Today was a very important day for the Brozone siblings.

Rosiepuff decided that today she would (try to) put every ounce of trust in them to leave them alone with their baby brother!

..

While she went to the grocery store that was literally only five minutes away-

But it was still huge, she's never left them alone on their own before, let alone their parents! And to watch their baby brother? That was a mission on it's own.

But she knew that taking them with her would be a hassle, and she really just wanted to restock the pod in peace- so before she left, she sat her boys down to have a quick but very much needed chat with them.

J,C,F,S: all yawning

R- Okay boys, do you know why I sat you all down here today?

C: No, not at all yawns again and flops on the floor

R: sighs I brought you all down here to have a serious conversatio-

F: WAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!

C: mumbles through the floor
Oh my TROLL-

S: Here we go-

J: Well someone's awake now

R: W-Why are you crying-

F: BECAUSEEEEEE!!

R: Because what baby

F: I DIDNT MEAN TO DROP ALL THE CRAYONS DOWN THE TOILET IT WAS AN ACCIDENT!!!

J: Hold on-

J: THAT WAS WHY THE TOILET WAS ALL RAINBOWY LOOKING FOR THE PAST FEW WEEKS??

F: Y-YEAH! I WANTED TO DRAW A SMILE ON THE TOILET CAUSE IT LOOKED SAD BUT THEN I HEARD SOMEONE COMING SO I FREAKED OUT AND DROPPED THEM ALL DOWN THE TOILET!!

they all stare at the pink haired child extremely perplexed

C: I cannot BELIEVE you are my brother

F: R-Really?? sniffles well thanks Clay..that makes me feel better

S: No no Floyd that wasn't a compli- ..you know what I'll just let him have it

C: Yeah please before he starts crying again-

R: WHAT IN THE- sigh you know what, I'll come back to all.. that, later

R: So I'm going to be running some errands at the store today, and-

F: Air rans? How can air run?

R: No it's-

C: Floyd Floyd Floyd- it's clearly air ANDS

F: ..then what are ands?

S: Can I PLEASE go back to sleep-

J: I second that-

R: No! Look boys, I'm going to be going out and I'll need you to watch over your baby brother while I'm gone!

J,C,S: WHAT

F: gasp YAAAAAY claps WE'RE BIG BOYS NOW!!

J: No way! We have better and more grown up things to do!

S: Half of us are not even over ten yet-

J: HUSH

C: So you're telling me we gotta watch captain poopypants?!

R: BOYS! Listen here! Whether you all like it or not it's very important to me that you keep a close eye on your baby brother! He's just an infant and he's already very active at his age!

C: Well where even is he?

R: He's asleep right now.. thankfully- but you never know when he could wake up, and I might be at the store for a while because YOU ALL have VERY fast metabolisms

F: What's a metabolissy?

C: No no Floyd its Metal Lacky

S: Wrong AND wrong! It's clearly me tall and spicy! smirks and nods while crossing his arms

J: ..should I even bother to try pronouncing it myself-

R: Wh- wha- nevermind! It doesn't matter! Just please please PLEASEEE try and take this seriously! You're not all very good at that but I need you to be good at it today!

F: walks up to Rosiepuff and hugs her gently we'll do our best grandma! looks up at her with a smile

R: smiles back down at him warmly and picks him up, kissing his cheek I would sure hope so my sweet little peachfuzz

C: Gross-

S: elbows him

R: puts him down I have all the stuff Branch will needs in any case he's hungry or makes a mess in his diaper, you've all been told what to do; and the home phone is right over there on the table if you need me okayyy are we all clearrr?

J,S,F: Yes Grandma!

C: itches behind his ear while reading a book that says book to grab out of nowhere when you need a quick excuse I kinda fell off can we go over everything again-

R:

R: siiiiigh I'm TRUSTING YOU BOYS

J: Come on Grandma we got this! We'll do a WAY better job than mom and dad smiles not even realizing what he said

All stare at him

J: What- what I say

R: Well..alright then grabs her purse I'll be on my way walks to the door

R: Bye my loves! Be kind to one another!

J,F,S,C: Bye Grandma!

J: Lemme get that door for ya runs over to her and opens the door for her

R: Oh well isn't that sweet John smiles and walks out goodbye now! Remember what I said!

C: YEAH YEAH OKAY GOT IT what did she say

J: BYEEEE YEAHHH HAHA YEAH YEAH

J: slams the door and whips around

J: Guys- do you know what this means-

C: Yeah grandma literally just told us- we're gonna be watching a stinky doodoo diapered baby-

F: Branch is not slinky!

C: Stinky-

F: That's what I said!

C: ..is it worth arguing with him- everyone take a vote-

J: GUYS!! HELLO!!

J: climbs on top of a random table

S: Get down-

J: WE'RE HOME- ALONE!!!

C,S,F:

C: HOOOOOLLYYYYYY SH-

F: -SHHHHHHHH BRANCH IS SLEEPING!!!

C: ..holy sh-

S: DON'T CURSE

C: SAYS YOU!

S: I don't curse! Ever!

C: Actually according to this absolutely irrelevant notepad I have in my back pocket- pulls out a notepad you have cursed exactly seven hundred and fifty-

S: WHY WERE YOU WRITING ALL THAT DOWN??!!

C: It's a surprise tool that'll help me later-

S: balls his fist

C: Fine want a better answer?! It's gonna be a part of my autobiography!

S: Your DEATH, is gonna be a part of MY autobiography-

C: WOAH WOAH WOAH CALM DOWN BRO- actually that'll go great for chapter thirty five- writes that down

S: Everyday I come so close to leaving this freaking pod-

C: says while writing woooshh foreshadowinggg

S: WHAT

C: Huh what I didn't say nothin

J: WOULD YOU BOTH QUIT IT-

C: QUIT YOUR BUTT-

F: GUYS!!!

J,C&S: all turn to look at him

F: ...hi waves shyly

C: ..why

F: Just wanted to make sure I wasnt invincible!

S: Do you mean "invisible-"

F: nods That's what I said

S: ..again, I'm gonna let him have it

J: siiiighs can we get back to the IMPORTANT thing here- WE'RE HOME ALONE!!!

C: Yeah cool, but what're we gonna do

J: Uh, anything we heckin WANT!

F: But we have to watch Branch!

C: Who-

F: WHO?!

C: I don't know I asked you

S: I don't know, maybe we cooouulddd take advantage of this home alone time, besides Branch is asleep right now

F: Probably not anymore from all the screaming we've been doing!

J: I'm sure he's fineeee, we'll go check on him if he's crying or somethin, Spruce is right! Let's have as much fun as we can before we never get this opportunity again!

F: Hmmmm.. fine

J: YEAAAH WOOOO!! clings an arm around Floyd's neck NOW WHO WANTS PIZZA??

F: gasp ME!

C: Are you dumb or stupid- there's literally almost no food in the house

J: And are YOU forgetting.. GRANDMA, has a second CREDIT CARD slowly holds up a card

C: OOOOOOHHHHHHH!!

S: Oh you're so dead-

F: J that's stealing!!

J: Oh come onnnn she left it here for a reason it was clearly meant for us!

S: I'm gonna have to disown you as my brother if all you're gonna do is get me into trouble-

J: Bro chilllllll she won't knowww it's just a few pizzas

J: Nowww if you'll allow me to- PIZZA TIME does a backflip and lands next to a table BROZONE STYLE bangs his fist on the table and makes the phone sitting on it flip and it lands in his hand

J: Now what do we want smirks

~1 hour after Rosiepuff left~

After calling nearly every pizza place in troll village due to the simple fact that Clay and John quickly got distracted and decided they wanted to start doing prank calls, John finally orders the pizzas they want and of course-

J: YEAH! WE WANT SIXTY! AND HURRY UP WE HAVE A GRANNY WHO COULD BE HOME ANY MINUTE NOW!

F: Did you make to sure to get extra pineapple?!!

J: YES!! You weirdo-

F: YAY, hehe

C: I think I heard the person on the other line gag on the phone after you asked for it-

J: Understandable

F: You guys have never tried it! How can you say it's gross!

C: We just know Flo, we just know

S: Just a FEW pizzas huh John-

J: Hey! Cravings exist!

S: FOR SIXTY BOXES OF PIZZA???

J: ...we could get hungry later!

S: ..that's the whole reason GRANDMA, IS AT THE GROCERY STORE

J:

J: See what had happened was I actually forgot she was at the store in the first place-

C: Duuuude, how much did you even spend?

J: Around like five hundred maybe

S: ..John

J: Sup

S: Grandma only had FOUR HUNDRED ON HER CARD!!!

J:

J: SHE..

J: SHE WON'T KNOOWWWW

S: Remind me again how he's the oldest..

J: Because genetics that's why

S: ..your logic is flawless

C: We may as well just starve at this point.. leans back against a couch he's sitting on what should we do while we wait?

F: looks back Maybe check on Branch?

J: Booooooo

F: But-

J: BOOOOOOOOO

F: Why?!

J: I THOUGHT we agreed that we'd only check on him if he was crying!

F: I never agreed to that!

C: takes out a tape recorder and replays this:

~

J: I'm sure he's fineeee, we'll go check on him if he's crying or somethin, Spruce is right! Let's have as much fun as we can before we never get this opportunity again!

F: Hmmmm.. fine

~

F: Oh I did

S: Why do you have literally everything-

C: I have to have everything, or else the balance of the earth will be uneven and then the universe will fall apart and collapse

S:

S: Yeah I shouldn't have asked

C: Yes... be afraid... slips away into the darkness

S: blinks I'm more concerned than afraid

J: ANYWAY!!! Flo it's fine, he's asleep, and this is the quietest he's ever been according to grandma so we NEED to take advantage of this

F: EXACTLY! WHAT IF HE DIED IN HIS SLEEP! WHAT IF HE E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-EXPLODED!

S: I'm pretty sure we'd hear that-

J: LOOK- how about this- we have ourselves a little BROZONE time, and we can take breaks IN BETWEEN, to check on Branch! That make you feel better??

F: Weeeellll.. shuffles his feet

J: Flo, come on, you're cool right, you're a brozonie!

S: Are you manipulating him right now-

F: I-I am cool!

J: Then come onnnn let's have fun just for a littleeeeee?

F: Well.. I.. I.. fine!!

J: WOOHOOOOO ALRIGHT!! NOW WHO'S UP FOR SOME VIDEO GAMES!!

C: Not me- you're always so aggressive and ALWAYS wanna be player one!

J:

J: I don't hear anyone else complaining-

C: One day I'm gonna report you for brother abuse

S: That's not a thing

C: Who says we can't make it into one-

C: Also hey what about your iM gOnNa diSoWn yoU aS mY bRoTheR shiZ

S: I never said that

C: slowly pulls out the tape recorder again

S: snatches it and throws it out the window

C:

C: Yeah it definitely didn't take me months to make that

S: You STOLE IT

F: gasp I think you hit a camel!!

S: We don't HAVE camels- sighs again why do I bother

J: Fine Clay you can be player one if it's such a big flip flopping deal for your banana hair lookin-FIRST TO THE CONTROLLERS GETS PLAYER ONE dashes away

C: OH COME ON! runs after him

S: rolls his eyes I can see where this is going follows after them

F: watches them for a bit then looks over at the room Branch is in, and looks back at them one more time before quickly tip toeing to the room

F: jumps up a little to prop himself over Branch's crib, where he is still sleeping soundly

B: cuddled up in his blanket while sucking his thumb

F: smiles warmly and whispers awwww..

J: FLO WHERE YOU AT

C: YEAH COME BEAT UP JOHN FOR ME

J: YOU'RE JUST MAD BECAUSE I GOT HERE FIRST MR "IM THE FASTEST TO EVER EXIST"

C: I AM THE FASTEST!!!

S: Guess it's my turn to say can you both not-

F: sighs and hops down from Branch's crib and jogs over to the door with his little legs, looking back at him one last time before leaving completely

2 hours after Rosiepuff left

the boys are playing outside

C: IM GONNA GET YOU FLOYYYDDDD

F: NOOOOO tries his best to get away and almost falls

C: HA! tags him YOU'RE SO SLOW runs off OHHH SPRUCEY SPRUUUCE

F: is frozen IT'S NOT MY FAULT I HAVE STUBBY LEGS

S: DON'T EVER IN YOUR LIFE CALL ME THAT AGAIN is up in a tree

C: stops at the tree HEY GET DOWN! THAT'S CHEATING

S: Cheating how-

C: We're playing freeze tag doofus!

S: Who said I was playing-

F: sees John a few inches away from him hiding behind a bush

F: JOHN! JOHN!

J: SHHHHH! Don't expose me! What?! whispers

F: CAN WE CHECK ON BRANCH NOW

J: Not now! This is a very intense game!

F: BUT-

J: SHHHHHH!!

F: sighs

For the next two hours after that, the boys would engage in many activities as they basked in the joy of being home alone completely neglecting and forgetting their baby brother; even Floyd would at some point would start to forget that they were meant to be watching Branch! He was so pressured into 'having fun' and being cool, his poor five year old mind wanted to live up to that in the best way he could, he already sometimes felt like he didn't really fit in with his brothers.

5 hours after Rosiepuff left

the boys were all bouncing on a trampoline while singing one of their songs

F: WOOOHOOOOO

J: SEE?? AINT THIS FUN FLO?? does tricks as he jumps

F: laughs IT IS!

S: We've been jumping for two hours- makes me wonder we've been shenaniganning the day away

C: well aCcoRding tO my cAlkuLashOns.. stops in midair and counts his fingers 5 hours

F: FIVE HOURS?! WOOAOAHAO-

F: stops jumping and lands on his face

J: Oof- you good?

F: quickly shoots his head back up ITS BEEN FIVE HOURS?!!

C: lands I KNOW RIGHT?! AND WE STILL DONT HAVE THE PIZZA!!

S: Well to be fair John DID ORDER LITERALLY SIXTY BOXES-

John: AYE- CRAVINGS!

S: I'm gonna destroy you-

F: OH NO OH NO! IT'S REALLY BEEN THAT LONG?? hyperventilates

J: Yooooo flo what's the big deal?

F: BRANCH!!

C:

C: Okay? What about him? I know his head is ginormous but-

F: JOHN! It's been five hours and we still never checked on him!

J: ...soooooo?

F: We were supposed to be watching him!!! And we never did!!!

J: Bro oh my godddddd- throws his head back dramatically you know what, if you're just gonna keep cRyiNg about it, go check on him yourself! I bet you he's probably still asleep crosses his arms

C,S: look at each other

F: frowns with a pout in his lip, but then it slowly turns to anger fine!! I will!! I guess since I'm the only one that cares about him! climbs out of the trampoline

J: Pssh- rolls his eyes

C,S: rubs their arms while looking to the side, feeling a little bad

F: pops his little head back into the trampoline opening you know what you guys are just.. you.. you.. you're all..

J: raises an eyebrow

F: you..!! YOU!! YOUR BUTTS?? THEY ALL STINK!! YOU'RE ALL POOPYHEADS!! BLEHHH- WOAH- falls backwards out of the trampoline opening

J: rolls his eyes again Why do I bother still including him in everything

S: Maybe because he's still your brother dingbat walks past him and climbs out of trampoline as well

J: Oh come on so we're all just leaving now?!

C: looks at John then Spruce, watching him leave

J: turns to Clay Clay?!

C: looks at John again, furrowing his eyebrows

C: I'm out too, poopyhead

C: walks past John as well and climbs out of the trampoline 

J: stands in the middle of the trampoline all alone, crossing his arms while pouting

J: Hmph..

~

F: walks inside the pod and runs to Branch's room and stops at the door

F: eyes the doorknob ..my worst enemy

F: jumps up and down UNH UUNH UMPH! REAAAAACH!!

F: pouts and crosses his arms which one of those poopyheads closed it?!

F: sighs and plays with his hair and stretches it a bit, then slowly starts to get an idea

F: smiles uh huhhhh..

~

C: plops on the couch should we go say sorry to Flo?

S: sits next to him I wouldn't, he probably needs space right now and is probably spending quality time staring at Branch sleep again

C: shrugs and leans back

S: looks around now where's the remote..

C: smirks up your-

J: HEEYYY GUUUYSSSS enters the pod again

S: rolls his eyes, not turning to look at him and continues to look for the remote who invited the square to the party

C: What square? Hm I dont see a square do YOU see a square? talks to the right side of him as if someone is sitting next to him yeah nah me neither all I see is a DONKEY

J: LOOK GUYS I- Donkey?

C: You don't want me to say the other word-

S: What do you even want?? If you're not gonna help me find the remote then just skedaddle-

J: Just let me talk for a second!

~

F: has been struggling to open the door for nearly fifteen minutes

F: whines I need heeelllppp!! But I can't get help! I'm still mad at them! sighs

F: stares down at the floor then just suddenly loses it

F: I WANNA SEE BRAAAAANNCHHHH!!! bangs on the door

The door suddenly opens after Floyd would continously throw a tantrum on it. Turns out it wasn't even really all the way closed, he's just so tiny he can barely get it open

F: is laying on his face due to falling from the door suddenly opening

F: quickly shoots his head up again and gasps for air BRANCH!

F: runs over to his crib with the biggest smile

F: BRANCH! begins to climb over his crib BRANCH IM HE- gasps quietly

~

J: So in conclusion.. I.. IIIIII.. I'mmmm I'm I'm I'mmmmm-

S: John seriously if you're not gonna help me find the remote and just stand here not knowing how to say a simple five letter word-

J: NO NO JUST WAIT I GOT IT- I.. IM.. SEE IN MY HEART THERE'S JUST A BIG.. LOVING.. THING AND-

C: Can you just leave- it's been thirty minutes and you're still at this- reading a book that says 'book to read when your brother doesn't know how to f*cking apologize

S: Where are you getting those?!

C: ...that is classified information-

J: I JUST- sighs come on guys it was a stupid argument! We can- we can still have fun!

S: We can, when you learn to not be a douche smiles sarcastically and help me find this REMOTE-

C: Yeah bro it was fun until you.. well, made it not fun shrugs

J: Okay! I get it, okay! I'm so-

F: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!

S: What the hair?!

F: runs out of the room while sobbing with a bunch of eyeliner running down his face

J: Okay- which character in which fanfic broke your heart this time-

F: B-B-B-B-B-B-

C: Bonnie? Again?? We told you to stop reading the lore of that game-

S: You literally encourage him to read it-

C: Nuh uhhhh!

S: yEaH hUUuUuuUh!

F: BRAAAAAAAANCH!!!!

J,C,S:

C: Branch is a Fanfiction character now?

S: I guess it shouldn't be a surprise

J: rolls eyes We get it- you love Branch, what else is new?

S: glares at John

F: NO!! HE'S GONE!!!

J,C,S: WHAT??!?!?!

J: Well hey I mean- is that really so bad

C: And here this guy goes again-

S: JOHN, he's still our brother!

J: ..and

F: WHAT DO YOU MEAN AND??

J: H-He'll turn up!! He couldn't have left the pod!

S: That doesn't matter!

S: goes over to Floyd and tries to calm him down We promised Grandma we'd watch over him!

C: We did?

S: slowly turns to him with a death glare

C: ..OH YEAH we did, we did

J: ..well, I..

S: John, look, like, for once, can you not be the biggest jerk ever

J: I'm not a jerk!

S: Yeah okay, well I'm gonna help Flo look because I'm NOT a poopyhead walks past him

J: sighs

C: runs past John IM NOT A POOPYHEAD EITHER-

The boys, all in a panic (no more than Floyd though) would proceed to almost destroy the pod looking all over for their missing baby brother. So far after the past thirty minutes or so they were not able to track any sign of the baby, but they wouldn't give up for anything (again, especially Floyd).

S: Flo.. it's been almost an hour we still haven't found him!

F: fanning his face still crying HE'S GOTTA BE IN HERE HE'S GOTTA BE!!

C: Yeesh- Get a grip- I'm gonna go check inside the walls again walks away

F: HE CAN'T BE GONE sniffle HE JUST CAN'T BE! whimpers

J: Come onnnn, he's fine I know he i-

F: glares at him YOU KEEP SAYING THAT BUT NOW HE'S MISSING! HE'S GONE! WE CAN'T FIND HIM ANYWHERE!

J: eyes widen Flo-

F: punches and pushes him in the chest with his tiny hands IT'S- ALL- YOUR- FAULT!!!

J: Floyd I-I-

F: I HOPE YOU GET IN THE WORST, BIGGEST- UH UH POOPIEST TROUBLE EVER!!!

S: Okay what is with you and poop-

J: I.. I'm sorr-

F: NO! turns away and crosses his arms

C: stands there watching
Brutal bro

C: Anyway, yeah, that little dude is gone, he's probably actually dead is dripping with water

S: blinks the heck did you go? A quick swim in the neighbor's pool?

C: I wish but they banned me from ever looking in their direction after catching me in there like seventy five times

S: They caught you SEVENTY FIVE TIMES?

C: No only fourteen, I was hidden the other sixty one times-

S: WHAT were you DOING

C: Want me to spell it out for you

S: Wh-

C: Actually no, I'll give you a hint: crayons

S:

S: YOU LOOKED IN THE TOILET???

C: Well I kinda fell in there too because I could've sworn I saw an arm so I tried to dive in and grab-

F: ARM??!!! Auuuhhh.. faints

S: For the love of EVERYTHING GOOD!!!! CAN WE EVER JUST HAVE A NORMAL DAY-

C: HEY COME ON we looked everywhere else! Maybe he saw one of the crayons were still in there and wanted to eat one but fell in the toilet while trying to grab one!

J: sigh Yeah.. we're dead

J,C,S: hear sniffing and look down at Floyd who has woken back up, tears all over his face as he wipes them constantly

F: we're such bad brothers..

J,C&S: all stare down at Floyd then look at each other, frowning

Floyd was anything but wrong. They were all so focused on worrying about having a good time while home alone they had forgotten what was most important! What were they gonna say to Grandma? What if their baby brother truly was gone and would actually never come back?

J: sighs and sits next to Floyd I'm.. sigh I-I..

F: turns away from John but his ear still flicks as he listens to him

J: ...I'm sorry Flo, really I am. You're right, it's all my fault.

F: sniffs and looks at John

J: I took away all the attention from Branch and now because of that he's gone. You're not the bad brother, I am. In fact I'm sure Branch thinks you're the coolest out of ALL of us!

F: smiles a little and looks down

J: Hey, wraps an arm around him I'll take all the blame when Grandma comes home, kay?

F: blinks and wipes away his tears and nods, then leans against his big brother's shoulder sympathetically

J: pats his shoulder

C&S: look at each other and sit down next to Floyd and John

C: I'll take blame too, I encouraged it

S: Yeah, me too

J: ...well we can't ALL take the blame guys-

C: Fine then it'll just be me!

S: No me!

J: NO YOU MORONS I SAID I WOULD FIRST

F: giggles a little at his brothers, feeling a little better knowing they still cared

At that same moment though, Floyd's little ear twitches when he hears a sound, like something falling over.

F: Hey, wait

J,C&S: stop arguing and look at him

F: I think I heard something..

Something falls over once again

J: Huh.. I hear it too

C: Oh COOL! We have ghosts in the house!!

F: SQUEALS NOOOOOO

S: smacks the back of Clay's head

C: You guys are lame-

F: gets up and walks towards the kitchen

F: It's coming from in here!

J,C,S: follow behind

J: I hear moving around in the.. cupboards?

S: Oh great job Clay now we have rats in the house

C: Why's this on me!

S: You love leaving your garbage everywhere!

C: It's not even hibernation season!

S: .....that's not-

J: SHH- it's getting louder!

Whatever was inside of the cupboards was shuffling around a lot, making the brothers more confused or anxious.

F: grows nervous and hides behind John, holding his arm

J: keeps Floyd behind him and grabs a nearby spatula everyone behind me!

C: no-

J: reaches the spatula up to the cupboard and slowly moves it over, trying to pry it open

J: Come on come onnnnn..

F: oh! hides his face in his hands scared of what's gonna happen

J: shuts his eyes tightly and quickly yanks it open then opens his eyes right back open

J: ALRIGHT YOU DONT WANNA MESS WITH THE SQUA- whaaaaa?

B: numbing on broken pieces of cookies and lucky charms and talks with his mouth full baba?

F: gasps loudly BRAAAAAANCCCCHHHHHHHHH!!!

F: runs from around John and climbs atop of the counter and takes him out of the cupboard holding him close

F: YAAAAAAY YOU'RE OKAY!!! gives him a big kiss on his cheek

B: BAHSHANABA FWOYD FWOYD babbles and giggles

S: You know what, everything that happens in this pod.. just never surprises me

C: YEAAAAH, took us.. looks at his nonexistent watch SIX HOURS BUT WE FOUND HIM!!

J: looks at the messy cupboard then Branch and Floyd Well that checks out I guess, but how did he even..

F: jumps down from the counter wait- so that means-

F: looks at Branch BRANCH! YOU opened and closed the door!!!

B: laughs and nods crazily

F: OH MY GOSH you're such a smart baby!!! Why aren't you the leader of Brozone?!

J: AYE AYE HOLD ON let's- not overstep things okay- we found the baby we're all happy aight-

F: giggles yeah hugs Branch close to him

S: We should probably keep that little creature near us just until Grandma gets back-

F: Yeah!! I wanna play with Branch!! OW-

B: grabs Floyd's nose and honks it GEHAHAHAHA

C: ...yeah he's all yours-

S: Hey wait a minute, we still never got our pizzas-

J: Yeah I wonder what's taking them so long it's only sixty boxe-

Suddenly, the door to the pod opens, silencing all the boys from their conversation. It's Grandma!

R: Hello boys! she smiles at them all as she holds a few grocery bags

F: GRANDMAAAAAA! runs over to her while holding Branch

J,C,S: Hi Grandma!

R: chuckles I see baby Branch is awake now!

F: Yeah! You won't believe the day we had! We were having so much fun for almost the entire day and forgot about Branch and so he got lost! But it's okay because we found him! smiles innocently

R: blinks slowly then looks up at the three other brothers

J,C,S: Uhhhhhh

F: Oh! And John also used your card to buy SIXTY PIZZAS! That's a lot right?! But I don't think you mind right?! John said so!

S: snickers quietly

R: inhales deeply John-

J: ...AHAHAHAAA FLOYD I THINK YOU FORGOT TO MENTION THAT IT WAS ALL PART OF THE PRETEND GAME WE WERE PLAYING TODAYYY YEAAAH WITH BRANCH TOO YEEEAAAAHHH!!

B: uuh?

F: Nuh uh! You don't even like playing pretend!

J: BUUUT WE PLAYED TODAY BECAUSE IM SUCH A GREAT BIG BROTHER RIIIIGHT??

C: ....you're not believing any of this right-

R: sighs heavily Boys wh-

There's a few knocks at the door.

R: raises her eyebrow and looks over at the boys, then back at the door and opens it

Pizza Delivery Troll #1: We have the order of sixty boxes of pizza, fifty nine pepperoni and one pineapple under the name of John Dory here? Sorry for the long wait

Pizza Delivery Troll #2: We're also out of stock for regular crust.. somehow, so we've provided stuffed crust instead

F,C, B: Ooooooh, stuffed crust!

R:

R: smiles give me oooooone second

R: closes the door slowly and turns around with her eyes closed and hands clasped together

J: Heheh, heeeyyy Grandmaaaa it's pizzaaaa we all love pizza riiiighttt heheheeeehhh-

C,F,S: slowly tiptoe away to their rooms

J: ...OH COME ON GUYS DON'T LEAVE M-

R: Weeks, or months John? Pick one

J: .....days?

R: Okay that's fine, you are absolutely GROUNDED FROM PERFORMING AT ANY SHOW FOR 122 DAYS!!!

J: Very specific- anyway

J: UUUUUGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH throws his head back dramatically again BUT IT'S PIZZAAAAAA! Can I still have it by the way-

R: No, only your brothers will get it

J: ALL OF THEM??!?

F: in the background PINEAPPLEEEEEE!

C: in the background as well STILL DISGUSTING-

R: No, only five boxes because I know if I keep all of them they won't wanna eat anything else other than floppin PIZZA!!

J: ...so what am I eating

R: You my love.. are having OATMEAL tonight

S: in the background oooohh damnnnn

J: sighs okay alright I deserve that- but do I have permission to-

R: nods go ahead

J: Alright clears his throat and gets on his knees NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

And so for FOUR whole months, SPRUCE became the new leader for Brozone to very much the horror of John Dory, oh what a nightmare it was to not be able to boss people around! But at least he learned two good lessons out of all of this.

..or at least, hopefully he did!