Episode 3: The Nibbler, Part 2

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~In which Mat is into really bad Cosplay~


-A little later-


"How's the cookie, Stormling?  Worth the run?"  Kat asks, grinning.

Storm gasps for breath and takes a bite out of it.  "Exercise is waaay overrated, in my opinion."  She huffs, leaning back on an arm and gnawing away at her hard-earned prize.  "She pauses.  "But dayum, this is good!"

Kat raises an eyebrow.  "Dayum?"

"Yeah, it means-"

"-I am well aware of what it means, thank you.  I'm just wondering why it's necessary to use that word in the context of our casual conversation."

"Huh?"

Kat sighs.  "Never mind."

"No, I mean: HUH?!!"  Storm screams and points at a large someone leaping through the neighborhood's backyards.  "WHAT THE FUDGE IS THAT THING?!!"

Kat squints at it.  "More like whom."  Her eyes widen, and she groans.  "That had better not be whom I suspect it to be..."

The villain stomps over to them and stares at Storm's cookie with desire.  "You.  Female.  Give me your cookie."

Storm gapes at him, then sets her jaw determinedly.  "Uh, how about no, circus freak?"

He laughs, then glares at her.  "I am the Nibbler, and I demand that you feed me!!!"

"BROTHER, STAND DOWN!!!"  Kat roars.  "Don't even bother to deny that it's you!  I'd know that lazy attitude anywhere!!!"

Storm's jaw drops.  "Wait, that retro kid's toy-colored dude is your brother?!!"

"Kat, shut up!  I don't know you!!!"  The Nibbler screeches furiously.

Kat, Storm, and Parasitica all facepalm.  The Nibbler looks mortified.  "Oh."  Then his face hardens.  "If you won't give me that cookie, I suppose I'll have to-  What are you doing?"

Storm frantically shoves the last of the cookie into her mouth, rapidly chewing and swallowing.  Then she glares challengingly at the villain.  "What'cha gonna do now?"

"Might I suggest running away?"  Kat whispers to her friend.  "..You know, the wise course of action?"

Storm puffs out her chest with an air of bravado.  "Luckily for me, I'm not known for my wisdom!!!  Let's see what you've got, Foodie!"

"NIBBLER!!!"

Kat grabs her walking stick and holds it crosswise in front of her.  "Let's have at you, foul swine!  HUZZAH!!!"  She lunges at him, and he screams and leaps away.

"What are you doing?!!"  Parasitica shouts.  "Destroy them if you must, and then find me my Miraculous!"

"Are you kidding?!!  I can't beat her!  I never have!"

"You're a villain, you have powers, and you're bigger than her!"

"You obviously don't know my sister!!!  She's violent, bloodthirsty, skilled.  She'll kill me and bury me in that suspiciously Mat-sized vegetable planter outside that we all built!  I DON'T WANT TO FERTILIZE HER TOMATOES WITH MY ROTTING CORPSE!!!  I REFUSE!!!"  He begins to cry and runs away.

Kat smiles darkly to herself.  "Hehehe..!"

"What have you done to that poor child?"  Storm questions.

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