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[buildstherobots]

[Dist is out in his driveway, meticulously working with the Kaiser's gun. He'd been a bit nervous about powering him up, but unlike last time he didn't start sparking and exploding, so Dist decided to count his blessings. Later on he would do a more thorough inspection, but for the moment his main project was modifying the gun to fire something

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[child_abuser]

[AND HERE'S JECHT, RUNNING UP TO FIGHT THIS THING]

"The hell...? A machina?"

[child_abuser]

"Yeah, you handled yourself real well back there when I messed up that pretty boy face of yours."

[Grins like the jackass he is.]

"And I'm sorry, but that thing is ugly as sin."

lol I see what you did there

[buildstherobots]

You just caught me by surprise!

[He hops down out of the Kaiser, just to prove his point.]

And how would you know? You just destroy machines! You don't know anything about efficient design!

[child_abuser]

[Folds his arms and laughs.]

"Got news for ya, buddy - I wasn't even usin' half of my real strength back there. I just don't want to lose my trump card before I get to use it against the town."

[Sneers up at the Kaiser.]

"I ain't gonna waste it on somethin' like this."

[buildstherobots]

Good! Because you couldn't! So don't even try!

[Dist crosses his own arms, mirroring.]

[child_abuser]

I've taken down bigger pieces of scrap than this before. Don't get cocky.

[buildstherobots]

How? By punching them?

[child_abuser]

'Bout half the time. Used a sword too, sometimes.

[buildstherobots]

People have tried to cut down the Kaiser! If you can't perform any artes, you're not going to get very far!

[child_abuser]

The hell is 'artes'?

[buildstherobots]

Fonic artes. Spells.

[child_abuser]

Oh yeah? One of those physically resistant kinds, huh? Braska always took care of the heavy hitting with spells 'n stuff like that.

[buildstherobots]

You could say that. But people lose their abilities here, so I have nothing to worry about.

[child_abuser]

Right up 'till somebody who hates machina gets back their lightning magic.

[buildstherobots]

Hmph. It's a stupid superstition.

[child_abuser]

What is? Magic? Man, you're in for a pretty rude awakening if that's what you really think.