thisavrou | [video] Feb 17th

[It's either very late at night or very early in the morning. Papyrus grins at anyone watching as he usually does, but this time around, something's off. His usual cheer seems forced, and there's a subtle, constant background rattle and the screen never quite seems to stay still.]

Hello again, everyone! This is the great Papyrus speaking, and... and I...

...

[For a moment, he seems at a loss for words. Then he rallies again and holds up his other hand. He has Sans's jacket in a tight grip, and clinging to the inside is an odd, distinctive sort of dust.]

I seem to have lost track of my brother!! That lazybones... now he's managed to slack off on naps! Is there no end to this?

So! If anyone has any idea where he is, please let me know! He probably just... fell asleep somewhere weird! There seems to be a lot of that going around lately.

[He starts to switch off the feed, then hesitates.]

Also, could someone bring some cleaning supplies to Sans's room? There's so much dust in here... I've been trying to get it all up, but it's just... getting everywhere.

[For a moment, he looks distressed, then he pastes the smile back on.]

O-once again, this is the great Papyrus! Signing out!!

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I do remember he didn't like seeing a dead body too much. So I think for him to kill someone? He would feel like he needs them out of the way.

And from what I can tell that kid was a little asshole, too. Still a kid, but he did provoke him. He could have pulled some shit again.

Worth checking out, maybe.

[He doesn't like any of this. It's entirely plausible, except for the part where he really doesn't believe Sans would have gone for Chara a second time.

Niko gets a rare reaction out of Papyrus: he actually looks a little angry.]

Sans isn't like that! He only did what he did the first time because I nearly got into trouble with Chara; he doesn't traipse around knocking people down willy-nilly!!

I don't think he would do it ah... I don't know what willy nilly means. But you should look anyway. Remember, there are things in this place that can make people get pissed off more, more than in their right mind.

[It's sort of sad. It feels like the moony-eyed gaze Roman always saw him through. But as he remembers, Sans didn't have any remorse. Niko chose not to pass judgement in the scenario- he won't judge other captives. It's just his personal moral. But he knows that sort of remorselessness. It's what he feels when he wants someone dead, and won't feel safe until it happens. Like with Darko. Like with Dimitri.]

You say there's dust, right? How long would he have to be missing for it to get dusty.

[That's a sticky question for a monster to have to answer. Papyrus hems and haws, avoiding eye contact for a bit.]

It must have been deposited there! I just saw him yesterday, and I've been helping him keep his side of the room tidy.

So he dumped dust and left.

That's it.

Just to piss you off?

[You know what, that's not unlikely, because Niko and Roman found a lot of ways to piss each other off.]

[He's still... going to go there, though. He's been hired to do so many revenge killings, to make threats obsolete, that he can't help but wonder about it. He almost doesn't want to mention this vague suspicion to him, but he liked Sans, for what little he met him, and he would rather find out for certain. Papyrus is the one who could.]

You guys don't bleed, do you? Because you are bone...

[And Sans loved to piss Papyrus off, at least in harmless brotherly ways. It's a good excuse, anyway.]

Bleed? Oh! No, no, monsters don't do that, not even the ones with skin. We don't have the same sort of physicality that humans do.

Ah...

So...

If you [points at camera/Papyrus] are hurt, what happens to you? And if your brother is hurt, what happens to him?

Well, if I were hurt, I would lose a little health and stay that way until I could eat something or rest! As for Sans...

[Poor health. Poor defense. He'd fall down if someone hit him even once.]

He's... not as strong as I am.

I tell you what, I will go look around for any more dust trails.

[He might go looking specifically for that kid. With his trusty roll of duct tape he used to restrain Miles, just in case.]

Oh, I don't know if...

[Admitting this is where most of the dust should be felt like admitting to the rest of the truth, and he stops himself.]

That is! If that's what you think is best!

[video] Feb 17th

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