A Hat In Time Parent Scenarios (On Pause)

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Snatcher

Snatcher was reading a book as he usually does, but he seemed tense. A few minions have asked about it, although quietly not to get extra work. But the only reply they got was, "Everythings fine! Can't you see I'm busy?!" and, "How about you stop bothering me and do your damn jobs!"

Normally they would just ignore this behaviour, due to them all knowing how much of a tsundere he is, but Snatcher was acting weird to them. Almost as if something was bothering him.

And they were completely right, something was bothering their boss. Do you know that feeling when you know something's going to happen, but you don't know if it's good or bad. Well that's exactly what Snatcher was feeling and it was bothering him, a lot.

He could be doing something productive, like rereading his favourite book for the thousandth time or finishing another death wish contract for Hat kid to do. Snatcher hated this feeling and he couldn't do anything while it was there.

So when a Spaceship was falling from the sky and straight into his forest, Snatcher immediately shot up and went to investigate. Anything to get his thoughts of of that pecking feeling.

So when he's floating in front of a woman who is literally pleading for him to take her child he didn't know what to do. And naturally, as any soul snatching shadow would, he made a contract out of it.

So now Snatcher is sitting in his house, panicking, with a child which he doesn't even know the name of. And it's not like he can steal their soul too, part of the contract strictly prohibits him from bringing the kid any harm. And he has to take care of them until they decide to leave.

The kid had (h/c) hair, (e/c) eyes and (s/c) skin, Snatcher had noted at some point. This immediately reminded him of the one and only, Hat Kid, which gave him an idea.

He decided to get Hat kid to help him. She is a kid! Surely she'll know what to do. Snatcher told himself as he was waiting for her, trying to calm himself. But it didn't exactly help since the kid was already making a mess of the place. Sure, they can't walk. But they can crawl, and that fast.

The second Hat kid arrived, Snatcher was already pulling her inside and setting her in front of the toddler. Hat kid took one look at them, before asking, "What's their name?" Snatcher looked to the side and chuckled sheepishly. "I... don't know?" Snatcher wasn't lying, he had made the contract and killed the lady before he had even thought about the consequences. It was only when he arrived back at his house that he thought about it.

Hat kid sighs then looks back at the younger child in front of her, which had stolen her Hat and put it on themselves. "How about (Y/N)." The kid, (Y/N), looked over immediately, smiled and clapped their hands, making the hat fall a bit.

Conductor

It was a perfectly normal day for Conductor. He went through his morning routine, went to work in dead bird studios, argued with DJ Grooves in front of the secretary, who was getting tired of their peck, over something small, planned on making another western style movie and screamed at the Express Owls.

Only when he arrived back at his house was where things took a turn from normal. He went inside to make himself some food, only to realise that he can't cook. So he bought some pizza and was wating for it to arrive. Some time later the doorbell rang. Conductor stood up and grabbed his wallet, expecting that his pizza arrived. Instead, he was meet with a childs crys.

Conductor may be a grumpy, somewhat alcoholic owl with anger issues, but he isn't heartless. He took in the child, which was giggling, and set them down on the sofa. They had (h/c) hair, (e/c) eyes and (s/c) skin and were in a basket which had a note attached to it. Conductor took it and read it while walking to the kitchen to grab some baby food he had for when the little ones came over.

The note only says the childs name, (Y/N). Other than that it had no indication of information. Conductor shrugged, surely he'd be able to handle them. He already had to babysit his grandchildren from time to time, so how bad could one infant be.

Let's just say things didn't exactly go as planned.

DJ Grooves

Grooves was just taking a nice walk outside, to get some fresh air and inspiration. I mean, he isn't called DJ for nothing. He greeted some space penguins, avoided Conductor and had a nice chat with Hat kid, who came down from her spaceship to buy some candy.

With all the things happening that day, he certainly didn't expect to hear crying from an alley, or finding a box with an infant inside. He picked up the child, which made them stop crying due to having a new sorce of warmth. He looked at them, (h/c) hair, (e/c) eyes and (s/c) skin.

"Don't worry, darling. I won't leave you here." The child laughed and held onto his jacket saying something in baby talk. Grooves was about to leave, but stopped when he saw something written on the box. It said (Y/N). "So your name is (Y/N), darling?" The child looked up at him and and excitedly babbled, agreeing.

"Let's go home, darling."