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[goddamntea]

Characters: Cid and you.
Setting: Room 2-04, the workshop, cafeteria and anywhere else.
Format: Starting with prose, but will match.
Summary: Cid awakens in the Tower. Appropriate canon point means his world being destroyed makes a lot of sense. He then goes off to explore the tower and discover with horror what they've done to the tea in this horrible, horrible place.
Warnings: %^$@#$%@#!!

• Dormitories Floor (Room 2-04)
To some people, the thought that your world may have been destroyed makes absolutely no sense. But to Cid, it actually made a whole lot sense. Mind you, last thing he could remember, the meteor was crashing into the planet-- And while both Holy and the Lifestream were working at stopping it, there was no saying as to whether or not it had worked.

Guess that letter settled it. It had not worked.

Not that it really made that much sense though, since if his world had indeed been destroyed, nobody should have been able to rescue him. Well, guess there was only one way to get some straight answers. Grumbling, he went through his trunk's content and grabbed his equipment-- With his speak noticeably broken into pieces, thank you tower, before heading out. This smelt like something Shinra would do, and he needed answers.


• Cafeteria (Day 2)
Like everyone else, Cid had gone through his oatmeal the day before, but not without an healthy amount of swearing. Who in the world would want to eat oatmeal? Certainly not him. This tower was clearly as bad as it looked. He was a bit more enthusiast today though, as he had seen the other meals offered by the tower and they didn't look half as bad. He went for the pancakes first-- And then grimaced.

"... Pumpkin pancakes?" he left the pancake aside after one bite and moved on to take a bit of the roasted seeds-- Only to stop halfway in and brush the dish aside as well. "... Pumpkin flavored seeds."

The hell was up with that? At least they provided him with tea, they were decent enough, right? Not what he thought any more after drinking it.

"Goddamn pumpkin tea!" he slammed the cup on the table "$^@#*$ù%!! Why is everything infected with pumpkin in this damn cafeteria?!"


• Workshop (15th Floor)
At some point Cid found the workshop and stayed in it. The Tower had been nice enough to provide him with his weapon of choice, a spear, namely the "Venus Gospel". But unfortunately, it had been broken into pieces so as to fit into his trunk, pretty much killing the whole point of having a spear as weapon.

But no matter, he'd decided to take the matter into his own hands. Using whatever good metal he could find around, heating the spear's pieces and hammering them, he started working on putting the pieces back together into a coherent whole. He had made his first spear himself after all, fixing a broken one shouldn't be beyond his capabilities. It was tough and tiring to do, though.


• Random Corridors
You'll find Cid exploring the tower for the next couple days with his spear in hand and ready to cast a spell at the first sign of trouble. This tower got a lot of floors, too many if you asked him, but given he couldn't leave anytime soon he'd rather get to know the various floors.

Comments

2-04

[alephbet]

[About when Cid headed out, Aleph was heading in. He stopped before an actual collision could happen.]

-Excuse me. You're new here, right?

[The fact that a new name had appeared on the side of the doorway was a clue.]

[goddamntea]

That I would be.

[ Cid stopped in his track when Aleph addressed him and looked at him for a few seconds-- Nope, didn't look like a Shinra. Or like anyone he'd met before. ]

And lemme guess, you're the guy with the answers to all the questions I'm havin'?

[ That or whoever rescued him, if you could call that shit rescue. That's a classic. ]

[alephbet]

At least some of them. Actually, if this is the room you woke up in, I'm your roommate.

[Aleph gestured to the names on the wall.]

I'm Aleph Sinclair.

[midgarhorizon]

[Guess who is right there, all decked out in a Raven uniform? Yep, it's Reno, staring through the visor, one eyebrow raised in surprise at seeing someone very familiar, and perhaps not unwelcome, standing at the blacksmithing area.

Reno had trotted up to Floor 15 in search of supplies for this thrice be damned shirt he's trying to make. Maybe he should leave it to Xion, but the thing is challenging him. Mocking him! And yeah, that's a challenge he wasn't going to back down from.

No stupid shirt is going to get Reno of the Turks down!

But all that is forgotten because @#$!#@$ Cid Highwind is here.

Folding his arms, the half-made black shirt still clutched in one hand, Reno tilts his head and grins, for the moment forgetting what he's wearing.]

Shiva's tits, it's Cid Highwind.

[REMEMBER THAT VOICE, CID?]

[goddamntea]

[ Well if that wasn't a nice outfit? Truth to be told, Cid had never directly dealt with the old AVALANCHE, or at the very least not under this form. Thankfully enough, the ridiculous costume was more than recognizable. They got to have had the same terrible costume designers than Shinra. Whatever.

He'd totally recognize that voice is only Reno wasn't wearing the outfit of a damn terrorist.

Alas, things being what they are-- He doesn't. Also how comes this punk knows of his name? ]

Shit, the old AVALANCHE? The hell's going on here?

[ Unfortunately his weapon was still in the process of being of being welded back together and he didn't have any time to spare kicking an enemy's ass. See that Red Materia he's taking out of his pocket? Yep, that's some summon materia alright, and he hopes you're going to enjoy having your ass frozen.

That should take care of it until he's done fixing his spear. After all these times Reno swore on Shiva, that could only be called appropriate retribution. ]

[midgarhorizon]

[Oh, yeah, oh no. Cid's reaction reminds him he's still wearing that uniform. Reno knows what the hell that materia meant and starts to go skittering across the room for cover, but it's too late, he gets tagged by the edge of the icy blast just before he throws himself behind one of the workbenches.

Have a half frozen and seriously pissed off Turk, Cid.]

WHAT THE HELL ARE YA DOING?!

[Still bearing frost and looking rather blue, Reno pokes his head up from behind the bench, tearing his visor and helmet off. It's pretty obvious he's shivering.]


YOU JACKASS. IT'S ME.

Cafeteria! \o

[pureply]

[Mia smiled at the...rather disappointed...old man sitting nearby at her table.]

I believe it's some sort of seasonal celebration?

[goddamntea]

That's not a celebration, that's freakin' torture!

[ Disappointed was the understatement of the century. He didn't spare a second glance for what else the cafeteria had to offer-- He didn't expect much, and instead turned to Mia. Seasonal celebration? ]

What kind of %$@#$% celebration requires everything to be poisoned with pumpkin anyway?

[pureply]

I agree. It is quite...strange.

Perhaps the land in this area is only suitable for growing pumpkin?

Cafeteria

[attheclocktower]

[Xion jumped a bit, a few seats down, when he slammed the cup down, staring over in something akin to alarm. Still, once she'd resettled a bit, she realized what exactly it was he was complaining about. Her face settles into a more knowing grimace]

It's always like this in October. I don't really get it, but... Makes me think of one of the worlds I went to back home.

Um... did you just get here, recently?

[He doesn't look familiar; it sounded like it was his first October at least. She doesn't yet know or realize he's from Reno's world, but the pin that Reno gave her was attached to her coat, plain to see if Cid were to look.]

[goddamntea]

[ Cid kept staring at the cup of tea for a little while, mostly in anger and disbelief. ]

Makes me think the cook is one hell of a numskull. And you're tellin' me it's gonna be like that till November?!

[ That had to be a bad joke alright. He wouldn't survive a full month with stupid pumpkin stuff as only food. or at least someone would have to find a way to extract the pumpkin from the damn tea. He nodded at her question and finally turned to her. ]

That's right, yesterday to be exact.

[ And he had already seen enough to say his stay in the tower would be just lovely. Freakin' place crawled with even more monsters and traps than Northern Crater.

... And he spotted that pin as he spoke. He didn't pay much attention to it at first, but then his glare went back to it. He was not saying a word yet, just. Squinting. ]

[attheclocktower]

[Xion nods once. It didn't really change anything, just confirmation of something she'd suspected.]

Yeah. Unless we get food other ways, this is all for the rest of the month. But... just trust me, the menu's the least of our problems.

[As he squinted at the pin though, eventually Xion glanced down at herself. Had she spilled something? Or did he recognize the coat, maybe?]

Workshop

[cutestprogrammer]

Chihiro is up in the workshop looking for sewing supplies when he spots Cid and goes over to see what he's doing. He doesn't really say anything though and just stays to one side watching him curiously. And since he's still crossdressing, he appears to be a little girl rather than a boy.

[goddamntea]

Thankfully after having been interrupted way too many times by monsters and turks (one and the same really), Cid was about to be done fixing his spear. He looked satisfied but there were still a few final things to do, and he was missing a few tools to complete his word. He looked around and spotted the pliers he needed-- And a kid not far from them.

"Hey kiddo." Cid called Chihiro out, pointing the table behind while still holding the spear with his other hand "Pass me the pliers on the table behind you, will ya?"

... He was a bit too focused on his work to wonder just yet, what is a kid doing in such a place?

[cutestprogrammer]

"Eh? Me...?" Chihiro quickly looked around and grabbed the pliers, hurrying over to hand it to Cid. "Here you go, sir! Is... Is it finished?"

Cafeteria

[guardianlight]

[Random cursing almost two weeks of pumpkin this and pumpkin that?

Must be a new guy.

Not that she couldn't agree about that - trust her, she was already sick of everything pumpkin - but way to speak the obvious in vulgar bleeps. There are kids here, damn it.]

The one in charge, apparently.

[goddamntea]

[ Totally new up and if there are kids, they've probably got bigger problems on their hands than language and that's all Cid'll have to say on the matter. ]

Well I'd like to have a conversation with that pinhead! [He took back the cup of tea to examine it further.] There're thin' you just can't desecrate. Tea's one of them.

[ Seriously, everything else in the tower looks less horrible in comparison. ]

Cafeteria

[justabignobody]

[Riku usually ignores the complains of people he doesn't know or care about, but... well, this guy is being pretty loud about it. Not to mention that there's... something that's just a little familiar about this guy, even if he can't quite place it at the moment.]

Ruana has a thing for Halloween. Be glad if the pumpkins stay the worst of it.

[As unlikely as that might be.]

[goddamntea]

Haloovine?

[ That's the celebration he heard about that's being celebrated? Thanks heaven this doesn't exist back in his homeworld. He looks unimpressed however at the prospect ]

Dunno how much worse this shit could get. They say my world's been destroyed, everyone I knew's supposed to be dead and now my only source of relaxation is definitely ruined.

[ If they can make things worse at this point, they deserve kudos. ]

workshop

[pinnaculum]

[Sephiroth's own weapons were taken from slain monsters. He doesn't trust the weapons made from film, having seen them become useless when the glamour falters. Yet he is interested in the workshop, having remembered that Diarmuid had made swords there. He could use a sword for practice, maybe a better one, longer and thinner...

Yet he doesn't know how to make a sword, and he hasn't yet taken the time to teach himself. When he passes by on his patrol and hears and then sees someone working on a weapon, it draws his interest, and he approaches. When he realizes who it is, he freezes, staring.]

Mr. Highwind?

[He should see this man as his enemy. He could attack, but he doesn't. He's not sure what to think or how to react. With his memories returning, he's angry, but it's still hard for him to truly hate the people he met after waking up in the ruins of Midgar. Even though they'd lied to him. He waits, to see how Cid will react, before deciding what his own reaction will be.]


[[ooc: In his AU, Tiny Sephiroth knows Cid (if not very well), so I hope that's okay!]]

[goddamntea]

[ Cid still had a lot of work to do in order to get that spear back together, but slowly he was getting there. He didn't really know about the whole film stuff just yet, unfortunately. And even if he did, not sure he'd do that well wielding a sword and using it like a spear.

He paused his work when he heard yet another child voice. "Mister"? He'd have to tell the kid to get rid of the title at some point. But most importantly he'd have to ask what was the deal with all these kids running around freely in a tower overrun by monsters. Seriously, that's just dangerous and irresponsible. ]

Yeah?

[ He looked up to look at the kid who addressed him--

Well he'd be damned. That kid looked just like a pint-sized version of Sephiroth. But that was probably just a coincidence right? Reno had told him someone had brought Sephiroth back, but he'd made no mention about shrinking him down so yeah, had to be a coincidence. Probably.

Still didn't change that Cid looked pretty surprised. This tower kept shocking him even when he thought it couldn't get any weirder. ]


((OOC: Totally okay with me! o/ Cid'll just be pretty confused.))

Cafeteria

[keybearer]

[Hold the phone. Is that Cid? Unlike his double, this Riku's had plenty of encounters with his world's version of Cid so once he starts yammering about pumpkins, Riku sets his plate down and marches right over.

But it's odd. Was Cid always this mouthy? And he is dressed a little differently...

Ah well. He'll roll with the punches for now.]

Too bad you missed last month. At least then we had some variety.

[He crosses his arms.]

Then again, I doubt you'd want to get caught up in an explosion.

[Maybe last month wasn't that great after all.]

[goddamntea]

[ Variety he would have enjoyed, but explosions were indeed yet another thing he'd rather stay away from. Though he had to wonder, wasn't there a single good thing about this tower? Made you wonder on how "saved" they all were, huh. ]

Explosions? Is every single thin' about this place negative?

[ He shook his head and turned to Riku-- The kid from before, his voice said as much but he looked... Different? ]

Wait a minute... How'd you get smaller?

[ That's an important question alright. Pretty certain that kid looked slightly taller when he spoke to him minutes ago. ]

Cafeteria

[provenworth]

[Well, shit, this was an entertaining surprise. She could hear his swearing down the hall and there was no mistaking that colorful language. In fact, it took everything she could to not actually laugh.

Leaning in the doorway, Elena crosses her arms loosely over her ShinRa Academy blouse, watching him continue venting his frustrations before finally deciding to interrupt.]

"Sorry, Captain. Everything is $^@#*$ù%! pumpkin because Ruana likes to ensure that we get tired of whatever favorite foods we liked at home."

[goddamntea]

[ Ruana again. Everyone here kept speaking of her name in less than savory terms, huh. He could only conclude she one the one deserving ass-kicking in this tower. ]

%^$@#$%@#!! This Ruana freak is gettin' on my nerves!

[ He then turned to face the newcomer-- Well she both looked and sounded familiar-- Another Turk... The rookie? But what's with the stupid costume? Did she marry Reno and they vowed to wear stupid costumes till death do them part? Alternatively, this could just be an amazing coincidence. Better check. ]

Oh, yer the Turk we've saved from Corneo's ass, righ'?

[ Excuse you, but that's the most memorable thing he has in mind about you at the moment. ]