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[scarletcast]

For those of you who have [ pause, a low hum, ] superpowers. Has this place ever taken them from you?

​​[ A beat. ]

If you wish to speak in person, I will be in the park. In the red jacket.

​​[ She has ways of being completely private, but that's a little invasive and not something to advertise. Anyone heading to the park to speak to her or in the vicinity will see a young woman on a bench, with a thermos full of tea next to her, steam rising off the cup clasped in her hands. ]

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[scarletcast]

[ Monsters? He hardly looks like one — maybe someone in the world finds a talking skeleton terrifying, who knows. ]

Where do you come from?

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[skelebro]

Place kinda like this one, actually. Monsters got sealed Underground with a spell, and we live there now.

[Or they did. But, eh. Semantics.]

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[scarletcast]

So you feel no different here than you did there?

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[skelebro]

Not generally, no. Lot more humans around than I'm used to, but that's about it.

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[scarletcast]

[ She hums, quietly. It doesn't sound idyllic, living underground and only having his magic and other — monsters, he wants to call them. ]

Thank you for your time. My name is Wanda.

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[skelebro]

Sans the skeleton. Nice to meet ya.

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[scarletcast]

[ Wanda makes an undignified noise, that sounds very suspiciously like amusement. ]

Did you choose that name?

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[skelebro]

[He makes a show of glancing down his front, plucking at the hem of his shirt to peer at his very visible (and literal) collarbone.]

Well, I figured my species was pretty obvious, but it's best to make sure there's no misconceptions.

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[scarletcast]

None here.

[ Her mouth twitches. ]

There is no meat to speak of, but it is nice to meet you.

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[skelebro]

Hey, same.

[He winks at her cheerfully.]

Not everyday you meet someone with a gift for, uh...gravitational manipulation, I'm guessing?

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[scarletcast]

Neuroelectric interfacing. If you want to be pedantic.

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[skelebro]

[He processes that for only a moment before nodding, faintly intrigued.]

Neat. Born with it?

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[scarletcast]

No. It came later.

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[skelebro]

[Like a metaspatiotemporal talent acquired at a certain anchor? Maybe. Possibly. Prying further would probably raise some questions.]

Sounds like a real red flag.

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[scarletcast]

[ There's that undignified noise again. ]

You are not as funny as you think you are.

[ She fights a smile. ]

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[skelebro]

[Aw, c'mon, but that was definitely a laugh. Or near enough to it.]

I believe the word you're looking for is punny.

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[scarletcast]

[ You have levelled up. This was definitely not a giggle. ]

No, it wasn't.

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[skelebro]

Woah, hey, I get it. Bad jokes are no laughing matter. In fact, I'm sure in some regions they're considered a form of corporal punishment.

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[scarletcast]

[ nO ]

You're getting these from a book.

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[skelebro]

Please, do I look like a guy who reads?

[He spreads his arms wide in an exaggerated shrug. Hands empty!]

Besides, books aren't my thing. The pages are too thin, and paper rips too easily. You could say they're [oh no here it comes] tearable.

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[scarletcast]

[ HOE DON'T DO IT ]

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[scarletcast]

[ 'tearable'. ]

[ oh my god ]

I have nothing to say.

[ She makes it halfway to a laugh, then huffs. ]

[skelebro]

C'mon, you're smiling.

[Sans is laughing, mostly at her reaction. This is priceless.]

[scarletcast]

I am not.

[ This is a losing battle. ]

Thank you for speaking with me, Sans.

[ aaand she's going to hang up before this gets really embarrassing. ]