Cid and Steiner – The Midgar Slums

(Cid is waiting outside the Inn, looking uncomfortable.)

Cid: I'm gonna kill those jerks at the Agency....

(Steiner enters.)

Steiner: Good sir, might you direct me to the whereabouts of Cid Highwind?

Cid: I'm Cid Highwind!

Steiner: (understandably shocked) What?! But I was expecting a woman!

Cid: You and me both! You're saying you're my date for the evening?

Steiner: Apparently so... there must have been a mix up at the agency.

Cid: Mix up my ass! Aw, what the hell. Might as well enjoy the evening.

Steiner: You have the details of our entertainment?

Cid: yeah (lights a cigarette and looks Steiner up and down) don't think you're gonna like it, tin man.

Steiner: (huffily) Sir! I assure you, I am most open to trying new things!

Cid: We'll see. Follow me.

(Cid leads Steiner to the Honey Bee Inn.)

Steiner: What manner of place is this?

Cid: It's a damn brothel! What the hell did ya think it was?

Steiner: (Aghast) But... but...

Cid: (To the lady at the door) we're here for the spa and massage deal.

Bee-Girl: Are you the pair from the agency? Follow me, sirs!

(Steiner tries to follow but has his hands clapped over his eyes.)

Steiner: Mr Highwind, I'm very uncomfortable with this situation!

Cid: Nothin' I can do about that.

(He has undressed and is sitting in the Jacuzzi.)

Steiner: I think I should leave.

Cid: Can't. You don't get out until you've had what you paid for.

Steiner: Oh my...

(Two girls come in)

Girl#1: Sir, if you'd like to take off your armour, we can start the massages.

Steiner: I don't think...

Cid: For chrissake, take off the damn armour!

(An hour later. Cid and Steiner are in the Jacuzzi with beers, the girls rubbing their necks and shoulders. Both have consumed a lot of alcohol.)

Cid: So I says, I says, listen man... you either gimme my pie or... or you get a punch in da... da thingy...

Steiner: (Giggling like a little girl)

Cid: Are you... you drunk?

Steiner: Pfft. No.... I is just... just a diddy teeny bit... drunk.

(We see the pair being thrown out of the Honey Bee Inn)

Cid: I don't need yer stinkin' beer!

Steiner: Me neither!

Cid: Yeah... c'mon, Steiny... let's go find more beer...

Steiner: Yeah! More beer... beer is good...

(It is 3 am. The pair are now wandering around in each other's clothes and wearing bunny ears. They stop.)

Steiner: ...Where does I live?

Cid: Dunno... who is ya?

Steiner: ...dunno.

(They both collapse and start snoring.)


Freya and Vincent – Orphanage

Vincent: (arriving early) Let's see...this is a dank, dismal, deserted place with no appliances of any kind and very little in the way of furniture...this is my kind of place! (Hides in a box and falls asleep)

Freya: Hmmm...it seems my date has not arrived yet. Well, I will just sit on this conveniently placed box and wait for him.

(15 minutes stroll by)

Vincent: Man, I'm getting hungry. Isn't she here yet? I would have heard her come in. I haven't fallen asleep or anything...Hey what's that grey, carrot-shaped thing poking through a hole in my box? I think I'm going to assume it's a carrot and bite it without even grabbing it first!

Freya: This is ridiculous. I should go...what's that muffled voice? AAAAGH! My tail! (Strokes tail now with bite marks, then drags out Vincent who's half asleep again)

Vincent: Oh there you are! You're late you know! Nearly fell asleep with the waiting and everything!

Freya: I have been here for twenty minutes at least. You just fell asleep in the conveniently placed box!

Vincent: Well, sorry about that. I'm Vincent. Pleasure.

Freya: Well, it was no ones fault I suppose. I am Freya.

Vincent: Hey, you're not human are you?

Freya: (slightly annoyed) Is that a problem?

Vincent: Of course not! I'm not human either! (turns into Chaos)

Freya: Well, that's different. And very...handsome in a monstrous way...

Chaos: Grr! (bites off the tip of Freya's tail, then reverts back to Vincent)

Freya: AAAGH AGAIN! Look what you've done! I can easily take the unbearable pain, but look at my once beautiful-now disfigured tail! (Slaps Vincent)

Vincent: It wasn't me! It was the monster in my brain! Honest!

Freya: Hmph! Whatever. Once I've stifled this excessive bleeding, we can eat. I suppose...

(several swear words and a bandage later...)

Freya: Eating dinner on the beach was a great idea. I'm glad I came up with it.

Vincent: You know, I'm really not a great fan of...wide-open spaces...Can I bring my box?

Freya: Very well. You don't seem to be a great conversationalist anyway, and if that-that beast comes out again it will be trapped.

Vincent: Yay! (runs to get his box and returns shortly)

Freya: This is delicious food. I'm glad I brought it. I must say, Vincent, that this date is going considerably better than my last. At least you talk in a dialect I can understand!

Vincent: (snores)

Freya: (angry) WAKE UP!

Vincent: I'M NOT A VAMPIRE!

Freya: ...I...didn't say you were...

Vincent: I fear I must go. I need to sleep at least a century a night or I get cranky.

(Vincent leaves covering his head with the box...and snoring)

Freya: (thoroughly confused) ...Much better than my previous date...(continues eating)