THE GREAT PAPYRUS!

hi papyrus its steven!!
remember how im in charge of music stuff now?
i'm starting a band you should join it!

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HELLO STEEVEN! HOW ARE YOU?

A BAND? WOWIE! I DIDN'T KNOW YOU WERE SO MUSICALLY INCLINED!!"

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yeah!! i'm the...performance art chief!! or something
which i think means i should make a band so thats what im doing!

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THAT'S A BRILLIANT IDEA! NOBODY CAN BE UNHAPPY IN THE PRESENCE OF GOOD MUSIC AND A LIGHT ATMOSPHERE!

I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO JOIN YOUR BAND, JUST LET ME KNOW WHEN TO SHOW UP AND WHAT TO DO!

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AWESOME!!
do you play any instruments?? its ok if you dont i can teach you something but if you do that would be super cool also

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I DO NOT! I LIKE TO SING, BUT I'VE NEVER TRIED MY HAND AT AN INSTRUMENT BEFORE.

LESSON SOUND LIKE LOTS OF FUN THOUGH! WHAT DO YOU PLAY?[]

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singing is great too you can totally sing!!
i play a bunch of different stuff i play all the guitars and drums and piano and ukelele and some other stuff...
im trying to learn harp now because the captains gave me one

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WOWIE! THAT'S SO MANY! HOW DID YOU LEARN TO PLAY SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS SO WELL, STEVEN?

[Not that he's heard him play. But he already totally believes Steven sounds awesome.]

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my dad taught me! he's basically a rock star
i mean he's never been famous exactly but he could be he's really good

[He misses him a lot.]

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[Papyrus couldn't really relate, but it's no matter because what Steven's saying just keeps sounding better and better.

His cool plant friend is strong and funny and talented, and he has rock star parents?

SO COOL.]

WELL, DON'T WORRY! EVEN A NON-FAMOUS ROCK STAR IS SUPER NEAT!

WHEN DID YOU WANT TO BEGIN?

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right away!!
or whenever everybody has time anyway......
since its my official job i figure i shouldn't slack off haha

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hey i know this is probably....not the BEST time for you but i'd

i mean if youre okay with it i''d like to ask you a couple things

im sure you know what about.

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[Oh, no. Papyrus figures it can only be about one thing, but resolves to keep his cheerful demeanor. What sort of morale officer gets caught not smiling? Especially when they're a skeleton!]

HELLO, RATCHET!

I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE FOR ME!

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[Ratchet's not surprised to be met by Papyrus' usual enthusiasm, which shines through even in text. He's not going to dance around the subject though, even though he knows it can't be pleasant.]

who is chara?

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I'M... NO LONGER SURE?

I THOUGHT THEY WERE THE ONE THAT CAME TO MY TOWN FROM THE SURFACE, BUT THERE'S ANOTHER HUMAN, FRISK, WHO SAYS IT WAS THEY! BUT FRISK'S STORY DOESN'T ADD UP WHILE CHARA ACTS MUCH MORE LIKE THE HUMAN I MET, AND IT MAKES MY SKULL HURT TO TRY TO SORT IT OUT.

WHAT I KNOW FOR SURE IS THAT CHARA IS DEFINITELY IN NEED OF HELP. THEY'RE VERY LOST, AND THEY SEEM TO THINK THE ONLY THING THAT WORKS IS INCREASING THEIR LOVE.

Edited (accidentally a word) Date: 2016-02-14 07:32 am (UTC)

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THAT'S AN ADMIRABLE TRAIT! THE LESS WE SLACK, THE CLOSER WE GET TO ESTABLISHING HIGH MORALE ON THIS SHIP!

AND BELIEVE ME, THEY NEED IT. BADLY.

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[Ratchet drags a hand down his face. Well that explained the look-alikes. This alternate reality stuff was a headache.]

well i agree with you that chara needs help. but you....i think you lost me. what do you mean 'increasing their love'? That was about the least lovable kid i've ever met

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OH, NO! I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT LOVE! I MEAN, NOT THE SORT OF LOVE THAT INVOLVES TALKING TO SOMEONE YOU HAVE FEELINGS FOR IN A VERY HOT VOICE!

NOT TO BE VULGAR, BUT WHEN I SAID LOVE, I WAS TALKING ABOUT CHARA'S LEVEL OF VIOLENCE. THEIRS IS VERY HIGH, AND IT TROUBLES ME. I DON'T THINK THEY KNOW ANY OTHER WAY TO HANDLE THEIR PROBLEMS, AND THEY HAVEN'T BEEN RECEPTIVE TO MY EXAMPLES.

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you think so??
has it been tough so far?
i guess i haven't seen as much of it yet!!

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level of violence... geez. geez.

[It made sense. He didn't want it to make sense, but it did.]

i dont understand...if you knew about this, why didnt you tell anyone??

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I HAD NO IDEA THEY WERE HERE AT ALL UNTIL THE INCIDENT IN THE GARDEN!

[It's so awful, and now everyone knows about that. Sans's trial made his near-death public knowledge, and Ratchet's not the first person to go 'what the hell' at him. He still believes he did the best he could, but everything that happened after...

It's really hard to talk about, but he tries.]

I GUESS I THOUGHT MAYBE THINGS WOULD BE DIFFERENT THIS TIME IF I TRIED EXTRA HARD TO SHOW THEM THE WAY. I THINK THERE'S STILL GOODNESS IN THEM, THEY JUST DON'T REMEMBER WHERE TO FIND IT YET.

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OH, YES! I ASKED, AND MANY PEOPLE WERE NOT THRILLED TO BE HERE INVOLUNTARILY. WHICH IS UNDERSTANDABLE!

BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE CAN GIVE UP ON TRYING TO MAKE THEM SMILE, RIGHT?

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i get that

[He really did.]

but people could have...people DID get hurt. chara got hurt. [Died.]

but that still doesn't explain why. i know chara attacked you, but you didn't even get hurt. not really. why did sans have to kill them?

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[There's a very long pause before the next message comes in. Actually, it's only about ten minutes, but Papyrus answers his messages so promptly that it might as well have been hours.]

RATCHET, I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS, BUT YOU'RE A VERY COOL FRIEND AND I HOPE THE TRUTH MAKES YOU FEEL BETTER, OR UNDERSTAND THIS STICKY SITUATION A LITTLE MORE CLEARLY.

YOU SEE

[Another pause, this one closer to twenty minutes.]

IF I'M RIGHT, SANS REMEMBERS A TIME WHEN THEY DIDN'T FAIL.

Edited (clarity) Date: 2016-02-15 05:08 am (UTC)

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