From Monologues to Melodies

[cool_skeleton]

[Goodness, it's almost been a week since the last time Papyrus rattled at the world. Almost.]

EVERYONE! I HAVE AN IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT TO MAKE! THEY'RE HOLDING A SINGING CONTEST IN ABOUT A MONTH!

ALSO! I'M STILL RUNNING FOR FAYREN GUARDIAN! YOU CAN'T VOTE RIGHT NOW, BUT MARK MY WORDS, YOU WILL!

PERHAPS YOU ARE THINKING THAT THOSE TWO THINGS DO NOT SEEM RELATED. BUT THAT IS WHERE YOU ARE WRONG! FOR THEY ARE BOTH GOLDEN OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOU TO EXERCISE YOUR FRANCHISE TO APPRECIATE MY GREATNESS! AND HAVEN'T YOU HEARD? MUSIC SOOTHES THE SAVAGE BEAST! AND BOY DOES FAYREN KNOW SAVAGE BEASTS! SO ITS GUARDIANS BETTER KNOW SOME SOOTH!

BUT!! THERE IS AN ISSUE! WHILE I KNOW ALL ABOUT GUARDING, MY SINGING SKILLS ARE NOT SO ADVANCED! TRAGIC, BUT TRUE. I'M A FEW RIBS SHORT OF A XYLOBONE. THAT'S WHERE YOU COME IN! THAT'S RIGHT, I REQUIRE SINGING LESSONS. THIS WAY YOU, TOO, CAN BECOME A PART OF MY GREATNESS. YOU CAN BE THE FUEL THAT SENDS ME INTO STARDOM!

DON'T WORRY! EVERYONE SAYS MY VOICE IS INCREDIBLY EASY TO HEAR, SO YOUR WORK IS PRACTICALLY DONE ALREADY! I'VE ALREADY MET YOU HALF WAY!

AND I WON'T BE SINGING ACAPAPYRUS, EITHER! I REQUIRE INSTRUMENTS! UNDYNE PLAYED A MEAN PIANO, SO THAT WOULD BE GOOD. MAYBE SOME STRINGS TOO SO IT WON'T BE LONELY. WELL, WHATEVER YOU CAN DO, THE MOST IMPORTANT INSTRUMENT IS THE ONE THAT'S INSTRUMENTAL TO MY SUCCESS. HEH HEH HEH NYEH!

I KNOW, IT'S ALMOST TOO COOL TO BEAR, BUT I HAVE ONE MORE OFFER! ALL THOSE WHO WRITE THEIR OWN MUSIC WILL GET A SCHOLARSHIP TO ATTLETON U! WOWIE, I'VE NEVER BEEN TO COLLEGE! CAN'T YOU JUST SEE IT?? ME, IN A COOL ROBE AND SQUARE HAT WITH A TASSEL?

[He takes a moment to space out and visualize just that.]

WELL, I JUST HAD A LOOKSIE, AND LET ME TELL YOU, IT'S JUST AS GREAT AS I PICTURED!!

EVERYONE BUY SOME SPARE SOCKS NOW, BECAUSE I'M GOING TO ROCK THEM OFF!!!

Comments

[biomechanicalcicada]

A scream talking, over exuberant skeleton.. And here the android thought he had seen everything. Even in his short life time. As ear canal stabbing as that announcement was, Cell couldn't help but let his curiosity take over.. Just how in the depths of Hell did this thing function? After all he's seen so far in this world, this would be the real brain tickler?

".. Were those puns on purpose, or are you just that ditsy with excitement?"

[cool_skeleton]

[The answer to this and so many of this nonbeliever's questions: magic.

Oh no, someone caught him punning? Disgraceful. Time to dodge.]

UMM...YES!

[biomechanicalcicada]

Cell sucked his teeth. It was a little of column A and B. "Must you scream everything?" He hoped to the maker that the question wasn't going to leave him with a pounding headache the rest of the evening.

What he really wanted to ask was: 'How do you scream everything?' But there was a sneaky feeling the answer (simple or complex) would break the skeleton apart.. Not that bad of an idea. It certainly would feed his need to 'experiment' with the other being.. Although, not at the risk of being penalized for 'doing harm.' Putting in a pin in it was the safer option.

[cool_skeleton]

NO, SCREAMING IS ENTIRELY OPTIONAL! WHEN IT COMES TO MY VOICE, THE ONLY MUST IS MUSIC!!

BECAUSE OF THE CONTEST!!!

[Just in case he didn't catch that.]

[biomechanicalcicada]

'Don't scream back at him..' Cell begrudgingly told himself, 'Screaming at an idiot won't solve the problem..'. As he learned the hard way from past experiences.

"... Then why don't you save your voice for the contest, hm? Keep that up and you may lose it just before the big event."

[cool_skeleton]

I'M FLATTERED BY YOUR CONCERN! HOWEVER, THE GREAT PAPYRUS' VOICE HAS NEVER RUN OUT! NOT EVEN ONCE!

[It just keeps going and going and going...]

[biomechanicalcicada]

"... Really?"

You know what else can keep going and going and going? The aggravated, giant insect man. Far, far away from the skeleton. Without another word, Cell turned and began walking away. Flying is his normal form of exiting but.. With the amount of bottled rage that was boiling deep in his core? Such an exit would more than likely knock "THE GREAT PAPYRUS" into several pieces.

It's been so long since he's been stuck here and playing nice is still a difficult task.