Paprikup

Paprikup ID Card

Paprikup is a Wind Weasel who moved to Halloween Town at roughly the same time as everyone else. After exploring for a while, she takes up residence on a tall mountain that she's called Cloud Cover, however she keeps a lot of her valuables and magic areas in a cave that she keeps hidden from everyone else on the server.

## Abilities/Origin

Wind Weasel

-Can jump very high, takes no fall damage.

-Can sprint at high speeds.

-Has "pickaxe" hands (can naturally mine at iron pick level with hands)

-Takes more fire damage

-Cannot swim

-Has two less hearts

-Can't hold shields

-Gets hunger and slowness from non meat

-Can't sleep

## Lore

### Mocha's Deal

###### -From Paprikup's Stream *S...Should we scope out the nether [Halloween SMP]*

Purah introduces themself to Paprikup at Cloud Cover and gives her gifts. They gives her some items and some bones. They tells her about how they ate a bear in one gulp. They gives Paprikup some honey after they talk about how a mysterious force caused the bees to go extinct. Purah asks what Paprikup does, and Paprikup tells them about how she's learning white magic. Mocha is stood at the bottom with her kangaroo (Bromitas) and Mocha is holding a knife. Paprikup talks about how a kangaroo killed her because she accidentally stabbed it with her claws. Purah doesn't know who Mocha is and calls her a cat. Paprikup tells Purah about how Mocha escorted her out of Meow Meow after the kangaroo incident. Purah and Paprikup go down to talk to Mocha.

Mocha came looking to talk to Paprikup to talk, not expecting her to have company. Mocha would rather talk about whatever she came for when Paprikup doesn't have guests. One on one talk. Paprikup invites Mocha to hang around and Mocha refuses. Mocha talks about how she climbed the all the way to Cloud Cover and mentions how she's not an everyday person when Paprikup says her base is made to keep away the everyday person.

Mocha leaves. Paprikup and Purah helped Bromitas leave down the stairs.

Purah is concerned about this meeting Mocha wants to have with Paprikup, and is worried that Paprikup might get hurt or killed. Paprikup tries to comfort them by mentioning how she's more resilient than to get hurt. Purah mentions how they're stronger in an enclosed space and during the night, and suggests that they can go with Paprikup secretly to help in case Paprikup needs it.

After Purah leaves, Paprikup talks about how she's worried about the meeting but doesn't think it could be about the kangaroo because she didn't kill it. However, she stills wants to get better armour beforehand, just in case.

*Some time passes as Paprikup gets more equipment and explores a dungeon more before the meeting.*

Paprikup teleports to Cloud Cover where Mocha is already waiting with Bromitas. Paprikup asks what Mocha wants and Mocha suggests a deal. Mocha explains how she doesn't like Paprikup, but thinks Paprikup has something that could interest her. She asks if Paprikup has been to the nether and then asks if Paprikup can mine stone as a Wind Weasel. Mocha mentions how she can't mine stone and therefore can't mine netherite or travel through the nether. The deal is that she wants Paprikup to mine netherite for her but she says she can't tell Paprikup why exactly she needs it. In return, Mocha alludes to her richness and offers Paprikup anything she could want. Paprikup mentions how she also needs netherite and Mocha mentions how Purah is the only person rich with netherite. She says how Purah was asking people to sell their souls. Paprikup asks if Mocha is interested in dealing with the dark arts after she mentions not wanting to sell her soul. Mocha explains her disinterest as she believes there's more risk and consequence to the dark arts. Paprikup gives Mocha a suggestion: "Anything in this world is here for us. It exists for a reason. Why should we be denied the natural powers of the world? So what I suggest to you, is that, even if you don't have your netherite, even if you can't mine your stone, with the powers of this world, where any kind of creature you expect exists: THAT gives you real power."

Mocha takes this suggestion as a threat but Paprikup denies it, saying that it's not a threat, unless anyone wants to get in her way.

Mocha suggests that maybe power isn't the best thing to go after. She wishes Paprikup luck in her quest for power, but warns her about how easy it is for Paprikup to make enemies than friends.

Paprikup mentions how they've tried being nice, only to be met with animosity. In turn, she decided to make the first strike, and be prepared for anything negative that comes her way.

Mocha warns Paprikup against messing with the people Mocha cares about, making sure she's aware that there will be consequences to her actions. Paprikup in turn makes sure Mocha is aware that anything that stands in her way of power will get what's coming to them.

Mocha leaves after reinforcing her warning and Purah drops down to talk to Paprikup. Paprikup asks Purah if she's the bad guy but Purah says "you don't seem like a bad guy to me". Paprikup explains how she feels like she has to gain power any way she can since she's just a wind weasel and on her own, she doesn't have much power, that her claws can't do much to protect her. She feels useless without her claws since she's so small. She feels that it's unfair that she's expected to keep her claws away around other people, despite the fact she wouldn't be able to protect herself. Purah suggests trying to explain this to everyone else, despite Mocha not really understanding.

Paprikup reminisces about Qu and their death. Purah comforts Paprikup, understanding that Paprikup wants to protect herself and tells her that it's ok to want to protect herself and the things she cares about.

Paprikup is confused about how this town full of monsters expects civilised behaviour, and Purah understands her frustrations, but stays optimistic about everyone being able to talk and be friends. Purah offers to go talk to some of the other monsters and bring Paprikup along to try and get them to trust her, since a lot of people trust Purah.

Purah offers to share a meal of ham and coffee with Paprikup, both of them sitting under a tree together since Paprikup doesn't have a table to eat at. They talk about Paprikup's visit to town, and Paprikup tells Purah about how the only time she visited, she was shot off a balloon by someone using a fireball, and about how much it hurt since Paprikup is more damaged by fire. Purah gives her a fire resistance potion that they have since they also are weak to fire. They offer to be Paprikup's guide through the nether as they often go to the nether since the town scares them. Purah tells Paprikup about how they got lost and asked the towns people if they could help them home, but they told them to stay in town. Purah mentions how they feel like a hostage since they can't go home. They tell Paprikup about their memory problems as well. Paprikup mentions how she's lived in other worlds before this one, and that this town is starting to feel like a Gated Community and that she feels the towns people may start up a home owners association. She expresses her distaste as she hates the idea of everyone being the same, and their houses be turned the same.

Purah offers to keep Paprikup up to date on what's going on in the town since they feel Paprikup may not like it there since she wants to keep her distance. They go to the town since Purah is sure there aren't many people in town, and they want to show Paprikup their nest.

They fly over the water but Purah stops her before she gets too close since there are people on the island. She tells Paprikup to go up to her nest while she distracts the people in the café.

As Paprikup sneaks up to Purah's nest, she hears Mocha talking to Dee about plushies.

When in Purah's nest, Purah asks Paprikup whether she thinks "Cat" is trying to scam Dee. Purah notices through the window of their nest that Mocha is going through Dee's chest, possibly stealing or at least looking for something to steal. Purah mentions how Mocha was chasing their "witch friend" the last time they met them, and their friend said it has happened "many times" and to "ignore it". Purah expresses their distrust of "The Cat" to Paprikup since Mocha seems to be having the same conversation and propositioning others with the same deal that Mocha had given Paprikup. They leave quickly after that, heading towards Violet's Way Stone Shop. They hide inside the shop and Purah keeps a look out for Mocha.

Purah apologises for the fact that Mocha was at Dee's place but Paprikup starts getting frustrated. She becomes convinced that this is corruption and that it has to stop. She mentions to Purah about getting supernatural power to try and stop Mocha from becoming a threat to anyone ever again. She briefly tells Purah about how they'll need "Bad Monsters" souls, and that it must be a good power since she believes it comes from the universe. Purah agrees since they don't believe anything can be naturally evil. Purah becomes concerned when they see Cookie at Dee's place, possibly near Mocha, however does not suggest going over in case it's nothing.

Purah asks Paprikup where or who she gets power from, and Paprikup tells them briefly about The Dark Lord and that they are probably very hard to reach underground. Paprikup tells Purah not to feel bad about listening in to the conversations that Mocha is making, since it's going towards a good cause.

They decide to keep it a secret between each other, pinkie promising. Purah offers to get anything Paprikup might need in the future if they can provide it, and Paprikup offers to tell Purah about any discoveries she might make.

Purah leaves, and Paprikup thinks about how she's getting more alliances as the days go on, and that while Mocha seems like a threat, they wont be for much longer. She mentions to chat how she'll become a threat in the future, but that no one needs to know about that.

### The Confrontation

###### -From Paprikup's Stream *My Army [HALLOWEEN SMP]*

After an invite from Carlos and Purah, the three of them go and visit The Pit and see how the build is coming along, however Mocha becomes hostile towards Pap for being on his land, despite them having a tentative neutral relationship.

After Mocha allows Pap to stick around, since he was invited and just wanted to watch sports, Purah asks to talk to Pap in private. Once they've moved away from The Pit and are out of earshot, Purah asks why Mocha is o hostile towards them. Pap explains that they had a neutral relationship since the last time they met, Pap helped Mocha about where to find a door he really wanted. Purah seems concerned about Mocha since he was acting hostile towards Paprikup, but friendly with Carlos. Purah offers to help Pap prepare in case he has to fight Mocha in the Pit, claiming that he'll be so well prepared they won't even get hurt, and to not worry about any potential fights.

Pap mentions how Mocha was threatening them the day before about who's on the top of the door chain. Purah mentions how her fireflies had been exploring that same day while she slept, and had seen Mocha threatening Emi and trying to kill her after she supposedly cursed them. They mention how Mocha had threatened Mr Johns, Emi's raccoon, in an attempt to try and lure Emi out to kill her. This strikes a nerve with Pap considering her own pet Qu had been killed, which had originally sparked Pap's curiosity into magic and the need to protect themself.

Pap thinks on how Mocha always seems to say that they are making enemies, despite the fact that Mocha seems to be the one making enemies even more. Purah suggests they ask Mocha exactly why he's been so threatening, and to try and clear the air. And so, they move back towards the Pit to confront him.

Purah leads the charge, albeit slightly nervously. They question Mocha gently about his hostility and questions what Pap has done to garner such anger. Mocha responds with the fact Pap has been messing with powers that they can't control, therefore believes him to be less trustworthy. Mocha explains that they don't like people who seek power, and explains that they've been in a similar situation before, with someone close to them seeking power and it not ending well for them.

Pap seems confused at this, wondering why Mocha would be so hostile if they were cautious and worried about the negative side effects that using Dark Magic can cause, or why he would be so concerned for someone he disliked so much. Mocha goes on to explain that the negative sides of dark magic can effect more than just the people who use magic, so he's more hostile in an attempt to stop magic use from ever getting that far. He then turns to Purah, claiming he "knows" what they did, and doesn't understand why Purah is playing at being the good person. He claims to be on neutral terms with Purah, but doesn't exactly understand what they are trying to do, however won't explain why they are so suspicious of Purah.

Mocha shuts down the conversation, saying they have nothing more to say, except that there's no one truly good or bad in this conversation, and that they've all done "fucked up shit". Mocha offers to stay away from both Purah and Pap to keep their neutral relationship and allows them both to stay and watch sports in the Pit. Mocha claims that everything they do, is for the community and for everyone else, and Paprikup concedes as a "fellow capitalist".

Paprikup and Purah leave the Pit once again to talk, and agree that they've cleared the air slightly with Mocha, at least to the point where they are both allowed to watch the games in The Pit. The two are both still confused about how Mocha can claim to be so neutral but still want to argue so much. However, Pap suggests that this statement of neutrality could be a scheme to start conflict while being "neutral".

They talk about how so many more people are getting interested in magic and using it, and are confused about why Mocha is only targeting Pap. They realise that if Mocha continues opposing every single monster who does magic, that they'll be alone against the entire town, despite the fact that Mocha seems to believe Pap makes enemies easier than friends. Pap feels that Mocha must be in the wrong, since the majority are all for magic.

They both feel that there's some ulterior motive behind Mocha's actions, especially since the creation of The Pit happened just after Pap had talked about building an arena of their own. They feel upset by this, as they can't build an arena without it being seen as an extension or something connected with Mocha's Pit. Instead, Pap suggests building an Unholy Church, for members of the town to practise magic in a safe space, one that can only be found once they have been brought to the Church by Paprikup or Purah, who agrees to help build and found the Church. Purah offers go and find somewhere to build this Unholy Church, somewhere that's more accessible to everyone but also secretive so that no one accidentally stumbles on it. Purah stated that they know a lot about unholy churches, as in the past milleniums he has seen many built them in his name, so if there was anyone to help Pap build one, it would be him. As they're talking, Purah spots Mocha moving towards them and ushers Pap to hide somewhere with her, to make sure that Mocha doesn't find out about the Church.

### History

###### -From Paprikup's stream *What IS my purpose? [HALLOWEEN SMP]*

Pap receives a message while in her cave from Purah, asking her to come to the Obsidian Pillars as she has something to show her. Purah takes her to see the Ametrine and Netherite beacon and give Pap some ametrine blocks so she can enhance her armour and tools further. She shows Pap around a little further, showing her the new trees, however they become haunted by a "little gremlin" for a very brief moment. Brushing it off since Bee isn't actually doing anything harmful, Purah explains how they've already started making a little room up in one of the pillars and if Pap is able to fly, they could show her around.

Pap agrees hesitantly, getting her elytra out of an ender chest before flying upwards with the use of firework rockets. Purah flies on ahead of her, but Pap manages to overshoot and sly straight to the top of the pillar, making herself panic when she thinks she's lost. As Pap looks around, searching for Purah, she stares into the void and asks her paper dolls if they've ever felt the desire to jump into the void, claiming it seems to be a regularly occurring thought whenever they feel homesick. Eventually after calming down from their panic, Pap jumps of the pillar, letting her elytra guide their glide downwards and they see the room that Purah mentioned and glide into it.

Purah meets them down there after hearing Pap's cries and asks about their experience flying for the first time. Pap explains everything that happened, including a very short time loop they got stuck in briefly after landing. Purah then tells them about the newest soul she bought: Octo's, the bat who's been trying to learn magic. She tells Pap about how they'd like introduce Greed into the Church if their interested, as they think it would make the building look even more special and fitting. They ask Pap not to tell Greed about the soul contracts though, stating they think that Greed would be less than appreciative of it.

As Purah looks for a scroll to take Pap to their exp farm, Pap reminisces on their past, specifically remembering about people they've seen years prior wearing crow masks similar to Greed's. She talks about their methods of curing sickness, including letting the "sickness bleed out" and using flowers. Purah remembers vaguely about how the same crow masks would use leeches as well to "help" with illness. Pap then remembers a "prank" they pulled over in Strasbourg, about how the people started dancing around Pap unknowingly, and how they just continued dancing without being told to. She mentions how she thought it was funny how they wouldn't stop dancing, but that in almost an instant, all of them had died from the dancing they were doing.

After taking Pap to their exp farm, Purah decides to show them a new area called Eternum. After seeing the Nether Portal, Pap is reminded of a mansion they once visited, explaining how it reminds them of the basement and how there was a party held in the mansion, but for some reason they all started murdering each other.

### Purpose

###### -From Paprikup's stream *I will Live Forever [HALLOWEEN SMP]*

After exploring around town and finding the new Mexican food truck, La Pasadita, Pap is teleported to a darkened room where Bee awaits them. They immediately threaten Bee with a gun, however forget the name and Bee has to remind them. Pap states she forgot it was called a gun because they used to look so different and now look really weird. After calming down slightly, Bee shows Pap that this is a new Enderman and wither skeleton farm they can use. Target has been listening in to the conversation and begs Bee to let them show Pap the Library which intrigues Pap immensely, however Bee denies the request, instead giving Pap an extended magazine for her gun.

Bee then asks Pap about something they heard: about how all beings love gold, wanting to know whether or not its true. Pap agrees, telling her about how they used to have a pile of gold but now have none since they used all of it in varying ways. Bee gives Pap some old blocks since they're "old". Pap vehemently rejects this term, preferring to say "endlessly youthful". Target uses this as a reason to invite Pap to the library again, however Bee once again refuses. She says that there's no reason to not invite them, just that she doesn't owe Pap anything. Pap mumbles about how they feel they universe owes them something, which Bee takes to mean that Pap thinks they are the universe. Pap then asks what Bee actually is. Bee states how rude they think the question is while Target chimes in claiming they are the remains of his pumpkin dog. Bee says she's suspicious of the response Pap wants and why they want it, considering how the answer has been received before. Pap however is just wondering what Bee's "dimensional purpose" is. There's silence for a while as Bee contemplates her answer. As she does so, Pap tells Target about how they used to do the same thing in her "early days" when they didn't really know their identity. Target asks how long ago that was but Pap states they don't remember. Target asks whether Pap is magic, but they just respond that magic has changed over time so it depends on your definition of magic. Target then clarifies, asking if Pap is old and magic, but Pap just gets mildly offended until Target corrects himself, asking if she's "eternally youthful and magic". Pap doesn't respond however Bee seems to come out of her contemplation at that moment, asking for a reminder of their conversation.

Pap then again asks what Bee is "politely", but Bee answers vaguely. She says that after some soul searching, and thanks to Pap, she's realised that she is more than what others may perceive her to be. Bee explains how she's just an extension of full self, and that her body is limited in what it can do and remember. Target slightly dejectedly asks if that means she's not a pumpkin dog, and Bee just says she doesn't think she is. Pap likens Bee's realisation to something similar to the human idea of reincarnation, and proceeds to explain reincarnation to Bee and Target, especially how memories don't seem to transfer over. They believe that Bee's form and state is something similar, but also much bigger, than human reincarnation. Target chimes in about his own death, talking about how it was disgusting and how they wouldn't want to experience it again after Pap asks about his death. It seems to disgust Pap immensely, the idea of dying, and they claim they never want to experience it. With all the talk of death, Bee mentions how she's figured out her purpose; that she is a knight, of sorts. She has a purpose and she knows exactly what she is here to do and will leave when her purpose is complete, however she doesn't wish to tell anyone what exactly that purpose is just yet. Pap mentions how they'll probably see each other again, since they are usually there at the end of all things. Target speaks up, asking if either of them want to know he is. He exclaims very cheerfully that he can take off his head, and Pap says how it reminds them of a dullahan they used to know. Target gasps as he realises that's what he is, getting Pap intrigued, then asking if he has a scythe. Target confirms that he does indeed have a scythe leading Pap to exclaim what a small void it is they're all in.

This claim leads Target and Bee both confused, since neither of them view the universe as a void. Pap explains how they're in the void, it's just that occasionally worlds and universes get created and clog up the void until they all eventually end and disappear, leaving nothing but void in the end. Bee explains how she isn't really here to clean up, but she's there to *be there*. How really, with Pap's analogy of the universe and void in mind, everyone else are just entities encroaching on her space rather than her being in someone else's space. After this realisation, Bee claims that she'll just "have to speed things up" in terms of her purpose and why she's there. Pap seems to understand Bee more than Target does, claiming they felt something similar in other less desirable dimensions, but claims that this one isn't that bad. Bee leaves suddenly, and when Pap tries to follow, they get stuck in a time loop. They talk more about Pap possibly getting permission or "papmission" to go and visit the library, but eventually Bee finds the conversation tedious and gets annoyed at Pap's disregard for her spaces. She claims it isn't fair that Pap always comes in her spaces, but pap just says they had permission to be in this spawner room. Bee then clarifies, that she was talking about a different world. Pap seems confused by this, asking whether or not they had actually met in a different world as they seem to have forgotten.

### Building a Church

###### -From Paprikup's stream *I will Live Forever [HALLOWEEN SMP]*

After being denied access to the library, Pap leaves for the town centre and runs into Mocha, who asks what her plans art for her building in the town centre. Pap says that she plans to build a church, however when asked what for, they cover up the true intention, instead saying that it would be a church for art. Mocha seems to take offence to this, as they have already made an art building, but Pap just says that her church would be for "real" art, offended Mocha even further. Mocha asks where Pap plans to build their little church and after some thought, Pap says she hasn't actually planned where to build the church, saying she still needs to look around more.

As they walk around, Pap finds a relatively open area near the arena that she decides is a prefect place to start building, despite Mocha's arguments that they've already claimed this area as theirs to build on. In an attempt to claim the land, Mocha builds a little shack that Pap promptly ignores as an attempt to claim the land. As she starts building the foundation of the church with obsidian, Pap sends a message to Purah telling them where they've found to build the church. Pap takes down Mocha's little wooden shack to continue with the foundations as Purah makes their way over. When they arrive, Mocha tries to explain that they've already claimed this land and there's been a misunderstanding, however Purah simply states that there's no name written anywhere claiming it.  Pap tries to clear up the misunderstanding, mentioning the "squatters rule" and the "homestead act", two things that they experienced a long time ago in a world they've long forgotten the name of. They explain how as long as you make a fence and promise to build something there, it becomes your land, explaining how this piece of land is perfectly open for herself and Purah to start building the church on.

Mocha stays quiet for a moment after this, before attempting to insult the two of them claiming that the foundations Pap is building means that the church would be very small. To counter this, Purah takes out more obsidian and they agree to make it bigger. As they correct the foundations of the church together, Purah asks whether Pap likes their new look, claiming that they've eaten another angel that was looking for Carlos. They make small talk as they build, although the conversation takes a slightly more mellow turn when Pap thinks back on their last encounter and how it felt to just... Stop existing for a while. Purah tries to comfort them by saying it happens once in a while, before asking how long Pap has been existing. They answer that they think since the beginning, which makes Purah even more convinced that Pap will be fine and will get used to it eventually. This seems to freak Pap out slightly, since its the first time they've just not existed, despite being in worse worlds in their past.

Pap finds that Mocha is just staring at them while they build, but Mocha claims that she's just supervising since Pap doesn't seem like much of a builder. Pap just says that they aren't a builder and never said they were. When Purah tries to compliment Mocha's builds, especially the arena and their house, Pap interjects with tales of how they claim they've built those things, but just pretend to whenever somebody is watching or when the build is complete.

When the conversation dies down slightly, it perks back up with Target's interjection of how Mocha is actually Freddy Fazbear which they vehemently deny. They explain that it was another cat that Target saw, and then Pap explains to Purah who Freddy Fazbear is; how they were a popular entertainer who became caught up in a scandal of biting things in 1987.

They continue discussing the build of the church, talking about the colour palette they plan to use and how they can make it seem more unholy, also which way the church should be facing. They decide on a purple/blue colour scheme. Purah suggests using the blue blocks from the nether, specifically from the sub-zero biome, which reminds Pap of a trip she took into the seven circles. She mentions how she found the two guys she was travelling with to be a bit odd; how Dante was a bit weird, however Virgil was much more interesting to hang around with. Purah suggests a trip to the nether or the end to try and find some interesting and suitable materials to build the church with. When Purah suggests using Thirium crystals, it reminds Pap once again of another world she once visited, where blood was referred to as Thirium and how she finds it interesting how elements can cross dimensions so easily without even realising. While they discuss the difficulties of building this church, especially with the diagonal added to the layout, Pap reminisces on how much she misses the builders, the race of monsters who fled to the end all those years ago. Eventually, Pap leaves to take care of some business while Purah stays to continue building the church.

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## Trivia

-Pap is a 4th wall breaking entity that has traveled through a number of worlds previous. They will often describe well known concepts or familiar settings from pop culture claiming that they have lived through said dimensions. It is unknown if they are telling the truth when making these claims.

-Pap is a combination of two halves that fuse when entering a new world, representing the balance of existence's stability against it's natural entropy. The sides are named Jack (black) and Jass (pink). Paprikup does not consider them separate entities, viewing them more as two sides of their own consciousness and teetering morality.

-Pap has stated that they took the form of a Wind Weasel out of their appreciation for Japanese folklore, particularly yokai and yurei.