[Emergency Text] (Backdated to the 5th/early morning of the 6th)

[tinyprotector]

[Maybe Yukio should have let Ken go alone.

Maybe he was being kind of mean, trying to send out a mass text partly to get the other kid in trouble.

But Ken was refusing to listen to reason, and Yukio was tired of not being taken seriously because he was small. Aside from that, he certainly couldn't let Ken go off past the bridge alone. He'd only end up getting hurt. And besides, the last time Yukio went out this far was still fresh in his mind, as well as the minds of quite a few other residents. No one wants to hear about another death.

So as he's following after Ken, he starts hastily typing out a message.]

To: All Users
From: Yukio Okumura

Subject: Need help!
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URGENT ANNOUNCEMENT: The following is an automated message.

Nature of Emergency: Someone is going to fight the shadows alone

I don't know his name, but he's only fourteen
I don't want him going on his own so I'm following him
Can someone please come help me? I don't think I can stop him on my own!

Comments

[justribbing]

[ Even sighing at this feels like extra effort Sans doesn't feel like expending, starting to thumb at his cellphone. It's somebody else's problem, not his. Someone like... like Rin, the kid's big brother, he isn't laid up in the infirmary anymore. Or their mutual friend, Minako, who helped look after him when he fell ill.

Somebody else's problem to deal with, which is why he should... not be drafting a reply like he is right now.

Damn it. ]

welp, we were a little overdue for a rerun.
least we got some warning this time.
so, how long ago did this other kid leave and where'd you see him last?
that's info they're gonna need, if someone's coming to help.

[tinyprotector]

I'm sorry! I forgot to mention
I'm right behind him right now. We're just making it to the bridge.
I don't have my gun, either...

[He has a feeling Sans will be none too pleased when he gets that news.]

Can you wake up my brother at least?

[justribbing]

kid, you're seriously pushing your luck.

[ And yeah, he sees Steven doing the things an earnest young Steven does, which adds another kid to the lot wandering off into enemy territory. Makes them a trio now, and doesn't that remind him of one of the darkest chapters of his nearly half a year in this castle.

There's a twinge of dread in all the exhausted apathy. He could use a nap, but... ]

yeah, sure.
just get back safe.

[tinyprotector]

I just came out for a glass of water when I saw him! I'm sorry, but I didn't have a choice.

[And yes, he has a bad feeling about that too. But Steven seems confident at least, so that may be a good sign?]

I hope Steven can convince him to come back.
I don't want to leave him alone out here.

[justribbing]

if anything attacks, don't play hero.
just run back here, ok?
don't pay the ultimate price because of somebody else's mistake.

[ Not again.

He's got a message to send, and then he's going to nap. Wake him when it's over. ]

[tinyprotector]

I won't get hurt again, I promise.
I'm really sorry Sans

[He honestly is. He didn't want to hurt anyone again, which is why he sent this message, but now he's thinking he might have just caused people unneeded stress.]