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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]

[There's no doubt in Papyrus' mind that this is an investigation; that's an incontrovertible investigative outfit. Which doesn't say anything about its effectiveness, but Mary putting himself in the right mindset is a good start.]

I... have absolutely no idea for the former. This is the first time I've seen a moon, much less two of them...

[They don't look exactly the same as the ones he's used to from human media, either. Different patterns of craters on the surface, for one. But they're close enough to be recognizable.]

But, I can answer the latter. I was running a simple errand, picking up some things, before the mirror snatched me away.

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[plasticasshole]

I was stranded in Merrow form in the middle of the streets last full moon. I didn't realise it would cause me to grow a fish tail. I plan to be more careful this time around.

[He'll just stay at home. What could go wrong??]

Before I came through the mirror I was checking my reflection in the bathroom. That's when I was drawn to it.

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[fiddlestick]

[...Yep. This is really hard to take seriously. But he'll at least try to answer]

I couldn't tell you what I was doing last full moon. There's not much reason to pay attention to moon phases back home.

As for what I was doing before I cam here, I was heading into the underground tunnels in my city to train.

[bloodyuseless]

[Hmm... Running an errand, huh? Mary chews on that (along with his pipe) for several seconds.]

Was it a daytime errand or a night time errand? It's gotta be hard to see at night without a moon.

[bloodyuseless]

[Ohmigosh, he's a fish? That's so funny!

...

That's not important right now though. Don't giggle, Mary! This is supposed to be a serious investigation.

He manages to hold it in and blows a very serious bubble.]

So you were outside on the full moon? What were you doing? Do you remember anything suspicious?

Did your reflection in the mirror look funny?

[plasticasshole]

I was walking home. I don't remember anything suspicious. And my reflection looked fine.

[He frowns at the screen a little.]

What are you looking for, exactly?

[bloodyuseless]

[Truly, Elliot is a good person.]

Huh? [Mary perks up, curious.] Underground training?

[fiddlestick]

Oh...it's really not as interesting as it sounds.

My world has monsters- different from the ones here! Not people, just basically dangerous wild animals. You find them on highways and in the countryside.

Anyway, I'm a musician and I was planning to go on tour. And I didn't want to hire a bodyguard, so I was training to fight monsters in some abandoned tunnels in my city.

That's all.

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[clickclickbang]

Last month? Curling up in my room because my everything hurt. When I feel in, though, I was chasing my chocobo to get her on the truck for Lestallum.

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[digiorno]

. . . Is that a bubble pipe?

[bro]

Are you wearing a hat on your hat?

[bRO]

[spaghettimonster]

Oh, it was daytime.

[He's pretty sure, with everyone's clocks synced up to those tiny gaps of sunlight outside the mountain.]

But there was plenty of light! Electric light... Glowing magic crystals... Magma... You know, the usual.


((Just a heads up, I forgot that this is based during the quest to the cave, so if the mods say the watches didn't work from that far away, can we say that Papyrus responded to this after returning?))

[bloodyuseless]

We have to get back, right? To where we're from. I've been reading a bunch of boring books, but none of them say anything useful. So if the people who live here don't know anything about how to send us back, then the only people I can ask are you guys.

[This makes logical sense, right? Right? It seemed like a good idea at the time. Of course, at the time, what he'd been thinking about the most was that he didn't want to spend another minute looking through dusty tomes with an angry catboy who can't read.

Sorry, Konoe.]

[bloodyuseless]

I've never heard of a musician who fights monsters. [THAT SOUNDS VERY INTERESTING, ACTUALLY.] Was it really dark underground?

[bloodyuseless]

Everything? Really?

[That's a whole lot of pain. He hasn't heard anyone else saying these transformations hurt yet.]

[bloodyuseless]

Yes! I bought them.

[No stealing required. Be proud. He's an upstanding citizen.]

[bloodyuseless]

(( That works just fine for me! ))

I've never seen a glowing magic crystal before.

[He knows electric lights and magma though! Two excellent examples of how man triumphs over nature only to promptly get his ass whooped again.]

Are they like the magic here? Did you see them do anything strange when the mirror grabbed you?

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[activatingcombatmode]

[Look at Mary being a weirdo. He laughs.]

Laying on my floor trying to get my head to stop trying to split itself in half. Migraines aren't fun.

[Zack sighs.]

[fiddlestick]

R-Really, it's just for self defense.

[Which isn't...entirely true, but the truth is Complicated]

It could be! You'd find some lighting, but it's usually better to bring your own light source.

[clickclickbang]

Yeah, I think my whatever I'm turning into just has really bad full moons or something.

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[fifty]

I grew my wings right around the full moon last month. [He is still salty about that, and he definitely sounds it.] I was looking at my phone before I ended up going through the mirror! It was weird, like I got sucked into my phone or something.

((Same as Papyrus, if it turns out watches don't work on that quest this will be after the quest ends.))

[bloodyuseless]

[Oh. My gosh.]

Was there a monster with two heads? I don't remember one!

[bloodyuseless]

Hmmm...

[This guy was underground just like Papyrus was when he was transported here! But Mary wasn't... So that doesn't really count as a connection, does it? Damn.]

Did you see anything strange right before it happened? Even something small!

[bloodyuseless]

That's...

[Mary's had it relatively easy so far. He's been a monster from the start, so even when little things change, it's just another step back to his former status quo. But pain all over... That's different. That's the kind of thing you never forget.

He's a little jealous.]

...amazing.

[clickclickbang]

That's...a word for it, I guess. Could really go without the pain in my tailbone, though.

[bloodyuseless]

(( It's all good! ))

You're talking about one of those new rectangle phones, right? Not the big ones with no pictures?

[Either way, that sounds absolutely terrifying.]