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[determinedest]

You've reached Frisk. If I'm not answering my phone, please leave a message or find me on the second floor, Room 12.

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[video]

[determinedest]

[That's almost funny. A tiny sound hitches at the back of their throat, something that almost approximates a laugh or a giggle, and they tuck their head in between their scabbed knees for a moment.

Their face re-emerges from between those knobby peaks, chin propped up on one kneecap.]

You should SAVE your breath.

[The same pun as before is lazy work. Forgive them, Zacharie; the fog has already begun to creep across their brain and fuzz their thoughts.]

[video]

[catinthemask]

[The camera is jostled again as Zacharie laughs and it doesn't sound muffled like it does with his mask on. Frisk might guess why he's not showing his face right now and it was probably a combination of practicality, oxygen starvation and apathy that made the NPC not care all that much.

Free falling was a wonderful thing, wasn't it?]

Perhaps, but I would rather LOAD up on happier things in the meantime before I have to move. And as I said Frisk, you do not have to worry about me.

[Zacharie will die here or he won't. Fate is fate. Him, of all people, can't call for help. Please, accept it.

But hey, at the end of the day, both of them still had bad jokes. And Zacharie's not one to judge for a repeat performance.]

Are you feeling a little better amigo?

[video]

[determinedest]

[They worry. That's just...their nature. They worry about people, and they worry even more when they tell them not to. When someone tells you not to worry, nine times out of ten it means there's something to worry about.

You don't have to worry about me, they almost answer. But that'd be...pretty hypocritical of them. Throwing words back in people's faces. They're supposed to be getting better about that.]

I am. Thank you.

[video]

[catinthemask]

[A nature that's bent on worrying and one that is not. They may just feed into each other, undercut by the sound of someone far, far away laughing.

But that's that.]

You are welcome Frisk. If you feel you are at risk, please move rooms. But I will see you later, dear friend.

[video]

[determinedest]

You too.

[They don't stay in contact for long after that - not in visual contact, in any case. They sever the feed there. It's best to conserve their oxygen.]