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Away from the Concierge's Desk - The Harbinger Cometh (Part 55)
In the minutes and hours since the Manager last saw her Concierge, she sits. Sits and thinks. Thinks about the bloodshed in New York, in Osaka. And if her sources are to be believed, Paris.
Where does it end. When the High Table extinguishes them all? Or when they prevail over the High Table? Or when all fighters have fought their last, with no life left to live?
So she sits. And thinks.
These machinations have put her on a path that she can no longer stray from. No doubt she and many others with her will suffer. But at the end of that suffering...peace.
Or, that's the goal anyway.
Surely she still has that goal in mind...right?
She couldn't possibly have lost sight of it.
Surely not.
She lowers her gaze to the report on her desk, written by her loyal Concierge. From this, she can see just what her Concierge faced. What Wick's presence had wrought.
Alas, she is not afforded any further time to consider the report. Not when the phone rings.
"Yes?"
"Good afternoon, ma'am," it's not her Concierge's voice, but that of another receptionist. "A Harbinger is here to see you."
Well, she knew this was coming.
"I shall receive them in my office. Please, send them up."
"At once, ma'am."
Papers and drawings disappear into drawers, pens into their holders, and she puts a kettle on boil. Just in time to hear the chime of the elevator, and the sound of the doors opening.
"Manager." Comes the slow drawl of a Harbinger's voice. One that is very, very familiar.
The Manager looks up to see a tall, broad man with a bald head and piercing blue eyes. "Ah, so you're the Harbinger." She smiles a wan smile, then. And raises a tea set. "Would you like a cup of tea?"
The Harbinger tilts his head, looks at her with those sharp, yet strangely empty eyes. "Certainly. However, you might decide there is little time for it."
Her heart stops.
"Hmm, perhaps not, then," she sets the tea set down and goes to her desk, standing by its edge, looking up at the Harbinger. "Well then, what are you here for?"
"A warning," he says slowly, raising his briefcase.
Her eyes go right to it. Too light to hold an hourglass, too heavy to just be a single missive.
He places it on the table, and slowly removes a sheaf of papers from it. It is bound with thread and ribbon as black as night.
"You have made your point," he says, placing it on the table, his eyes never leaving hers.
"Oh?" she says languidly, moving to sit, not even reaching for the papers. From the way the Harbinger closes his briefcase, he has no intention of taking it back.
"Your Concierge has made their choice to stand by your side. Despite the overwhelming odds. Despite their previous...discipline." The Harbinger looks down at his missing left ring finger, then looks up. "It was very obvious. The red outfit was an...interesting decision."
Red, the colour of blood. Of danger. Of warning. Do not touch me, lest you lose a hand. That was what the red clothes meant, or rather, is meant to convey. That the person who wore that red flag of warning was once a killer of renown, who despite their ruined hands is still incredibly lethal, is the entire point.
The Manager's way of conveying a warning with no words at all. She will tolerate the loss of one Hotel, but not another. Not without due cause.
Though to have only one individual carry out that warning...it was a gamble.
For the first time in this conversation, the Manager's eyes flick to the side. "Yes...the Devourer."
"If you wanted to make it obvious who your Concierge fought for, it didn't require the very...flashy choice of clothes. The same applies if the motivation was to send a message to the Marquis." The Harbinger sounds disapproving. "They are lucky to be alive. Thanks to their...compatriots."
The skeleton brothers.
At that, the Manager's eyes flare angrily. "Are you done?"
"No," the Harbinger tips his head forward to let the brim of it shadow his eyes. "Your decision to flaunt them, to display their loyalty in such an obvious manner. To use them as a message. In that way, you are no better than them."
Them. The High Table. The Elder. Men playing at being gods, making the world around them dance like puppets upon their strings. No. No, she will never be like them.
Soft little pops fill the air. The Manager clenches her fists tight, so tight as to crack her knuckles. "Now that..." she sneers dangerously. "Is an insult."
The Harbinger is not moved in the slightest, though the muscle in his jaw ticks once. "Think as you like. But you and that Monster Queen are playing a grand game...a game which you cannot win. So do your Concierge a favour, and release them before they are bound by that promise they made to you so long ago."
That promise...
Words spoken eons ago float through her head. Her memory of that day as clear as crystal.
"If you take up this position, you're binding yourself to them. You'll lose your freedom. You will abide by their rules. I have seen it...you will become like them." Her Concierge. Although, at that point, a disgraced, disfigured, Emissary.
"I will never become like them."
"That's not a promise you can make." Ever practical. Ever logical.
"...Fine. You want a promise I can make? Here. If I ever, ever stoop to their level, you can rip out my heart."
"You're not serious. But you told me that--" That the Devourer's days of ripping beating hearts out of the chests of their quarry was over. Their hands would never recover that monstrous strength.
But she had no doubt those hands will have strength enough for this one request.
"This is your one exception. The only person whose heart you can rip out while they still live? Mine. You can even eat it after, if you so desire, Devourer. But you will stop me. No matter what it takes."
"I don't actually eat it but...very well. I shall hold you to that promise."
And just like that, the memory fades. The Manager huffs a mirthless laugh, shaking herself from her reverie. "Releasing them will do naught. It is a promise I made, and it is a promise they will keep." She looks down at the sheaf of bound paper. Touches it. Draws it close. "What is this?"
"An intercepted report to the High Table." Comes the Harbinger's toneless response.
What? Hawk-like eyes flick up and look at a man who the Elder had bent to his will. Or so the world thought. "And what, exactly, are you doing with an intercepted report?"
Those strangely empty yet sharp blue eyes seem to warm, seem to fill with knowing, and the Harbinger smiles flatly. "Why, giving it to you. Of course."
#undertale fics#mafiafell au#the concierge#ficlet#reader insert#no sans or papyrus in this one#but they're busy canoodling with the concierge in their room
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I ONCE TRIED TO WASH THAT SCUFFED OLD THING WHILE HE WAS TAKING ONE OF HIS NAPS, BUT WHEN I TOOK IT OFF HE WAS WEARING ANOTHER IDENTICAL ONE UNDERNEATH! AND ANOTHER! I GOT THROUGH TEN MORE LAYERS OF THE SAME THING BEFORE HE WOKE UP. I WAS SO FRUSTRATED! WHERE DID HE EVEN GET THOSE FROM? THEY ALL EVEN HAD THE SAME STAINS!!
#originally was gonna make a fun papyrus and sans blog But um#got shy Lol#also i dont think id have been able to keep it up very long#here’S the art i made for the first post and a snippet of the long ass essay i had typed out#maybe one day i’ll revisit the idea#with less essay length posts because i think that’s what intimidated me#sans#papyrus#undertale
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I JUST REALIZED I CAN COMBINE MY CURRENT HYPERFIXATIONS WOHOOOO
Btw I made Papyrus and Gaster the same person because of personal preference and because I like the concept a lot but you can all pretend this is regular Gaster and that Papyrus is Shermie or something idk
ALSOOOOO the kids and the skelebros are OBVIOUSLY not related, my idea on why they're there is because the families are close and trust each other :D or something like that
Okay that's it AND YEAH THE PLAYER IS A CHARACTER AND I STAND WITH THAT
Gaster would definitely make a connection between the Player's world and his world (COUGH COUGH deltarune) so it fits!!!!!!!
#HEHEHEHEHEHEHEHHE#YES MY TWO HYPERFIXATIONS GRAVITY FALLS AND UNDERTALE#AND THE SECRET THIRD ONE PAPYRUS IS GASTER#YIPPEEEE#sunsest-art#undertale#gravity falls#papyrus#gaster#stanford pines#ford pines#sans#stan pines#stanley pines#alphys#mabel#dipper#mabel pines#dipper pines#asriel#kris#chara#yippee#undertale fanart#gravity falls fanart#crossover
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FORGETTABLE-AU (Page 40-43)
* I didn't know the lab could look so creepy...
[BEGINNING] [PREVIOUS] [CONTINUE]
#Finally doing something omg#something I don't like about comics is JUST HOW LONG it takes me to get to the parts I want to get and ahhh#I just hope chapter one isn't super long#ehh It's probably going to be fine#the pacing is doing fine so far#I decided I'm actually gonna color things now#Like...I WAS coloring before#but I was also trying to stick to a limited color pallete#and that was actually harder than using a lot of colors... so I'm just gonna color things properly now#forgettable-au#forgettable-au-comic#papyrus!gaster#undertale#sans#gaster#undertale comic#undertale au#papyrus is gaster#alphys
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Permission to headbutt: Granted (Patreon)
#My art#UT#Sans#Papyrus#Ft. something smol and I do on a regular basis ♪#This could be Handplates or it could be classic Undertale I leave that up to you lol#I definitely picked up a lot of the style quirks lol - but there are some of the ones that I like myself! Like Papyrus' darkmode clothes lol#And Sans' shorts having the stripe in the front haha - little details ♫#Realistically it probably is Handplates tho just based on where my head's at lol - I love the Handplates dynamic :D#Handplates#I talked myself into it! Pfft ♪#I found myself relating a lot to Sans especially while rereading - I want nothing more in the world than for my siblings to be happy! <3#So I gathered up a bunch of ideas of things especially me and smol do together and this was the most obviously cute one haha#Easiest to do! Tho I did still go a little extra on this lol#I'm trying to do more digital stuff ♪ It wasn't the best art day and I'm still a little nervous to jump right in :')#Not doing any sketches on paper beforehand feels weird but I guess it is thematic in a way lol#And I'm still pleased with how they turned out hehe#It really does feel nice to be drawing them again <3#And doing silly sibling things! Hehe#I dunno how clear it is since it's so ingrained into how smol and I talk to each other lol family language!#One of us will literally just announce ''bonk'' and the other will prepare for/lean in for a headbutt haha#She is a tiny bit taller than me - it's not quite /this/ extreme but she does lean down for me! S'cute <3#I like to think Papyrus would do the same hehe ♪ Let your lazy brother headbutt you! He can only reach so far!#On minimal effort anyhow hehe#It's just a fun way to be silly together ♫♪#Also yes I did show this to her and she cosigned lol - ''Cute'' -smol
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Some Papyruses :]
+ spreading my papyrus can float propaganda.
#theres another one i did that i like but ill prolly do that in another post#for now have some assorted doodles of him :D#fun fact originally these were grayscale but the ai shield that i use didnt fucking like that ig so i put a red overlay on it#and then it was fine so#i also like the red more so it worked out ig#also papyrus can float/fly and NO ONE TALKS ABOUT IT#LIKE EVERYONE ALWAYS TALKS ABOUT SANS' WEIRD SHIT#but what about PAPYRUS???#he literally just fucks off through the air after your fight and no one mentions it again???#like HELLO????#sunn art#dont repost#undertale#papyrus#fanart#artists on tumblr
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day twoe ah haha
#repostober#alphys#gaster#undertale#sorry i was busy the last few days and missed day 2&3#but i love her so#unpopular opinion but i like it better when alphys and gasters dynamic is more like this than alphys has a crush on another person that#everyone thinks is out of her league and will never choose her#cus you never see people genuinely shipping them its always just her pining and him being cold and stoic. like why. isnt them being silly#stupid work buddies so much better#isnt him taking one look at her and being like. ALRIGHT NEW CHILD. PAPYRUS. SANS. YOU NOW HAVE A SISTER. so much better than tormenting her#anyway#i love this animal. the ah fees.#i love drawing her like a real lizard i think thats cool i think she deserves it#hug an alphys and tell her you love her today
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TOBY FOX THANK YOU FOR BLESSING US ONCE AGAIN WITH THE WONDERFUL NEWSLETTER
#undertale#deltarune#kris#susie#noelle#berdly#ralsei#alphys#undyne#toriel#papyrus#sans#undertale newsletter#newsletter#deltarune newsletter#I'm still going to do the spamton one but he'll receive his own personal post#because I might have something crazy in store for him#(or I simply got too tired to draw him)
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i think the thing a lot of papyrus takes get wrong is that they forget that, among other things, papyrus is funny. in my experience writing papyrus, i often find the most funny line is the most in-character one. an unfunny papyrus doesn’t ever feel like an accurate papyrus to me. it’s more than part of the game, it’s part of his character. and disregarding that is what messes up a lot of otherwise good impressions of him.
#the same can be said for sans too#the biggest issue with the 2015 fandom interpretation (besides shipping him with a child) was that he was way too serious all the time.#sans actually made me crack up several times during the genocide route#i lost it at “cool mutant hand”#also regarding papyrus#even back when innocent naive papyrus was a thing he wasn’t funny#and this is honestly a big problem considering how deeply intertwined humor is with undertale’s narrative#looking at you chara “laughed it off” dreemurr#toriel “laughs as she dies” dreemurr#sans and papyrus “always smiling” undertale#that one smiling npc in snowdin yeah i didn’t forget about you#seriously gotta stop putting half the post in the tags again this is getting ridiculous#undertale#papyrus#sans#character analysis#not much of one but i think it’s worth the tag
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he missed it
#undertale#papyrus#sans#singing robart#there’s one or two things I’d reeeaaally change about this if I had time#but i don’t. so uhhhh enjoy it as-is
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Headcanon that nobody can understand what Fatal is saying because of his stuttering and glitched text
Core Frisk belongs to DokuDoki
Fatal and Patch belong to Xedramon
Transcript:
Core: … And that’s basically what the Omega Timeline is! Any question?
Core: Yes, Geno?
Fatal: (jumbled text) Yes uh I understand killing is forbidden but
Fatal: (jumbled text) copies of codes technically not alive, so not killing, right? Can I still do it?
Core: …
Core: I’m not going to lie, Geno. I literally have no idea what you just said
#art#utmv#comic#core frisk#fatal error sans#fatal error#patch#patch papyrus#patch is the only one that can actually understand what fatal is saying#maybe he’ll be a translator#the canon comics are much more harder to read than this but oh well I tried my best
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@forgettable-au I HAD TO TAKE THINGS INTO MY OWN HANDS AFTER ALL THE ANGST, THIS WASN’T MY FAULT, THIS WASN’T MY CHOICE
#I just had this idea and now I cant get it out of my head#theyd actually be all so darn cute together#thinking about what ifs#what if wingdings wasnt a silly shut in and was just a silly guy#like papyrus#in an au where theyre all happy i couldn’t just not also include papyrus#undertale#forgettable au#forgettable au fanart#undertale au#undertale au of an au#this is like the 5th time ive referenced this specific moment in one of the mini comics#IT JUST MAKES ME SO SAD#LIKE DAMN SANS#GET DENIED???
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I missed you, too
Murder & Phantom!Papyrus by ask-dusttale
Underswap Sans by popcornpr1nce
Nightmare by jokublog
Horror from horrortalecomic by sour-apple-studios
Killer by rahafwabas / rahaf-wabas / rahofy-sketch
#zu art#comic#murderswap#dustberry#undertale#undertale au#utmv#pre trapped <3#murder!sans#dust!sans#swap!sans#us!sans#underswap!sans#nightmare!sans#horror!sans#killer!sans#phantom!papyrus#bad sanses#a secret way to greet (and tell much more <3)#I love them I miss them#and I want them to never be brave enough to touch each other so one day they (he) will regret it :)#angst go brrr#sorry it's messy this idea was in my mind for god knows how long and I couldn't resist anymore
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FORGETTABLE-AU (Page 57-60)
* That was a long entry...
[BEGINNING] [PREVIOUS] [CONTINUE]
#So close to finishing this chapter....#hehe the CORE#these pages were KICKING MY ASS OH MY GOD#BUT I DID IT!!!!#THOSE STAIRS WERE SO HARD TO DRAW#I think I maybe went a little fast with the pacing of this update? but eh it's fine#besides I really needed to finish this section and pass to the next one#so excited for the next updates#yes... Wingdings color codes his different tool sets#He has so many of them#The bigger tools and equipment are in the tool shed in Snowdin!! That's what they use it for#wanted to include a dialogue about that but couldn't fit it in sigh....#forgettable-au#forgettable-au-comic#undertale#undertale au#gaster#sans#papyrus is gaster#undertale comic#alphys
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pasta (1, 2)
#me only having time to make one gifset sdjfs like i'm not used to saturday uploads this was so unexpected#dan and phil#danisnotonfire#daniel howell#phil lester#amazingphil#dpgdaily#phan#dnp gifs#my gifs#parallels#DAN AND PHIL GOING AWAY Q&A#COMIC SANS AND PAPYRUS - Dan and Phil play: Undertale (2)#danandphilgames#cw food
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i've been thinking about this au lately,,
#ccino sans#undertale au#fluffytale#well my take on it at least#tons of headcanons on this one#the fuzzy skeletons thing is a reference to zarla jsjs#fresh is a cacomixtle lol#i just really love papyrus
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