[56] beyond a fairly vague report

[buildstherobots]

A: [action]
[Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane!

It's a flying cockbot robot! Dist has gotten his regain, and it's outfitted his mech with a beautiful set of propellers, all the better for flying all around your lovely town in. It's been a long time since he's gotten to do anything with his beloved Kaiser, and with his chair and its propellers it's finally whole and complete. He's a little giddy.

He may or may not be burning the shit out of trees in the park with something else that came bundled in his regain: the Kaiser's fonon beam. What? They'll grow back!]

B: [phone]

Attention, newer citizens of Mayfield!

[Crap, that was too loud. Yeah, he's at work, at the library. After lowering his voice, he continues.]

There have been more of you arriving since I gave my last offer, so here it is again, since I'm so beautifully generous: I've composed a primer for our unfortunate newcomers, to introduce them to the workings of Mayfield. Doubtless upon arriving here you have asked around and gotten some of the basic details, but I assure you they have not been as comprehensive as the information I have compiled. I have updated it to include some of the more recent events; none of it should be anything new to people who were here for them, but I'd be delighted to pass one out to anyone who would like the updated copy.

Simply come to the library and look for a beautiful man with white hair and glasses. I may be in the stacks or at the front desk, or anywhere really. If you don't know where the library is, ask a drone; they'll be happy to tell you all about its location. My name is Dist.

C: [action again!]

[And, despite looking tired and pale, Dist is rather happily going about his duties in the Library, shelving, stamping, telling stories to the kindergartners... why do they always give him that job? But! He's learned that threatening not to tell them the end of the story if they don't settle the hell down(and following up on it) helps keep things quiet. He may or may not actually be holding a book; sometimes he just makes stuff up, or tells stories from his own world.

Frequently, though, when he starts looking a little too tired and faint, he stops, hiding back among the shelves to sit and rest and possibly eat a candy bar or a handful of almonds. This is when you'll find him looking more emotionally out-of-sorts; as exciting as having his working machine back is, it can't carry his body through a whole, busy day, and the fact that is is so weak like this... well, it doesn't please him, to say the very least.

Teachers, students, fellow library workers, people actually seeking him out, anyone with a reason to be in the place, feel free to bump into him! He'd love to talk to you. Maybe.]

D: [one more action]

[Hey, residents of 1669 Nelson. There's a rose on your front step. No, not Dist, just a single white rose, with no card or explanation of how it got there or who put it there. Have fun with that.]

(ooc note: I snapped a screenshot of Dist's updated Kaiser to give people a visual but I seriously have no clue where the file went, so here's a video that shows you. You don't have to watch the whole thing, because it's long; it shows up like immediately. Also, as a bonus, hear his irritating voice! This is what you've been talking to all this time, folks.)

Comments

B

[no-indoor-voice.livejournal.com]

[Having discovered that his irritating tagalong drone son leaves him the fuck alone when given the chance to wander freely about the library, there is now a Tybalt folded up- as much as one can fold while standing- and reading the pamphlet somewhere in the stacks with his thumb pressed to his lower lip.

He's looking increasingly incredulous.]

[buildstherobots.livejournal.com]

Absurd, isn't it?

C

[ontoinfinity.livejournal.com]

[A primer sounds like a good idea to him. He's got the information he got from Miss Buckley, but more information can't hurt. Going through, he ignores the books and makes a beeline for the man with white hair.]

Excuse me? Hi. Are you Mr. Dist?

Re: C

[buildstherobots.livejournal.com]

[Dist looks up from shelving a book, grinning brilliantly.]

Yes, I am Dist! Are you one of the newcomers?

Durr sometimes I'll choose B like I should phone, standard filters

[lunawolves10th.livejournal.com]

"Glad to see you implemented my suggestion. I've taken the liberty of meeting up with your former wife. I can see why you despised her, likely for the same reasons I find her admirable."

XD IT HAPPENS

[buildstherobots.livejournal.com]

Your suggestion?

And what, exactly, does that mean?

[He doesn't sound angry when he says it, really, just kind of confused.]

B (Phone, Privately to Dist)

[haveaplan.livejournal.com]

Other than your pamphlet, do you collect other literature or information?

Re: B

[buildstherobots.livejournal.com]

I have a few other things, yes. Most of what I know, however, I have not written down.

[...He makes a note to do so. Probably a good plan.]

C

[doudemoe]

[More information would be good. While he's gotten the basics of the town down from Miss Nanoha, yesterday's teatime with that creepy little girl taught him that he would need more than that if he planned to escape this town.

So off to the library. He doesn't see anyone at the front desk, so he decides to quietly wander around the shelves. At least until he finds a white-haired man munching on some candy bar.]

Excuse me.

Re: C

[buildstherobots.livejournal.com]

[Dammit, he's supposed to be hiding. He stows the bar away quickly and stands, putting a hand on the shelves to steady himself.]

Hello! Are you looking for Dist?

B

[hontobakabaka.livejournal.com]

"Mr. Rose. I've been sending people to the library, do you need my help for any more research?"

Re: B

[buildstherobots.livejournal.com]

I haven't come up with any more specific experiments, but any information or documents you come across would be beautifully helpful.

A~

[partytoastess.livejournal.com]

[ Nena looks up and notices him blowing shit up. She does nothing but looks in satisfaction at shirt burning. ]

That is one ugly gundam.

Re: A~

[buildstherobots.livejournal.com]

[How does Dist hear her? It's impossible to tell. He zooms on down to her, splitting the hull open to lean down.]

This isn't a gundam. He's fontech, and he's beautiful.

B

[sellchelles.livejournal.com]

[ The sudden ringing startles Seychelles and she debates whether to pick it up because it's not her phone to answer. But, then again, it might just be the only way she can get any information about this creepy town, so she picks it up anyways. Lo and behold, she was right! Seychelles eventually finds her way to the library after spending a lot of time asking the locals for directions and getting lost.

She enters the building as quietly as possible so as not to disturb the other patrons and anxiously approaches the front desk. ]

Re: B

[buildstherobots.livejournal.com]

[Luckily Dist is up there, working on some papers. It takes him a moment to notice someone is there.]

Yes?

[filsprodigue.livejournal.com]

[there is one increasingly puzzled and angry Legionnaire leafing through the booklet, before he grinds his teeth together, sighs and puts his booklet down.]

So because of this Grady man...do they all think that the law and the people who enforce it are like this? Is this what they do with their power? [he rubs the bridge of his nose a bit.] I'm sorry. I still don't quite understand.

[buildstherobots.livejournal.com]

Some of the force are people like us. They're on our side. But Grady... many of the police force is made of drones. Most of the damn people here...

[Dist rests up against the shelves, frustrated.]

Those of us who are still in our right minds know that Grady is weird.

C

[catchingmusic.livejournal.com]

[Well, Lyra heard the phone call, and she's been intrigued by the fact that there's a pamphlet for people like her, who haven't been here long.

So, here she is, at the library, and wandering aimlessly around it, hoping she might be able to find the guy. Or bump into him, but that's a less favorable prospect.]

Re: C

[buildstherobots.livejournal.com]

[She'll find him back among the shelves, sitting on the floor and looking pale and tired. He doesn't get up when he sees someone approaching.]

Are you looking for me?

A

[kerorodearimasu.livejournal.com]

[Keroro was walking down the street, humming to himself when he hears the robot. Immediately, he looks up.]

GERO--! A robot?! ....Hey wait a second! That's not a Gundam, de arimasu! Pfft, lame.

Re: A

[buildstherobots.livejournal.com]

[Dist exhales sharply, splitting open the hull.]

Why do people keep saying that?!

A, damn i thought that video would have Dist's Japanese voice actor. he is awesome. XD

[techno-mancer.livejournal.com]

[Watches you pass by overhead - and pretty much making this face. There's also some cheering and whistling from Quinn cuz this is so very cool.]

XD I can't picture his Japanese voice in my head very well

[buildstherobots.livejournal.com]

[Hahaha, finally some respect! Dist flips his hair, then... realizes that he can't be seen inside the hull, so he lands and opens it up.]

See? He's complete!

and because no one's jumped on it yet - D!

[dodo-master.livejournal.com]

[Cynric finds the rose, and looks around to see if he can find where it came from. Since he doesn't, he'll just take it, put it in a vase and place it in the front window! Maybe someone in the house has a secret admirer!]

GUESS WHO IS GONNA ASK QUESTIONS!!!!

[thenorthernwall]

...Where did that come from?

A

[sturmbahnfurher.livejournal.com]

[For the moment, the Major just watches. And whistles.]

Most impressive.

Re: A

[buildstherobots.livejournal.com]

[Dist lands and opens the hull up, grinning proudly.]

Of course he is. I'm a genius.

C

[greatestmanll40.livejournal.com]

[Lex is meandering through the library until...]

PArdon me, are you the one called Dist?

C

[buildstherobots.livejournal.com]

[Ah... of course someone would show up right at the end of his shift. He smiles, but it's thin.]

Of course. And you are?