#scraps interaction

"Sorry, just excited." Bird responded, walking up what felt like a familiar path to her own. Fiddling with the strap of her shirt, same star themed one she wore but wasn't wearing anything on top, her left arm nearly fully scarred over with the exception a rough ring just below her elbow, another smaller scar on her right shoulder. Her black hair tied back in low hanging ponytail.

The worker shrugged, adjusting her jean jacket before sorting out her dark brown hair. "It's okay, now I want to bloody see this guy and kid." She chuckled, resting her hands behind her head as they walked up to Hafiz's home.

The Solver drone went to knock, only stopping to stare at her friend. "Remember what we talked about earlier?"

"'bout not swearing in front of the kid?"

"Yes, do it and I will hit you." Bird stated, though there didn't seem to be any true bite in her words as she knocked on the door.

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"Is get it!"

The tiny voice was heard beyond the door, and soon the taps of little feet came up before the tail was seen peeking out the nearby window. Seeing Bird, it opened its mouth and the door knob jiggled.

"Is Bird frien!" Scraps giggled as they managed to get the door open, showing the green eyed child and a happy wagging tail. They were in their pajamas, showing a bear in sunglasses on a green top with matching paw covered pants.

She then blinked, snapping her attention back to her partner. "Uh, yes, I'm okay, just looking at the stars." The blue drone said, getting a snickers from the hybrid who had stopped in front of the front door. Waiting for the other to join her side before she knocked.

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A small muffled voice could be heard by those with sensitive hearing.

"Papa is get! Is can get!"

The little tap of feet, and then the corner of the curtain of the window near the door moved a bit. Scraps' tail peeked out before the mouth opened and it pulled back.

"Papa! Papa is Cake an is Bird!" The voice was much easier to hear, and then the door knob was heard wiggling before the small drone opened it up. There they stood, straining a bit to hold the doorknob as they tip-toed back with the door.

*Alex, B, Hafiz, Scraps, Mo, and Wisp somehow teleport to some sort of wasteland. A forest, covered with fog*

"Oop." Alex is less than surprised, having gotten used to this by now. B Is slightly less so, but the others...

"What the-" Hafiz is instantly checking on Scraps, adjusting one of the sensor systems into place. The child shivers, not used to that kind of feeling. "You good kiddo?"

"M-miss Alex?!" Mo blurts out, looking around and then running to help Wisp up off the ground. She rubs her lower back.

"I'm okay honey... What... where-"

"I have a friend in another dimension that seems to have some issues with his... inter-dimensional slash time-travel stuff. It's not really hit this many before."

"Is this something we should worry about?" Mo asks as he hugs his fiancee, worry painting his expression.

Alex blinks, red LEDs respond on her visor, though the right eye is lighter in color and flickers slightly. There's a couple cracks that run over the right side, corresponding to the edges of her scar. Her hair is the same color and style as it was before she got teleported.

B just stares, partly amused that her human companion had shrunk by a couple inches while she herself was still as tall as she had been. Her hair is a platinum blonde, eyes a pale grey-blue, and skin an extremely pale tone.

They glance to the stunned drones near them, then look at themselves.

"It changed our clothes too..." Alex hummed as she took note of B's slightly-too-large-for-her coat.

"But a direct swap, better than me being otherwise human-nude." B crossed her arms.

There's confusion. No one really understands what it is. As a result, most people are calm about avoiding the structure.

Hafiz watched the news about it, holding Scraps in his arms as the child took a nap. For now, it was seen as possibly safe, but there was no real telling what it was...

"It's ok kiddo." He spoke softly. Sure, it was a little jarring to visit Azha's clinic. It was kind of sterile, considering what it tended to. Even if there were some toys on the floor, Scraps didn't want to touch them. They didn't want to leave their papa.

"Is... scary..." The child mumbled. Their tail was watching the doors now, switching between the two.

"Yeah. But it should help kiddo!" Hafiz smiled and scooped the child up into his lap, able to hug the little green-lit drone. The tail briefly 'smiled' as it kept watching the doors. "Miss Alex is good with this stuff. And remember, she wants to help you out a lot!"

"Mmmm...." The young drone was still unsure. Little tears pricked at their eyes.

"And we can check if Spectre or Cassidy or Ai have responded to the texts yet." Hafiz looked to the phone that he'd not grabbed for a little while. A simple thing had been sent to each. Scraps was going to go in for the repair soon and the little one was nervous.

Alex was still putting things together, every so often B would peek in to check on the pair. Scraps' tail would then stare at her until she left, going back to the room or the doors.

Paws whined softly from the floor. The canine could tell the child was upset and in a way hurting. They couldn't do anything though, as they were simply trained to be a medical alert canine as opposed to anything else.

"Just a few more minutes guys." Alex was heard, her head peeking through the door. She looked to Scraps and sighed. "Poor little one is nervous as he...heck." She tried to watch her language around the little one. It was appreciated. "I'd offer a snack, but this close..."

"Hey little one~" Hafiz smiled, gently shaking the lump of blanket that was his obscured child. As usual, their tail peeked out, just a little sleepy, but happy to see him as it dropped its mouth open in a toothless smile.

"Good morning~ Wake up and Happy Birthday~" He chuckled a bit, the lump moving before the little head poked out. "You want a party?"

"Mmm… Is no…" Scraps yawned, stretching a little bit under the blanket and pulling them away at the same time. "Is… no is special… so is for Papa an' me."

"Oh?" Hafiz blinked. "What about the others?" He leaned on the bed, close enough that Scraps was able to wiggle up and kiss him on the cheek. A good morning kiss that was kind of rare from the child. The adult smiled a bit.

"Is have... big family..." They yawned and moved toward the slide that let them off their bed. They were soon on the floor and carefully standing up, Paws walking over to snuffle at the child's feet as they got up. "Is have us an' Uncle an' auntie... an cousin too!"

Hafiz smiled a little bit as he picked the child up. "Well. I think we can do that." A kiss pressed to the child's head as he walked out of the room, Paws following after. He started to type a message on his phone, sending it out to everyone that mattered.

[H4FZ] Hey everyone! Today is Scraps' birthday, but they made the choice that they want it to be just family. So, we'll have a big party next year! Hope you're excited for that!

He finished up with a selfie of himself with the sleepy child, a tiny smile on Scraps' face.

Hafiz smiled, seeing Scraps curled up around the little UNN that they had recently met. Both were asleep, having tired themselves out with the excitement of child-meeting-child, or baby-meeting-baby.

"You know, that really helped I think. It's been so hard getting Zinnia to sleep." Mo sighed, his hair a bit messy from the running around he'd been doing. On the other couch in their home, Wisp was reclined and resting. The transfer had taken enough toll on her system that she was on bedrest for another two weeks, just to assure recovery.

Her husband smiled softly at her before he moved to sit at her feet. Hafiz just rested on the floor near the kids, sending a video of Scraps and the UNN playing off to Ai and Cassidy, knowing the pair would love the adorable update.

"Well. Kiddo's new to the world, right? Curious and absorbent and all that." Hafiz laughed gently at his tired friend. Mo just laughed a little himself.

"Yeah, but man... Tiring!" He sighed. Hafiz shook his head.

"Take a nap. I can watch out for the little ones, since you and your wife definitely need the rest."

"I'm fine!" Mo's protest was a bit weak.

"Your shirt is inside out. It's been inside out."

"Wha-"

"I just didn't want to mention it. Rest, the kids are in good hands."