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thecrossinglogs2025-04-06 09:25 pm
spaghettimonster) wrote in thecrossinglogs2025-04-06 09:25 pm
SKELETAL SALUTATIONS | OTA
WHO: Papyrus the Skeleton and You! - (OTA)
WHAT: Catch-all of misc skeleton prompts!
WHERE: Network, Oasis, Riverbank, other?
WHEN: post-river rescue, pre-second Crossing
WARNINGS toll discussion, fears re: memory loss, possible discussion of death - will edit to add more if relevant
(1) 💀 NETWORK:un: CoolSkeleton95
SO, ABOUT THAT 'ENVISION' MESSAGE...
I GUESS YOU CAN'T REMEMBER,
BUT REALLY, HOW MUCH MEMORY DO THESE TOLLS COST???
A MOMENT OR A LIFETIME ARE VERY DIFFERENT AMOUNTS.
[He's a little alarmed by the sheer quantity of memory that could potentially be uprooted, here. Losing his own name before coming to was unpleasant, for all the Ferryman said it shouldn't have happened. But if he was involved in choosing to forget that, he certainly doesn't remember it! So, taking agency in choosing what to lose this time... it's different.]
(2) 💀 OASIS: INTRODUCTIONS & NAMES
[His first while after rescue from the river, the skeleton spent a lot of time loitering along the Riverbank and wandering the (nearby) dunes. Between his utter disinterest in claiming a bed to feign sleep, the lack of his own belongings to gather in a room to use anyway? The restless energy of the ever-changing sky and the newness of his death, let alone the awkwardness of introducing himself to more alarmed humans? There just wasn't much need to hang out in the Oasis right away.
But with a few chance encounters and network conversations reminding him that this next 'Crossing' is only a few weeks away - less time than since he left the underground! - he starts hanging out in the Oasis more. Watching the life in and around the water, grinning brightly at people who cross his path - no matter how alarmed they might be.
And if they respond to his varied greetings by approaching and making conversation, well, sooner or later he'll remember to reach in his scarf/capelet to pull out a crumpled paper with a list of rules and suggestions about names so far!]
(3) 💀 RIVERBANK:
[For all he's been reassured that the Ferryman knows when people are starting to emerge from the river, and that they'll even intervene if no one else is around... He's still finding himself patrolling along the riverbank fairly regularly. It's a little bit like being a sentry, without the human-catching or puzzle-maintenance elements. On the lookout, solely to try to help people. And that feels some kind of rewarding!
...It might be moreso if he were actually finding signs of additional people emerging, on any of his passes along the salt-crusted mud. And he doesn't actually want to want people to die, especially not any familiar people, for all he's still homesick and wondering how they're all doing, wondering...]
...Why did they kill me?
[It's meant as a question to himself, but he's not one for really lowering his voice, and sound can carry in these open spaces.]
(W) 💀 WILDCARD
[Got another prompt in mind? Feel free to poke me in the discord, by pm here, or plurk atswirlingflight to get the gist figured out!
WHAT: Catch-all of misc skeleton prompts!
WHERE: Network, Oasis, Riverbank, other?
WHEN: post-river rescue, pre-second Crossing
WARNINGS toll discussion, fears re: memory loss, possible discussion of death - will edit to add more if relevant
(1) 💀 NETWORK:un: CoolSkeleton95
SO, ABOUT THAT 'ENVISION' MESSAGE...
I GUESS YOU CAN'T REMEMBER,
BUT REALLY, HOW MUCH MEMORY DO THESE TOLLS COST???
A MOMENT OR A LIFETIME ARE VERY DIFFERENT AMOUNTS.
[He's a little alarmed by the sheer quantity of memory that could potentially be uprooted, here. Losing his own name before coming to was unpleasant, for all the Ferryman said it shouldn't have happened. But if he was involved in choosing to forget that, he certainly doesn't remember it! So, taking agency in choosing what to lose this time... it's different.]
(2) 💀 OASIS: INTRODUCTIONS & NAMES
[His first while after rescue from the river, the skeleton spent a lot of time loitering along the Riverbank and wandering the (nearby) dunes. Between his utter disinterest in claiming a bed to feign sleep, the lack of his own belongings to gather in a room to use anyway? The restless energy of the ever-changing sky and the newness of his death, let alone the awkwardness of introducing himself to more alarmed humans? There just wasn't much need to hang out in the Oasis right away.
But with a few chance encounters and network conversations reminding him that this next 'Crossing' is only a few weeks away - less time than since he left the underground! - he starts hanging out in the Oasis more. Watching the life in and around the water, grinning brightly at people who cross his path - no matter how alarmed they might be.
And if they respond to his varied greetings by approaching and making conversation, well, sooner or later he'll remember to reach in his scarf/capelet to pull out a crumpled paper with a list of rules and suggestions about names so far!]
(3) 💀 RIVERBANK:
[For all he's been reassured that the Ferryman knows when people are starting to emerge from the river, and that they'll even intervene if no one else is around... He's still finding himself patrolling along the riverbank fairly regularly. It's a little bit like being a sentry, without the human-catching or puzzle-maintenance elements. On the lookout, solely to try to help people. And that feels some kind of rewarding!
...It might be moreso if he were actually finding signs of additional people emerging, on any of his passes along the salt-crusted mud. And he doesn't actually want to want people to die, especially not any familiar people, for all he's still homesick and wondering how they're all doing, wondering...]
...Why did they kill me?
[It's meant as a question to himself, but he's not one for really lowering his voice, and sound can carry in these open spaces.]
(W) 💀 WILDCARD
[Got another prompt in mind? Feel free to poke me in the discord, by pm here, or plurk at
swirlingflight to get the gist figured out!
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THERE WAS A MAGIC BARRIER.
[You know, a magic barrier. One of those. Things that just happen sometimes, in worlds with magic. There were downsides, like he said.]
BUT I WAS THINKING OF THE TRAVEL HERE! WITH THIS CROSSINGS BUSINESS
IMAGINE THE FERRYMAN, ESCORTING ONE PERSON AT A TIME...
ALL THE QUESTIONS AND PESTERING AND BOREDOM.
BETTER TO TAKE PEOPLE IN A GROUP, TO ENTERTAIN AND ENRICH EACH OTHER!
[After all, if it was just one person, spending all their time talking at and getting frustrated with the Ferryman's tendency towards cryptic and mysterious comments? Nobody would be happy with that, eventually.]
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I agree with you - being together is enriching.
[If only she could tell her siblings that she met a friendly skeleton monster! But they probably wouldn't believe her.]
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MAYBE INSTEAD OF LOOKING FOR THINGS IN COMMON,
WE SHOULD BE ENJOYING ALL OUR DIFFERENCES INSTEAD.
[This is at least half-joking - it's easier to appreciate differences when there's also similarities connecting them, after all. But it's another facet to the puzzle of why them, together for him to mull over in those spans of time between his own turns at pestering people.]
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♡
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[Well, it's the best he can do with the text feature of the phone, unless he wants to select a spade (not exactly accurate) or start exploring text symbol art again.]