It's been suspiciously quiet ever since Jade left. Peony and Nephry left to the upper level, and I haven't seen either of them since!! Hmph! Ingrates!

I suppose that doesn't matter, though ~ Being with The Professor is fair compensation for everyone's leaving me behind! That doesn't mean I'm not mad, of course! Then again, I couldn't leave to the upper level... Not yet! I'm going to be taking The Professor with me. ♥

I've been working on Kaiser Dist RX, in other news~! I've decided that it should function as more than a mere weapon! I've implanted an artifical intelligence unit--similar to one of my other gorgeous creations, Barrelow X~, and improved its mobility. It functions as decent transpotation, and I've fixed the interior; it's safe to go inside the hollow of the body, again! ♥

Even in this filthy, filthy place, my genius isn't stunted~! ♥ Hahaha...




If Jade were here, he'd surely be impressed! Damn it! Damn him! I don't miss him or anything!

[voice post]

Th-th-the Professor is here!! The Professor is here!!

I--I--aaaaaaaah!! A-a-all these y-years!! I...I can't say my work paid off, exactly, but that's not reason not to be ECSTATIC!!

I haven't--

I HAVEN'T BEEN THIS HAPPY IN YEEEEAAAAARRRRS!!! Aaaaah!! (sounding as though he's in tears at this point...) ♥

Ahahaha!! AHAHAHAHAHA!!!

--Th-things will be much, much better now!

It's a shame ...

It's a shame that Jade isn't here, actually. I think he would have liked to see her... And what is nostalgia for the better half of our lives without Jade? B-b-b-but I almost don't care!! Almost!!

Because THE PROFESSOR IS HEEEEERE!!! ♥ ♥

We're one man short of a full crew at our ruddy little shack ~~~ ♥

Though...it seems Jade recommended Nephry and Peony to the surface!! And not me!! (couple sniffles) That treacherous reptile!! That...that...!! Good riddance!! How can he not recommend me?! I haven't done anything wrong!! I've been so well behaved!

On the other hand, perhaps it's for the better... (sniffle) A-after all, if we all went up to the surface, who would take care of the Professor?! Certainly not Jade, off in Auldrant! Hmph! Bastard! And it's not as though he knew Professor Nebilim was coming, so I have every right to be angry!!

He just wants to avoid me because I was finally getting a hold on him, I think ~~ ♥ (dorky laugh; sniffle)


I'm so happy!! I thought I'd been happy several times since after Jade and I were friends and had become the way we are now... but I was wrong!! Excited, maybe! Itching for closure! Entertaining fantasies, merely! But this... this...

THIS IS THE REAL THING!! ♥



















(sound of something breaking)

Agh!!

Jade's gone...

I imagine he may have just run off. He's stubborn, and I doubt he wanted anyone taking care of him. Even running off in critical condition... When you die in Purgatorium, it's not the end. It's just like Jade...! I'm sure, in a few days, he'll give some cynical report on his wellbeing without any report of his whereabouts...

The last time I saw him, he was in such bad shape. And I didn't even really make a geniune effort to help him. Goodness knows I'd have been more of a help than that Luke!!

Or... I mean... He couldn't have successfully repented. The man is sin incarnate!! But...Who's to say that those who vanished--the princess of Kimlasca, Gailardia, and the other's--repented? What if they just... Well, I suppose it's odd...to think...they might have ceased to exist, or something...but...

Jade...

I don't want to be alone in this place...

( Screened to the God's [Medea specifically, since they got along] )

I've gathered enough money to live at least marginally comfortable, though I damn the lower level regardless! I've also compiled a nice amount of scraps and tools ~ it took a while, but working in a factory most definatly helps. This work is so below me!!

I still don't have quite enough parts to build fomicry machines, and I'm going to have to redesign them... I'm not even positive this technology will work here, for obvious reasons...but I can always make modifications! Kaiser Dist RX is functioning smoothly again, and I've been tinkering with possible upgrade ideas. It feels so very, very nice to be working on machines again ~ ♥ Mnfufufu. I hate having nothing to work on!!

Also, I visited Jade a while ago. Which was...interesting. I wonder if he's conditions improved, or if he's aquired some secondary infections ~ Goodness knows that his caretaker most certainly can't be exceedingly competent.

Speaking of, Jade, if your condition is worsening, I have a few more band-aids. ♥

Hahaaaa! Good! I'm a man once more! --Peony, that means you stay away from me. Far away, on that note.

The lower level...! Grah! I hate it here!! Far too much destruction! Kaiser Dist RX's circuits are completely fried from the explosion! At least it's in tact, but... And not having my usual tools on hand, the repairs will be difficult... The scraps here are such low quality, too.

That's while I'll be moving to the upper level. I have more than Kaiser Dist to be worrying about...

I--I can't...stand it!! I can't work on fomicry! Having fonic artes, at least, I can create a device to extract seventh fonons and perhaps I can construct a replica, but I'd need the tools for proper DNA sampling and... And I'm without the Professor's replication data... I'm not positive I can even extract seventh fonons in the first place. And while I can use fonic artes...I'm no seventh fonist. So I hope I'll have some sort of luck...

Leaving it alone is driving me crazy! Crazy!! I need to work, damn it!


( Private rambling! )

--On that note, I've obtained a job at one of the factories doing repairs on the machines. I've reaped tools, as well. ♥



By the way, Jade, are you dead? ♥

A-AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHGHHGHhghhhh..!!

Wh-what the--what is this?!

You Gods have an ill sense of humor!! I--I want to be a man again, right now!! I demand a change of sex! This isn't going to do at all!!!

AAAAAAAAGH, curse you!!








--Ah, well, at least I still look beautiful. ♥ Androgynous beauty is a convenient thing ~ ♥ ♥

[ooc; He probably looks like this. I'm too lazy to edit my icons. ' v ']

Wh--what was that?! Damn it, first this thing with Nephry--then that huge explosion! Or was that an Earthquake!? Aaahhh... at least I'm unscathed...



( Private to Jade )

AAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA~!! Yes, yes, yes!!

Finally, some fair compensation for these horrid living conditions and escapades! I've found my Kaiser Dist RX!! Oh, my wonderful work of art--my fondest creation, salvaged! ♥ Such fine condition! Considering its last time of use... Well, it didn't quite make it. How I outlived one of my glorious machines, merely being human, I don't know. Nfufufu. ♥

It almost makes all this suffering worth it to have one of my machines~! ...With the exception of particular run-ins with a certain former Colonel I could mention... The nerve! Hmph!

Oh, if only I had the tools!! The upgrades I could make!! With no outlet to my genius, my mind's simply been overflowing! It's overwhelming...

If only I had the tools, indeed...with the return of fonic artes... If only I had the resources to rebuild the fomicry machines. I've thought of so many new ways...

I'm going to go hunt for some scrap refuse...and things like that. Luckily, I can still run Kaiser Dist RX without fonic artes--the defense would be minimal, and that's not something I'm comfortable with... But using fonic artes... Perhaps it's because I've become malnourished. I'm thinner than I'd like to be, and I've had such trouble sleeping... Fonic artes saps my stamina at least three times as quickly as before, and it feels like a tingling whitehot flash of pain all over my body...!! In addition to having to channel the spell through Kaiser Dist RX, it's quite tiresome indeed...

Fonons are a thing foreign to this world, it seems, and with the sudden return, I suppose it's only natural it's a bit...off. Perhaps I'm only out of practice. But the defense would be so helpful, at this point! Especially to get everything I want. ♥

But...

...It seems like Nephry's gone missing... I've never seen Peony so upset. It's been nearly two nights. I can only hope she's lost.

And...on that note...!!
Jade, being on your own so stubbornly is foolishness!! Th-this place is dangerous! For once, swallow your pride and come home! Strengh in numbers, damn you!

"You, Dist, have been brought to Purgatorium for the sin of pride.

You seem not to be able to think about anyone else but you, as egomaniac as you are.

So you shall stay, until you learn to think more of other's well-being before your own, and have made up for your errors."

Well!

A bunch of hodgepodge nonsense!! That's not completely true! Hmph! It seems these Gods just wrangle up any reasoning they can! Though...

I'm surprised that was my alleged crime. I had begun wondering why I was brought here on my own before I asked the Gods, and came up with reasons much more feasable than this...!! Not that I deserve to be here in the first place. It's just my blasted luck!



( [Private - Very difficult to hack] )

I've found shelter, which is good news.

But...I'm still sick. My cold's gone away, but now I feel fatigued, chilled and achey; perhaps a fever. Hmmph. On top of having bad head pains, it seems I live with two headaches! Of course, it's better than nothing...Almost. Nephry, can we please get rid of one of them?!

--! Though, coincidentally, I was exploring the relative area and came across a basket of food--a neat assortment, beneath which was a thick blanket I've decided to stake claim to, since I'm ill, and I found it anyways. ♥ Ahahaha! A stroke of good luck, I'd say! Though it seems like a very unnatural discovery. Whatever, it's mine. It's good, too, since our food rations have become rather meager.

I have to say, this is quite a nice compensation~~ I deserve this! Of course, I'll have to handle the food very sparingly... Ah, well. I'm pleased. ♥

Also, Nephry--I learned that plate is an upper level of the city, allegedly quite a lot nicer...

This is horrible!! Horrible, horrible, horrible!! I couldn't find a decent place to rest, last night, and now I have a cold!! Of which I can't treat, either, without shelter...

I'm here because I've sinned!? What could I have possibly done to deserve this?! This unfamiliar place where my currency isn't worth a thing, I don't know anyone, and fonic artes don't work!! How am I going to work with my machines, now...?! They'll be so disgustingly primitive!! What "sins" have I comitted? Hmph.

Everything I've done...

Everything I've done is just!! Sound in its reason! If anyone should be here, it should be--

!!

If I'm here, then he must be here...!! Surely, Jade has done worse things than I have.

Haha! Excellent!! I'm amazing~~ ♥ I'll have Jade explain things... He was here before I was, I'm certain! That cretin!