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[zenryokubatankyu]

Who: Osomatsu Matsuno and Various
What: August Catch-All
Where: All around the Void
When: August or the equivalent of
Content Warnings: N/A, will update as needed

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[theforgottenboy]

[How convenient that they're all color coded. Cole listens quietly as he describes all of them. It's not quite the same as hearing it directly from his mind, but it's more detail than he usually gets by asking questions. Now for the most important question of all-]

What is a hoodie?

[zenryokubatankyu]

[He pauses. And then he laughs a little.]

It's, um. This.

[He runs a hand down the front of his own hoodie that he's wearing. Ta-da.]

[theforgottenboy]

[Oh.]

Is it called that because it has a hood?

[Real observant, this one.]

[He could ask more questions. What they like, what reminds him of them, what reminds him of home, but... if only there was some way to bring his brothers to him, or take him home. Maybe finding answers is still the best thing he can do for him and everyone here. Not that he can't try to help in other ways, too.]

[So, for now...]

How old are you?

[zenryokubatankyu]

...Y...es? Yes.

[He blinks, unsure where this is going.]

24.

[theforgottenboy]

[Thank you for indulging his extremely obvious question.]

[24, duly noted. He nods slightly. That should be enough for him to try and- oh, wait.]

I know your brothers' names now, but what's yours?

[zenryokubatankyu]

[No problem, it was kinda funny.]

Um...Osomatsu? Osomatsu Matsuno.

And you?

...What are these questions for, exactly?

[theforgottenboy]

[Osomatsu Matsuno. He and his brothers all have very similar names, don't they.]

I'm Cole.

[As for what his questions are for,]

So I can help.

[zenryokubatankyu]

[Look, when you have six baby boys at the same time, the creative name juice tends to wane.]

Cole, okay...

...Uh. Help how?

[theforgottenboy]

You miss your family, and you don't want to live alone. Maybe I can help. I want to.

[That still doesn't specify How, exactly, but he's still working that out.]

[zenryokubatankyu]

O...kay. I appreciate y'wantin' to help someone y'just met, buddy, but I dunno how...just kinda feels like an inevitability, unless you can find my little brothers somehow.

[Well, at least he seems to mean well.]

[theforgottenboy]

I don't think I can do that. [Not unless he finds a way that everyone can go home if they want to. That's a work in progress.] But I'll do what I can.

[What does that mean? It is a mystery, as he apparently decided that's the end of the conversation and is wandering away.]

[zenryokubatankyu]

Yeah, thought not....wait, what does that mean???? Cole???

[But it's too late.
He's just dumbfounded now as he's left alone.]