philippaki plopped this down for me, enjoy <3

Marconi is dealing with some odd pregnancy cravings which result in catching other monsters attention in the oddest ways. Notes at end

The room flinched in unison as the far too familiar crunching sound rang out, half the room looking pale and a tad sickened while a scattered few mainly Fell types looked on with grudging respect but still kept a clear distance from the rather odd Epic type and the clear guard animal by their side.

Dream felt his eye twitch every time the crunch occurred but knew better than to say anything considering the odd winged cat creature that had nearly mauled his face off when he last tried to say something, trying to continue with this Multiversal meeting and already regretting insisting everyone come along.

There had just been so many anomalies showing up lately and he wanted everyone to be on the same page so had increased the number of meetings for a short time.

Was it truly terrible that he was simply trying to keep everyone safe by hosting these meetings?!

"Now That brings us to point 65. If you look on the sheet-"

*CRUNCH*

Marconi carelessly continued eating, this entire meeting a waste of time in his opinion and would much rather be in his studio presenting but had taken some time off of work as carrying a souling was much more tiring than he thought. It sadly meant he had to come to this stupid meeting as he apparently didn't have a 'good enough excuse' to miss it according to Dream who was a massive stick in the mud in his opinion.

He bit into his chicken burrito a tad aggressively when Dream droned on, the extra sardines in his meal giving it the perfect crunch and it was oddly delicious when all dipped in hot sauce, it taking far too long to find a combination that dealt with the craving that his body did not reject. He quietly thanked Erebus when they pushed the pack of gummy bears towards him, putting a few in the burrito before taking another bite, sighing in utter satisfaction.

This truly was the good life....although, now that he looked around the room he did see something else that made him salivate, feeling rather spoiled when Erebus saw it as well and promised to go grab some.

He wondered why he had such odd cravings but he had seen Ashes eat very odd things without issues due to their parasite nature which meant they could eat many usually inedible foods. Thankfully he never had an issue eating more 'unique' food himself even when he was younger, so he could easily satisfy all the cravings with no issue. He was unsure where that quirk came from as neither of his parents could do the same but his doctor said that mutations could naturally occur in skeleton monsters, so it wasn't anything to worry about.

He smiled when he saw Erebus sneak closer to the target and while he was usually against stealing right now he was counting this as tax for being forced to be here...and it was amusing to watch as well.

Dream watched the whole scene like a train crash, his words on autopilot while his eyes followed the small creature as it darted through the chairs and settled by Ink and then without any fear snatched a paint vial from Ink's satch and darted off in the next second.

His horror grew when he saw that Epic look delighted when receiving the vial before drizzling the yellow paint on their 'food' if it could even be called that anymore and took a rather generous bite and he sadly knew they enjoyed it due to the frankly scary amount of positivity they released in response.

He was pretty sure half of Marconi's actions was just to spite him right now because he denied them from abstaining from the meetings but how was he supposed to know they were carrying a child?!

He didn't keep on top of what everyone was doing, it taking everything he had to just keep up with the balance and making sure Ink didn't do anything too idiotic.

He had dealt with far too many excuses for monsters wanting to evade this meeting and he had grown more irritated then horrified when certain monsters decided that simply dusting was a preferred option then coming here.

After Ink simply reset their AU's and forced the monster in question to come anyway, he had grown rather apathetic to the entire thing with everyone now knowing there was no getting out of this unless a true emergency came.

*CRUNCH*

....He definitely had counted this as one, when the monster he was truly learning to fear came heavily pregnant and carrying a large bag with food that he felt even a Horror type would struggle to finish and yet they were somehow still going.

He had even tried to talk to them after the first meeting to say they could leave but they refused to even accept his apology or offer, instead coming every single time with a steadily larger bag and even more insane food combinations.

He knew about pregnancy hormones but this seemed utterly ridiculous!

The sound of a whipped cream can opening quietly despairing he even knew that sound by heart now and did his best to avoid contact with Marconi, who he knew was looking straight at him.

He pretended not to hear Red sigh wistfully or how Ink visibly perked up and brought out of their brief confusion at the loss of a vial, just knowing he was going to have to prevent Ink from consuming some weird things again due to 'inspiration'.

He prayed they wouldn't try and eat concrete again, one time more than enough for him...

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Chaos frowned, opened his mouth as if to say something before closing it again when his mind just couldn't compute what he was seeing. He had dropped into this multiverse by complete accident on his search for his little chaos and was rather surprised when he had sensed something painfully familiar.

"...what?"

The words came out without his permission and his previous high priority chase for a lost babybones who had gotten 'lost' after he entrusted them with 404 was briefly put on hold when this much larger problem arose.

His brother was pregnant and was acting weird!

They hadn't even reacted to his presence and even felt oddly muted to his senses but he knew his brother just by sight and the currently mortal form wouldn't fool him.

He bet this was simply some weird prank and they would reveal the truth soon.

Yes, of course that was what it was...

He was already planning murder for whoever dared to touch them if this turned out to be true, his mind trying to recall when he last saw his twin and feeling a sense of growing guilt he tried to push back when he realised how long it had been

That his brother, Order was pregnant with his chosen monster Ashes, was truly baffling. That he was eating a meal that was more in turn when they were a pure Deity was starting to make his own mouth water when he saw their current food choice of curried lamb with tuna topped with caramel ice cream.

Delicious.~

His thoughts were briefly distracted by that delicious combination and it took far too long to get back on track, wiping the drool off his face with his sleeve as he forced himself to look away from the meal.

He had so many questions right now, leaning further onto the glass window to keep track of his brother, missing the sharp glare and even sharper grin from a small creature who was sitting on the ground behind them.

Erebus, who was very protective of Marconi, was ready to chase away yet another stalker who kept trying to sneak into Marconi's home and likely 'woo them'.

He knew Marconi was pleased with all the 'surprise' food he found on his doorstep, thankful they at least had more sense then Ashes and actually tested the food before eating it and it had greatly cut on food costs but he would still prefer no no more weird monsters!

No creepy weirdo would get past him! He was annoyed how many Fell type monsters he had to chase off that just wouldn't take the hint!

Although this one smelt slightly odd that wouldn't stop his self assigned job to keep Ashes and Marconi safe!

Notes:

Marconi: *Eating an atrocious smelling food without blinking* Hmm, its missing something

Red: *Feeling oddly entranced by the sight as the weird cat bird snags one of Ink's paint vials and Marconi drizzles it on the burrito"..i am feeling an odd mixture of feelings right now 😳

Dream: *Unsettled how the Fell's seemed oddly infatuated by Marconi right now* I refuse to deal with that

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Dream: *Near tears and about to beg on his knees* You can go home. You don't have to keep coming to these meetings

Marconi: *Adding whipped cream to his tuna sandwich while maintaining eye contact, while smiling 'innocently* Sorry, i'm just following the rules. It would be unfair to skip it out due to 'silly' reasons

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Marconi: *Eating some delicious food from one of his many admirers he is oblivious to* So nice im getting so many donations from kind 😁🍬🌮🍧

Chaos: *Acting like a creep while his face is plastered face to the window as he watches Marconi like a hawk* I have so many questions right now...

Erebus: *Grinning with all teeth as he prepares to bite the latest weirdo*