[in which i avoid major spoilers because i'm a cool cat that way. just lmk if you don't mind spoils /insert thumbs up emoji here]
Arrival
Cloud wakes with a start, instinct taking over as he leaps to his feet and reaches for the massive sword that's... actually nowhere near him. That's inconvenient. By the time he spots it on the other side of the room, he's also realized that there is no immediate danger, just some guy on a screen spewing some nonsense. Whatever, it's not his problem, he's just going to collect his sword and open up this here door -- except that he's not going to open up this here door. It's right about here where the recording reaches that 'the doors will open as soon as this recording is complete' part, and he realizes that this all very much is his problem now. With a frustrated sigh and a slight roll of his eyes, he fixes his sword to his back and crosses his arms, turning his full attention to the recording.
Said recording doesn't actually answer many of his more pressing questions, like 'where is my rolling crew', so he grabs a communicator and makes his way through decontamination, and from there immediately sets off to find the rest of his party. Unfortunately, the squad is nowhere in the immediate area, and they're not popping up in the same place Cloud did, because that would just be too convenient if they were, wouldn't it.
The ol' 'here's a confused new person' hook isn't the most interesting thing in the world, but that's about all Cloud has going for him at the moment. He's not shy about pulling someone over to ask questions, though. "I'm looking for someone, you got a minute?" and shit like that, though his approach probably isn't as polite as he was trying to go for. He's doing his best, ok. Tifa's not here to tell him to be nice.
An Invitation
Sorry robots of Anchor, Cloud has absolutely zero interest in your fancy party. He's double not interested in dressing up and he's triple not interested in dancing. Is that even math? I don't know, but he's not fucking going. He already got his fill of this shit in Wall Market, and by God if one more robot comes up to him trying to get him to 'put on this fancy-ass dress it will totally make your eyes pop', he's going to start cutting robots in half.
not right away, at least. They aren't being hostile or anything, just super annoying. Especially the two that insist on following him around everywhere with that dress and a box of makeup and glitter in tow. It's hard to explore the place when Beckytron and CyberSuzie are hell bent on giving you a makeover, and by the time they manage to corner him in the bar, he's decided he's had enough. Since the piss offs and get losts haven't worked so far, he's reaching for the hilt of his giant fuckoff buster sword. Save the robots, or just like, don't. Or help with the makeover, that's fine too. Choose your own adventure I'm not the boss of you.
Party Pooper
No really Cloud's not going to your big weird party, but what he is doing is assuming that all the rest of this place's population did go to it. Which means it's time for some good old fashioned breaking and entering. Not into like, private rooms, he's not that much of a dick, but he's definitely taking the opportunity to poke around in places that might hold useful equipment or information. The library, the garage, some of the R&D labs, places like that. He just kinda swoops in, makes a mess while poking around at stuff, and leaves without bothering to clean up after himself because this is not his goddamn problem. Assuming he can get past whatever security is set up, anyway. He's not going to risk forcing his way in, seeing as he only just got here like yesterday, but you bet your ass he's taking notes.
He can be caught in the act of being a nosy asshole either inside a place or trying to get into a place, or leaning against the railing on some random walkway and looking down at your crazy party. The light show is cool, but like, dude. The whole STAY HERE, STAY HAPPY! theme in this robot infested space colony is kinda Fucking Creepy and totally feels like some weird robo-cult brainwashing junk to someone who just got here and has no fucking idea what's going on. Needless to say, it makes him want to leave just that much more. Y'all are weird, okay.
Wildcard
[maybe someone wants to convince him to go the the party in that fabulous dress after all, or maybe you have better ideas than I do (five bucks says you do). HIT ME i'm like the most flexible person ever.]
Cloud Strife | Final Fantasy VII Remake
Arrival
Cloud wakes with a start, instinct taking over as he leaps to his feet and reaches for the massive sword that's... actually nowhere near him. That's inconvenient. By the time he spots it on the other side of the room, he's also realized that there is no immediate danger, just some guy on a screen spewing some nonsense. Whatever, it's not his problem, he's just going to collect his sword and open up this here door -- except that he's not going to open up this here door. It's right about here where the recording reaches that 'the doors will open as soon as this recording is complete' part, and he realizes that this all very much is his problem now. With a frustrated sigh and a slight roll of his eyes, he fixes his sword to his back and crosses his arms, turning his full attention to the recording.
Said recording doesn't actually answer many of his more pressing questions, like 'where is my rolling crew', so he grabs a communicator and makes his way through decontamination, and from there immediately sets off to find the rest of his party. Unfortunately, the squad is nowhere in the immediate area, and they're not popping up in the same place Cloud did, because that would just be too convenient if they were, wouldn't it.
The ol' 'here's a confused new person' hook isn't the most interesting thing in the world, but that's about all Cloud has going for him at the moment. He's not shy about pulling someone over to ask questions, though. "I'm looking for someone, you got a minute?" and shit like that, though his approach probably isn't as polite as he was trying to go for. He's doing his best, ok. Tifa's not here to tell him to be nice.
An Invitation
Sorry robots of Anchor, Cloud has absolutely zero interest in your fancy party. He's double not interested in dressing up and he's triple not interested in dancing. Is that even math? I don't know, but he's not fucking going. He already got his fill of this shit in Wall Market, and by God if one more robot comes up to him trying to get him to 'put on this fancy-ass dress it will totally make your eyes pop', he's going to start cutting robots in half.
not right away, at least. They aren't being hostile or anything, just super annoying. Especially the two that insist on following him around everywhere with that dress and a box of makeup and glitter in tow. It's hard to explore the place when Beckytron and CyberSuzie are hell bent on giving you a makeover, and by the time they manage to corner him in the bar, he's decided he's had enough. Since the piss offs and get losts haven't worked so far, he's reaching for the hilt of his giant fuckoff buster sword. Save the robots, or just like, don't. Or help with the makeover, that's fine too. Choose your own adventure I'm not the boss of you.
Party Pooper
No really Cloud's not going to your big weird party, but what he is doing is assuming that all the rest of this place's population did go to it. Which means it's time for some good old fashioned breaking and entering. Not into like, private rooms, he's not that much of a dick, but he's definitely taking the opportunity to poke around in places that might hold useful equipment or information. The library, the garage, some of the R&D labs, places like that. He just kinda swoops in, makes a mess while poking around at stuff, and leaves without bothering to clean up after himself because this is not his goddamn problem. Assuming he can get past whatever security is set up, anyway. He's not going to risk forcing his way in, seeing as he only just got here like yesterday, but you bet your ass he's taking notes.
He can be caught in the act of being a nosy asshole either inside a place or trying to get into a place, or leaning against the railing on some random walkway and looking down at your crazy party. The light show is cool, but like, dude. The whole STAY HERE, STAY HAPPY! theme in this robot infested space colony is kinda Fucking Creepy and totally feels like some weird robo-cult brainwashing junk to someone who just got here and has no fucking idea what's going on. Needless to say, it makes him want to leave just that much more. Y'all are weird, okay.
Wildcard
[maybe someone wants to convince him to go the the party in that fabulous dress after all, or maybe you have better ideas than I do (five bucks says you do). HIT ME i'm like the most flexible person ever.]