#vantasticbaby

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//aight we pull up

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@TALBERN HEY, I'VE BEEN TAKING CARE OF FUTUREKAT'S PETS FOR THE PAST FEW MONTHS. APPARENTLY, FUTUREKAT HAS MADE HIS RETURN, BUT HE'S NOT PLANNING ON PICKING THE ANIMALS UP HIMSELF, AND I'M NOT WILLING TO GIVE THEM TO A STRANGER. HE TOLD ME THEM TO PASS THEM ON TO YOU. IS THAT OKAY?

IS IT OKAY IF IT’S THE BOTH OF US?

I MEAN- YEAH, IT PROBABLY IS. WE’LL BE THERE. I’LL BE THERE.

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==> Karkat: come over with two baskets filled with baked goods in your sylladex and your daughter in your arms. You're ready to feed people and be really awkward, but you figure Alani probably misses her other dads - she seemed very excited when you told her where you were taking her - so you'll take the uncomfortable social interaction in order to please her.

==> Telrian: Unfortunately, of Alani’s two other guardians, only you bother to show up. Show up, meaning, descending from your perch within a maple tree to go see your guests before Karkat makes the fatal mistake of trying to climb up to your hive with a toddler occupying his arms.

hello.

==> Telrian: You pause in your tracks, unsure whether or not the other has set new boundaries since a certain incident and not wanting to violate any. That is, until you make eye contact with your daughter. The transformation in response to her unwitting ‘teekah’ is instant; The turtleneck lowers as your composition takes on something more certain, retaining (perhaps even enhancing) a form of softness that’s become trademark to your character.

oh, my goodness, there she is, my little sapling. is it just me, or has she grown in this past week? hows your big adventure been, has karkat here been good?

==> Telrian: You address each individually, your cooing reserved for the wriggler alone. It’s odd how fast priorities rearrange, you’d been anticipating accepting the gifts to be your primary plan of attack. But, with Alani right here, you feel the intense need to assure her of your affections, in the case that you sending her off has upset her in any way. It’s ridiculous, of course. She’s never known grudge in her short life, nor would she indulge in such a senselessly complex emotional conflict. Your Alani is much wiser than you and Karkat combined. A greater sum of two (three?) wholes. 

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MERRY CHRISTMAS. I GOT YOU BOTH A GIFT AND ALANI TOO. SHOULD I DROP THEM OFF?

oh dear oh dear im very late for christmas x:B

i wasnt ignoring you dont worry

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HEY. IT'S BEEN A WHILE. HOW HAVE YOU GUYS BEEN DOING?

JUST PEACHY. UH- GETTING SLEEPIER, I GUESS. BUT THAT’S ALL PART OF MY. ROOTINE. OH MAN.

ANYWAY. YOU’RE OKAY, RIGHT? IT’S NOT TOO COLD, IN YOUR HOME?