Just this once, the Universe responds.
just this once, you don’t die alone.
stagger into the darkness . what awaits is broken pillars , rubbled in his justice ( retribution ) , silent markers to a tomb in stained sunlight . skeleton knows tombs better than most , for all the way star reaches down into the earth , and cradles him : fake . it’s fake , the warmth of it , the color it gives this ruined hall .
he knows this ending . he knows the death that slowly takes him is a painful one , but doesn’t have the heart to feel it , let it root in him like a bed of soil , toiling him apart to dust , piece by piece . already , shuffling feet of a bloodstained kid clicks across the hall , and he counts the steps like a timer , feeling himself falling apart .
sans dies alone . he’d always known it , and how close is he from acrylic windows touching distance , false freedom , like he can taste the warmth on his blooming , dusting bones . jester can not say he is mad , either , for all his bitter smile twisted with red .
( determination . it clings to him as much as death now , seeped through his fingers like a crimson flag dragged across his chest . )
it comes out a bit ragged , through a hollow throat and empty gullet . as if by name alone , judge could breathe life back into a pile of dust , a scarf around his neck . as if , by the blood that bathes him , he might give birth to brother once more , standing tall and shaded in glass windows .
no one wants to die alone .
he remembers what he said , as eyes peered up at him , true blade clutched in a twisted hand . i’m going to grillbys .he had only hoped .
a last jab in a pointless battle .
but papyrus , humor chokes him . it is a dying breath , a death rattle that sculpts him now . papyrus always hated grillbys . too greasy , too seedy , too many days finding his brother stumbling in the dark , looking for anything to keep him from dying alone .
“ * you … want anything ? ”
he expects a scowl . hands on the hips of that imposing , sun - draped form . brother looks like a hero in the light , a defender a believer , but there are no expressions . NO STARS IN THAT SKULL , nothing with such care plucked into him , no reaching hands , no love .
there is no more papyrus .
and , there is no more sans .
@falseprayers sent abstract .