un: defeynseattorney

[doubledsofjustice]

I don't remember much about my life before getting to the Bureau, I'll admit, but I do remember that on these missions we'd often share our findings together on one of these posts.

So here's another little hub for sharing that information and perhaps missed connections, too.

I haven't found much myself out by the ruins, but I did notice... has anyone been hearing strange voices?

[ooc: as suggested, you can use this post to share your findings in one cool spot. Mia won't respond to everything, but that means you can pretty much threadjack as you wish.]

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if you think i'm not responding to these separately i am afraid you have a second think coming

[spaghettimonster]

WHAT DO KNOCK-KNOCK JOKES HAVE TO DO WITH GREATNESS!?

twice the papyrus

[ribticklers]

they're good for you
nothing like a few knocks to get the bones rattlin

[spaghettimonster]

LIKE AN ALARM CLOCK?
AN ALARM CLOCK OF WORDPLAY??

[ribticklers]

exactly
and you don't even need to get up early for it

[spaghettimonster]

OH, I GET UP EARLY ANYWAY. BUT I GUESS THAT'S A FEATURE FOR SOME PEOPLE!

[ribticklers]

getting up early is a waste of good sleeping time

[spaghettimonster]

I GUESS THAT'S A FEATURE FOR SOME PEOPLE...
I REALLY DON'T SEE THE APPEAL.
DREAMS ARE WEIRD. AND DISORIENTING.

[ribticklers]

aren't dreams supposed to be a window to your unconscious or whatever?
maybe you'd remember stuff faster if you slept in
unless they're extra weird

[Sans is not actually sure how much stock he would really put into dreams in general, but there's a lot of weird magic involved here already.]

[spaghettimonster]

NO, THEY'RE EXTRA WEIRD.
AND VERY NOT MADE OF MEMORIES.
UNLESS I SPENT TIME BEING NOBODY, IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE.
I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER I'M PAPYRUS IN SOME OF THEM.

[Come to think of it, maybe they are of memories. Like that time his face got removed. Could something so awful have happened more than once?? He'd rather not imagine it.]

I REMEMBER AGAIN WHEN I WAKE UP. SO IT'S FINE!!
BUT IT'S EASIER TO JUST NOT SLEEP.

[ribticklers]

huh
weird

[Also vaguely familiar? But Sans doesn't really want to think about that.]

don't worry, i'll take some extra naps on your behalf

[spaghettimonster]

[It's amazing how easy it is to just agree to not talk about a thing. Like the most natural feeling imaginable.]

THANKS!!
I GUESS??
I'LL TAKE MORE, UH.

HEY, WHAT'S SOMETHING YOU DON'T LIKE.
WE SHOULD TRADE THIS, SO IT'S FAIR.

[ribticklers]

[Imagining trading away the job of liking himself to Papyrus is funny. It takes him a moment to wonder why that idea popped into his head. Well, he's definitely not saying that.]

what are your thoughts on exercise?

1/2

[spaghettimonster]

POSITIVE AND ENTHUSIASTIC!
I ALREADY DO IT A LOT, WHAT'S A LITTLE MORE?
YOU CAN KEEP SLEEPING IN FOREVER.

[It practically rolls off his fingers; just a familiar chastisement, like he's said hundreds of times before.]

2/2

[spaghettimonster]

. . .
HEY, WAIT A MINUTE.
DOES THIS SEEM. FAMILIAR TO YOU?

[ribticklers]

[Sans considers this. Talking to Papyrus like this is very natural. It feels like he's been doing it for years.]

it feels normal
so i guess if that counts, yeah

[spaghettimonster]

OH MY GOD.
WHY IS THAT, OF ALL OUR CONVERSATIONS. WHAT FEELS FAMILIAR?
HAVE I BEEN TOO POLITE??
IS BEING RUDE NORMAL FOR US!?

[ribticklers]

it's not like it's really rude
i do sleep in forever

[This does feel like an important distinction, for some reason?]

so yeah i guess this is just how we act

[spaghettimonster]

ARE YOU SURE? IT SEEMS A LITTLE RUDE.
DRAWING ATTENTION TO YOUR FLAWS LIKE THAT...

I'M SURE THAT I HATE DRAWING ATTENTION TO -MY- FLAWS!
ESPECIALLY SINCE I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THEY ARE.
IF THEY EXIST.

[Okay, maybe a little hyperbolic. But the point stands that it's not the most mannerly of interactions.]

[ribticklers]

sleeping isn't a flaw
but if you want to compliment me on my boneafide top quality wordplay
you can do that too

[spaghettimonster]

I THINK YOU'RE WRONG, AND SLEEPING IS A HUGE FLAW.
BUT. MIXING CRITIQUE AND COMPLIMENTS,
SO I'M NOT JUST BEING RUDE,
THAT FEELS RIGHT.

[ribticklers]

good thing we worked that out
so
start making with the compliments buddy

[spaghettimonster]

WHAT?? I'M NOT GOING TO JUST POUR THEM ON.
I GAVE YOU AN INSULT ABOUT SLEEP, AND A COMPLIMENT ABOUT PUNS.
YOU'RE ALL BALANCED OUT! NO MORE COMPLIMENTS.

[And definitely not because, from their hanging out so far, he's struggling to think of things he'd outright compliment.]

[ribticklers]

stingy
but i guess it's ok for now

[Also, Sans was not actually expecting to get any compliments.]

[spaghettimonster]

YEAH! ASK AGAIN LATER.

[Like a skeletal magic 8 ball.]

[ribticklers]

reply hazy, ask again?

[This is a dumb joke.]