skelepun[ Surprise, everyone! Shortly after the fighting has finished and some of the dust has settled, there’s suddenly a video being presented to you. Finn and Sans are sitting side by side in one of the provided palace quarters; while Sans wears the same expression he always does, Finn appears a little jumpy and a lot nervous. He’s eager to jump into his spiel so they can get to work, but there’s a lot of information to convey so--
He opens his mouth, closes it, then his eyes flick to Sans for guidance. Where the hell do we start? Taking the cue, Sans begins. ]
So, uh, hey. I know the guard's tucked everybody in safe and sound, but try to keep your heads on... Some of you can get a little, uh, screamy when there's big news. And spoiler alert: we've got pretty big news.
It pertains to the powers that be around here, so yeah. [ He mimes dragging a zipper across his teeth. ] Zip 'em if you got 'em.
[ Another shared glance between the two and, welp, time to dive in. ]
I'll cut to the chase: Finn and I both met with the Ghost Girl. Me, about a week ago. Him... about an hour ago, heh. So if the kid's a little rattled, don't be too hard on him. He's one of the screamy ones I was talkin' about.
[ Finn’s brow immediately furrows. ] I’m not screamy. This is important, and we’re constantly being watched, and the palace separated us, and we need to act fast or--
Anyway. The monsters, the ones we just fought and... killed. They weren't always monsters. They were human, like the rest of the citizens around town. The quarantine zone, the "outer ones," all of them were infected by some sort of plague that turned them into what they are now. And it's not like they're animals now or anything, they aren't feral, they're just... people. People who've been forced into exile by the Lord and Lady. Hell, according to So-Yeon, they're the ones that did this to them in the first place. Suffice to say, they're pissed.
Uh, that's the Ghost Girl, by the way. So-Yeon.
To hear her tell it, all of this is just for the Lord and Lady. She wants the monsters to reintegrate into the city, to live side by side with their families and friends here, but she knows the palace won't allow it. They seem like they'd do pretty much anything to keep whatever they did under wraps. So-Yeon told me she tried bringing it to them directly, appealing to their sense of decency, but uh... she showed me this mark on her neck, and uh...
[ Sans pauses, fully internalizing in that moment that the scar she'd shown him may be the cause of her death. It's not a pleasant realization. ]
I don't think it worked out for her too good. [ He squeezes his eye sockets shut, pinching at his nasal bone with one hand and jutting a thumb at Finn with the other. ] Finn, I think this is your cue to tell 'em the rest.
[ Finn jumps a little, preoccupied as he was with Sans’ story and the reaction he gave. But, uh, right. ]
She said that the Lord and Lady used a power called the Golden Eye out of greed that turned their own people into the monsters we’ve seen. She snuck into the palace, stole the Golden Eye, and now she’s trying to find a cure. But the best she can do so far is give them their minds back for a little while.
She shared that power with me, but I have limited uses for it. What I know for sure is that everyone in the palace knows exactly what’s happening to our friends, and I don’t know what they’ll do to them once the change is done. So-Yeon offered all of us sanctuary, and I know the way. We just have to get them out of the palace.
[ He shrugs. ]
Considering she has the orb, whether or not we fully trust her, we have to go.
[ Slouching a little deeper, Sans huffs a completely unnecessary breath before flashing a quick wink at their fellow Orbers across the feed.]
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