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!!

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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 ]

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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...]

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[ 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 ]

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[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?

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[ 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]

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[ 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... ]

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[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...]

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...how are you a valet if you're blind? What kind of cars are you driving?! [Look, she can accept being a decent fighter while blind, but driving seems to require the use of sight. Though Break getting bossed around by a little girl suddenly makes more sense.]

What, did he stop aging or something? I didn't know humans could do that, I thought it was only monsters!

[crazily]

What is a car?

[ #victorians ]

...But, no, that doesn't matter? I don't drive anything. No valet of a Dukedom would take care of the carriage.

[ A minor household, maybe, but one of the main ones? No way!! But they're totally on different pages here in terms of what "valet" means.

and he won't even try to explain Oz, since he doesn't want to end up explaining more spoilers to Gilbert ]

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[Looking at her in mild confusion, too... What is a car part 2 electric boogaloo: ft. two useless pseudo-Victorians.

As for the question, Gilbert doesn't know all of the spoilers because Break wanted to save the town from him going berserk, basically. Instead, Undyne gets the simplified version! Kinda. A little bit hesitantly though, because even though it's Common Knowledge back home by now, it's still tough to recount.]

...He was lost to the Abyss for ten years, and when we found him again, he hadn't aged a day.

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Um...like a carriage that doesn't need any horses and can go super fast? I thought nearly every human had one on the surface. We don't have any Underground since it's too small, but they look pretty cool! [Though she's not as big a fanboy as Papyrus is, since who needs cars when you can pilot giant robots instead.] What do you do if you don't drive then?

[And Gilbert just gets a blank stare for his explanation.] What's the abyss? Did he fall down a hole in the mountain? [is Oz the human they found underground let's hope so because all the others that fell down there are super fucking dead]

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[ Break is more or less imagining a train at this point (maybe??? do they have trains??? fuck this series at least cappy understands now and can't judge me), but even though he's trying to parse through what Undyne thinks a valet is supposed to do, she at least asks a question that he can answer. He sighs, then holds up a finger as if that helps illustrate his point. ]

Like I said, I look after the young lady, for the most part. I watch over the rest of the household as well and protect their interests, but...

[ He sighs. Considering Undyne, he has a guess for how this might make a bit more sense. ]

...It's an old-fashioned term, so don't take this too seriously~. But would you understand a bit better if I were to say that I was a bit closer to a knight~?

[ Break doesn't like using that word, in truth. It's a bit tainted for him, but for the sake of explaining, he can at least use it this once. His work for the two households wasn't that dissimilar, after all, but the designation of a "knight" had become somewhat rare since. ]

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[LORD, when Break pulls out the word "knight"... Gilbert looks a little surprised but he remains mostly silent, since that's not his conversation to get into at all. He'll try his best to explain the Abyss at least, but haha, pandora hearts.]

No - it's another dimension that's connected to ours, where time flows differently. Normally they're detached, but sometimes things can cross from one side to the other.