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Jeff was still getting used to everyone knowing of him here in Tazmily. It felt oddly like being a young child at Snow Wood again - a small, isolated place where everyone knew everyone, just much warmer in climate. It also helped the comparison that here, too, everyone knew him because of his father. 

He’d replied to questions with affirmations that he was Dr. Andonuts’ son many times before in his life, always pretty aware of the large shoes he had to fill. On Nowhere, though, no one knew of the contributions his father had made to science, and really didn’t know much about him at all besides that he was from the past, and dealt with technology.

That was a rarity here, and Jeff felt almost like he was intruding on the village by having it with him. 

There were a few people that were interested in it despite... whatever had happened before Jeff arrived in this time. Like the young couple that had approached him now about Tony’s Walkman he’d borrowed before his trip in the Phase Distorter. Dr. Andonuts had talked about the Tazmily residents before: that many of them didn’t understand or held biases against modern (or ancient?) technology, but the ones who were intrigued, like these two, he’d bluntly said would not leave him alone about it. 

Jeff didn’t mind explaining what it was, though. The couple seemed nice enough, and he figured it would be polite to try and be nice to his father’s neighbors.

“Oh, this?” He takes off the headphones and shows them the little gray device. 

The verbal warning was appreciated but not really needed, Duster dodges Kumatora’s playful punch easily. 

“If you were trying to sneak up on me, I don’t know if yelling is the best idea.” He adds, amused. The thief can always feel the hairs on his neck stand up when someone is behind him, anyway. It’s just all the training engrained into him. Simple as that.

space themed muse questions

Betelgeuse: What’s something you can never forget about? 

"I mentioned the happy feelings when we went to go fight Giygas, though the other side of this was that I can't forget the feeling before and during that battle with it, either. Every time I think about that operation we had to endure in order to go into the Phase Distorter, the Cave of the Past... even looking at the Phase Distorter... it gives me this icy feeling down in my stomach and I get dizzy and can't think straight.

That tension is something that creeps up sometimes, especially after a nightmare, so unfortunately I can't forget that fear quite yet."

Asteroid: What does your dream life look like? 

"Well... I'd like to help people somehow. I know I've been told I'd make an excellent engineer, but I think I'd like a career that I know really impacts others... So I would be doing that.

I'd also like to always be close with Ness, Paula, and Poo. And Tony, of course. And besides them... I'd like to have a family, I think. Even if I don't think I'd be the best parent, I know I wouldn't want to live alone. Oh, and I'd like a lot of pets."

Shooting Star: If you could bring back one thing, what would it be? 

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Gonna answer 10 under a cut because it talks about some of the, uh...more difficult subject matter in End of Evangelion

∗ 26﹕ who  was  your  very  first  muse ?  would  you  consider  writing  them  now ?

I answered this already, but just to humor the question, I'll refer back to my other answer last time this question came around the blog. Old Vocaloid self insert that predates tumblr.

Hm...I dunno if I'd consider writing her as she last was before she kinda retreated into the recesses of my brain. I'd probably end up completely reworking her into her own OC ( she was already sort of evolving into her own character in her later stages anyway ).

∗ 10﹕ is  there  a  piece  of  your  character’s  canon  that  you  refuse  to  accept ?

REQUIEM  ASKS  /  WRITING  EXERCISES

confutatis - what does your muse think about their childhood home / home life? is it a safe place? how did it impact the way they grew up? regardless of whether it is or isn’t, does your muse think it is a good place?

[ I'm answering this question for Snow Wood, as that's the place that Jeff legitimately sees as his childhood home. He doesn't really remember anything from Dr. Andonuts' lab, and even if he did, he regards Snow Wood much more fondly.

Jeff's childhood was anything but perfect - much of his early childhood was spent in and out of hospitals because of first catching pneumonia as a toddler, then from various developmental delays due to Dr. A's neglect. However, Jeff's of the opinion that, given the circumstances, the staff at Snow Wood did all that they could to give him a loving childhood. It always felt warm and safe, and even on the occasions that no one was able to look after him during certain holidays, someone would always stay at the school to make sure that little Jeff wasn't alone. The professors and a few families - Maxwell's, and later Tony's - made sure to teach him what they knew and were always very kind to him, and for that Jeff's very grateful.

He feels very indebted to the school for doing such a large part in making sure that he had somewhere not just to stay, but to thrive. It's partly why he teaches there for a short period while working on his various master's degrees, and I've always headcanoned that he donates money to the school as an adult. He also ends up inheriting Dr. Andonuts' lab a few years after his disappearance, and Jeff, not wanting to go through any of it, donates that to Snow Wood to use as well, as a science lab for the students, just to give the building a more helpful purpose in his eyes. ]

kyrie - what are your muse’s thoughts on the afterlife?

unprompted

"Don't pack your bags yet, but I'm hopeful I'll get it done soon."

At the friendly gesture from Venus, Jeff breaks out into a wide grin, laughing a little at the nickname - though the long hair in his face afterwards has him shake his head to get it to fall back into place, even if it doesn't look any less messy than it did before.

"Venus, you don't owe me anything; we're friends... and headed back to virtually the same place in space and time, anyway. It’s no chore.

Internet Historian Prompts - No Longer Accepting

Jeff smiles a little, looking up at his counterpart from the machine he was fixing and turning his little wrench around in his hands. He knew that he enjoyed discussing ideas like this (though the idea of anything “taking over” in a violent sense, perhaps not as much), and this gave him the impression that the other Jeff did, too. 

“Well, of course. However, I’ll have to argue, despite the rapid rate at which technology’s been advancing in recent years, I doubt that takeover will be anytime soon. People tend to be more resistant to instilling that sort of change when it comes to advanced technology, even at a time where humans could have made anything that would have the ability to ‘take over.”

He taps the end of the wrench idly to his cheek at he talks, but gives his counterpart a grin.

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