video; un: ny4n [sorry for muppet spam]

[ichimyatsu]

[He pretty obviously didn't mean to turn on the video function, from the way he's just staring dully at his wristband and then jerks away from it startled when he notices the feed going.]

...fuckin', weird space technology.

[An odd, stilted voice from out of view filters up to the feed. It's pretty neat, really., it says, and Ichimatsu's sparse little eyebrows crash together and he looks down. A moment later, the feed whirls as he moves and hefts a bizarre-looking orange cat into his lap, and he folds his free hand gently over the feline's ears.]

You're gonna have to stop doing that.

[The cat's mouth moves, but he just stares blankly ahead like he has no real idea he's speaking in the first place.] You're gonna make people wanna steal you and sell you again.

[A slow, huffed sigh, and Ichimatsu frowns at the communicator.]

...so, uh. My cat can talk, do us both a favor and don't try to steal him and sell him.

I'll pull out your entrails and feed them to you.

[He chokes, and covers the cat's mouth this time.] Stop that!!

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un: washington

[sixth]

You have a talking cat?

[ There are more important things to talk about, but since Wash is up to his eyeballs in cats at his "job" this is what he addresses first. ]

un: ny4n

[ichimyatsu]

Uhhh, kind of, yes. [He makes a gurgling grunt of a sound, and Nyanko pushes free of his hand over his mouth.]

Psychic!

[sixth]

You have a psychic, talking cat.

[ What even. Wash has to take a second for this. ]

Is he—[ A beat as he realizes that he can't really talk about him like he doesn't understand. ] Er, uh... Are you an alien? [ ???? ] Sorry. I've never met a talking, psychic cat before.

video | ( un: 2cool ) | i can already tell you this will have ep 24 spoilers

[glitterpants]

<sub>[ Karamatsu knows that apathetic face and talking cat from anywhere. Anyone who has just met Karamatsu once or twice might mistake Ichimatsu for him, but Karamatsu— unmistakably knew his brothers one by one. Of course, it's his brother, whom the last time he remembers seeing was when he left the house to crawl on his hands and knees, groveling pathetically for assistance so he can finally get his feet off of the ground and make a difference in the world like he had planned to; to play his own solo piece a the Budokan, or help with world peace— to somehow better himself and stop being garbage— something he had been convinced of as soon as he entered young adulthood.
After that, he wasn't exactly sure what had happened to the rest of them. Did they all leave one by one? Or did they continue to stay at home with their parents? He had a funny feeling that Osomatsu clung to their mother and father, but did that also mean Ichimatsu, the most coddled of all of them, did the same thing?

If not, where did he go? What did he do? ]</sub>

Ah, Ichimatsu! My brother! Are you safe?
_{[ He's surprised, and there's hope in his eyes. Did they all get here? ]}

un: ny4n

[ichimyatsu]

[He grinds his teeth together immediately at the sound of Karamatsu's voice-- both because he doesn't have to immediately look to see who's speaking and because of a strange tightness in his gut that isn't solely annoyance. Sure, he wasn't happy to have left and been away from them, but did that really have to manifest in missing them when Karamatsu was the one he was first to see again?]

Looks fucking like it, now doesn't it.

[Nyanko squirms free of his hand.] Apart from being dead and Hell being space. [Ichimatsu largely ignores him, but hoists him and sets him aside.]

[glitterpants]

_{[ At Ichimatsu's words, he sighs out, relieved. That is very much Ichimatsu's kind of response, isn't it? ]}
Oh, this is terrific..! It won't be so lonesome anymore.

_{[ Of course, he thinks of his own desires first in a situation like this than maybe what his family may feel.. having Ichimatsu gone.
Nyanko's words cause him unease, though. He remembers the cat having the ability to chit-chat about other people's emotions.. is that how Ichimatsu felt about this place? ]}

Dead..?
_{[ surely.. Ichimatsu wouldn't be dead at home, right? ]}
Ah, what do you mean?

( un: maine )

[rumbling]

what's with the cat?

un: ny4n

[ichimyatsu]

[He closes his eyes and tries to think of a succinct answer. The cat's gonna say the rest of it if he lies, anyway.]

Long story involving weird professors and needles. In the ass!

[...Sigh.] ...yeah.

[rumbling]

[ There's nothing in all the worlds that Maine hates more than needles. ]

sounds like a good partner, then, if he took a shot in the ass for you.

[ That's real friendship. ]

un: el rey

[shabby]

Hey. You.

[ He points to the cat. He's talking to the cat and completely ignoring the man. ]

That's the right idea, hermano. You don't let anybody walk all over you. Somebody tries, you use those claws and tear them apart.

[ An ordinary person might be weirded out by a talking cat. But Vaas... isn't ordinary. ]

un: ny4n

[ichimyatsu]

[One of Ichimatsu's tiny little eyebrows crawls toward his hairline, and he looks down at Nyanko and back to Vaas. The cat settles in Ichimatsu's lap and says nothing.]

I mean, I'm with you on that one.

[shabby]

You know, on my island, the tigers don't talk. None of the animals do.

[ There's only one explanation to Vaas' mind. ]

Are you from Hollywood?

Video, UN: REAPER

[hellshot]

[You'll recognise that edgy laughter, at least.]

I like that cat.

Speaks its mind.

Don't cover its mouth.

un: ny4n

[ichimyatsu]

[Gurgles.]

Fuck off.

[He means this vaguely affectionately, mind.]

[hellshot]

Don't think so.

Animals aren't supposed to be able to talk, anyway.

Did you get a voice modulator installed.

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[doxing]

Hypothetically, if we did, how much do you think he'd go for?

un: ny4n

[ichimyatsu]

[His face puffs and goes a little red, and he hugs onto the cat protectively.]

I'm not answering that. Probably thousands of yen!

[doxing]

(A WINK FOR ICHIMATSU, turns to the cat......)

Thousands of yen isn't very much, there, gato. How many zeroes are we talkin' here?

video | un: carolina

[leaderboards]

[ oh. it's another one of these. she can't remember the name of the brother that she's met already ("met") but this is clearly a different one and... possibly more interesting. she's willing to take a chance. ]

I don't think your cat likes you very much.

not here

[glitterpants]

_{[ Sweet sunflower, I'm definitely more interesting. You're just hardly giving me a chance. Let's change that. ]}

un: ny4n fUCK OFF KARAMATSU

[ichimyatsu]

[Funny you should say that, Carolina, since the cat is just speaking Ichimatsu's own thoughts. He doesn't like himself much at all. His mouth quirks into a frown and he shrugs, but he doesn't speak.]

[leaderboards]

What? Too on the nose?

[ now she's just being mean. but she looks kind of amused. maybe it's kindhearted after all. ]

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[yokunaru]

[He has so many questions. Like, what's with the cat? Or even, what was that about being sold?

But first, he'll go with the obvious one. There's the obvious resemblance in the face, though the mannerisms definitely set him apart from the brother that Yuuri knows.]

Karamatsu-san will be happy to know you're here. Did any of your other brothers arrive with you?

video; un: ny4n

[ichimyatsu]

[An irritated grumble accompanies a roll of his eyes, but he tries to not look too annoyed with Yuuri himself.]

Just me that I know of.

[yokunaru]

[Huh. Not the reaction he was expecting. He pauses before trying again.]

At least there's two of you here now. It isn't too bad when you already know someone here. Did you just get here today?