It's a wonderful day in the neighborhood, won't you be my multiversal friend?

[basic_powers]

Parents were off taking Toby out for dinner, and Cecil was covering the excuse for him. He had a spare of the knock-out capsules, body armor, and some opened cans of tuna out for his guest, just so she wouldn't attack food in the grocery store.

It was a late Saturday afternoon and just beginning to ease into the evening hours outside, the inside of the home was neatly furnished and well kept, not a mote of dust anywhere. And given that this was only a fascade house for coverstories that was some accomplishment of cleaning in itself for a living room that size.

Which is what the linen closet door opens up into.

Welcome to Earth.

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[basic_powers]

A couple more zip past on razor scooters further down the street, give thanks for the residential neighborhood. For there are plenty of kids within spitting distance of the house and no one's really going to question things.

It's a good long walk to the store, and somewhere in the distance, there's an ice cream truck playing it's siren tune.

Tyler's watching a few of the other kids in the neighborhood, thoughtfully...

"We might get some party crashers for the night time party..."

[nepetaleijon]

"Party crashers?" She blinks at him. "Are we going to n33d to put up defenses?"

[basic_powers]

"Maybe. Maybe not, all depends on if we have an adult present or not...Then again..." Then again he could get a chance to...no. no. Neighbors are not acceptable forms of guinea pigs.

"We could get an adult form Milliways to act as a chaperone, or we could just let Karkat be himself all around the party."

[nepetaleijon]

"... Oh."

She looks oddly hesitant at the mention of Karkat.

[basic_powers]

"...Nepeta?"

Tyler did catch that hesitance in her voice. Boy he is, idiot he is not.

[nepetaleijon]

She glances back at him, and smiles gamely. "Oh it's nothing! I just ... I don't know if Karkat's coming to the purrty."

[basic_powers]

"Why's that?"

Call him curious. Also just a touch surprised.

[nepetaleijon]

She shifts, looking a little embarrassed.

"I don't know! He's just ... not so enfursiastic about, you know. Human things."

[basic_powers]

"Really?" Tyler looks a little surprised. "I thought he was just being angry about human stuff for the sake of being angry with it, because it's so similar in appearance to troll things."

[nepetaleijon]

A slight shrug.

"He's Karkat," she offers by way of explanation. "He purrobably is just being angry about human stuff for the sake of being angry. That is an immewtable fact I am stating for the record. It doesn't mean that him stubbornly avoiding the party like a big grumpyface is not what is going to take place here."

[basic_powers]

"...so telling him he can't come wouldn't make him want to be there just as stubbornly?"

[nepetaleijon]

"No," she sighs, "he'd just get grumpier. And say he didn't even WANT to come to this stupid party ANYWAY. Except he'd say it with more swearing."

[basic_powers]

"...immewtable fact huh?"

Well, there's no convincing, and Tyler has no idea what to bribe Karkat with....and threatening the troll is just plain stupid. "No way to convince, bribe or threaten....maybe it'd be better if we just leave him out of the party without saying anything."

[nepetaleijon]

Another sigh. "Yeah."

[basic_powers]

"...then again we just proved him wrong about you not being able to come to the human world so he's going to be crabbier than usual."Beat. "Even with Birgus nesting in his hair."

[nepetaleijon]

That gets a giggle.

"Have you efur s33n him training Birgus?"

[basic_powers]

"Oh so THAT'S how the crab learned how to attack people and cards..."

[nepetaleijon]

Now she's definitely giggling. "No, he does that on his own! It just shows how purrfectly suited they are."

[basic_powers]

"Pfft. Well, hey when we get back, have I introduced you to Winston yet?"

[nepetaleijon]

She shakes her head. "Who's Winston?"

[basic_powers]

"What's Winston, he's a mini-cyber raptor that I got for a holiday gift a couple of years ago. I better introduce you two later.." Tyler makes a little face. "He's a little agressive with new people and he likes hunting the demon bunnies big time."

[nepetaleijon]

"Oh, me too! I'm collecting their furs to make a pile to sl33p on."

Nepeta apparently thinks this is a perfectly normal way to get bedding.

[basic_powers]

...Yeah, Tyler's going to see about either getting her a Hello Kitty pillow set, or a bunch of green pillows or just making those.

"Well, he likes hunting them to eat em, so I think he'd be okay with you getting the skins from them." Tyler replies as they clear the half-way marker for the walk to the store.

[nepetaleijon]

"Maybe we could hunt together? It's always more fun with a purrtner!"

A beat. She glances down, as though momentarily reminded of something unhappy.

[basic_powers]

"I think he'd really like that..." Tyler grins, not even looking up when something casts a quick shadow from overhead. It's not his family, they'd shout before flying over.

If Nepeta looks up....well. There's a human in a white body suit with gold trim and cape flying overhead and away from them.