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[bloodyuseless]

Name: Mary
Date: 6/11
Format: Video

[Mary stares into his watch, expression stoic, guarded. He immediately ruins this image with the fact that he has a bubble pipe in his mouth and is wearing a deerstalker hat over his cat ear hoodie. He blows some bubbles before removing the pipe from between his fangs.]

What were you doing last month on the night of the full moon?

[This is how you investigate things. Right?]

Oh! And right before you came through the mirror.

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[spaghettimonster]

Phew! At least that means it wasn't my fault. I needed an excuse for getting myself kidnapped... and mind control magic is as good as it gets.

[If he ever makes it home and re-befriends Undyne properly, she'll even believe it - especially after some of the orders she gave the sentries and Royal Guard.]

[bloodyuseless]

[...Oh gosh, he's right! This is the perfect excuse to keep Maria from yelling at him!]

Yeah. Yeah!

[He nods excitedly. Whether this earnest agreement is visible is questionable when he's still too hyped to pay attention to where his watch's camera is pointing.]

It is, isn't it? It's not our fault at all.

[spaghettimonster]

[It's audible, and that's good enough.]

Yeah! And it's no ordinary, easily fought magic... It's something so rare and strange, not even the super experts here know what happened or how to fix it. A conundrum totally out of our hands...

[It's a little heartening to have that excuse, but on the other hand... it's a little discouraging to put it so plainly.]

W-We'll just have to work hard at helping people figure it out.

[bloodyuseless]

Yeah... Especially since I'm not a super expert.

[He still can't help but feel impatient though, even knowing he's doing all he can.]

It'd be nice if the witches are helping too. Maybe I should try to be a more annoying guest so they work harder to get rid of me.

[spaghettimonster]

[Boy, that's a familiar tune. Exasperation bubbles up, distracting him from the worry.]

Okay... I know that's not how that works. I'm sure they would much rather you work harder, to help them.

[bloodyuseless]

I don't know what else I can do to help besides this though.

[spaghettimonster]

Oh, but it's so simple! Instead of annoying them to work faster... Encourage them! Cheerlead them! Offer to bring them snacks and refreshments, if they get hungry.

[Really, it's just as annoying - just in a friendlier and more positive form.]

[bloodyuseless]

[Encouragement and cheerleading are not Mary's forte. But neither are snacks and refreshments. Oh dear.]

Isn't that like being a servant? And I've never made food for anyone else before. I don't think they'd like it very much.

[spaghettimonster]

[It takes him a few seconds to respond, because how does he answer that? Is there anything wrong with being a servant...? And it's more like being a mom, to his mind.]

Uhhh... Well, you don't have to make it. Delivering a gift is fine!

[bloodyuseless]

Really?

[He thinks back to that absolutely perfect bunny ear hoodie he'd gotten as a gift from Takumi. It had been, well, absolutely perfect. He would have done anything for Takumi in that moment.]

Got it! I'll find out what they like!

[spaghettimonster]

Yeah!! That's the spirit!

Get to know them, do things they like, and then... leave to never see them again!

[...Wait. Is he talking about Mary or his original human friend, here?]

[bloodyuseless]

Um... Yeah! Exactly!

[Though somehow it sounds less appealing when Papyrus says it that way.]

I think.