you know my name [open]

[skelebro]

Who: Sans, Sans's double, and Y O U
What: Doubles. It gets bad. Responses from Sans's double will come from fibia.
Where: All over Hadriel
When: 1/16 - 1/25
Warnings: Things are gonna get messy. Since it's Sans, basic warnings for depressive mindset and self-hatred ratcheted up to 11. In the case of his double, threads may involve heavy manipulation, physchological abuse and cruelty, and of course your typical fare of potentials for violence and gore. Proceed with caution!



1/16 - 1/18; just the big time fucko; arm yourself because no one else here will SAVE you

[The crack and pop of flexing knuckles, and his skull rolls on his cervical vertebrae with a series of satisfying popping of air sacs. His phalanges pull in and out again, clenching into loose fists and then - back out. His smile is a fixed rictus, just the same as the monster from which his mold has been cast. The lights buried in his eyesockets glint coolly as he takes it all in - the rock of the walls and ceiling, the light of hte lamps, the staleness of the air.

He rolls his shoulders smoothly.

Tangibility. Weight. Resonance. What a beautiful fucking thing.

For a time, anyway.

He ambles about the city for a time. There's no visible difference between him and the Sans you might know. He smiles, he nods, he's pleasant. He stops to peruse the shops, and passes by the garage full of mopeds. There's no real obvious changes to any one thing as he passes, and he sure don't stop and loiter about long enough for him to have done anything but - you might notice a few changes. Maybe the bolts and bits of your moped are a mite loose, and kicking it to life will cause it to fall apart on the spot. Maybe that can of food you just picked up from one of the shops has had holes pocked through the bottom, causing its contents to leak out all over the shelves. Maybe a few cobblestones have been loosened to trip you up in the streets, or a shelf in a shop is rigged to topple the instant you pick an item off of it.

But it's probably nothing, right? Just a...coincidence.

Sans is a nice guy. He wouldn't put people in harm's way like that.

Right?]

1/19 - 1/21; FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT; you can't deny the prize, it may never fulfill you

His time here is limited. That much is pretty damn clear. In only a few days, he'll cease to have ever happened; a footnote in somebody else's story. And, heh, while the regular ol' Sans might be content with that, this Sans certainly ain't. He'll live forever, one way or another. He'll preserve his legacy.

It's just a way of making sure that people know what good old Sans is really capable of. The monster in question is doin' a real good job of avoiding himself. Afraid of what he'd find, most likely. Or maybe he knows that he wouldn't be able to stand to look at himself for longer than five seconds. Always hates what he sees in a mirror, that Sans. Too many flaws and not enough motivation to a damn thing about 'em.

So the next step, obviously, would be to lure the guy outta hiding.

He waits in a secluded corner of the city and waits for someone to pass by. Anybody, really, he ain't picky. Just take it one at a time, that's all he asks. And should someone be coming his way all alone, he'll tip his skull in greeting, smile patiently, talk 'em through their concerns that he might be the evil clone. It's doubtful that'll work, but that's just fine.

He's not looking for conversation.

[ooc: Sans's Double will be raring for a fight with this prompt. As his cast has dibs on actually killing him, I ask that you only pick this prompt if you're eager for your character to get Dunked. Though since this Sans has a good deal more than 1 HP, you're free to land a few hits.]

1/22; double trouble; the odds will betray you and i will replace you

By the time the real Sans drags himself outta his miserable little hole to check up on the stirrer of the chaos, the causer of the ruckus, the inciter of scurries, it's already approaching the End. That's all right, though. It's excusable. He's lazy. It's one of the defining points of a Sans.

He kicks a pebble across the ground with the toe of a slippershod foot and watches it clatter over the rock, his smile nothing short of utterly neutral.

"So this is me." For the first time, he appraises his double with an upraised supraorbital ridge. "A LOVE-hungry killer bent on destruction."

"You don't sound surprised." The words rumble in his doppelganger's lack of a throat, and his grin approximates a sneer.

"Why should I be?" A weary lift of Sans's shoulders, and he chuckles. "Always figured that's why a guy like me doesn't have it in him to give a damn. Why a guy like me takes it easy."

"You always take it easy." The admonishment should be laden with disgust, but it emerges lightly, like dispensing criticism upon an amateur writer for using too many semicolons.

"Yeah." The pair of skeletons eye each other warily. Sans smiles. And he smiles. "But it was always my choice to. Shit choice, sure, but at least it wasn't 'cause I couldn't."

His clone doesn't reply. There's the faintest stir of a spark in his gaze, a glint of something akin to a cold fury, but it dissipates in the same moment it forms. There's all matter of LOVE caked about his SOUL. He don't have to think about something like that. He's above that. But Sans reads it well enough, and they both know it.

He could judge him, but it'd just be redundant.

"LV 19," says Sans, the real Sans, heavily. "You've been busy."

"So you know what comes next," says the other. The words are conversational, almost companionable, as easily as if they might be discussing the weather. It is, after all - a beautiful day outside. There's no birds about, and certainly no flowers, but both of 'em know that, statistically, there's bound to be birdsong trilling out there somewhere, a few petals opening themselves to a sun's warming rays. There's bound to be a world where a Sans grins beside a Frisk who's surrounded by their friends, living happily on the surface, contented and unafraid.

"Yeah," says Sans.

"Only one monster in the Underground takes you to 20."

"Yeah," says Sans.

His eyesockets slip closed.

It's a beautiful day outside.

And with the charging roar of a Blaster and the bright span of bones springing into existence, the space between them erupts.

[ooc: This last prompt is a two-for-one deal. Characters can try and intervene, cheer from the sidelines, place bets, whatever you like!]

1/23 - 1/24; the real sans; if you take a life do you know what you'll give

[All right, all right. So he's maybe - maybe slightly concerned at this juncture. He was lucky enough to get outta that first confrontation with his life, and there's no guarantee that his double hasn't already gutted a few unlucky bastards.

He's gotta find him and cut him off before he does anything worse. It ain't like anybody he knows is handling this any better but god damn - he hopes voting Confusion in was worth it, that's all he can say.

Sans blips through the city with a remarkable speed and alacrity, popping into shops, houses, checking every inch of the place he can in search of his cruel, LOVE-happy self. Hope you haven't run into the asshole in the meantime and assumed that the real Sans is subsequently out to get ya, 'cause that would be real unfortunate for the skeleton with 1 HP. Just a real awful, terrible, no good thing.]

wildcard; try to hide your hand, forget how to feel

[ooc: Not a fan of the prompts? Hit me with whatever you like! I'll match prose or brackets, either one. Questions and concerns? Hit me at arcaneswearwords on AIM or over at arrpee or with a PM and let's discuss!]

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[war_itself]

Now she does snort, like that's both the funniest and stupidest thing she's heard all day. "Oh I am surprised, mostly that they've managed to evolve this far without causing their own extinction in one foolish way or another. I've never seen a species so simultaneously obsessed with sentimental purity and mindless viciousness." If they weren't so damn hypocritical about their enjoyment of violence from verbal attacks on the internet to televised wars, she could even respect them a little.

Can a skeleton drink coffee? Should she offer him a cup? Who knows, and nah. She glances back over to him and-- for god's sake, he's doing a thing with his face again. She wrinkles her nose in judgement and turns away to fetch a cup. "Besides, I don't have much of a choice, or I wouldn't be looking in a school for intelligent human life."

[skelebro]

"That's what y'do back home, is it?" She dangled a juicy tidbit and he latches onto it, 'cause of course he does. As long as he's tryin' to recover enough to keep up his search of the city, he might as well get somethin' useful outta this whole scatterbrained encounter, yeah?

He don't have a whole lotta commentary to dispense in regards to that, it turns out; can't, if you don't have the adequate context. Which he don't, so -

"Interesting."

[war_itself]

Her shoulders visibly tense at the mere implication that Earth could be her home. But they covered this, she's from 'not-Earth' and not bloody well pleased about being stuck among humans. "I led an army," she says instead, steely resolve and pride in her voice for a people dead and gone.

Then she turns around to face the skeleton properly, stirring the granules into the water and leaning against the counter, casual interest restored to a pleasant smile. "So you see why I might be interested in any weaknesses of the gods you may be aware of."

[skelebro]

An army. Well, all righty then. Very impressive, and probably violent. Great. That's just what they need on top of everything else goin' down - a lady with a lotta beef with the deities in control, used to bein' the person in charge.

"Sure." He slits one eyesocket shut, the other hanging at half-mast. "'Cept I don't think an army'd fit down here."

Maybe a very small one. An army for ants.

[war_itself]

For fuck's sake, she thinks but betrays nothing in her expression. Well, her smile may be growing a little sharper, picking up the slack of the knife on the counter. "Didn't say I'd need an army, with the right intel."

Hard to tell if he actually knows anything useful, though someone this evasive usually has something to hide. Unless he's trying to keep her talking. Tricky little bugger either way. "Fine," she says with a tilt of her head, settling on one last try. "Does your information have a price?"

[skelebro]

Uh, what? Shrewd of her, but ain't exactly on base as far as he's concerned. If she's eager on tearin' apart the city in her desire to get herself outta here, he, uh, ain't really in support of that, no matter what kinda incentive she offers for his - help.

Ain't likely he'd be of much help, in any case. Not much for that sorta thing, not in general.

"Jokes are a free market," he supplies amiably.

[war_itself]

The sigh that escapes her is explosive enough to be a derisive snort as she decides to give up on questioning him for now. They're all stuck here, not like she won't get another chance to observe or talk to him. "Yeah, I know a great one about a skeleton and the Goddess," she replies with a roll of her eyes. "Probably wouldn't translate." And she's probably better off not thinking about the fact that there's no one left in the universe to understand her language. So she sips her coffee instead. If he's not gonna be helpful, it might be time for him to get on with finding his kids.

[skelebro]

"Which goddess? We seem to have a surplus."

He ain't really expecting an answer. She can sip her coffee and survey him like he's an interesting specimen to be picked apart and studied at length. Sure. No problems there. Just one more person who views him as something rather than someone.

He does his best not to sway as he hitches his shoulders, steeling himself. Hasn't been to the armory yet. Seems a good place to start. And after that - library, maybe?

Yeah. Might as well.