text | 002 - Another Emphatic Welcome

[spaghettimonster]

Name: Papyrus | Username: CoolSkeleton95
Date: Aereuer 2nd
Format: Text

HELLO MIRRORBOUND, NEW AND OLD!
IT IS I, THE GREAT PAPYRUS.
THE ONE AND ONLY TURNBONE EXTRAORDINAIRE!!

(BY WHICH I MEAN, I'M A SKELETON TURNSKIN.)
(NOT A CREEPY NECROMANTIC ATROCITY...)
(BUT A PERFECTLY COOL AND HEALTHY LIVING SKELETON!)

I'M HERE TODAY TO ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS.
AND NOT JUST ANY LIST I WROTE AHEAD OF TIME...
YOUR QUESTIONS!!!

CONSIDER THIS AN OPEN INVITATION, TO ASK WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND.
NO WORD WILL GO UNACKNOWLEDGED!

(SOME THINGS, I WON'T ANSWER. BUT I'LL ANSWER THAT I'M NOT ANSWERING THEM.)

THOSE OF YOU NEW TO THIS PLACE... THOSE STILL FEELING LOST AND ALONE SOMETIMES...
I'M SURE I DON'T KNOW THE DEPTHS OF YOUR FEELINGS.
BUT! I WILL DO ALL I CAN TO REASSURE YOU:
YOU'RE NOT ALONE!

PAPYRUS IS HERE FOR YOU.
WE'RE ALL HERE TOGETHER.


[ooc: If the capslock is too much, let me know and I can drop it when tagging you. It'll still be happening IC.]

Comments

un: PrincessAllura

[quintessent]

Is there any way to dampen the feelings of your bonded?

Rather, not the feelings that they feel, but the ones that I feel coming off of them?

[Guess what, Allura is going to not ask him a skeleton-related question and instead sees this as an opportunity to learn!





The skeleton based questions may come later.]

[spaghettimonster]

[He did offer to answer anything. It can't all be skeleton questions, as wonderful as that would be.]

I'M SURE THERE HAS TO BE.
BECAUSE CHANDRA SOMETIMES DID THAT WITH OUR BOND.
MOSTLY FOR. UH. PRIVATE THINGS.
BUT! I THINK! THE SOLUTION WOULD HAVE TO BE!
TALK WITH YOUR BONDED, AND ASK THEM, TO BUILD A MENTAL WALL.

[quintessent]

[Oh.]

Oh. I didn't think about that. Private things.

[Consider that a part of bonding she'd never considered until now and she's having A Moment.]

I think if my bonded knew how to build a mental wall he would have one up at all times.

[spaghettimonster]

DOESN'T THAT DEFEAT THE POINT OF A BOND?
WELL. I CAN'T JUDGE.

[If his feelings and memories trickled too loudly over the bond in her direction, she hadn't complained about it. He still felt uncomfortable about it, sometimes.]

BUT I NEVER TRIED DOING IT MYSELF.
MAYBE YOU COULD ASK AT THE COVEN.

[quintessent]

The point of a bond is to keep from exploding.

[At least for her.]

You don't mind your bonded feeling all of your emotions at all times? I know some don't mind, but it feels very... exposing. For someone to know whenever you're sad or angry.

[It doesn't help that she feels all of her emotions very strongly. Sorry all current and future bonds.]

[spaghettimonster]

OH, NO. YOU'RE RIGHT ABOUT THAT.
I MEANT... I THOUGHT THE BOND DOESN'T WORK RIGHT, IF FEELINGS ARE BLOCKED UP.
MAGIC IS ALL ABOUT FEELINGS.

[At least in the world he comes from. Maybe he should have preceded this AMA with a note about not being an expert in all things... Nah. Encouraging them to get second opinions is surely enough.]

I MIND. THAT'S WHY IT'S SO HARD TO MAKE NEW BONDS. BUT...
WE HAD AN AGREEMENT, NOT TO PRY.
BUT TO POLITELY IGNORE THINGS THAT SEEMED. EMBARRASSING.

[quintessent]

Oh. That makes sense. There wouldn't be any reason to avoid bonding if it was just like any other relationship.

[The thoughts and feelings must be an important part of it. But still, it doesn't hurt to block them up sometimes.]

An agreement is good. Maybe a contract. My bond and I sort of did it in a hurry so it's all very new to us..

[spaghettimonster]

YEAH, EXACTLY!

[The occasional blockage doesn't seem to have hurt him, or Chandra - or Liliana or Emerald - at least. A sample size of four isn't much, but enough to get started with.]

YOU MIGHT AS WELL TALK ABOUT IT SOONER THAN LATER.
IF YOU DON'T... YOU MIGHT FEEL EACH OTHERS' FEELINGS ABOUT FEELING THINGS.
AND BEFORE YOU KNOW IT,
IT'S FEELINGS ABOUT FEELINGS ABOUT FEELINGS... WHO KNOWS WHERE IT ENDS.

[quintessent]

[Stars, but he's right. She's already had a few too many accidental feelings about Keith's feelings.]

I'll have a conversation with him right away.

Thank you Great Papyrus

[Of course she's going to use his full title, as he gave it. It's only polite.]

[spaghettimonster]

[It's very polite, to a degree few go to. She's now one of his favorite people in this post.]

YOU'RE WELCOME!!! AND GOOD LUCK!