COOLSKELETON59

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## COOLSKELETON59

The current banner of the COOLSKELETON59 blog - Created by Toby Fox, edited by bonetrousled

### Link/s

Tumblr (Parchment's Blog)
Tumblr (Alphys's Log)

## Contributors

### Artist/s

bonetrousled

The **COOLSKELETON59** AU (additionally known as the Parchment AU or the Missing Scarf AU) revolves around Papyrus leaving to recalibrate puzzles in the forest and returning- but "wrong". The AU takes place in a timeline prior to Frisk's descent into the Underground. Papyrus leaves his home on an unspecified date to tend to and assemble puzzles in the forest, coming home that night and going to bed.

He acts, generally, as expected- but with little things slightly off-kilter. Saying "PAPYRUS THE GREAT" instead of "THE GREAT PAPYRUS", putting his hand on the wrong hip, staring too long- and it begins adding up. Eventually, there's too much evidence to deny the facts in front of everybody's faces- that isn't Papyrus.

The AU is noted for its use of unfiction/ARG style codes, puzzles, and multimedia- ranging from sprites, audio, and real-life drawings and journal entries.

## Characters

### Undertale Characters

#### Parchment/"Papyrus"

A creature of indeterminate origin, the beast now known as Parchment began its life in the Snowdin forest, absorbing and mimicking Moldsmals in order to eat and lure prey. Following an incident where Papyrus went into the forest to recalibrate puzzles and scraped his leg, the creature smelled the dust in the air and latched on, merging with him and eventually overtaking his body. After it latched on to Papyrus, the added complexity of his soul in comparison to the usual food it had been absorbing allowed it to gain sentience and become a "person" (in its own words).

Originally attempting to pretend to be Papyrus, it was found out and took the name "Parchment" for itself. Parchment is obsessively set on following in Papyrus's footsteps, often to the point of breaking itself down (especially when it comes to its inability to properly control magic). It seems to harbor immense guilt for what it did before it gained sentience post-assimilation of Papyrus and is doing everything in its power to "fix things"- whatever that could mean. Recently, it has started acting incredibly stilted in its attempts to seem "normal", having strange and animalistic outbursts after the most recent time it burned itself out doing magic.

#### Sans

Sans is relatively unchanged from his canon personality and disposition. When Parchment's identity was revealed, and even before, he actively avoided Parchment and continued to do so- until recently.

Sans's talksprite has changed ever-so-slightly- with a more symmetrical smile and slightly more centered eyes that almost "look" at the viewer -and seems to have uncharacteristically warmed up to Parchment almost overnight. Despite his pleasant demeanor, he has secretly asked for help in multiple posts and seems to have an aversion to spending any sort of time alone with Parchment. When pressed on the matter of missing his real brother, he twitches.

#### Undyne

Undyne is similarly unchanged. Before Parchment's reveal, she displayed annoyance and irritation at Sans's behavior towards "Papyrus" while he was "sick" (in all actuality, feeling feverish from pushing himself to replicate Papyrus accurately) and allowed it to stay at her house for a few days. When Parchment's cover was blown, she told it to never speak to her again. After an eerily similar event where Parchment waited outside of her house all night to apologize, she's begun to warm up to it ever-so-slightly, trying to coach it into getting its feelings out in a more constructive way and learn how to grasp magic.

#### Alphys

Alphys is unchanged and is offered as a second point of view from her own blog where she documents events in the story. Alphys was the first person that Sans confided in regarding "Papyrus's" strange behavior, and the general catalyst for Parchment's identity being blown. She, similarly to Parchment, feels guilt in regards to the situation and wants to repair things to the best of her ability. Following Sans's shift in behavior, she's determined to figure out what's happening and help him escape.

#### Flowey

Flowey, despite not being directly viewed on the blog, is heavily hinted to be Parchment's new "best friend" under the false name Fylowe the Ficus to detract suspicion. Not much is known of his motivations for this, beyond messing with Parchment for his own amusement. Parchment mentions Flowey giving him advice on being more like Papyrus and even has a slumber party with him, stating that they're more alike than he first thought (most likely due to their troubles experiencing emotions). It is also heavily hinted in the metadata of multiple hidden audio files that Flowey is the one recording.

## Miscellaneous

The COOLSKELETON59 blog contains a multitude of hidden or secret links, leading to a variety of different materials, ranging from commentary from Parchment himself to audio recordings.

These links are discoverable either by being hidden in posts on the blog itself or by trial-and-error inserting various words into *coolskeleton59.tumblr.com/(link)*. The following links have been found and discovered, but an unknown amount remain unfound. Additionally, some links may have been changed from when they were originally first discovered.

### Parchment Comments

#### Names

* /sans - "**HIS** BROTHER."
* /undyne - "**HIS** BEST FRIEND."
* /alphys - "FRIGHTENS ME."
* /flowey - "????"
* /fylowe - "AT LEAST HE'S HELPING. I'M GOING TO NEED AS MUCH ADVICE AS I CAN GET... IF I WANT TO MAKE THINGS RIGHT AGAIN."
* /parchment "MY NAME."

#### Actions

* /fight - "DO YOUR WORST."
* /act - Leads to a page listing various ACTs. The ACTs are *CHECK*, *BEFRIEND*, *IMITATE*, and *OBSERVE*. All of the ACTs are written in Determination Mono, the default UNDERTALE menu font, aside from *BEFRIEND*, which has been written in Papyrus's font. /check leads you to a statement from Parchment, reading "IT'S JUST ME". /befriend takes you to another Parchment comment, this time reading "LOVELY!". /imitate causes Parchment to say "STOP IT". Similarly, /observe causes him to say "STOP STARING AT ME".
* /mercy - "BAD IDEA."
* /item - "WHAT..? YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING?"

#### Name-Calling

* /faker - "SUCH A NASTY THING TO SAY TO A DEAR FRIEND."
* /liar - "YOU JUST WANT TO HURT ME."

#### Questions/Statements

* /whatareyou - "I'M YOUR FRIEND."
* /whatdidyoudo - "I CAN'T BEAR TO TELL ANYBODY EVER AGAIN! PLEASE, STOP ASKING ME!"
* /stop and /giveup - Both of these links lead to identical pages, causing Parchment to say "I'M TOO FAR IN THIS, NOW. I HAVE A HOME, AND A FAMILY. I KNOW WHAT THOSE ARE NOW, TOO. I DID NOT, BEFORE. HOW AM I MEANT TO GO BACK TO THE LIFE I WAS LIVING? KNOWING NOW, OF THINGS I COULD NOT HAVE EVEN IMAGINED. I WOULD RATHER DIE."

#### Items

* /missingscarf - "IT'S MINE."
* /mirror - "I CAN'T BEAR TO SEE IT. MY EYES AREN'T WHERE THEY NEED TO BE. MY MOUTH CURLS UP TOO HIGH WHEN I SMILE. IT'S ABUNDANTLY CLEAR THIS IS A COSTUME."
* /gloves - "CAN'T TAKE THEM OFF."
* /battlebody - "BEAUTIFUL, ISN'T IT?"
* /soul - "STOLEN."
* /ramen - "IT'S NOT EVEN REALLY MEAT! IT JUST TASTES LIKE MEAT!" Most likely in reference to Alphys feeding it ramen noodles when she extracted a sample of it.

#### Game Terms and SOUL Traits

* /determination - "WHAT?"
* /patience - "I WASN'T EVEN **WAITING** FOR HIM. HE WAS THERE AT THE WRONG TIME."
* /bravery - "I CAN'T FEEL **FEAR** IN THE SAME WAY YOU CAN, I'VE FOUND OUT."
* /integrity - "GIVE ME A BREAK. I JUST LEARNED WHAT **THIS ALL** IS."
* /justice - "**JUSTICE**? WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY 'JUSTICE'?"
* /perseverance - "I **HAVE TO**. I NEED TO LIVE, TOO, YOU KNOW."
* /kindness - "I AM **REALLY TRYING**. EVEN IF YOU DO NOT BELIEVE ME."
* /love and /lv - Both lead to "I DIDN'T GET IT ON PURPOSE!"
* /exp - "WHAT OF IT? STOP LOOKING AT MY STATS."

#### Misc.

* /secretpuzzle - Leads to a short choose-your-own adventure type puzzle where Parchment asks if you REALLY want him to make a puzzle that badly. By responding YES, he makes a deal with you that if you win, he'll tell you a secret. Solving the puzzle eventually leads you to /human, a false dead end. By clicking on one of the lines of text in /human, you get sent to /secret, where Parchment claims that he's just happy that you spent time with him and that he has nothing to hide.
* /chromatophores - "**HOW DID YOU KNOW THAT.**"
* /snowdin - "I LIVE HERE. IN A HOUSE, WITH MY BROTHER."
* /survival - "THAT'S WHAT THIS IS FOR, ISN'T IT?"
* /bacteria - "I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT I AM. DO NOT TRY TO GET ANSWERS OUT OF ME."
* /voice - "IT'S BETTER LIKE THIS." Followed by "IT WILL ONLY MAKE PEOPLE UPSET IF I DROPPED THE ACCENT NOW", written in Determination Mono.

### Photo Responses

* /you - Leads to a self-portrait of Parchment from the neck up. His face lacks any distinct features aside from two eyes, which seem to "bleed" all the way down his front.
* /coolskeleton59 - Leads to an overworld picture of Parchment standing in front of some trees in what looks like Snowdin forest. His sprite is half-covered in shadow.
* /escape - Leads to an overworld picture of Parchment in the same location, now turned around and unshaded.
* /eyes - Leads to an empty textbox of Parchment with no face and only his lower jaw, staring at the viewer.

### Audio Responses

Nearly all audio found on the blog is hidden behind base64 code and stored on Vocaroo, but not all. The audio files are all slightly distorted and in low quality.

* /forest - The audio seems to be of somebody walking in the Snowdin forest, assumed to be Papyrus, before a distant, strange shrieking can be heard.
* /river - Assumed to pick up soon after /forest. The audio appears to be of someone breathing heavily- again, assumed to be Papyrus. A faint chattering can be heard getting closer to the microphone before a loud scream cuts off the audio. It is unknown if that is the same shriek heard in /forest.
* /hotland - A recording from inside of Alphys's lab after she took a large sample of the sludge Parchment- masquerading as Papyrus at the time -is full of. The sludge, stored in a jar, taps against the glass rhythmically. This was later discovered to be morse code, spelling "LET ME OUT."
* /laboratory - The only audio thus far that requires you to go to a separate page on the hotlandarchives blog. Additionally, this is the only hidden link found/known of on the hotlandarchives blog. The recording takes place in the lab again and seems to depict the sludge's escape from the jar, knocking on the sides until it shatters on the floor. This is confirmed later by Alphys.
* /papyrus - One of the audios that does not need a decoded link, this leads to a completely empty dialogue box. When clicked, it leads to a distorted audio of Bonetrousle. Every first beat repeats, and the audio seems to be decreasing in speed and pitch gradually as it goes on.
* /bonetrousle - One of the audios that does not need a decoded link. Parchment says he "DABBLE[s] IN MUSIC" here. When the text is clicked, it leads to this audio, which is the trailer-exclusive portion of Bonetrousle, reversed and distorted.
* /animal - One of the audios that does not need a decoded link, this leads to a text box with a space for a portrait, which is noticeably empty. This audio file is stored on prch.ju.mp, which seems to only host this audio file, as well as a single journal entry. It's the same first-beat version of Bonetrousle, slowed, distorted, and echoed.
* /bathroom - This audio is heavily implied to depict Parchment staring at himself in the bathroom mirror, as he's stated himself he likes to do. Dripping is heard, interpreted to be his face, before glass shatters and he gasps in pain. This has been inferred to be Parchment punching the mirror, disgusted with himself.
* /hisroom - This audio seems to depict Parchment struggling to keep himself together after over-expending his magic. Crackling, slimy noises are heard as his grunts of pain become more and more creature-like in nature before the audio cuts off.
* /otherroom - The audio is of someone- assumed to be Parchment -pounding on the other side of a door, repeatedly calling Sans's name. His voice is distorted and unnaturally echoey. It has been inferred that he is banging on Sans's door, with Sans's strange shift in attitude after this recording seeming to compound this.

#### Flowey's Involvement

Comments and emotion faces presumed to be made by Flowey have been found in the metadata of a handful of the hidden audio posts, implicating him as their recorder. Additionally, when asked about the audios, Parchment often responds with genuine confusion or panic, making it highly unlikely that he is recording them.

### Non-Hidden Audio

There are, additionally, a small amount of audios that are not hidden or obscured on the blog and instead posted normally on Tumblr. Notably, these are the only ones that don't seem to have been recorded by Flowey. The first is posted by Alphys, detailing the last thing Papyrus's phone recorded during Parchment's latest episode before it was found chewed up and broken in the forest. Distorted growling is heard while music seems to faintly play, most likely from the phone. The second is posted by Parchment himself, "singing" by mimicking the song that was playing on the phone.

## Gallery

A picture of a character that looks nearly identical to Papyrus, standing at a crooked angle. He's sweating profusely. His right eye is smaller than the left, opposed to the usual reverse, and his boots have yellow rims at the top and only one black strap. His insignia is on the opposite side of his chest and flipped upwards. It serves as the official reference image for Parchment - Created by bonetrousledA first-person perspective image of Parchment looking into the mirror, his hands pressed up against it. The bottom of his jaw is missing. Parchment recounting the first time his jaw came off - Created by bonetrousledTen talk sprites of Parchments. From left to right: one where Parchment's entire face is missing aside from his bottom jaw and two white eye lights, one where his face is melting and oozing down, one where his mouth is unnaturally open wide, one where he is smiling joyfully, one where he is squinting in confusion. Second row, left to right: one where he is smiling unnaturally wide and his upper "lip" is curled slightly, one where he is smiling placidly, one where he is smiling slightly wider and dripping slightly, one where his eyelights are gone and his mouth is open and smiling large, and one where his lower jaw has completely come off. - Created by bonetrousledA gif of Parchment laughing - Created by bonetrousledSans twitching upon being told he seems "unwell" - Created by bonetrousledParchment's self portrait, found at /you - Created by bonetrousled
## Trivia

* Parchment's favorite songs are Happy Together by The Turtles and Spillways by Ghost. The latter may be a remnant from Papyrus, as it's been mentioned that he enjoyed rock/metal when he was alive.
	+ Along with Spillways being one of his favorites, the song that Parchment sings and the song that plays on Papyrus's phone has been confirmed to be Respite on the Spitalfields, also by ghost.
	+ Spillways being one of Parchment's favorite songs may be alluding to his pent-up "true self".
* The tag for chronologically looking through Parchment's blog has been "#prch" since before his identity as something other than Papyrus was even revealed.
* Parchment smells like wet newspaper and glue and has a tendency to attract mold and mildew.
* Parchment seems to almost exclusively eat meat, though it's unknown if this is a preference or if he physically cannot digest non-meat food. His favorite food is a hot dog with no bun or toppings. He also prefers his food completely raw.

## References

1. ↑ https://coolskeleton59.tumblr.com/post/725646794379395072/can-we-keep-bugging-sans-until-he-does-something
2. ↑ https://coolskeleton59.tumblr.com/post/725648657388617729/are-yall-gonna-murder-me
3. ↑ https://coolskeleton59.tumblr.com/post/725648993159413760/have-you-guys-updated-undyne-or-alphys-on-how-the
4. ↑ https://coolskeleton59.tumblr.com/post/725581646766686208/sans-youre-scaring-me
5. ↑ https://coolskeleton59.tumblr.com/post/724020759248404480/have-you-seen-your-flower-friend-lately
6. ↑ https://coolskeleton59.tumblr.com/fylowe
7. ↑ https://coolskeleton59.tumblr.com/post/725729283672293376/was-the-sleepover-fun-did-you-do-anything-cool
8. ↑ https://hotlandarchives.tumblr.com/post/722066869138407424/entry-i-heard-something-tapping-while-going
9. ↑ https://hotlandarchives.tumblr.com/post/723010260874444800/entry-the-goop-is-missing
10. ↑ https://hotlandarchives.tumblr.com/post/724674532400562176/entry-i-decided-to-hang-back-and-um-offer
11. ↑ https://coolskeleton59.tumblr.com/post/724957404805070848/parch-do-you-like-to-sing-maybe-singing-will
12. ↑ https://bonetrousled.tumblr.com/post/721234094089027584/parchy-my-friend-parchy