Interdimensional Magic Shenanigans Reupload (In memory of Ch3rryblossom05)

99: Dusk till dawn.

C:

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-"You're welcome. Have a good night." He called, and strolled back in the direction of the living room.

On his way, however, Hatter heard a thud of something heavy being dropped. He investigated for the source of the noise and found a cardboard box laying in the hallway, not far away from a ladder leading to a trap door in the ceiling. There he saw MA leaning out, muttering something under his breath.

-"Psst, MA, do you need a hand with ... whatever you're doing?" He whispered to the militant.

M:

"Yeah, I'm grabbing some of Poldara's old baby stuff for Eclipse," MA explained, "if he wants to be a baby then I'm going to treat him like one, plus it would be good practice for when the twins arrive. Just stand there and I'll hand some stuff to you."

He disappeared into the darkness of the attic only to appear later with a collapsible crib, handing it to Hatter before saying, "I wanna run by you some names I want to use. We know they are going to be fraternal twins and I was thinking of naming them after two deceased family members; one is Johann, a human boy Father adopted after he lost his family to Prussia, and Zalia, after my mother, what do you think?"

C:

-"I think it's super," Hatter answered, grabbing the crib and placing it under one arm. "It's a nice and original choice of names, in my opinion. Additionally to that, you pay tribute to those who are no longer of this world and who meant a lot to you."

He stacked in his arms all the boxes and miscellaneous things MA was handing to him.

-"I'll be repeating myself, but I want to say that I think you'll be a wonderful father." The angelic entity spoke with a smile. "Now, where do we bring all these goods? To your bedroom or into the living room?"He asked.

Then remembering why he wanted to see MA in the first place he cleared his throat and added:

-"Oh, before it slips off my mind; Kiara wanted me to relay to you her apologies," He told the winged countryhuman while bending down to pick up the fallen box from earlier. "She's sorry for shouting and berating you."

M:

"It's alright, I guess I overreacted a bit too," MA said as he climbed down the ladder, "I'll make sure to apologize in the morning too before everyone leaves ... I'm assuming Umbra is leaving the same day."

MA took half of the boxes so Hatter didn't spill any and led him to his room, where he was happy to find Cherry there with Eclipse.

"Good, I was just about to ask you to bring him up here," he said, "has Kiara been teaching you to read minds?"

C:

The teen shook her head, trying to blink away her sleepiness. She was sitting on the edge of MA's bed with Eclipse still bundled up in her arms, this time peacefully resting. Chandeler had written a rune on the boy's forehead which helped dispel bad dreams.

-"Nope, I just figured it would make more sense for Clipsy to pass the night here instead of you camping in the living room." She let out a giggle.

-"Master Elyss, please let me assist you with your burden"The tiny entity squeaked, walking over to Hatter with his arms extended.

The top hat critter helped to place and unfold the crib, while the angelic man carefully set down the boxes on the floor.

-"Do we open them all or only the labeled ones?" He whispered to MA.

M:

"No, I'll open them up tomorrow," the militant said as he opened one box, "we just need this one that has tiny pillows and blankets since Eclipsed took the liberty of already wearing pajamas. I do hope he has the decency to not need a diaper for at least a few days."