Strider Notes: So it may seem like it ends abruptly to some, and while to others it may seem like it's the perfect ending. For us, the writers, it falls into the latter point.

Sometimes you reach a point in your writing where you hit a spot, and the book just… sings that it's over. One hundred and sixty six chapters has been a long run- well over a million and two hundred something thousand words have been written and shared with you all.

It's been a glorious journey with it's ups and it's downs, and I'm so, so glad that you've stuck with us all through it. I'm sad to say that it's ending- for now.

As it is, TOTU has an open ending- it's something we can revisit later if we so choose, and write some more into a sequel, and that may be in the future cards, but Silver and I are ready to move on to other stories for a little while. Such as a Breath of the Wild story we've been working on for the past while, since Silver finally got a Switch and getting her to write anything but BOTW has been like pulling teeth from a grizzly.

That said- the TOTU universe is everlasting. Remember, the world is massive and huge. If you ever feel like you get the urge to write into it- either in the main verse of TOTU itself, or explore into one of the many AU's that Toki dreams of, please, by all means… Do so. There are copies upon copies of each AU- no one copy is finite.

Endless possibilities are at your fingertips, if only you reach for it.

So for now… Fare well, and we'll see you in a dream of another dream, my darlings.

Silverwing Notes: We'll see you in our next story!

Halloween loomed quickly after five days of heat and vigorous bonding through mating. The house was decorated in fluffy cobwebs, grave-stones were set outside, The pets were decorated with costumes, and pumpkins were collected and carved. Well, some carved- some of them were gutted and frozen, some of them were baked, fried, and also stewed.

Toki had worked with Lana, and had gotten everyone a set of working costumes for what they wanted to be. It had taken a fair bit of work too- the kids had endless numbers of ideas, and it was hard to get them to settle on just one idea. Honestly, she'd probably have had an easier time getting them to pick a costume at a costume store- because at least then the costumes were actually limited. When you had a magical seamstress who could weave cloth and thread together like god of yarn and mayhem, the possibilities were endless.

Kai was going as a mad scientist- complete with crazy glasses, fake mustache, and fluffy wig. He'd borrowed a couple test tubes from Tenebris, and loaded his coat with them.

Quinn had been covered in a fluffy bee costume, and his new mane was decorated with sparkles. At the top of his head was a crown, and he had a scepter. His fake wings were bedazzled- and his companion, Kiko, had a tiny, sparkly 'king' robe to wear too. They were, to put it bluntly, going as a Queen and King bee.

It was actually precious- and Toki wasn't going to enforce gendered costumes on her children.

For instance, Willow was going to be the Joker for Halloween, and Skylar and Honey were choosing to be Batman and Robin for Halloween, completing their little trio of adorableness.

Toki, Papyrus, and Tenne had costumes too. They had a trio-set of costumes for going out. Toki was going to be a sugar-plumb fairy- Tenne and Aliquam were set up to be her nutcrackers. Probably out of season, but any ultra-scary costumes that Lana had come up with had made Willow cry and Skylar hide his face, so they'd put those out of thought and out of mind.

They were having dinner before they went out trick-or-treating. Or would be, when it was done.

Toki adjusted the apron that covered her middle, dusting her hands on it to clean them, and then adjusted her shirt. She wasn't in costume yet- it was hard to cook while in a sugar-plumb fairy dress and heels. So for now, she was in a nice pair of slacks, and a costume turtleneck that she'd bought online about a day or two after the heat had ended.

A thunder of footsteps sounded on the stairs, and she could hear Honey and Skylar chattering as she worked on stirring the spaghetti sauce on the stove.

"Honey," Skylar whined, "I don't want to step out there. Please, can't we just go upstairs?"

"No!" She protested loudly. "We have to get Momma's approval!"

"But Honey-"

"No Sky- come on, you have to admit it's really cool and really awesome and no one else has thought of it!"

"I guess..."

Toki turned around about the time that they stepped out.

Buck naked.

Bare naked child bones greeted her stunned eyes as Honey did the jazz-hands at her, while Skylar tried to hide his face. "Look Momma!" She exclaims. "We decided on a new costume idea! We're skeletons, so we can just go naked! Spooky scary skeletons send shivers down your spine~"

"I never should have played that song for you lot." Toki mumbled as she lifted a hand to hide a giggle. "That is a lovely idea, Honey- but you're not going out there like that."

"But Momma!" She protested, voice rising into a high pitched 'I want it now' whine.

"No, Honey. It's too cold outside for you to be running around in nothing but your bones. At least your batman costume has some insulation." Toki shook her head. She motioned them back upstairs. "Go get into your clothing, both of you- dinner will be done soon, and I don't have time to wash your costumes if you get spaghetti sauce all over yourselves."

Honey whined at her.

Toki frowned at her. "Honey. You're really going to hurt Willow's feelings by changing costumes on her? When it's you three doing a matching set of costumes?"

Honey deflated in an instant. "No..." She sighs and pouts. "Okaaay. I just thought it was really cool..."

"And it is. Maybe next year if the weather is good." Toki hummed softly.

The twins looked at each other, sighed, one in relief and one in defeat, and then trooped back upstairs.

Toki shook her head and turned back to the stove, stirring the sauce and turning her attention to check the noodles and make sure they were softening properly. She hummed softly, finding herself stuck humming 'spooky scary skeletons' as she cooked.

"I have finally gotten that song out of my head and yet here you are humming it once more. Is there no escape from the spooky scary skeletons?" Tenne chuckled as he walked into the kitchen with Papyrus.

"Not when you live in a house full of them." Aliquam answered with a laugh, going up behind his beloved and kissing her head as he wrapped his arms around her.

Toki leaned her back against his chest and giggled. "Spooky scary skeletons send shivers down your spine. Shrieking skulls will shock your soul seal your doom tonight~" She sang teasingly, stirring the sauce. "I love you both, you goobers. Are you ready for dinner? Not in costume yet?" She hadn't looked at them, so thus, had no idea if they were clothed or not.

They would never get sauce out of their nutcracker uniforms if they got them dirty. Spaghetti sauce was far, far too difficult to get out of clothing. And pans. And anything it ever touched, really.

Tenne groaned while Aliquam gave a smug 'nyeh heh heh heh~'

"No, not dressed yet." Tenne answered as he set his head on Toki's other shoulder, reaching around to pick off the nearest meat chunk in the sauce with a soft 'oooh' sound.

The spoon popped across his knuckles gently but firmly. "Ah! Use a spoon! Spaghetti sauce stains like a motherfucker, and do you really want sauce colored fingers?"

She scooped two bites, offering each one to her mates. Such dorks they were. "I'm glad you're not in costume. I'm in my secondary costume of sorts- one I can answer the door for the early trick-or-treaters in, and one I don't mind getting dirty."

Both males took their spoonful and purred as they savored the flavor before Aliquam nuzzled her. "That's a leading statement~" He teased.

"But in the same, it's clever. But we shan't tempt the universe to cause trouble" Tenne joked lightly, before he patted Toki's shoulder. "I'm off to shower, I need to have my mane ready to braid for my uniform~"

"Alright Tenne." She patted his hip with one hand, and chuckled softly. Those two, sheesh. They got along better than one might think when they weren't competing for her affections. Now she was just left with Aliquam, and she gently shifted in his arms as she slid things off the burners.

"Would you be a dear and fill glasses of milk for the table?" She needed to plate up meals for the little ones, and then for her mates.

"Mmh.. In a minute... Enjoying the view from up here~" Aliquam answered as he smiled down at her, though shortly after he sighed and moved away, "Okay I'm content. milk it is."

She lifted her fingers and bopped his forehead. "You silly perve," She laughs. Her shirt did show a little cleavage. No wonder he'd been peeking over her shoulder. He'd been sneaking a peek! No one ever said he was innocent though. "Go set the milk down and behave tonight while we're in costume, and maybe I'll sleep topless tonight." She grins.

Toki knew how to work the system.

He gave a soft 'ooooo' under his breath and patted her hip as he grabbed some glasses from the cupboard and the carton from the fridge.

Toki gave a soft giggle, and began working on setting up plates. "Kiiiids!" She shouts. "Dinner's almost done! Come down to the dining room please!"

"Okay Momma!"

"We're coming!" There was a small stampede of feet coming down the stairs and Aliquam smiled as he set up the glasses where the children sat.

Toki soon came in, five plates settled in her hands for the five kids. With elegance and grace, she set them in place next to the glasses of milk and silverware. "I'll get plates for us in a moment." She laughed to Aliquam.

"Sounds good, I'll make sure the kids wont make a mess." He agreed quietly as he went with napkins to properly shield the children's clothing.

"Sounds good." She smiles softly. "It'll take too much time to wash them all before we change into costume otherwise- we'd miss all the trick-or-treating!" She laughs, and moves into the kitchen to begin preparing dinner for the three of them.

It takes her a little bit- Tenne and Aliquam eat significantly more than any of the children do, and the plates are piled higher than her own. Toki soon carried out three more plates, and settled the plates for Tenne and Aliquam next to their seating location. She settled hers between them, and let a soft exhale run through her.

"Alright. Dinner's ready~" She chirped.

As if she just gave a pack of dogs a cue, there was the sound of silverware hitting plates and noodles being slurped up with gusto as famished children and adults set into their plates.

Toki watched them set in ravenously, and could only watch for a moment in pure awe. Good gracious, one would think she starved them by how fast all of them- adults included- were eating. She simply shook her head, and then reached back to untie her apron.

"Hey Momma. The sauce tastes funny." Honey commented mid-bite.

"Well, I decided to change it up some, so I tried making it with Prego this time." Toki said lightly, and pulled her apron away, revealing the lower part of her shirt.

Where the emblem said 'Thing Two' in bold letters across her belly.

Aliquam paused almost immediately as she made the pun, before he gave her a side glance and had to swallow his mouthful lest he choke on it. "You're...!"

Tenne blinked at Aliquam's reaction before he swallowed his mouthful. "No way...!" He gawked up at Toki.

Toki gave a slow smirk, and sat down in her seat. Her mane plumed pleasantly. "Yes way." She hums, and leans over to take a sip of her milk. "I am very much so."

"Huh?" Honey blinks, looking between them with a mouthful of spaghetti dangling from her teeth.

"You're wha?" Skylar echoes, not understanding.

Kai blinked at her shirt for a moment, and then gave a hearty giggle. "Momma's gonna have babies." He exclaims, excessively pleased. "Finally!"

Toki snorts into her glass of milk. That's right- Kai had campaigned for little siblings once.

Quinn beamed. "Oh goodness! Really?"

Willow blinked, looking befuddled at their excitement.

Honey still seemed to be in shock, half a bite of spaghetti still halfway into her mouth.

Skylar however looked positively thrilled. He teleported over the table, and wrapped around her middle with an excited squeal more befitting of Honey. "I'm gonna be a big brother!"

Toki laughed. "You are!" She cradled his head, but didn't push him away. "Just be careful not to squish the baby, yeah? You have to share cuddles with everyone."

"Lets be honest with ourselves, my love. Babies. Babies. With an 'I, e, s'." Aliquam purred happily.

"Oh this is wonderful!" Tenne cooed happily, his mane fluffing up as his tail rattled underneath him.

Toki laughed softly. "It is- and it's a good chance that we will have multiples. But we'll have to wait until Dad's able to check and see if we can count them yet. There's no telling how fast they'll grow, since, y'know." It was up in the air as to who sired them. "Unless you can check?" She directed to the still slightly starstruck Tenne. He was a scientist, but he had cared for Sapphire when she'd been pregnant with Fuku.

"Uh..! I mean… I can try!" Tenne answered, before he gave a shaky laugh. "Though... Perhaps my counterpart would do better at this; I could probably not be as accurate..."

"Sweetheart, you'll do perfectly." She beams at him warmly. "You took care of Sapphire- but, we can talk with Tenebris about it, and he can teach you some things about checking on them. Proper knowledge can make all the difference." It really could- she wondered if it was the lack of knowledge, or the lack of sheer magic power that had cost Sequoia her life. But, Toki didn't even comment on it or hint at it. She simply smiled at them and then ushered Skylar back to his dinner.

She resumed hers with a soft sound.

He gave a quiet sound before he nodded. "Alright, my love. After dinner, while Aliquam cleans the pups, I'll check your soul." He rumbled.

Toki nods. "It may be too soon, yet." She says lightly. "But, don't get too discouraged if it is. Practice is practice, and we'll get you some." She smiles. "But, perhaps not after dinner. If everyone stays clean," She eyes the mostly clean faces of her kids, "then we'll be going trick-or-treating, so it's off to costumes. Maybe we can soul-check tonight before bed?"

Speaking of… She glanced to Aliquam and then to Tenne, grinding her teeth in thought, despite Aliquam telling her not to prior. Tenne hadn't just started sleeping with them with the heat- he still stayed in his room unless it was an intimate encounter… But maybe.. "Perhaps we can soul check while we all cuddle up?"

Tenne grew an excited look at that, his tail rattling just a little louder underneath him. "You mean it?" He asked hopefully.

Aliquam smiled and gave a soft laugh. "Of course she means it, Toki always means what she says... and if the litter is yours as much as it might be mine, then perhaps it's high time we finally invite you to share the nest." He answered.

The children were all silent, watching the adults with rapt excitement as they scarfed down their meals. Their parents weren't exactly secretive with their private life, but they didn't scream it from the ceilings either- and it was clear the children were in cahoots for all of them to bunk together.

Mainly so they didn't have to go to separate rooms when they needed their parents.

Toki smiled. "I did buy a bed that's more than big enough for me and Aliquam. So please- I would love if you joined us tonight. We can go through our share of the Halloween candy via parent tax." Toki winked at the kids.

There was a unanimous groan from them. "What did she tax from you?" Skylar asked the boys curiously.

"Hershey bars. Momma likes chocolate." Quinn sighs. "She gave us honey-treats in return, but still."

Honey puffed her cheeks. "Whenever there's a candy bowl in the house, Momma eats all the chocolate. Not the ones with filling though. Only straight milk chocolate."

"There's a pattern." Skylar observes lightly. "But Momma does do lots of things for us- I like the green tea kitkats more anyway, so I don't mind giving Momma my chocolate bars. But the question is..." He turned shrewd eyes to Tenne and Aliquam. "What are Daddy and Tenne gonna want…?"

Toki snickered. Listening to her kids start to discuss what they might have to wheel and deal on candy wise was precious- and it got their attention off the adults. She turned her attention back to her mates. "I really would enjoy having both of you with me tonight. I may have promised some… specific cuddles," Topless cuddles, "To Aliquam, and the more the merrier as far as I'm concerned." She chirps.

Tenne gave a happy sound and smiled up at Aliquam and Toki. "I- I'm so excited for tonight~ thank you both so much…"

Toki beamed at him warmly. "You don't need to thank me, Tenne. I wanted to make sure that you both were… well, comfortable enough with each other before I opened up the invitation. Since you've both gotten along awesome I'm happy to have you both in my bed for the cuddles I so have craved~ The couch is only good for so long after all, don't you agree?"

He rattled happily and wagged his tail, before hearing a snicker from Kai, a small grin on his face as he hummed something in wingdings.

Toki shook her head, and happily resumed her meal.

Once dinner was finished, and dishes had been cleaned up, Toki sent everyone upstairs to get dressed, the elder siblings helping their younger siblings get their costumes on while the adults got dressed. Admittedly, the adults had more complex costumes.

Toki's costume had multiple layers to it- many, many layers. She got her tights on, the specially made high heels that came with better traction than her actual shoes did. She had to layer the special frilled and ruffled sections to her dress, or it wouldn't fluff up properly. She also had to layer it specially, since it was specially made- Tenne's nutcracker uniform was based around black, while Aliquam's was orange. Her sugarplum fairy dress wasn't the traditional pink color that most people thought- it was in layers of orange and black.

So a sort of spooky take on a Christmas tale.

However, she came to a problem with the corset- her arms wouldn't turn around to lace it up in the back. She stood topless in her room with Tenne and Aliquam, watching them lace up what Lana had called 'breeches', and hummed softly. "So, which of you knows how to lace a corset?"

Both males looked at one another quickly, before Aliquam cleared his throat a little. "Ah... I'm afraid I have no clue." He admitted.

"I'm clueless myself." Tenne agreed quietly.

"Well... Shit." She sighed. "If you can't do a corset, what on earth are you doing with your pants?"

She padded closer and bent over to take a peek, her breasts swaying freely in front of her. "Seriously? You're knotting them like that? That's so... Not aesthetically pleasing! Come here, Aliquam." Toki moved to sit on the bed and patted her knees. "I'm gonna lace you up. Both of you watch- and then you can help me, okay?"

His cheeks tinged as he stammered a little before he stepped close. "Ah... yeah... okay." He spoke quietly as he turned his gaze away. "Thank you..." He spoke softer.

Tenne got an amused look as he leaned his head on his hand, giving a soft laugh.

Toki reached her fingers down to his pelvis, and undid the rats nest of a knot he had going on. She tsked, and then began lacing it properly. "Lacing a corset, and your pants, is just like lacing a shoe. You cross the laces into little 'x' shapes. If you're really fancy, you can do decorative lacing, but I'm not good at that. It's basically shoes, but on your crotch. See? Easy. You only have to do it once so you don't have to make perfect bunny ears twice." Finished, she gave his pelvis a gentle pat, and then peeked up at him and Tenne. "Think you can do yours, Tenne?"

Aliquam was red, boy was he red. Tenne was less so but had ended up leaning back to try and follow her directions to thread his pants, muttering the directions as he worked.

Aliquam couldn't even mumble out a reply, his face darkening as he eventually managed out a brief 'thank you' and moved away.

Boy there was something going on in his mind and he didn't look like he was about to share it.

Toki arched her brow at that blush her husband was sporting, and propped her chin onto her palm. Her tail rattled slowly on the floor, and reminded her that she had decorations for that too.

So, she set out threading ribbons around the smooth vertebrae of her tail. "So... What about lacing up your pants has you so red in the face, oh hubby of mine? Is it something we can play with later?"

Because yes, she'd tease him about kinks with Tenne there. Tenne was being brought into the fold, darn it. They needed to include him.

"Oh- I dont think you'll like it, it's really quite-"

"You were thinking about tailbone threading, weren't you." Tenne interrupted.

And there was nothing more from the husband, only a look of fluster and shame.

"I thought so." Tenne smirked before he straightened up, his pants finished. "Ever tried threading, Toki?" He asked her.

"I've never even heard of it until now." Toki blinked at them both. She then glanced at Tenne's tie job, and gave it a nod. It was doable, particularly for someone who was only just learning corset work, and wore single knot shoes or slip on shoes. She stood up, and looked at her bow-tie job on her tail, tsking softly. It wasn't on straight- and yes, Halloween was about fun, but she wanted to look nice- it wasn't often she got to dress up.

"Did you two want to try it?" She glances at them. "My actual tailbone isn't really accessible anymore, but my tail itself has these... I don't know. Pressure holes? No idea how to label this part of my anatomy, really. You can play with it if you want- but I do want my corset on before one of the boys barges in and gets blinded."

"Aliquam's probably is able to have his threaded if that skeletism runs through his body completely." Tenne commented.

"I have an ecto-body." Aliquam countered, before realizing as Tenne was suddenly sizing up right in front of him… and he was feeling pretty small.

"Do ya now~?" Tenne was fluffing up but that look on his face was no where near aggressive. It was almost predatory.

"He does when he bothers to summon it. I do love when he summons it- I enjoy his muscles as much as he gets to enjoy my ever present chest now." Toki arched a brow at the two of them and the passionate look Tenne was sending Aliquam. "My only concern in doing it to Aliquam is..." She closed her mouth and frowned.

His prosthetic encompassed half his pelvis almost. That included a small portion of his tailbone. There was a fine line between pain and pleasure, and though his prosthetic was nearly perfect, some things did make it hurt.

It was quickly that Tenne deflated and he looked at her before looking back at Aliquam. "Is?" He prompts.

It had Aliquam looking up at her with surprise. "A-Ah... She hadn't told you yet?"

Toki looked between the two of them. "That," she says softly, "is something personal that I felt you were more fit to tell him. If you didn't want to, it wasn't my call. Your body is not my body, love." She says softly.

"Does it have to do with why you limp in the cold sometimes?" Tenne asks softly.

Aliquam nodded briefly. "I am surprised you had not seen it when we followed Toki on her heat." He explained, reluctantly undoing what Toki had tied before he moved his pants to show Tenne.

Tenne flushed a dark color. "I was a little distracted by not having had my mate for four years. Pardon me for not having looked at your ass when hers was much more tempting." His gaze watched the removal of his fellow male's pants.

Tenne made a surprised noise. "That is a well crafted prosthetic. If I didn't know something was amiss, I wouldn't have even seen it. Though I do see her concern." His mane slicked down. "Lacing would put pressure on where the seam is on your tailbone. We could try doing it lightly, but heavy lacing may be a bad idea."

Aliquam nodded sheepishly as he watched Tenne's mane slick down. It was then he released a breath he didn't know he had been holding... in any other circumstance, that would have been pretty... sexy... not that he was about to admit it. That'd be giving the other beast too much power.

Tenne exhaled softly. "That's something to try at a later date, and perhaps with a soft thread. Maybe a ribbon of silk? Something that will be soft, but painless. However… If we want, we can play with Toki's tail tonight. She already offered." He glanced to their shared mate, and arches his brows. "Her tail can be laced up the length- and it would look lovely to have our lacing job mark her out in public, now wouldn't it~?"

That was a salacious purr from Tenne if Toki ever heard one.

She flushed bright green and sputtered. "H-hey now! The kids will see if you lace all the way up!"

"They'll just think it's a lovely decoration." Tenne purred, eyes half-lidding. "I'm thinking we take those nice orange and black ribbons over there and inter-twine them. Show the world she's ours, and we're hers. What do you say, Aliquam?"

Toki sputtered, flustered.

Aliquam gave a smirk and followed his gaze to the ribbons. "A wonderful idea~" he purred happily, "Some lovely weaving and the world will realize the colors have such significance~"

Toki sputtered louder, her tail rattling. "H-hey! When did it become tease the Toki night?" She halfheartedly complains, because she most definitely doesn't mind it when they double-team to fluster her.

"What comes around goes around." Tenne grinned. He moved over and took a seat next to her. "Aliquam, the ribbons if you will?" He requested as he took her tail into his hands and began to undo her lopsided decorations.

Toki huffed softly, but sat patiently. "I still also need my corset on." She chimes, wings flicking at her back.

"Not tight though. You've got precious, fragile pups growing in your belly." Tenne purrs with warm love.

Aliquam grabbed the ribbons and happily came over to sit on Toki's other side. "Heh~" He kissed her cheek sweetly as he held out the black ribbon to Tenne.

Tenne gave him a grin and took the ribbon. He tied made the top bow at the top of her tail, linking the orange and black ribbons together, and then he began lacing her tail on his side.

Toki flushed. Brightly. Her mane also plumed upwards.

"What a pretty look for you~" Aliquam teased before he kissed her cheek. "So lovely with her black, white and orange, eh, Tenne?"

"Indeed~ She looks absolutely ravishing. It's going to be a blast to help her strip out of it tonight, isn't it~?" Tenne grinned devilishly to Aliquam.

She sat still for Tenne and Aliquam to tend to her tail and lace it gently, and her face burned with a flush. "I hope you're enjoying yourselves."

"Oh unbelievably, my dear." Tenne nuzzled the back of her head with a warm sound, and finished tying the bow for her.

Toki swished her tail across their laps, and relished the feel of soft ribbons laced up her tail. "It feels nice." She giggles. "So… Aliquam- you need to do your pants up again. But… Since Tenne tied the bows, will you help me with my corset and making sure it's not too tight?"

Aliquam's hands danced along the ribbons before he hummed and smiled up at her, "Of course, my darling... I will try." He purred.

Toki beamed and stood up. She straightened, and tickled her laced tail against his cheek, before moving over to grab her corset. She slid it on, tucking her breasts into it properly, making sure she had no nip slips. True to Lana fashion, the corset fit like a dream- and it made her breasts plump upwards, making them look fuller. It also framed her wings beautifully.

She loved the colors too- it was primarily black, with bright orange trimmings, and all of the frills and lace and fluffy parts were also done in the same beautiful orange. It was lovely.

She backed up, presenting Aliquam with her back as her tail rubbed over his leg.

Aliquam was totally gawking at the sight. It wasn't until Tenne laughed and pushed on his face that he snapped out of it and straightened up to help Toki with stringing her corset comfortably. "You look... Wow. And the corset's not even tied yet." He giggled happily.

"Now imagine how fun it will be to pull it off tonight~" Tenne teased, before dodging a bone as it flew past his head.

Toki laughed. "Boys, come on, come on. Lets get this tied, and then you can ogle the sights." She wiggled her back at them.

Tenne laughed, and nudged Aliquam around her front. "You make sure it doesn't tighten too far around her belly. I'll tie it." His eyes twinkled merrily at Aliquam. It would also let Aliquam watch the view, as Tenne began to cinch Toki up.

And make her chest more bountiful, growing with every tightening loop of the laces.

Nothing was said but one could tell the 'bro' moment between them as Aliquam moved to her front and gently adjusted the corset as it was tightened... but every time the threads were cinched it would boost her breasts and lord he would stare.

Toki simply arched a brow every time his gaze drew across her chest. She took a deep breath, and made a soft, pleased buzzing noise. "I like this tightness, Tenne. I can breathe. And… Most importantly..." She bounced a little on her paws.

Jiggle. Jigglejigglejiggle.

"I have jiggling room." She grinned. Bro she was not, but she was a wife who knew her husband's weakness, and would pound him with it. "Now, you two need to get yourselves dressed while I get my mane done up. The kids will be getting impatient soon."

Tenne may have been staring over her shoulder a little bit as he tied her corset almost absently. "Huh?" Boobs may not have been his favorite, but he would be a blind fool not to enjoy that jiggle.

With every jiggle, Aliquam's jaw had dropped notch upon notch until he was promptly gawking at his beloved's propped up womanly pillows.

"Oh... oh my god..." Was just under his breath, before he gave a sharp exhale. "I'm... gonna need a moment before I suit up." He admitted quietly.

Toki laughed. She reached her hands down to his pelvis, and did up the ties on his pants again. "You precious dork. Don't worry, you can bury your face in them before I take the corset off when we get home." She giggles.

Then, she took a moment once he was tied up again, which would contain any beast he didn't want to let out, and moved to go do her mane up properly.

Tenne just stared after her as she moved to her vanity, and then moved closer to Aliquam. He clapped his hand onto his shoulder. "Tell me… Do… Do they get bigger…?" He asks, keeping his voice hushed.

After a moment, Aliquam straightened and gripped Tenne's shoulder. "Tenne." he started quietly, before looking up at his fellow mate with what only could be described as having stars in his bright orange eyes.

"She gets teats." He said simply. "And oh good lord... You have no idea how big... and how sensitive they get..." He answered honestly, shifting his gaze to his wife before he leaned close. "She lactates early on too. And she's into it."

Tenne's face flushed almost as black as his mane. "Oh god." He groaned. "I can't wait until her teats show up. I'm going to bury my face in them and just..." He rattled out a rumbling purr. "Rrrrr~"

Motor-boating was much more fun when there was more than just two breasts bouncing on your face.

"Get in line." Aliquam said quickly. "I called dibs like... four years ago."

Tenne squinted at him, and then flicked his forehead. "Ah, you got to have her for pregnancy twice, you greedy skeleton." And one of them hadn't even been Papyrus' doing and he'd reaped the rewards. "You can share the goods."

"Not when 'the goods' are my wife's voluptuous bosom. Those are my favorite part and I don't wanna share." He pouted.

Both boys were busy with talking and Toki too busy with her mane to bother detecting the fact that Tenebris had come by to check on them, only to catch wind of their conversation.

Getting a devious idea, Tenebris then smirked and teleported in front of Toki, giving her only seconds to squeak in surprise as she ended up in a bear hug with her back pressed against her father-in-law's chest. He turned them to have Toki facing the bickering duo before another sound escaped the pregnant monster as Tenebris properly cupped her breasts and propped them up in his palms, cradled by his sharp claws.

"A-Aah!"

"Oh boys~" Tenebris called tauntingly to make both son and counterpart look, and promptly gawk at the sight before them. "Eat your hearts out~"

Toki, having been mildly enlightened to the hushed conversation happening thanks to Tenebris being… Well, Tenebris, only gave an anime-worthy squeak-groan and a squirm against him. "A-aah, Daddy be gentle! You'll rip my corset!"

More like Tenebris eat his heart out- Toki could play all their games and come out on top.

To her credit. Tenebris wasn't expecting that either. Lord, he didn't expect that and even he choked before he freed her to bend over laughing, his hands on his knees as he hooted in laughter before he quickly ran out from a flurry of bone attacks and even a blaster beam from a flustered, furious Tenne.

Toki let out a rightfully infuriated noise once she was freed. "No blaster beams in the house!" She shouts, flailing her hands and scrambling to the door. "Oh! No!" Her eyes take in the damage. There was a Tenne fist sized burn mark on her wall. "My wall! Darnit, Tenne. You get to scrub the scorch marks off tomorrow." She huffed. "Also, Papa!" She shouts down the stairs, where she could hear him laughing. "If you grab my boobs again, I'm going dull your tail blade while you're sleeping!"

"Tell your mates to stop fighting over you and maybe I won't!" He threatened, before a final bone sent him running with victorious laughter.

Aliquam was bristling a little before he huffed and trudged over to Toki, before he pressed his head on hers and wrapped his arms around her chest with a grumble.

Toki deflated with a sigh, and patted her husband's bare arms. "It's moments like this that I can see how he's related to your brother." She says dryly. "He's probably got the pups wrangled downstairs. Come on you two. You need to get dressed, and I need to put my tiara in. We also need to make an announcement sometime tonight too."

Tenne had sheepishly moved at her behest to go get his jacket on while Aliquam reclaimed her boobs for them. "We do?"

"Yes, dear." She chimes patiently, and pokes her husband gently in the ribs to urge him to his clothing instead of clinging to her. "Lana and Kon already know, but Cae and Grillby need to know they'll be uncles again, and Tenebris, for all his assholery, needs to know he's going to be a grandpa."

He didn't go quietly but Aliquam indeed went and collected his outfit. "I'm going to kill him." Aliquam grumbled.

"Now now, you cant kill him." Toki tuts to him and fixes her mane. Once it's back in order, she tops it with a tiara and gives a spin on her high heels. Her ruffles layer out, and the laced ribbons of her tail are fabulous. She feels like a sugarplum fairy gone Halloween. "Alright, my nutcrackers, how are we doing with our buttons?" She glances to them.

Aliquam had parted ways to prepare but as Toki turned to ask how things were going, it was revealed that they had given up on trying to tend to their own buttons and were now working on each other's buttons.

She shook her head with a sigh. "Well, at least you have each other." She puts her chin in one of her many palms and watches them happily. "You both look adorable and very handsome, you know that?"

Tenne fluffed a little before he smiled at her.

Papyrus looked down at himself before he sighed and smiled at her. "Glad you think so..."

"And I know you two were teasing me about stripping me down... But I fully expect a double strip show in return tonight." She winks. "And maybe, just maybe, I'll let one of you undo my corset." With that said, Toki flounced out of the bedroom and headed to the stairs to corral their wily family while the boys finished up.

The males exchanged looks with risen brows, before they both followed her out, like knights trailing behind their charge, or dogs chasing after their prey.

Between the cold, the rowdy kids, and the excitement of Toki's pregnancy being announced, everyone went home utterly exhausted, even the adults.

Toki, Tenne, and Papyrus didn't even actually get out of their costumes until they got all of the children out of their costumes, warmed up, in bed, and then undressed all the pets. Including Sobek, who hated the world for Honey putting him in a tutu.

By the time the three of them were able to amble upstairs to Toki's room, there was little doubt that sex would not be happening.

Toki walked to her vanity, loosening her corset with her primary arms as her secondary got her mane tamed and her tiara removed. "What a night." She groaned, kicking her heels off slowly. "Remind me never to wear heels on Halloween again. Even with the soles Lana put on, my paws are sore as hell from trying to keep my balance in the snow. I had fun though." And she had a small bowl of 'mom tax' chocolate bars on top of the fridge now. Definitely worth it.

Aliquam grumbled in agreement as he shed his clothes.

Tenne was doing his own undressing quietly before he sighed and landed on the bed. "I need to shower... but I want to sleep…"

"Sleep now, shower in the morning." Toki agreed. "We've all smelled worse than a little sweaty beast and stale bones. Lucky for both of you, you get two in one with me." Not really. Toki rarely stunk. Thanks to her pheromones, body odor was a thing of the past.

She stripped herself down to her panties, and then she crawled topless into bed. She had made a promise after all. She settled on her front for a moment, before finding it uncomfortable and rolling onto her back. She stretched, mane floofing sleepily, and then opened her arms to welcome her boys closer. "How's your leg, Papy? If it's bothering you, I can warm it up and ease some of the aches."

"I stuck a few hot-packs on the joints and wrapped it in thermal fabric before I put on my costume. My leg is doing just fine." Aliquam answered as he took one of Toki's sides for cuddling, Tenne promptly taking the other as they both picked up purring.

Toki laughed softly and let them cover her in purrs and affection. "I'm glad you're not hurting." She chirped softly. She stretched, and sucked in a deep breath before sighing. Her hand came down to rub the smooth plane of her belly. "Mmmn."

It was very quickly that her hand was accompanied by both males folding their hands over hers. Aliquam sighed happily before he nuzzled his face into Toki's chest, giving a pleased sound as he pressed a few kisses into her soft skin.

Toki sighed pleasantly as Papyrus nuzzled her chest. She stretched, and sighed warmly. Her fingers moved and let the boys touch her.

"Hey Tenne... Why don't you take a good look in my belly?" She grins slowly. Her womb as visible which was how she had known.

Tenne blinked up at her before he nodded and slowly shifted down to look at her belly. His eyes went wide and he gave an awed sound as he moved to sit between her legs, his face pressed to her transparent skin like a child pressing against glass. "You... You can see them!"

She laughed. "Yeah!" She beams. "Isn't it amazing?" Her laugh bounced her womb and his face, so she strove to hold still so he could see better. The soft bean shape wasn't big yet, but it was there, dark green and settled in the curve of her pelvic bone. It would grow and they would be able to watch as it got bigger. "Skeletons are neat, eh?"

"Oh my goodness~" He cooed happily, "how wonderful~" He trilled as he nuzzled her stomach, "We'll get to see them grow~"

"Or at least watch me expand." She laughs. "We can't do the flashlight trick until they're a lot bigger."

"Oh the flashlight trick!" Papyrus laughed. "Good times!" He then blinked and realized that he still had something that went along with their topic of conversation. "Oh... oh, oh! Be right back!" Aliquam rolled out of bed and practically dove into the closet to rummage around, Tenne sitting up to watch him curiously.

Toki blinked and half leaned up. "Eh? What are you looking for, Papyrus?"

"If I have them, something to make his night." He answered, before he laughed and leaned back. "I got it!" He announced.

"Noooo, you didn't." Toki gave a laugh, pleasantly surprised. She hadn't known he'd gotten them off his phone. "You printed off the pictures of when I was pregnant with Honey and Skylar?"

"Yeeeeees?" He gave an innocent smile as he brought the box over.

"Oh good lord." She laughed, and sat up. She wiggled her hands at him. "Gimme! I wanna see my babies again. They were so little- they grow too fast." She pouts a little. "It's also been so long since I saw my old body, I hardly remember what I looked like."

Papyrus gleefully handed her some of the photos, taking a couple to look at himself and remember.

Tenne curiously took one to look at it, his eyes first catching on the skeletal maid that the photo contained. He made a soft hum of surprise. "Mhh... is this what you looked like before you came to my world?" He asked.

"Indeed so! I've got my horns back, but the rest is still a mix of beast and bone. And, ah... I don't have any more pictures of me human, I don't think." She realized with a sudden start that the scrapbook that Tenebris had painstakingly put together for her after her initial change had been forgotten when they fled to the mountain.

The inferno that claimed the forest before she'd gone to Tenne's world had taken her album again, and with it claimed all of her old family photos that had been saved prior.

There was a flash of sorrow in her eyes and scent that she quickly buried under a smile to instead point out the shape of Skylar's body and Honey's butt curled in her old body's belly.

Tenne momentarily shifted on her 'human' comment but had caught a glimpse of her face before he looked to that which she pointed out, cooing in adoration. "How wonderful~ that's absolutely amazing~"

Glad for him having taken the distraction bait, Toki gave a coo. "Isn't it? I'm hoping we can do that this time. The pups were too tightly packed to get much of a reading last time, but if we have less then six, it should work to see individual limbs." She glances at them both with a soft smile. "Now... I want honesty. Are you both happy? I know it's fast that I got pregnant, and the three of us were working on settling, but..."

She just wanted to make sure they were happy.

They looked to one another before smiling back at her.

"Of course." Aliquam answered, giving a patient nod.

"This isn't what I expected for my future, but in all truth, very little would make me happier." Tenne answered her honestly.

She looped her arms around the both of their necks, and pulled their faces down to hers so she could nuzzle them both. "Good." She says. "Good. That makes me… Very, very happy. You have no idea just how happy. All three of us… This is our future now- and we're going to make the best out of every day of it."