So if Rufus hands him a materia to use, it's going to be completely new and foreign to him
He sciences his way to magic stuff, but he never just... casts spells
I'm considering what it what feel like
and tbh I'm not entirely certain Rufus has actually used materia himself as in the materia itself (and not enhanced weaponry)
They both end up standing there with it
"So, how do you use it?"
"..."
I'm sure he knows how it works per se... but any feelings described would be new XD
I mean, he did teach his dog how to do it
It's possible it was bred into the doggo, given she's a unique breed of guard hound
Then they discover that Thunder costs 3MP and Verstael has 2MP
electrocute yourself, novice
imagine ver with a lightning magic upgrade from the gods, mysteriously and just
perplexed on how control the zappy
First thought: "How many things can I power with the zappies?"
You know what, Sephiroth has no reason to hold back anymore. So come at his balls, Verstael
It's like with friendship
He made one friend, therefor he knows all about making friends
Ver listen to Rufus, you don't want to get on Seph's bad side
No, you listen, Verstael is his science friend so back tf off. You no good ShinRa
....this is going to end so well lol
OK but wouldn't it be weird for either of them to fight over science friend considering how science has gone on their world?
Rufus is just like 'It would be nice to be judged on my own merits AND NOT OVER WHAT MY OLD MAN DID" atm
He already determined that Verstael was different from ShinRa scientists and has been steadily earning his respect since then
Yeah, Rufus is chill with him despite already just figuring out that he is a scientist
but there were some decent scientists (Gast is the easiest example) so he's cool w/ that for now
he so is a child just given a toy
He'll wear himself out playing with it, too
OMG
Probably would be pretty decent at using it though, he already knows what it feels like to use powers.
Let Verstael show you his new trick
Come show him and let him tell you what a good job you're doing
"Will, I've discovered a new way to blow things up!"

They should try it out IMMEDIATELY
That qualifies as a date, right?
be glad that's a baby thunder materia
Absolutely, mythbusters-themed date.
you need to ask if you can borrow it for your date tho
Then Rufus regrets it because Verstael just takes Will to his house to show him the materia
hey, that works for me if it gets Rufus to meet other people
Best way to meet new people
i continue to be amused at how ver side-mentions honerva without saying she's a source for some of his info
Sometimes I lose track of stuff lol
it's really funny to me LOL
That's what she gets for cockblocking him on sample collecting
Hopefully no one ever looks in his storage cabinet
he's all "someone claims they can detect the magic but since i can't prove it with my tech yet MOVES ON"
I mean, he says it's credible
this is why he makes clones, he wants to date himself
He might be looking at the gun
(And honestly, it doesn't help that FF has so many Verstael clones)
Let's see, Verstael, Prompto, Rufus, Cloud all look a lot alike so far...
Wow?? And after he worked so hard to win Will over, too
(You gonna invite him if you tap that, Ver? Harder to be jealous if he's tag teaming with you)
/tells Will about what a big unit Rufus has
/And that he actually has two :|a
carminejackal Don't mind him telling his boyfriend about Rufus blowing his load
He needs to see it for himself
I am, btw, up for him introducing them if you guys want
It's not even like Verstael particularly would worry if Will slept with others
I'm for a three way thread if y'all want.
Although, I would say if Will was trying to sleep with someone else
in front of him he might have a problem with it. He's right there, pay attention to him
lmao you can totally set up the meeting
"Dear Rufus: Need to meet again. Have to show my boyfriend the lightning. K thx"
And then Rufus can meet his fire breathing dog
yay a dog for Rufus to pet
Flareon is the BEST doggo, plz pet
Everybody bond over the dog
wait til Rufus eventually gets his thunder casting doggo
Will NEEDS to pet this thunder doggo. NEEDS.
she heals too, dark is a very good doggo
she's alas a bit on the large side tho so she couldn't come with.. thus I need to save up 200pts
Unfortunately I think they're both girls so no babies?
no clue if she's fertile regardless given she's was bred by scientists
A military canine serving as Rufus's personal guard dog. A one-off breed specially enhanced by Shinra's R&D Division, it follows its master's orders without hesitation, and will die to protect him.
No babies unless Ver takes it into his head to become a dog breeder
He could probably splice those genes easily enough.
Thunder fire dog? YES PLS
Would have to be a girl, too, though
would it be a big fluffy dog or a small not fluffy dog XD
since we're combining small fluff w/ pony sized no fluff