03. [video] Show off

[mech_and_mutt]

I dunno if you guys have seen it, but...

[The feed starts off to the sight of Red reclining in a cockpit chair, with a drone of engines in the background and a passing of clouds in the windows surrounding him. Someone's more than a little bit proud of his airship finally flying again, it seems.]

There's some big new project goin' up by Curti Center, right? Well, back at the festival, I got talkin' with the guy that's settin' all that up. And I don't think he'd mind if I drummed up a li'l excitement in the meantime.

[His usual toothy grin quickly returns to his face.]

Two words: Monster Arena. Go ahead and think back to the biggest, greatest monsters you've gone up against, here or back home-- and keep those memories fresh, 'cause apparently that's what they're gonna be usin' to make the battles! I didn't know we even had that kinda tech here in Vaikuntha...

Now, I know not everyone here enjoys gettin' their hands dirty, but for those of you who do-- Got any awesome fights or big beasties you wouldn't mind givin' another go? I'm sure some of us might get some useful trainin' and experience out of it.

Oh, and speakin' of...

[He tips the camera over to his face, with a focused stare and a more personal and fond grin.]

Keep an eye out for me in the next Dragons match. They're finally gonna be bringin' me out to the field.

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[mech_and_mutt]

That explains it. [And 'friendly' was one way of putting it. Papyrus was nice and all, but...]

So why do humans call 'em "monsters"? Why do they call themselves monsters? Where I come from that ain't a nice word to call someone.

[4got10]

Don't know why they call themselves monsters, but they don't seem to mind it. Never asked them, but they seem happy to be known as monsters. Maybe it was always the name of their race before humans.

Humans call them monsters because humans hate, and will hurt, anything that isn't them. They're selfish, greedy, and dumb. That's just deep down what humans are.

[mech_and_mutt]

They... wha?

[He'd happily buried it for a while, having been surrounded mostly by humans ever since he'd arrived, but those recollections of just what happened to the humans of his world bubbled back up to the forefront again.

But... one thought at a time.]

...So what're you?

[4got10]

I’m human.

[Its short and brief, and shows how much they’d rather not be human. Or at least how much they were led to believe they shouldn’t consider themselves such anyway.]

[mech_and_mutt]

Oh.

[Well, that either made things more confusing or more depressing. This kid wasn't the first one Red had met who spoke of his own kind in such a light, either.

Maybe it was time to talk about something else-- this wasn't something red liked thinking about, anyway.]

Well, I can tell ya most of the monsters here ain't much for talkin' things out. Wish it was that easy...

[4got10]

I heard.

[Frisk had made it pretty clear to them. They haven't quite gone out yet to see what the monsters here are all about - in all honesty, they've been avoiding it.

Still, anything is a better topic than the previous one.]

It'll take some getting used to, but I'm not too worried. A lot of people have said it's like a game here, right? I guess that's one way to think about it.

[mech_and_mutt]

Yeah... maybe.

[Not the best way of approaching it, at least in Red's eyes, but... well, Red had been thrown into the deep end of this particular issue. He'd had to make his peace already.]

At least goin' up against simulations of monsters would make for better practice than runnin' out against the real thing. You probably didn't ask to get wrapped up in this, either.