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Name: Papyrus | Username: CoolSkeleton95
Date: Maiuril 6th
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HELLO, FELLOW MIRRORBOUND,
IT'S PAPYRUS AGAIN!
UNLESS YOU HAVEN'T MET ME YET, BECAUSE YOU'RE NEW.
IN WHICH CASE, IT'S PAPYRUS, FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME. HOW LUCKY YOU ARE!!

I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE ELSE HAS NOTICED...
THIS FEELS LIKE. MAYBE. THESE AREN'T GOING TO BE THE GREATEST FULL MOONS.
MAYBE KIND OF TERRIBLE.

AND I, BEING A SUPER STABLE AND CONFIDENT SKELETON,
WANT TO OFFER MY SERVICES TO ANY UNBONDED WITCHES!
YOU DON'T NEED TO FACE THESE BAD MOONS ALONE!!!!
PAPYRUS IS HERE TO HELP, WITH A TEMPORARY BOND.
OR EVEN THREE OF THEM, BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE ANY RIGHT NOW.

[ooc: 4th wallers welcome! If the capslock is too much, let me know and I can drop it OOC - though it continues IC.

Papyrus is soliciting temp bonds for his own stability's sake, but I'm good with this being used as a staging point for your characters to threadjack and plot their own bonds together.]

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that's really considerate of you.

[totally thinking he's doing it for the witches.

but also...]

you're really a skeleton?

Edited 2020-05-09 02:18 (UTC)

[He totally is!! And he'll happily, loudly, repeatedly say so.]

IT REALLY IS, AND I REALLY AM.
I HAD A WHOLE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS THING ABOUT THIS...
MAYBE I'M THE FUZZIEST SKELETON YOU'VE EVER MET,
BUT MY BONES ARE STILL THE BULK OF ME.

some of my family is here, but they all seem to be monsters too.

[which is a shame, really. here's someone willing to help and it just isn't a match.]

so...who raised you? did it happen here?

OH, NO, I DIDN'T GROW UP HERE.
IT WAS SORT OF A COMMUNITY EFFORT... MY BROTHER HELPED.

[Misunderstanding the use of 'raised', there. Being spooked by necromancy isn't the same as remembering the terminology used with it...]

SPEAKING OF FAMILY. SEND THEM TO THIS MESSAGE!
MAYBE THEY'LL HIT IT OFF WITH SOME LONELY WITCHES, AND BOND FOR REAL.

i will, thanks.

[but about that other thing...]

no, i meant who raised you from the dead?

What a generous offer. It's nice to see that people are willing to lend a hand even to strangers.

Are you all right as well? Since you mentioned the full moons being difficult, are you feeling well?

[The word was "terrible," Xichen.]

Edited 2020-05-09 17:49 (UTC)

HUH?
OH MY GOD, NO.
I, THE GREAT PAPYRUS, AM NOT A WALKING CORPSE!
NO DEAD PEOPLE INVOLVED.
I'M A NATURAL SKELETON, FROM A WORLD WHERE THAT HAPPENS.

[He's come to realize that's not the norm, and is in very unusual.]

YEAH! JUST LOOKING OUT FOR OUR LITTLE COMMUNITY.

[A regular charitable bundle of bones, he is.]

THANKS FOR ASKING, BUT I'M FINE! SUPER FINE.
I JUST HAVE THIS FEELING... OF PRESSURE BUILDING UP.
LIKE THE NEXT FULL MOONS WILL BE WORSE THAN USUAL.

Well, I am sure those that are in need of a friend will be encouraged to know such kindness exists here. It can be especially hard when people are coming in everywhere and don't know how they arrived.

Pressure?

[Is that really "super fine"? It sounds possibly dangerous!]

You aren't experiencing hard full moons, are you? Is it painful?

...you're telling me that you were born a skeleton?

YEAH, THAT'S IT EXACTLY!
I KNOW, IT'S HARD FOR TO UNDERSTAND.
FOR LOTS OF PEOPLE. BUT IT'S TRUE.

[Okay, maybe super fine is an exaggeration. But not as much of one as it seems like he's accidentally implied.]

WHAT? NO, NO.
IT'S NOT THE PAINFUL KIND OF PRESSURE.
BUT THE SORT OF PRESSURE... TO GET UP AND RUN AROUND.
CHEW ON THINGS. MAYBE PEOPLE.
AND OTHER CANINE PROBLEMS!

[If it weren't for the people of the Coven blockading that area for the wilder Mirrorbound to go blow off some steam, he'd be in trouble.]

[He's a bit naive and trying hard, but pressure is a concerning word when people have said bad things can happen because of the magical tension.]

Anticipation?
Restlessness perhaps.

Is this a feeling you have every full moon? I am still learning exactly how monsters respond to the moon's cycles. Could you offer any advice, perhaps? For newer monsters.

YEAH, RESTLESSNESS SUMS IT UP!

IT'S SOMETHING LIKE THIS EVERY FULL MOON...
BUT I'M EVEN MORE RESTLESS THAN NORMAL.

MY BIGGEST ADVICE IS...
DON'T RESIST THE FEELINGS, OR FEEL BAD ABOUT HAVING THEM.
INSTEAD, FIND SAFE WAYS TO ACT THEM OUT!
LIKE THE HUNT THE COVEN SAID THEY'RE SETTING UP.
WEIRDLY, YOU STAY IN MORE CONTROL, IF YOU GIVE UP SOME CONTROL...

Give up some control. Yes, all right.
Do you recommend hunting as a good way to follow those feelings? I know some people may feel it is dangerous or uncomfortable, but in a safe place it may be best?

[Is he taking notes? Why, yes, he is.]

And do you think it helps more to start hunting early or to wait for the full moon?

how do you eat? where does it go??

i didn't know there were skeletons here!!(˼●̙̂ ̟ ̟̎ ̟ ̘●̂˻)
but i'm glad you're a lot less trouble than the first skeleton i met
it's real nice of you to help out the others

I'M HARDLY EVER TROUBLE.
NICE COULD BE MY MIDDLE NAME!

BUT. I SHOULD WARN YOU.
MOST SKELETONS HERE, ARE A LOT MORE TROUBLE.
IF THEY DON'T CALL OUT A FRIENDLY GREETING...
IT'S BEST TO ASSUME THEY'RE THERE TO FIGHT.

WITH MY MOUTH. AND INTO MY BONES.
FOR THE MOST PART.
SOME OF IT GOES INTO MY FUR INSTEAD!

[There's more to it than that, but explaining the differences between monsters and humans - or other more physical peoples - is complicated.]

i guess drinks must do the same. even alcohol.

[always thinking of the priorities.]

are you worried about what you look like? you used text, after all.

Anyone would be fortunate to make a bond with you ♥

WELL.
FROM WHAT I HEARD.
THE SAFE SPACE IS, MORE A SAFE SPACE FOR EVERYONE ELSE.
HUNTING VERY SERIOUSLY... IS PRETTY DANGEROUS.

I SUPPLEMENT IT WITH PLAY HUNTING, AS MUCH AS I CAN.

[He's fortunate, in that the more aggressive turnskin instincts don't hit him as hard as they do for some others.]

WHAT?? NO.
I USED TEXT BECAUSE...
WELL, YOU NEVER KNOW, WHEN PEOPLE MIGHT REPLY.
REREADING A CONVERSATION IS SO MUCH EASIER THAN RELISTENING TO IT...

[The way the watch records the little snippets back and forth, aside.]

IF YOU'RE CURIOUS WHAT I LOOK LIKE, YOU NEED ONLY ASK.

Play hunting? Do you mean something like practice?
Forgive my ignorance, but can you describe to me how you would usually accomplish this?
Can a witch also do it?

I'm not concerned with the danger and I would like to help monsters that may need that to ease their minds as well.

YES, EXACTLY LIKE PRACTICE.
MAYBE CHASE AND FLEE PRACTICE. TAPPING EACH OTHER TO TAKE TURNS.
OR MAYBE CHASE AND CATCH PRACTICE. RUNNING, JUMPING, AND CATCHING THINGS IN YOUR MOUTH.

[Which is to say, the ancient and revered art forms of "tag" and "fetch."]

THE IMPORTANT DIFFERENCE IS,
HOW MUCH YOU USE YOUR TEETH, ON OTHERS.
WITCHES JUST DON'T HAVE THE JAWS FOR SERIOUS HUNTING...
MAYBE THAT'S FOR THE BEST.

I COMPLETELY AGREE!!!
AND THAT'S WHY I'M OFFERING THAT GOOD FORTUNE TO ALL.
ESPECIALLY THOSE IN NEED.

I've had a similar feeling, myself.

TWO FOR TWO...
THAT'S PRETTY CONCLUSIVE.

[that's good. he didn't want to hear that he was being bullied over his appearance. so what if he's a fuzzy skeleton, he seems perfectly nice. and some of wei wuxian's best friends have been skeletons!

well. he wouldn't call them 'friends', exactly. necromancer humor.]

i really am. can i see you?

Edited 2020-05-18 00:58 (UTC)

[Well. He's maybe being bullied a little bit by people off the watch network, as - Wei Wuxian likely already knows - people of this world have long and negative experience with necromancy. And no few respond to the sight of him with fear.

But that's nothing to keep him from sharing cool selfies on the network!]

OF COURSE!

[With a brief delay, the next response from Papyrus is a video feed. He is a particularly fluffy skeleton with a long canine snout, though - unlike the artwork - he's wearing a t-shirt and short pants over top it. The shirt has an embroidered skull and flowers on it, and the fur on his bones tufts out of neckline and sleeves alike. He smiles awkwardly at the camera, the bone of his face shifting slightly in imitation of skin.]

Don't judge my fashion too hard - I'm at home. Taking it easy.

I would probably not use my teeth.
And I don't think it would be a good idea if monsters used their teeth on witches either.

[Right? Well, maybe if they are very careful, but that isn't something he thinks would work for a training exercise. But maybe chasing is a good idea. It hadn't occurred to him to invite his monster friends to play tag or spar with him before, because he is usually more reserved, but didn't he do something like that as a kid?

Nothing can go wrong! But wait-]

Is using your teeth important? I'm afraid I'm not very familiar yet. Is that more satisfying?

YEAH. IT FEELS MORE SATISFYING... AND IT'S WAY MORE DANGEROUS.
AND SCARY FOR OTHERS.

[He is unhappily suspicious that the causing fear is why it's more satisfying for some monsters.]

REALLY, NOBODY SHOULD BE BITING OTHER PEOPLE.
IF IT'S BAD ENOUGH THEY WANT TO BITE...
MAYBE BUY SOME LIVESTOCK.

[He has a bit of the same thought. Does fear factor into it? Is that part of the satisfaction monsters need to feel happy?]

Well, hopefully no one will want to bite that much.
But we shall have to discuss it, I suppose.
Would you also say that the more dangerous it is, the better the hunting experience is for you?

[the skeleton part doesn't phase him.

the canine part is what scares him.

but he did have something of a warning, so he just laughs awkwardly for a moment before he collects himself.]

Why would I? If I found a shirt like that, I might trade it for my robes for a while.

that's not the kind of trouble the skeleton i met was getting into

[More running all over the city causing mayhem with his singular focus putting him in plain full view of people who aren't really all that well-equipped with the notion of a skeleton brought to life with magic.]

but it's good to know they might!
i'll be sure to be careful

Gosh, really? What would we do without you?

I'm not certain how I know, or what this feeling is.
All I know is that I feel unusually unsettled.

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