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You awaken to blackness. Frightening, although familiar--this is the same terrible thing you narrowly avoided during your first trip into Lebensbaum. The pain of your death is still real, echoes of the wounds you suffered appearing on your skin. Inspecting your surroundings will tell you that you've woken up inside of the cooled, empty bonfire pit....and the town as it was is nowhere to be seen.

The sky is a whirlwind of blank, dark void. What previously acted as roadblocks on either side of the town seems to have moved upward, blocking out most of the sun's light. The street is barren, filled with piles of broken concrete, shattered glass, and smoking craters where many of the buildings used to be. Old bloodstains dot the pavement, mixing in with overturned cars and crumbling brick walls. Lebensbaum is a dead town, in more ways than one.

Except for the hotel. It stands, as dusty and abandoned as it ever was, but no worse for the wear. Scorch marks can be seen on the ground around it in a clear border, as though it had a barrier protecting it from whatever destroyed the village. If you venture inside, everything is in its place, as though the outside wasn't completely obliterated.

The living can be seen walking around, going about their daily lives, and if you concentrate, you can even see the buildings as they once were--in working order, clean, and in one piece.

As of Monday on Week 10, however, there is a door, seemingly pasted into the middle of the street. As the days tick by, the doors will increase in number, one for each victim.

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[Papyrus doesn't get up right away when he gets here, processing, processing.... the whole ghost angle meant he wasn't totally surprised by this.]

[(IS HE THE GHOST CRIMES NOW??)]

[Still, he's slumping, at first. Undyne's going to be so disappointed in him. He couldn't protect the humans!!]

[(give him a bit he'll perk up soon enough)]

Sir Papyrus!!

[ UGH WHY ARE YOU DEAD this is incredibly upsetting because... why are all of the sweethearts dying??

All the same, Alisha's hurrying over. ]

Are you-- ah, do you need a moment?

[!!!!!]

[nope, he needs nothing. The second he hears her voice he's jumping up to his feet and enveloping her in a massive hug]

[AND THERE DEFINITELY AREN'T TEARS IN HIS EYES OR ANYTHING]

ALISHA!!! YOU'RE ALRIGHT!!

[ THERE ARE DEFINITELY TEARS IN HERS SO IT'S OKAY

SHE WILL EVEN HUG THIS VERY UNCOMFORTABLE SKELETON BACK. ]

I-I'm... I'm so sorry if I've worried you... [ UGH HER HANDSOME FRIEND... ]

[he's scooping her off her feet and patting her head in this hug.... but yeah, this totally isn't comfortable, sorry Alisha]

NO... YOU WERE VERY BRAVE, ALISHA. WHAT SADIE DID.... WAS NOT VERY NICE.

[woah Papyrus, that's harsh!!!]

[ IT'S OKAY... she knows he's being affectionate, she can endure a bit of discomfort. ]

I... well. It wasn't very pleasant, I agree.

[ WITH A SIGH... ]

But are you all right? What happened?

[He'll put her down in a minute.... and probably stop crying. At some point. Maybe.]

I... LET UNDYNE DOWN.... I WAS SUPPOSED TO PROTECT THE HUMANS FOR HER... BUT I COULDN'T STOP HER...

No, I know you did all that you could. [ IT'S PAPYRUS. ]

... But 'her'?

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[But how can he possibly be a Royal Guardsman if he can't even beat one--]

SATAN.... I DON'T THINK SHE UNDERSTANDS WHAT A DATE IS SUPPOSED TO BE.

[GUESS WHO.]

...

That woman Lady Undyne fought?!

[ WOW BUT PAPYRUS DIDN'T DO A DAMNED THING HOW DARE SHE... ]

[She didn't even unlock his powers what a jerk]

YES.... EVEN SOMEONE AS COOL AS ME WASN'T ENOUGH TO STOP HER....

[He wasn't even Papyrus the Undying!!!]

Papyrus!

[And here comes Undyne back from her freaking out and screaming in rage and breaking everything in sight so she can tackle him in the tightest hug ever.]

What happened? Who killed you?!

[He's tackled!! He's hugging her back just as tightly!!]

[And he's definitely bawling like a baby]

NYOOH HOOO HOO! UNDYNE.... I COULDN'T PROTECT THE HUMANS... JUST LIKE YOU WANTED...

BUT YOU'RE ALRIGHT!! YOU MELTED, UNDYNE!!!

[just in case she forgot]

[AND NOW SHE FEELS EVEN MORE LIKE A SHITHEEL thanks Papyrus]

You did fine, Papyrus, don't worry about it! [Not gonna tell him she was way more concerned with him than she was about the humans because she knows he won't listen anyway.] It just means we can fight them together as ghosts!

Ah, yeah...that was kinda weird, huh? [BUT SHE HAS IT UNDER GOOD AUTHORITY THAT IT LOOKED COOL AND THAT'S ALL THAT MATTERS] But I'm fine now and you're fine and seriously who killed you so I can destroy them as painfully and slowly as possible.

[He just wants to make Undyne proud!! and be a true shounen hero and die for hot Prussia just like her]

W-WELL.... DESPITE HOW COOL I AM.... I COULDN'T KEEP FIGHTING AFTER SHE KILLED ME... AND THEN MELT. VERY COOLY.

[GUESS WHO, UNDYNE]

[but she bolsters him, as usual. His pathetic crying starts to taper off]

BUT YOU'RE RIGHT! WE'LL BE THE GHOST GUARD!!

[Okay, normally she would continue bolstering Papyrus and reassure him about how cool he is, but right now she's kind of distracted by murder rage.]

She? [Her voice gets very low and quiet.] Don't tell me it was that coward who dares to call herself Pride when she has none herself.

[Undyne stop being murdery this is supposed to be shounentime!!]

N...NO.... IT WAS.... THE OTHER ONE. WITH THE LAVA. WHO KEPT LAUGHING WHENEVER YOU HIT HER?? THE VERY WEIRD ONE!!

SATAN.... I DON'T THINK SHE UNDERSTANDS WHAT DATING MEANS.

[cue Kill Bill sirens]

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Her? Her?!

[YEAH THERE ARE DEFINITELY KILL BILL SIRENS BLARING IN THE BACKGROUND RIGHT NOW]

That fucking coward! What, she can't defeat me so she goes after my friends instead?! I'm gonna tear her apart for good! I'm gonna rip that smug smile right off her face and then I'm gonna shove her the remainder of her mouth into her throat so she can choke on it!

[Papyrus's smile is a little strained... he'd prefer for things not to go this far, but he knows better than to try to argue with Undyne when she gets this mad. Also, Satan killed her, so]

[Time to make things better (no)]

I... DON'T THINK IT WAS ABOUT YOU, UNDYNE... I THINK.... SHE JUST REALLY WANTED TO DATE ME AND DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO EXPRESS HER FEELINGS?? IN A WAY THAT DIDN'T HURT. A LOT. FOR ME.

[THAT IS THE OPPOSITE OF MAKING THINGS BETTER PAPYRUS]

So you're telling me that not only did she kill you, but she made you suffer too? Where is she?! I'll kill her! I'll kill her right now! I'll make sure she feels twenty times the pain you went through! No, a hundred! A million!

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...Papyrus?

[THIS ISN'T FAIR, WHO DID THIS, aw fuck where's Undyne this is gonna be a problem

in the meantime, here comes Clover, because anything even kind of vaguely resembling sulking is the biggest problem in the entire world if it's coming from Papyrus.] He-hey, Papyrus...

[Luckily, it doesn't last long, because as soon as he catches sight of Clover-- he's going to start tearing up!! Again!! There are no humans to be strong for right now, him being dead and all, so like with Undyne and Alisha, he's sweeping her up into a big ol' hug without warning.]

[Did you miss the unsolicited physical contact, Clover??]

CLOVER!!! I WAS SO WORRIED WHEN YOU LEFT UNDYNE'S SHOULDERS!!

[you know the worst part is she totally did miss the unsolicited physical contact, even if she's instinctively making a surprised "ackkk" noise as she's being hauled into the hug. It takes her a second but even if she's not nearly as enthusiastic about hugging as Papyrus, she's totally doing her best to return it. It even comes with an awkward back pat!!]

Hey, it's... [Not okay? Okay is not the right word.] I've been going pretty much everywhere on her shoulders since? [...NAILED IT???]

[Aww, Clover. Well, he's also crying all over her (that's possible!! even though he's a skeleton), so that makes this awkward hug even awkward]

[But Papyrus seems comforted by this]

VERY WELL, CLOVER!! IF NOT UNDYNE'S SHOULDERS... THEN YOU HAVE TO STAY ON MINE. AT ALL TIMES!!

[awkwardly back-pat-embraces a skeleton openly sobbing on her, he's probably way taller than her too and that's not helping. and yet, not the weirdest thing that's happened to her. but it's still pretty weird!!!]

Yeah, okay. Someone's gotta keep me company when Undyne's off punching Vegeta. [she's gonna regret this real fast but for now, as long as it makes Papyrus happy instead of brooding about being dead.]

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