[open] November catch-all

[theforgottenboy]

Who: Cole & you
What: General shenanigans
Where: Around the void
When: Post-event and throughout November
Content Warnings: that one statue. you know the one.

Prompts are in the toplevels, but you can make your own if you want to wildcard it!


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[bachagain]

[ cole,

leo, reaching into his pockets-- ]

Grrr... I'm all out! No ammo!

[ crap. cole was absolutely going to get another one stuffed into his flippin' mouth for that comment, too. maybe leo'll keep emergency pocket bread just for these moments? if anything, it would be worth it for cole's continuous reaction to it... this time it was kinda sweet, kinda funny--

how sad it's not an option here. leo has to use words. ]

Good! And work on forgetting about the f word-- ahh, I mean, work on not saying the f word! None of us are gonna do that, so we're gonna stop mentioning it, until you for--

[ --get it........

...... ]

How's the bread? Good, huh? Bread-y, huh? ♪

[ surprise! words are hard! ]

[theforgottenboy]

[The f word? Forget?]

But you're saying it too.

[yes thank you cole. He'd agree though, words are hard. He's also not likely to forget about forgetting, but maybe he'll try to mention it less around Leo. If he doesn't forget.]

Good...? Yes. It's softer than the mushrooms, and sweeter.

[He could get used to this, maybe.]

[bachagain]

[ IGNORING THAT, CASUALLY, IN FAVOR OF TALKING ABOUT BREAD ]

Wahaha, right? Yum! Just think about bread! All the other stuff? Just fo-- [ fuck ] --Ahhh, cursed words! Just bread!

[ i hate everything i have to type

in pure leo fashion, though, this stupid kind of energy -- manifesting physically as leo frantically patting cole on the shoulder -- peters off into something much more muted, as he remembers. something.

why he even was looking out for cole in the first place, oh my god.

he's still patting cole even though he's not gremlin screaming. ]

Oh, yeah! Speaking of not doing the f-word... I got something for ya, Ko!

[ the whiplash of this conversation ]

[theforgottenboy]

[It's cursed now?? But he can't talk about it without bringing it up, so... he tugs another piece off to chew on. Just bread now.]

[Until Leo changes the subject once again.]

Something for me...?

[Other than bread, that is.]

[bachagain]

Mhm! For you! Or... maybe it's more like something I did while being reminded of you? You can't make use of it the way people I make these for normally do, so...

[ unless cole is secretly an idol? but it's a treasured present nonetheless, these papers on his lap that leo's patting! how unfortunate that it's not more bread. just a bunch of squiggles and such overlapping bars on a page, with some notes here and there on the margins.

actually, let him pick them up and just!! raise them up in the air, as if displaying it proudly to cole.

there's maybe a really crappy, abstract rendition of his hat there where the title should be?? ]

Well, whatever! [ raising the sheets up higher!! ] Taaaa-daaaa~! It's a song! 'Specially made while thinking of you, by me! It's called-- maybe "The Sound That Goes Through My Head When I Look At A Floppy Hat?" I dunno! You like it, Ko?

[ he hasn't even heard it, ]

[theforgottenboy]

[He's curious about what Leo is talking about, and only starts to get the picture when he holds up... well, a literal picture, along with the music scribbled beneath it. Which he still can't read, but he can at least recognize it for what it is thanks to Leo showing him before.]

You wrote a song about my hat?

[Okay maybe he didn't entirely get what he was going for. But he doesn't sound incredulous- if anything, he sounds happy.]

[bachagain]

Unless you're just a hat, nope! But I guess there is a part that's about that in there somewhere? I wrote it to be like... Uhh, wooooooooosh, getting louder, up to a high point! And then it comes down kinda wooooooooooooosh to a quiet part. Like your hat!

[ how anyone here gets anything these two talk about ever is a mystery of the world

leo does catch those hints of happiness, though. and that's enough to make him happy. ]

Wanna hear it? A concert just for ya and your friend! Aren'tcha lucky!

[theforgottenboy]

[Cole finds his explanations plenty engaging at least, listening intently to his whooshing.]

It's about me, but it's shaped like my hat.

[Whether or not that's accurate, Cole seems pleased with the conclusion.]

Yes, I'd like that.

[bachagain]

[ thanks for understanding him, cole. with that, leo's getting up in a somewhat dramatic fashion -- he tucks the sheets of music under one arm when he's finished jumping up onto his feet, using the other hand to brush away at whatever dirt's left on his pants.

and then he swings a little back and forth, stretching out whatever soreness he may feel from sitting down that long. ]

Mm'kay! It doesn't have any lyrics, so I'm not gonna sing it! Not that I wouldn't prefer to hear it on piano in the first place... I feel like tapping on some keys--

[ spoilers: he always feels like tapping on some keys, ]

-- Aaactually, the funnest part of this would be if you could hum it, Ko, but since you can't read music piano's the next best thing. Let's go to the music room!