Okay okay so - Scott’s Butler Abolish as an age regressor
I don’t think either he or Scott would know about it. Maybe abolish had already been doing it without realizing and maybe not. They don’t know what it is.
Shelby tells Scott about it because- well- she’s the only one I think who might know about it before oakhurst. Scott has been wanting his dear darling Butler to take a break for a while because Scott can tell Abolish has been stressed. It’s not really visible to others that Abolish has been stressed, But Scott knows him better than most so he can tell.
(Abolish is Autistic to me. The sudden change in routine of having Scott awake [even if he’s thrilled about it] combined with the new people and the stress of hiding that Scott is a Vampire and all the new noise that comes with it is not helping him out. He’s had a few meltdowns/shutdowns where he’d needed to get away from everyone)
Anyway all this to say Scott goes back after talking with Shelby and essentially goes “oh ABOLIISSHHHH”. He explains it a bit and Abolish is obviously hesitant. He’s not entirely sure it will work, and is also nervous about letting anyone take care of him. He needs to feel useful and productive, and he also doesnt trust any of the new people to take care of him and Scott wouldn’t want to right?
Turns out Scott does offer to. Abolish is all like “are you sure” and Scott is just like “yep”. Because Scott does actually find he wants to take care of Abolish (and he’s not going to think about that or why he wants to thank you very much) (they’ll get around to it in a few centuries after Oakhurst probably).
Eventually Abolish does agree to trying it. Scott is oddly excited, but Abolish trust him. Scott wouldn’t hurt Abolish, so he agrees. He does struggle to actually regress on his own, which he tries first. He manages to get a little more absentminded than normal, and he still enjoys cleaning up. He struggles a bit more than usual with choices about where things should go, but that’s about it.
That goes out this window a bit as soon as Scott starts babying him. Scott probably notices that Abolish is acting slightly off and ask what’s up. Abolish tells him that he’s trying to “do that thing Shelby told you about?” And Scott is just like “okay well let me help”. And just like picks Aboilsh up or something.
Abolish is a bit embarrassed about the whole thing. But then Scott starts calling him nicknames, and feeding him, and asking if he wants to play with this toy (random stick he found or something. They don’t have toys there probably. Unless Abolish made some while waiting for Scott to wake up). And he’s gone. Baby. Maybe a toddler or a bit older. It would vary a bit.
When regressed I think he’d still like organizing stuff, and that’s more how he plays. He’ll line up stuff by shape, size, and color. Or he’ll sorry stuff into Categories and arrange it. Scott really doesn’t care if Abolish is playing “weird”, it’s clearly helping him and he seems to be enjoying it. If he’s not doing that, and especially if he’s in a younger age range, all he really wants to do is cling to Scott. Scott’s extra strength comes in handy because he ends up carrying Abolish around a lot.