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[workingthenumbers]

[Numbers has rewritten this post dozens of times before he's landed on something he feels is vague enough to slip under the radar for those watching, but is coded to those who were at the dinner party.]

I enjoyed last week's dinner party. I remember people talking about organizing a club or activity of some sort, and I'd like to suggest making a book club. I've been trying to catch up on my reading, anyways.

[Never mind the fact that Numbers would rather die than read for fun.]

Personally, I've been reading The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. But does anyone have any book suggestions? Preferably, something that can garner some interesting literary discussion and analysis.

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[spaghettimonster]

WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM POISON, YEAH.
A SUPPOSED GHOST SHOWS UP TO SAY SO, AND TELLS HIM TO DO A VENGEANCE QUEST.
IT ENDS IN A LOT OF MURDERS AND GENERAL BLOODSHED.

[In hindsight, it's grimly funny that he'd read it before the human passed through the underground. If he hadn't been so focused on convincing them to believe in his mercy offer... It surely would have been on his mind. As it is, now he hopes nobody takes this as secret messages.]

BUT THERE'S PLENTY OF OTHER GREAT STORIES TOO, WITH LIGHTERHEARTED FARE!

[workingthenumbers]

Seemed like an ill-planned vengeance quest. Usually, I feel like you want to minimize the amount of collateral damage.

[Good thing they didn't make any murder plans that night, right....]

What was the one with the fairies or whatever? Midsummer's Night Dream?

[spaghettimonster]

[Good thing!!! Such a good thing that Papyrus isn't even going to acknowledge the faintest implication that he's done any thinking on how one should go about vengeance here. How would it possibly be relevant, and so on.]

THAT SOUNDS RIGHT. FAIRIES, BIZARRE MAGIC,
AND EVEN MORE BIZARRE TANGLED LOVE STORIES.

[Come to think of it, there's other elements that might make as good openers to conspiracy conversation topics. Things like characters believing they'd had very vivid dreams, right? But he's not about to say that on these devices.]

SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD STORY FOR READING AND DISCUSSION!
EVEN IF IT'S A LITTLE UNSEASONABLE RIGHT NOW.

[workingthenumbers]

It'll be spring before you know it. But, yes, maybe we could arrange a time and place for a book club meeting before midsummer.

...Maybe not at my house. I'm not good at entertaining guests.

[spaghettimonster]

[Oh, no. Is this whole post actually fishing for somebody else to host the next subversive get-together?]

A COMMON FAILING! ALL TOO COMMON.
SO COMMON THAT EVEN -I'M- STILL LEARNING PARTY-THROWING FROM THE GREATS.
SO SORRY I CAN'T HELP YOU OUT THERE.

[workingthenumbers]

Hm. Well, I suppose I'll simply have to find some way to organize it, then.

[going to force numbers to learn how to organize an Event whether he likes it or NOT]

[spaghettimonster]

DO WHAT I'M DOING,
ATTEND PARTIES AND TAKE NOTES!
BOOKS MAKE A CONVENIENT CONVERSATION STARTER, IF THAT'S YOUR WEAK POINT.

[In this case, Papyrus is happy to help by not helping. It's probably good for Numbers!!!]