>Girlfriend, huh? He didn't say he had a girlfriend.< Vibe's mental voice held a slight pout. Both of their expressions showed that they were unimpressed with Nicki. They took her hesitation as timidness. And to show shyness around the twins was almost asking for trouble.

They exchanged a glance, then put on sly smiles. "Nice to meet you," Amp added after Kaz's introduction. "So, you live here too then?" They were already planning how much 'fun' they could have with Nicki, without bringing Kaz's wrath on them, that is. After all, they had declared a truce with him, not her.

When Kaz and then Abyss, or one of his clones mentioned the food fight, their faces instantly took on an innocent expression.

>"What destruction?"<

"We didn't throw the first...stuff...." Amp added. Technically it was true; they hadn't thrown anything at first. It just....exploded....

Nicki bit on her lip as the two girls made no attempt to disguise their distaste for her. Nicki smiled a little, smugly almost, as a confidence that was foreign to her was triggered. "No, sorry girls, I don't live here. I guess you'll have to put off all that fun you had in mind" Nicki winked at the two, smiling as pure as sugar cane at them and tapped her head lightly. She then turned her attention towards the group once more.

"This must have been an epic food fight" she smiled.

Kaz tried to bite back a laugh as Nicki responded to the girls, but he failed. "You might wanna watch out for her girls." As an afterthought Kaz spoke spacificly to Vibe. "You two might get along quite well." He smirked knowingly. "You two DID start it didn't you."

"No, sorry girls, I don't live here. I guess you'll have to put off all that fun you had in mind."

As one they looked at each other in surprise, then back at Nicki, then at each other again.

"You might wanna watch out for her girls. You two might get along quite well."

>She's a telepath??< The pair weren't sure wheter to be excited or worried. The last time they'd crossed paths with a telepath, they were on opposite ends of the law. They still avoided the side of town that was his regular beat, just to be safe.

"You two DID start it didn't you."

That sort of brought them back to their normal selves. They shrugged. "Depends on who wants to know." But the easy going grins returned. "Though we recall somebody pelting everyone with biscuits and gravy, then trying to drown us." They glanced pointedly at Abyss, as they walked over to the counter to pick up their snacks.

"Actually there was an insect guy in there too"

"Oh yeah, yeah. He was a mean one, for sure. Totally drenched everyone in ketchup," Amp agreed after Vibe had translated; she hadn't been watching at the time to catch what he said. "Do you have any idea how hard that stuff is to get out of your hair? Ugh!"

The pair grinned and winked at the 'Abyss' that had spoken.

>This place gets more fun all the time,< Vibe remarked.

"you guys want to move to the crime scene or maybe the game room somewhere a bit more comfortable then this hot kitchen? I think you were touring weren't you? if I'm not mistaken you ladies could use one as well?"

The girls nodded. "Yeah, sure. Our last guide was a cat, so we didn't get much further than the cafeteria." A tour would also give them a chance to check out this new girl a bit closer.

Nicki smiled as she got the desired reaction from the girls. It was nothing personal, Nicki just wanted to show that she wasn't a little doormat. That and the "he never mentioned a girlfriend" comment wasn't lost to her either. Nicki looked to the girls again.

Everything's okay, right girls?

Nicki smiled and turned towards Kaz. "Oh come on, you're makin me sound like someone wicked." Nicki winked at Kaz.

"Tour sounds great. Whatever you guys think we should see"

Kaz watched as the twins looked at each other in surprise/shock. <That was good.> He thought to himself and Nicki as he smiled and gave her a look from the corner of his eye. <Wonder what else you're getting from them...> Kaz doesn't totally understand how Nicki's ability works, but he was sure she could hear him.

"...you're making me sound like someone wicked." Kaz only smiled at her with a knowingly sly grin. He turned his attention to Amp as she spoke. "Cat?" That caught his attention good. He described a cat to the girls wondering if it was the same one that was with Isabel, he glanced at Abyss as if to ask if he knew anything about it.

"Okay, so where to next?"

"Yeah that damn cat is crazy, I didn't know he was doing tours though, Isabel brought him home, it attacked him after he threw gravy and biscuits on Isabel and the twins. he was at our meeting."

Amp nodded and chuckled. "Yep, that's him. Sounds like he's been busy."

>Mangy furball.< Vibe made a face of distaste. She still didn't like the cat, or the fact that he seemed to be around when she least wanted to see him.

Everything's okay, right?

>Yeah, I'm fine.<

Amp glanced at her sister. "Say what?"

>I said I was fine. Are you deaf?<

"Duh! But why'd ya say it?"

>You asked, duh!<

"No I didn't."

Abruptly the girls paused and again looked at Nicki, this time a bit apprehensively. Then they chorused, >"Uh, yeah. We're fine."< Neither of them were going to admit to being thrown off-balance.

Kaz looked at Venus and wanted to slap him for his comment. Such comments irritated him, even IF by chance it wasn't directed AT Nicki. Before he could react, Pluto chimed up and offered a different suggestion. "Rec room sounds good." Kaz took heart in the fact that Abyss and the other clones and rolled their eyes at Venus. Apparently that's just how he was.

"That cat...I swear it's not right. There's something...off, about it. Like it isn't really a cat." Kaz shrugged. "Maybe I'm just going crazy."

He watched the exchange between Amp and Vibe. "Or maybe you two are."

Nicki smiled as she sensed the jealousy off of Kaz. She liked that. She liked that he was protective over her, but that he didn't say anything...like he trusted her almost. She smiled and grabbed his hand, squeezing it.

Nicki smiled at the exchange between the two girls, giving them a knowing glance as they tried to get the situation straight. Nicki looked at the girls, smiling brightly. "No worries" she smiled, turning around to the boys. "Alright, rec room we said?"

((ooc: Just for the record, I'm gonna play this as pre-Kabal, so there's no collar on Calley just yet.))

At that particular moment in time, Calley was curled up in a little comfy ball of fur on the rec room sofa, dreaming dreams of creepy cane men and Darth Dorian and a pelican with a pipe. His whiskers were twitching rapidly in interest as he tried to follow their philosophical debate over the merits of dried fruit versus fresh. Kaz was just making an excellent point about the reduced perishablility of dried when Calley realized that the pelican smelled exactly like Grumpy.

That's about the point where he lifted his head, and blinked sleepily at the Rec Room door. He definitely smelled Grumpy. But really, he couldn't be bothered to get up and go play with her. He stretched lazily, resettled, and started drifting off again; Darth Dorian was retorting with a stunning argument about the virtues of hydration.

"That cat...I swear it's not right. There's something...off, about it. Like it isn't really a cat. Maybe I'm just going crazy."

Amp grinned in amusement at Kaz's reaction to the cat. "Yep that's him, and yep, you're just paranoid. He probably just know you don't like him."

>Glad I'm not the only one that thinks he's weird.<

"Or maybe you two are."

Their only reply was to stick their tongues out at him, then to smirk.