abyssdressing | 004 - Merry Christmas!

[Oh, look who it is! We haven't seen our most favorite former God-General in a while. It seems he's been dumped back into this place again after a bit of some exciting adventures in another nexus. Thankfully, ~~and to your dismay~~ Dist doesn't seem unchanged much. He has his usual coat, his usual grin, and everything seems normal.

That is, until he trips over something, and lands smack on his face. So coordinated, Dist.]

AAGH!

[Dist wheels around, and his jaw drops, glasses slightly askew. What he sees behind him is absolutely horrifying! It's his beautiful Kaiser Dist XX! It's all fixed and perfectly repaired, but strung up with flashing Christmas lights, holly, and silver and gold bells. There's also an enormous sack piled high with presents clutched in one of its metallic, clawed arms.

Giving a beep and whir, the massive fonbot stands - and promptly begins to play the coolest shit ever, before digging through the sack and producing a gift for its creator and master.

Dist doesn't take it, staring in horror, shock, and a bit of awe. He has no words for this. Not a single one ~~that isn't some form of profanity~~.

Ooc: So yes! Dist has returned with a bit of a canon update - he's now post!Nebilim - as well as a bit of a Christmas surprise! 8D Kaiser Santa H0H0 is delivering presents to good boys and girls! If you think you've been good, approach to get a gift! But be forewarned, if you've been naughty, the gifts might hide a nasty surprise. So...if you hear the box ticking, you'll know you've been bad.]

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[...What. Dist makes a startled choking noise as he was waving his machine's gift away from his face for the umpteenth time, then looks back at the boy. He looks a bit uneasily, and disbelieving. No one ever wanted to be in his immediate company before. It was...odd, definitely. Odd, but not entirely unwelcome.

Still, this was the younger version of that beastly Asch, so he's not going to give you any special treatment, sorry. But he will at least allow you to stay with him until someone else takes you off his hands. He'd really rather not play babysitter.]

...Fine. Come on. Maybe my old manor is still here.

You have a manor?

I used to. It was abandoned and I decided to take it as my own. But I haven't been here in a very long time... I was transported to another world, slightly similar to this. If it's not in shambles, you can stay with me there for the time being.

[He glances down as he walks with the little redhead, and his lumbering fonbot, following behind. Dist isn't pleased with this situation at all. Even so, he can't just leave a poor kid out in the cold...he does have a heart, though it's been battered and broken too many times to count.]

At least until I find you somewhere else to stay. Unlike the Saphir you may know, I do not take on apprentices.

...You won't have to teach me or anything. And I'll stay out of your way, and won't make any trouble. I can even help you with your work, if you want me to.

That's exactly right. You won't make trouble for me and you will stay out of my way until I find a suitable place to keep you.

[The fontechnician glowers down at the little boy, looking entirely serious. The last sentence, though, has him snicker softly. Raising a brow with a curl of his lips, he continues toward where his old manor was. He remembered the way, it wouldn't be much longer.]

And what could you possibly do to help me? I make very advanced and dangerous weapons and machinery, boy, if your hand slips...or if you touch something that looks "big and shiny", you could very well die, you know.

I've helped before! Mostly I just give Guy and Master Saphir their tools, though...

[Oh, that was a very loud snort. Dist has no words to that, so he just leads the boy to his manor, shaking his head a little. Yulia and Lorelei, he'd have his patience tested with this one. Just so long as he left him in peace when he needed it, and didn't break or touch anything important.

After a few more minutes of walking, Dist stops and looks over at the manor he used to live it. It was still standing, and looked relatively untouched from when he left it. It was probably just dusty and his lab would need to be remodeled...]

We've arrived. Don't touch anything that looks important.

...I won't.

Does Jade live here, too? [it looked a little big for just this Saphir... he couldn't really imagine any version of his teacher living with Peony, though, and didn't really want to think about him living all alone]

No, I don't live with anyone. I prefer to not be bothered when I'm working.

[Big, yes. When Dist was here before, still chasing his foolish dreams, he needed a big house for his laboratory. He still did, but not as much. His fontech would occupy most of his time now.

Dist entered the dusty manor and sighed. It wasn't in complete disarray, but it'd need to be dusted and cleaned. Or at least the rooms he and the boy would reside in for the moment. The older gentleman didn't exactly have many good memories in this place. A new home would be ideal, but for now...this would have to suffice.]

I'll show you to your room. It'll need to be cleaned a little, but it's better than being out in the cold.

...Okay.

Thanks for letting me stay with you...

[He climbs the small staircase to the upstairs of the manor and then opens a door to one of the many unused rooms. It was indeed dusty and needed some serious cleaning, but the former God-General was being generous. Take it or leave it.]

Yes, yes. Do you need anything else?

[Does he have to feed you, too? Yulia and Lorelei, Dist was not cut out for this...]

...No. I think I'm okay... [he's rather used to fending for himself, after all; most of the time Saphir was too caught up in his own work to remember to make food, and with Guy helping Peony all the time there wasn't anyone else around to cook.]

004 - Merry Christmas!

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