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towerofanimus2013-10-11 11:56 pm
goddamntea) wrote in towerofanimus2013-10-11 11:56 pm
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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 "$^@#*$รน%!! 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.
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 "$^@#*$รน%!! 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.
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So you're tellin' me Sephiroth's back, there's a threat even worse than him and now ya want to recruit me among' your allies?
[ He paused, as if he was considering it-- Before shaking his head and pointing at Reno. ]
Get out! You outta your *&$@^$# mind!? [He let go of the spear pieces.] You're givin' me a bunch of half-assed information and within five minutes expect me to jump in yer arms? Goddamn, I'm not even sure I can trust your ass! I mean, come on!
[ Sure they were on pretty good terms last time they met, but from there to agree to an alliance with the Turk in so little time-- What, was Cloud written on his forehead or something? ]
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[He's folding arms so hard here, not budging a damn muscle. Floor 15 is free ground, after all.]
I was workin' with Cloud before he disappeared here, thought I could count on one of his friends, y'know. If you want a full briefing, this isn't the place to give it.
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[ Yeah, mentioning Cloud's not really helping. He trusted his lead but he still was the worst oddball he'd ever seen. ]
If that's not the right place for it then it'll have to become it or wait till another day. Not leavin' this floor till I've got a workin' weapon!
[ With that said, he took back the broken pieces. Materia were good, but with all these monsters he couldn't afford running around with just them. ]
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[Wait, Reno, that isn't the way to handle things.
Better calm down.
Pappap.
Still, Reno looks like a cat whose hair is standing on end.]
Errh, fine, do whatever the hell you want. If you feel up to talkin', I'll be on Dorm 1.
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[ That's bad for your imagine Reno. Cid may or may not be secretly amused at this turn of event. Still he grabbed a smoke and lighted it up before grabbing back a hammer. ]
Yeah, whateva'. As soon as I'm done with that shit.
[ And he went back to heating up the spear pieces. ]
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Meet him on Dorm 1 if you dare, Cid!]
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But heh, at least he got a weapon in workin' state now. He runs from the stairs to the dormitory floor, in his
stupidawesome dorky running style, looking around to see if Reno's still there.If not, he'd just go crash into his room, tis was a long day. ]
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Well, at least Reno's not wearing his Raven uniform, but he does have his hair in an bandana.]
Oi, Cid. 'Bout time you got here.
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[ That and maybe he wanted to make you wait, but details. ]
I met Elena and yer new recruit down there. Looks like ya been busy.
[ Just sayin'. Hopefully you were not hoping to hide that. Cid still isn't sure whether to applaud him for that or to hit him. ]
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[A lot more busy than Cid could guess at, anyway. He glances up and down the hallway, and starts heading toward the bathroom, motioning for Cid to follow.]
C'mon.
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[ ... Are you kidding him Reno? Is he supposed to believe that these almighty administrators he's head everyone babbling about would have security cameras hidden everywhere, but not in the bathroom?
That's stupid. They're stupid if that's true, but whatever he follows him anyway. ]
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[Once the door's closed, he rocks up to the tip of his toes and then back on to his heel, making a frustrated swing at the door with both arms.]
'D appreciate if ya let me handle my daughter, my way. Now, are ya gonna listen or keep babbling about my private life?
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[ Seriously, that's the most piss-poor excuse Cid could have expected to hear. The talk about daughter and private life gets a serious eye roll from Cid as well. Excuse you Reno, but you come pretty high on his list of people who should be forbidden from adopting.
But whatever. Taking a smoke and, well, smoking it. ]
Whatevah', so what did ya want to talk 'bout?
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...Sorry. I just reconsidered. I'm gonna give ya a few weeks to get used to this place, then if you're feelin' up to it, we can talk.
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Why did they even bother bringin' me in and all the new people if that place's gonna crash anyway? That's stupid.
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[Reno shrugs. He has no idea what's going on in her mind, just that she needed to be stopped.]
El and me are gonna try to stop it. I don't have any illusions you'll want to work with us, but it's a point where we need all the help. I don't have any affiliation with the company anymore, if that's got ya worried.
[At least, not the one it had been before Meteor. His loyalty to Rufus is an entirely different matter.]
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So ya mean you and Elena are this tower's last hope?
[ He pauses again. They're screwed, that much is obvious now. But at least Reno's trying, so that's a good point. ]
The company's not my problem-- We've worked together before and it got the job done. [Obviously referring to the whole Corneo disaster.] So lon' as you lot come with a half-decent plan, I'll help.
[ Keyword: half-decent plan. He doesn't really believe that part. ]
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[Barely. At least the Turks had the training to pull things off, even if Reno was shaky on his own leadership.]
Give it a coupl'a weeks, Cid. If me tellin' ya how bad it is here doesn't work, you can see for yourself. Even a crap plan is better than nothing here. If we die, we'll just wake back up.
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Yeah well, guess we'll see how it turns out. If ya need a hand with anythin' anyway I'll be here.
[ At least he had a point with crap plans being better than nothing. ]
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[And invites to things, at least. Cid could do what he liked with them.]
Let me know if y'need a guide or advice around the Tower. I can hook you up with one of the kids. They've been around a while.