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It's been quite the stressful week for most of the castle's inhabitants. S-4 wasn't any different. With losing Frisk, fighting with Sans-Serif not to take any souls, struggling with the overwhelming emotions the funeral brought up, and then trying to deal with his dear friend's return as well as attempting to take care of his siblings (even Sans, despite him holing himself up in some mysterious room in the castle with that weird human), S-4 was a bit exhausted. But he wasn't about to sleep without a bedtime story.

Sans was too busy, so S-4 didn't want to bother him by asking. Sans-Serif would have helped, but he was still learning to read, and S-4 didn't want to frustrate him. It would probably be fine to just read it to himself.

He takes one of the picture books to the lounge, and is slowly flipping through it, a fingerbone pressed to the page underneath the words so he can keep his place.

"Out... came... the baby... bird."

Sophie called him a baby. He knows what that is. And a bird are those singing, flying creatures up in the trees. But the one in this book talks. Maybe only little birds can do that?

"'Where... is my... mother?' he said..."

Now that's a word he doesn't know.

"Mother? Mother... like brother?"

They rhyme, so it must be similar. But what exactly is one? Does he have one?

He's frowning at the book until he realizes someone is watching him read. Usually, he'd have a moment to be embarrassed about being caught like this, but right now, his question is too serious to be ignored for shame.

"What's a mother?"

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Date: 2016-05-14 11:23 pm (UTC)
antitemporal: Sans-Serif, eyesockets wide with disbelief and hope (Can it really be so?)
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It probably helps that it is only frustration, innocent and unpressured and entirely his own. It's not anger borne of pain or conditioning, it's not the anxious, agitated fear borne of failure. Frustration on its own is still fairly new to Sans-Serif - he wouldn't even really know to put that word to this feeling. He's just put out that their fun has been interrupted by what seems like such a minor issue in the grand scale of things.

And indeed, when he hears his brother giggling, Sans-Serif moves a hand away from one eyesocket to offer his brother a sheepish sort of smile. Some of the tension bleeds out of him, and he pushes himself back up into a sitting position.

"maybe? i thought they mostly used nails. but i guess you can't use nails for everything. so let's go look!" A carpenter's workshop is as good a place to check as any. And besides, maybe they can find a better pair of scissors there, or some more string for later.

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Date: 2016-05-16 10:47 pm (UTC)
antitemporal: Sans-Serif, trying to reassure S-4 with a hug (My most important person)
From: [personal profile] antitemporal
Sans-Serif takes that offered hand quite happily. His earlier frustration is, if not forgotten, then certainly once again subordinated to the sheer pleasure of getting to play with his brother. To the point that he gasps aloud at the alternative his brother suggests, one hand going to cover his mouth for a moment. Then he gives an enthusiastic rattle, staring up excitedly at S-4. "maybe! and, and we'd have to find an art room anyway! so we can paint a face on frisk's kite! let's go look!"

And that's not the only reason Sans-Serif suddenly wants very much to find an art room, though of course it is the most important reason. He suddenly finds himself seized with curiosity at the idea of...maybe painting something for himself. Just to see what happens.

With a renewed purpose, he sets off alongside his most important person. They'll probably be looking for a while - if Sans-Serif doesn't know what a room is or what it looks like, it's harder for him to zero in on wherever the castle has deposited it on any given day. But the castle is a big, mysterious place in general, and it will eventually provide them with a suitable destination.

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