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[keep_smiling]

Hello everyone! If we haven't met, my name is Elmer. I've been here for a few weeks now, I suppose. It's good to meet you all! This place is pretty interesting, to say the least, and everyone I've met has been very fascinating. It's nice to meet so many people from places so different from my own. ＼(＾O＾)／

I have a question, though! I'm looking for a man named Victor Talbot. He was here not too long ago and now I've lost track of him completely. Typical for him, really, but in this closed-off city, I feel like it'd be harder to just disappear like that. Maybe you've seen him? Dark hair, glasses, cool sideburns, yells a lot. Let me know if you see him. Or if you're reading this, Victor, say hi already! (ノ ゜Д゜)ノ

While I have your attention, why not tell me a little about yourself? Let's break the ice this way: tell me one thing that makes you smile, no matter what. What's guaranteed to cheer you up? (・w・)

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[skelebro]

'Course it's a real smile. You'd know if it wasn't.

[That's also a lie. Well, not a lie, but he's definitely twisting the truth into a vague pretzel-like shape.]

[keep_smiling]

[Elmer couldn't read someone's emotions if they hit him upside the head - unless they're related to smiles. Then his ability to know if they're genuine or not is infallible. Lamest trick ever.]

I do know, thank you very much. And just because you have one on your face all the time doesn't mean you can't answer my question, you know. What makes it feel the most real?

[skelebro]

Bad jokes and greasy food.

[Again, not exactly a lie. Sans shrugs, unperturbed. Elmer might be more perceptive than he'd like, but obfuscation is one of Sans's better talents. Not like he has a whole lot else goin' for him.]

[keep_smiling]

I'll take that for now, but I still think you're holding out on me. But that's good! Even bad jokes are still jokes, and good for a smile. Greasy food must be hard to find around here, though. I haven't seen any deep fryers, unfortunately.

[skelebro]

Hadriel really needs to pick up the slack on its burger joints. You know it's been months since I've seen a burger?

[He shakes his skull. For shame, Hadriel.]