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????
[Oh god it's clear that Papyrus is picking up on something. This is so silly. Most of the secrets Sans keeps from him have a lot more weight than this. It's barely even a secret. It's not like he and Mettaton are...]
[Well, he actually isn't sure what to call it. Not that that's anything new.]
aw, bro, you will be. he's a real easy guy to talk to once you get to know him. he's pretty much always the celebrity, but it just kinda adds to the, uh, charm.
[Mettaton's got this thing about distancing himself from people because of that "celebrity status," but Sans isn't sure if Mettaton actually believes all that, or if that's just an effect of his Mirror.]
yeah, heh, actually we've done...all of those things? he's told me some secrets, i've...told him some. anyway, uh. you just be friends with him by being yourself, paps. he likes you. you just kinda...let him talk about himself a bunch, heh. you just--be friends with him like you be friends with anyone. he's just a regular monster.
I SEE, SO BEHIND THAT SHINY INTERIOR, HE'S JUST A REGULAR GUY LIKE THE BOTH OF US!! EVEN THOUGH HE STILL ACTS LIKE A CELEBRITY EVEN WHEN THE CAMERAS ARE NOT ROLLING. I SEE, I SEE!!
[Maybe he was just blowing all of this out of proportion, just because Mettaton's famous!
STILL, THAT IS EXCELLENT ADVICE. I'LL ASK HIM SO MANY THINGS ABOUT HIMSELF, HE'LL WANT TO BE MY FRIEND!! AND!!! IF I JUST MAKE FRIENDS WITH HIM LIKE I CAN ANYONE ELSE, THEN I'LL BE SURE TO SHOW HIM MY BEST PUZZLES, TOO!! NYEH HEH HEH!!
[Hopefully Mettaton loves spike and ice puzzles, because guess what he's going to get??]
NYEH HEH HEH...THIS IS SO EXCITING!!! I CAN'T WAIT!! NOW, I WONDER, WOULD METTATON LIKE ICE PUZZLES OR SPIKE PUZZLES MORE?? OH, OH!!! OR MAYBE BOTH?? WITH A CANNON FIRING EVERY SO OFTEN!! AND SPEARS POINTING UP AND DOWN EVERY SO OFTEN!! AND, AND...
[Aaaaaand he's off in his own world, trying to cook up the perfect puzzle for Mettaton to go through. WELP, godspeed, Mettaton!]
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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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[Well, he actually isn't sure what to call it. Not that that's anything new.]
aw, bro, you will be. he's a real easy guy to talk to once you get to know him. he's pretty much always the celebrity, but it just kinda adds to the, uh, charm.
[Mettaton's got this thing about distancing himself from people because of that "celebrity status," but Sans isn't sure if Mettaton actually believes all that, or if that's just an effect of his Mirror.]
yeah, heh, actually we've done...all of those things? he's told me some secrets, i've...told him some. anyway, uh. you just be friends with him by being yourself, paps. he likes you. you just kinda...let him talk about himself a bunch, heh. you just--be friends with him like you be friends with anyone. he's just a regular monster.
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[Maybe he was just blowing all of this out of proportion, just because Mettaton's famous!
STILL, THAT IS EXCELLENT ADVICE. I'LL ASK HIM SO MANY THINGS ABOUT HIMSELF, HE'LL WANT TO BE MY FRIEND!! AND!!! IF I JUST MAKE FRIENDS WITH HIM LIKE I CAN ANYONE ELSE, THEN I'LL BE SURE TO SHOW HIM MY BEST PUZZLES, TOO!! NYEH HEH HEH!!
[Hopefully Mettaton loves spike and ice puzzles, because guess what he's going to get??]
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[A good guy. A good monster.]
heh, he'd love all of that, bro. it's guaranteed to work.
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[Aaaaaand he's off in his own world, trying to cook up the perfect puzzle for Mettaton to go through. WELP, godspeed, Mettaton!]