Re: PotatoxSeriousSans
Posted: January 10th, 2021, 2:11:29 am
(They're both just worrying about each other on top of their own problems, like, constantly )
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//Alphys' lab
"sometimes," Sans admitted in agreement when Mira suggested that talking about the unhappy things might help. But in the case of Flowey, he figured it probably wouldn't help him feel any better. It certainly wouldn't change the fact Flowey was still around here, somewhere, ready to reset everything whenever he wanted. So burdening Mira with that knowledge would only cause more harm than any small chance of discussing it making him feel any better. Sans didn't really want to bring up Gaster, either, considering the ordeal Mira had just gone through involving him.
It was better to just wait, really. Sans still had a small amount of hope that somehow, he could convince Flowey to stop, now that he had a good idea of who he really was. Maybe then he could start to work through that trauma, but until then, it was pointless. And Gaster, well... At some point, he'd run out of excuses to put off the inevitable awkwardness of having to explain who he was, especially if he was going to bring him back from the Void. But for now, he really wasn't interested in trying to have that conversation.
At least Mira didn't seem like she'd push him to talk about any of it. That was a relief. Maybe someday, he'd tell her about Flowey. And someday, probably much sooner, he was going to have to tell her about Gaster. But today wasn't going to be that day, so he was glad he wouldn't have to dodge questions about either.
Sans was surprised when Mira described what she knew about him. The fact she seemed to think he took good care of his friends, rather than being overprotective of them as he'd been worrying she thought, made him feel a bit better. Sans chuckled sheepishly when she added the part about him not thinking highly of himself. "yeah, i guess you might have a point about that..." Sighing, he simply shrugged to show he didn't really want to talk about that, either. Truthfully, most of his low self esteem had to do with the Flowey situation, not being able to free his friends and family from Flowey's machinations, not being able to figure out the machine... In general, the same stuff he'd been trying to avoid talking about in the first place.
Sans was relieved when Mira changed the subject, asking a question unrelated to his issues. Sans smiled gratefully. "oh, it's a skeleton thing. we speak and write in fonts. it's kinda hard to tell with the speaking thing though, since it's, you know, verbal. why we're named after them, though? i guess it's tradition or something."
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Papyrus rushed back into the lab, carrying a rather large stack of books. "HOW'S THIS?" Papyrus asked hopefully, holding the books up for Mira to inspect. Surely his efforts had been successful, right? Papyrus had purposely found as many books about monsters and monster related stuff as he could carry, hoping that they would interest Mira, or at least that most of them would.
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//Toriel's house
Alia simply nodded, with a quiet, "Sorry," when Toriel said now wasn't the time to discuss why she never left the Ruins. She didn't want to upset Toriel, after all. Perhaps she'd find out eventually, but it wasn't going to be now.
Alia tilted her head, still not understanding why Toriel was still so worried about her exploring. Frisk had been fine, and Alia was going to have the same guide they did- well, for most of the time, but Toriel didn't need to know about that part- so why did she seem so uncertain? How could Alia convince her she would be fine? Hopefully, when she saw Alia was visiting regularly as she'd agreed, she would be able to relax... She didn't want Toriel worrying about her constantly while she was out exploring.
Alia watched curiously as Toriel rummaged around in a closet. The scarf Toriel wrapped around her was warm and comfortable. She glanced at Chara, who was smiling.
"That was the warmest scarf I have ever worn," they explained. "It was originally Rei's, but after I showed up, he always insisted I use it when we traveled through Snowdin, since he was a monster and could handle the cold better than me." Guessing what Alia was thinking, they added, "You should keep it. You will need it in Snowdin, trust me. Besides, it suits you." They smiled reassuringly.
Alia hesitated a moment, but then smiled and nodded. She'd wear it for now, if it made Chara happy. Besides... It was really comfortable. She turned back to Toriel, still smiling. "Thank you, Toriel. I really appreciate it." She felt eager to start exploring, Determination filling her at the thought of this opportunity to see more of the Underground.
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//Alphys' lab
"sometimes," Sans admitted in agreement when Mira suggested that talking about the unhappy things might help. But in the case of Flowey, he figured it probably wouldn't help him feel any better. It certainly wouldn't change the fact Flowey was still around here, somewhere, ready to reset everything whenever he wanted. So burdening Mira with that knowledge would only cause more harm than any small chance of discussing it making him feel any better. Sans didn't really want to bring up Gaster, either, considering the ordeal Mira had just gone through involving him.
It was better to just wait, really. Sans still had a small amount of hope that somehow, he could convince Flowey to stop, now that he had a good idea of who he really was. Maybe then he could start to work through that trauma, but until then, it was pointless. And Gaster, well... At some point, he'd run out of excuses to put off the inevitable awkwardness of having to explain who he was, especially if he was going to bring him back from the Void. But for now, he really wasn't interested in trying to have that conversation.
At least Mira didn't seem like she'd push him to talk about any of it. That was a relief. Maybe someday, he'd tell her about Flowey. And someday, probably much sooner, he was going to have to tell her about Gaster. But today wasn't going to be that day, so he was glad he wouldn't have to dodge questions about either.
Sans was surprised when Mira described what she knew about him. The fact she seemed to think he took good care of his friends, rather than being overprotective of them as he'd been worrying she thought, made him feel a bit better. Sans chuckled sheepishly when she added the part about him not thinking highly of himself. "yeah, i guess you might have a point about that..." Sighing, he simply shrugged to show he didn't really want to talk about that, either. Truthfully, most of his low self esteem had to do with the Flowey situation, not being able to free his friends and family from Flowey's machinations, not being able to figure out the machine... In general, the same stuff he'd been trying to avoid talking about in the first place.
Sans was relieved when Mira changed the subject, asking a question unrelated to his issues. Sans smiled gratefully. "oh, it's a skeleton thing. we speak and write in fonts. it's kinda hard to tell with the speaking thing though, since it's, you know, verbal. why we're named after them, though? i guess it's tradition or something."
........
Papyrus rushed back into the lab, carrying a rather large stack of books. "HOW'S THIS?" Papyrus asked hopefully, holding the books up for Mira to inspect. Surely his efforts had been successful, right? Papyrus had purposely found as many books about monsters and monster related stuff as he could carry, hoping that they would interest Mira, or at least that most of them would.
..............
//Toriel's house
Alia simply nodded, with a quiet, "Sorry," when Toriel said now wasn't the time to discuss why she never left the Ruins. She didn't want to upset Toriel, after all. Perhaps she'd find out eventually, but it wasn't going to be now.
Alia tilted her head, still not understanding why Toriel was still so worried about her exploring. Frisk had been fine, and Alia was going to have the same guide they did- well, for most of the time, but Toriel didn't need to know about that part- so why did she seem so uncertain? How could Alia convince her she would be fine? Hopefully, when she saw Alia was visiting regularly as she'd agreed, she would be able to relax... She didn't want Toriel worrying about her constantly while she was out exploring.
Alia watched curiously as Toriel rummaged around in a closet. The scarf Toriel wrapped around her was warm and comfortable. She glanced at Chara, who was smiling.
"That was the warmest scarf I have ever worn," they explained. "It was originally Rei's, but after I showed up, he always insisted I use it when we traveled through Snowdin, since he was a monster and could handle the cold better than me." Guessing what Alia was thinking, they added, "You should keep it. You will need it in Snowdin, trust me. Besides, it suits you." They smiled reassuringly.
Alia hesitated a moment, but then smiled and nodded. She'd wear it for now, if it made Chara happy. Besides... It was really comfortable. She turned back to Toriel, still smiling. "Thank you, Toriel. I really appreciate it." She felt eager to start exploring, Determination filling her at the thought of this opportunity to see more of the Underground.