Entraceway App: The Sequel

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Character Name: Papyrus
Series: Undertale
Timeline: Neutral Route: King Papyrus Ending
Canon Resource Link: Here's the wiki for the game in general and here's the link for Papyrus's page!

Character History:
Papyrus's childhood and his whereabouts before the game starts is absolutely unknown. One day, Snowdin suddenly gained two skeletons, Papyrus and Sans, as members of their community, and that was it. No one questioned it, really, although they did comment on how it was fun watching the two skeletons go about their daily business if you're ever bored.

The two brothers are a foil for each other - while Sans is lazy and takes life as it comes, Papyrus is incredibly motivated and strives out on his own path to make his dreams become a reality! Despite being total opposites and despite Papyrus nagging Sans to stop being lazy and to feed his pet rock and to pick up that sock in the living room for THE LOVE OF GOD, they are about as close as brothers can get. If there's one thing that's similar to the both of them, however, it's keeping secrets from each other. Papyrus knows that Sans doesn't tell anyone anything, and Papyrus often smiles and notes that nothing is ever wrong even on his horribly bad days. In the end, Papyrus wouldn't really know what to do if his brother wasn't around.

Papyrus was a skeleton with many dreams: he longed to be popular and well loved by others. His biggest dream was to become a member of King Asgore's Royal Guard, working under Captain Undyne. That would not only make him well loved in his community, but the new status symbol would make him incredibly popular too! His first attempt to become a member of the Royal Guard was...a bit awkward. He decided to waltz up to Undyne's house, rap on her door, introduce himself and ask her to join the guard. The only problem was, it was in the middle of the night. Undyne, understandably, shut the door on him, but Papyrus persisted! He stood in front of her house all throughout the night, giving Undyne quite the shock when she left for her morning duties. Papyrus was something special, all right.

Eventually, Undyne gave him the special job of being a sentry for Snowdin, and in the meantime, he would train with her so that he can become a member of the Royal Guard! Papyrus was extremely excited for this chance, and even pushed Sans to become a sentry too. The special one on one training was focused entirely on cooking. Undyne thought that Papyrus was too nice to become a member of the Royal Guard, as he'd be instantly "ripped up into smiling shreds". Oblivious Papyrus took these cooking lessons to heart and often looked forward to their one on one training sessions! Punching tomatoes! Throwing boxes of uncooked pasta into boiling water! Potentially setting the house on fire!! These were amazing training sessions for the skeleton! Surely this would be a gateway into becoming a member of the Royal Guard!

When he wasn't doing his one on one training with Undyne, he was at his new sentry station (he and his brother worked on building his station together!), ensuring that all of his puzzles were perfectly calibrated, his tempting spaghetti trap was expertly cooked and the bars towards the gate were the right size so that he could waltz through them and properly catch the human. He was constantly on the clock on his own will - it's not like the human was going to wait around until his shift started to walk up and get captured! Papyrus had to be ready at all times!!!

Often times, a flower aptly named Flowey would come and visit Papyrus while he was on his duties, which was always a nice surprise for the very sociable skeleton. Oh, they would talk about a lot of different things! He always enjoyed the flower's company, especially on slow days when no human shows up...which was just about every single day. Additionally, Flowey would tell Papyrus predictions about what he think would happen, which was always super interesting to hear, but the skeleton never really took these predictions to heart for long. He was just happy that now he has not one, but TWO friends!! Wowie!!

On one fateful day, after lamenting his problems on how he wanted to become popular and how badly he wanted to catch a human to his brother, low and behold, a human showed up! A small human, with some weird powder stuck to them oddly enough, but a human nonetheless! This was the chance he was waiting for! Once he was able to capture this human, then he'd be popular! Undyne would allow him to become part of the Royal Guard! King Asgore would trim a hedge shaped like his face! Sans would...well, Sans would just be the same, which isn't a bad thing! And so, the skeleton went off, preparing his puzzles for the human.

Interacting with the human was everything that the tall and cool skeleton hoped for. The human was able to conquer the terrifying electricity maze, the mind boggling switch and spike puzzles, the tempting spaghetti trap and the not at all threatening word search puzzle. The human even left the spaghetti out for Papyrus to have later! What a cool human and a formidable opponent! Not as cool as Papyrus, but the human was a very close second! He was planning on capturing human with his Gauntlet of Deadly Terror, but he decided not to, deeming that it'd be much too easy to capture the human this way.

In excitement, the skeleton rushed ahead to the outskirts of Snowdin, and the human followed not long after. Papyrus was now starting to realize that this human must start having...feelings towards him. Why else would they complete so many of his puzzles with passion, and leave his home cooked spaghetti untouched for him to eat later? This wasn't a huge surprise for the sentry, however - lots of people start getting feelings for him after a while, truly. Heck, he never ever EVER thinks about what it's like to have a lot of friends! (He does. Often. Under that smiling face he's really quite lonely.) So...perhaps instead of capturing the human, maybe he could...become friends with them?

No. No, he was veering away from his one true goal. In order to become a popular and cool member of the Royal Guard and make a ton of friends to boot, he HAD to capture this human! And so, a battle of souls and bones began.

Papyrus started by first turning the human's SOUL blue, rendering them only able to jump. The human was understandably surprised at first, but was able to adjust to the sudden change fairly quickly. Next, Papyrus began his onslaught of bone attacks aiming for the human. His goal wasn't to kill the human - that was completely unheard of! No, his goal was to weaken the human enough so that they may be properly captured and thrown into the special cell he made for humans (placed where Sans called...the garage? Such an odd name.). In yet, the human persisted! They were able to dodge all of the different attacks Papyrus had thrown at them. Even his super cool regular normal attack was no match for the human! It was clear that they were evenly matched, though Papyrus wouldn't say that out loud.

It became clear that despite the human throwing around all of his cool attacks, they still had no chance in defeating Papyrus. So, the skeleton opted to spare them instead, the human accepting this. Papyrus was practically beside himself in sadness straight afterwards. Being unable to capture a single human, he would never be able to join the Royal Guard! His lowly friend count would remain stagnant! Everyone would think of him as the 'Not-So-Great Papyrus'!! What was he to do?!

Then, the human spoke up. "I'll be your friend," they said. Why, this turned Papyrus's mood right around! He gained Friend #3: the human trying to leave the underground!! As the human's new friend, Papyrus gained insight to what the human was doing, and so he let the human know exactly how to get out of the underground: walk up to the king, and ask him to open the barrier. Surely it must be that simple! As a token of thanks, Papyrus opened the invitation for the human to hang out with him! With a skip in his step, the skeleton rushed back to his house to prepare to hang out with the human.

The human arrived at the house in seconds flat. Papyrus had to show them a really cool place to hang out, considering how excited they must have been to hang out with him. They had to go to a really cool place: his house!!! And oh, what a magnificent hang out it was. Papyrus was able to show the human his sink that he extended to store bone attacks (although a pesky white dog was hiding in there. The human tried to catch the dog, but the dog ran away, with Sans popping in to play some incidental music with his trombone. Why does he do this.), he was able to show off his action figures of his favorite sexy TV star, Mettaton, and he was locked in a ferocious battle of wits against the human themselves! In the end, Papyrus gave the human his cell phone number with the promise to call them, as well as proposing that they both hang out with Undyne next.

Speaking of Undyne...Papyrus needed to give his daily report to her. As he reached her, he started giving out his daily report: he had found the human, but was unsuccessful in capturing them. Undyne insisted that she takes care of the human, but Papyrus resisted at first. The human didn't want to harm anybody, honest! However, after a bit more grumbling from Undyne, Papyrus meekly told her that he understood the gravity of the situation and that he'd help any way he could. So, that was that.

Papyrus, however, got a fantastic idea: why not call the human to let them know beforehand about Undyne? It was brilliant! After dialing every single number he could think of, he eventually got to the human's number and immediately asked them what they were wearing. He explained to them that Undyne's opinion of the human was very...murder-y, so he wanted to help in any way he can! After the human told him what they were wearing, he promptly called up Undyne and completely made up what they were wearing instead, so she'd lose track! Instead of wearing a dusty tutu, they were wearing a manly bandana instead! Who would even wear a manly bandana in the first place?! Now the human was safe, and all he had to do was lie to his best friend in the whole world! Making friends sure is easy!!!

Eventually, Papyrus called up the human once again to propose that all three of them hang out together. In the end, the human and Undyne really would make good friends if the latter stopped trying to kill the former! After making the call, he rushed on over to Undyne's house.

Papyrus took it upon himself to wait in front of Undyne's house so that, eventually, the three of them could hang out together! He could see it now: the three of them, cooking with sheer willpower, drinking golden flower tea, solving deadly spike puzzles...it was going to be a blast! So, he waited.

And waited.

And waited.

How long exactly did he stand there, in front of Undyne's house? No one really knows, not even Papyrus. At the end of it, his feet were killing him from all that standing, but he still stood up straight, poised and ready for the human and/or Undyne to show up any minute now!

Eventually, however, he heard the news: the human left the underground. Finally, he was able to pry himself away from his best friend's house to access the situation with the rest of the underground. Asgore had mysteriously disappeared, along with the six souls residing in his castle, leaving the kingdom king-less and the plan for freedom back to square one. The underground was in a state of confusion and despair - who was going to lead the kingdom now? How were they ever able to get out into the surface now, when all of their progress had all but evaporated away?

This got Papyrus thinking. Was there anyone that could rule in Asgore stead while he was gone? He asked Sans where his other friends were - Alphys, Mettaton and Undyne. Maybe one of them could take the throne? Sans simply replied that all four of them were on vacation.

How exactly could his brother break the truth to him otherwise? If Papyrus were to find out that it was the human he befriended that went on and killed King Asgore, the hottest TV star, Mettaton, his best friend, Undyne...he would be crushed. Lying about their whereabouts was miles better.

In either case, if there was no one who could take the throne, that that just left Papyrus in his mind. So, he waltzed right up to New Home and took the throne. It was odd, taking the throne. All that Papyrus ever wanted was to become a member of the Royal Guard, so that everyone could look up to him. Now, he was the new king of the underground, and everyone had to look up to him. It was like he was aiming for the moon, but landed on the sun instead. This didn't bother Papyrus, however! Or, at least, he didn't show any discomfort from this openly.

Surprisingly, everyone in the underground seemed to settle into having Papyrus becoming the new ruler, and Papyrus was taking his new job very seriously! Who knew that becoming a king would be so easy? Give a speech to motivate everyone, and everyone works harder! Cook everybody in the underground spaghetti, and no one goes hungry! Even Sans stepped up big time by helping his brother with the paperwork. Sans was actually...working hard. This confused Papyrus to no end, and the fact that he was proud of his apparently-not-so-lazy brother confused him even more. It wasn't a bad feeling, however! The two of them had even initiated a new judgement for any more humans that happen to fall into the underground: they have to be judged individually. If a human is bad, they will be given puzzles. If a human is good, they will be given puzzles. Simple.

Once the initial hype died down, however, Papyrus was starting to see just how challenging ruling over the underground can be. He started to notice that even his most encouraging speeches were losing their grasp on the monsters of the underground, not really encouraging anyone at all. He consistently tried calling up Undyne to see how she's doing, to see when she's coming back, to ask for help, but he always ended up getting Undyne's answering machine. He would never admit it out loud, but even he was starting to get worn down by the challenges of ruling the underground. He made up for this by encouraging more and cooking more food for everybody, to try and mask it.

If there's one thing King Papyrus is incapable of doing, it's giving up. Ruling as a king may be hard, but he refuses to throw in the towel! He'll just have to try harder!

He remained blissfully unaware of the hard truth of being the king, however: if a human ever falls down to the underground, the kingdom will surely look up to Papyrus to take their SOUL. They will assume that he will take the fallen human's soul the same way Asgore would - by killing them. That, after all, was the only way they're able to escape the underground. Papyrus needed to take seven SOULs in order to free everyone.

The question isn't if this will happen. It's when this will happen.

Abilities/Special Powers:
First and foremost, Papyrus is a monster made out of magic. He is also a boss monster to boot, which simply means that if he is hit mortally, his SOUL can linger on a little bit right before 'falling down' (dying) and turning into dust. It doesn't last for very long, but that ability is still there.

Papyrus is able to turn a person's SOUL blue. What this does is severely weigh the person down, only rendering them able to jump.

He can also summon bone attacks! He has two kinds of bone attacks: the regular white kind which will hurt no matter what you do, and special light blue bones that won't hurt you if you don't move. It's also been hinted that his special attack is a blaster, but this has only been hinted at, since an annoying white dog stole his attack and used it to bite down. He can also manipulate bones to make cool letter, like, 'COOL DUDE'. This is absolutely useful.

Other than that, there's the fact that Papyrus is a freakin' skeleton. I'm not really sure what else to say about that. Just...he's a skeleton. He can rattle his bones and will be extremely freaked out if anyone pops their joints or breaks a bone.


Third-Person Sample: Just open up a door and the room will immediately tailor to your liking.

That was one thing that Papyrus immediately remembered upon entering the mansion for what was now his fourth visit here to Wonderland. The odd thing, though, is that he somehow still remembers what he did during his previous stay in Wonderland. Why was that? One of the first things Sans told him at the beginning of his previous visit was that leaving Wonderland was like waking up from a dream - he won’t remember it. Was he an exception to this rule? Who knows.

Well, he’ll worry about that later. If he wants this room to look exactly the way he wanted it, there would have to be no doubts in his mind. Grabbing onto the doorknob of his old room, he twisted and pushed through.

Immediately, the once empty room taking form, looking like his old bedroom back at his house in Snowdin. There was the race car bed, a desk to put up all of his battle figures, and a giant flag of a skull plastered up on the wall. Just like last time, however, there were a couple of stark differences compared to his old room.

The first was the giant mirror in his room. He expected that. The mirror where he cannot peer inside but his mirror self can. He briefly wonders if his mirror self is also entering the same room.

The second was the big throne chair sitting by his desk. A reminder of who he is now. No matter whether he was here in Wonderland or back at home in the underground, he was the new king of all monsters in his timeline. He subconsciously looked down at his garbs, all dressed up in his kingly robes, as if he was simply taking a break from being on the castle grounds. Originally, he had his trident with him, but as soon as he remembered that traumatic incident where he was pierced with one by his shadow self during an event, he quickly discarded it like an active wasps nest.

And that wasn’t the only thing he remembered too. He remembered the initial talk he had with his brother, about the truth of where his friends were. They weren’t on vacation like Sans said before, they were dead. They were all dead by the hands of a human that he called his friend. The sudden realization of this did not rest easily on him.

He had to take his mind off of things, and he had to shift gears on worrying about Wonderland than the underground. At least he now knows that his kingdom is just fine right now. He’ll probably go back to it soon, like waking up from a dream.

He approached the closet, staring it down. First thing’s first, he needs to focus and get used to his life here again.

“OKAY, CLOSET, BRING ME THE BIGGEST BOOK OF PUZZLES THAT YOU HAVE!!”

He swings open the closet door, takes the book of puzzles, and eagerly opens it up…only to find that each page just has the word ‘puzzle’ written over and over again.

He stares up at the ceiling, dead pan. Wonderland was going to take some getting used to again.

First-Person Sample: [The feed turns on to a skull peering through the camera, which is just about the best thing to see from a 2 AM entry.]

WONDERLAND, I HAVE A CONUNDRUM. LATELY, I’VE BEEN TRYING TO GET BACK TO THE ROOTS OF PUZZLES. EVER SINCE RETURNING HERE AND GETTING ALL OF MY MEMORIES BACK FOR SOME REASON, I REMEMBERED THAT THE PREVIOUS PUZZLE I HAD PRESENTED TO THE PEOPLE OF WONDERLAND WAS…LACKLUSTER AT BEST. HONESTLY!! WHAT’S WRONG WITH A GOOD ICE AND DEADLY SPIKE PUZZLE?? YOU GUYS ARE WEIRD. BUT I DIGRESS.

I’M GOING BACK TO PUZZLE-Y ROOTS BY TAKING INSPIRATION FROM THE NEWSPAPER!!

[Papyrus proudly holds up a newspaper that he asked from the closet. It’s…definitely a newspaper all right, flipped to the games section and everything, but the different activities in it seem a bit…off. That’s what you get for getting the newspaper in the closet, probably.]

MANY STAPLES OF PUZZLES ARE IN HERE! SUDOKU! CROSSWORDS! ANAGRAMS! THE EVER SO DIFFICULT JUNIOR JUMBLE!! BUT, THERE HAS BEEN ONE TYPE OF PUZZLE THAT HAS BEEN BOTHERING ME EVEN NOW. AND THAT IS…THE DREADED HOROSCOPE PUZZLE!!

[He quickly flips the newspaper to the other side, where the horoscopes are. Desperate chicken scratch is scrawled all over the borders of the paper.]

EVERYONE KNOWS HOW TO SOLVE HOROSCOPES, BUT IN CASE YOU’VE BEEN LIVING UNDER A ROCK, THE GOAL OF THESE HOROSCOPES IS TO MANIPULATE THE READINGS JUST SO, SO THAT EVERY SIGN WILL HAVE THE BEST DAY EVER. BUT!! THESE FORTUNES ARE…WEIRD AT BEST. I MEAN, REALLY!! THE READING FOR AQUARIUS SAYS TO STAY AWAY FROM TAURUS, BUT THE READING FOR GEMINI SAYS THAT YOU NEED TO GET AN AQUARIUS AND A TAURUS TO START DATING IN ORDER TO HAVE THE PERFECT DAY!! AND!! THE READING FOR TAURUS SAYS TO STAY AWAY FROM ALL OF THE PRIME DATING SPOTS!! WHAT ON EARTH IS THE ANSWER TO THIS?!?!?!

CLEARLY, THIS IS SOME OUT OF THE BOX THINKING, WHICH IS WHY I HAVE COME TO ALL OF YOU FOR A SECOND OPINION. WHAT IS THE PERFECT SCENARIO FOR TWO PEOPLE TO COME TOGETHER AND START DATING, IF ONE PERSON CANNOT BE WITH THE OTHER, AND THE OTHER PERSON CANNOT GO TO ANY OF THE TRADITIONAL DATING SPOTS?? THIS PUZZLE NEEDS TO BE SOLVED, IT’S GOING TO BE STUCK IN MY HEAD FOR ETERNITY IF I CANNOT BREAK THROUGH!!!

[He groans as he flops back onto his bed, the newspaper concealing his face.]

ALTHOUGH I SUPPOSE I SHOULD BE THANKFUL THAT SOMEHOW THIS IS CURRENTLY THE NUMBER ONE MOST STRESSFUL THING IN MY LIFE RIGHT NOW. AS SILLY AS THAT SOUNDS.

[He pauses, then turns off the feed.]

Eway return: Yes!
Lost memory: Papyrus will forget volunteering to become the new king of the underground.