text @PAPYRUS - New Years

[spaghettimonster]

HAPPY 1962!!!

IT'S HARD TO CALL THIS A NEW YEAR... SINCE THIS SEEMS LIKE THE PAST TO ME.

BUT DECEMBER IS OVER! AND IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT'S SUDDENLY FEBRUARY.

HOW ABOUT.

HAPPY NEW OLD YEAR!!!

[But don't be fooled - it's the start of 1961! Despite Papyrus optimistically posting this at midnight on the dot, everything from the TV countdown to physical calendars to outstanding bills says otherwise.]

Comments

[spaghettimonster]

I GUESS IT'S NOT SO BAD. SOMETIMES.

[He tries, briefly, to imagine having never had a sibling. It's difficult to picture, with how long it's been the two of them. Profoundly lonely, he concludes.]

DON'T TELL HIM, BUT... I'M GLAD HE'S HERE.
I WOULDN'T WANT TO BE ALONE, FOR THIS.
SO, IF YOU ARE... DON'T HESITATE TO REACH OUT TO ME!!
PAPYRUS DOESN'T WANT ANYONE TO BE LONELY.

[13thcommander]

Thank you, Papyrus. That's very kind of you. And I won't tell Sans.

You don't have to worry, though. Someone from my world, Levi, is here too, so I'm not alone.

[spaghettimonster]

OH, CONGRATULATIONS. WHAT A RELIEF.
EVEN IF YOU'RE NOT SIBLINGS, I HOPE YOU'RE FRIENDS.

[For the rest of it, he's happy to drop the subject, pretending there's no chance of Sans reading this. He'd probably play along, either way.]

[13thcommander]

We are. Levi is very important to me, and I'm glad he's here.

I honestly don't know what I'd do with myself if he wasn't.

[spaghettimonster]

OH, THERE'S LOADS OF OPTIONS. TAKING UP NEW HOBBIES, TO FILL THE HOURS.

MY NEIGHBORS HAVE A LOT TO SAY ABOUT BUILDING DECKS.

BUT! SINCE HE'S HERE INSTEAD! YOU COULD ALWAYS BUILD ONE TOGETHER.

[13thcommander]

You know, that is an excellent idea. Once the weather gets a bit warmer, I'll talk to him about it.

You and Sans should work together on one as well.

skeleton icon, because the human icons don't do it justice

[spaghettimonster]

WHAT AN OPTIMISTIC SUGGESTION. ALLOW ME TO CORRECT YOUR ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT MY BROTHER!!

THE REALITY WILL BE, I WILL BUILD A DECK. (IF KIARA IS HOME, SHE MIGHT HELP.)

SANS, WILL NAP. PROBABLY ON SOME OF THE DECK SUPPLIES.

AND WHEN I YELL AT HIM TO MOVE, HE'LL PRETEND HE DIDN'T HEAR ME... OR MOVE TO A DIFFERENT PILE OF SUPPLIES, AND NAP THERE.

gasp, Papyrus and Sans are skeletons?!

[13thcommander]

[Based on what Erwin knows of Sans... yes, this checks out. He bursts out laughing when he realizes he's been had, and that he totally played into Sans's laziness by carrying the tree back for him.]

In that case, I'd be happy to assist you. I promise not to nap on any building supplies.

I'm sure I could convince Levi to come along and help, too.

astonishing but true!

[spaghettimonster]

WOW, THAT'S A GENEROUS OFFER! I ACCEPT.

I'M WAITING UNTIL THE SNOW IS GONE, SINCE I NEED TIME TO PLAN, AND DESIGN...

BUT I'D LOVE TO BUILD A DECK HERE, AND HELP WITH YOURS SOMEDAY! AND GIVE THE NEIGHBORS SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT.

[Since they just... love decks, so much. He couldn't walk ten feet at the block party without hearing about deck-building plans. They must build them and disassemble them yearly, for it to be such a common subject of conversation. But he needs to keep balancing that line between standing out and fitting in, and what better way?]

AND WITH THREE OR FOUR PEOPLE, I'M SURE CAN ALWAYS MOVE MY LAZY BROTHER OUT OF THE WAY.

[13thcommander]

It's a deal, then. When the weather clears, we'll build decks.

[Since that is apparently what people do around here.]

And who knows? If anyone can convince Sans to help, it will be Levi.

[spaghettimonster]

OH? IS HE ESPECIALLY CONVINCING??

I'LL HAVE TO TAKE NOTES ON HIS TECHNIQUE.

[Goodness knows he's got years of experience pushing Sans to do things, with only inconsistent results.]

[13thcommander]

He has the ability to be oddly persuasive.

Sans doesn't stand a chance.

[spaghettimonster]

INCREDIBLE!

NOW I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO SPRING.

WITH A REGULAR SPRING IN MY STEP.