Cheaters Never Win (closed)

[Merlin the Wizard]

(I think I'm going to try and get some rp discounts on some equips from this.)

"Curse that techno-loving fool Cid! If it wasn't for that new contraption of his I wouldn't have been locked out of my own home, and I wouldn't have missed tea time!" Merlin was in a huff of rage as he walked through the town of Radiant Garden looking for Cid. He'd tried almost everywhere, save for one place. Now this place he had to promise he'd never set foot in, but for the sake of his cooling tea, and Archimedes (for the featherbrain had tried to grab ahold of his beard after an argument, so Merlin had made it so he couldn't leave the house without Merlin's consent. Not that he could at the moment anyway. The chimney was much too small for that fat owl to squeeze through, and the door was shut and locked. He appeared at the door to Ansem's old study.

Ignoring the various threats Cid had made over the past few months regarding going into this place Cid opened the door, and walked inside. The place was still a mess, which wasn't surprising, as nobody had been here since Sora's last visit.

"Cid where are you, you, you... Blast it I can't think of a proper name to call you!"

[High's .Valentine.]

[Maybe I can try and buff up Cid magic-wise. XD]

If there's one thing the blond pilot dislike more than the technology slow crone he had to work with for the majority of his time, it has got to be when that technology slow crone comes around on his territory, shouting and grumbling and exasperating. Cid has his limits [actually, Cid has lots of limits, but hey, not important] and Merlin the Wizard was now very...very...close on trampling over the fine line. Ansem's study was quiet one minute and then suddenly, one of the wall mustered up all its Disney-esque fairy dust, and with a puff of bright glamorous poof, the door was gone. It's all very Merlin magic-like, if that was any comfort for the wizard. For unfortunately, behind the door was the insensitive, R-rated glory of Square Enix.

Out of the lab he stormed, stomping, nostrils flaring, eyes askew into angry triangles of red hot flaring WRAITH. What had he told the old HAG time and time again what not to do? Had he not told him that Ansem's lab was off limits? Ansem's Study is off limit? THIS WHOLE DAMN CORRIDOR IS OFF LIMITS?

"MERLIN, you stumbling, worthless..." cue the vulgarity. Then cue the Captain-like commands that usually contradicts itself. "Don't step over there! Stop moving! No, don't even breathe, ye old fart!" Cid roared, pointing accusingly at the wizard, all the while eying a funky looking contraption near the wizard's feet that the ancient crone had so haphazardly ignored. "Come over here! Don't step on anything! You have five seconds to explain why you're here."

Five.

Four.

Three.

"Times up!" Cid started over, avoiding all the fallen papers and books they had neglected to pick up. Leon and the crew had agreed that keeping their ex-King's study the way it was when the world fell was the only way they can make this room into something of a memorial for their beloved leader. But now this white beard fool was stepping all over the place, scorning and calling names...

"Get the hell out of here, Merlin!"

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[Merlin the Wizard]

Merlin tried his best to keep his cool as his "arch rival" Cid yelled at him.

"Now listen here you old codger! If it wasn't for that contraption of yours I wouldn't be here!" He was a-huffing and a-puffing. He'd failed. He lost his cool. Again. Which would be hard to do if it were anyone OTHER than Cid. Maybe Cid just had that effect on people. Perhaps Merlin would ask one day. Then again perhaps he would just turn Cid into a hippopotamus for all the trouble he put poor old Merlin through. After all, who knew when the old man's heart would give out. Old guys, even the most powerful of wizards could only live for so long, and to be frank, Merlin was close to pushing the limits of his youth. Not that there was any to be had left. He continued.

"That darn contraption you built to keep intruders out of my home (which unfortunately for Merlin was also the base for the RGRC, which was where Cid spent a good fortune of his time, along with all that dreadful technology), locked me out of it as well! And now Archimedes is trapped inside! And if it wasn't for that cursed anti-magic shield you set to activate once the system was live, I could've had him out by now!" Nostrils flaring, eyeballs popping out of his skull, Merlin made a comment he would soon regret (for knowing Cid, he would retaliate).

"You're nothing but a two-bit technology loving failure!" Cue the fight to the death.

[High's .Valentine.]

Pfft. We all know who would be the winner here if there was a fight to the death. Cid was old, truthfully, but compared to Merlin, the pilot was a springy youth, still in his prime. Hocus Pocus or not, Cid Highwind was not a force to be reckoned with. Never somebody you should piss off. And well, Merlin was always pissing him off.

“I did it to keep the intruders OUT, ya two bit moron!” It had become much of a habit between the two, all this frenzied yelling. And the insults were getting repetitive and old. Cid and Merlin just weren’t all that creative when it comes to calling name. “Ain’t my fault you dun know how to work the goddam contraption, ye old crone.” Cid crossed his arms as he approached the magician, snarling and cursing.

“And I can’t leave yet, so ye wasted yer fuc.king time here. Now get yer ass outta here.”

He turned and headed back towards the computer lab. Hopefully Merlin won’t be foolish enough to follow him. Or step on anything.

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[Merlin the Wizard]

(Sorry bout the wait, been about a month, and I had no Merlin muse)

Merlin waited until Cid had made his way back to the lab, and then made up his mind.

He was going to ignore Cid one more time, until he either apologized for all the trouble he'd caused (which was unlikely), or until Cid helped him out (which was probably just as unlikely). He was careful as he walked across the room to the door, and was even more careful to enter it. Merlin looked around, and almost let out a cry of what some would call terror. He never figured that anyone other than Cid had the time, patience, or love for technology to do something of this magnitude. Then again, maybe he just refused to acknowledge that.

"..." Merlin was speechless, but not for long. He hadn't been paying attention to where he was walking, and stubbed his toe.

"Yeouch! Blasted machine!" He had grabbed his foot, and began hopping around.

[High's .Valentine.]

Annoying wizard or no, Merlin was a friend. Even if Cid wanted to wrangle the breath out of the crone's neck and tie his beard to the nearest crane to just leave him there hanging, no one hurts the stupid wizard. No one but Cid.

Hearing the gasp, Cid found himself running back out into the hallway towards the source of the cry, fearing the worse. It was a shout of horror, something the mechanic didn't want to hear from someone he knows. Unless it was because they had seen Leon do a little boogie to a tune. God knows what the universe had come to if that had happened.

"What's wrong?" spotting the wizard, the grumpy blond ran to him with spear in hand, confused by what had harmed Merlin. Then...

"Why you..." Cid growled, realizing that Merlin had simply stubbed his slipper toe against the wall. And that he was starting to encroach on forbidden territory. "It's the friggin wall, ye daft cow. Not a machine! And what are ye doing here? I told you get yer ass outta here!"

Resting fists on his hip, Cid glared at Merlin, hoping the other didn't pick up the hints of concern in his voice earlier. If he did...well, Cid will never let himself live it down. And he'll just have to be harsher towards the magician.

"Ye don't want me to do it, man! I'll make sure ye can't sit down for the next few weeks..." giving him a warning, Cid grabbed Merlin's knobly shoulder and turned him around, about to kick him when suddenly...

The lights around them flashed a brilliant warning red. An eerie alarm sounded among the halls, echoing and piling upon each other until it was an overwhelming wail. Cid looked around, wide-eyed, and released Merlin.

"Fu.ck, what's going on?" Running back towards the lab, Cid turned to yell at Merlin. "Go get Leon! GO!" He would have kept going of not for the loud thumpings coming from the other room.

"What in Shiva's name...?" Cid ran past the old man, who was no doubt a mess of nerves by now and stuck his head into Ansem's lab. The locked door bulged with each pound. Something was trying to get in from outside.

Slamming the secret door shut, Cid ran back towards the lab, grabbing Merlin by the shirt collar and dragging him as he went. "Forget getting Leon, he'll hear the alarm soon." Shoving Merlin into the lab, Cid glared at him.

"Stay in here until the alarm stops and don't. Touch. ANYTHING."

And he was gone. Back towards the study.

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[Merlin the Wizard]

Merlin hated being dragged around like a rag doll. He didn't particularly like being told what to do by Cid either, but considering an alarm was going off, it was better than ignoring it. After all, Cid was far more combat savvy than the old wizard was. Sure Merlin could hold his own in a fight, but it wasn't exactly easy to do. At least not currently. Fearing that some evil forces might want to use his power for their own evil purposes, he sealed off a good portion of his power, essentially making him something of a sitting duck.

But times were desperate, so he pulled out his wand.

"Higitus Figitus..." A few minutes later, he pointed his wand at himself, and a slight explosion ensued.

The next thing he knew he was standing up in what appeared to be a rather computer themed area.

"Blast it all! I knew that technology wasn't good for anything. It must've crossed wires with my magic, and sent me into that confounded terminal, much like Sora's tampering with it did to him." Crossing wires... Punny sure, but not the kind he particularly would like to hear, let alone say.

But all that paled in comparison to what Cid was going to do to him. Chances are that today would be the wizard's last day if Leon or one of the others didn't stop him.