2nd Floor Common Room, Monday Afternoon

[apocalypsehow]

Well, Five had survived a 'family dinner' yesterday. Which was possibly the most shocking part of the whole weekend.

Oh, and Tim was still here.

Five sat in one of the chairs, staring at where the child-shaped mannequin was sitting across from him. "I can see your mother in you," he decided.

Tim continued on being a mannequin in response to that.

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[meepmeepohgod]

Did this horror show of a Muppet have any business here? Probably not.

Was that going to stop her?

Heck no!

"Morning!"

[apocalypsehow]

Because this common room was one of the terrifying children. It truly was.

"What."

Hey, Tim at least made sense! You know. In a universe where Five's boss was a goldfish.

[meepmeepohgod]

"Morning," Vatalija repeated.

[apocalypsehow]

Five looked at Tim, who was comically somehow looking back at him like he too was confused by this.

"Do I know you?"

[meepmeepohgod]

"Do any of us really know anyone?" Vatalija replied. "Meep."

[apocalypsehow]

"...was that a philosophical thought?" Because it was accurate, but also disturbing.

Mostly the meep part was, though.

[meepmeepohgod]

"Maybe," Vatalija said.

[noonedecidesmyfate]

Belle was just looking for a quiet place to sit and read and the light on the third floor wasn't quite right this afternoon so she'd headed downstairs. This was a mistake. For many reasons.

"Oh, you're here," was all she said, turning to leave having not made any connections between Five and his terrifying offspring.

[apocalypsehow]

"Belle." You know something? He totally thought she somehow cursed him with this mannequin before his niece and nephew cleared things up.

[noonedecidesmyfate]

"Five."

She wasn't the one with mysterious powers! He was far more likely to curse her than the other way around!

[apocalypsehow]

He wasn't magical.

"I see you don't have any children chasing after you."

[noonedecidesmyfate]

Just because he had an origin story didn't make him not magical!

"I wouldn't bring them near you if I did." Ignore the fact that she hadn't known he was in the room until she arrived.

[apocalypsehow]

Yes it did!

Five considered that and couldn't find too much of a flaw in that statement despite his best efforts. "Fair."

[noonedecidesmyfate]

Belle was going to get that quote about sufficiently advanced technology being indistinguishable from magic tattooed one day. On her or Five, though? Who could say?

"I thought so."

[grayskollar]

Over the past day or so, Adora had gotten over the existential crisis that was Kit, and moved into crippling anxiety over her lack of self-preservation.

Luckily, She-Ra proved a fairly reliable distraction, which was why an eight-foot woman carrying a six year old catgirl high enough that she could touch the ceiling ran into the common room.

[apocalypsehow]

Five sort of just... cocked his head to the side and stared for a moment. "That's a new one."

[floofandtrauma]

Kit jumped down and bounded over while Adora went to ransack the cupboards. "Hi!"

[apocalypsehow]

"Hello?" Five said, looking about as concerned as he would if an actual cat did that to him. Which was a lot concerned.

[floofandtrauma]

"I'm Kit," she announced. "Who're you? Did you make him?"

Tim looked like something Entrapa might have made.

[apocalypsehow]

"In a way, sure." At least. He thought so? DON'T THINK ABOUT IT TOO HARD, KIT. "Five. That's Tim."

[meepmeepohgod]

"Hi!" Vatalija said, giving the pair her creepy, never changing smile.

[floofandtrauma]

"Hi!" Kit shouted with all the fearlessness of a child who only theoretically understood that people could be bad and besides her mom could beat anyone up.

Said Mom was currently very glad she could summon her magic sword if she needed too.

[meepmeepohgod]

"I'm Vatalija, who are you?" Vatalija asked.

[floofandtrauma]

"Kit! Let's be friends."

Kit, no. Even Shadow Weaver would find this child creepy.

[meepmeepohgod]

"I've never really had a friend!" Vatalija said excitedly.

Well, other than Tim over there, but he was the strong, silent type.