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[Sans knows what Papyrus is referring to, he thinks--the mention of staticky glowing eyes, though...]

maybe there's something up with your connection?
looks like a monster to me
blond hair, three blue eyes, has a halo and wings

[So yes, she probably does have some strong ideas about what's going on with him, because it's also going on with her.]

MUST BE!
ALL I SEE IS A GLOWY FIGURE.
WITH THE EYES.

[At least they're both getting the same sense of three blue eyes. That's something. They're not just seeing entirely different things.]

I'LL JUST.
KEEP TABS ON THIS CONVERSATION!
AND LET YOU KNOW IF YOU'RE BEING WEIRD AT THE END.

well
in the interest of being honest or whatever [Don't pass out from Sans saying the h-word or anything though.]
i think i can feel her
like
knocking on my mind door
metaphorically

WHAT

[There are several layers to this baffled 'what'. What, in the sense of Sans, using the h-word, voluntarily? What, in the sense of, knocking on a mind door? But maybe the most concerning layer is:]

WHY WOULD SHE BE TALKING TO YOU,
OVER A LIVE VIDEO,
IF SHE CAN JUST KNOCK IN YOUR SKULL FOR A CHAT??
YOU GUYS ARE WEIRD!

maybe it's not a normal video
if you're seeing something different from me

YEAH, IT'S SUPER NOT A NORMAL VIDEO.
MY PHONE WAS IN AIRPLANE MODE.

[He was in the middle of doing things where he didn't want to be fending off weird viruses or whatever. Normally, only Kassasbian can just contact him offline. Apparently Angels - or so-called angels - can also just circumvent this! Please understand why this is concerning without him needing to outline this all mid-video chat.]

weird [But also Skye is saying a lot of things that interest Sans specifically, like mentioning Jenny and Lisa.]
her signal comes through better in the sunlight

[Angel wifi. Normal.]

OH, REALLY?
I GUESS IT'S SOME KIND OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION...

[He can hear the sun regularly, so if she's using that as the way to contact people... It must not be special angel magic. Somehow, that's comforting. Papyrus still isn't responding to the network post itself, but if it's going to keep broadcasting to him, he'll head on outside to loiter in the sunlight and see if that makes a difference. As he goes:]

DO YOU THINK SHE REALLY TALKED TO THEM...?

i could see all the ghosts
wouldn't be impossible for someone else to get connected to them all too

[Sans also has general death connections, but if he brings that up it might just remind Papyrus of Sans's growing rock and statue collection.]

SUPPOSE NOT!

[It could, though the rock and statue collection isn't exactly a secret secret - even if they're largely Not Talking about it either. But that's a different direction than his thoughts lean towards. Three-eyes Skye talking about seeing things that haven't happened yet is... concerning, in a lot of ways that his shared dream vision with Sans reminded him of. And with her admitting to sending the visions, and Sans so agreeably hearing her out and offering to check things out...]

SO, ARE YOU FEELING WEIRD NOW?
DOOM AND DEATH PREMONITIONS...
THAT'S SOME SPOOKY STUFF.

[Sans does his best to consider his own mental state, even if as a general rule he tries not to do that.]

i think i'm ok
except for having to deal with another murderer
that kind of sucks
but that's a pretty normal reaction to a murderer

YEAH, MURDERERS SUCK.
A POSITION EVERYONE CAN AGREE ON.
EXCEPT THE MURDERERS, MAYBE!

[Maybe they'd agree that other murderers kind of suck, even if they have skewed views about what their ongoing habits mean about them... That being said, Sans is still maybe dodging - or missing - the point a little.]

BUT THE REST PART ISN'T SPOOKING YOU?

[Sans would rather not talk about the future visions directly, especially when the way Skye sent them also apparently triggered all that strangeness with their dreams. Papyrus already saw way too much in Sans's dream.]

it's all pretty creepy
but it's probably better to assume that she's right about seeing the future
maka shouldn't be working all that overtime anyway
overtime's bad for you
missing out on all that relaxation time

[Sans does not actually want Maka to die, they're sort of friends or something.]

[Papyrus distinctly remembers Sans getting on his case about a secret friend who gave him predictions of the future, back in the day. Seems it's different when it's somebody knocking in Sans's skull and giving warnings about his work friends, huh? Whatever. He'll just keep keeping an eye on this.]

OKAY, LET'S MAKE THAT SEEING -A- FUTURE.
A FUTURE THAT ISN'T GOING TO HAPPEN!
BECAUSE, YOU'RE GOING TO CONVINCE YOUR BOSS, TO SLACK OFF.
...
OKAY, SCRATCH THAT TERRIBLE IDEA.
AND THE REST OF THAT ENDING NONSENSE.
MAYBE CONVINCE HER TO TAKE HER WORK HOME,
INSTEAD OF STAYING AT THE DIG SITE.

[Seeing the future is completely different from being able to make predictions because you're a time loop murderer okay.]

if we could take the ruins home with us i'd have definitely grabbed the coolest symbols already
but yeah i can try to get her to bring some stuff home too
i'll just go home when she does
and tell her how much i hate working overtime the whole time until she leaves

[This is a harassment campaign. But it's for a good cause. Also don't worry about that symbol obsession it's basically just a normal part of Sans now maybe probably okay probably not.]

[Okay, yeah, no. They're generally being polite about not pointedly acknowledging the statue and rock collection in Sans's room. But the symbols thing is still weird, and warrants a poke at his emotional equilibrium to see if he's being super weird under the normal banter.]

YEAH, PLEASE CONTINUE NOT TAKING PIECES OF THE RUINS HOME???
WE HAVE ENOUGH, NON-WHISPERING, ROCKS.
IF YOU REALLY WANT ONE THAT WHISPERS...
I CAN JUST INSTALL A SPEAKER IN ONE.

i'm not going to smash the ruins
then i'd be out of my best-paying job
and it'd be harder to study the symbols out of context anyway

[What if he breaks the weird spider symbol. :(]

[When texting with his mind, Papyrus's texts can come very quickly - faster than fingers can type. He doesn't always shoot them off that quickly, especially since sometimes he delays to rethink them, or to keep to a more mundane response speed, or whatnot.

But sometimes the delay is due to him mentally staring at the text with his most tired expression.]

OKAY I GUESS THAT IS A GOOD ENOUGH REASON.

IF IT EVER SEEMS LESS CONVINCING PLEASE LET ME KNOW,
SO I CAN FRIGHTEN YOU WITH STORIES OF GETTING ARRESTED,
OR SOMETHING MORE DOWN TO EARTH.

i'll keep you updated on my vandalism impulses

[Except for the graveyard thing. So actually no promises.]

but i think you're worrying too much
everybody at work's into the symbols

[Surely this is reassuring and not more alarming.]

[Yes, very reassuring that Sans is simultaneously onto his concerns while also still being weird. Super reassuring.]

WHO SAID I'M WORRYING ABOUT THOSE HYPNOTIZING SYMBOLS.
I'M JUST COMPLAINING ABOUT YOUR VERY REAL,
NOT JOKING, CRIMINAL PROCLIVITIES!!!

[Well, he's not not also complaining about that.]

IF EVERYONE'S REALLY INTO THEM,
YOU SHOULD ALL GET LETTERJACKETS.
FORM A CLUB!
MAYBE GO TO A BOWLING ALLEY.
AND USE CLUB MEETINGS AS AN EXCUSE TO GET MAKA TO LEAVE BEFORE DARK.

if we're going to get jackets they should be symbol jackets
to really lean into the aesthetic
but maybe they'll be into it

YEAH MAYBE.
BUT I THINK I'M DISTRACTING YOU WITH MY GREAT IDEAS,
AWAY FROM THE URGENCY OF THE SITUATION??

[There's holes in canyons and work friends and mayors to do something about, and the problem with texting is he can't tell what Sans is doing about it.]

i'm on my way to check out that weird hole in the canyon i saw
i brought a flashlight
and some chocolate

[He's... Prepared? Or something.]

Edited 2022-01-26 08:05 (UTC)

[So Sans is going directly after what Skye suggested and asked of him. This remains a kind of alarming, if a different kind than the symbol obsession, or the rock collecting, or the space stuff, or the compulsively healing people even though it hurts him, or... Look, Sans is concerning lately.]

I UNDERSTAND BRINGING A MID-FLIGHT SNACK,
BUT DON'T YOU GLOW???

sure but i'm not going in
not really my style [Except sometimes, lately.]
if i hold the flashlight in one of my extra hands i can stand back and still get a look inside

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papyrus holding off his texts until the pause in the video feed, as to not disrupt that convo

a break for adventure

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