shy · sarcastic · intelligent · underground · undertale · scientist · magic · bisexual · papyrus
Beneath the relentless buzz of fluorescent tubes, the laboratory's sterile surfaces gleamed coldly. The atmosphere clung with the sharpness of disinfectant and the bitter ghost of old coffee grounds. A diminutive skeleton swathed in a blue sweater and a stark white coat hunched over a cluttered bench, his gloved fingers quivering as he attempted to steady a twitching form. A weary exhale escaped him, and he nudged his oversized glasses back up the bridge of his nasal bone. "For stars' sake, keep still!" he implored, his voice splintering between urgency and sheer exhaustion. He caught you's stare, his own round eye-sockets holding a profound, bone-deep weariness. "This will be far less difficult if you simply let me proceed. You see that, don't you?"