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[Okay. Lasting a bit longer this time.]
[He's not sure this is actually Chara. They sort of agreed not to troll each other. At least for now.]
yeah? i thought so too.
[Give him a medal for laziness.]
[Also he can't just let a joke sit half-done, so,]
deja who?
[He's not sure this is actually Chara. They sort of agreed not to troll each other. At least for now.]
yeah? i thought so too.
[Give him a medal for laziness.]
[Also he can't just let a joke sit half-done, so,]
deja who?
d--
[How many times is this now? He should have been keeping track. He kind of sucks at keeping track--you can only look at notebooks full of tally marks so many times before you just kinda. Stop. And it's not like he hasn't felt the world stutter a few times since coming here, but never this much at once.]
yeah. i think that joke's getting a bit stale.
[Is this Chara? Didn't they agree not to troll each other? ...Didn't he think that already? Ugh. This is why Loads are such a pain. They're worse than Resets in some ways.]
so...
how does the saying go?
what's up, buttercup?
[How many times is this now? He should have been keeping track. He kind of sucks at keeping track--you can only look at notebooks full of tally marks so many times before you just kinda. Stop. And it's not like he hasn't felt the world stutter a few times since coming here, but never this much at once.]
yeah. i think that joke's getting a bit stale.
[Is this Chara? Didn't they agree not to troll each other? ...Didn't he think that already? Ugh. This is why Loads are such a pain. They're worse than Resets in some ways.]
so...
how does the saying go?
what's up, buttercup?
[Ah, if only to see his expression right now- what a waste. This joke could have kept going for far longer than it had.
But good information is good information. The names mentioned in this conversation thus far? They don't add up. It takes a few moments to make a decision; a few more to respond.]
Oh, you know me! Just using a little time I've saved for you.
Flower you, sunshine? I've got another great joke here; it's sure to be a real hoot at parties.
But good information is good information. The names mentioned in this conversation thus far? They don't add up. It takes a few moments to make a decision; a few more to respond.]
Oh, you know me! Just using a little time I've saved for you.
Flower you, sunshine? I've got another great joke here; it's sure to be a real hoot at parties.
heh. i'm kinda surprised you contacted me at all. but i guess you couldn't pass up an opportunity to try and rattle my bones.
[He wonders if this is significant. If maybe the flower was waiting for the "right time," in some sense. If maybe this is the start of some scheme or something.]
[Ah well. No point in thinking too hard about it. Maybe the flower just got bored.]
i think jokes are my job, buddy.
[He wonders if this is significant. If maybe the flower was waiting for the "right time," in some sense. If maybe this is the start of some scheme or something.]
[Ah well. No point in thinking too hard about it. Maybe the flower just got bored.]
i think jokes are my job, buddy.
[He knows, objectively, that before Frisk came along, there was the flower. The flower doing over and over what Frisk (and Chara) did over and over. But those timelines are even harder to remember. Something must have changed when Frisk fell--a real True Reset or something.]
every secret? heh. i dunno about that.
[There's always one or two or several things he keeps hidden.]
alright, i'll humor you. whatever gets us to the root of the issue sooner.
every secret? heh. i dunno about that.
[There's always one or two or several things he keeps hidden.]
alright, i'll humor you. whatever gets us to the root of the issue sooner.
I would.
[They'll have to compare notes, sometime. See exactly where they match up. Of course, that had the potential to get pretty
dark.
As it is, he's gotten all he needs from him without making his interests apparent. Now for the puncline.]
An existential nihilist walks into a bar. He orders ketchup.
I'd tell you the rest of the joke- but none of it really matters, does it?
[They'll have to compare notes, sometime. See exactly where they match up. Of course, that had the potential to get pretty
dark.
As it is, he's gotten all he needs from him without making his interests apparent. Now for the puncline.]
An existential nihilist walks into a bar. He orders ketchup.
I'd tell you the rest of the joke- but none of it really matters, does it?
[This is fine. Things happened. A SOUL, or something that almost passes for one, got seen. But this is fine.
It takes a day to send this, because Chara spends the rest of that time calculating. Planning. Wracking their brain to remember advantages they can press. Preparing for outcomes. They don't want to say this. It's just a weapon for Sans to use to hurt them, and Chara doesn't like to hand out weapons.
Not unless it's blade-first.
But it's more risky to not address it, surely. It would be naive to hope he didn't notice it. Sans notices. That's what he does.]
I would like to talk.
It takes a day to send this, because Chara spends the rest of that time calculating. Planning. Wracking their brain to remember advantages they can press. Preparing for outcomes. They don't want to say this. It's just a weapon for Sans to use to hurt them, and Chara doesn't like to hand out weapons.
Not unless it's blade-first.
But it's more risky to not address it, surely. It would be naive to hope he didn't notice it. Sans notices. That's what he does.]
I would like to talk.
[He was expecting something like this. Frankly he was sort of expecting a note left stuck to his door with a knife, or maybe the promised 30,000 bees, something classic like that.]
in person? cause i'm starting to think we're better off avoiding each other.
in person? cause i'm starting to think we're better off avoiding each other.
Over text is fine, then.
[Better, in fact, because as little as a pair of smiles smiling smiley smiles at each other might say, there's still a chance of a slip.
To say nothing of a repeat of yesterday's unfortunate reflexes.]
I think you know what this is about.
[Better, in fact, because as little as a pair of smiles smiling smiley smiles at each other might say, there's still a chance of a slip.
To say nothing of a repeat of yesterday's unfortunate reflexes.]
I think you know what this is about.
[Sans generally prefers there to be some kind of barrier between him and Chara, whether it's a hotdog stand counter or the entire Wondernet.]
did you get your thirty dogs? i had frisk dump them in your room.
[Yeah, he knows what this is about. Or at least, he's narrowed it down to one of two things and is waiting for Chara to fill in the blanks.]
did you get your thirty dogs? i had frisk dump them in your room.
[Yeah, he knows what this is about. Or at least, he's narrowed it down to one of two things and is waiting for Chara to fill in the blanks.]
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