[It's so hard to pay attention to the announcement posts because they so thoroughly seem like complete nonsense. The worst kinds of riddles are ones that make absolutely no sense except in retrospect. What was it...one of the cards had turned into a dog or something. They'd been making a card bridge across lava...]
[So maybe cooperation is the key, but that still doesn't do much for them right now. He scrubs at his skull, trying to think.]
shit. okay...
[The water must be rising much faster on her side, which means they have less time than he thought. Maybe three minutes. Damn.]
it's rising faster on your hand. hold on, gonna try something. stand back from the door.
[He raises his hand and summons a Gaster Blaster, aiming it for the metal door between them. He's always been a fan of cutting the knot, but something tells him this isn't going to work. Some puzzles can't be brute-forced.]
[The Blaster goes off with an explosive, unforgettable sound, searing the metal and casting Sans's entire side of the room in hot white light. He grits his teeth, putting as much force into the blast as he can.]
[The blast ends, the light fades and Blaster blips out of existence. There isn't so much as a scorch mark.]
come on...
[He raises his hand again and summons a line of bones, sending every single one crashing into the metal. Nothing happens.]
nothing's working. just...just hang in there, we'll think of... it's gotta be cooperation-based. right? must be something both of us can do...
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[So maybe cooperation is the key, but that still doesn't do much for them right now. He scrubs at his skull, trying to think.]
shit. okay...
[The water must be rising much faster on her side, which means they have less time than he thought. Maybe three minutes. Damn.]
it's rising faster on your hand. hold on, gonna try something. stand back from the door.
[He raises his hand and summons a Gaster Blaster, aiming it for the metal door between them. He's always been a fan of cutting the knot, but something tells him this isn't going to work. Some puzzles can't be brute-forced.]
[The Blaster goes off with an explosive, unforgettable sound, searing the metal and casting Sans's entire side of the room in hot white light. He grits his teeth, putting as much force into the blast as he can.]
[The blast ends, the light fades and Blaster blips out of existence. There isn't so much as a scorch mark.]
come on...
[He raises his hand again and summons a line of bones, sending every single one crashing into the metal. Nothing happens.]
nothing's working. just...just hang in there, we'll think of... it's gotta be cooperation-based. right? must be something both of us can do...