Schemer's Shop

            “Magic?” He paused, an almost puzzled expression flitting across his features. “Well, there’s — there’s Materia, I guess, if that’s what you’re lookin’ for.”

          At the newcomer’s next remark, Reno’s eyebrows shot upward, and the Turk let out a rather undignified snort of laughter. “You come from another—? Right, yo. What, you expect me to think you’re some freaky alien or somethin’?”

"Materia? I have no heard of that term before, but I suppose so." He said with a smile, pulling a small notebook from his pocket and writing a few things down. "Also, is there a library or a similar place where I an acquire some new knowledge nearby?" 

That was actually a fairly common reaction but he simply shook his head. "No, I am not an alien. Also, most non-human sentient creatures are fairly nice, even if they look strange. But you seem to misunderstand. When I say world, I am not referring to another planet, I am referring to another dimension."

  "how about THIS?!" he said as he glitched his hand into Zexion’s arm then out again with a small piece of muscle "that will do….." he said as he ate the flesh, "wonderful, a true pleasure for the taste buds, now where’s this place you want to go?"

"Ow." He muttered, rubbing his arm where the muscle was taken. "Follow me." He said, opening portal and stepping through.

  "but I want some of YOURS….I always taste the blood of new people, whether they know it or not is the only question…" he darkly purred

"How about this, you pay for dinner, and I'll let you have some of my blood. Not too much though, I get lightheaded easily and its hard to hae a pleasant meal when you're dizzy."

  "do they serve goblets of blood?" he asked thirstily 

"Well, vampires are common customers there so yeah. Both animal and human blood."

  "Nasty’s my thing„„again„„you;re in hell….but what the fuck….I;ll try being nice-ish, Cilaes, let him down….", he said causing the creature to release the other, "now, how close am I to a five-star experience?"

He dusted himself off once he was set down. "You're getting closer. I am hungry though. I know a pretty nice place to eat, care to join me for dinner?" 

  "I DON’T HAVE TO DO SHIT, YOU’RE IN MY HELL BITCH!" he retorted

"You get more flies with honey than with vinegar. Besides, I can do a lot more for you if you arent so nasty."

  "then how’s this for mature…I plan to rape you…..again and again and again….until you’re split in half like a piece of lumber." he replied licking his lips

"I dont mind having sex, but you have to buy me dinner first." He said, crossing his arms over his chest, completely serious.

  "I’m no brat….more of a demonic imp….or a satan of satans….", he replied half-joking, "now, lets get on with the fun…." he said as he grabbed a long metal spike."

"I told you I have to go. I have things I need to do." He snapped, glaring at the man. "And really, I've seen five year olds that are more mature than you are."

  "then consider this a job….I’ll pay you in beating hearts…", Darkwing replied, "and if that’s not your thing then I’ll just do whatever the hell I want…"

"Look I have a hard enough time with keeping a schedule, I dont need a demon that's acting like a bratty child getting in my way."

  "and what work can’t wait until after I’m finished with you?" he asked angrily "when i set my sights on a new toy, I ALWAYS PLAY WITH IT FIRST!"

"My work as a mage. I have too many places I need to visit. Not to mention the spells and potions I'm being paid to do and make. Plus I need to work on creating and arranging my library." 

  "Cilaes, two, counting myself, for Malsei." he responded causing the ground to crack and giant tentacles to shoot up, grab him and the other and drag them down into the planet "Malsei, the second layer of my personal hell, where the defectors are sent and the torture is worse than a thousand hells…..be glad you didn’t choose Alsei….its alot worse…"

Zexion was not too happy about being grabbed by a giant tentacle and he glared at the man's explanation. "I told you already, I have work that needs to be done and I need to be in good shape to do it." He snapped, not too happy.

  "you’re in luck then……I have plenty of other targets to keep my murder-lust occupied for a few days….but not my torture….that I can still indulge in on you…", he replied, "now, before I begin such fun, I have a question for you…..Heisei, Malsei, or Alsei?"

"T-torture? Sorry, but I think I'll have to decline. I need to be in good shape for my work." He said, backing up a little bit. "Um I dont know. Malsei sounds interesting but I'm not sure what exactly you're asking."

  "EVERYONE THAT MEETS ME WILL DIE ONE DAY, BY MY HAND!" Darkwing said ominously as he turned his head sideways around a few dozen times

"Well most creatures die eventually, but I’d prefer not to die any time soon."

  "thank you, my friend", Darkwing replied, "as a reward, your death will take an eternity….when I get to ya…."

"Sorry to say, I dont really like the sound of that." He said, backing up a bit. "I really dont want to die."

  "No, you don’t." Morbid flashbacks of some of the things Saix himself had experienced over the years came to mind, but they were quickly shoved away. "Not by any means… Nonetheless, it is good that your familiars can protect you.

Anyway, I digress. I may have several books on topics that may interest you. And if you are anything like the Zexion I am familiar with, I have no issue lending them to you.”

"Well now I'm a bit curious but I'll ignore that." He smiled his familiar coming into view on his shoulder. "Paradox and I are connected. He holds my heart, as such it is protected."

"Well, if you are uncomfortable with lending them, perhaps you could allow me to skim through them, copy down anything I find particularly interesting? For a trade. I do something for you, you let me look at your books without taking them anywhere."

  "Samedi, bring me the Sanctus Diabolica", Darkwing ordered, "and while you’re at it, grab the seal matrix and the Drake Stone of Insight…"  "yes master, yes master, whatever you want, whatever you want. " Samedi responded eagerly

"I have a nice list of familiars and the best bait to lure them out." He said, starting to dig through his bag to get his book.

  "and how does one summon familiars?" Darkwing asked again, "I’m a necromancer mostly……and I usually don’t do summonings of things that have free will."

"It's rather easy to summon them. If you simply want to capture some, you would need only to create a summoning seal and leave some bait."