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[fogofdread]

[The less said about how long it took him to figure out how to use this damn thing the better. He was walking and preoccupied and is not here to be judged.

He is instead here to judge someone else....even if the small five year old in his arms is probably judging him anyway.]

Would this kid's shixiong please come pick him up? I found him wandering around alone. [You know, during a kidnapping crisis. At night.] Says he can fight but I'm not lettin' a five year old wander around alone. You have an hour from me sending this to get a hold of me or I'll take him back to my place and we'll try again in the morning.

[Alibaba's going to complain, isn't he?]

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un: advisor

[advisors]

Oh, a lost child? I can-

( Wait. It's been years, but he knows that face.

A face he nearly stabbed. )

...Ah. Hello.

[fogofdread]

[It takes Cassim a moment but then there's recognition and...mild annoyance.]

Sinbad's here?

[advisors]

( Ja'far seems to momentarily crumple, but then he's back to himself, and rigid, uncertain of Cassim. )

No. He's not. Is your troupe here?

[fogofdread]

Just Alibaba.

[Who is still his troupe, fuck you.]

un: alibaba

[flamebearer]

[ Alibaba might complain, but he wouldn't have left a five-year-old out there, either, so in the end, the matter is probably moot.

...He has to go ask Billy to show him how to use this thing, so it takes a bit before he shows up as a reply. ]

What happened??

[fogofdread]

Literally what I said happened. I was out, I found the kid, the kid is being a brat.

[flamebearer]

Well, then. You should be in your element, right?

[ Pot, meet Kettle. ]

Someone really lost a five-year-old out there? Have you had any luck finding who he belongs to yet?

[fogofdread]

Yeah. Thanks for the training on how to deal with brats.

[Terrible.]

Nope. Just you and Sinbad's [don't swear] lackey.

un: phantom

[yumenope]

I wasn’t aware we had babysitters, here. Do you take all ages?

[fogofdread]

[Why are the assholes the only people responding to him trying to be a good person!!]

It's not babysitting if the kid wandered out.

[yumenope]

( you set yourself up for this. you have to be willing to embrace it... )

It is if you are willingly tending to the child, yes.

[fogofdread]

I'm willing to not be responsible for some kid getting kidnapped!

un; Mo-zongshi

[erhated]

[ Okay, so due to some Tale of Taxian-jun's Unfortunate Events, Mo Ran ended up being held in jail. But they didn't confiscate his device so he has a way to relieve his boredom until someone is able to bail him out.

Or until they figure out he's not the culprit behind the missing children.

However, as he's browsing the network, he splutters when he spots a very familiar child in this video. ]

Shi-- [ Oh wait, Wanning doesn't know that he already figured out this person's identity. Using quick thinking, he quickly changes what he's about to say. ] ... di. S-shidi! Er... That would be me, I'm his shixiong, but I'm in a situation where I can't pick him up right now.

Would you mind bringing him to me?

[fogofdread]

What's the kid's name?

[What? He's not going to just hand the kid over to the first guy who says he's the mysterious shixiong.]

[erhated]

[ That's an easy one. He couldn't forget the name that his shizun came up to cover his child-form identity. ]

Xia Sini.

[fogofdread]

Congratulations, you have the right name. Where are you?

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[affectueux]

Oh dear! Five years old? That doesn’t seem right. [ serge frowns, his brow furrowing. ] I have experience taking care of children, though I don’t know what a “shixiong” is, so I don’t mind babysitting…

[fogofdread]

If you don't know [not that Cassim does either but details] then you're not getting the kid.

[affectueux]

What!

[ he’s weirdly offended! ]

Do I look that untrustworthy?

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[holycurse]

Ah, isn't that Ma--er, Xia Sini? Did he get lost? It's very kind of you to take him in like this, but it might be better to take him back to his own home instead, if possible!

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[fogofdread]

Because his whatever's in jail?

[It has been a Night, can you tell?]

[holycurse]

Jail? That's...well I suppose I did hear he was a little unruly......

[Hrm.]

Um, have you heard when he'll be released, then? I hope it's not too long.

video; un: 1stQadrMargaFan

[wearingguess]

Ah, it is Cassim!! Good evening! I have no idea what a shixiong is... does the young gentleman not know his address, I suppose? [ marga knew her address at this age]

[fogofdread]

It's complicated.

[So, so, so complicated.]

And I'm not leaving him alone.

[wearingguess]

I suppose it must be. I certainly would not either, in your position...

Would either of you like some company? Ah, or something to eat or drink, maybe? The waffle place is open at this time of night...