week 5; wednesday afternoon; locked to break and gilbert

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[So Undyne's noticed that she hasn't seen a certain member of Team Pride around that much this week! She's not worried of course, but Break is clearly someone who despite being incredibly intelligent also Needs To Be Babysat. Plus his room is right next to hers, so it's no big deal to knock on his door after she's done dropping some stuff off in hers.

And by knock, she of course means kick the door in.]

'SUP, PUNK! Are you dying in there? Stop being a weird hermit and let's hang out!!

Comments

[stupidly]

[He definitely doesn't think attacking dream demons is a good idea guys?! STOP... Though he supposes this is why they're on a team together or something.]

Don't do anything that might get you in trouble. [Both in relation to asking and punching dream ghosts...]

...But I do think it's worth looking into, anyway. Yours is the first full team that anything's contacted, right? [Since Gilbert just got picked on randomly and Morrigan was reapered away to the afterlife.]

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Don't underestimate Alisha - she's pretty badass, you know! I bet she'd join in striking down an enemy of justice! [Slowly they will corrupt her into becoming a true black sheep of Pride...]

I think so? Unless someone on your team's been keeping it under wraps. But unless they were threatened or something, keeping it a secret sounds dumb when these people probably had something to do with why we're here in the first place!

[crazily]

That's what I would guess... Since we never seem to accomplish much on the first day anyways, perhaps it would be worth bringing it up at our trial this week~?

[ I mean, discussing Plot (?) seems better that discussing why Break and Gilbert need to be sleeping together in his opinion. ]

Who knows! Maybe others have gotten these dreams, but they've only mentioned it amongst their own. I'm sure you'd be able to be quite convincing, at least, since you would threaten to fight them if they were withholding something, I'd guess!

[ Break laughs like this is a joke, but is it really... ]

[stupidly]

[He seconds that idea if it'll keep people from talking about their fabricated love life. He's Tired™.]

We could bring it up early on... If this sort of thing continues to happen, it must have important tie-ins to whatever is going on behind the scenes here, right? I've heard some people have been running into ghosts too, around the schoolhouse and such. If we can't discuss it in trial- [Because let's be real, they need all the time they can get.] -then I think we should host a meeting on Monday morning, before the incentives go up and people start getting distracted again.

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Hey, I wouldn't threaten to fight anyone! [UM WOW who do you think she is???] I'd just beat them up until they told us everything!

I'm with Gilbert on this one. We can't distract people during a trial and risk letting the killer get away - wasting time on the first day is necessary so we don't waste time on the second! [The first day is to get all the terrible theories she has out of the way okay!!]

[crazily]

[ that's pretty much the same thing, undyne... ]

[ But Break doesn't question it, and he instead nods, complete with a flap of his sleeve in their direction, the true sign of acceptance. ]

Ah, a Monday sounds good too! We just need to be sure to drag everyone there, in that case... So perhaps that's a task well suited to you, Undyne? You can beat them up if they refuse! Or put a boulder in front of their door. Either or~.

[stupidly]

Break...

[JUST A QUIET WARNING "BREAK" but he knows Undyne will probably jump at the opportunity to gently beat people into submission for a group meeting, god. What's wrong with Team Pride.]

It shouldn't be too difficult to gather people together, anyway. Most of them pass through the kitchen before the motives are announced.

[Where Gilbert lies in wait like some sort of breakfast death trap, only without the death, thankfully.]

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I'LL TOTALLY DO IT!! [But then Gilbert has to go and ruin her fun WOW WHY WON'T YOU LET HER BEAT UP PEOPLE] ...or that could work too, I guess.

[But then her expression goes thoughtful.] You really think any of this info will help us bust outta here though? All I've gotten so far is that there might be ghosts around - which isn't helpful if they're not gonna bother to stick around and actually do something - and that our teams might have creepy little girl leaders - which we can't do anything about since trying to kill them in our dreams doesn't have any effect.

[crazily]

What? She's so enthusiastic, so we shouldn't stifle that spark of youth~.

[ Is Break even joking about this... It kind of seems like it, but it also seems like he'd genuinely enjoy Undyne manhandling people into submission. It's probably both, honestly. ]

From what we have now? No, I doubt it. Even if we assemble all of these pieces, we may find that there's absolutely nothing to be gained for it. But simply sitting around waiting for another to be tempted into [ sinning ] murder doesn't sit well with me. If there's something to be done, however small, then it's worth pursuing.

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Don't get her into trouble by encouraging that.

[What if she accidentally manhandles an immune or something?? That said--]

I agree with Break. I don't think we'll get far yet, but a start is a start.

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Hey, I'm standing right here, you know!! Besides, the two of you are way more likely to get into trouble than I am! [Or at least Break is...Gilbert will probably just be bullied into it.]

Well, I guess there's nothing we can do for now until we get all the info. [Moving on from Serious Business!] So what do you two nerds do for fun all day anyway? Please don't tell me it's just this. [OLD PEOPLE...]

[crazily]

[ Break is ready to object that he's not the one to get in trouble (he totally is), but the actual question catches him a bit off guard. He considers it, looks Gilbert's way, then shrugs. ]

...Well, Gilbert makes tea in the afternoon.

[ it's just this ]

[stupidly]

We are not.

[Except they are... They both came close to Death in their respective trials and little dream demons have it out for them, but hey! At least their bad luck is canon.

He also has no idea that he should totally be ashamed of the fact that they're both Elderly, but he's feeling preemptively judged anyway.]

What's wrong with "just this", anyway?

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[Wow. Wow. This normally never happens, but Undyne sure is breaking out the Sad Eyes of Pity right now. Congratulations, where sweaty otaku nerds and nearly blind guard dogs and lonely crying ghosts have failed, you two losers have succeeded.]

...seriously? I mean I know Break has the excuse of being old and sick, but geez Gilbert, you're way too young to be this boring already! Come on, there's gotta be something you're passionate about besides sitting in a room all day wasting your youth! [or shotas...]

[crazily]

[ Break absolutely sees an opportunity here to tease Gilbert, so you better believe he takes it. ]

Oh, there is! He's very passionate about looking after Oz. ♥

[ it's creepy ]

[stupidly]

[WHY IN THE HECK IS HE STUCK WITH THIS PUNK.]

Break... [But on the other hand, he can't argue at all because It's True.] She meant hobbies.

[1) Taking care of Oz is a lifestyle, okay!! But 2) his canon hobby is also "knitting scarves" so, I mean. Here we are.]

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[Well...looking after Papyrus is also her hobby so she has no room to speak here. Not that she's going to let go of an opportunity to tease Gilbert either though.]

Oh? Who's Oz, your sibling? Boyfriend? [Looking Gilbert up and down and then in an incredibly doubtful tone of voice] ...girlfriend?

[crazily]

[ This is exactly why Break brought it up, and the results are even better than he expected. At first, he just laughs politely at "sibling," but as Undyne continues, it just turns into full-on cackling. Especially at the doubt in his tone. Go ahead, Gilbert!! Explain!! ]

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[UNDYNE???? All of those guesses just earn her a look of Agitation that becomes Increasingly Agitated as she goes.]

Wh— No! None of those things! I'm Oz's servant.

[But he says it with the same sort of tone that someone would announce their bff4life with...]

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You're a servant? That...explains a lot, actually. [Like why he's so easily bullied! Clearly his master has trained him well.]

Though I don't see how that eliminates any of the things I just said! [Especially when Gilbert uses a tone like that...that is not the tone of a professional servant Gilbo]

[crazily]

[ Break is definitely still laughing, but he does at least helpfully add: ]

We're both servants, you know~. Gilbert is just creepier than I am. ♥

[ so much for not saying it ]

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I'm not creepy!

[He kind of is creepy...]

I've known Oz since we were both young, but it's not anything like what you're probably thinking. [He just automatically assumes Undyne thinks he's dating everyone, basically.]

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You're a servant, Break? Really? [Whereas with Gilbert it is immediately obvious, Break being a servant she just can't see at all. Not unless...] Do you actually do any work or do you just sleep all day and scrape by on the minimum necessities without getting fired? [is Break basically Sans because that is the only way she can see this happening]

[Back to Glibert though! If it's not childhood friend romance which was her automatic assumption since that is clearly a ritual for all human children, then...] Are they older than you are? Wait, they don't try to pressure you into anything do they?! [Break did say it was creepy...] Remember Gilbert, no means no! You don't have to obey all of their orders just because you're a servant!! [PROTECT THE VIRTUE OF HER TEENAGE DAUGHTER]

[crazily]

[ Break was here for teasing Gilbert, but this backfired... Instead, he draws up slightly in mild offense. ]

Of course I work. I'm a valet, so it's not as if I'm cooking or cleaning. [ Technically those are just Gilbert's hobbies, since they're a little outside of his job description too. ] I protect and look after the young lady of the household, so my duties are different.

[ Also, he works for Pandora. But. That's its own weird thing... ]

[stupidly]

[His hobbies make him look like even more of a servant...

Gilbert is definitely finding this turn-around hilarious, though... He'd be able to enjoy it more if he didn't have to DEFEND POOR OZ'S PURITY.]

Oz is— [...Is and isn't but is older than him?!] ...I've known him since he was older than me. [Why.] But he's... not anymore. —He wouldn't do anything like that, anyway!

[Unless it comes to rolling Gilbert down a hill in a barrel or tying him upside down from a tree...]