Stolen from Kaza, IF YOU THINK I FORGOT YOU, I PROBABLY DID. POKE ME. IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHY YOU'RE IN THAT COLUMN, POKE ME.

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So, I have now wathced all the (known) available translated Crisis Core videos, which is basically every cutscene in the game and have enough solid CHARACTER for Zack that I think I can finally get over my issues with him and play him as much as he deserves. ON THAT NOTE! Let us have an essay, to help me get things straightened out.

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How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of the weak and the strong -- because someday you will have been all of these.
-George Washington Carver (1864 - 1943)

Good men must be affectionate men.
-Samuel Richardson (1689 - 1761)

It's better to live one day as a lion than a hundred years as a lamb.
-John Gotti

The superior man...does not set his mind either for anything, or against anything; what is right he will follow.
-Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC), The Confucian Analects

Everything in excess! To enjoy the flavor of life, take big bites. Moderation is for monks.
-Excerpt from the notebooks of Lazarus Long, from Robert Heinlein's "Time Enough for Love"

*Zack is anywhere you want him to be, baby*



((OPEN FOREVER. WHENEVER. WHOEVER. E-mails are active but if I don't respond within a day assume I somehow missed you and poke me.))

Name: Zack Fair

Birthday: DUNNO \o/
Age: 23
Height: Siiigh, another six foot-ish her. Aeris only comes up to his shoulder.
Weight: 200ish? He's muscle-y
Eyes: SPECIAL SOLDIER EYES. Canon tends to range from purple to blue, the most important part being that they uh. Glow \o/ Not in a GIVE OFF LIGHT YOU CAN READ BY WAY but you'd notice them even in the dark yah.
Hair: Black
Medical Info: Normal human minus the part where his blood is PUMPED FULL OF MAKO. He also has some inactive Jenova cells in him, and maybe some random other shit since he was experimented on for five years. So basically don't go to him for blood donations =\

Physical Traits: Normal, maybe a few scars but uh, Cure Materia \o/ so also probably not

What's Okay to Mention Around Him/Her: Despite having some CRAPPY SHIT Zack has like no emo. Mention whatever you want. He'll be zen about the fiction thing and if you bring up Aeris he GETS IT. Proding him about Sephiroth will him Not Happy unless you have a good reason, and infact, Zack WILL get pissy if you do things specifically to be insensative or a prick, but he's all around a nice guy otherwise.

Abilities: MAKO ENHANCED BADASSERY. Zack is proficient to expert in most weapons with an emphasis on swords, guns and hand-to-hand. He is from the FINAL FANTASY SEVEN WORLD which basically puts him among the more insanely badass of RPG characters. CASE IN POINT: one of his limits HURLS METEORS AT YOU. I would say he's around level fifty (which is when First Class SOLDIERs start appearing in game) but given as he's spent the past five years soaking in Mako? Has a sort of LEG UP on other people in his class. He can dispatch about twenty or so people with guns and swords without breaking a sweat and can dodge bullets/hear them on their approach and still have time to react HE'S GOOD OKAY.

That said, Zack has NOTHING ON HIM. Cloud took his sword and he no materia or items at the time of his death. He'll be using hand-to-hand until he secures a weapon, and will probably poach a mastered CURE from Cloud at some point but otherwise he's empty.

Notes for the Psychics: He rambles in his head a lot I WOULD NOT GO THERE but for the most part he doesn't think a whole lot he won't say or convey in some manner. He's a generally nice guy and doesn't fixate on anything too much.

Can I shapeshift/bodyswap?: ASK

Maim/Murder/Death: HE'S A GAME CHARACTER. HE SAVES. HIS LITTLE BUDDY HAS RESTORE \o/ IT'S ALL COOL.

Cooking: Um. He has an iron stomach and 'cooking' mostly means 'everything in the fridge cassarole' \o/

Kissing/Hugging: It's cool by me, whether it's cool by him will depend \o/

CANON DUMP FOR ZACK \o/ Too lazy to play the video games but still want to know Zack and Cloud's TOUCHING STORY of INSANITY? Some awesome person recordered pretty much all the relevant plot points. Here I shall provide links along with a desciption of what happens.

( Memories of Nebilheim - Arrival )

( Memories of Nebilheim - Shinra Mansion )

( Within the Crater - Muddled Memories )

( In the Lifestream - The True Facts )

( Zack and Cloud - Last Memory )

Character: Zack Fair
Age: 23
Series: Final Fantasy: Last Order
Job: Anything You Want (for a price)
Canon: You may recall Zack from such shining roles as "That Guy Whose Death Made Cloud Take Several Extended Trips To The Funny Farm" and "Remember Aeris' FIRST Boyfriend? Yeah." But fandom demanded it, and what fandom wants, fandom gets... eventually. So now Zack – without whom there would be no Final Fantasy VII – has an animated OVA, A Soon To Be Finished Really game for the PSP, and even his very own last name.

Zack Fair is the ORIGINAL Cloud Strife, right down to his pointy hair, big ass sword, Mako enchanced badassery, and desire to get with toppy flower girls in pink dresses. And if it isn't enough that he's a former member First Class member of Shinra Corp's elite SOLDIER unit, Zack also comes complete with the sparkling personality of the Best Friend An Emo Spikey-Headed Hero Could Hope To Have. Though he's a very confident, self assured sort of guy, Zack is also extremely kind and manages to never seem egotistical so much as admirable – probably because instead of putting himself above others he makes it his business to help them reach his level. Wanna be in SOLDIER, kid? Zack believes in you.

All in all, Zack is a Very Positive Force. He’s the sort of friend who will unerringly drag your useless, catatonic ass across not one, but two continents, while being chased by a small army of former allies – but only after he frees both of you from five years of captivity inside a test tube! And all so that he can get you both to freedom and set up his snazzy new business venture: doing anything for money! Clever, eh? It was such a good idea; too bad he came down with that bad case of headbullets, but that's the risk you take when you refuse to ever abandon a friend.


Sample App:

You know, when I said I wanted to find a place to put up shop, I was thinking somewhere with an actual market. And I'm not too picky. I figured, sure, the slums would be okay by me. Why not? Always liked the colorful types you could find down there anyway. Not that you guys aren't colorful 'cause I've never seen that many shades of pink hair before, is that natural? Yes? No? but a guy like me was never meant for the sticks, and zombie infested swamps are about as far back into the boondocks as it gets. Though for a little place, you guys have got some pretty big stuff going down. First letting in dead guys – thanks for that, by the way; don't let anyone ever tell you being corporeal is over rated – and then putting up a five mile wide barrier so they can't get out. ...I've got an idea on how to take care of that one, but I'm going to need some rope, a cactuar, a slingshot about yea big, and all the strawberry flavored bubblegum you kids've got.

And, on the off chance that doesn't work, plan B isn't so bad: afterall, they say "beggars can't be choosers", though probably that should be "megalomaniac camp directors can be very convincing". This place might not have silver linings so much as a radioactive sheen, but a brighter is still a brighter side, right?

Right, that's right. So listen up, campers! I might've been brought to this place by 'The Director', but the truth is I've already had it up to here with working for the Man— er... oops Woman. So, counselor or not, from now on my services are open exclusively to you guys.

The name's Zack Fair, and I'm officially announcing the ah... let's call it the trial opening of my new shop: Fair Services – in the business of doing anything and everything. Need someone to discourage the purple apes from waking you up too early? Look me up. Or how about a guy to bring down the newest otherwordly menace? I'm pretty good with a sword you know. But don't think that being a merc means I'm only available for fighting. I've got experience in lots of things! Walk the dog? Steal back your lacy goods from the tentacle monster? How about roof repair? I even know a thing or three about cheering up emo kids in uniform, which looks like it'll be a big seller in this place.

You could really say I'm up to any sort of task – no need to worry about it being too hard or to boring for Zack. As long as it pays, I'm interested. But, you know... it'd be pretty bad to separate a bunch of kids from their lunch money. Luckily this is only my trial opening, so payment methods are always open for negotiation. If your pockets are a little on the empty side? I've always liked arts and crafts. First person to make a statue of Odin out of popsicle sticks and macaroni can have me for a week.


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