[Papyrus puts his tablet away because he's seriously not going to text his brother when he's like two feet away. That is what nerds do and he is not a nerd.]
GLAD TO SEE YOU'RE AMONG THE LIVING, BROTHER. I WAS SOOOOOOO WORRIED.
[He says that in the most deadpan way possible. He...he wasn't worried at all!!]
SO YES, EVENTS. DO EVENTS MAKE DOORS LEAD INTO DIFFERENT PLACES AND SUCH??
[Sans is absolutely enough of a nerd to keep texting while he's two feet away, but he pockets his phone all the same.]
[Man, seeing him in person is still so...surreal. There's a sort of catch in his soul as he reminds himself that yeah, yes, this is real, he's still here.]
it was touch and go for a bit there, but i made it through okay. hope i didn't rattle you too much, bro.
[He stuffs his hands in his pockets and rocks on his heels a bit.]
well, this event does. every event is different. sometimes the whole landscape changes. sometimes our memories get changed. sometimes it's just weird or dangerous things happening.
ANYWAY, SO THESE EVENTS ARE LIKE PICKING A RANDOM PAGE FROM A PUZZLE BOOK, THEN. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO KNOW WHAT YOU GET UNTIL YOU FLIP TO THAT PAGE!! IN THAT CASE, CAN YOU REALLY PREPARE FOR THESE EVENTS OR ARE WE JUST...THROWN IN HEAD FIRST?
[No one reacts to puns like Papyrus does. Man did he miss that.]
that's kind of exactly it, bro, yeah. each event is based on someone's memories. so, like alphys--one time wonderland transformed into a copy of her lab in hotland, yeah? and we all got stuck in there. the only warning we get is from the wonderlanders who are...actually from wonderland. but they're kinda kooky. always talking in riddles, never giving a clear answer. it's a real pain.
[Papyrus's eyes widen at the talk of memories. Wait, so any of their memories could be used as events? He certainly hoped that if Wonderland would take any of his memories and made it into an event, it would be a cool one!!]
WOWIE!! THAT'S BOTH...EXCITING AND TERRIFYING!! I WONDER WHAT SORT OF EVENTS WOULD COME FROM MY MEMORIES...MAYBE SOMETHING TO DO WITH A LOT OF PUZZLES!!!
...OH YEAH, NOW THAT YOU MENTION IT! I SAW A WEIRD POST ON THE NETWORK BY SOME LIZARD NAMED BILL THE OTHER DAY. IS HE A WONDERLANDER??
[He chuckles, somewhat tiredly.] exciting and terrifying is kinda wonderland in a nutshell.
[He doesn't want to think about what sort of events could come from this Papyrus's memories. He's seen endings where Alphys becomes the Queen, and endings where Mettaton becomes the King. It's just a spectrum of bad stuff.]
yep, bill's one of the natives. there's a pair of human-looking twins as well, a lady who's head comes off...a few others.
SO WONDERLAND IS KIND OF LIKE A HAUNTED HOUSE, RIGHT? A HAUNTED HOUSE IS BOTH EXCITING AND TERRIFYING AT THE SAME TIME!! BUT LIVING IN ONE WOULD BE VERY EXHAUSTING I WOULD IMAGINE.
[Would he start to become exhausted just living in Wonderland? Only time would tell.]
WAIT, THERE'S A LADY THAT CAN TAKE HER HEAD OFF?!?!?! WOULDN'T THAT HURT IF SHE TOOK IT OFF ALL THE TIME?!?!
HHHHHHHHHUH. WELL THEN! THE NEXT TIME THAT LADY ANNOUNCES AN EVENT OR JUST MAKES A REALLY WEIRD POST ON THE NETWORK, I'M GOING TO ASK HER THEN!!!
[He'll get a straight answer from her, right? Right???? Right.]
SO, THESE POSTS ARE REALLY CRYPTIC...I SUPPOSE I COULD THINK OF THEM LIKE A PUZZLE!! FOR EXAMPLE!!! THE LIZARD SAID SOMETHING ABOUT DRESSING WARMLY. DO YOU THINK THAT MEANS THIS EVENT WILL HAVE TO DO WITH SOMETHING COLD???
[The Duchess gets riled up about really weird things, but she does seem to like talking about her head. Maybe.]
they're pretty much exactly like puzzles, yeah. though i dunno if they're done right. a real puzzle should kinda give you all the pieces you need to solve it, yanno? i'm not sure these wonderlanders are making real puzzles or if they're just kinda...giving us maybe one or two details.
[He shrugs and grins.]
but hey, on the other hand, i was never really any good at puzzles.
[Just watch, literally the first thing he's going to ask the Duchess is how she can take her head off and do things with her head off, it'll be great.]
HMMM...YEAH, IF IT'S A PUZZLE WITH A FEW PIECES MISSING, THEN CAN IT REALLY BE CALLED A PUZZLE? IT'S MORE LIKE THESE WONDERLANDERS ARE CHEATING IF THEY DON'T GIVE US THE FULL SET OF PIECES!! HOW RUDE!!!
FORTUNETELY, I, THE GREAT PAPYRUS, AM STILL A PUZZLE EXPERT!! I CAN BET YOU I CAN SOLVE THESE PUZZLES EVEN IF THEY WITHHOLD SOME OF THESE FACTS, YOU CAN COUNT ON IT!!!
i dunno. i don't think they really want us to solve it. i think it's just to give us a hint.
[No one's ever really prepared for the events, and that's got to be part of Wonderland's whole shtick. It thrives off of memories, but Sans is pretty sure that suffering works for it in a pinch.]
REALLY???!! WELL, ISN'T THAT JUST FRUSTRATING!! WHY GIVE US A PUZZLE WITH SOME HINTS IF WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO SOLVE IT IN THE FIRST PLACE?! THAT'S JUST BAD PUZZLE CREATION RIGHT THERE!!!
[He crosses his arms and pouts for a bit.]
THEY REALLY NEED TO BRUSH UP ON SOME BEGINNER'S TIPS AND TRICKS TO PUZZLE CREATING. MAYBE I'LL LET THEM BORROW SOME OF MY BOOKS ABOUT THEM. I'VE BEEN STARTING TO ACCUMULATE SOME FROM THE MAGICAL CLOSET WITH MODERATE SUCCESS!!
WELL, I WAS ABLE TO GET SOME OF THE BOOKS BACK...YOU WERE RIGHT, THE CLOSET DOESN'T EXACTLY BRING OUT THE RIGHT COPIES OF SOME OF THESE BOOKS. WHICH I GUESS IS OKAY FOR SOME OF THESE BOOKS, LIKE THE PUZZLE SCHEMATICS BOOK, BECAUSE I CAN VERY EASILY FILL IN THE DETAILS THAT THEY DON'T PROVIDE...BUT STILL!!! CAN'T THE CLOSET DO SOMETHING RIGHT AND BRING OUT THE RIGHT BOOK FOR ME?!?! OR A BOOK AT ALL??? I ASKED FOR THE FLUFFY BUNNY BOOK THE OTHER DAY AND THE CLOSET JUST GAVE ME A RABBIT'S FOOT!!!
hee hee. one time i asked for a new hoodie after my old one got damaged, but it didn't get it right, so i kept asking. and asking. and asking. and then like a hundred hoodies poured out. it was amazing. there were so many hoodies, bro.
TALK ABOUT A FASHION DISASTER!!! OR RATHER...A FASHION APOCALYPSE!!! AND I'M WILLING TO BET THAT YOU STILL HAVE ALL OF THOSE HOODIES SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO BOTHER WASHING THEM ALL...
[A closet half filled with clean hoodies and half filled with dirty hoodies...that would be typical!]
nah, i'm a one hoodie kind of guy. [He plucks at the edge of a sleeve.] plus, this one was a gift. it's even got kevlar. i gave most of the other hoodies away, but i've still got a pile in my room, next to the sock pile. makes a great impromptu bed. real comfy.
it was, uh, from mettaton. for my birthday last year. he handmade it. the old one got ruined.
[His smile may or may not be just the tiniest slightest ittiest bittiest bit shy. Papyrus is literally hte only person who might notice something this subtle.]
i mean, it's a real nice hoodie. really well-made. i never, uh, expected to be as good of friends with him as we are. it's, heh, it's kinda weird, but it's nice.
YOU'RE TELLING ME!!! I STILL CAN'T BELIEVE THAT YOU'RE FRIENDS WITH THE METTATON!!! I'M SOOOOOO JEALOUS!!! I WANT TO BE FRIENDS WITH METTATON TOO!!!
HOW'D YOU GUYS GET TO BE SUCH FANTASTIC FRIENDS? HAVE YOU DONE FRIEND-TYPE THINGS LIKE HANGING OUT AND SWAPPING PHONE NUMBERS AND CALL HIM ON THE PHONE TO WARN HIM OF ANY DANGER?? HAS HE TOLD YOU ANY SECRETS ABOUT HIMSELF??? HOW DO I BE FRIENDS WITH HIM????
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OH NO WHAT A TRAVESTY
HONESTLY!!
I'M ABOUT 1000% SURE YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE IT BROTHER
UNLESS YOU NEED ME TO COME IN THERE TO GET YOU???
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go on without me bro
the darkness is taking meeeeezzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
[He appears out the front door about two minutes later.]
jk heroic return
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GLAD TO SEE YOU'RE AMONG THE LIVING, BROTHER. I WAS SOOOOOOO WORRIED.
[He says that in the most deadpan way possible. He...he wasn't worried at all!!]
SO YES, EVENTS. DO EVENTS MAKE DOORS LEAD INTO DIFFERENT PLACES AND SUCH??
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[Man, seeing him in person is still so...surreal. There's a sort of catch in his soul as he reminds himself that yeah, yes,
this is real, he's still here.]
it was touch and go for a bit there, but i made it through okay. hope i didn't rattle you too much, bro.
[He stuffs his hands in his pockets and rocks on his heels a bit.]
well, this event does. every event is different. sometimes the whole landscape changes. sometimes our memories get changed. sometimes it's just weird or dangerous things happening.
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UGH.
ANYWAY, SO THESE EVENTS ARE LIKE PICKING A RANDOM PAGE FROM A PUZZLE BOOK, THEN. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO KNOW WHAT YOU GET UNTIL YOU FLIP TO THAT PAGE!! IN THAT CASE, CAN YOU REALLY PREPARE FOR THESE EVENTS OR ARE WE JUST...THROWN IN HEAD FIRST?
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that's kind of exactly it, bro, yeah. each event is based on someone's memories. so, like alphys--one time wonderland transformed into a copy of her lab in hotland, yeah? and we all got stuck in there. the only warning we get is from the wonderlanders who are...actually from wonderland. but they're kinda kooky. always talking in riddles, never giving a clear answer. it's a real pain.
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WOWIE!! THAT'S BOTH...EXCITING AND TERRIFYING!! I WONDER WHAT SORT OF EVENTS WOULD COME FROM MY MEMORIES...MAYBE SOMETHING TO DO WITH A LOT OF PUZZLES!!!
...OH YEAH, NOW THAT YOU MENTION IT! I SAW A WEIRD POST ON THE NETWORK BY SOME LIZARD NAMED BILL THE OTHER DAY. IS HE A WONDERLANDER??
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[He doesn't want to think about what sort of events could come from this Papyrus's memories. He's seen endings where Alphys becomes the Queen, and endings where Mettaton becomes the King. It's just a spectrum of bad stuff.]
yep, bill's one of the natives. there's a pair of human-looking twins as well, a lady who's head comes off...a few others.
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[Would he start to become exhausted just living in Wonderland? Only time would tell.]
WAIT, THERE'S A LADY THAT CAN TAKE HER HEAD OFF?!?!?! WOULDN'T THAT HURT IF SHE TOOK IT OFF ALL THE TIME?!?!
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[It's as good a metaphor as any, he supposes.]
nah, i think her head just...kinda normally comes off? or something? i dunno. she's a bit like a monster, i guess.
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[He'll get a straight answer from her, right? Right???? Right.]
SO, THESE POSTS ARE REALLY CRYPTIC...I SUPPOSE I COULD THINK OF THEM LIKE A PUZZLE!! FOR EXAMPLE!!! THE LIZARD SAID SOMETHING ABOUT DRESSING WARMLY. DO YOU THINK THAT MEANS THIS EVENT WILL HAVE TO DO WITH SOMETHING COLD???
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[The Duchess gets riled up about really weird things, but she does seem to like talking about her head. Maybe.]
they're pretty much exactly like puzzles, yeah. though i dunno if they're done right. a real puzzle should kinda give you all the pieces you need to solve it, yanno? i'm not sure these wonderlanders are making real puzzles or if they're just kinda...giving us maybe one or two details.
[He shrugs and grins.]
but hey, on the other hand, i was never really any good at puzzles.
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[Just watch, literally the first thing he's going to ask the Duchess is how she can take her head off and do things with her head off, it'll be great.]
HMMM...YEAH, IF IT'S A PUZZLE WITH A FEW PIECES MISSING, THEN CAN IT REALLY BE CALLED A PUZZLE? IT'S MORE LIKE THESE WONDERLANDERS ARE CHEATING IF THEY DON'T GIVE US THE FULL SET OF PIECES!! HOW RUDE!!!
FORTUNETELY, I, THE GREAT PAPYRUS, AM STILL A PUZZLE EXPERT!! I CAN BET YOU I CAN SOLVE THESE PUZZLES EVEN IF THEY WITHHOLD SOME OF THESE FACTS, YOU CAN COUNT ON IT!!!
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[No one's ever really prepared for the events, and that's got to be part of Wonderland's whole shtick. It thrives off of memories, but Sans is pretty sure that suffering works for it in a pinch.]
heh, i don't doubt you for a second, bro.
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[He crosses his arms and pouts for a bit.]
THEY REALLY NEED TO BRUSH UP ON SOME BEGINNER'S TIPS AND TRICKS TO PUZZLE CREATING. MAYBE I'LL LET THEM BORROW SOME OF MY BOOKS ABOUT THEM. I'VE BEEN STARTING TO ACCUMULATE SOME FROM THE MAGICAL CLOSET WITH MODERATE SUCCESS!!
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WELL, I WAS ABLE TO GET SOME OF THE BOOKS BACK...YOU WERE RIGHT, THE CLOSET DOESN'T EXACTLY BRING OUT THE RIGHT COPIES OF SOME OF THESE BOOKS. WHICH I GUESS IS OKAY FOR SOME OF THESE BOOKS, LIKE THE PUZZLE SCHEMATICS BOOK, BECAUSE I CAN VERY EASILY FILL IN THE DETAILS THAT THEY DON'T PROVIDE...BUT STILL!!! CAN'T THE CLOSET DO SOMETHING RIGHT AND BRING OUT THE RIGHT BOOK FOR ME?!?! OR A BOOK AT ALL??? I ASKED FOR THE FLUFFY BUNNY BOOK THE OTHER DAY AND THE CLOSET JUST GAVE ME A RABBIT'S FOOT!!!
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TALK ABOUT A FASHION DISASTER!!! OR RATHER...A FASHION APOCALYPSE!!! AND I'M WILLING TO BET THAT YOU STILL HAVE ALL OF THOSE HOODIES SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO BOTHER WASHING THEM ALL...
[A closet half filled with clean hoodies and half filled with dirty hoodies...that would be typical!]
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...WAIT, A GIFT? OH!! WHO WAS IT FROOOOOM???
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[His smile may or may not be just the tiniest slightest ittiest bittiest bit shy. Papyrus is literally hte only person who might notice something this subtle.]
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NYEH HEH HEH HEH HEH...I HAVE A FEELING YOU REALLY REALLY LIKE IT, THEN!! YOU TWO MUST BE GREAT FRIENDS IF HE MADE A JACKET JUST FOR YOU!!
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i mean, it's a real nice hoodie. really well-made. i never, uh, expected to be as good of friends with him as we are. it's, heh, it's kinda weird, but it's nice.
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HOW'D YOU GUYS GET TO BE SUCH FANTASTIC FRIENDS? HAVE YOU DONE FRIEND-TYPE THINGS LIKE HANGING OUT AND SWAPPING PHONE NUMBERS AND CALL HIM ON THE PHONE TO WARN HIM OF ANY DANGER?? HAS HE TOLD YOU ANY SECRETS ABOUT HIMSELF??? HOW DO I BE FRIENDS WITH HIM????
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