Cid Mercury
New Adventurer
"You gave me a bent needle...how am I suppose to do anything with this?"
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Post by Cid Mercury on Jun 18, 2007 2:39:48 GMT -5
::Coming out of the stinky marshes, Cid was glad he could breathe fresh air again. His journey was long, having just explored most of the Mist continent and journeying across sea to sea exploring every land mass available. He had visited his family just over a year ago, revealing the stories he had to the children and enjoy his sisters fresh oven pies. He loved those pies, thinking of them reminded him of his hunger at the moment, but glee filled him with just the idea of having one when he returned home. However a look of contempt showed to those who were watching on his face, he just realized he didn't know where he was, he was lost. Again.::
Always taking the wrong turns at old stumps, they all look the same to me anymore...blasted old man...
::Cid's grumbling continued on till a large building stood before him, the library Island of Daguerreo. He knew of this place indeed, such a landmark is not to be forgotten without great brain trauma. He's gloom turned to cheer in an instant, giving a little dance in his steps as he approaches the building nearer and nearer::
Finally I am able to do something right by doing something wrong! Now I can see what kind of diseases I've been missing, perhaps even a way to revive someone from the dead without those infernal magic feathers! Always made a fool of by those darn feathers!
::Cid slowly entered the library, cautious yet subtle in his entry as the dust rose from around him. Stifling a cough, he noticed others poking about, observing some Burmacians chatting and laughing about something unimportant to Cid. Smiling devilishly, and avoiding as much attention as possible, Cid sneaks into the science section of the library. While doing so, he notices a burnt smell, realizing its coming from a blacken charged part of the library. Indeed, fire was not a good place to have in this area. Lucky it was only half of the library, mostly the magic half of it all. Cid couldn't care less about magic, so he chuckles while searching for his precious information. Rubbing his hands and searching M for medical, Cid's mouth smiles with anticipation.::
To think fifty years and all I had to do was walk in her and get all the info I needed, this world can go to the dogs for all I care with its confounded coincidences and ironies! Back in my day-
::Instantly he find what he is looking for, a book on natural diseases, cures, and other aliments, the smile on his face widens even more, covered by his mustache also showing the signs of glee in its direction. Grabbing the book and looking side to side, he slowly begins to walk to a empty area to study::
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Post by Clive on Jun 18, 2007 3:57:49 GMT -5
Though nearly destroying the library, through no intended fault of his own, Clive decided to give it one try in hopes of furthering his study of lightning and electricity channeling. He attempts to act casual and innocent, walking into the library with a whistling tune on his lips. He half waves, half salutes the attendant as he slips on by.
"Clive, what are you doing, this isn't smart. Bad Clive! Oh there's what I'm looking for."
He slinks over to another book shelf, grabs a volume from the shelf and flips it open. Quickly flipping through the pages, causing several of the pages to crack.
"Worth a shot!"
Walking around the bookshelf, he continues to flip pages till finally settling on one chapter. However, in his lack of attention paying, he knocks someone in the head with one of his lanterns that hang from the staff, an older gentleman with a mustache. He walks on by the older gentlemen, not noticing the rude bump.
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Cid Mercury
New Adventurer
"You gave me a bent needle...how am I suppose to do anything with this?"
Posts: 12
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Post by Cid Mercury on Jun 18, 2007 4:07:51 GMT -5
KIDS THESE DAYS! THAT LITTLE SON OF A-
"HEY RAT BOY! YOU WITH THE LAMPS! HAVE YOU NO RESPECT FOR YOUR ELDERS?!"
::On Cid's head was a big shiny bump, glowing from not just the swelling but the anger now erupting from Cid. Cid begins to talk haphazardly, demanding the child to apologized justly::
"IN MY DAY WHEN YOU HIT SOMEONE YOU SAID YOU WERE SORRY! IF YOU DIDN'T, THEY KILLED YOU! AND THIS WAS BEFORE ALL THAT LOCI DEMON STUFF!"
::Cid's anger subsides after a few stories of the past, but decides the boy needs to be punished for being a wiper snapper. Cid's tries to grab the book from the rat boy, tugging and pulling while holding his book in the other hand::
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Post by Clive on Jun 18, 2007 4:19:27 GMT -5
Clive just blinks dumbfound, unsure what this old man was going on about. He clenches his hand on the book hard, not letting the man get the better of him and the book. He didn't find it hard to hold back against the onslaught of old man against his youthful strength.
"Hey, Grey face." Clive says mockingly. "Might not want to do that."
A Sharp spark erupts under the old man's fingers, just enough to knock his hand away from the book.
"Told ya. I Thought they euthanized the senile elderly now? No, oh well."
Turning back around sharply, Clive flips the book back open and begins to walk away as he tries to find the page he was at.
"I lost my place..."
With a frown, Clive turns his head back to the old man. "Hey gramps, you made me loose my place. Now I'll never find out how it ends." He narrows his eyes with suspicion. "Unless that damn zebra did it... wait, wrong book."
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Cid Mercury
New Adventurer
"You gave me a bent needle...how am I suppose to do anything with this?"
Posts: 12
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Post by Cid Mercury on Jun 18, 2007 4:31:36 GMT -5
Such Insolence from a toffee-nosed brat!
::Cid's checked his fingers and inspect what could of caused such a shock, wasent enough static force to cause such a thing::
MAGIC. Shock magic. BAH!
If thats the way he wants it then I shall gladly oblige.
::Dropping his book and taking out a pair of rubber gloves, he puts them on quickly as to not gain the brat's attention. Taking out his favorite colored needle, Royal Blue, he puts in a knock out syringe in the needle. All was ready now::
"Boy, You have spunk, I can give you that, but there is one thing you must know before you leave this place, and that is..."
::Cid's grabs the rats free hand and jams the needle in his neck, making sure all the contents of the syringe enter his blood stream. Slowly he stances, keeping his distancing himself as he waits for the serum to kick in, while holding his gloves up to any vital body parts with the rubber gloves.::
"Don't mess with the elderly, we are mean sonofaguns!"
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Post by Clive on Jun 18, 2007 4:41:57 GMT -5
"Why you!" Clive yelps out, he haphazardly spins around to confront the old man, having long dropped the book to grab at the sting in his neck. "What you..." His eyes stagger, he tries to shake it off. "What wasa in... that?"
Clive begins to stagger, he grabs onto a table for support. "I..." His speech begins to slur. "Donch care ho old youre..." His eyes grow heavy, he looses his balance for a moment. "I'sm goinj..."
He staggers away from the table, bumping into a bookshelf, his staff and lanterns knocking several books off. Tiny bolts of electricity begin to shoot out from Clive as he looses control over his magic, one of these bolts strike a falling book, igniting it on fire. Then, finally, Clive blacks out and falls over atop his own staff and several books. One of the lanterns landing atop his head, knocking his cap off, helps add insult to injury.
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Cid Mercury
New Adventurer
"You gave me a bent needle...how am I suppose to do anything with this?"
Posts: 12
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Post by Cid Mercury on Jun 18, 2007 4:57:08 GMT -5
::The fire begins to flair, trying to ignite a sequel to the book burning of the poor library. People begin screaming, "NOT AGAIN! OH GODS!" "WHY MUST KNOWLEDGE BE DESTROYED?" "NOT THE CHILDREN!", they run around, panicking and yelling. Cid's mind and face was vexed, if he tried to plan this it would never happen. Now he had to put out a fire, that was getting closer and closer to the Brat the more he stalled, and somehow prevent getting blame for the incident in general.::
Why did I not bring water with me... that would be very useful right now...well first things first.
::Seeing the flames almost touching the young rats face, Cid pulls him out of dangers way, also saving his book by using his staff to pull it out of the flames. Cid knew fire couldn't survive without air, sadly, he didn't think sealing the place off would work, as the place was already burning down as fast as it could. He took off his lab coat and tried to stifle the flames, but they had gotten too big and the fire had spread to the ceiling.::
Well Horseradishes! Guess its time to flee while fleeing is still an option.
::grabbing the rat boy and hoisting him up on his shoulders, he calmly picks up the two books and the staff while the library slowly burns down into oblivion. Calmly Cid walks out the doors just in time before the ceiling falls down to the bottom erupting in a magnificent explosion that leaves the building in ruins. Putting the Rat boy down and sitting next to him, it would take approximately 30 minutes before he wakes up.::
Plenty of time for my reading!
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Post by Clive on Jun 18, 2007 5:13:10 GMT -5
As Clive sleeps, he makes inaudible mutterings and sporadic twitches. His feet jerk out a few times and lightly kick at Cid's chaff while his tail occasionally brushes up against Cid's back. Clive's maw remains slightly open, just enough for a little bit of his tongue to hang out loosely as well as allow saliva to form a puddle on the ground.
As the 30 minutes wear on, Clive's reactions get stronger. Now forming simple sentences in his sleep, as well as twitching even more.
"Ah... cobras..."
He mutters out in his sleep, like a whispered scream. It isn't long after that he appears to be regaining consciousness, his eye lids flicker and he begins to move with purpose, however the drugs effects are not leaving him gently. It'll be a few more minutes before he will become aware of his surroundings.
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Cid Mercury
New Adventurer
"You gave me a bent needle...how am I suppose to do anything with this?"
Posts: 12
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Post by Cid Mercury on Jun 18, 2007 19:34:07 GMT -5
::Cid's reading was not hindered by the young rat's movements or sleep induced twitching, Cid's eyes were focused on the pages of a new method to cure motion sickness with out a potion. It was an amazing method, but sadly not the method he was looking for. He wanted a cure to the much more dangerous disease, the ones that have been devastating much of the lands recently. The more he looked, the more he could feel the young rat becoming more and more restless. Aha, he found it! This disease was much more dangerous and complicated than he ever could imagine.
If I tried to fight this without this book, who knows if I would survive! Yes, Indeed this was a right turn for not just me, but for many people to come! Sadly I had to destroy every other piece of information to get it...
::The smoking ashes made the sky orange reddish now as if a battle had just been fought, any inhabitants had fled due to the fire. Cid sighed at the events that had transpired, he hoped no ancient tablet was in there that could save the world. The rat boy was waking up now, Cid kept the staff of the rat next to him, just in case the feelings of anger still lingered in the boy.::
One thing is for sure, we all learned a lesson...I wonder where this boy could be off too?
::Cid shuts his book and places the rats book on his stomach, knocking him from his drowsy stupor::
"Wakey wakey son! Eggs and bacay!"
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Post by Clive on Jun 18, 2007 19:49:02 GMT -5
Clive's eyes flicker open, he covers his eyes from the light and light ash and smoke from the burning library. After a few more moments, his eyes adjust and he can make out the clear silhouette of the old man Cid against the radiance of the sun. Surprised, he scurries a few feet back then jumps up to his feet.
"You..."
His head goes light for a moment, staggers, then supports himself on the large rock beside him.
"What you do to me, old man? Gods..."
He massages his forehead, trying to exstinguish the dizzy feeling and slight headache.
"It's like the hangover from hell."
Then it hits him, his staff, where's his staff. His eyes dart around for a second, then spies it in the hands of the old man. He tries to lung for it, but is stopped short by the pounding headache.
"Oh... not bueno." He shakes his head. "Ok, give back the staff gramps, you don't know what that's capable of."
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Cid Mercury
New Adventurer
"You gave me a bent needle...how am I suppose to do anything with this?"
Posts: 12
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Post by Cid Mercury on Jun 18, 2007 20:11:27 GMT -5
"True, Brat, I do not care what magic power is wielded in this damnable object, but I believe you own me an apology. If not for the head trauma than at least for your attitude! Just say I'm sorry and you get it back! Thats not hard is it?"
::Cid wanted this interaction to end quickly, he had diseases to cure, and dealing with children with more power than they can handle is the last problem he needed at the moment. However he was intrigued by how much power the young rat had, perhaps he could convince the boy to help him in a way.::
"Well, if I don't get an apology, how about you helping an old man with his work? See these test tubes?"
::Cid takes out three test tubes all different colors, blue, green, and purple. Each one has a symbol on it to show which is different. Cid smiles at the chance to finally test one method he was able to learn from the medical book he read.::
"I need a great amount of energy to change these chemicals into a new form, a form that will let them achieve much more than what they currently can do. You hear all the problems happen outside of this area?"
:: Cid puts down multiple photos, showing disaster torn areas sent by his family's pet massager moogle. The images are graphic, maybe a little more graphic than one cared to see. Bodies with strange pox and sores, a mist unseen before that covers the land. Pain can be seen in the eyes of the living, and emptiness in the husks of the dead::
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Post by Clive on Jun 18, 2007 20:35:42 GMT -5
"Fine, sorry, I'll help you."
Clives eyes are filled with extreme anxioty, he slowly and calmly steps closer and closer towards Cid.
"I know what's going on, know pretty well. That's why I came back here. It's isolated, secure. Now just give back that staff before something worse then the library burning down happens."
Little did Cid realize, the longer Clive is away from his staff the more unstable and violiotal the electrical feilds around him and inside the lanterns become. If he wasn't able to get back the staff in his hands soon, something nasty would likely happen.
"I take it you're a healer, I think you're right about me being able to help you. But first, I need that staff, gramps."
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Cid Mercury
New Adventurer
"You gave me a bent needle...how am I suppose to do anything with this?"
Posts: 12
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Post by Cid Mercury on Jun 18, 2007 20:50:13 GMT -5
::Electricity erupts from the staff, igniting Cid's butt on fire! Cid screams in terror as his rump flames and smokes. He runs around, stepping on two of the tubes causing them to break and mix together, sizzling and popping till lighting from the staff strikes it. A purple smoke erupts from the strike, covering the area as fast as one can blink, making it impossible to see. Cid runs around still now blindly, screaming curse words and old man gibberishes, till he hits a dead oak, knocking him unconscious.::
"RAGHUGH!"
::The purple smoke beings to absorb the electricity from the staff, turning the smoke into a giant thunderstorm slowing beginning to turn into a hurricane. Both books are swiped up into the storm as it begins to rain glowing purple rain.::
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Post by Clive on Jun 19, 2007 2:57:57 GMT -5
As this whole, absolutely hilarious affair happens, Clive flicks down his goggles from atop his head and grabs ahold of his staff after the old man let go of it in his flailing about like a headless chicken, that's on fire.
"Well gramps, this is a fine mess you got us into."
The purple rain condensates on his glasses, he uses his index finger of his free hand to wipe them clean, just in time to see Cid knock himself out. "Fine." He yells over the clash of thunder. "I'll fix this." Clive raises his staff high, mutters a few incantations, then a swarm of lightning bolts strike him with a thunderous roar. The air around him grows bright, there's a horrible crackle of electricity coursing through his staff and body, then finally, the light subsides and everything goes silent. Though the strange purple hurricane persists, least there's no more electricity to it.
"Well soon as you revive, mind fixing this? I did my part."
Clive walks over to the old man and nudges him with the end of his staff. Poking him like a dead fish, seeing if he would stir.
"Hey, ya dead? If not, got enough life in you to write me into your will?"
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Cid Mercury
New Adventurer
"You gave me a bent needle...how am I suppose to do anything with this?"
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Post by Cid Mercury on Jun 19, 2007 3:12:07 GMT -5
::Cid was out cold, being an old man and hitting a tree that hard had thrown such a shock that it would be awhile before he could stir. The hurricane's wind begin to blow wildly, blowing down the tree that had knocked out the old man. The books lost in the storm had now flown back into the scene, trying to hit anything in their paths with they're hard bindings. A large Chocobo and a log cabin start swirling around the two while the rain begins to become so hard its begins to feel like a waterfall. Eventually the rain would crush them in time, and Cid being an old man, he would not have much time till he was suffocated to death.
Cid's face was pained, as if he wanted to wake but was impossible to do so. Suddenly a giant wind carries Cid off into the storm, almost being hit by a tree and the log cabin.::
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Post by Clive on Jun 19, 2007 3:29:50 GMT -5
"Dear gods..." Clive puts his face in his hand. "What have I gotten into..."
Clive plants his staff into the ground, freeing up both his hands to do incantations. He swirls his hands in the air, purposefully, mutters a strange language. Suddenly a sphere of elector-magnetism surrounds Cid, disrupting the flow of air around his body, causing him to fall back to the ground with a thud. It dissipates the moment he touches ground. Clive walks over to him, grabbing him by the ankle then starts to drag him out of the rain soaked area, battling the tempest of wind and rain around.
"I really hate you old man, seriously..."
He grabs his staff as he drags Cid by it, then it hits him. It was the gauntlet hand he is using to move the old man, perfect for him to zap him awake. A charge of electricity forms in the copper then, like a cobra, zaps Cid with its bite.
"Wake up!"
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Cid Mercury
New Adventurer
"You gave me a bent needle...how am I suppose to do anything with this?"
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Post by Cid Mercury on Jun 19, 2007 3:49:53 GMT -5
"GREAT BLACK CHOCOBOS IN SPACE!"
::Cid awakes abruptly, jumping straight up and kicking the rat in the knees due to natural defense systems kicking in and the "shock" of the shock entering his old system. Realizing the situation, he takes out a his favorite color test tube, Royal Blue.
"Sorry about the kick there sonny, but please wait a moment as I need to handle this problem first. And blast it, those were the only chemicals I had of those blasted potions!"
::Cid starts to run, much faster than he would appear capable of, all of a sudden showing a straight back and healthier physic. Seeing the medical book flying chaotically, he jumps high into the air, using the wind to gravitate him higher than normal, grabbing it like a pro and landing perfectly, only to start to run again to the center of the hurricane, to its eye. Trees and objects are thrown at him, as if the storm is fighting him in an ongoing battle. Cid jumps and dodges, amazingly to those that don't know him, could this old man be so old after all? or is just an act?
Cid gets into the Eye now where all is calm and peaceful. Cid opens the vile and pours the contents on the ground, out of his pocket he pulls out a plant and crushes it to make a fine powder that makes the liquid poof into a puff of blue smoke. Cid begins to scream over the storm to the rat::
"SONNY! MIND RUNNING OVER HERE? I NEED A JOLT! WELL NOT ME BUT THIS HERE MESS I'VE MADE! OH, MIND THE DERBIES! I DON'T KNOW HOW WELL YOU CAN JUMP BUT THAT CABIN CAN BE HARD TO DODGE!"
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Post by Clive on Jun 19, 2007 4:01:37 GMT -5
Clive smirks, he's burmacian, they're known for thier insane ability to jump great hights. This was his chance to show off a little to old man, he might be fast but could he jump like this.
"WATCH THIS OLD MAN!"
Clive crouches low, then propels himself skyward with amazing force. Through the purple haze, Cid looses sight of him till, suddenly, he falls through the torrent of wind and rain like a missle, landing beside the disshoveled Cid.
"Never met a Burmacian before?" He scoffs. "Ok, lets try this." Clive puts his gauntlet hand next to the smoke then shoots a high volt charge into the small blue cloud of smoke...
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Cid Mercury
New Adventurer
"You gave me a bent needle...how am I suppose to do anything with this?"
Posts: 12
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Post by Cid Mercury on Jun 19, 2007 4:27:21 GMT -5
::The cloud explodes in a brilliant flash of lights and smoke, rising into the sky and causing the sky to erupt into small explosions, like the finale at a firework show. Different colors and sparkles, clouds becoming normal and the wind dying around them. As the storm seems to be subsiding, a giant explosion happens knocking the two on the floor, the explosion can be seen from far away lands, appearing as a giant blue, green, purple light that appears and disappears at random. This happens for about two minutes, then stops abruptly, everything is back to normal. The sky is blue, the clouds are white, and the sky looks more refreshed than usual.::
"Thats call the Biosphere Patch, only happens when you mixed Number 3 Red and number 4 Green, plus adding some of the planets soil and plants. Basically we just rejuvenated the atmosphere, meaning great weather for about two years for this part of the world. Discovered it accidentally, and believe me, it was much worst without your help cause I needed a heat that could turn my favorite color potion into a gas so it could enter the air stream. All complicated stuff really, but thanks for the help."
::Cid extends his hand for thanks, Clive's book falls from the sky and hits Cid on the head, knocking him out again::
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