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EMERGENCY BROADCAST (text)

(All active cellphones sound an alarm briefly during the delivery of this message.)

To: All Users
From: sans.
Subject: (SUBJECT HERE)
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URGENT ANNOUNCEMENT: The following is an automated message.

Nature of Emergency: cagey queen left us hanging

PRESS 1 if outside the vicinity of: home If it is safe to do so, follow the prompts to take and send an image of your surroundings to the administrator.

Users in the vicinity of: home are requested to congregate in the: mess hall immediately for: probably a good idea to come save us

Additional Notes:

* sup.
* not much, not much, just hangin' with about 3 new and old friends in this cage dangling precariously above the water.
* can't say i like the conditions either, but the cold and damp doesn't get under my skin. i think i see other cages, tho and, uh, i can't say much for them yet.
* six other occupied cages, with about three in each. hey, it's like those math problems you used to get in school.
* startin' to get a real sinking feeling so if there's anybody out there who ain't locked up, it'd mean a lot to me and over 20 other people if you bailed us out.
* see ya. sans.

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Is now really the time for jokes.

[Well good morning, sunshine? Enjoying all that fresh air? They hope so.]

Six cages over water- anything more specific you could provide would be excellent, considering that there just so happens to be water on all four sides.

* i'd ask you to cut me some slack, but looks like the queen's givin' us so much of it we might go swimming.
* oh yeah, seven, forgot to include mine in that, go fig.
* here, look for yourself.

[ It's a blurry picture of a cliff face. The storm probably accounts for why the lighting's so poor. A few more pictures show other cages visible at some distance through the bars of his own. ]

[They take a moment to view the images for themself before responding. If they're truly irritated by his current demeanor, they may no note of it.

After all, he's not exactly shifting to audio right now, is he? Just like they aren't at their best in picking up the actual details.]

Understood.
We're coming.

* one more thing: there's a puzzle in the floor.
* maybe the other cages have 'em too.
* maybe it opens the cage? hell if i know.
* who's we?

Then I suggest you attempt it, unless there are other matters more pressing to you.

[Blurry, indistinct images in bad lighting didn't quite give insight as to whether the presence of black goo resided overhead or not.]

Frisk, myself. Whoever isn't slowing us down.

Either way, we'll be there soon.

If this is another one of your tasteless pranks...

[ So help her, she's going to give you a real shock of your own. ]

Hang on, who else is there that you can see?

* i wish, lady.
* lemme take a look.

* so, uh, hypothetically speaking how mad would you get if i asked you whether you wanted the good news or the bad news

* bossy, bossy.
* anyway we're on it.
* see you soon.

Did you see something just now?

Do you want to know how mad I'll be if you don't tell me?

[ Theoretically, he could probably wander the cage edges until he sees Sans and then yell to him, but that would be rude. To say nothing for not very helpful.

Steven presses 1 and follows the prompts. ]

[ A little later, and Steven gets a text message: ]

* man, i wish it was you coming with the cavalry instead of cooped up in these with us.
* what a drag, huh?
* how ya doin', kiddo?

* yikes.
* so the bad news is i found our mutual foul-mouthed friend.
* the good news is my brother's keepin' him company.
* maybe you could call my brother, papyrus, see if you can help him out?

Can you take anything seriously?!

[Sorry, Sans, waking up to a blaring alarm on her phone is not exactly an ideal morning made. Still in her pajamas (this time she found some that are thicker and more fitting for the colder months), Norma growls into her phone - she's not a morning person, and she's doubly not one to be in the best of moods when her roommate she's been worrying about the past two or so months is not in his bed. Naturally, after having and very stunted panic attack, Norma defaults to irritation and anger, her hands shaking slightly.]

I'm home by the way, in my room. [And there's some very loud shuffling and rustling of fabric. Looks like someone's rushing to get dressed.] ...How's everyone else doing? Can you tell?

[It's gonna be an issue if people are panicking.]

[ Sans's tired drone might be construed as 'devil may care' or even unbothered. Ha ha just a funnyman taking nothing seriously, right? ]

Mornin' sunshine. Jury's still out, but I don't think anybody's gonna be too happy about this.

So, uh, while we're hanging tight, what're you doing?

[Perona should be more upset about being woken up like this, but once she actually reads through the message, she grimaces and pulls on some clothes as quick as she can. Nothing too fancy, she has an inkling there's going to be some running around and battling to be done. Lovely... But her first visit isn't the Mess Hall, but the Infirmary. She needs to stock up.]

Is anyone injured that you can see?! Ah, and--if you can give me a detailed description of your whereabouts, I can try to locate you! My cute gh--friends are very good about locating missing people.

[Over a body of water, that's...not really helpful. The castle itself is surrounded by water and there's a multitude of waterways throughout. Come on, Sans, give Perona something to work with. Her Ghost Network can cover an island, but when she's pressed for time like this...]

Nope, not yet.

--Oh, wait, just saw a burst of fire in one of the cages. Guess I'll keep ya posted if I hear anything.

[ Any more bored-sounding, and Sans might as well be asleep. At least he sends along the same picture he sent Chara, a blurry, poorly-lit shot of a cliff face and some cages hanging from an unseen ceiling. It's not particularly informative, but that's because others haven't chimed in yet. ]

[Sans's sigh, and his overall tone, makes Norma's temper flare, but then she deflates pretty quick. Right, right, he's stuck in one of those cages too. He's trying to make light of a bad situation, keep people calm. Right...right. She gets it. After a deep breath, or two, Norma collects herself and grabs the last of her things.]

Heading to the Mess Hall like you told us to. What do you guys need, besides the obvious?

Yeah. Maybe next time. Great job on the emergency broadcast this time though!

[ Let's not pretend there won't be a next time, someday. ]

I'm not too bad for someone in a cage trap. So I think I might feel the way lobsters feel sometimes.

Rin and Zuko are in here with me. Are you guys okay in there?

[... Someone like them is used to déjà vu by now.]

[Not willingly, when it reminds them in all the wrong ways; when it isn't something they can retry, but something they have to fix on the first go, and it's only several minutes after Sans has exchanged his texts with Chara that their Partner sends a message of their own. Short, succinct, because they have better to do.]

On our way.
Keep hanging around.

[It's a little like deja vu, except this time around Zuko knows how to use her phone (mostly) and there's no black ooze dripping from the top of the cage.]

Be careful trying to get out. My firebending got redirected.

Is your brother good at solving puzzles

Or is he spaghetti good

[Another '1' press, and Allelujah sends a few pictures of his cage.]

I don't know who the other people in here are, but... it... it might be a good idea to... make sure they get out before me...

* so far, bout as well as we can hope.

[ Rin's got a steady head on her shoulders. Zuko? Good leader, and her fire will help them keep warm and dry until the cages drop into the water. ]

* gotta funny question for ya.
* you see anything in that cage that could be a puzzle? on the floor or ceiling?
* we got one of those pictures broken up into tiles you slide around until they're all in their proper places. might be solving them opens the door.

Dunno yet, kid. Right now, I'm just hopin' nobody panics.

[ Or loses hope, but that's close enough. ]

You'll probably find Colin there or something. Knowin' him, he's been monitoring all the responses here.

* that explains the fire i just saw. you ok?
* whaddya mean by redirected? ricocheted off the cage bars?

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