FV Open RP post

[spaghettimonster]

This is a catch-all thread for fabulae_victoriana shenanigames!

I'll match whatever style you start with. I prefer to use [brackets] with some joking commentary and thought process descriptions.






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[bonedoggle]

no, there's so much more. i mean, look!

[He gestures to the sky. His own eyelights practically becoming stars themselves]

they're endless! i don't think i could even begin to wrap my head around how many there are.

[spaghettimonster]

[Papyrus obliges, looking up at the sky. He tilts his head, glancing around.]

It's not like the caves! They're so much smaller. And, I think, I can't see some of them when I look right at them? Are they shy...?

[bonedoggle]

[Sans chuckles.]

they're not actually small, they're huge, and millions of miles away.

so i guess they are kinda shy.

[spaghettimonster]

I know that! They're... like suns, right?

[Papyrus continues slightly moving his head around, trying to figure out the optical illusion that makes some of them disappear sometimes. There's no reason for them to be so shy, he just wants to see something of what Sans is seeing in them.]

[While Sans is still sparkling and admiring them, Papyrus steps in behind the telescope and crouches down to look into it. He gasps.]

There's even more tiny ones between the ones we can see!

[bonedoggle]

suns and stars are the same thing, the sun is just the closest star.

[He laughs.]

i know.

[He's so excited, you have no idea.]

[spaghettimonster]

[The excitement is contagious.]

What if there's even more between those ones? How far does space go???

[Papyrus pulls just a little back from the telescope, glancing up where it's pointed, then back in the lens, to compare how improves the view.]

[bonedoggle]

space is infinite!

[spaghettimonster]

That...

But...

[Papyrus pulls away from the telescope to stare at his brother for any signs that he's joking.]

That's too big!

[bonedoggle]

no, really.

it goes on forever, and keeps going after that.

[No joking here.]

[spaghettimonster]

[. . .]

[Papyrus looks directly up, so the sky fills his vision.]

No wonder you love this stuff.

[bonedoggle]

heh. yeah.

no wonder.

you probably think i'm a big nerd.

[spaghettimonster]

I know you're a nerd!

[Papyrus looks down from the stars to check on Sans and his expression. That remark sounded less enthusiastic than a minute ago.]

[bonedoggle]

oh, good, i was worried you didn't.

[Papyrus was right, he wasn't sounding as enthusiastic.]

[spaghettimonster]

I have been looking at some of your books.

[He backs up from the telescope, getting slightly worried.]

Did you want this back? I saw enough for now!

[bonedoggle]

[Sans digs a cookie out a container and starts munching on it.]

oh yeah, i did say you could borrow them. uh, so what do you think of them?

[...]

heh. i don't wanna hog it.

[spaghettimonster]

I don't think I can talk and look at the same time. They're a little distracting!

[Papyrus heads to the railing and leans against it, so he can see Sans and very clearly show that he's not using the telescope right now. It's wide open, beckoning to short skeletons everywhere.]

They weren't like I thought they'd be! I thought they would be all boring science stuff. And, they were. But one was a murder mystery too!

[Papyrus grabbed Sans' copy of The Naked Sun.]

It wasn't a very happy book, Sans.

[bonedoggle]

[Sans chuckles. He's honestly surprised Papyrus managed to read the whole thing, it just doesn't seem the sort of book that you hold his brother's interest.]

i could find you one that better suits your tastes?

[spaghettimonster]

[It wasn't exactly to his taste. But Papyrus has a lot of hours to fill, hours that are no longer spent patrolling a forest. Asgore hasn't yet arrived to offer a position befriending the locals, Undyne isn't here to train him... Reading slightly awful books is better than borrowing the other Papyrus' crosswords.]

[Plus, and this is his real motivation, science fiction gives him a little more insight into the mysteries of his brother.]

That might be best! I enjoyed the mystery part of it. I tried to solve it as the characters did. But...

[bonedoggle]

i think you'd like stories that are more adventure-y.

[He rubbed his chin in contemplation.]

though i'm not at all surprised you enjoyed the mystery part...

but?

[spaghettimonster]

But... I didn't succeed! I had no idea what a lot of the pieces of their puzzle were. A whole lot of references to things I'd never heard of! Regular puzzles, where all the pieces are right in front of you, are much easier.

[But not necessarily more interesting. Papyrus bounces with a little residual excitement as he recounts his opinions of it.]

[bonedoggle]

well, there's nothing wrong with not being able to pick up on those things, especially if you're new to science in general.

[spaghettimonster]

Of course not! I wouldn't think poorly of myself for doing badly with a new puzzle. It was just a bit disappointing!

[If he's thinking poorly of himself for doing badly at solving a puzzle, it's not the puzzle in the books, but the puzzle of getting Sans out of his funk. Maybe Papyrus should be reading some psychology books instead.]

[bonedoggle]

oh, well, of course you wouldn't, you're the great papyrus, after all.

you don't let these things bother you.

[spaghettimonster]

Exactly! Minor setbacks are just... opportunities to try again!

[bonedoggle]

yeah, i guess they are.

[His mood seem to sink another notch lower]