Nexus. Dennis' Subspace Bachelor Pad and the Black Dog. New Pet

[dens_extra_pups]

basket: *bushel basket sitting on Dennis's doorstep. Right where he can trip over it*

Dennis: *startled whoop as he does indeed trip over the basket*

basket: Wallll-eeeeee!

Dennis: What the heck?! *moves to investigate once he's gotten his footing

basket: *something is in there wrapped up in plastic bags and trussed with cheap green curlable ribbon*

Dennis: ... *will move to undo the ribbon and unwrap the bags from around whatever's in the basket*

Wall-E: *looks up with startled and uncertain eyes* Daaaaad?

Dennis: ... D'aww.

Wall-E: *happy little sound, and then he tries to climb out of the basket. And falls on his back*

Dennis: Oops. *will move to help Wall-E get upright*

Wall-E: Daaaad? *turns head and looks at him as one little pincher absently clings to his jacket*

Dennis: Are you alright? *checking Wall-E over for damage*

Wall-E: *not even scuffed, other than the painted on ones* Keeyyys?

Dennis: *blink. Blink. And then he's realizing that he's got a pet like Den's. Will get his keys out and offer them to Wall-E*

Wall-E: *so pleased! Takes keys and carefully stores them in his pocket* Keeyyys.

Dennis: *cell phone out, recording video*

Wall-E: *closes his pocket and looks up, eyes zoom in slightly* Phhhone! *waves!*

Dennis: Yup. I'm getting video to make my sister squee.

Wall-E: *happy sound and more waving, then looks up at the blue TARDIS they're standing by* Houuuse?

Dennis: Just the front porch. *grin*

Wall-E: *trundles up to the door and knocks* Iiinnn?

Lucy: *promptly calls Dennis to let him know that someone's knocking on the door*

Dennis: *moving to open the front door* *answers his phone*

Lucy: //Oh. It was you, Dennis?// *surprised face on her screen*

Dennis: It was Wall-E knocking.

Lucy: *hangs up the phone* Who's Wall-E?

Wall-E: Waaalll-E. *happy chirp*

Lucy: Oh! It's the little robot from the movie! Hello, Wall-E. It's nice to meet you.

Wall-E: *shy!*

Dennis: He's gonna be living with us, and helping with keeping track of things.

Lucy: ...Do I need help?

Wall-E: *perk* Heeelp? *looks from Lucy to Dennis*

Dennis: Well, you did say keeping up with me in the Nexus is tricky.

Wall-E: Peeet. *cute looking around* Daaaad?

Lucy: Oh yeah. ...I wasn't made for all terrain, and I don't have any hands.

Dennis: He's a pet. *amused* And apparently, I'm Dad.

Lucy: *perk* Ohhh. I can take care of pets.

Wall-E: *just climbed over the door-jam with his sturdy little treads and went into the house*

Dennis: I'm not sure what sort of programming he has besides keeping track of my keys, though...

Wall-E: *happy noise as he starts picking up the shoes piled in a heap by the door and then matches them and lines them up* Tiiideee.

Lucy: You didn't get his user's manual?

Dennis: ... He showed up in a basket. *goes to get the basket*

Lucy: *goes to the door and watches him* Do you want me to order your lunch today?

Wall-E: Daaad! *holds up a small plush animal that'd been in a shoe*

Dennis: *much frown as he brings the basket inside* No instruction manual...

Wall-E: Daaad! *offers the toy*

Lucy: Oh dear. I'll see if I can find anything online. Are you going to need lunch?

Dennis: Not today, Lucy. I'm supposed to meet Den at the Black Dog.

Lucy: *cheerfully* Alright. I'll call and remind her!

Wall-E: *catches Dennis' pant leg with his empty pincher and looks up at him beseechingly*

Dennis: *starting to understand why Den gets frazzled when more than one of her kids wants attention at once*

Lucy: She says, "Thrrrpt."

Wall-E: *continues the hopefulness*

Dennis: Tell her I'll be there soon. *will crouch to see what Wall-E has*

Wall-E: *brightens and shows him the tiny plushie*

Lucy: ...She says, "My reply stands."

Dennis: Thrrpt to her. *attention on the toy* Oh, so that's where the octopus plushie got to.

Wall-E: *happily aims the toy at his hand*

Lucy: ... Do you want to get in a razz war?

Dennis: That's what's gonna happen anyway.

Lucy: Okay. "Thrrrpt!"

Wall-E: 0_0?

Dennis: *snerk*

Lucy: *face vanishes, to be replaced with Den's*

Denpup: //They've got baconsketti!//

Dennis: They do? Sweet!

Nika: *squeals and waves and razzes from behind her mom*

Denpup: //...Gross. Food on Frank.//

Nika: :p

Dennis: Dork.

Denpup: //Birds of a feather, yuppie.//

Nika: *beep*

Dennis: *to Denpup* Pot, Kettle. *nope, not acknowledging Nika's cuss. He's hoping that if the toddler doesn't get a reaction, she'll stop cussing after awhile*

Denpup: //My house is NOT a yuppie shack!//

Nika: *pokes her mother* //Squish.//

Dennis: Mine isn't either, dork. Now shaddup and let me get going.

Denpup: //It's a waste of subspace. ACK! Bitty, no! Don't eat the plate!//

Frank: //Bad wolf.// *hangs up*

Dennis: Dorks. The lot of them.

Lucy: *as her face appears* She sent the virtual card for the man-eating plant seedling that you asked her to breed for you.

Dennis: Sweet. I'll see about getting the physical card the next time I go to the store.

Lucy: *face vanishes again and is replaced by the card, which shows a tiny, demure little pastel purple plant that's nearly lost in the background of the image*

Wall-E: *eyes zoom as he looks at the picture* Ooooh.

Dennis: That's Go Go. She's gonna be a powerhouse when she's older. *grin*

Wall-E: Ohhhh. *happy chirp*

Dennis: But let's get going. Den's not gonna wait forever before ordering... and she gets SCARY when she's hungry.

Lucy: Will you be home for supper?

Wall-E: *busy climbing out the door*

Dennis: *to Lucy, as he moves to follow Wall-E* Yeah. Go ahead and get that started or ordered when it's closer to dinner time.

Lucy: I'll order Pho from Gabby.

Dennis: Alright.

Lucy: Have fun at the Black Dog. *pause* And I'll go get the vacuum out from under the coffee table again.

Dennis: *snerk* Maybe I should just get that turned into a regular roomba, so it won't get stuck so much... See ya, Lucy.

Lucy: Bye, Dennis. *turns and rolls inside*

Wall-E: *over in the grass, holding Dennis' lost mini troll* Daaad?

Dennis: *heads out the door, closing it behind him* Wall-E, keys.

Wall-E: *turns and scoots back to Dennis. Opens pocket and gets keys. Offers keys and troll* Keyyys.

Dennis: Oh, that's where Fred got to. *takes keys, locks front door, offers keys back to Wall-E*

Wall-E: Keyyys. *takes them and puts them into his pocket, then looks up and waves the troll slightly*

Dennis: Hang onto Fred for me.

Wall-E: Frrred. *carefully puts Fred in his pocket, then beems up at Dennis*

Gawl: *roars past on the street in front of Den's house* AHHHHHHHHH, IT'S GONNA EAT MEEEEE!!!!

Sirius: *bounding after him* FIX UR HAER!!!!

Wall-E: 0_o

Dennis: *snickerfit*

Gawl: UMPH! Hey, was there always a light pole there?

Sirius: ...Isn't naow.

Wall-E: *quizzical chirp to Dad*

Dennis: ...Light pole? *moving to look*

light pole: *laying across the street and looking rather bent*

Sirius: *looking as furpoof as a short-haired, curly LOL kitteh can look*

Dennis: ...Wow, Gawl. I knew you were hard-headed, but this takes the cake.

Gawl: *looks up from studying the light part* I hit it with my shoulder.

Dennis: My bad.

Gawl: Might've been my butt, but I'd just turned around to razz Sirius.

Sirius: *perk* Fix Ur haer! *pounce*

Gawl: *crash!* Ack!

Dennis: *snort* Carry on.

Sirius: *purr purr purr, fix hair fix hair*

Gawl: xp

Wall-E: o_0 *look up at Dad*

Dennis: *to Wall-E* Let's get going.

Wall-E: *happy chirp as he hunkers a bit to show that he's ready to roll*

Dennis: *will lead the way to the Black Dog*

Colt: *runs past waving an arm adorned with hand-braided survival bracelets* THIS IS SPARTA! BAHAHAHA.

Little Blue Eyes: Colt, I told you not to eat the marshmallows! *hands on hips*

Dennis: Oh, man. Sugar rush?

Little Blue Eyes: *turns to look at him* Yes. Sparta gave him jelly marshmallow bunnies.

Sparta: *sitting on the bench with his feet up, torn between amusement and dismay* Noelle said it was human food.

Dennis: It'll wear off.

Colt: *hunkers down in front of Wall-E* Hello. What're you?

Wall-E: *blink* Peett.

Colt: Where's your collar?

Wall-E: 0_o

Colt: *pulls an orange bracelet off his arm and clicks it around Wall-E's neck, then tinkers quickly with a little key fob till it contains Dennis' name and address. Puts the key fob on the collar* There. WAHOO! *gone!*

Little Blue Eyes: Colt! *after younger brother*

Sparta: *muffled snigger*

Dennis: *snerk*

Denpup: *from the door* Hurry up, loser! Nika's eating your lunch!

Wall-E: *forgets about this thing on his neck* Daaaad!

Dennis: Awk! *will grab Wall-E and scamper inside the 'Dog*

Frank: *from under the hem of Den's skirt* Bad wolf.

Denpup: Frank, shush. *looks up from scolding the Dalek* ... Whoah. Is that who I think it is?

Dennis: Pet version.

Wall-E: Wall-Eeee! *eyes focus in and out*

Frank: *dances under the skirt by way of shushed comment*

Denpup: *distracted by trying to get Frank unstuck from beneath her skirt* You dope, that is NOT a wall. How did you even get under there?

Wall-E: *looking down curiously* ...Lossst?

Dennis: He needs training.

Frank: *sees the wall lift and scoots* Bad wolf bad wolf bad wolf.

Denpup: *rolls her eyes* "Bad Wolf" this.

Frank: *pauses and looks up at her* Exterminate?

Denpup: No.

Frank: Bad wolf bad wolf bad wolf. *looks toward a Nika yell*

Wall-E: *watching the other pet* 0_o Daaad?

Dennis: That's Frank. He's Den's pet.

Wall-E: Lossst?

Dennis: Naw. He just got confused and got stuck

Wall-E: Ohhhh. *looks at Dennis's face and then chirps and takes a watch out of his pocket*

Dennis: *blinks* What'd you find?

Wall-E: *looks down at the watch, then turns it carefully so that Dennis can see the time* Daaaad.

Frank: *projecting his screen on max size*

Dennis: ... But we're here for lunch already. *confused*

Denpup: *looking at Frank's screen*

Tarantulus: *snorts from where he's been standing and watching the show* You're here, but you're talking instead of eating.

Frank: Bad wolf.

Denpup: *thrrpts Frank and Tarantulus*

Frank: *plays 'Airship Pirates' at her*

Denpup: *more thrrpt, sulk*

bittyDB: NOMMA!

Nika: *bleeep*

Wall-E: o_0

bittyDB: MAMA?

Denpup: Oh, *beep!* *will hurry back to the table*

Frank: Bad wolf! *scoots after her*

Dennis: *to Wall-E* And she wonders why one of her kids cusses.

Wall-E: *looks at him intently* Ohhhh.

Dennis: *will head to the table as well* Let's go eat.

Wall-E: *happy sound. Will watch Frank chat at him while their people eat, and then follow Dad home and watch him squawk about a pushed over subspace house for a bit before an evening of nerding and snacking*

((Written with random_xtras))