Rescuer Network: Truth will out

[sponsorigami]

Um... hello? Is this working? I-I'm Ivan Karelin... from, from Flowers Over Bones, one of the kidnapped, brainwashed musicians.

I... I'm not chipped anymore, but I still don't have all my memories back... I also know about Arpegius and the other ghosts, and I helped to rescue Stella from Virgo's basement... and another one possessed me to break a speaker and yell at Juno... Virgo's basement is probably where they brainwashed us. I don't know about Pride's set up, but... I'll try to answer what I can about both...

[ He takes a breath, trying to get to his main point beyond offering to share what he knows. ]

I-I can shapeshift into people and things I've touched before, including people from both Virgo and Pride, and... I can use a katana and shuriken to defend myself. There must be something that I can do... maybe something only I can do...

[ ie: Use him. He wants to help rescue people. ]

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[sponsorigami]

Oh. Yeah... They didn't want me around...

[ It's a wonder he didn't get kicked out of school. Or maybe he did. Ivan can't remember. ]

Um, so you know some nice monsters?

[determinate]

Yeah! My whole family and most of my friends are monsters. They were all underground, but I fell through a hole.

[sponsorigami]

[ They must have been raised by monsters since they were little. Rather than worrying Ivan, the thought brings a small smile to Ivan's face. ]

I think... family doesn't depend on blood. Both my families aren't related to me.

[determinate]

I don't have any family like that either. [That's why no one noticed, really, when they fell down the hole.] And the music people took a lot of the family I do have. It's just my dad and Alphys who aren't here now.

[sponsorigami]

[ Neither does Ivan. Well, he's been disowned by his family. They're alive but not apart of his life anymore. ]

... How many are here?

[determinate]

Four.

But Papyrus came with the others to help, so they only have three. My mom Toriel, Undyne, and Sans. You know him, right? [He's one of the ones Sans got out, so it seems a safe guess.]

[sponsorigami]

... Yeah... I do.

[ He didn't know he well or at all really before he was talking with Luce about helping them escape. ]

It was a really brave thing he did.

[determinate]

Yeah.

[It'd be nice to say "he does that", or something like that, but he sort of doesn't? They don't blame him, really - they're not sure what he would have done. Promises or not, it wasn't his job to follow them around the Underground.]

I knew he would. When I told him about the brain chips, and how his would fall out when he turned back into himself.

[sponsorigami]

His fell out...

[ Given Sans' appearance when he teleported them, it makes sense. ]

He could have just left without the others, but he didn't. He tried to get them out.

[determinate]

Because he has no brain. [In case you didn't get it /helpful]

Yeah.

I want to try and get him out too.

[sponsorigami]

[ The confirmation helps. ]

I'll tell you as much as I can about the layout of Virgo HQ.

[ He wants to actually go and help with the rescue, but he has a feeling his family would sit on him for trying to go back into Virgo. ]

[determinate]

That'd be really helpful!

Can you draw us a map? [They suspect he won't be held in any of the upper areas, but maybe he knows about some of the secret ones. Anyway, every little bit does help.]

[sponsorigami]

A map? I'll try. The ground floor might be off because of it needing to be rebuilt after the rogue waves, but I can sneak in there as a tourist and correct my errors.

[ The ground floor is a museum. ]

[determinate]

[...right. The...mysterious rogue waves...]

Okay. Maybe don't go by yourself though.

[sponsorigami]

[ The very mysterious waves that sent a fish to his face. ]

All right. I'll try to.

[ That's probably a lie because he thinks he'll be able to do all right with his shapeshifting, which he doesn't know if anyone else can do.

But trying counts for something? ]