Video/Action for New Bark Town

[coolskeleton_95]

Greetings, humans! I’m quite impressed that you have such small devices capable of connecting to the internet! Why, it's even smaller than the smallest cell phones! The portability is simply amazing!

That being said…perhaps one of you could help me find the answer to a very important question! [Papyrus’ face fills the screen.] WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO MY GLORIOUS FACE?! [Oddly enough, it seems to be a normal human face…albeit a bit close to the screen.]

IT…IT’S COMPLETELY COVERED IN…FLESH! SKIN! OTHER POSSIBLE HUMAN ORGANS! HOW CAN I, THE GREAT PAPYRUS, POSSIBLY BE ANY SORT OF MASCOT FOR MONSTERKIND WITH A FACE NOT BEFITTING OF MY TRUE SELF? That's not all! My entire body is now completely encased in this fleshy prison! Why, there's not a single bone in sight! I've not built my calcium levels to near perfection to have it all end like this!

Ah, that is not to say that I do not value humans! Not at all! Why, one of my very best friends in the entire world is human! I'm certain I make a very handsome human! However, I know that I make a much more handsome skeleton! THEREFORE! I require someone to tell me how I am to go about reversing whatever magic has made me this way at once!

Now, onto the second order of business! [Papyrus shifts the camera’s focus to a Litleo sitting patiently at his feet.] This young monster has been following me all day! They're clearly in awe of my greatness! Of course, I do tend to have that affect on others, but, they're refusing to give me their name, and their parents are surely worrying! What kind of awesome role model would the Great Papyrus be if he encouraged truancy on such a level as this? Perhaps one of you humans has seen their mother? Please, do not hesitate to inform me! I will escort them home myself! It is the least I can do for such a devoted fan!

Comments

[video]

[eclectictype]

Whoa, okay, dude--take a deep breath.

[That was a lot of words at once, while Jade understands the confusion at suddenly having...flesh??]

Your skele...ton body is still there, it's just underneath all the skin. When we're brought to this place we're all converted to being completely normal humans. Sorry, it can't be reversed.

[...This is really awkward to explain to someone that is a monster, but--]

We're also given little guys like your friend there to protect us. You know about video games, right? This is pretty much a monster befriending and training game.

[video] 1/3 GET READY

[coolskeleton_95]

Well, of course it is! I can still feel it if I grip my limbs strongly enough!

[video] 2/3

[coolskeleton_95]

I-Irreversible...?

[video] 3/3

[coolskeleton_95]

WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?!!?!?!?!?!!?

The sheer preposterousness of it all! How will anyone be able to recognize me like this?! My face is so unique that it must be shared with the world!

And what is this about training monsters!? Are you telling me I've been recruited as this little one's gym teacher?

[video]

[eclectictype]

I get that it's very surprising, but you don't need to scream about it. I will try to address all of your questions as best as I can.

[There's so much at a time, though.]

Considering you are announcing yourself by name repeatedly and probably sound the same as you did before, I don't think anyone you know will have trouble recognizing you. Your face is still unique even as a human, by the way, we all tend to look different.

Are we cool so far? Okay, moving on: yes, we are all recruited to take care of these little monsters. ...I will try to address this as sensitively as I can, but I have never had a dialog with a monster with communication on your level. Yes, the culture of this world is based heavily around these Pokemon and training them or whatever else activity people choose. So you could view yourself as your Litleo's gym teacher if you like, but these monsters are not sapient enough to have names of their own, so you will have to give it one.

...I suppose you can say you've adopted it?

[Video]

[awesmazings]

Skeleton...? It's still there, it's just under alla' that skin! Everybody who comes here gets turned human if they weren't one before, but it really isn't a bad thing. I mean- I've been human all my life, and I still think it's pretty cool!

[Jimmy...]

And that monster is called a Pokemon! That one's a Litleo, to be specific. Everybody gets a Pokemon partner when they come here, so he's 'sposed to be with you!

[Video]

[coolskeleton_95]

But! I've been a skeleton my whole life! I can't suddenly start being human! That's Frisk's job! And yours, apparently!

A partner? A partner! !!!!! AN UNDERLING!

[Video]

[awesmazings]

[Oh my god you are ENTHUSIASTIC with a capital E, and he likes that a lot.]

Yeah, nobody really knows what causes that to happen...anybody who had any powers before loses 'em too. Maybe it's some sorta magic, or bein' caused by a Pokemon. It could be a lotta things!

And yeah, I guess you could call it that! My starter is more like my best friend, though. He's been with me since I got here!

[dangerousidol]

I wouldn't worry too much. One of my friends is a bear, and he turned human when he got here.

[So casual about it.]

And you don't look that bad~ Could have been a lot worse! Just take care of your little buddy, and you'll be fine~

[coolskeleton_95]

That gives me even more reason to worry! Something or someone is turning monsters into humans!

[dangerousidol]

I don't think it's that bad. And not all people who've been turned human were monsters. One of the people here was immortal... or maybe more than one?

[It's pretty cool to think about.]

[sneezelikeakitten]

[Whoa... Like, whoa. This guy is flipping out.

Over being human.

Of course Dipper is going to hit this up! Third non-human (to his knowledge) that he's met here!]

You were a walking, talking skeleton before you got here?

[Guess who has a journal out and is now making notes.]

[coolskeleton_95]

You forgot "handsome"! But it's all right! I forgive you, human!

Video

[veggie_vamp]

Oh My Ghoul, another monster! This is soooo cool!

Welcome to the video game world, Papyrus! There are a bunch of other not-really-humans here too!

Buuut we can't turn back into our selves. I don't know why, it's totes silly.

Re: Video

[coolskeleton_95]

A fellow monster?! Hmmmm! And where did you live before? Hotland? Waterfall? I would definitely know you if you had lived in Snowdin, home of the Great Papyrus!

[Video]

[monge]

[Oh hey, skeletons just so happen to be a pretty normal kind of youkai where he's from. ...Although some of them can get pretty scary. Komasan's not sure if he should be thankful that this guy looks like a friendly human now, but judging by his attitude he's probably not one of the scarier kinds.

Hopefully.]

This world really doesn't seem to like youkai, zura. The same thing happened to me when I got here, zura...

[Video]

[coolskeleton_95]

[He has no idea what Youkai means, though he might have heard it on one of Alphy's animes before.] How horrible! Someone...or something is targeting monsters with their awful magic!

[Text]

[doesntdomuch]

You sure are loud.

Also you're human now; there's no way to reverse it but sometimes we get to go back to our old bodies.

[Text and yes, it is in Papyrus font.]

[coolskeleton_95]

I HAVE NO EXPERIENCE IN BEING HUMAN! THIS IS TOO SHORT OF NOTICE-! I DIDN'T EVEN HAVE TIME TO TRAIN MYSELF RIGOROUSLY!

[ratingspoint]

[Well, it seems you aren't the only one with something that's been done to your glorious face, though in Mettaton's case it's decidedly less of a shift; he still resembles EX quite a bit, though there are a few differences - the lack of the blatant metal bits on his face, the four beauty marks around his left eye (two above the eyebrow, two below the eye itself) and the fact that the whole thing is...decidedly softer and vaguely more androgynous-looking is a bit off as well.

But...so it goes with the whole humanizing thing, he supposes. It's still not something he likes, nor is it something he's used to, but at the same time he'll acknowledge that he's lucky (because of course he is) to have not had quite that much to shift around externally.

(Admittedly, internally's kind of a magnificent shitshow, but you know what, we're clearly all going to enjoy our brand new cardiovascular system together.)

That said, he doesn't sound agitated when he responds; if anything, he seems a bit more amused than he should, but that's just kind of how Mettaton rolls in general - a bit flamboyant and a lot entertained at everyone's expense. So it goes.]

Well, well, well... And here I was, wondering if I was going to be the only one from the Underground brought here. What an unexpected plot development...

[Mettaton, please.]

The new look suits you, darling, don't worry about it too much.

1/3

[coolskeleton_95]

?!

2/3

[coolskeleton_95]

[GASP!]

3/3

[coolskeleton_95]

OH MY GOD!

M-M-M-M-M-M-Mettaton! You're Mettaton! I'd know that sexy robot voice anywhere!

[video]

[lieutenantantichrist]

[A middle-aged man appears on the screen, wincing at the volume.]

Yeah, yeah, we all have skin. You don't see us bragging about it.

[video] I HAVE BEEN WAITING

[coolskeleton_95]

I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO! DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT A CRIME THIS IS?