[ LITTLE HADES ] ✖ IC contact

[glitterpants]

 

LIMBO HOTEL
FLOOR 48
ROOM 20

❝Heh. So you're trying to get in contact with me to schedule a date.
I'm busy right now trying to make world peace in this wretched place, please leave a message. Stay beautiful, Karamatsu Girls~.❞

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[permboy]

It's always easier being spectacular together. I've never been spectacular on my own.

[glitterpants]

Oh.. I see.
That must mean you have a family too, then.
Are they still ... living, then?

[permboy]

Not one of blood, but ... Yeah. A couple are dead. Most aren't.

[glitterpants]

Not of blood..?
That is possible?

_{[ help him all he knows is his blood family.. ]}

Does that mean you do not have any brothers or sisters?
_{[ He frowns.. because that's terrible if it's true. ]}

[permboy]

Not the same kind as you. Or if I do, I don't know about it. No clue if the people who put me on this world are alive or dead. I make my own.

You already know one of my brothers.

[glitterpants]

_{[ He's thinking about this for a moment, and then.. ]}
Takasugi-san? He's one of your brothers..?

_{[ It would make sense. From what he has observed, Takasugi and Gintoki have a complicated relationship. ]}

[permboy]

Unfortunately.

[ He says about choosing to call Takasugi his brother. But that's just how they work. ]

Sometimes the family you choose yourself is loads better than the one you're born into.

[glitterpants]

<sub>[ "Unfortunately" huh? Karamatsu gathers that Gintoki probably doesn't have a real family, and he honestly cannot imagine how it would be to live that way. He's over twenty, now, and has only experienced a small amount of independence.. that he decided he didn't like.

He strokes his chin, thoughtful, then taps his lips with his finger. ]</sub>

Ah.. I don't know what the others might think, but I could talk to them about it.
_{[ Then, he flashes Gintoki a big grin. ]}

Maybe you could be our seventh brother if you wanted..! Then you would have plenty of family.
_{[ this is a great distraction from his sadness. Karamatsu also speaks as if all of his brothers are here-- it's too sad to be reminded they aren't. ]}

[permboy]

Ah, you gonna try to sell your family now? No one wants it.

[ LOOK THIS WAS GETTING TOO SERIOUS AND EMOTIONAL. ]

[glitterpants]

Oh. I know that.
_{[ The sextuplets don't have any pride when it comes to stuff like this. They know they're trash. ]}

I am not selling anything.
But I am letting you know.. that we can be here for you. Loneliness is the most horrible fate— I do not wish it on anyone.
Especially somebody I care about, Gin-san.

[permboy]

[ God, you dumb muppet, that was him trying to lighten up the conversation. Don't do this to him. ]

Okay, okay, don't make this weird.

[ How is it weird. ]

Great that you're so stubborn but you need a shower, man.

[glitterpants]

Oh.. do I?
_{[ He thinks about this for a moment, then stands to his feet from where he was sitting this entire time. ]}

I guess you're correct. I have been searching so much, I have forgotten about that! How terrible.

[permboy]

Yeah, completely awful. So let's get back to the hotel already.

[glitterpants]

_{[ Gintoki has done something amazing: distracted Karamatsu from a goal he has in mind.
He brushes some loose dirt off of his pants where he was seated. ]}

Ah.. but then after a bath, I will continue my search.
I do not want to be responsible for any danger they might encounter here from where I have paused my search.

[permboy]

What would you even do if you did find them in danger?

[glitterpants]

What would I do?
_{[ Karamatsu thinks for a moment, stroking his chin and breaking eye contact before looking up at Gintoki with the most sincere expression. ]}

It is simple.
I would sacrifice myself and take the pain instead.
Isn't that what you should do for your family— for anyone?

[permboy]

Sure, that sounds like a great plan.

[ Dryly. ]

[glitterpants]

It is not the greatest thought-out of plans— nor the most complicated— but it is the most selfless of plans.
It is love, Gin-san. And love victors over everything in the end.

_{[ Looks like.. he's ready to leave? Yeah, that's what is happening as he gives Gintoki a salute and turns to go on his way. ]}

[permboy]

[ calls after him ]

You're not alone, you dumbass.