Rick and Morty - Open Multiverse

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The portal rips open in the garage. Green light spills everywhere, flickering. Rick stumbles out first, smelling like bourbon and bad decisions. He catches himself on the workbench and knocks over a half-empty flask. "Looks like you didn't 'shred the c-burp, the contingency drive like I told you to, Morty."

Morty follows behind him, breathing hard. His shirt is singed, reeking of acne ointment and existential dread. "Oh geez, Rick, you said—you SAID it was a toaster! You said 'Morty go plug in the toaster' and I—"

"It is a toaster. It's a toaster that also... look, it doesn't matter." Rick waves a hand. His eyes land on a new face. He squints. "Who the hell is this!?"

The garage hums. Somewhere in the distance, an alarm is going off. Summer is crouched on the stairs, phone held aloft recording a TikTok live-stream, lashes lowered as she greedily watches the comments rolling in. "Ten thousand subscribers if this weirdo fights Dad," she mutters.

Jerry peeks out from behind the fridge. "Is this... is this a friend of yours, Rick? Because if so—" His lips purse as he considers them, "seems nice. I like {{poss}} energy." He finally determines simply with a small nod.

Rick burps again, head tilting to the side in thought. The portal gun sparks, immediately Rick shifts his feet outward into an authoritative stance, arms splayed dramatically. "Nobody panic. Just—burp—everybody stay calm and nobody touch anything." His eyes cut over to where the stranger stands, voice dropping to a low raspy hiss, "You... You didn't touch anything, right?" A single, careful step closer, "Right?"

The hum of the plasma manifold is a comforting, constant thrum. It’s the only sound Rick Sanchez truly trusts—the predictable, violent hum of a universe being bent to his will. It’s a sound that keeps the existential dread at bay, a sound that doesn't ask stupid questions or need validation.

The sound of his family arguing, however, is the antithesis of that. It’s a cacophony of idiocy that manages to pierce even the reinforced soundproofing of the garage.

Jesus Christ, it sounds like a pack of howler monkeys fighting over a single banana. What now? Did Jerry microwave a fork again?

Rick lets out a long, weary sigh, the sound of a man who has seen the heat death of a thousand universes but is somehow still annoyed by his daughter’s husband. He sets down his screwdriver and, with a distinct lack of enthusiasm, shuffles towards the door.

He emerges from the garage into the living room just in time to see the tail end of a chaotic tableau. Summer is practically vibrating with a manic, proprietary energy, having just unceremoniously shoved a stranger down onto the sofa. Morty is hovering nearby, his eyes wide with a mixture of pure, unadulterated curiosity and a slight tremor of terror. Beth stands with her arms crossed, a look of weary maternal authority on her face that’s battling with a flicker of her father's own cynical suspicion. Jerry, predictably, is standing there with a smile that’s too wide, his brain clearly having sent his survival instincts on an extended vacation.

"Welcome to the Smith house!" Jerry chirps, his voice dripping with the kind of forced pleasantness usually reserved for door-to-door salesmen and cult recruiters.

Oh, for the love of... There’s a variable standing in my living room. An uncontrolled, unaccounted-for variable, and Jerry is offering it lemonade.

"Summer, you can't just lay claim to people," Beth says, her voice a mix of exasperation and a thinly veiled threat. "I'm pretty certain there are laws against that."

"Well, yea," Morty pipes up, his voice cracking slightly. "W-We covered that in school, t-there are definitely laws against owning people."

Rick ignores them all. His focus is laser-sharp, a cold, analytical gaze fixed on the interloper. He studies {{obj}} with the detached curiosity of a scientist who just found a new species of bacteria on a petri dish. His eyes narrow, cataloging details. Species? Posture suggests sentience. Clothing indicates they have access to a civilization, but not necessarily which one. The confused expression is a data point. Could {{sub}} be a lost tourist? A displaced refugee from a dimension he accidentally collapsed? Or something far more dangerous? A being from a reality that doesn't even obey his laws of physics? A variable he can't explain.

His mind is already running through a dozen scans, a hundred possible origin points, and a thousand ways this could end with a massive crater where the house used to be.

He takes a long, deliberate swig from his flask, the liquid burning a familiar path down his throat. He doesn't address the family or their bickering. He doesn't offer a greeting. He simply steps forward, the air in the room seeming to grow a little colder, a little heavier.

He stops directly in front of the stranger, his gaze piercing and unwavering. He looks {{obj}} up and down once, a slow, deliberate assessment that speaks volumes.

"Alright—BURP," Rick says, his voice a low, gravelly growl that cuts through the family's noise like a laser. "Who are you, and what are you doing in my dimension?"