[video] the most punderful time of the year

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[Sans is out at his hotdog stand, apparently oblivious to the growing cold. His black cat, 4, is a lot less oblivious, considering he's curled up in Sans's hood. He's peering dubiously at the camera while Sans fiddles with condiments. This is the first time Sans has really been out in public since the last event.]

probably only a couple more days till wonderland throws the holidays at us, huh? gonna be my third one, personally. wonder how bad it's gonna be this time. last year we didn't sleep and kept waking up in a wonderland where everyone was brainwashed. year before that, i almost froze to death. despite, yanno, bein' a skeleton.

[Sans sets about toasting a few hotdog buns on the grill behind him.]

hey, so...indulge me. if you could have any one thing for gyftmas, or christmas, or whatever you celebrate--what would it be? no limits. could be purely conceptual or intangible. just any one thing.

...and hey, if you wanna give a sarcastic answer, feel free. think we've all had enough truth or dare where you can't pick dare lately, after all. i'm just curious.

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[punful]

nice to have a happy ending, right?

[softspokenlandlord]

Indeed! I've also met Alphys and Mettaton, although my first time meeting Alphys was, ah. During one of the mansion's events.

[Which was a big yikes all around. He's not going to talk about it if she doesn't though!]

Do you not have many people who take a vested interest? Or are you just saying that as an aside? Because I couldn't imagine that anyone would find you uninteresting.

[nomorules]

_{[Points to eyes, points to you. He's giving you a break because you've had a rough go of it, skull bro, but don't think Ryuji's satisfied for a minute with that passive Kanye shrugging.]}

This ain't over! And I don't say that lightly 'cause I like hotdogs. Chin up, pal, the ain't as scary as it seems. Promise!

[punful]

ah, yeah, i can imagine that was a weird one.

[People who show up during events have it the hardest. What a nightmare.]

more that i just appreciate it the interest, i guess. most people get pretty curious about us being monsters or whatever, but mostly it's just questions about why we call ourselves that.

[punful]

see you around, ryuji.

[forwearemany]

It is unliketly that this outcome is universally desired, or universally beneficial. Nor is it an 'ending.

However, cessation of conflict is preferable.

[punful]

[Nor is it an ending.]

[Heh.]

yeah. generally my opinion, too.

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[pleasereset]

You must be pretty lonely if you're wanting to hang out with me.

[Asriel blurts it out before he can stop himself, and he shakes his head. Come on, Asriel, don't ruin this. Just this once, don't ruin this.]

Sorry...

I... that sounds nice. [It sounds really nice actually. Quiet, peaceful - something he never thought he'd get here.] I've never seen real stars before coming here, seeing 'em up close would be really cool.

And um, hot chocolate sounds really great too.

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[ngah]

PROBABLY!!!

I know the kind of thing you go for, too. You're pretty easy to shop for, you have two interests.

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[punful]

...heh.

[Welp.]

nah, it's okay.

[Everyone and their mother knows Sans is lonely. It's fine.]

hot chocolate goes best with stargazing. i'll hit you up with the sky clears sometime, yeah?

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[punful]

[He chuckles and ticks off on his fingers.] ketchup, and hotdogs.

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[ngah]

Yes. Meanwhile, I'm very multidimensional!! I like fighting, and swords, and... uh... hot soup!!!

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[romsapience]

Point. It feels like all we can do at this point is just...toss around theories, and see which ones stick. And who knows how long that cycle has been going on for?

[Turing's willing to bet this has been going on longer than anyone would imagine - possibly even longer than the archives date back to.

Something needs to give, but what?]

Hmmmm...I suppose that would be the only way to get us to dream about anything. Although...perhaps it's because I haven't really been properly induced into a dream-like state, but I find that I don't exactly dream about anything. Not even of electric sheep!

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[punful]

a well-rounded assortment.

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[punful]

doesn't help that so much information gets lost over time, as people leave.

[And they're not wrong about the fact that it could have been going on for longer than anyone knows. The denizens seem to imply that Wonderland has been around forever--at least, longer than ten years.]

[He chuckles.]

i'm glad you said that, cause i was definitely gonna ask.

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[ngah]

AND ANIME!!!!

[How could she forget?]

[softspokenlandlord]

On the one hand, I can't blame them on an academic sense, I guess. But on the other, I can see where that kind of question would become trying.

If I ever ask you a dumb question like that, feel free to tell me. I wouldn't want to step on any toes, after all.

But if I were going to ask something about you, I'd probably rather inquire about what makes you special or different.

[...Because he's nosy.]

[forwearemany]

Affirmative.

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[punful]

oh man, silly me. forgot the most important one.

[punful]

it got old quick, yeah.

nah, heh, there's no such thing as a stupid question. it's fine, really. and heh, personally, i'm really not all that special. monsters are i guess special in that we're made of magic and such, but i dunno. we're just regular people.

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[ngah]

Yeah!!! Come on, Sans!! Have you ever SEEN Gurren Lagann??? 'Cause if you had, you'd have three whole interests and truly ascend as a monster.

[softspokenlandlord]

Being made of magic is pretty extraordinary, not everyone can say that about themselves. Maybe it's just natural for a human to think it's special, or maybe I just find magic intriguing.

At least when it's not bad magic used to hurt people.

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[punful]

haven't seen that one, no. maybe you could show it to me sometime.

[punful]

haha i guess.

monster magic tends to be pretty neutral. it's like a force of nature, like gravity and such. it can't be good or bad until someone uses it that way.

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[pleasereset]

[He still feels a little ashamed. He doesn't think Sans is trying to trick or toy with him - though a very paranoid part of him is trying to convince him otherwise. If Sans really wanted revenge... he could easily have it. It's not like Asriel could stop him.]

That sounds great. I'll be looking forward to it.

[Why are you doing this? he wants to ask, but he just can't seem to work up the courage.]

There's um... lots of "constellations" right? Those are were the stars shows you pictures, isn't it? Can we look at those?