hadriel | 001 | (this is so not what she) texted

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001 | (this is so not what she) texted

[ hey, look, it's a picture of a brightly colored phallic fruit from Sorrow's orchard. it's laid out on a cutting board next to a second brightly colored phallic fruit that has been cut into, and clearly chewed up and spit out. next, is a selfie of ashley, her nose wrinkled in disgust. ]

The only room this 'fruit' could possibly be used in is the bedroom!!!

Y U C K

[ and several minutes after the post occurs, out in hadriel, in the ud house, ashley screams in horror. that was not at all what she wrote. someone save her. call ghostbusters! burn the phone! oh god, or maybe just kill her! ]

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I like to imagine they'd be a natural species without the... you know, interbreeding. [ like the cat species from that open world video game that everyone used to obsess over in her world (including her, she lost many an hour to that damned virtual world). ]

But, uh, I'm kind of curious, what kind of world do you come from? We don't really have talking skeletons where I'm from. [ Or not that she's seen. If there are wendigos, then who knows what else the world may hold. ]

[He walked right into that one, didn't he? Welp.]

Underground place, not so different from this one. 'Cept it's full of monsters, which, uh, contrary to popular belief, are generally a pretty understanding species. We got all sorts of different types.

So, it's like a city of monsters? [ for some reason, using the word monster to describe a group of people (monstrous or not) feels a little wrong to Ashley (there's a little bit of tumblr in this one). ] And they're not like the monsters in the caves here, right?

[ She's got a ton of questions already lined up in her head, clearly curious rather than judgemental. Other worlds are fascinating, and it's why she's always loved a good fantasy, or science fiction novel. ]

Nope. They're just people, like you or me.

[Honestly, the alacrity with which tons of people seem to define anything remotely hostile as a "monster" is a little unnerving but...eh, minute differences across worlds, and all that.]

Got sealed Underground a long while ago, so we all live there now.

[Or "lived"? Nah, no need to bother with past tense. Would raise too many questions.]

So, not really monsters, just different. [ Sure, it's easy to look at someone like Sans and immediately think monster, but monsters are things out to get you, to hurt you. The wendigo was a monster, the giant trolls are monsters, Josh as the Psycho was a monster, but not thinking creatures, no matter how alien. ]

...And I'm guessing it's because you guys are... different, right?

Pretty much. There was this whole war.

[He shrugs. Not really one to get into the politics of that. Politics are awfully boring.]

"Monster" is just a species, back home. Like human, or, you know. Dog.

[Except there's still that overlap. Dogs can be monsters, but monsters can't always be dogs. Or something like that.]

...And they shoved you all underground? That seems cruel. [ but war is cruel, as are the politics that tend to run wars. her nose wrinkles. ]

So, I guess the word doesn't have the same sort of connotations it does where I'm from, then? I mean, we use the word to describe... awful, terrible people—people that have done something reprehensible, a way to make us feel like they're not a part of our own species.

I mean, that's not to say humans on the surface use the word the same. I wouldn't know.

[Been out of human culture for a while, let's just say.]

I wasn't around for the whole shebang, so I dunno how it really went down. Before my time. Human relations are just kind of a big part of our history.

So, does that mean you never met any humans before coming here?

Few and far between. And I think they were pretty much on the tail-end of the bell-curve.

[One, maybe two if he's feeling generous. But he doubts that spatiotemporal manipulation is a typical thing for the human race. If it was, there'd be a lot more kerfuffle.]

...So, is everyone where you're from, uhm, like you? [ She's really not 100% sure how to ask about it, to be honest. ] Uh, skeletal, I mean.

Nah, just me 'n my bro.

[They're the only two that...

Well.

It's best not to think about it.]

Most everyone's some kinda monster, though. We got ghosts, we got singing robots, we even got a one-eyed fish who kicks everyone's butt when she's feeling up to it - so all the time, basically.

A one-eyed fish that can kick everyone's butt? [ that's a bit of a mouthful, but she grinning widely. she has a lot of questions, but knows better than to pry too much. ] That sounds like a pretty Disney group of characters you've got down there.

We're a motley bunch.

[He shrugs. Humans' reactions to this kind of thing are always kinda priceless.]

Dunno what kinda scale you have for this sorta thing.

[Since she seemed to latch onto Undyne, fish puns are now relevant.]

[ she narrows her eyes at the pun, but the grin never leaves her face. ] I don't think I coral for that!

[ no, she loved it ]

[He is loving this right now. Man, who knew Hadriel was full of so many great punsters?]

No? Thought you would'a crossed the finish line by now.

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