[Papyrus doesn't startle or give any sign of noticing his brother's arrival. He isn't really looking around the room or moving much, working on a very mechanical arm with a stillness that would have deeply discomforted early in his changes. There's just a trace of nodding to himself as if there's music playing, audible only to him.
Which there likely is. Multiple cables snake out of his torso to various devices around him at the workstation, including an old PC tower and the small mechanical arm, and his phone is tucked out of sight. One cable, oddly, connects up to his temple. If Sans looks closely, there's hints of dust there and on the table, where a small x-acto knife rests with the blade retracted.
It's not the only dust in the room, but it is the only pile of dust with large enough to speak of injury rather than the slow accumulation of time. There's other projects in the room, including some framework arms with partial outer casings that resemble uncannily muscular bones. Very much the kind of body parts Papyrus might design for himself. Very much sitting in the corner, gathering dust, as if they've been left untouched since his personality swap started.]
so, cw damage to Papyrus's skull, as he sped up one of his transformations
Which there likely is. Multiple cables snake out of his torso to various devices around him at the workstation, including an old PC tower and the small mechanical arm, and his phone is tucked out of sight. One cable, oddly, connects up to his temple. If Sans looks closely, there's hints of dust there and on the table, where a small x-acto knife rests with the blade retracted.
It's not the only dust in the room, but it is the only pile of dust with large enough to speak of injury rather than the slow accumulation of time. There's other projects in the room, including some framework arms with partial outer casings that resemble uncannily muscular bones. Very much the kind of body parts Papyrus might design for himself. Very much sitting in the corner, gathering dust, as if they've been left untouched since his personality swap started.]