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The hedgehog standing in the classroom doorway is hunkered over so he can fit underneath with him almost being too wide to fit through. His fur is a dull dark shade of blue that seems gray instead. Scleras are pitch black with a pair of smaller glowing red eyes. The right arm is massive being made of entirely muscle and bone spikes with the end where the hand should be twisting into a sharp point. One the same side along his head and face is peppered in those same bone spikes. The other arm is more normal looking being quite muscular with claws instead of regular fingertips. Leaking out of his eyes and streaming down his muzzle is blood. He's dressed in a muscle shirt and cut off jeans with a pair of active wear boots. Those beady little red eyes stare down at Chef Rose with the occasional blink having his wide maw hanging open wider. He dwarfs the poor man with the shorter only coming up to his stomach in height.
This is an unexpected surprise, but this isn't going to deter the small man. "Hello, I'm Chef Rose!" A welcoming smile is beamed up at the bigger man. "Are you wanting to join my class?"
There's a pause between them before the other nods then waves down at him.
Gloved hands clap together. "Excellent!~ Come in, come in!~" Hands separate so he can wave him in to follow after. "Oh!" Then it dawns on him: "I forgot to ask your name."
A large clawed finger raises into the air before the hand it's attached to reaches into the deep pockets of his jeans pulling out a tablet. Due to the tablet being so tiny in his giant hand, he is able to rest it in his palm as he uses one of his fingers to type in something. A deep masculine voice emanates from the device that says "My name is Kolossos."
A mental light bulb flickers to life in Max's mind. "Oh!!" He immediately exclaims with a widening grin. "My child uses something similar to that! Now that I'm aware of this, I will try to make sure you're as accommodated as much as possible!~"
With that reassurance from the tinier man, his own smile stretches ear to ear on his muzzle, and the laugh he lets out is quite eerie, which unnerves everyone else around the both of them. In his moment of glee, Kolossos quickly types in something into the tablet before he flips it around to show the screen to Chef Rose. What he's showing off is a photo of a plush looking fox wearing a dress and a ribbon bow on the side of their head. They have the biggest dark eyes with equally big and long claws. There's the goofiest happiest grin on his muzzle.
"Aww…~ How precious.~" Chef Rose coos softly, which causes the taller one's tail to sway. "She have a name?~"
He receives vigorous nodding as he flips the tablet back around to tap against the device once more. "Her name is Tripwire. My adorable daughter." His eerie laughing is back and louder and longer.
It takes everything in Chef Rose not to whip out his phone and show off pictures of his baby. "I take if you want to learn how to cook for her?~"
Blood red eyes shift their gaze to their side with his cheeks flushing into a soft pink. One of his claws lightly scratches the side of his muzzle before nodding in response.
A gloved hand rests against his chest while he lets out another 'aww'. "How sweet…~" That same hand reaches up to give his forearm a comforting pat. "There's no need to feel embarrassed! No ones gonna make you feel bad here, and we'll help you the best we can!~"
Claws press onto his chin before motioning forward slowly.
A cupped hand raises up to his shoulder that he lowers towards the side of his belly.
For a moment the two hedgehogs stand there in mutual silence sharing a grin of understanding.
Said silence is broken by Chef Rose clapping his hands together again. "All right! Let me show you to your workstation and introduce you to your partners!"
As the two head closer to a certain workstation, does one hedgehog cross his arms with ears pinning back muttering something to himself while the other grins a big toothy smile enthusiastically waving at both of them. When they approach closer does the grumpy one narrow his eyes up at Kolossos. "Why another partner??" He snarls in agitation.
Green eyes roll at the younger man. Always so prickly, especially with new people… "The more hands touching the stove that aren't yours the better."
That has X hunching over as he grumbles under his breath once more.
"Kolossos here would fit right in with you, plus he'd need your help, which is better outside of using a stove.~"
A gloved hand pats the side of Kolossos's normal looking arm as a cocky grin widens along a muzzle showing off unusually straight and perfect teeth. The other hand points a thumb up at the hedgehog it belongs to. "Of course I, Sonic the Hedgehog, will always help a poor soul in need!~"
While 2017X stands there smiling smugly to himself with the one thumb still pointed up at himself and the back of his other hand resting against his hip, Kolossos just stares at him for a bit. …before shifting said stare down at Chef Rose looking dumbfounded.
He receives nervous laughter. "Don't mind Sonic, though he usually means well…"
Crimson eyes roll with a tongue clicking against spiky teeth. "He's an idiot, but he knows what he's doing."
2017X simply smirks at X wrapping an arm around his shoulders. "Aww still pretending to hate me?~"
Blue quills bristle in irritation. "PRETENDING?!"
Kolossos looks back down at Chef Rose without so much as a word.
Ears flatten and a finger scratches the side of a muzzle nervously. "Don't let their bickering fool you. They make a great team." He looks up at the bigger man winking at him. "And you'll make an even greater team with you joining in.~"
Kolossos turns his attention back to the other two before typing something in his device.
"I'll take your word for it…" He lets out a sigh afterwards.