imaginarymods: art by: <user name=electricgale site=tumblr.com> (angus)
Imaginary Island Mods ([personal profile] imaginarymods) wrote in [community profile] imaginarylogs 2020-09-03 02:34 am (UTC)

(No DC; 20)

For a second or two, nothing.

Then there's a glitch in the wall. A very brief one and less noticeable than some of the others have been; it's more like the entire mural goes sort of pixellated and the colors adjust a bit too starkly. It doesn't look right. But a blink later and it's back to normal, except that the dragon in the mural is sitting up on its haunches, facing Angus and Sans.

"Who's there?" it says, in that same voice used before, sort of nasally and anxious — and then there's the sound of someone slapping their forehead with their palm with far too much reverb added. Belatedly, the dragon slaps its forehead, too. "Wait, I know the answer to this one."

What's that sound. Off in the distance. Getting louder. It's—

A musical interlude.

The dragon in the wall begins to sing. And dance. This is happening.

"Ahem! Hey! Listen to me!
You've asked who I was so now I'll show you my beat
I'm Mr. Universe, I'm everything, sorry we couldn't meet
in better circumstance
but second chances
don't seem to come cheap

Nevertheless you called for me, Angus,
well, maybe not by name
Your voice reached past the stars
it woke me from the frame-
work, broke me out of my plane
busted out the window pane
on the fourth wall
now I heed your call
and look at you all
When you were destined to fall,
you all saw
a different ending to reach for

and now safe mode's on
so you can all catch on
to the trauma you forgot before you got your island on!
And I could spend my time weaving
what you believe in
til the fabric of magic is darned
with existential yarn

Angus you might not recall our last meeting
In all due fairness your chances were fleeting
with a wish on a book you found yourself entreating
for one last chance to keep the hunger from eating
With your last seconds passing we needed more time
so I took what a second means, changed it, redefined
you can buy more with dollars than dimes
then put everything on rewind
'til you find
the clues to your questions of what's left unanswered
but really Angus if you'd just take a chance you'd
see that the things you're afraid to remember aren't so bad!
Okay, so the whole story's sad

But remember
you're a member
of a group, a society
that can save the whole universe and everything inside of me
if you trust what you're finding and just believe in yourself
I promise in no time you'll find all the help
that you need to get back to where you need to be!
I just needed you here long enough to free
her, you, and do what you needed of me.

You called out for my help, I am your answer!
It's time to solve this mystery a little faster.
You know what you need to do and where to go to do it
And when you do what you have to do, I promise, you'll all get through it."

The dragon sits back down in the mural and goes still.

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