PLATONIC FRIENDS NEEDED!

[enkidoh]

Name: un: enkidu
Date: 11th
Format: text

[It takes a lot of time tapping this message with less fingers but Enkidu manages.]

recently my truest friend has been summoned from the mirrors but for now he lacks platonic friends to spend time with. he has been living a solitary life as a king and i do not want him to be alone anymore.

his name is gilgamesh. he is very fond of his treasures and also knows the greatest stories about them. he enjoys wine as well. he is great to spar with and likes to go on adventures. his favorite color is gold. once he introduced me to beer and bread and allowed me to eat and drink everything i wanted.

would people like to become his platonic friend? or another sort of friend? as i know that many sorts of friendships are possible.

let me know if you have questions or want to meet him. he can be a bit fussy at first but please do not let it get to you. he has been alone. for a long time.

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[video]

[gilgamess]

...

[ aaaaand he is simply going to head tilt at you from the feed. ]

Mongrel, just what is with that appearance of yours?

[ the part about him being solitary due to his great accomplishments ... that may indeed be accurate, but like hell he is going to admit that to a furry skeleton. sorry, Papyrus. ]

Are you a refuge from some Underworld, or a Hassan I have yet to encounter?

[ Gilgamesh shakes his head, arms still folded. ]

In any case, it is obvious that my accomplishments are as innumerable as the stars and this does not change no matter where I go. Banish your presumption that I need any reassurance upon this point.

Yet, if you would praise me, I shall not rebuke that. Indeed, it is fitting. But for what reason do you solicit my attentions? Are you seeking some position within my future court? If so, I must necessarily test your capabilities.

[video]

[spaghettimonster]

[Mongrel seems a little harsh. Sure, he's part-dog part-skeleton, but, still? He braces himself, anyway, and doesn't let it get him down.]

I am from an underworld... And I can't rule out if I'm a Hassan...

[Mainly, because he has no idea what it is.]

But mostly... I've been won over by Enkidu's friendship for you! Someone like you, with a friend so loyal and hardworking as your friend? Must really be deserving of it!

[Also, he's getting a little bit concerned for Enkidu. Being the only friend of someone so much larger than life as Gilgamesh seems like a huge life challenge... Hopefully Enkidu has other friends, and isn't getting overwhelmed by it all.]

[ video ]

[gilgamess]

[ look, Papyrus, people a lot less furry than you get the mongrel treatment, okok. you learn not to take the Gilgamesh-isms personally eventually.

being Gilgamesh's Only Friend would indeed carry the potential for a sort of implicit burden. unfortunately, Gilgamesh tends not to look at things that way, or even to consider the weight he may have placed on Enkidu's shoulders. or if he does consider it, he takes for granted that Enkidu manages without consequence.

but anyway -- ]

Tch, it seems that it is very important to my friend that I engage in this so-called "small talk."

[ he can completely and absolutely do this. ]

Therefore, I suppose I deign to exchange legends with you, O skinless one. Indeed, I ventured to the Underworld myself, that Kur. Such a journey I undertook more than once. I became greatly acquainted with that abysmal place.

And the netherworld goddess, Ereshkigal... during my lively pleasures within my palace, she once knocked upon the ground from below and threatened to have the abyss consume me. Displeased at the sounds of my revelry! Of all women, I simply cannot countenance goddesses.

[ he laughs. ]

Yet, what Underworld is it that created a being such as yourself? Were you a Hassan, you should know it. Yet to my eyes you look somewhat solid for a ghost.

Of what use is that fur when you are without a need for warmth? You would do well to shave it and sell it for a good quantity of money. I am indeed an expert in all manner of finding ways to master monetary systems and financial rewards; it is my Golden Rule, or the AUO Money is Power System.

[video] and super belated tagback - this wasn't my only late tag, but i was tripping myself up w/it

[spaghettimonster]

[It makes sense; if Gilgamesh were sociable and easy to get along with, his good friend wouldn't be wingmanning his friendship possibilities so diligently. Stands to reason that if he's not shy, he's a bit abrasive. Which is fine! Papyrus has dealt with bluntness before! It's no real obstacle.

But, other things are a little more challenging.]

That sounds... like a really good system! I wish I could take your financial advice.

[He does, sincerely. What an incredible life of luxury he could live. How much less time he would spend sweeping up his shed fur.]

But... Witches can do some special magic with monster bits. And some of it's terrible, like a few months ago. A terrible fog, that mutated people...

[Even witches went through monster transformations, and everyone felt the edge of ferality. It was a tense time.]

So, I don't sell my fur! Just my time, and skills, and the fruits of my labor.

As for my Underworld... Well, it's a very small underworld. More of an underground, packed under a single mountain... Full of way more varied monsters than you'll find here. Like ghosts! And skeletons! And literal gold currency.

[He still hasn't seen any ghosts, here, despite looking. And monsters are so limited to a few varieties, it seems to him. Where are the slimes? The frogs? The miniature volcanoes? Are they all mutated by the Cwyld, or was it always this limited?]

[video] no worries! and late tagback as well

[gilgamess]

Hmph, well do I know spirits and skeletons. It is as I said -- I ventured to that Kur before, beneath my own kingdom. Yet I am not fond of dreary places.

[ and dead/skeletal beings are, generally speaking, D R E A R Y. though Papyrus does seem to have some personality cheer and spark to off-set it for himself, at least. ]

As to gold currency, what other manner of currency should there be but gold? Indeed, I should carry nothing else. Though this notion of a representative plastic card and centralized banking that I have heard tell of, it does seem that mongrels merely try to imitate the supreme character of my vault.

You may print so-called wealth, yet true value cannot be manufactured so easily.

[video] in hindsight, cunes are probably made of gold

[spaghettimonster]

Ah... I understand.

[He can't deny that the underground he left was a somewhat dreary place. A capital full of overcrowding... Small towns with people who forced smiles for something to hope for... Especially with the loss of the collected souls, and the refreshed militarization.]

Well, I'm still surprised by all these denominations... Coins practically the same size, but. They're worth different amounts, just because what's printed on them?

[Papyrus shakes his head, then confides, in a conspiratorial tone:]

But it gets worse than plastic. Some people even use paper, if you believe the videos from my world's surface. How absurd, right??