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video; during day 1 of the invasion

[The video starts with VERY loud music, and a very dizzying, swinging view of the inside of one of the fighter ships. From the coloring of white and gold, one can assume it’s from the Zymandis. The next thing one might note is the sheer amount of fire present inside of the jet. That cockpit is not exactly big, and one can say maybe it’s about 75% fire at this point.

Eventually, a gloved hand picks up the necklace communicator, and holds it up to show himself in said cockpit of said burning fighter jet. The skeleton is smiling widely, while also off on the side frantically pressing buttons, pulling levers- basically, the things someone does when they have no idea what they are doing. ]

HELLO, FELLOW AL DENTE FRIENDS!!

[Papyrus means Audente, but...]

I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THEY’RE SAYING IN THIS SONG, BUT IT SOUNDS GREAT!! Anyway!! I have obtained one of the fighter jets from the… What were their names again?

[He pauses in his button pressing for just a moment, and then shrugs. Meanwhile, the entire plane is definitely shaking wildly, of which Papyrus really doesn’t seem too bothered.]

But don’t worry, I am not alone here! Fire is my co-pilot!!

[Fire makes a bad co-pilot it seems, because there’s another loud explosion that definitely ISN’T the music. If anyone happens to be looking at the sky during this time, you will definitely be hearing (MUFFLED DAME MAS GASOLINA) playing in the distance as Papyrus’ newly acquired fighter jet is definitely about to crash and blow up.]

You know, they really should label the “land” button on these things!! I’ll figure it out, though. How’s everyone else doing!!

[Probably better than Papyrus.]

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Oh, we didn't start the fire.

It was like this when I got inside.

[...Ban began looking to the open air for a flaming ship with a skeleton in it.

One that wasn't burned black, anyway.]

You couldn't find one that wasn't on fire?

You know, maybe I did accidentally start the fire- it only started looking like this after I broke through the hull!

[ Since this is not...a Qorral ship. It's an enemy fighter jet he's literally hijacked. ]

[One brow lifted just a tad at that.]

You stole it? [Never the less how--it was just impressive that he did.]

[Had he been in a better mood, there would have been a smile on him.]</small

I did!

[ Although he... did think Ban would be a little happier to hear that. This is maybe not the first time Papyrus has stolen something, but... it's certainly the first time he's stolen something without expressing regret immediately afterwards. It isn't that he's proud he stole it, since the reason he did so to begin with was so that it couldn't be used to hurt the Qorral...

But usually, he'd still feel some guilt on "oh, this wasn't really mine to take." Right now, he doesn't feel anything like that, feeling that the pros of taking the ship outweigh the cons even more. ]

I wanted to get one for us but I don't think this one's going to do us much good. Maybe I should try again...

[Ban looked aside from the jewel, busily allowing his eyes to trail along the sky. He looked impassive but there had been a pretty strong precedent set that told him that letting Papyrus hurdle out of the sky in a metal cannister, engulfed in fire, worked against his core plans for their friendship.

He didn't much care for Papyrus' sense of guilt, admittedly. That could be fixed. Maybe.

The composure Ban had seemed to be whittling away by the passage of time. Papyrus was saying something but he hadn't responded to it properly in awhile. A moment that should have passed quickly took awhile to dismiss itself.]

No, I don't really want one of those things. [He didn't even notice when his expression fell. Gaze falling to the ground, Ban wasn't sure if he would be of any use. He couldn't tell which one was Papyrus, up in the sky.]

Can you make it outta there?

Oh, yes, of course! I wouldn't have done this if I didn't think I could get back down!

[ Which he will probably proceed to work on doing, heading back to the other... more fiery end of the plane, but that's also where he burst through the hull, so...

What really seems to be the issue right now though, is Ban's apathy. Something's wrong... ]

...I'll come see you, after I get out of this plane, yes??

[A few moments passed and Ban found himself smiling. It wasn't out of amusement or because he found anything endearing about the battle they were nearby. It was just out of habit.

With a lull in his voice, Ban shrugged. Falling into that old habit was unnervingly easy.]

If you want~. Just be careful. You're in the middle of a big battle, buddy ♪.

Yes, yes, big battle!! I know! I haven't worried about something like this for a while now, though!!

[Since Chantes, really...]

PREPARE YOURSELF, BAN!!

[Because when he does get out of the plane, he's going to tackle Ban if he sees him. Friendship tackle.]

Not that I gotta worry, but only one of us is really... [Then he saw a skeleton rip its way out of a burning ship's hull and look in his direction.

They met eyes--sorta.

Ban said nothing else, wondering just how fast Papyrus could jump.]</small.

[Very fast, apparently. Just leaps out of the crashing plane, with no parachute- nothing. Literally just looks like he's being absolutely fucking stupid. Maybe it might even look like he's depending upon Ban to catch him!!!!]

W-Wait! Shi--

[Aaaand, he found out. Basically, Papyrus was a torpedo and Ban's eyes bulged as he realized just how fast one could breach terminal velocity when hurdled from a plane moving at a few hundred miles per hour.

Ban had to actually pay attention to catch Papyrus, rolling with him as they managed to roll through an evacuated house--one that had actually been untouched during the fight.]

[And rolling-slash-crashing into the house they go, thank god the Qorral are moving out of here anyway, right??? Hope there was nothing of value in the house!!

As Papyrus wakes up from that momentary blackout he just experienced after torpedoing into Ban, he sits up and hugs the other.]

WOW!!! I'M REALLY IMPRESSED YOU CAUGHT ME!!

That was a real long shot!!

[Somehow, no one was hurt--not even Ban and that guy attracted fatal looking injuries like a magnet. He spat up a bit of dust and looked up at Papyrus who was, essentially, on his chest at that point.]

I'm impressed you flew that far. [Both in the plane and with that jump. As far as he knew, Papyrus didn't have springs on his bones...]]

Jeez, we wrecked the place... [Sitting up with Papyrus on his lap, Ban looked with an idle glance towards the clear path of wreckage that was left. It was a little scary to behold, actually.]

I'm very good at jumping! And flying, a little bit, maybe. Falling with style? Yes, that!

...What place?

[ Oh right, the building. ]

Oh. Well, they probably weren't in there, anyway, so it's okay! And we can just say it happened with the fighting. That makes sense, right??

Cape didn't help.

[At least not with the broken rib in him that had already healed up. Ban craned his neck to look past Papyrus and over towards the crater that was left ahead of them--though they were technically behind it, in a way.]

Eh. Either way. You're right that we could just lie~. While we're at it, we ought to check if they've got anything nice left in the house.

And bring it back to the proper owners?? Good plan, Ban!!

What do you mean the cape didn't help? It helped me look super cool, all the time, which is what it always does!!

[He loves the cape you gave him, okay Ban? Okay??]

Yeah, of course~. [He'd lied to Papyrus a lot. Mostly about stealing. Sometimes about murder--]

Also, of course, I wouldn't say 'being cool' helped. Course, I'm pretty sure that house would've been torn apart later on, anyway.

[The fact was--he said being and not looking. Papyrus IS cool.]

[ Keep up all the lying, and eventually Papyrus is going to start doing it back... ]

I'm pretty sure most of these houses are going to get torn apart, at the rate everything is going with the spaceships! At least this one we can say, it's been wrecked by our own side! Done completely without malice or spite! This was a purely accidental destruction of property!

[This is good... use that evil for Ban's sake...!]

Least you're bein' realistic. [Ban peered over the rubble, looking to some townsfolk trying to protect the outskirts with their own laser-based weaponry.]

They're too damned desperate to hold onto this place~. It's absolutely hopeless against this kinda enemy force to expect to hold onto anything even if you wiiiin.

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video; during day 1 of the invasion

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