ohana means family and all that jazz

[givesyouaboner]

<sub>[How did this happen? Dirk doesn't know, but hey, he's just a kid. All he knows is that his family has grown from just being Bro and Dave to so many more people.

And it's really nice.

Even if it's different because there are people everywhere always, omg.]

(OOC: go crazy with this.)</sub>

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BED

[wwistful]

[So Murdoc is pretty sure he fell asleep quite comfortably with the older of the two Dirks sandwiched between himself and Sybille. He's a light sleeper though, he felt it everytime the mattress creaked and a new person scooted onto the bed.

Now that the daylight is pouring in through the window, he's waking up a bit more and glancing about him. He really wonders how so many people fit in one bed.

Hold on? Is that dooking? Fuck that fucking ferret. He scooches up to look for it only to realise he is almost entirely smothered.

He's just going to sigh loudly.]

[givesyouaboner]

<sub>[Dirk's been in Bro's custody for six months now, but it's only recently that the actual adoption's been finalized. For the most part, things have gotten better for Dirk. But over the past few week, the nightmares have started up again in full-force. It hasn't been this bad since the beginning of summer.

It's made it hard to sleep, but he's done his best to self-soothe and not make a big deal out of it. He doesn't want to interrupt anyone else's sleep. Mostly, he doesn't want to make Dave suffer like he did all those months ago. That, and he doesn't want Eridan or any of the other kids to think he's a chicken for getting so scared.

Because he's not.

His bad dreams are just really bad.

This time, it's worse than the rest. The only good point is that it's pretty much morning. Someone will start waking up soon. This is why he doesn't feel guilty for walking to the adults' bedroom. He doubts his uncle will be awake because it's so early, but... it doesn't hurt to see, right? Or maybe someone else will be up to just be there. Or whatever. He's not picky.

He makes it all the way to the bedroom and opens the door. It's once he gets there that he hesitates. He doesn't want anyone to get mad at him, and it's just hitting him that this could be a possibility too.]</sub>

[wwistful]

[Murdoc blinks blearily as he hears the door and jerks his arm out from under Bro, rubbing at his eyes with his palms and sitting up a little more, giving the other man a nudge.]

Dirk. Dirk. There's a ferret-- Dirk. Wake up. [Once he realises Bro is dead to the world he lets out a loud yawn scooting up a little more to glance over at the door.]

Come in, your lettin' the warm air out.

[bev_rage]

[Don't lie, Murdoc, you love being covered in children. Also sorry for the 101 pounds of Roxy sprawled out on your chest. Except not really.

It had taken showing her a near flawless report card, lots of begging and a few tears to get her aunt to agree to let her stay here for winter holidays but wow, had it ever been worth it. As for climbing into the bed with the adults, she really had no reason. She'd just wanted to cuddle.]

[wwistful]

[It's actually kind of like the blanket he never knew he needed. He was nervous about having Roxy over at first, since he was unsure of how she'd like their homelife or spending her holidays with professors. Needless to say, he's pretty sure she likes it.

He grunts softly and tries to shift without waking her up, which is proving to be difficult.]

[notthebee2]

[ Sollux had never had a great urge to sleep, so he woke up relatively early every day. Even though he wasn't sharing the smother bed with everyone and was happily sleeping with Eridan, you still had to cross their bedroom door to get to the kitchen. And the honey nut cheerios were beckoning. He just couldn't resist a well balanced, healthy breakfast. Slowly, he walked through the halls as to not wake everyone up, and when he stopped by the bedroom door and stared at the snuggle pile he couldn't help but giggle a bit. In fact, he was so amused by it he didn't even notice he made the door creak quite a bit when he leaned into it. ]

[wwistful]

[Well. That just scared the bejeebers out of him. He sits up and stares pointedly out the door.]

Captor?

[wwhatevver]

[There were a lot of changes that had taken place, and most of them Eridan could take. However, there was still one that he couldn't at all. The boy was still not used to the amount of people conglomerated into the house. He was used to his privacy, the quiet and not feeling completely self conscious about walking around with his pudgy belly during daylight hours the emptiness. In a way, it's nice, but at the same time... It's not.

Anyways, Eridan was awake now, and he wanted to get a shower in before the morning rush began. He realizes that his ferret is awol from his cage again and his room again, and he knows exactly where to go to start looking. Thankfully, he also remembered to put pants on before looking, hurrr. He jacked one of Sollux's pj bottoms instead of his own oops Anyways, he takes his butt and makes his way to the doorway of the adults' bedroom. Quietly opening the door as to not disturb the people who are actually in there, he sorta stops when he realizes there are a lot of people in there.

That's. Kind of awkward. And he's also really really jealous of all of those people. Even though he has his own thing to cuddle and he doesnt need the bed!! yep Any...ways. He sorta awkward turtles in his shirtless glory in the doorway.]

I. Father? Is... Did Cali make his way in here?

[wwistful]

[Murdoc feels guilty for the changes he's inflicted upon Eridan, but he can't help but hope that maybe the bigger family is doing him some good. The house is never empty, there's not much of a chance to be totally alone. Something neither of them had really had growing up.

He sits up as Eridan enters, giving him a dazed stare before realising exactly what he said.]

Nnh? Ah! The rat..

[He pats around the bodies in the bed for a moment before he grabs something wriggly and fuzzy that isn't connected to another man. He scoops Cali up and raises him out toward Eridan with a tired face.]

I want him sunny side up for breakfast. Now.

KITCHEN

[arachnoble]

[Adjusting was hard. Sybille was used to living alone, so sharing space with two other adults and more children then she could keep track of was...difficult.

But it was getting easier.

She was in the kitchen at the moment, pulling out various ingredients she would need. She wasn't quite sure where any of her family was, but it didn't matter if they showed up. Sybille wasn't about to cook everyone whatever silly thing they wanted.]

[givesyouaboner]

<sub>[Dirk might as well have fooddar. He is a growing boy, after all! Except you can't really tell, because he's still as scrawny as ever and has hardly grown over the past few months. It's like his body decided no growing during winter.

Anyway, here he is, creeping into the kitchen.]</sub>

What are you doing?

[arachnoble]

[She doesn't bother to glance up in order to acknowledge Dirk, instead busying herself with getting out a mixing bowl.]

I'm getting ready to make some crepes.

[wwistful]

[Murdoc has been off doing his own thing for most of the day, so he's pretty excited when he sees Sybille fussing about in the kitchen. It still hits him sometimes that this is all real, so he needs to confirm it by being romantic. Which starts now.

He steps behind her and slinks his arms around her, kissing her neck.]

What are you doin', beautiful?

[arachnoble]

[She leans back unconsciously, resting a hand on his arm. She would still forget just why she was in a home filled with people, and being reminded of the reason behind the crowd was something she needed.]

I was about to make crepes.

LIVING ROOM

[givesyouaboner]

<sub>[Striders can't compromise on technology, so guess what's here? All kinds of Muggle tech Dirk can't live without. It's hard enough going through the school year without the internet and stuff, but it's winter break so fuck that noise.

Dirk is sprawled out on the living room floor, playing a video game. Occasionally, he yells at the tv, because clearly that's the only way to let the game know it's being stupid.]</sub>

[notthebee2]

[ Have a Sollux coming in into the room, and then staring at the game Dirk was playing. Man, he knew this game, he hadn't played it in ages, though. He sat down besides dirk and got out his mouth foot. ]

Man, you thuck at thith.

[givesyouaboner]

_{[Dirk shoots Sollux a dirty look and ends up getting KO'd right then and there. He should've paid more attention.]}

Goddamn it.

_{[He rolls to face the other boy.]}

If you really think you can do that much better, prove it.

[bev_rage]

[Dirk is doing something that doesn't involve her. The solution: leap over the back of the couch and almost land on top of him on the floor.]

Whatcha doing?

[plushaeusrumpified]

[Bro is bored.

And what does Bro do when he's bored? Mess with the kids.

So for pretty much no reason, he comes into the living room and just kind of. Lays himself across Dirk's back heavily.]

Wow I'm sorry bro, the gravity just suddenly hit me like whoa.

SEWING ROOM because they totally have one

[plushaeusrumpified]

[He may have bought a studio to film the puppet porn, but that doesn't mean he can't still sew the smuppets at home. If that were the case, he'd be gone a whole lot. So he has a sewing room and it's kind of filled with smuppets. Sewing smuppets is a calming hobby.

He's currently working on a project, which is a giant smuppet. Which doesn't make a whole lot of sense, considering he's a wizard and could just magic one up as big as he wants to, but shut up.

All of the other smuppets are lined against the wall, with the big one dominating the middle of the room. He's standing in front of it, working carefully.]

[givesyouaboner]

_{[It's a secret that Dirk is in here. Not really, but Dirk is pretending that he was so quiet that he's pretending that Bro doesn't know he's there. Except now he's not being really quiet. He's digging around for a needle and thread.]}

[notthebee2]

[ Nevermind Sollux, he's just exploring the strideramporaserket residence to kill some time, when he passes by a door which he hadn't seen yet. When he looks in, his vision is assaulted by the biggest fucking puppet he's ever seen. Fucking puppets, man. He leans against the door frame and just looks into the room. ]

Damn.

[wwistful]

[He's just going to stand in the doorway with one coffee for himself and another one for Dirk.

He's impressed by the other man's skill but the smuppets themselves are just so. so.

Yeah.]

I will never understand this.

THE OTHER ROOM WITHOUT ALL THE PEOPLE

[notthebee2]

[ Thank god that this room exists. No really, thank god. NO REALLY, THANK GOD. It would be impossible to sleep in a pile of people for Sollux. Ever. Especially when one of them might sleep - attempt at his life. Yeah. It was good to have some privacy, even if sometimes someone snuck in for some reason and just stayed there. It was cute though. He didn't mind. But then again, the room was meant for the two of them. And things could happen. All they needed was to lock the door and suffer 2+ days of eternal shame because of the people they shared the house with. Or not because they have no shame anyways. Sollux laid in the one bed in the room, possibly?? awaiting for someone, or possibly just browsing his phone. Who knew. ]

(aka the best room)

[wwhatevver]

[Thank. God. Indeed. As much as Eridan would have just loved that whole... cuddlepile going on, he'd rather just cuddle with a single body Caligula doesn't count. Especially the body that was waiting on him. He was so so damn happy that they had this privacy at times, even if there were those instances in which the privacy was broken, it was still so worth it.

Unfortunately, he was too preoccupied with food to remember to lock the door. That... was his first mistake. Oh well, he made a sneaky entrance anyways, no one probably saw him come in. He was quick to moving over closer to the bed, setting their snacks and drinks aside. He wouldn't want there to be an unfortunate spill or something. When he made it to the bed, he gently flopped down onto it and half on Sollux. He was real nosy and playful right now so Eridan just leans right in on his shoulder to see what he's doing on his phone. ]

And what're you doin', hmmm?