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[glitterpants]

_{[ The video clicks on and it shows Karamatsu using his new smartphone (he's never really had one before) to record. The picture is blurry, as he is moving around his new living space, as if show casing his shared apartment. There's the bathroom, there's the kitchen.. there's the beds--
Finally, the picture turns on him. He seems to be admiring himself for a moment, and then. ]}

Silence. Solitude. These are things often asked for in a person's life, but it isn't always what it suited for them best. As you can see, I've arrived-- again on my own-- with nobody else. Does loneliness terrify me? Heh, I do not think so, but it is a foreign concept for somebody like moi.

_{[ Then, his tone shifts, less dramatic, if possible. ]}

My name is Matsuno Karamatsu. I am here, again, searching for my brothers. You will know them if you see them, as I'm the second oldest in a litter of sextuplets and we look very much alike. If you have seen them, please inform me. It seems they have abandoned me, yet again, right before our shared day of birth.

Also, if you are familiar with the ship the Eluvio, I am wanting to find any survivors. I hope this place is more pleasant and less... gruesome.
_{[ survivors, huh? He seemed like a pretty serious guy (that isn't going to last very long, just wait.) ]}

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[hellshot]

[He should have been unsurprised that Karamatsu was bothered by that event, still. He was a normal guy, not a murder-normalist like him and Vaas who had made dead hand jokes over the network.

He rolls his shoulders for a moment, but goes completely rigid when the other brings up the word love.]

I'm sure your brothers won't take long to follow you here.

[His voice is oddly terse, in that moment. Don't say her name.]

[glitterpants]

<sub>[ He'd like for them to be here with him, but would that really matter or make a difference anyway? It would probably effect him more than it would effect them.

They only tried to separate once, and it was awful. Karamatsu doesn't want to appear sensitive about it, though, so he obviously looks bothered but his words are firm. ]</sub>

They can be where they want...
.. as long as they are safe.

_{[ a beat. ]}

I'm sure she'll follow you here, too.
_{[ OKAY HE DIDN'T SAY HER NAME BUT STILL-- ]}

1/2

[hellshot]

[It certainly wasn't her name, but it was enough. He can feel something roiling up in his throat, something like irritation or disgust, he's not quite sure.

He didn't need to think any more on that, and having Karamatsu bring it up...]

2/2

[hellshot]

[He doesn't say so much as another word before the line goes dead.]