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[To say Sans hasn't been around recently is a massive understatement. Since his public dumping, he's been taking in the scenery of his bedroom relatively exclusively. Occasionally he would broaden his scope and investigate the inside of an empty bag of chips for extra crumbs, but that was only on good days.

More than anything, he slept. That was supposed to change today, at Papyrus's nagging, petulant insistence. They'd agreed to meet today in one of his little brother's patented snap out of it jogs around the ship. Sans had never looked forward to exercise quite so much.

When Papyrus didn't show and the MID directory listed his name wreathed in nervewracking red, that excitement turned quickly to gnawing, persistent denial.]

hey so. hope everyone's doing alright. heard a lot of babies crying through my door the last few weeks. lemme know if you need babysitters, i've been looking for a few more chairs around here.

anyway...

i was wondering if anyone's seen my bro, papyrus. he's a morale officer around here, you may have met him through that? if you haven't, here's a picture. it's kinda old, he sent it to me from his MID a few months back. still looks pretty much the same, but his uniform might have more puff paint on it now (he's the circled one).

just to get this out of the way now: yeah, we're skeletons. yeah, we're really alive. no, how we eat isn't that interesting.

it's no big deal if you haven't seen him, he a busy guy. but if you DO see him could you let him know his brother's looking for him. he knows where to find me.

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[There's a very long pause as Charlie reads this, and it makes her heart sink to think of it because it's so familiar. Oh, she knows this feeling. She knows, and wishes she didn't.]

I'll keep an eye out. The non-glass one, that is.

[It's a terse reply, but what else can you say? There are no words to make any of this okay or right. All she can do is hope Papyrus shows up soon, because this is something nobody should have to deal with.

Sammy...]

appreciate that, kiddo. he'll turn up, but, y'know. had to glassk, right?

Edited 2016-09-02 01:57 (UTC)

[Her concern for Papyrus outweighs her grudge for the moment. The boss monster considers this as much of an emergency as Chara or Frisk vanishing.

She's doing this more to make sure Papyrus is here opposed to helping Sans.]

I have not seen Papyrus today, but I will look around for him. I'm sure he's helping someone right now.

...

[After Asriel's talk with Mettaton, he's pretty sure that Papyrus isn't on the ship anymore.]

If I see him, I'll let him know.

[It takes him nearly ten minutes to respond, typing and deleting five different variations on hey, thanks before settling on one.]

i appreciate it, t. you're probably right.

[Needless to say, "how are you?" didn't make the final draft.]

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[Well whaddya know. They've both been talking to Mettaton. The only difference is, apparently, that Sans was particularly determined to ignore where every shred of evidence pointed to.]

aw man, thanks. you're a good kid, az. he'll turn up.

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[Okay, he took the bait. Somehow that's a relief, she supposes. People behaving too much unlike themselves - well. That's probably not good.]

Yeah, I get it.

[It takes Toriel a bit longer to reply, mostly trying to stick to Papyrus opposed to anything else.]
You know Papyrus. Always helping everyone if he gets the chance.

I will send you a message if I catch sight of him.

I'm sure you're right. He wouldn't stay away for too long.

right, yeah. thanks again, toriel.

[And, against all better judgment...]

things okay with you?

exactly.

so how've you been, kiddo? holding up?

heh, figured you might.

[Frisk isn't...entirely unaware of recent events. Even as disjointed and hazy as many of their days are now, Frisk has spoken with Mettaton already. After Chara, though, it's hard to feel more than a pang of hurt and regret.]

[But they know how Sans must feel right now.]

ill keep a eye out

r u ok

never better, kid. haven't seen much of you lately, how've you been?

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Yeah.

[There really isn't much else she can say to that, there's nothing she can think to say. She's already said she'll keep an eye out. What else do you say in the face of all this?]

The ship's pretty big, anyway. The doors were acting up, too.

[It's all a pretense, and she knows it, but it has to stay up. There's some things you don't face without breaking in the process.]

if i see him, i'll let you know. i have to give him his shirts back anyway.

[She has a bad feeling about this.]

oh yeah? must've missed that. i've been a little out of the loop lately.

what was up with the doors?

shirts? heh, sounds like a story.

Holding up about as well as everyone else.

I was one of those babies you were talking about a few weeks ago.

[Not something that Asriel is terribly proud of, but it's a better conversation starter then say, talking about Chara.]

Sometimes they lead to completely different places than they were supposed to. Like one time I was aiming for the library, and wound up in someone's room.

It's been weird.

sadly it involves the slaver outpost and none of the fun drunken shenanigans that you might have expected

[Well. That wasn't what Sans was hoping for.]

heh, well. i knew it wasn't drunken. not unless you mean milk.

[He tried hard to forget about the slaving nightmare he'd slept through, particularly Papyrus' involvement in it. Though thinking backwards was somehow preferable, now, than thinking ahead to what might be true.]

still, stand what i said. sounds like a story. but i get if it's not one you wanna tell.

Edited 2016-09-02 03:37 (UTC)

i'm not even gonna ask.

how'd toriel deal with that?

yikes.

this is why i never leave my bedroom unless i have to, kid. hope the person you walked in on wasn't in the middle of anything embarrassing.

or y'know, if they were, hope it gave you a laugh.

Looks like they're back to normal now, though. Ship's still pretty big, anyway.

No, it was just awkward.

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