( vii. ) she did accounting for the show 😅

( vii. ) Fun little fact about me. My mom was additional crew on the first season.

' You little menace! Now go run around with the others. ' He laughed, ruffling her hair.

' . . . Alright, come here, you. Karma time. ' GRABBING AND TICKLING HER.

POUTING. ' I can't believe you'd be so mean to your poor dad. '

GASPS!? ' How could you. . ? '

ACK- NOW HE'S GOT TO KEEP AN EYE ON TWO OF THEM?

NUH UH! YOU'RE SUSPICIOUS!

NUH UH? I'M NOT SUSPICIOUS.

That smile is so suspicious.

( Staring suspiciously. ) Sure you can. I'm gonna have to keep an eye on both of you aren't I. . ?

Just! Be careful! I don't want anything bad happening to either of you!

Oh, double the trouble. . .

That's my. . . girls? TWO OF THEM!?

Isha's a good kid. I love my happy family. . .

' Either way, that's not ideal either! We can't just. . . take over other versions of ourselves. That's unethical. '

' Pretty sure destroying the universe would kill us yeah! '

' . . . Oh, the power supply hasn't been installed. '

' IT COULD DESTROY THE UNIVERSE??? '

' DON'T TOUCH THAT- '

' Well. . . A do over doesn't sound too bad, but I could ruin a lot of lives. . . Fine, I'll leave it. '

' Welp! Wonder what will happen if I split the timestream. '

He lies back, groaning to himself. This was so boring. . .

' You're too cute for your own good. ' He laughed, carrying her to his home and laying her down in the child size bed, sitting on the edge. ' But, you need to get yourself some rest so you can cause plenty of chaos tomorrow. '

' Atta girl. Just don't start trouble you can't run away from, okay? ' He smiled, ruffling her hair then scratching behind her little cat ears.

' You know how it is, busy helping people. But my day is always brightened seeing you! Have you been staying out of trouble? ' He rose an eyebrow as he asked that last question, knowing the probable answer.

Well, I'm sure I can arrange to get the manpower to build something for this. I'd do anything to help the poor kids affected by the war. . .

Wow. That's. . . really helpful. You're gonna be making a lot of kids happy and healthy with this. I'm sure I can help out, I mean, we've taken in plenty of orphans but we can only do so much. . . if we can find them good homes, we could help more.

He let out a little laugh, lifting her off the ground and hugging her back. ' I missed you too, kiddo. '

Oh! He gives her a big smile and a wave. He then signs a hello.

I've been helping with relief efforts and rebuilding. . . my fights only just ended. Dunno what to do now. So, go on. Tell me about this project.

Yeah. It's been so peaceful lately I don't know what to do. I've been fighting for so long I don't. . . know what to do without it. You ever feel like that?

Well. . . Some of us did at least. I'm still working on the future. ( He sighed to himself, swirling the liquid before sipping. ) You've put in so much work, Vi. You deserve the happy family life.

Guess that means we really made a difference. Brought peace to everything. . . Nice to think about. ( Ekko stared at the glasses for a minute, reminiscing. )

Man, you really did fall into domestic life, huh? Good to see you happy.

Damn, a lot? Sounds like something we should really do over a drink. . . If you can still handle that, being a parent and all.

( He shrugged then hit her shoulder gently. ) I missed you, ya know?

Yeah, but you ARE old. ( A playful smirk was shot her way. ) Me, I'm still in my prime.

She's growing up fast. . . Man, makes me feel old.

We can revive it. I know we can.

Honestly? Like shit. How about you? How's life treating you?

( vii. ) ARCANE VERSE COME BACK TO MEEEEE

( vii. ) Me missing this verse.

' Why you selling it? You play really well. '

@gallaofmuses.bsky.social ' Miss me Blue? ' An eyebrow rose as he placed a hand on his hip.

You're a punk. Nothing about it. I was breaking the ice.

Deep breath. SCREAMS LOUDLY.

Gay gay homosexual gay.

' The silence is deafening. . . '