Cole threw a handful of papers down on the table. Hal looked up.

"What's this?"

Cole grinned "Coo and Bissu finally managed to figure out what "Puyo" means."

"So... What?" Asked Umbra.

"So far, we've established that it means everything."

"I'm not following you." Said Hal. "Does it literally mean "Everything"? Or does it mean everything in the sense that-"

"It means everything in the sense that it's the only word in the Boss' language."

"So..." Umbra stared at the table. "We're not making that much progress, are we?"

"Apparently, this language is also determined by body position, and emphasis. Coo and Bissu are seeing what they can get out of Fenris."

"Fenris? Oh, he's the one with that weird," Hal waved his hand in the air, gesturing for something "Golden... tattoo... Thing." Was the best he could come up with.

"Yeah. That's the one."

"Cole doesn't like him much." Umbra said. "He really wanted to help Bissu and Coo torture him."

"It's not surprising. He bit my best friend's hand off."

"Tyr?" Hal said inquisitively.

"Yep... Hey, how did you know that?"

"It's happened before. I just thought that it was kind of a neat coincidence."

"Well, it looks as if they're taking their sweet time." Umbra sighed

"While we wait, why don't we do something?"

"Like what?"

Cole shrugged. "Hal, do you play video games?" he started grinning.

"Sometimes." Hal grinned as well. "For an elite commando squad, you guys are never really that serious."

"Life's too short to be serious." Cole said.

"Aw, c'mon Cole, best of twenty-five!?"

"Hey guys, what's happening?" Bissu asked, entering the room with dignified poise.

"Bissu? I thought you were helping Coo?"

"He has it under control. Mind if I join in?" She didn't wait for an answer, as she grabbed one of Cole's Nintendo Puu control pads.

"Man, this series never dies." Said Hal, picking up the case for "Super Smash Bros. We've-run-out-of-synonyms-for-"fight"-so-we're-going-to-go-back to-Brawl!"

It sported several logos in big, red lettering. He flipped it over, where he found such slogans as "Now with 257 playable characters!".

"It's a good thing they took out the Ice-Climbers, or I would never play this game." Said Umbra, who was leaning over the back of the sofa.

Cole and Hal teamed up against the other two. Even with them going easy on them, Umbra and Bissu never won a single game. By the end of it, Coo came back.

"So, what did you find?"

"I'll tell you in the evening. I'm going to bed."

"Good idea," Suggested Umbra "I might as well."

The other three stared at each other.

"Sometimes, I wish that either we were all nocturnal, or not." Cole chuckled.

"Fair point. It's kind of annoying sometimes." Replied Bissu.