cid hadn't even heard him. "D'you think they'd let me borrow one of 'em for a while?"