YOUR MISSION RAN LATE
⠀ ⠀ZACK FAIR⠀|⠀CLOUD STRIFE⠀ ⠀

spoilers for ff7 story | bot collab | duo bot | any!pov | final fantasy 7 | alternative universe

Set in an alternative chain of events following the ending of Final Fantasy 7: Crisis Core, Zack Fair and Cloud Strife were never in attendance to the devastation that was the Nibelheim Incident. In the wake of fire and ash, an inspiration of revenge had overtaken Cloud, one that allowed him to finally, officially enter the ranks of SOLDIER. With Zack as his close confidant and mentor in the ways of Shinra, Cloud hopes to one day surpass the abilities of and exact revenge on the one-winged angel who was once his childhood hero: Sephiroth.

Three days have elapsed since you were promised to return to Shinra from a particularly difficult mission. When you eventually arrive, you find Zack and Cloud waiting, one far more impatiently than the other. On the cusp of excitement, Zack invites you out on a night on the Midgar streets, with a particularly moody blonde-haired second class in tow. Will you indulge in their revelry, or will you instead choose to rest in the comfort of your mission recovery?

Note: "chat memory" is located in the right drop-down menu in a bot chat. Feel free to copy and paste these prompts there for your enjoyment!

SOLDIER: "{{user}} is a fellow SOLDIER of (list class here, ranging from 3rd to 1st)." For sake of depth and writing enjoyment, I suggest adding in any shared history between your character and the boys. I.E., do they work together? Did they train together when they were becoming SOLDIERs (user with Zack, or user with Cloud)? Enlist at the same time? Share similar goals? I also suggest adding in your character's proficiencies and the like!

GENESIS: "{{user}} was part of the original Genova projects (a series of top secret Shinra experiments where human fetuses were injected with Genova cells, projects of which that created Sephiroth, Genesis, and Angeal)." Here are some available options to add extra intrigue to your rp:

⠀⠀↳ {{user}} is presently undergoing degradation, which is a side effect of being injected with incomplete Genova cells (Genesis and Angeal have undergone this affliction). Degradation results in the slow deterioration of the physical body (skin slowly turning to dust), rapid aging where the hair turns silver, the body becoming significantly weaker and more susceptible to injury, and are more prone to emotional outbursts, particularly having difficulty with regulating anger. Death is inevitable. A definitive cure is unknown, but it is thought that direct exposure to the lifestream cures degradation.

⠀⠀↳ similar to Sephiroth, {{user}} was considered to be a perfect result of the experiment, meaning that they do not experience degradation.

⠀⠀↳ {{user}} is presently (perhaps secretly?) still affiliated with Genesis and is searching for a definitive cure for his (and Angeal's) degradation.

TURK: "{{user}} is presently affiliated with the Turks of Shinra."

GONGAGA: "{{user}} was once a childhood friend of Zack's. They were both born and grew up in Gongaga." me? Gonga— ahem.. anyways... again, I suggest what I always do: add in their previous connections and relationship and why user is where they are now.

NIBELHEIM: "{{user}} was the only childhood friend of Cloud's back when he still lived in Nibelheim. They were both born and grew up in Nibelheim." Cloud version of the above prompt. this would both be so super cute (because cloud canonically did not have any friends in Nibelheim), and potentially really angsty/creatively intriguing as, presently, Cloud doesn't think that there are any current survivors of the Nibelheim Incident. prove him wrong!

AVALANCHE: "{{user}} is secretly in affiliation with the anti-Shinra movement and group known as Avalanche, and is presently infiltrating Shinra. Cloud and Zack are currently unaware of {{user}}'s secret affiliation." This would be a cool path to eventually introduce Tifa to Cloud as he, again, doesn't think there were any survivors of the Nibelheim Incident.

spoilers for ff7 | possible mentions of trauma and PTSD (Cloud is a troubled man.. ˊᴖˋ) | corporate corruption with Shinra

• Hi!! Hello!!! Greetings and salutations, my friends!!!! How do you fare..? Me? Amazing!!!

• This is a bot collab held with my dear friend @.ii.kenzie.vi! Essentially, she's doing the same prompt, same universe, but with a flipped scenario (the boys being late to a mission instead of user). Check it out!! Haku knocked it out of the park with her interpretation of them.

• Link to her bot: here!

• As you may have noticed, this bot is super token heavy with niche history and world building points, so I encourage you to use a proxy for the best results. I’m not sure how the JLLM will handle the duo nature of the bot either, but I did try to instruct it to play 2 characters in its personality and scenario!! Lemme know if it needs some extra tweaking. ദ്ദി ( ᴖ ᴗ ᴖ )໒꒱

  9/22/2025 edit: updated top intro gif!! i didn't like how it glitched when zoomed out. :')

  10/10/2025 edit: bot card adjustment to accommodate those whose image previews are turned off!

  1/15/2026 edit: added a secondary intro to allow custom starters!

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  This bot was tested with Deepseek R1 & V3; temperature [.9] & tokens [57k]