[video] an un-bear-able time

[punful]

[It's everyone's favorite loser skeleton. He's looking pretty tired.]

so that event was kinda fun, yeah? spent the whole time hanging out with a bear. can't say i've ever done that before, heh. he's--they're?--a pretty chill guy, or guys. good taste in music.

but it's pretty crazy. wonderland makes all these thinking, talking monsters, and then at the end of the event, poof. they're gone.

[Best not to think about it.]

that reminds me...

looks like my brother's gone home. [Gone home, back to being a pile of dust in the snow. Some other Sans will find him, and so on ad nauseum. But at least now Chara can't kill him. Again.] you mighta seen him around. tall skeleton, way cooler than me. all his stuff's gone and his room's back to the default. only one thing that means around here.

[He shrugs as if it doesn't really matter. And really, does it?]

[He's about to sign off on that note, but then he pauses. There's something else he should say. Something that, if he's honest with himself, he'd be remiss not to mention. Even though it's essentially pointless and won't change whatever is going to happen.]

by the way. there's two humans here now who came from my world. frisk and chara. you might see 'em around--they're pretty independent kids, but if people could keep an eye on them both, i'd really appreciate it. frisk's a good kid. chara's...kind of a hellion. heh.

[No one would believe the truth. Right?]

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[fulllifeconsequences]

Why do I have the feeling that "keep an eye on them" means something different for me than it does for Frisk? I can't help but think you're painting me in an awfully unfair light, Sans.

[Says the child who's been here ten days and already has blood on their hands.]

I didn't even do a thing to your brother. This time. As far as you know.

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[punful]

i'm sure i have no idea what you mean. two little lost kids in wonderland...best to keep an eye on them so they don't run into trouble, yeah?

or are you even trying?

[Whose blood, Chara?]

actually, in his timeline, you did. well. at least if he's gone, you can't do it to him again.

[Doesn't change the fact that that version of Papyrus is now a pile of dust, somewhere on the other side of the multiverse.]

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[fulllifeconsequences]

[Ha. Two little lost kids in Wonderland. That's what they were, wasn't it? Not one little lost kid in the Underground.

"But it's no use now," thought poor Alice, "to pretend to be two people!"]

Why, there's hardly enough of me left to make one respectable person!

[* Nobody important.]

And there's even less left of Papyrus, if he's from that timeline. What a shame. At least if his dust were here, you could find somewhere nice to scatter it.

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[determinedest]

I'm sorry.

[There's not much else to say about Papyrus. Sans had mentioned that some time had passed since he'd seen his brother, and based on the fact that Wonderland seems to like giving and taking people indiscriminately, it hadn't taken long for Frisk to intuit the same.

They pause.]

Chara's staying with me. I think I might be able to keep them in line.

[OH FRISK YOU OPTIMIST YOU.]

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[punful]

ah, well. probably better that he's gone, considering recent arrivals.

[Good lord. They're staying together? So much for Sans even making a cursory attempt to keep an eyesocket on Frisk.]

i wouldn't put money on that, kid.

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[determinedest]

It's better than letting them roam around.

[You know the saying, about keeping your enemies close. Frisk might be taking that a little too close to heart.

There's another pause while they check to ensure Chara isn't in the room with them.] They keep looking for the dagger that came with me.

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[krmvgivv]

...yes, Chara seems pretty terrible. [It has not taken that many dead gnomes for Dipper to realize that. Not to mention just talking to him. Dipper frowns slightly as he looks at Sans.]

I'm sorry, man. Having your sibling leave is... awful.

[The week without Mabel was one of the worst he's ever experienced.]

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[punful]

heh. i was trying to be...less blunt about it.

[The only reason he doesn't come out and say "hey this kid murdered my brother and countless other monsters, over and over across multiple timelines" is because it doesn't work. He knows it doesn't work. If it worked, it wouldn't keep happening. This place might be off-script, but Sans isn't convinced that things can actually change that much.]

it's alright. i'll survive.

[Doesn't he always?]

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[krmvgivv]

They killed some of the gnomes. Pretty sure this calls for some bluntness.

[The gnomes might not have been real, anymore than Gravity Falls itself was real when Wonderland sent them there, but it still feels very personal to Dipper. How could they come in and mess with Dipper's home? If he wasn't already wary of Chara, he certainly is now.]

Surviving isn't the same thing as being okay. Do you... need anything?

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[naughty_nurse]

I-I'm so sorry, Sans! Y-Your brother was so nice...

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[punful]

yeah, papyrus is a real champ. wouldn't find a better guy even if you went looking.

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[naughty_nurse]

M-Maybe he'll come back... It happens sometimes.

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[exceedinglybright]

I'm sorry to hear about your brother.

[Their last conversation had largely been about him, including how he was actually quite harmless despite being a 'human-hunting fanatic.' Lily frowns all the same-- losing someone is never easy, and family is even worse.]

I can keep my eyes open, and ask my husband to do the same. Is there-- anything in specific we should know?

['Hellion' has caught her attention, at the very least.]

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[punful]

thanks.

[How much can he say without saying something unbelievable?]

just, you know. if you see them playing with matches or sharp implements, maybe say something. who knows what human kids can get up to?

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[exceedinglybright]

Seems reasonable.

[Those are the sorts of things small children often play with without realizing.]

Friends of yours, I take it?

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[mypartnerintime]

Sorry about your brother. I hope he's happy back home.

And yes, hellion is a good word. Or at least really independent.

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[punful]

yeah. i hope so too.

[Maybe there's a monster afterlife where Papyrus is happy forever.]

i think they haven't had any real human contact or, like, guidance in a long time.

did they say anything strange to you?

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[mypartnerintime]

That explains a lot.

They had a knife and showed me. For protection.

[Honestly she can't even say that Chara threatened her, because she's not sure. They might have been just... aggressively defensive.]

[voice]

[slapfight]

It was... a satisfactory shift in the illusory landscape. For a moment, I almost enjoyed this place.

[grumblemutter] Then it went back to normal.

[voice]

[punful]

right? i'm gonna miss that multibear.

[voice]

[slapfight]

It was nice having my own bodyguards. I almost felt like an aristocrat. [she snorts an awkward laugh.] A Peridot feeling like gem royalty. That's almost scandalous.

[it was a nice feeling.]

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[doods]

Sorry to hear about your brother, skeledude. If he's cooler than you, maybe Wonderland was just like, whoa. Not ready to cope with all that dope.

[ Soos can only imagine so much radness gathered in one place, honestly. ]

And hey, I'll keep an eye out for your human kids. No problem. That's basically the only kind of kid we have back home anyway.

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[punful]

heh, thanks. yeah, maybe that's it. too much bone-ified awesome in one place.

thanks. i appreciate it.

oh, by the way--the name's sans. since we couldn't give our real names last time. how about you?

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[mviw]

I'm sorry your brother's gone. [Would this be a bad time to ask about being a living skeleton? Probably.]

I'll try to keep an eye out for the kids, but ha, I already have my hands full with my nephew and niece.

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[punful]

thanks.

heh, i get that. kids are always a handful. i just figure the more eyesockets on them, the less likely they'll get into serious trouble.