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Underfell!Sans x Female!Reader

Hello! I'm back with an Underfell Sans oneshot! I'm an absolute S I M P for this man. Anyways, PLEASE READ THE DISCLAIMER BEFORE THE ONESHOT!!! Underfell is NOT my Au, it belongs to @VictheUnderfella. Undertale is made by Toby Fox, Sans and Underfell!Sans aren't my characters! The reader will use She/Her pronouns (sorry dudes and nb pals). Have fun reading :)

❗DISCLAIMER❗

This oneshot contains mentions of verbal and physical abuse, mentions of the aftermath of abuse, smoking, and swearing! If you are triggered by/ uncomfortable with reading about these topics, I suggest you don't read this oneshot. If you're not triggered by/ uncomfortable with reading about these topics, you can proceed forwards.

I also made a reader insert, your character is not a human. The character can be found here. I will write this in a way where it includes everyone, I just made the ref sheet so I can at least have something to go off of in terms of outfit/makeup/species of monster.

I Wanna Be Yours

Word count: 3,936

Song: I Wanna Be Yours - Arctic Monkeys

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"Secrets I have held in my heart are harder to hide than I thought. Maybe I just wanna be yours. I wanna be yours."

Flick. Your lighter lights with a simple motion of your thumb. You hold the lit cigarette to your dark colored lips and take a puff. You developed the nasty habit of smoking when you first became a part of the Royal Guard. Being a Guardswomen is tough, considering you actually had a kid fall down into the underground a day ago. You never thought it would happen to be honest, maybe you can finally get out of this hell hole and away from the insufferable assholes that inhabit it. Except for Sans. Sans has been your only escape, your safe haven. You met him through his brother, Papyrus. When you first became a Royal Guardswomen, you met Papyrus and Sans. After having a somewhat awkward conversation with the smaller skeleton, you both hit it off instantly. You two actually share a sentry station near the Ruins.

Both of you share puns and stories with one another. Stories about the good, the bad, and sometimes, the ugly. Sans isn't the most trusting person. It took you a while for him to open up to you about his past. About a year and a half to be exact. Once he told you a bit about his past, you felt so bad for him. Even though he doesn't want pity, you can't help but feel bad. His brother is a very verbally and physically abusive person, especially when things don't go his way. Papyrus usually takes his anger out on someone, and that someone is usually Sans. You want to take him away from this situation. You want him to live an abuse-free life. You want him to be happy. As soon as you leave the underground, you want to take him away with you, if he lets you, of course. But for now, you just have to be there for him when he needs you to be.

"Ay Y/n, you okay?" Sans says, waving his skeletal hand in front of your face. "Uh, yeah, I'm good, I just kinda zoned out." You mumble, taking another drag of your cigarette. Sans looks at you skeptically before returning back to what he was doing. Suddenly Sans turns to you "Ya wanna go to Grillby's?" He asks. "Yeah, I got nothin' else to do." You respond. He takes your hand and teleports into the small diner. You two take a seat at your usual spot at the bar. "I'll take my usual," Sans says to Grillby, you order your f/f. You and Sans just chill and talk while enjoying your meals. After cackling at Sans' story of Papyrus somehow getting his head stuck in a bucket, he goes quiet. You ask him what's wrong. "Can I ask you somethin' Bud?" He asks. "Shoot at me." You reply. "What would you do if you lost the person you love most?" He questions, you're a bit stunned at the serious question.

"I think I'd go crazy. I don't think I could live without the person I love most. Why do you ask?" You question the edgy-looking skeleton. "No reason, I'm just curious 's all." He says, shrugging. You nodd skeptically, you knew he was going to say something else, but then decided against it. After your meal, you realize it's actually pretty late. About six pm, to be exact, both of your sentry shifts ended two hours ago. "Shit! I gotta go, Papyrus is going to crucify me if I'm not back by six. Same time tomorrow, Dollface?" You chuckle, "Same time everyday, Sans," You retort. "I wish he meant to call me Dollface." Wow, that thought came out of nowhere. A blush spreads across your p/f/c (pastel favorite color) cheeks. You and Sans always call each other pet names, platonically, of course. Sighing, you begin walking to your apartment. There was a small apartment complex behind Grillby's that you live in. You used to live in Waterfall, but moved to Snowdin once you got paired with Sans to your sentry station. Even though sentry can change in an instant, you and Sans mostly stay in Snowdin.

Arriving at your apartment, you fish your keys out of your pants pocket. You open the door and sigh a sigh of content. After chucking off your boots near the door, you trudge to your bedroom and change into a pair of black sweatpants and a baggy blue shirt that says "Big Dick Is Back In Town" on it in Times New Roman font. You turn out the lights and collapse on your bed. Within seconds, you're fast asleep. At seven thirty am your alarm rings in your ear. You proceed with your morning routine, you shower, do your hair, put on some makeup, and get dressed. When you go to get dressed, you realise something. "Fuck I forgot to wash my work clothes yesterday!" You groan. You literally have four of the same pairs of pants and shirts you wear for work. You sigh exasperatedly, you have to wear the same ones you did yesterday again. Grabbing your phone, you set a reminder to wash your work clothes tonight at six thirty.

After that, you put on your boots and leave your apartment. Taking a few shortcuts, you arrive at your shared sentry station, cigarette in between your clawed fingers. You sigh, Sans isn't even at the station yet. Anxiously, you wait at the station. About ten minutes later, Sans finally appears at the station, panting and shaking. "Are you okay?" You ask, concerned. "Does it look like I'm fuckin' okay to ya'?" He snaps back. Shocked, you stay silent. You know he doesn't mean to snap at you when he's mad, it's best to give him some space for a bit. You excuse yourself from the station, saying you forgot your phone at your apartment. "Make it quick, I don't want Papyrus to catch you." He says, your breath hitches. Oh, so that's what happened this morning. "I'll be careful, I promise." You reassure, taking a shortcut through the woods to Grillby's. You go in, and order Sans' usual and your f/f to go. As soon as you get the food you leave for the station again. You pop out the same way you entered, right behind the station.

"I'm back." You announce, setting the plastic bag containing food in the front of the sentry station. "Where'd that come from?!" "Uh...Grillby's?" You say, "No-I mean-" sans sighs "I thought you had to go grab your phone from your apartment." He says, you chuckle. "Yeah, I lied. I thought you needed a little pick-me-up, considering the way you came to the station this morning." You explain, tail swishing a bit behind you at the uncomfortable subject. "Oh, well, thank you. I appreciate it, Doll." He says in a sincere manner. You love when he's soft with you when no one is around. In the Underground, it's considered "weak" to show genuine emotion outside of your home. You wish it wasn't like that, but sadly, this is the reality you have to live in for now. For now, you can only be there for Sans when he needs to show his emotions. He can't even show emotions in his own home, Papyrus will be a dick and judge him for it. It's not fair at all.

"Ya alright, Y/n?" Sans asks, pulling out of your thoughts. "Hm? Oh yeah." You respond, now realising how angry you must look. "Yeah, you looked pissed. Is somethin' up?" He asks, you sigh. You knew you'd have to bring this up eventually. "I'm just, so angry at your brother." "Why?" You look down at Sans. "Sans, he treats you like utter garbage! Why do you keep going back to him?" You sigh out exasperatedly. "Because I care about him, even if he doesn't care about me." He says sadly. Your e/c eyes widen. You get it now. He's the only one he has left that's his family. "Sans, I'm sorry. I know Papyrus is your brother, I'm just worried. All the scars he leaves you with. What if he damages you permanently?" You explain, biting on your black claw. Another habit you obtained from joining the Royal Guard. You look at Sans for an answer, you see a gentle red blush spread across his face. "I appreciate you caring Bud, I really do. But I can handle it myself." He says, looking you in the eyes. His red pinpricks aligning with your e/c irises. You sigh and avert your gaze down.

"Okay, if you say so. But if anything ever happens, call me, I'll let you stay with me, okay?" You say, giving Sans your number, witten down on a tiny slip of paper. He says he will. The rest of the day goes off without a hitch. You and Sans finish your shift (on time this time) and part ways until tomorrow. You almost kick your boots off at the door before your phone starts going off. You quickly pull it out of your pants pocket, you sigh in relief. It's just the alarm you set for your laundry. You take your bin full of laundry to the basement of the complex and throw your clothes in one of the cleaner looking machines. As you put your laundry bin down next to the washer, your phone starts to go off. You check and Sans is trying to call you. You immediately answer the call. "Hey dude, what's up?" You say into the speaker. "Y-y/n, could I come over?" You hear his raspy, pained voice through the receiver.

"Yes, of course! Do you need any help? You sound hurt?" You say panicked. "No Dollface, I got it." He says, you do not accept that. "Too bad. I'm coming over anyway." Before he could protest, you hang up the phone and speed out of your apartment complex. Thankfully, Sans' house isn't that far. After a short, speedwalk, you're staring down his front door. You rasp on the wooden door, waiting for a response. You were going to knock again, Sans opens the door, you let out a small gasp. Sans looks terrible, he was covered in his own blood. "Come on, you're staying with me tonight," you say, taking his boney hand. As soon as you start walking, you notice he also has a limp. If Papyrus were some random ass monster and not Sans' brother, you'd be covered in dust by now. You have a very motherly instinct, but only for Sans. You've never felt this way about somebody else before, you have no idea why either.

Once you and Sans reach your apartment, you bring him to your bathroom and seat him on the toilet (lid closed, of course). Grabbing your medical kit and some alcohol, you return to the bathroom and sit on the edge of your tub. "Could you take your sweater off? It'll be easier to clean your wounds." You ask, Sans slowly takes off his crimson red sweater. Suddenly, your bathroom gets really warm. You gasp at Sans' three cracked ribs, a bunch of cuts all over the others. You look up at him with concern written across your p/f/c face. "I don't want to talk about it right now." Sans mumbles, looking down. You take Sans' cheek bones in your hands, you tilt his head up to look at you. "That's okay, I'm just worried about you. You really don't deserve this Sans." You say, pulling your hands away from his face. You pour some alcohol on the washcloth and press it to one of the cuts on his ribs. He curses under his breath as you continue to clean him up. You'll have to call Alphys later about Sans' ribs, see what she can do about them.

"Alright Sans, just chill on my couch for right now. Uh, I gotta go real quick, I'll be right back," you say awkwardly, he gives you a thumbs up. Unlocking your door, you head down to switch your laundry. Once you come back up, you notice Sans wasn't sitting on the couch anymore. You panic and begin looking around your apartment, you stop in the entrance of your tiny kitchen, Sans was making something. "Sans, what are you doing?" You ask, he jumps a bit, then winces. "I'm making us dinner?" Sans says, the room starts to get warm again. "Sans, you don't have to do that. You should sit down and relax." You encourage, he shakes his head at your proposition. "Nah Dollface, this is the least I can do for you." He says, continuing to cook a mysterious food. You come up behind Sans, "Sans please, I appreciate the gesture, but you have three broken ribs, you need to sit down and chill out." Sans sighs "Fineeeeeee." He whines, you chuckle at him. "What were you gonna make anyway?" "Nothin much, just some Spaghetti and meatballs." "Okay, gotcha." You say, taking over the kitchen to make dinner.

Wiping your forehead of sweat, you finished cooking dinner. You walk into the living room, and set his and your plate on the coffee table in front of the couch. You sit next to him and start eating. "Holy fuck Doll, this shit's amazing!" Sans exclaims, shoving more pasta into his mouth. You chuckle and thank him, as you keep eating. After you both are finished eating you run down to the basement one more time to grab your laundry and return to your apartment. On your way. Back to tour apartment however, you notice that Sans has been calling you 'Doll' and 'Dollface' a lot more than he used to. You shrug it off as him being thankful for your hospitality. You return to your apartment for the last time with your laundry basket in your hands. "I'll be right back, I just gotta put away my laundry." You say, Sans looks over the back of the couch at you and gives you a nod of understanding. You quickly fold your clothes so Sans doesn't have to wait awkwardly on your couch. As soon as you're done, you put the basket in your closet and leave. When you return to your living room, you discover Sans asleep on the couch.

A small smile forms on your face as you go get him a blanket. After that, you change into a red tye-dye pair of sweatpants and a tank top. Soon after you lay down, you drift into a deep slumber. A few hours later, you are ripped from your sleep by a scream. You pull off your blanket and run to the living room. "Sans?!" You say worriedly and panicked. You see him tossing and turning on the couch, he's having a nightmare. Sans has told you about these haunting nightmares before, it usually happens after a bad day with Papyrus. Not really knowing how to deal with this situation, you sit on the edge of the couch and try to reach for him. As soon as your hand makes contact with his shoulder, he pulls away and curls up into a tiny ball. "Sans, it's just me." You say gently, scooting a bit closer to his trembling and sobbing form. You try to comfort him again, and he doesn't pull away this time. You pull him a bit closer to you. He rests his head on your chest and clenches his arms around you. You massage his skull with your fingertips and whisper sweet nothings to him.

After a while of comforting him, he falls asleep again. So you lay on the couch, Sans' head resting on top of you, blanket draped over your two sleeping bodies. After a few minutes, you fall back to sleep. You awake to one of Mettaton's shows. You were never interested in the performer robot that much, but this episode was a (what looks to be) a well made CGI human defusing a bunch of bombs. After a while, you forget about Sans laying on your chest, until he wakes up and jumps off of you like a startled cat. "Jesus! Just scare the shit outta me why don't ya?" You say, sarcasm lacing your tone. "Ah, sorry 'bout that Doll." "You're fine Sans." You chuckle. Looking up at Sans, you notice a light red blush across his cheekbones. Your heart skips a beat as you look at him, then you get up not wanting to make this any more awkward than it already is. Opening the fridge, you look for something to eat. You have eggs, bacon, and pancake mix in one of your cupboards, you take out all the ingredients you need for breakfast and start cooking. Sans insists on helping, but you tell him he needs to to relax because of his broken ribs.

After a half hour, breakfast is completely done. You fix you and Sans a plate and bring it to the couch. Sans looks very fixated on Mettaton's show. This was a rerun of a previous show. You set the breakfast down in front him, he immediately begins choking down food. "Holy shit Sans! Slow down your going to choke." You scold. "But we're gonna be late to work if we don't." He explains, scarfing down his meal. You give him a confused look. "Work? We're not going to work today, we have to call Alphys over to see what she can do about your ribs." You say, you can feel Sans look at you like you had just told him you had a death wish. "I can't, Papyrus would freak out-" "Papyrus can suck my dick!" You cut him off out of anger. "Your health is WAY more important to me than what Papyrus might do." You snap, Sans sits in shock. You've never snapped at him like that before. Looking at his face, you realise what you just did. "Sans I'm sorry. I didn't mean to snap at you like that, I just got to frustrated." You explain, Sans' face softens at your words. "Nah it's okay, I completely understand where you're coming from." Sans sighs, and rubs the back of his neck anxiously.

To defuse the thick tension, you tell Sans you have to call Alphys and you'll be back shortly. You shuffle awkwardly to your room to make the call. Pressing the contact "Weeb Lord'' with a picture you took off of Alphys' social media (it's a picture of a trash can with several red sparkly filters over it) and press the call button. "Yo Alphys" "What is it Y/n?" She says annoyedly. "So, I need you to come over to look at Sans' ribs." You say, "What? Why?" "Papyrus and him got into it yesterday and he's staying with me for a while." You explain, Alphys makes a noise of understanding from the receiver. "Alright, I'll be over in 10." She says, you can hear her shuffling around. "'Ight see you when you get here." You end, hanging up the phone, not really wanting to go back out and just awkwardly sit with Sans, you decide to have a smoke. Grabbing you cigarettes and lighter, you begin to head out of your apartment. "Where are ya going?" Sans asks, still staring at the T.v. "I'm just going to have a smoke, I'll be back soon." You reassure yourself as you leave the apartment. Maybe taking a smoke wasn't such a good idea. It's cold as balls outside, you shiver as you take drags of your cigarette.

After you're done, you are about to go inside, but a certain nerdy lizard shows up. She follows you up to your apartment and in through the front door. "Ay look what the cat dragged in." Sans teases, Alphys glares at him. "Nah I'm just joking with ya, how've you been?" "Okay, yourself?" She asks back, Sans shrugs. "Eh, could be better." "Yeah, I heard. Would you mind taking your sweater off for me?" She asks, he reluctantly takes off his sweater again. Alphys studies the three cracked ribs for a second. "Hmmm. I think the best I can do for you is to wrap you up. Other than that, there's nothing I can do." She explains, beginning to wrap Sans' ribs. "You'll have to not go to work for a few days, take it easy. No lifting, no fast movements, nothing." She drones on. "Your best option is to stay with Y/n for now so they can help you heal properly." She states, finishing up wrapping Sans' ribs.

You let out a relieved breath you didn't even know you were holding. You had hoped that Alphys would tell him to stay with you, Papyrus would probably just hurt him more in all honesty. "I'm going to give you some morphine to help ease the pain a bit." She says, handing Sans an orange pill bottle. "Take two when you wake up, and when you go to bed, if you notice the pain going away, then only take one per day." She explains. You and Sans both nod. "Thank you, Dr. Alphys." you say, Alphys nods. She takes her tote bag full of medical equipment, bids you and Sans goodbye, then leaves. You sigh, and sit next to Sans on the couch. You begin to think, why do you feel so nervous around him all of a sudden. Your heart skips a beat whenever he calls you "Doll" or "Dollface", his laugh gives you butterflies, you want him to talk to you forever, just listening to his New York accent makes you want to kiss him. You can't take hiding your feelings from him anymore, you have an undying love for Sans.

"S-sans, I gotta tell you something." You stutter out, Sans turns to you. "Yeah, what is it Dollface?" He asks, your heart beats faster and faster every passing second. "I think I wanna be yours, Sans." You manage to get out. As soon as those words leave your mouth, you regret everything. "Y/n, I...I think I wanna be yours too." Sans mumbles, scooching a bit closer to you. You move closer and closer to each other until your thighs are squished together. Sans cups your cheek with his hand, you place one hand on his shoulder and the other behind him. Sans sets his other hand on your thigh, you lean in and give him a smooch on his sharp teeth. You pull away before Sans' hand moves from your cheek to the back of your neck, pulling you into a more passionate kiss. The passionate kiss turns into a makeout session. Both of your mouths moving in sync, tongues sliding over each other, soft moans come from both of your mouths.

After a minute of missing, you two pull away, a string of clear and translucent red saliva connecting to your mouths. "Oh my god....that was amazing." You pant, leaning back into the couch. Sans nods his head in agreement. "I'm so glad you confessed to me, Sweetheart. I've had feelings for you since we were stationed at our sentry station together." Sans explains, your heart skips a beat at your new nickname. You blush. "I'm so glad I met you." You say, leaning your head on his shoulder. "Same here Doll." Sans responds, leaning his skull on your head. You're both finally safe and happy.

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Endlesstale

Alternate Universe by ErroneousArtist The image used was created by Arctic_Mizikio

Endless!Sans is a character that belongs to a broken alternate universe of Undertale. Due to some leading factors in his backstory he is able to exist outside of these AUs and interact with them.

What is an Alternate Universe (AU)? An Alternate Universe (AU) is when someone creates a spin-off of the original storyline. Usually this means many possibilities, concepts, settings, abilities, personalities, even social differences or standings. Sometimes it has many inclusions of the original cast from Undertale or additions to those characters. The collection of these AUs are called the Multiverse.

Can Endless!Sans travel throughout the Multiverse? Endless!Sans can create portals in a digital fashion consisting of glitching and distortion to access other universes. Even some that are otherwise unreachable by normal means due to his code ability. However, due to the complications of some universes this may not be possible due to the interference of other creators.

Is Endless!Sans part of the Bad Sanses? Yes, because of his hatred for humans and resets he tends to work for Nightmare. This allows him to be able to execute his plans for all timelines to stop resetting even if the results are negative timelines.

What is Endless!Sans’ weapon of choice? Endless!Sans uses the knife that his Chara had when they completed their multiple Genocide Routes. This is mainly due to his low production of magic after his soul was shattered and corrupted by hatred. Still he has other abilities that will be explained further in this FAQ.

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Official Design Sheet

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The following information is base on Endless!Sans’ backstory. This is simply a guide to his official outfit and character design.

Endless’ outfit is overall gray-scale due to a factor in his backstory which turns his clothes into gray-scale. This happens with all his clothes. On average it takes anywhere between 5mins to 60mins for clothes to completely turn gray-scale.

There is a hidden scarf that is extremely torn and near gone under all of his clothes that once belonged to his Papyrus. He is extremely attached and will not let anyone touch it.

Layers go as follows: Hidden torn Scarf of Papyrus, White T-Shirt, Black Shorts with white lines down the side, Vest-Hoodie with fluffy hood and pockets, sometimes wears White Socks, and his fluffy Slippers.

Red rimmed glasses for when his left (red) eyelight is not active due to his poor vision. He hates wearing them in front of others so it is unlikely he is to wear them at all even if he is near completely blind without his left eyelight.

There are dust markings on his hands and feet do not come off. No matter what it is bound to him as a reminder of his sins; this is mainly due to the Karma (KR) that he has inflicted on himself in his battle with Frisk/Chara.

Endless!Sans has three tongues that are almost tentacle like in nature. However, he can force his magic to only summon one though it takes more magic to do this since he has to force it to make a singular tongue.

Any ecto-parts that are summoned are bright red to represent the determination he has within him. Very rarely can blue or yellow ecto be seen sparkling within it to represent the original Sans but this is an extremely rare occurrence.

During times of stress or upon his death there will appear a “Death Slash” across his chest where Chara killed him on many Genocide runs. Often it will “leak” with determination.

Endless!Sans is also a glitch. Often a few white glitches will appear or he will randomly distort. This is due to his messed up coding.

Why are his eyelights two different colors? The right eyelight is white due to being the original Sans he use to be. However, it is often faded cause of his backstory which caused his right eye to become almost completely blind. His left eyelight is fully red with a black center. The red is due to Determination that fuels his magic. Sometimes on very rare occasions the blue or yellow from his original magic can shine in.

Is there a reason why his bones are black? Due to absorbing Chara/Frisk’s soul it turned his own soul black due to the hatred within Chara. Over time in his Save Screen his bones began to turn black and the dust stains on his hands became more noticeable.

Does this mean his blush is red? Endless!Sans’ blush is red. On rare occurrences it can have ‘freckles’ that appear throughout his face. His magic also smells like Chocolate covered Strawberries.

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✧ Personality and Traits ✧

Small Warning: Mental illness will be spoken about. Research has been done about these illness as well as the creator themselves suffers from a few of them. Please note that these are not used to insult anyone with these disabilities. The following are all canon personalities and traits for Endless!Sans:

Endless!Sans would be best described as socially awkward when it comes to others (this excludes any Papyruses/Papyri).

Endless!Sans is also a extremely passionate chef. There is few things that bring him joy in the multiverse and cooking is one of them. He is very proud of his cooking skills. Described by their creator as the Gordon Ramsey of Sans.

Endless!Sans is a hypocrite. Do as he says not as he does.

Endless!Sans constantly is under the effects of Karma (KR) which made him very hard to communicate rationally with.

Endless!Sans hates humans. There is nothing that can be said or done that will change his mind about such things. He blames mostly Frisk/Chara for everything which often leads him to tracking them down in each universe and killing them without mercy.

Endless!Sans tends to avoid harming any Papyrus/Papyri in any universe.

Endless!Sans can sew and crochet. Though he isn’t very good at crocheting. He tends to rip his clothes a lot by accident so he has learned to sew them up without it looking like patchwork.

Endless!Sans absolutely hates Ink!Sans, and highly dislikes Killer!Sans (however is willing to work with him due to joining Nightmare!Sans’ crew).

Endless!Sans will glitch out or become distorted if he is stressed out.

Endless!Sans has mild Haphephobia, Chronic PTSD, Manic Depressive, and Anxiety. These are the confirmed disorders he suffers. However, he avoids seeking professional help and prefers to run away from his problems instead of facing it.

Endless!Sans will often visit surface worlds just to look at the cities and skies. This is due to never having a true Good Ending. He tends to hate going to the underground unless he is ordered too go there.

Endless!Sans cannot die permanently. Due to the high amounts of Determination he continues to absorb from many universes he persists even after death and will “respawn” back in his Save Screen in Endlesstale. However, it can take anywhere between an hour or a year before he is able to escape the Save Screen.

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✧ Backstory Information ✧

The backstory is currently in the works. However, please refer to this guide.

What is the original name of Endless’ AU called? Endless and Endlesstale is not the original names that he had went by. However, it has not been revealed what these original names were.

What happened to Endless’ Soul? Is it really just a shard? When Endless absorbed the human soul of Chara it almost killed him. He managed to get to the Save Screen with his determination before he completely dusted. From there certain events occur before his his bones turn black.

How did he escape his Save Screen? Often Ink!Sans would visit to see if something new happened to Endless’ story. However, one day the artist spoke about a reset that happened in a universe he had visited which set Endless into a rage. They fought briefly before Ink tried to just run away. However, not realizing how quick Endless was Endless had tackled him at the moment of Ink using his paint for teleportation. From there he completely glitched out and ended up separated and in a part of the Mutliverse where he discovers his portal ability.

What happened to Endlesstale? Before Ink!Sans showed up Endless had shattered the Reset button completely. Destroying all chances of any new game to be played. The last save is the only save file which is after Endless killed the human.

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✧ Additional Information ✧

This is some additional facts and information. Please note that you are free to make your own Head-Canons. All information provided is just his canon to Endlesstale.

When was Endless created? October 14th, 2019 was the official date of creation.

Is Endlesstale accessible to other Sanses? Only few of the AU Sanses have the ability required to get into this AU. Ink!Sans being one of them and unknown if anyone else has been able.

What is Endless’ birthday and age? August 1st is his official birthday. Endless is 23 years old canonically. However, he isn’t sure on his birthday this is just what he remembers.

Official height for Endless? Endless is slightly taller by the original Sans by an inch.

What are some of Endless’ abilities in battle? Unfortunately, Endless lost most of his abilities that a normal Sans would have after absorbing the human soul. Such as he does not typically summon bone attacks. Either he cannot or he chooses not too. That has yet to be explained. Endless is actually very quick. Faster than most Sanses due to glitching. He is not limited to one reality but he tends not to use his abilities due to being rather lazy. Unless it comes to human hunting. So, he rather just die and respawn back in his own AU if things are dire enough. The ability to summon his Gaster Blasters is vastly cut short. He can choose to summon many at once that do little damage as well doesn’t have the KR ability attached, or one big one that is highly powerful. Both options slowly take away his magic usage over time. Instead he relies on his his weapon of choice; knives. Though he is outmatched by Killer!Sans when it comes to blades (except Endless’ knifework in the kitchen). Another reason he cannot stand him.

Is Endless ambidextrous? Yes, he is actually!

What are Endless’ hobbies other than working for Nightmare? Endless tends to enjoy cooking even though he is not so good at baking. He has gotten rather good at it and perfected many of the Papyruses/Papyri’s recipes. Aside from cooking he enjoys memes, dark humor, sewing or crocheting, stargazing, or watching cooking shows.

Does Endless sleep? No, he tends to be wired on coffee, whiskey, and pure will-power. This is due to his haunting nightmares. He will never get a restful sleep. Instead he just tends to busy himself with work.

What is Endless’ assigned font? https://www.dafont.com/endless-boss-battle.font

Is there a canon gender for Endless? Endless is male.

What is Endless’ canon sexual orientation? Endless is not romantically or sexually interested in anyone.

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✧ Bad Sanses ✧

This is some information about how he acts with the Bad Sanses. Please note that you are free to make your own Head-Canons. All information provided is just his canon to Endlesstale.

How did Endless become employed by Nightmare!Sans? When Nightmare was invading a timeline one day he came across Endless killing humans but leaving monsters alive. This generated much negativity, naturally, Nightmare was very curious about him. When Nightmare realized that Endless was a walking negativity emitter due to his constant state of Karma (KR) he and Endless struck up a deal.

What is Endless opinions of all the Bad Sanses? Going down the list... Killer!Sans - Endless dislikes him. His complete disregard for killing anyone and everyone makes him sick. The fact that Killer has no remorse about who he kills especially when it comes to a Papyrus makes Endless boil in rage. Dust!Sans - Even though Dust hurts Papyrus’ his remorse for killing his own brother still allows some tolerance of the matter. Though he still keeps his guard up at all times around him. Horror!Sans - These two actually get along fairly well. Due to Endless being a chef he tends to make food for Horror and even present it to Crooks (Horror’s Papyrus). This makes them get along fairly well. Especially after a few puns are shared. Cross!Sans - One of the only ones that Endless could become friends with to some degree. They both has the same taste in humor as well both are friends with Epic!Sans. (bonus) Error!Sans - These two, while having similar goals and very much common interest, they do not seem to get along. It also depends if Error!Sans knows about Endless’ past. This would cause the destroyer to either hate him entirely or avoid him.

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✦ Can I use him with other information than what is listed above? Absolutely! As long as everyone understands the differences between canon and fanon then there is no harm in enjoying this character. However, please be respectful and do not force your opinions on others. If people have issues with how you use him please show them this FAQ page. ✦ Can I use him for things such as Roleplay, Drawings, Fanfics, etc? Absolutely! As long as everyone understands the differences between canon and fanon then there is no harm in enjoying this character. However, please be respectful and do not force your opinions on others. If people have issues with how you use him please show them this FAQ page.

✦ Can I use him to ship with others?

Absolutely! As long as everyone understands the differences between canon and fanon then there is no harm in enjoying this character. However, please be respectful and do not force your opinions on others. If people have issues with how you use him please show them this FAQ page.

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✧ Using Endless ✧

Please be sure to have read the above sections before reading this.

Must I tag you for credit every time Endless content is made? Please do! I would much rather be tagged. He is still my original design and would not like anyone to misrepresent that. For all SFW credit please use the details below: @ErroneousArtist is my handle on most places. Such as the following: Tumblr, Twitter, Discord, Deviantart, etc. #Endlesstale #EndlessSans #ErroneousArtist For all NSFW credit please use the details below: @ErroneousSins is my NSFW handle. Such as the following: Twitter #Endlesstail #NSFWEndlessSans #ErroneousSins

May I use him for things not related to Undertale? No, please do not do this. Endless is still my character and I would like to keep him within the Undertale community. Thank you.

Am I allowed to draw/write fanart of him? Please do! Please be sure to use the credit as listed above.

Am I allowed to add him to comics or interacting with other characters? Please do! Please be sure to use the credit as listed above.

Am I allowed to add him to Undertale related games? Please do! Please be sure to use the credit as listed above.

Am I allowed to pair him with my OCs or other characters? Please do! Please be sure to use the credit as listed above.

Am I allowed to design Endlesstale characters? Please do! Please be sure to use the credit as listed above.

Am I allowed to roleplay as him? Please do! Please be sure to use the credit as listed above.

Am I allowed to commission other people to draw him or am I allowed to accept commissions with him? Please do! Please be sure to use the credit as listed above.

Am I allowed to make merch (plushies, keychains, posters, etc) of him to sell? As of right now, please message me privately about it. If I allow it then please be sure to use the credit as listed above. ================================================ Credit to TheCrayonQueen for Aftertale and Errortale inspired stories. The characters Geno!Sans and Error!Sans belong to CQ. All inspiration is drawn from these characters and should be respected as such. Please understand that while the original concept and theme is being used with approval from CQ themselves via their FAQ... Endlesstale has an inspired theme but taken its own liberties to become its own story. Please respect the original concept artist and developer. Design layout of this FAQ credited to Comyet. It helped be able to properly set up everything needed.

#endless!sans #endless #endlesstale #ask-endless #endlesssans #erroneousartist

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sleepyfan-blog · 5 years

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This is a discord request fill!

Chained To A Wall

Fandom: Fashion Disaster Multiverse, Undertale AU

Characters: Void, Mercury

Warnings: kidnapping, imprisonment

Word count: 1,029

Summary: Mercury wakes up in a dark cell. Her day gets worse from there.

A low, rich chuckle that would have been pleasant to hear, had Mercury not woken up in pitch black darkness, hands pinned above her, the connection she has between with them being impeded by some sort of barrier spell. “Well, well. It seems as if you have finally woken up, my lovely guest.” A dark voice purrs.

“Who the fuck are you and why did you bring me here?” Mercury hissed, struggling in the magical chains. It was really dark in the… Wherever the hell she was but there was a single spot of faint cyan light.

A tall figure steps in, something shifting behind them in a… Frankly disconcerting way, and with a flash of magic, the cell that she had woken up in was lit by cyan light. A… Something leans against the door. Their body is black and dripping (rather a lot like an amalgamate, but not quite). They’re smirking at her, their… Arms? Folded across their chest, the perfect picture of smug confidence. “Welcome to my home. It’s unfortunate that you’ve chosen to associate with such a wretched creature, but you and I will be getting to know one another quite well, my dear.”

"I don't know who you think is a shitty person, but you're the only who's ever chained me to a fucking wall, you asshole." Mercury hissed, her eye lights flashing with rage. Her legs were pinned by what looked like magical chains. She really wished she knew how to teleport - then she might be able to get away from this mysterious asshole.

"I am speaking of that Error, I believes he calls himself Melon. Believe me, I have done you a favor from taking you away from his sphere of influence. He is dangerous, unstable and cruel, despite his saccharine pretense around you. Then again, he has killed in front of you, has he not?" The Mysterious Asshole pointed out, his voice an annoyingly pleasant rumble to listen to. "Ah, forgive me, I haven't introduced myself."

"Great. Another jerk who thinks that Melon is a dangerous lunatic. Look, I'm guessing that you think that I should be grateful or whatever that you kidnapped me from my home, but I had a date planned with my boyfriend, and I would really like to get to it. He's going to be worried. He's got his rough edges, but so do I! And why the fuck would I want your name, anyways?" Mercury challenged, refusing to be intimidated by the other. She could sense his magic - he was... Quite possibly the most powerful monster she had ever met - including the King and Queen of Monsters, who she had seen a couple of times in a crowd, addressing the entire underground, shortly after the human ambassador (then a child) had freed them all from their prison. "Yes, I know he's dangerous. Yes, I know that he kills sometimes. No, that doesn't scare me. Can I go home now?"

The gooey stranger lifted a browbone at her in surprise as he walked further into the cell, his tentacles shifting ever so slightly behind him. "No. I had thought about turning you into a puppet... But it's been such a long time since a mortal has reacted to me like this. Perhaps that's why Melon is so taken with you... You're interesting. I bet you're going to be a fascinating little puzzle to solve." He really did look like something out someone's worst nightmares.

But she couldn't take him seriously, as he was wearing a pirate outfit for Asgore's sake! He looked ridiculous. Which was helping her stay calm, despite the overwhelming and oppressive feel of his magic. "Gee, thanks." She responded sarcastically, huffing and rolling her eye lights, trying to project an air of bravado... Melon would find her, if she couldn't annoy this stranger into letting her go... Right? Then something he said registered and a chill ran through her. Was... Was she dealing with a boss monster? Fuck everything why did the weirdest crap happen to her? What did she ever do? "... What do you mean by mortal? Wh... Who are you?"

"Oh? I thought that you didn't want to know anything about me." Tentacled Goop monster responded with an irritatingly smug smirk. "But I'll answer your questions, if you ask them correctly. You are my guest after all."

Mercury squints at the other, wondering silently what might happen if she lets out the colorful tirade bubbling from the depths of her soul. She is completely done with this jackass, and... Completely at his mercy. Stars damn him. And he knew it, which is why he's been so infuriatingly calm. She's tried to summon her magic, but the chains around her legs sap her energy before she can muster up enough to try to do anything. "... May I, oh mysterious and handsome gooplord, be graced with your name?" There. That was only mildly sarcastic and... Fuck. She'd given him a compliment. She hadn't wanted to do that.

The gooplord laughed, a surprisingly... Pleasant... Sound to listen to, despite the fact that his magic still grated against her in the worst ways that Mercury had ever felt before. "My name is Void, I am the king of darkness and the guardian of Negativity."

Oh. Fuck. Melon hadn't told her much about the powers that be in the multiverse, but he had told her to run as far as possible if she ever heard this monster's name being spoken. He was apparently the dark ruler of large sections of the multiverse and damn near unstoppable. He also hated Melon, for reasons that her boyfriend couldn't... Or wouldn't... Tell her. "O-Oh... I... I've heard of you... Uhm.. I-I really don't want to g-get involved in whatever f-fights you have and would just like to get home."

"Hmm... Unfortunately, you are already involved. Melon likes you, and I am curious as to just why? Then again, your reactions are quite amusing." Void purred, his visible cyan eye light brightening. He raised a hand to cup the underside of her chin, almost but not quite touching her "You and I will be getting to know one another very well."

#kidnapping tw #imprisonment tw #bad things happen bingo #FDSMV #void #mercury

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skeletonbrothersreptilelovers · 6 years

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Art Requests Open!

Yes! They are open! However, they won��t be for long.

I want to open them for a little while and take a few request. That way i can see if this is something I want to do more often.

I won’t to draw until Saturday though! At least not digitally. I have to work tomorrow and then I have to get a new bed and rearrange my room so I’ll be busy and most likely exhausted tomorrow.

Also, try to be patient with me please! Drawing isn’t as easy as it use to be for me. I’m rusty. Even when I am able to start drawing, I usually spend a lot of time before I’m finished. It might be a couple of days until I finish them even if I start working on them Saturday.

Anyways, here’s what you need to know! I hope you guys had a nice day and a nice 4th of july! I know it was yesterday, but I forgot to saw it

What I will draw

Sans and Papyrus (I’m not good at papyrus though)

Undertale, Underswap, and Underfell for now

My OC! (pfp, but I honestly suck at him too)

Animals (only animals with fur and paws though)

You can ask me to draw your OC but I can’t promise I’ll be able to do it. I’ll do my best though!

What I can do

Sketch - This will be the easiest and fastest! I can get this down within an hour

Lining - This will take longer. This is what I have most difficult with

Flat coloring - This takes no time at all normally and I can do this with both sketching and lining!

Shading...? - Ehhhh I wouldn’t suggest this but I’ll leave it here anyways. I dont normally shade and I can’t promise I’ll do it good

What I won’t/can’t do

Nsfw

Fntcest/slfcest

backgrounds (I suck at them)

Humans (I suck at drawing them)

Things I don’t want to do

How to request

Just send up up to two characters and tell me what you want! Want me to do a specific outfit? Okay, describe it! Want them to be doing a certain pose? That fine, what pose? Maybe want to see them playing with a puppy? Go ahead, I love puppies! All three? .... Okay, a little complicated, but I’ll try!

Example: Flat colored Sketch of Sans wearing a polo shirt and playing with kittens

Just remember I might not do something if it’s to complicated. I promise to try though <3

#Art requests

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icybeanheadcanons · 7 years

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What would generic headcanons be for the Grillby of each AU? He's usually a close second for side character that gets asked about a lot, so this will hopefully help you feel out each one 💖 (I'll probably send one in tomorrow or something about the Gasters as well ^~^ Figured this would give you a thing to work on in spare time if your inbox empties again) ~

So for the skellies I had worked on them from undertale and down the list okay… Well for the Grillbys… I worked from Horrortale up to Undertale. It just worked and it was a wild experience honestly. These are long so I’m putting them under the cut so the post doesn’t look fucking ridiculous.

Undertale

Solemnby

-he’s pretty professional at work

-runs a bar still. Took a while to open BUT DAMN IT HE DID IT.

-he’s a decent height in human standards. He’s 5’11. It’s weird having people taller than him, even if he’s not the tallest around it’s still surreal.

-god damn it Classy Bean. The only reason he likes puns is because of this skeleton.

-a great listener.

-gives some pretty solid advice.

-bit of a smartass. “Man I’m tired.” “Maybe you shouldn’t stay up all night then.” “stop talking shit carl.”

-Classy Bean calls him carl time to time to annoy him. It works.

-his bar is relatively chill. Not a lot of people, and it doesn’t attract a whole lot of shady characters. Weirdos seem to be common though.

-He actually loves the liveliness of his bar. It’s perfect and he’s a proud smol business owner.

-He hires someone to do the dishes because that’s a thing he needs done. Besides that he runs it mostly himself.

-a hard worker, gets a little irritate with people who slack off but he isn’t one to snap at you for it. He just doesn’t get not giving your all.

-sarcasm. “I’m going to flip a table!” “Yes because that’ll solve all your problems.”

-He isn’t as quiet as you think and often will give a snarky comment like i’ve mentioned above.

-classical music is nice, and he often listens to it in his free time.

-mom friend who will talk sense into you.

-He says a lot of weird shit when he’s tired though like he suddenly becomes a shitpost generator.

-he’s got an average control of his heat he releases. It tends to heat up when he’s angry and flustered, and it takes a lot of discipline to control.

-don’t worry he’s not gonna burn you but if he starts heating up your skin is gonna turn pretty red.

-a pretty organized dude. Everything has a place. He doesn’t care about a mess, but he generally doesn’t make a whole lot of one before he’s cleaning again.

Underfell

Jerkby

-kind of a dick god.

-big ego. Undeserved. There is no reason for him to be this god dam cocky what the hell.

-His friendship with Red Boy is weird. It’s that one where you insult each other without meaning it. “Stop fucking drinking all the fucking mustard you freak.” “Not till you stop getting freaky with everyone that comes into this bar Jerkby.” at the end of the day they’re there for each other.

-he does sleep around a lot. Mostly one-night stands. He’d date but he hasn’t found anyone he’s really interested in that way. He’s a jerk but he’s not going to fake being interested in someone romantically god.

-Oh goodness me toll. 8 feet tall. Big fire man. Depending on how sensitive you are about your height he’s going to tease you. Are you an adorable mad or do you look like you have rabies mad?

-can he do anything besides smirk? Pssh no. Genuine smiles are rare and fleeting.

-He gives 0 fucks. He does what he wants. Within reason of course he’s not an animal.

-never killed anyone. Beat the fuck out of people? Hell yes. Nobody fucked with him. He was ruthless and no monster was ever brave enough to try and take him down. Or strong enough.

-How the fuck is fire ripped. Seriously why is he buff? Magic? PSSSSSHHH. Fine. Okay whatever.

-But seriously he’s startling strong.

-his main coat he wears looks like a pimp coat what the fuck. Are you a pimp? Don’t ask him this he’ll punch you in the face.

-whoa, amazing control of his heat. Like whoaaaaaaaaa. Witchcraft… shut up i know he’s made of magic. YOU GET THE POINT.

-a small fondness for animals. He feeds the cats in the alleyway.

-Speaking of alleyways. He’s not an entirely edgy jerk. When he was closing up he found a few homeless people digging in the dumpster behind his bar. He yelled at them and stopped them from running. He brought them inside grumbling and gave them a proper meal. He does this time to time after closing.

-Lets stray animals sleep in the bar after hours during the winter. He spends extra time cleaning because of this.

-his bar is practically a sauna alright it’s always super warm and it’s mostly because of him. He generally counteracts it with air conditioning.

-if people get rowdy in his bar and don’t listen he threatens to turn off the air conditioner. He has done this before. It gets people to suffer fairly quickly.

-not a whole lot gets to him but if you manage to push his buttons he’s quick to anger.

-PAY YOUR FUCKING TAB. He’ll hunt you down he swears to g o d.

Underswap

Sweetby

-sweet silly laugh. But laughs at inappropriate times or at inappropriate things

-He forgets heat control. Humans start sweating around him and he wonders why they all look all uncomfortable. Oh right! Silly him!

-Runs a cafe, and serves the sweetest cakes and pies in existence.

-his favorite thing to enjoy is apple cider. He can’t drink it because ow, but he enjoys the smell. Has occasionally tried to drink it because he can’t help himself he’s curious.

-Shortie. 4’8. He’s the perfect size no matter what you say.

-if you insult him he just frowns and stares at you for an uncomfortable amount of time. You’re suddenly apologizing and his demeanor shifts to a more cheerful one.

-if you’re mean you’re getting kicked out of his cafe. None of that. Nope. He’s the only menace in his cafe and that’s just because he’s trying to spoop people!

-Will use the cutest words. He adores them they make him giggle.

-Is very happy and cheerful, and loves the little lava monsters that live with him. They help run the cafe and often attract customers.

-The more the merrier in his cafe! He gets money to help his family (the lava monsters) and he gets colorful characters that he likes to chat with.

-Sweetby is a nickname that was given to him from Honey Bear. He loves it because it sounds like Sweet pea (it’s a pun actually which makes him giggle) and calling someone sweet pea is just precious and adorable.

-Adores pastels, and because of this he has the cutest cafe in the entire town.

-Sweetby has a no tolerance policy for a lot of things. Racist? Get the fuck out. Sexist? Get the fuck out. Hate gay people? O u t. He’s having none of that nasty business in his shop.

-would love to shake your hand but he doesn’t want to burn you so he’ll give you an enthusiastic wave. He’s also the type to want to kiss the back of your hand after shaking it, but with his issues with heat control, he simply blows you a kiss and gives a small wink.

-he’s very charming. Despite his odd remarks that are honestly kind of terrifying if you don’t know him very well, he’s lovely company.

-lolita fashion is adorable. He wouldn’t wear it himself, but anyone he does he completely gushes over their outfit.

-a small passion for clothes.

-has this really charming coy smile, and a lot of his regulars seem to have a small crush on him at the very least. He takes advantage of this to get them coming back again and again. He doesn’t lead them on and flirt back but he’s always very polite and kind.

Swapfell

Gruffby

-doesn’t talk much. Only for business.

-Was an arms dealer. When he did sell them to a monster he generally just ended up killing them, gathering the weapons back up and pick the rest of the cash out of the monster’s dust.

-Also ran a shooting range. Monsters were allowed to come let out frustrations. Sometimes he just had targets other times he had weaker monsters as the targets. He didn’t kill these customers since they kept on coming back.

-Nobody fucks with him. Nobody. Gruffby is hardcore and does crazy ass shit.

-bit of a temper. He flares up, scoffing. That’s about it. Not unless you provoke him.

-Provoking him is the worst thing you could do you will die a slow and painful death. What? That’s illegal? He’s angry about this now.

-there are tiny lava fire monsters living in his pockets. He’s a softy for them.

-runs a hunting for game store. (ya know like deer and elk.) He’s happy he can still sell guns, and he is very serious about his business.

-Reserves the right not to sell guns to people. If someone looks sketchy to him then you’re not getting a fucking gun dude. No. You’re yelling like a maniac at him only proves his point. Get the fuck out of his store.

-Do you got a license for that? Buddy ol pal if you don’t…. The cops are on your ass, he’s taking your shit you don’t have a license this is literally him doing the community a service. Yeah he’s a monster who’s killed but that’s not legal on the surface.

-Ends up learning about all sorts of horned animals and birds. He’s gotta know exactly what his guns are being used for to shoot.

-The tiny lava monsters like to get into a pack of bullets and melt them down. Hey you lil fucks what did he say about touching the merchandise? He’s putting them in a time out. You heard him go to the corner.

-The lava monsters crackle at him. He crackles back. It seems like they’re hissing each other.

-At home he falls asleep with the tiny monsters laying all around him.

-he has a really silly sounding giggle laugh.

-DON’T YOU LOOK AT HIM WITH THOSE PUNS. DON’T YOU DARE. he loves puns but hates his laugh.

-he can’t control his eccentric laugh so if you crack a joke he thinks is funny he’s losing his cool.

-friends with Scaryberry. He’d gotten lost in Hotland when visiting Alphys. He could see the fear as he was trying to maintain his bratty and “intimidating” behavior. He didn’t know what got a hold of him but he found himself serving him some tea.

-Loves tea. He doesn’t really get to enjoy it like he wants to but he at least enjoys the aroma of it.

-Scaryberry got him to quit smoking.

-pretty tol. He’s 6’4. If you’re short he’s going to tease you relentlessly but honestly he thinks it’s cute. Part of what he loves about Scaryberry.

-he likes sweet scents. They’re intoxicating and he adores them.

-He has about a billion candles okay, he really likes different smells.

-He’s actually secretly a huge dork that he hides with his edginess.

Horrortale

Smores

-Chillingly silent. He doesn’t like to talk a whole lot so he’s selectively mute. When he does speak it’s but a few words.

-His voice is raspy, almost like a whisper and you can hear that familiar sound of a campfire.

-For a fire he’s rather cold, literally, as a fire monster it’s alarming how much heat he lacks.

-Knows sign language and will sign rather than speak. Even if he does speak he’s signing at the same time.

-He’s fragile… He isn’t a healthy fire but one that seems to be at the brink of going out at any time. It affects his voice and his body temperature.

-spent his time in the underground hiding away after everything went to hell and his bar shut down. By the time they got out he was on the brink of death before Axe found him.

-Is still recovering mentally and physically from the underground. It took a great toll on him.

-He’s used to food being taken from him, and is a bit of a pushover. He doesn’t have the physical strength to fight back, and he doesn’t have the voice to scare anyone off. He has to suffer in silence since most monsters don’t know sign language.

-he’s angry when people take things from him. All he can do is glare at least that’s what he believes. If he’d done more in the underground at his state he would’ve been killed.

-he spaces out often and frequently. He often becomes out of touch with reality and needs constant reminds as to where he is.

-he’s smol for a monster from his au. With his decrease in strength he shrank and is a 5 foot tall bab.

-He still has bit of a bite when you talk to him, sarcastic and a bit of a smart ass at times.

-He talks in a rather cryptic way like he knows something bad is going to happen. He’s just trying to spook you. He doesn’t know shit. But it sure gives him a giggle seeing that disturb look in your eyes.

-Visits the hospital often. He’s willing to admit he needs help. He’s kind of dying so he’s constantly getting health scares and check ups.

-he enjoys Axe’s sense of humor. Axe visits him from time to time still when he has to stay overnight at the hospital. It reminds him of when the days were good.

-Since he can’t do a lot of things he’s started taken an interest in music. He has an odd selection of music, Melanie Martinez being one of many that appeals to him. His music is rather dark and unsettling, and there are a lot of strange and kind of out there songs he collects. This kind of brings him a bit of peace.

-It takes a while for paper to burn around him now. It scares him. He avoids paper at all costs unless he gets morbidly curious about how bad his health is doing. The longer it takes to burn the worse he is. He doesn’t need a reminder.

-Some days he finds he can’t get out of bed. It’s frustrating and he cries hot tears. He feels so broken and useless on these days. He’s hoping to be able to recover but some days he isn’t sure he’ll ever be able to.

-because of his disabilities he’s fallen into depression. He’s still adjusting to everything and suddenly being unable to do things has taken a toll on his mental state which is already pretty damaged.

-He’s fascinated with violins. Their shape is gorgeous, their strings seem like they’re delicate to him but they sound loud and beautiful. He wants to learn to play but if he does recover he will never be able to play again since he’d set the instrument on fire. So he admires from a distance.

-loves alice in wonderland of every shape and form. He relates more to the darker versions though.

-he’s slowly losing memories from the underground. The more they slip away the more it scares him. He isn’t sure this is how he wanted to heal. When he realizes he loses another memory he recounts what he can. Those are… Pretty fuzzy memories…

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darkhymns-fic · 7 years

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Murder with a Side of Lies (Ch. 6)

Papyrus and Undyne are back out on the streets for their investigation! But as they get closer to truth, Undyne will have to confront what she knows sooner or later... and the suffering people she cares for the most.

Fandom: Undertale Characters/Pairing: Undyne/Alphys, Papyrus, Mettaton Rating: PG Chapters: 6/8 Mirror Links: AO3, FF.net Notes: The sequel to Kidnappings in the Early Evening by Sky. A fusion of detective noir fiction and courtroom drama! All stories, art, etc., related to this main story will be under the tag #undertale noir. (chrono)

Suggested reading music with the return of the rain.

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Investigation Sensation

Nightfall had settled into the rainy city, snuggling close to concrete buildings and the warm yellow glow of the city lamps. The rain poured tonight, letting small rivers trickle along the street gutters. The black asphalt shimmered with reds, yellows, and greens, reflecting the street lights. The grounds themselves appeared to be a beautifully painted canvas, colors blending and reflecting every which way.

I never truly noticed the beauty of the rain until Undyne became my best friend.

Taking my ever trusty Bonemobile, we drove down the wet streets, leaving the courthouse and the bright lights that Mettaton was already constructing for it. I had changed out of my slick lawyer outfit and back into my grizzled detective coat and hat. Since we were now in investigation mode, it was only prudent that I wear the correct outfit! That, and my trenchcoat was quite useful against the rain. Can’t risk my lawyer suit getting wrinkles!

It was a short drive, which was a good thing, as it left Undyne little time to try to wrestle the wheel from my hands again. Before long, we were already jogging towards the dark alleyway where they found Burgerpants.

Ah, the crime scene! To think, we’ve gone so long into this mystery and haven’t even examined where it all happened! We must be pretty great lawyers and/or detectives!

Undyne looked over my shoulder at my notepad. “Or maybe Mettaton is just really bad at his job, too.”

“PLEASE DON’T DO THAT!”

My partner laughed and slapped me on the back, rattling my bones in the process. “Aw, I’m just kidding, Pap, we are doing pretty good!”

Distractions aside, it was time for some good ol’ fashioned investigating! I was back in my cool and mysterious detective coat, arm around my bone umbrella and notepad at the ready!

Although, to be honest, the crime scene wasn’t all that interesting. It was an alleyway like any other; dark, wet, and damp. A couple grimy dumpsters were placed against some old brick walls of an abandoned building. A bit of light came in from the street lamps on the sidewalk, but for the most part, it was dim, and a bit menacing.

Bright pink tape warded off the crime scene, reading ‘Crime scene! (Don’t you cross it!)’ The dogi must have put it up, probably trying to mimic the human’s yellow police tape.

Hmm, I had a strange feeling of déjà vu. This alleyway felt familiar. Or maybe just this part of the city? But there was nothing particularly notable here. There were no shops, no stores that I could remember seeing before. Maybe this was just a really generic alleyway!? Someone should spice these places up!

Without a second thought, Undyne ducked under the ‘(Don’t you cross it!)’ tape and into the alleyway. I felt some apprehension in following, but the dogi aren’t technically the law! So, I don’t think I was actually breaking any rules by going in? But what if they are? I-

“Come on, Paps,” Undyne called.

“RIGHT!” I replied, hopping over the bright pink tape.

The atmosphere changed immediately. Or maybe that was just my mind. Suddenly, it was so real.

A monster died here, killed by one of his own kind. I felt an air of sadness and violence wash over me as thoughts raced through my mind. How could anyone do such a thing?

Undyne must have been reading my reaction. She frowned. “Paps, snap out of it. I know how you feel, but we’re in this now. We have to focus for Catty’s sake. And for Burgerpants.”

Her words were a bit harsh, but I knew she was just looking out for me. She was right, too. If we didn’t find the truth of what happened here, no one else would! I shook off those scary feelings and kept my eye sockets sharp on the lookout for clues!

Let’s see…

I was instantly drawn to the damp burger wrappers near the dumpster. The paper was a mix of bright pink, black, purple, all topped off with tons of glitter and Mettaton EX’s smiling face. Although, after a day of rain, the paper itself was soggy and ruined. Any sign of dust now must have been completely washed away, or taken for investigation.

“He must have fallen around that dumpster,” Undyne pointed out, eye gleaming like thunder under the rain. “It’s pretty dark here. He probably didn’t see the killer, or mistook them for Catty.”

I nodded in agreement.

Our next target was the dumpster itself. A huge gash had ripped into the side of the metal, with three symmetrical marks running across from it. “Certainly looks like claw marks, doesn’t it?” Undyne thought out loud, hand on her chin. “But it’s so huge. Whatever did this, it cut the metal like a hot knife on butter.”

It was certainly strange. Could Catty’s claws have grown so big? Maybe with a magic attack… but it couldn’t have been her! I hoped it wasn’t her. “DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS WHAT COULD HAVE DONE THAT?”

Undyne stared hard at the dumpster’s wound. “Just one, but…” she shook her head. “No, that wouldn’t make any sense.”

Memories of our last case came flooding back to me. “YOU’RE NOT HIDING ANYTHING AGAIN, ARE YOU UNDYNE?” I asked in a scolding tone.

She growled at that, but let out a sigh instead. “No, I’m not this time, I promise. I’m not sure what else could have reasonably caused this.”

There was something on her mind, but I knew I wasn’t going to get anything out of her on that subject.

I scanned around the alleyway again, finding it difficult already to spot out any clues. There wasn’t much to note back here at all! There wasn’t a sign of a struggle or anything! There were a few cracks in the pathway, especially near the dumpster, but that was more than likely just from the constant rain and lack of care for the alley here.

“Hey, Paps, check this out,” Undyne said, calling me over behind the unharmed dumpster. Reaching underneath the slimy thing, she pulled out a shiny shard of glass.

“A CLUE?” I asked, tilting my skull.

Undyne scratched the side of her head. “Well, uh, guess it could just be trash, but man, it’s really shiny isn’t it?!” She grinned.

Shiny indeed! For a piece of glass laying underneath a dumpster, it certainly looked clean! Maybe it fell there recently? Or…. Maybe it was just really shiny!

“It feels kinda weird, too,” Undyne added, rubbing it between her scaly fingers. “Like… electrical?”

“ELECTRIC GLASS?” I asked, reaching out to it. At the touch of my bony finger, I felt the lightest of zaps. Like a small energy went through my body. “COULD IT BE MAGIC?”

Undyne’s eye lit up. “Oh, you know what!? That must be it! Magic infused glass!” The realization hit her. “But uhh… what does that have to do with anything?”

I grinned a confident grin. “NO IDEA!” I said as honestly as possible. “BUT IT’S SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND, RIGHT?”

Undyne nodded, placing the glass in her pocket. “I can’t find any other pieces of it either. Looks like someone tried to clean it up.” She shrugged. “Or maybe it really was just an accident.”

I suppose it could have just been a loose piece of trash. It wasn’t exactly clean back here, after all! There were soda cans, bottles, and all sorts of various trash. Even a few flyers for my detective agency!

But one piece of trash caught my attention. It was near the cracks in the cement, glittering like a speck of gold, sheltered from the rain by an old newspaper. Probably nothing? Or probably something?! I grabbed for the paper-like thing and held it between my bony fingers.

Hmm… soft. Felt as smooth as silk. It was beautiful, too. I could see my brother resting on a pillow filled with these things! It reminded me of something though, but what?

Aha! “A PETAL!” I yelled out, feeling accomplished.

Undyne let out a startled growl, looking as if she had seen a ghost. (A ghost that held a restraining order against her to be specific). “A petal?” she repeated, her question almost begging to be wrong.

“YES!” I answered, much to her visible dismay. “IN ALMOST PERFECT CONDITION TOO! IT MUST NOT HAVE BEEN HERE LONG!”

She didn’t like staring at the little golden thing, I assumed. “No. What could it mean?” Undyne muttered under her breath.

I had an idea, now, but Undyne wasn’t going to like it. I think it was best to just blurt it out! Also, I kind of just blurted it out anyway. I do that a lot. “DO YOU THINK ASGORE HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THIS?”

Undyne snapped out of her thoughts and stared me down. “No way! There’s no way Asgore would kill another monster!” But, her gaze faltered for just a moment.

Asgore Dreemur. I met the fellow more than a few days ago in a previous mystery. From my understanding, he is a clone of a Ms. Toriel Dreemur? I may have gotten my information mixed up there, but one thing I’m certain of is that he owns a flower shop! I remember he grew quite a few golden flowers in his greenhouse.

“Hey, it’s not like that petal couldn’t have flown in from some wind or just been thrown out by someone else,” Undyne countered, practically reading my mind again. Or maybe she was just arguing with herself?

But it was a fair point! A lone petal isn’t enough to prove anyone guilty! Plus, when I met this goat clone fellow, he was so kind! Possibly one of the nicest monsters I’ve ever met! Well, next to the female version of himself, of course. According to Undyne, (who has a bit of a history with him) Asgore wouldn’t hurt a fly. At the same time, however, Undyne also has clearly been struggling over something with Asgore.

I do notice these things. I just think maybe… maybe I shouldn’t say anything. Maybe I couldn’t say the right thing. Not yet at least. I worry about her.

Brrrrrrrriing!! Brrrrrrrrrng!!

The silent somber of the shade was suddenly sliced by a striking sound.

Undyne and I exchanged a momentary look of confusion before exiting the alleyway to investigate. The streets nearby were empty. Not a soul could be seen for miles. The buildings were either closed or abandoned.

Brrrrrrrriing!! Brrrrrrring!!

“Someone’s calling that phonebooth over there!” Undyne pointed out.

Sure enough, she was right! Wowie!

A phonebooth stood diligently under the relentless rain, the yellow glow of the street lamps highlighting it like a spotlight on a stage. The phone inside vibrated and giggled to itself, ringing cheerfully, clearly excited after such a long time without use.

“WHO COULD BE CALLING?” I asked, a bit apprehensive. “MAYBE IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENTAL DIAL?”

The ringing stopped.

A moment of silence.

Brrrrrrrring!! Brrrrrrrrrrriiing!! The ring sounded annoyed now, as if it did not like being ignored.

“I doubt someone would call twice on accident,” Undyne grumbled, walking into the booth.

Well! I certainly wasn’t about to be left out of a mysterious phone call! I followed quickly after her, stuffing myself into the glass contraption. It clearly was not designed for two people, especially two fairly tall, muscular, and handsome monsters such as ourselves, but I refused to be left out!

“Paps, you’re elbowing my gills!”

“SORRY, IT’S A TIGHT FIT.”

“Did you have to close the booth door too!?”

“UNDYNE, THIS IS HOW IT IS MEANT TO BE USED!! I WON’T BE CAUGHT LOOKING SILLY IN A PHONEBOOTH!” I said, skull pressed against the glass.

“Could you at least answer the damn phone!?”

“I THINK MY ARMS ARE STUCK!”

With a determined grunt, Undyne forced herself through our tangled limbs and managed to finally answer the impatient phone. “Who is this?” she asked through gritted fangs.

“Finally, darling, you answer! I thought I’d have to wait another millennium for the cavemen to understand technology!”

I’d recognize that voice anywhere! Sassy! Surly! Serious! Sensuous?

“Mettaton,” Undyne growled. “How’d you know we’d be here?”

The voice in the phone let out a luxurious laughter. “My my! Unlike you folks, I only act the fool! Where else would a couple of deadbeat detectives go when they haven’t even examined the crime scene yet? Of course you’d be here!”

“IT WAS A LITTLE OBVIOUS,” I yelled into a corner, unable to turn my skull to face the phone.

I couldn’t see it, but I felt Undyne rolling her eye. “All right, all right,” she sighed. “What do you want, tin can?”

“Nice comeback,” the phone sassed. “While I am loathed to ask for help from plebeians so far beneath me--”

“Didn’t stop you before,” Undyne interrupted, her voice filled with a spicy sarcasm.

“OOH, NICE ONE, UNDYNE!” I tried to high-five her, but I wasn’t quite sure where my hands were at the moment.

The static voice on the line stalled, clearly losing his cool. “You realize you just admitted yourselves to be plebeians?” The computer composed himself with certainty. “Ah, but we should save our insults for the courtroom.”

“Get on with it!” she commanded.

“Alphys,” the phone said dramatically, causing a stir in my heart and most likely Undyne’s too! “She hasn’t been picking up the phone. I’m worried about her. She hasn’t been doing well since she took the stand. Not that she was all daisies and buttercups before the trial.”

Undyne was flustered. I could feel her muscles much too clearly tense up in anger. “The ‘Marvelous Mettaton’ can’t cheer her up?”

“For reasons unbeknownst to me, Alphys respects and cares deeply about you,” Mettaton continued, his voice serious for once. “I think she’d feel much better seeing you.”

Undyne tightened her grip around the phone, threating to crush it. She didn’t reply.

“Well!” The voice huffed. “I tried my best to communicate with the brute! I can’t be blamed for not showing sympathy for my dear Alphys now!” I could hear him shrugging somehow!? “She’s a smart girl. Alphys will learn one day she doesn’t need you to be happy. Ciao, darlings!”

“Hey, wait, you –” Undyne soon found herself talking to a dial tone. With a grumpy grunt, she slammed the phone back on its receiver. “Ngaaah.”

Hearing a sadness in her voice, I attempted to comfort my partner by patting her on the shoulder. Unfortunately, I think my arm had fallen off somewhere and I ended up tenderly stroking her boot. Close enough?

“WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO?” I asked.

It took her a while to respond. “We can’t just drop the case right now, we don’t have time for distractions.”

I knew she wanted to see Alphys. Undyne worried over her, but she also worried about the case. She was worried about too much. It was time for a strong handsome guy like me to take charge!

“WE’VE INVESTIGATED PLENTY! I’M CONFIDENT WHAT WE FOUND WILL BE GOOD ENOUGH FOR TOMORROW!” I said. “LET’S VISIT ALPHYS AND CHEER HER UP!”

“You sure?” Undyne asked.

“SURE AS SURE CAN BE! AND THAT’S REALLY REALLY SURE!”

I felt a warm smile creep across her face. It was a little unsettling, honestly, because I wasn’t even sure how or what piece of me got there.

“Thanks, Pap. Let’s get moving, then.”

Dear Friends and Family,

I’m leaving. I made a fool of myself in front of the whole city. I screamed and yelled about a stupid TV show during a murder case for god’s sake. I mean, I’ve done worse. Much worse. But this was the breaking point.

I’ve worked myself half to death, and for what? I’ve done nothing but hurt others and lie. I’m ashamed. So ashamed. I never stood up for myself where it counted. Only for anime or manga or something stupid like that. Maybe I could have changed things.

I know what it means to run away now. I know the people I’ll hurt, I know the things I’ll leave behind to die. But I can’t keep doing it anymore. This is the only way I can get it to stop. I’m too pathetic to do it any other way. At least when I leave, it’ll be forced to end. It won’t be my problem anymore, I won’t exist here.

Sorry, Undyne.

Sorry, Mettaton.

Sorry, Asgore.

I don’t expect anyone to forgive me.

Goodbye.

-Alphys

“Dude, should we, like, tell him?”

“…”

“Yeah, you’re right, defo should tell him as soon as possible, brah.”

Two men in pinstripe suits stood before the apartment door, reading the somber note with shadowed eyes. I-

“Papyrus!” Undyne scolded. “There’s no time to write in your little notepad, right now! We have to go, now!”

Aw. She was right, I suppose. I was running out of space on my notepad anyway, and there’s a time and place for-

“Papyrus, come on already!!”

“SORRY!”

“Turn here! Here! Hurry!” Undyne demanded, pointing her claw directly in front of my face as if that helped me turn better.

“BUT THERE’S A STOP SIGN!” I protested.

“It’s late, no one’s out, just go!”

Against my better judgement, I turned left at the stop sign, only slowing down instead of coming to a stop like the law demands. I felt dirty, but this was important to Undyne!

“HOW ARE YOU SO SURE SHE’S HERE?” I asked, tires screeching under the slick asphalt as we slid to a stop.

Undyne was already halfway out the car door. “It’s the closest train station to her house, the quickest way out of the city.” Her voice grew distant as she ran through the doors ahead of me.

I was never one for running, especially through slippery rainy streets. Not that I can’t run with the best of them! But my legs tend to get caught around my coat or cracks or vines or the like. Surprisingly a lot of vines in the city!

After checking my car was legally parked, locked and secured, and the mirrors were still in the correct position, and my umbrella was at the ready, and my hat was still firmly planted on my skull, I made my way into the station.

Compared to the gloomy dark outside, the station was a wonderful golden yellow inside! Although, at this time of night, there wasn’t a soul to be seen. I expected to find Undyne stomping around, shouting, and literally turning this place upside down, but strangely enough, my fishy partner stood silently, staring out at the station.

What could stop Undyne at a time like this?

Through the glass doors, out by the tracks, I saw Alphys, sitting quietly alone under the station’s awning, the pitter patter of the rain falling around her. In her hands, she held a Game of Bones manga, but it appeared she was having trouble focusing on it, staring blankly at the pages before her. A roller suitcase stood lonesome by her side, hastily packed. She rested an arm against it, as if it were her only friend in the world.

“UNDYNE?” I called out. “IT’S ALPHYS! WHY AREN’T YOU SHOUTING AT HER?”

She didn’t turn to me. “Maybe I shouldn’t.”

Undyne doubting herself again?! What in the world was I missing about my partner?!

“WHY NOT? WE BROKE QUITE A FEW LAWS RUSHING HERE!” I noted, unhappily. “WE SHOULD PROBABLY NOT LET THAT GO TO WASTE!”

Her body stood still, as if held in place by some invisible force. “What if Mettaton was right, Pap? What if I am no good for her?”

“IMPOSSIBLE! YOU’RE NEARLY AS GREAT AS I AM! ALPHYS LOVES YOUR SHOUTING AND SMASHING!”

Undyne shook her head. “Not just that. It’s my fault things are like this. The things that happened to her, it’s my fault.”

Oh! Does she always have to be so morose and mysterious now!? I get enough of that from my brother as it is! After all the law breaking, I was feeling quite grumpy, so I’m sorry you’ll have to hear this notepad, but…

“ENOUGH OF THAT!” I shouted. “YOU’RE ALWAYS SAD NOW AND YOU DON’T TELL ME WHY!”

That worked, apparently! Undyne turned to face me, a look of confusion on her face.

“WHATEVER IT IS THAT’S BOTHERING YOU, I DON’T THINK ITS YOUR FAULT!” I continued, bones rattling with adrenaline. “YOU’RE THE TOUGHEST PERSON I KNOW! IF ANYONE CAN FIX YOUR PROBLEMS, IT’S ME! BUT OTHER THAN ME, IT’S ALSO YOU!”

“It’s not that simple,” Undyne started.

“I WON’T HEAR THAT!” I interrupted. “I BET IT IS THAT SIMPLE!”

Undyne was determined to stay morose. “Alphys won’t want to see me, she’s made up her mind.” I could tell she was at her breaking point, however, as her claws clenched into fists unconsciously.

“YOU KNOW THAT’S NOT TRUE,” I countered, pointing at her like I would in a court room. “I BARELY KNOW ALPHYS, BUT I KNOW SHE’D LOVE A DRAMATIC CLICHÉ LIKE THIS! A LOVER STOPPING HER BEFORE A TRAIN LEAVES THE STATION IS PROBABLY ONE OF HER FANTASIES!”

It was one of my dream scenarios, too! I wonder if I could recreate this scene with Undyne later?

“You’re right, Pap,” Undyne conceded with a nod.

“OF COURSE I’M RIGHT!”

She growled at that, probably having more to say. “I knew you were right, I knew what I was doing was right, but for some reason, something keeps stopping me from doing it.”

“IT’S BECAUSE YOU’RE ONLY AN AMATEUR DETECTIVE! MANY DETECTIVES OFTEN TRY TO GET TOO GRIZZLED! IT’S NOT YOUR FAULT! COMMON MISTAKE REALLY.”

A chuckle. A smile. The Great Papyrus’ cheering works again!

“You got me,” Undyne laughed, fangs forming a tight grin. Her doubt was washed away. That dark shadow that loomed on her shoulders eased off, if for just a moment.

A hissing screeched through the black night air as the train pulled sluggishly into the station. Black smoke left its chimney, rolling delightfully up to be with its stormy cloud cousins. The golden glow of the windows looked so inviting under the rain, calling and lulling all passengers to accept its warm embrace. I found myself craving a train trip, too, even.

“All aboard! ;)” a sweaty voice yelled. Seems Aaron had a night job on the side.

Alphys’ head perked up, hastily packing away her manga. Glasses stared out at the train, lenses shimmering with memories, both good and bad. With a shaking delicate hand, she gripped the handle of her suitcase, looking left and right, more than likely hoping someone would stop her. No one did. She sighed, and walked forward.

“Ngaaaaah!! Don’t you dare take another step toward that train, punk!” Undyne roared, crashing through the station’s doors, glass shards raining down along with the droplets now.

Alphys turned a bright shade of white, scared out of her mind. “U-Undyne?!”

Spear in hand, glass crunching beneath her boots, Undyne cackled. “That’s right! I’m not letting you leave so easily!”

So many emotions ran across her face. Most of all: confusion. I think Alphys had pictured this being a bit more romantic in her head, as did I. “I-I um?”

A spear landed dangerously close to Alphys, blocking her way towards the train’s entrance. The cement creaked and cracked under pressure. “Running away is for cowards!”

Is this what romance is like?! “UNDYNE, I’M NOT SURE-”

“I know you’re not a coward, Alphys!” Undyne growled, her wet hair blowing heroically in the rainy wind. “I know you’re stronger than this, I know you’re smarter than this!”

At that, Alphys actually grew angry, too. Her pale scales turned crimson as she gripped the glowing light spear dented into the cement beneath her. “W-what do you know!? Y-you don’t know me! I-I am a weak coward!” she shouted, tossing the spear back at Undyne with the force of a lightning bolt.

The daring detective dodged to the side, her eye lighting up as she watched the spear explode into the side of the station in a flash of lights and debris.

“Oh, but I do! I know you better than you know yourself, punk!” Another spear was sent flying towards the scruffy little lizard girl.

“I-is that a c-challenge?!” Alphys retorted, catching the spear with her bare hands easily.

“Ladies, please, ;)” Aaron whimpered, sweating bullets near the train’s entrance. “You’re terrifying me with your incredible muscles ;)” Honestly, I couldn’t tell if he was upset or having the time of his life.

The girlfriends continued their quarrel, his pleas and cries for help drowned out by their uh, romance? “I know how much you love your weird game, Tales of Kissie Cutie!”

“D-don’t bring that up!” Alphys said, either blushing with embarrassment or red with blind rage as she lobbed another dangerous electric spear back towards Undyne.

The attack proved too quick for Undyne, or maybe she didn’t care to dodge. The magical weapon exploded straight into her chest on impact, scorching her already battered coat, singing the fabric. “Ha! There’s no need to be embarrassed of what you’re passionate about! That’s why I love you! Even if it is something as lame as a video game,” Undyne yelled, eye flaring. “You give it your all!”

“B-but!” Alphys countered, glasses fogged. “I-I d-don’t give it my all t-to anything else! I-I’m running away from everything that actually matters right now! T-that’s proof!”

Undyne’s fangs shimmered under the moon’s white light with a wild grin. Alphys stepped right into her trap, it looked like. “More like proof against it, nerd!” Spears materialized all around Alphys’ body, completely surrounding her with razor sharp edges. “You’re willing to leave everyone you love, leave everything you know to stop them! And it’d work too! If that’s not passion, if that’s not strength, I don’t know what is!”

“I-I, uh!” Alphys stumbled over her words, eyes darting for something to help her berate herself. “I-I don’t know about that!” she yelled lamely, hands curled into fists.

Undyne walked forward slowly, each step smashing the cement under her power. “Well I do, punk!” Her voice was more of a menacing growl now as she loomed over Alphys, spears keeping her trapped in place. “I respect your passion, I respect your effort! But I won’t let you leave.”

The trapped scientist couldn’t meet her gaze anymore. Her words became soft, scared. “B-but what else can I do?”

Spears vanished, fangs hid themselves away. “Nothing,” Undyne breathed, snatching Alphys up and holding her in a tight, loving embrace. “You don’t need to do anything anymore,” she said sweetly. “I’ll handle it.”

A gasp, a mumble. “But!”

“No buts, nerd,” Undyne whispered, stroking her head with the softest touch. “I’m going to take care of it. I mean it. I won’t let you leave, whether you like it or not.”

“I don’t want to go,” she replied through gasping breaths. “I w-won’t go.”

And with that, Undyne dropped her girlfriend onto the cold wet concrete with an ungraceful plop. “Ha! I knew it! I win!” she gloated, laughing.

Wowie! That was so cool! If this is what relationships are like, I certainly need to get my hands on one! Who would have thought the correct way to profess your love was by throwing dangerous exploding spears at each other?! I’m glad I had you around for this, notepad, so I could write all this down just in case I need pointers.

Hmm, now that I think of it… When Undyne and I first met, we had a dramatic fight like this too. Could it have been love at first sight? Oh no, notepad! I’m not ready to face my feelings like this!! Let’s just bury this away like all good grizzled detectives do, okay?!

“Oww! U-Undyne!!” Alphys whined, rubbing her sore behind. “W-why do you always have to do things like that?”

Her face was red, practically steaming, but she continued to laugh anyway. “Romance is lame! I proved my point! That’s all that matters!”

The mousy little dino let out a sigh, unable to muster up the energy to challenge her anymore. “H-how did you find me anyway?”

“Babe, I’m a detective,” Undyne said matter-of-factly.

“W-well, not really, you don’t have a private detective license or anything…”

License? To be a detective?! How absurd! That’s like needing a license to be a lawyer!

Alphys shook her head, as if disagreeing with my inner musings. “T-that’s not the p-point though. How are you g-gonna take care of it, Undyne?”

A whistling screeched through the rainy weather, the cry of the train as it chugged away from the station. Undyne’s grin disappeared like a terrible magic trick nobody wanted to see. “I’ll figure it out.”

That didn’t satisfy her girlfriend. “T-that’s not g-good enough! I-I n-need to know w-when!” Alphys’ voice trailed off. “Or else…”

A shake of her head, Undyne frowned harder, but her eye emitted courage this time. “Tomorrow. For sure.”

Boy, I wish I knew what was going on here! I felt like quite the third wheel! I know third wheels are very practical, though!!

“H-how?” Alphys mumbled, skeptical.

Undyne crossed her arms, mulling something over in her mind. “Papyrus?”

Oh!! That’s me! “YES!?” I asked, eagerly, willing to do anything for my best friend.

“I want to take over the court case tomorrow.”

“WOWIE!” I gasped. “WHAT A TWIST! WELL, IF YOU INS-”

“By myself,” she added, sounding a little guilty.

Wowie. I, um?? Notepad, I know I said I’d do anything for her, but I really like this case! Besides, how could she go on without me?! She needs me!

“I’m sorry, I know it’s something you’re looking forward to,” Undyne sighed.

I coughed nonchalantly. “COUGH! COUGH COUGH!!! OH THAT’S A DISCREET COUGH!” I coughed, proud of my acting ability. You see, notepad, I was stalling for time, trying to think of how to change her mind!

“Pap, I know you’re upset about what I’m asking,” Undyne said, that eye staring right through my stoic manly form. “You’re very clearly sweating somehow, you’re shaking, and you’re really scribbling down on your notepad.”

Impossible! How could she see through my impenetrable façade!?

Maybe she really doesn’t need me? Maybe she’s learned from all my detective and lawyer prowess, and she’s ready to go on her own?

“I want you to watch over Alphys for me, tomorrow.”

The girlfriend in question stamped her foot on the ground, splashing a puddle roughly. “I-I d-don’t need a b-babysitter!”

“WHILE I DO LOVE SITTING NEAR BABIES,” I said, “WOULDN’T STAYING WITH YOUR FEMALE FRIEND BE MORE OF A JOB SUITED FOR YOU?”

Alphys gave my statement a bit of concern. “I d-don’t think I even w-want to know why you-,”

“BECAUSE THEY SMELL GOOD. WELL. UNTIL THEY DON’T.”

Undyne’s one-eyed gaze shifted from Alphys to me, from soft and loving, to determined. “Yeah,” she nodded. “But I can’t be sure of what will happen tomorrow. I need a big strong hero to protect my princess, you see?”

Nyeh heh! Well! I am quite big and strong! I can see why Undyne would choose me to protect her damsel from any distress! This could potentially be even more important than the trial!

“I’LL TAKE THE CASE!” I shouted heroically.

Undyne smiled at me, a look of pride shimmering in her rainy scales. “I knew I could count on you. You do know what heroes do to protect princesses right?”

That was easy! “FIGHT OFF EVIL-DOERS, OF COURSE!” I flexed, nyeh-heh-hehing. Oh, if only Aaron was still here, he’d be so impressed!

“Nah, nah, that’s totally lame now!” Undyne shook her head. “Heroes these days use cool get away cars if they’re in danger! They drive away as fast as they can, taking the princess, and doing sick tricks all the way!”

Wowie! Times sure have changed! I had no idea that’s what all the hip heroes were doing! “BUT, UNDYNE! THAT SOUNDS AN AWFUL LOT LIKE RUNNING AWAY?” And running away isn’t heroic or manly!

Brushing off my statement, Undyne replied, “Pshaw, not at all! Driving away in the Bonemobile in style is running away? No, there’s no evidence to support that at all, Pap!”

Hmm! My partner raised an intriguing point! I can see why heroes would do such daring feats of driving now! It keeps the princess safe, and it means any evil-doers don’t have to be harmed in the process! It’s brilliant really! The wonders of modern heroism never cease to amaze me!

“WOWIE! YOU’RE RIGHT!” I said with a grin. I turned to Alphys, bowing with fedora in hand. “I’LL GUARD YOU WITH MY LIFE, M’LADY!”

Alphys grimaced. “Please don’t do that.”

A hearty laughter boomed through Undyne’s fishy face as she slapped me on the back too roughly again. “I knew I could count on you, Pap!”

My spine ached at the spot of impact, but I wasn’t about to show it! “OF COURSE! AND I KNOW YOU CAN WIN THE TRIAL TOMORROW! I BELIEVE IN YOU, UNDYNE!”

Alphys held Undyne’s hand tenderly. “I b-believe in you, t-too.”

Her smile flinched, her laughter became unsteady, but just for a moment. She held strong. “Yeah. Yeah! I’ll win. I’ll fix everything.”

Nyeh-heh-heh! Now, notepad, I wish I could write more to you! We had such a great slumber party over at Alphys’ house! We rewatched Game of Bones, all night! Alphys kept yelling at how the show got it wrong, and telling us how the manga did it better. It was such a fun time! I would go over it in detail, but I’m running out of room, and you’re out of pages! Oh, darn it, and I can’t find my extra notepad anywhere!

Well, I’ll have to find myself another one sometime later. Sorry I couldn’t tell you how the case ended! Anyway, we’ve had some great times, notepad, and I’m confident things will be even better tomorrow! This is the end for you and me, but I’ll keep you close, and your new brother will join you with new stories soon enough! Write to you later, notepad!

Love,

The Great Detective Papyrus!!!!!!!

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It was something that Hiro would never have expected when he visited Papyrus for their “date”.

He had decided to take up on the tall skeleton's invitation for the date, and met him at his and Sans's house. Papyrus was happy to see Hiro and thought he was serious about the upcoming meeting. Hiro was not sure if he was serious about this as well, but when Papyrus led him to somewhere he liked to spend his time at, he thought it was at Grillby's. It was at his own house. Before he could say anything, Papyrus rushed inside excitedly. A bit dumbfounded, Hiro entered inside after him. The interior of the house had a simplistic style to it. The living room was large and the carpet was in blue and purple waves. There is a long green threadbare couch along the maroon wall, and a large flat TV sitting on a brown shelf. There was also a rock covered in sprinkles on a table near the front door. Papyrus mentioned it was Sans's pet rock. He found it was strange that his brother hadn't fed it at all since that odd day, but he started to do so after a while. Sans did still forget to do it on most days, so he had to do it himself. The room is connected to a wide kitchen where a stove is closer to the door by two counters, a tall sink with a step stool, and a refrigerator. Papyrus had increased the height of the sink for the purpose of fitting more bones inside. Hiro opened the cabinet door to find the same dog from his fight with Papyrus chewing on a bone. Before they could catch it, the dog bolted out of the door with the last bone. To top the failure off, the sound of a trombone rang out from the upper level. Apparently, Sans had been plaguing Papyrus's life with incidental music, and Hiro just got an example of one. Hiro went back to the kitchen and took a look inside the refrigerator. While Papyrus proudly mused over his “food museum”, all Hiro saw was half of the fridge filled with spaghetti-filled containers and the other half having a pair of a near-empty bag of chips and a near-empty bottle of grape juice. Hiro closed the fridge and stopped by the trash can, which Papyrus had invited him to visit at any time.

He didn't want to.

He moved over to the stove and Papyrus explained that while Sans always went out to eat, he had tried to bake something like a quiche, but with a sugary, non-egg substance. Hiro thought it was a cake at first, but cakes had eggs in them, too. Maybe. Hiro left the kitchen and noticed a series of notes next to the TV stand. It looked like a banter between the two brothers in which Papyrus was trying to get Sans to pick up his sock. Seeing as the sock is not here, Sans may have picked it up at some point. He moved on to the TV and turned it on, the current channel showing a message about there being a new program and the initials MTT displayed on. Papyrus wasn't too happy about that. Hiro went to the couch and sat down for a bit, hearing a faint jangling sound. He stood up and investigated it to find 20 G in it. He thought about putting the money back before noticing a book sitting on a small round table by the couch. He picked up the book, and found it was a joke book. He looked inside and it turned out to be a quantum physics book. He looked in that book and found another joke book. Inside that was another quantum physics book. He had to put the books down.

Hiro made his way to a flight of stairs to two more doors and a large portrait of a single bone. The left door has a stop sign, yellow police tape crossing diagonally from top right to bottom left, two red dots near the top right, a horizontal yellow line that is broken by the doorknob, and a sign showing “PAPYRUS'S ROOM” on it. The right door just has a pair of real thick chains crossing the door in an X. Strangely, a flicker of a vision didn't match what was displayed before him. In Hiro's vision, there were no chains on the door. Papyrus explained that he saw Sans putting them up on his door one day. Sans told him he wanted to decorate his own door like he did, and Papyrus was pleased about him doing this. Hiro was asked by Papyrus if he was ready to go inside his room and do whatever it was that people do on dates, and he said yes. He followed Papyrus inside and was surprised at what he saw.

The room was very wide, and very cool in Hiro's opinion. He notices the room's walls and carpet are the same as the rest of the house. Going from the right around, there is a box of bones sitting by the door, a brown desk with an old computer system (complete with a bulky monitor, keyboard, wired mouse and tower), a door that looked to lead to a closet, a large bookcase almost filled to the brim with books, a pirate flag with a few notes underneath, a large rectangular table with various action figures, and a red car bed. There is also a wide deep purple rug with flames rising from the edges inward. When Hiro approached the box of bones, Papyrus explained that they were the attacks he used in battle. He mentioned about having a particular attack that he thought about using, but decided not to. On the computer, a social media web page was displayed, and Papyrus boasted about being a dozen away from a double-digit follower count. He then complained about how an online troll was pestering him with puns in a funny font. Hiro had some idea of who that could be. He moved over to the closet and looked inside to see Papyrus's clothes neatly hung up. He made a comment about how there were no skeletons in the closet unless he was in it, and this made Hiro snicker. Hiro looked at the bookcase where Papyrus told about his two favorite books: Advanced Puzzle Construction For Critical Minds and Peek-A-Boo With Fluffy Bunny. This caught Hiro off guard.

Hiro stepped up to the pirate flag hanging on the wall, and Papyrus mentioned that it was found in the bay by Undyne and explained his theory on how humans may have descended from skeletons. Hiro wasn't sure if he should tell the taller skeleton about what he learned about the basic human body, since he's read books on it. Hiro's attention was drawn to the action figures on the table, Papyrus stated that he used them in theoretical battle scenarios and received them from Santa. Hiro's eyes lit up at the thought that Santa Claus may actually be real and was nice enough to even visit the monsters. Hiro finally reached the car bed, and Papyrus wistfully spoke about his dream of driving down a long highway when he gets to the surface. At that point, Hiro had a vision flicker in where Papyrus's neck was severed with multiple slash marks covering his neck like his scarf. The vision left Hiro shaking as Papyrus tried to ask him if he was okay. He told him he was fine and that he was ready for their date.

Papyrus: OKAY! DATING START!!!

Papyrus's room suddenly went gray-scale, and at first this worried Hiro because this usually happens during battles. But Papyrus wasn't attacking him, so it was okay. Papyrus admitted that he's never done this before -neither has Hiro- but he was prepared as he pulled a small book out of his pocket. It was an official dating book from the library, and the first step was to activate the Dating HUD. Hiro took out his phone, but the only way to activate it was by pressing a “C” key. He figured it must be the “1” button on his phone, so he pressed it. It worked. Five panels came into view around the pair: a crescent moon with “SUN” by it, a tri-colored gauge with the words “Reel It In!” above it, a Population square with a line peaking and dropping, a circle radar with an image of a dog blinking on screen, another square with “Crime” on it that has four diamond-shaped blobs pulsing, and an egg. Hiro didn't know what to make of this display, and the only thing that made sense was the time of day. It was Sunday night? Papyrus then began Step 2, which was to ask someone out on a date. He asked Hiro and he agreed, receiving the most sparkling look on Papyrus's face that seemed impossible on a normal human skull. But Hiro remembered that Papyrus is a monster, so the look may work for him. How cute! Now for Step 3, which was to put on nice clothes to show one cares. This caught Papyrus by surprise. He noticed Hiro's bandanna around his neck and was shocked to see him wearing clothing, even from earlier today. He asked if Hiro wanted to date him from the very start.

Hiro (confused): I......Yes...?

This shocked Papyrus to the point where the Dating HUD vanished. Hiro planned it all along?!

Hiro (flabbergasted): Wha...No, I didn't!

Papyrus: YOU'RE WAY BETTER AT DATING THAN I AM!!!

Hiro: No, I'm not!

Papyrus: N-NOOOOOO!!! YOUR DATING POWER...!!!

Hiro: I have a Dating Pow- (sees a blue bar pop up above Papyrus's head that filled a quarter of the way) Uuh...

Papyrus smirked at Hiro as the Dating Power bar went away, and a new rectangular box labeled “Tension” with a red line sporadically rising and falling appeared. He bragged about never been beaten at dating, and Hiro wondered how that worked if they both never dated until now. He also mentioned about having special clothes under his regular ones. Hiro became interested in that, and Papyrus rushed off to his closet. Some shuffling of clothes later, and Papyrus returned wearing a baseball cap sideways, a white shirt with the words “COOL DUDE” on it, sleeves designed like basketballs, shorts, knee-high socks, and sneakers. Hiro agreed to what the shirt says and thought that Papyrus looked pretty cool in it. He loved it. Receiving such a compliment shocked the tall skeleton as the Dating Power bar rose a lot more. But it wasn't enough and it dropped a little. Papyrus stated that date won't escalate further unless Hiro could find the secret to his outfit. Hiro started with the shoes but that was wrong as Papyrus started talking about how human Souls are stronger than monster Souls. Shoe soles are about the same. Hiro tried his pants and got a retort about how the skeleton worked out his legs. Hiro then held Papyrus's hand which made him blush somehow, yet the tall one resisted the urge to tell the boy his secret. Hiro noticed something odd about Papyrus's shirt and was told how it didn't have anything on it before, and gave Hiro a tip on how clothes can be altered that way. Hiro's Soul touched Papyrus's arm and got a remark about him caressing his biceps with a floating heart. Hiro got to the hat and Papyrus mulled over it for a bit before revealing what was underneath. It was a present sitting on Papyrus's head. Hiro opened it to find...whatever it was in it. It turned out to be silken spaghetti that is finely aged in an oaken cask according to Papyrus. Hiro thought it sounded really yummy and decided to take a small bite.

Any words that Hiro may have had about the spaghetti in his mind were gone in an instant.

There was nothing in the entire world that could describe the taste Hiro had just experienced from taking that bite. He felt like crying because he couldn't figure out how to describe what he just ate. He couldn't even decide if he should swallow the spaghetti or spit it out. Hearing Papyrus compliment his “passionate” expression made Hiro chose the former option. His face was more of pain (in pain) than passion. Hiro now understood what Sans meant by his brother being able to make something edible by next year. Papyrus mentioned that Hiro must have loved his cooking and by extension, him. Hiro liked the skeleton, but his cooking, not so much. This wave of Dating Power overloaded the bar and overwhelmed Papyrus as the area went white around them. Papyrus believed that what Hiro had done so far was for his sake and he was ready to confess his feelings. That is, if he didn't feel awkward about it. But in the end, he wasn't able to reciprocate Hiro's “feelings” for him. Papyrus had assumed that when Hiro flirted with him, they were supposed to go on a date and the feelings between them would blossom, but it didn't turn out that way. He felt that it was his fault for dragging Hiro into the dark prison of passion and failed at the task at hand. Hiro was going to say something, but Papyrus decided to cheer the boy up and help him settle for second best. After that, Papyrus left the room, only to return and ask Hiro to exchange phone numbers with him. Papyrus gave him his number, but Hiro didn't get to give his before Papyrus ran off again as the room returned to color.

Hiro (at an entrance on the outskirts of Snowdin): That was really weird. Are all dates like that? ….Hmm..

Hiro couldn't stand in one place for long. After recounting the “date” with Papyrus, he walked ahead into the next area. He could hear the rushing water echoing from within as he moved away from the icy world that enveloped the little town. To Hiro's joy, it was getting a little more warmer further in, so he won't have to worrying about nearly freezing to death. Hiro meandered into the watery cavern as he watched a few giant ice cubes floating by in the river and a few small waterfalls pouring from the ceiling. He soon arrived at an area where an orange fish monster wearing black sunglasses and a light blue sleeveless shirt with an orange fish on it, a blue flower, a Save star, Sans and his station blocking what looks like a pair of doors, and the monster kid from Snowdin are present. Hiro talked to the orange fish who told him that the blue flower by it is called an Echo Flower and it repeats the last thing it heard over and over. Hiro touched the flower, it said the exact same thing the orange fish said. He talked to the monster kid and was asked if he was sneaking out to see “her”.

Hiro: Her? Uh...yeah?

MK: Awesome! She's the coolest, right?! I wanna be just like her when I grow up.. Hey, don't tell my parents I'm here. Ha ha.

Hiro: Okay... Who is he talking about??

He went over to the Save Star and saved his progress. When he closed the panel, he could have sworn he caught Sans looking away out of the corner of his eye. As odd as that was, he didn't think much of it since he was playing more attention to the sound of the rushing water from the waterfall that the monster kid was standing by. Hearing it filled him with determination.

Hiro (walks up to Sans's station): Hi, Sans! (notices the snow on top of the station) Err...why is there snow on your station thing?

Sans: Because it looks cool.

Hiro: Won't it melt?

Sans: Nah, it's frozen in place, so there's snow problem with it falling off.

Hiro: Ah. Wait, did he just... (shakes his head) Um, so what are you doing here? I thought you were at the station in the snow place.

Sans: What? Haven't you seen a guy with two jobs before?

Hiro: No.

Sans: Huh, well, it means I can take twice as many legally-required breaks. I'm going to Grillby's. Want to come with?

Hiro: Yeah!

Sans: All right, I'll pry myself away from my work. (leaves the station and walks ahead of Hiro towards the opposite of Snowdin; nods his head in that direction) Over here. I know a shortcut. (walks away with Hiro following him)

Hiro (enters the shadows): Wait, isn't this the wrong- (appears in Grillby's as Sans closes door behind them) -way..... Huh?? (looks around confused) What? What?! How...wha...?

Sans: Fast shortcut, huh? (turns to the crowd) Hey, everyone.

Dogamy: Hey, Sans.

Dogeressa: Hi, Sans.

Venus Flytrap Monster: Greetings, Sans.

Spiral-eyed Bunny: Hiya, Sansy~!

Fish Monster: Hey, Sans, weren't you just here for breakfast a few minutes ago?

Sans: Nah, I haven't had breakfast in at least half an hour. (winks) You must be thinking of brunch.

Hiro (hears everyone laughing): …...I don't get it...

Sans (points to the barstool): Here, get comfy.

Hiro (sits on the bar stool): Ok- (hears a loud farting sound erupt from his seat; blushes furiously as he hears some monsters having a hard time containing their laughter) ….

Sans: Whoops, watch where you're sitting. Sometimes weirdos put whoopee cushions on the seats.

Hiro (glares at Sans): You...

Sans: Anyway, what do you want? Fries or burger?

Hiro: Um...fries!

Sans: That actually sounds like a good idea. (gives a little wave at Grillby) Grillby, we'll have a double order of fries, if you please.

Grillby (nods): …. (walks to the back room)

Sans (scratches his chin): So...What do you think...

Hiro: Huh?

Sans: ...Of my...brother?

Hiro: Hmmm... I think he's cool.

Sans: Heh, of course he's cool. Anyone would be if they wore what he's wearing. He only takes it off if he absolutely needs to. At least he washes it.

Hiro: Ah.

Sans: And by that, I mean while in the shower.

Hiro: Wha...really?

Sans: Yep.

Hiro: Hahaha, that's so silly!

Sans: Haha, yeah, it is.

Grillby (walks back out with two order of fries and gives them to Hiro and Sans): ….

Sans: Ah, here they come. Thanks.

Hiro: Thank you!

Sans (holds a bottle of ketchup): Want some ketchup?

Hiro: Yes.

Sans: Here you go. Bone appetite...

Hiro: Thanks! (holds the bottle over his fries; the cap comes off and all of the ketchup in the bottle poured out) Ah.

Sans: Whoops.

Hiro: ….

Sans: Don't worry about it. You can have mine if you want.

Hiro: No, I'll....eat this.

Sans: ...All right. (eats a fry) Anyway, cool or not, you have to admit that Papyrus tries real hard. Especially when he tries to join the Royal Guard.

Hiro (scrapes the excess ketchup off of every fry he eats): He did say he wanted to join.

Sans: Yep. One day, he went to the house of the Royal Guard Captain and begged her to let him join.

Hiro: Her... The “her” that monster kid talked about?

Sans: Of course, she shut the door on him because it was midnight. (eats a fry) But when she woke up the next day, she found him still sitting outside waiting for her. Seeing his dedication, she decided to give him training. It's a..uh..work in progress, but it's better than nothing.

Hiro: That's cool.

Sans: Yeah. (stuffs his mouth with fries)

Hiro: ? Nothing's falling out of his skull? (tries to look under Sans's skull, but stops himself)

Sans: Oh, I was going to ask you something right quick. (makes a slight swiping motion with his hand then snaps his fingers; the area snapped into darkness except for light focused on him and Hiro)

Hiro (sees everyone frozen in the darkness): Aah?! Wha-?

Sans (moves his carton of fries away from him and leans on the counter, his arms crossed): Hey...have you heard of a talking flower?

Hiro: Um... Does he mean Flowey? That's the only one I know. (nods) Yes.

Sans: So you do know all about it, huh? …...The echo flower.

Hiro: Huh? That blue flower by your station?

Sans: Yep. They're all over the marsh. Say something to them, and they'll repeat it over and over again.

Hiro: Yeah, that orange fish showed me. What about it?

Sans: What about it? Hm, Papyrus told me something rather interesting recently. Sometimes, when he's alone, a flower appears and whispers things to him. Flattery...advice...encouragement.... (tightens his fist on his jacket sleeve) ...predictions.... (loosens it; glancing at Hiro) Strange, right? Someone must be usin' an echo flower to mess with 'im. If only...

Hiro: If only what?

Sans: ...heh... Keep an eye out, okay?

Hiro (nods): Okay.

Sans: Thanks. (snaps his fingers, time resumes as the darkness faded, everyone starts moving again) ….sigh..... (slides off the bar stool) Welp, that break took forever. Can't believe you dragged me from work this long.

Hiro: But you wanted to come here.

Sans: True. Uh, by the way...

Hiro: Yeah?

Sans: Hmmm....never mind. (digs in his pocket and pulls out change for the meals) Thanks for the meal.

Hiro: Ah, what about yours?

Sans: I'm not really too hungry now. I might get something later.

Hiro: Oh.. (watches Sans walk away)

Sans (stops near the door, then turns back to Hiro): Actually....

Hiro: Huh?

Sans (stares, then shakes his head): Nah, it's nothing. I was going to say something, but it's not coming to mind. See ya. (leaves)

Hiro: ….. (turns back to his food and almost finishes it and Sans's)

After eating, Hiro chatted with the patrons in the restaurant. There was a lot of positive feedback about the shorter skeleton, but there were also a few words about his initial behavior. Grillby, or the bird who is translating for him, mentioned how Sans usually has a huge tab that he hasn't bothered to pay, but one day out of the blue, he started paying it off little by little. Hiro didn't really see this as strange, but he did remember catching Sans looking unhappy while talking about the talking flower. Was it really someone using an echo flower or was it Flowey? He wasn't sure, but he hoped to find out soon. Hiro left the building and returned to where Sans was at, waved at him, then moved further in the cavern. According to the Save Star, this is Waterfall. Hiro approached a box with a sign from someone who hated boxes and put away his excess items in case he found anything new while traveling through the area. He continued on until he reached a large boulder-filled waterfall that split the path ahead of him. As he watched the boulders falling and rolling in the water, he noticed a walkway heading away from the waterfall and wandered over. It lead to a rectangular pier where a branched-off portion has an echo flower. He went over to it and touched it.

Echo Flower: I swore I saw something...behind that rushing water...

Hiro: It must be talking about this waterfall... Right? (walks to it and steps through the waterfall, getting doused) GAAH, pffft!! (notices a camera in front of him) Huh? A camera? (taps the lens) Heellllooooooo? Why is there a camera here? Do you know? Hmm.. (leaves from behind the waterfall) That was weird. (walks back up the pier to the upper level and checks the second waterfall after nearly getting hit by falling boulders) I don't like that... (notices he's in a small room with a few mushrooms and a pink item near the back of the area) What's that? (goes to it and picks it up) Looks like that thing ballerinas wear....a tutu? (shakes it and dust get flung in puffs) Eh? Dust? It must be pretty old. (shakes it some more then holds on to it) I wonder if I should wear it... (leaves the waterfall, getting doused again) Ugh....

Hiro left the waterfall while avoiding the boulders falling from above and continued onward. He walked towards a large patch of tall grass and pushed his way through it. He was halfway in the brush when he heard a familiar voice from above him. Hiro glanced up to see an armored figure with something red flowing from the top of its head and, to his surprise, Papyrus speaking to the person.

Papyrus (nervous): H...HI, UNDYNE... I'M HERE WITH MY DAILY REPORT....

Hiro: That's Undyne...? And Papyrus...? Why's he here?

Papyrus: ...REGARDING THAT HUMAN I CALLED YOU ABOUT EARLIER...

Undyne (turns to Papyrus): …..............

Papyrus: HUH? DID I FIGHT THEM? (poses bravely, but tries to look unnerved) WHY, YES I DID! I FOUGHT THEM VERY VALIANTLY!

Undyne (turns away from him): ….........................

Papyrus: …..WHAT? DID I CAPTURE THEM...? (twiddles his thumbs) W-W-WELL... (glances at Undyne) NO. I TRIED VERY HARD, UNDYNE, BUT IN THE END...I FAILED...

Hiro: ….

Undyne (turns to Papyrus again before looking away): …...................

Papyrus (shocked): ….W-WHAT..? YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE THE HUMAN'S SOUL YOURSELF.... (walks up to Undyne pleadingly) B-BUT UNDYNE, YOU DON'T H-HAVE TO DESTROY THEM! YOU SEE... YOU SEE...

Undyne (stomps up to Papyrus; causing him to flinch back): …..............................................!

Papyrus (looks down): …...I UNDERSTAND. (faces Undyne) I'LL HELP YOU IN ANYWAY I CAN... (walks away anxiously)

Hiro: Poor Papyrus... That's Undyne, huh? Looks really scary. (pushes some grass away for a few steps) I better go- (hears the sound of armor clanking close to the edge of the cliff; freezes in his place)

Hiro's body felt like a statue when he heard Undyne approaching the cliff's edge. He was only able to move his head just enough to see Undyne conjure an aquamarine-colored glowing spear in their hand. As the armored knight scanned the area, Hiro was struggling to keep still. He felt himself nearly tipping over, but luckily, he heard Undyne leaving. When he felt that it was safe to move, Hiro dashed out of the grass brush, and tried to calm his nerves. He spotted a Save Star ahead of him before hearing the grass rustling behind him. He turned to see the monster kid running out in excitement.

MK: Yo... Did you see the way she was staring at you..?

Hiro: Yeah...

MK: That...was AWESOME!

Hiro: Eh?

MK: I'm SOOOO jealous! What'd you do to get her attention?!

Hiro: Her? I don't know. I hope I didn't get her attention....

MK: Ha ha... C'mon! Let's go watch her beat up some bad guys! (takes off running; trips then face-plants to the floor; gets up then runs off)

Hiro: Ah. Beat up bad guys? I hope I'm not one of them. (goes to the Save star and saves) I'm not a bad guy.... (a faint vision of himself flickered in his mind) I'm not....

A heavy feeling of dread hung over Hiro, but if he wanted to leave the Underground, he had to stay determined. Thinking about that goal did the trick. Hiro arrived in the area where he saw a waterfall with no way to cross, four plants that are a small pink bud with four leaves in a small corner, a bridge leading to a much larger area that Hiro was unable to tell much of.

Hiro: How am I gonna go there? (sees a stone sign with a black surface and blue words written on it on the wall) “When...four Bridge Seeds...um...align...in the water, they will sprout.” Bridge Seeds? (walks up to the plants) These thingies? (picks one up by the leaves and drags it to the water) Huge! (throws it in the water and waits for it to sprout; nothing happens) Hmm...It needs the others.... (goes back and drags the others one by one to the water; sees the blossom) Yes! So cool... (trots across the bridge and sees the wider area) More Bridge Seeds. I get it now!

Before he was able to go further, an odd neighing sound rang out. From around the corner came a monster that is half-horse, half...fish? It had a horse's head on a bodybuilder's torso, big muscles, a tail with five spots on the sides, and a flat fin with an eye-like shape on it. The horse fish monster was flexing his arms as the area went gray-scale. Hiro checked the monster, found he was called Aaron, and had the options Flex and Shoo present. Hiro tried Flex and copied what Aaron was doing by flexing his arms, trying to make his little muscles show. Aaron flexed twice as hard and they both felt their strength increase.

Aaron: Flexing contest? OK, flex more. ;)

Hiro: Okay! (sees a series of flexing arms coming towards him) Aah! (dodges them) Phew. (flexes harder as Aaron does it thrice as hard) Oh, whoa..

Aaron: Nice!! I won't lose tho. ;)

Hiro (dodges the arms again, but gets hit at the last second): Ahh! (flexes harder) Hrrrgh!

Hiro and Aaron flexed. Aaron flexed so hard, he ascended from the battlefield. Hiro just floated there in surprise.

Hiro: ...Was that too much? (floats back down as the area returned to color)

Hiro came across four more Bridge Seeds and a bell on the far wall with a sign saying that if an error was made, the Bell Blossom will call them back. Hiro tried them out a few times in different areas (even the spot near a sign by the entrance that tricked him) until he was able to use them at the large exit by the Bell Blossom. Once he solved it and crossed the flowers, his phone rang. Hiro saw that it was Papyrus and answered it.

Hiro: Hello?

Papyrus: HELLO! THIS IS PAPYRUS!!!

Hiro (has the phone away from his ear): H-Hi, Papyrus. Um...how did you get this number? I didn't give mine to you after the...uh..date.

Papyrus: HOW DID I GET THIS NUMBER? IT WAS EASY! I JUST DIALED EVERY NUMBER SEQUENTIALLY UNTIL I GOT YOURS!! NYEH HEH HEH HEH!!

Hiro (stares at his phone incredulously): Wha....

Papyrus: SO....WHAT ARE YOU WEARING....?

Hiro: Bwuh!? WHY?!

Papyrus: I'M...ASKING FOR A FRIEND! SHE THOUGHT SHE SAW YOU WEARING A BANDANNA!

Hiro (terrified): …........I......

Papyrus: IS IT TRUE? ARE YOU WEARING A BANDANNA?

Hiro: Uh....I.... (looks at himself) ….I'm.....not....wearing it..

Papyrus: SO YOU'RE NOT WEARING A BANDANNA... GOT IT! YOU'RE MY FRIEND SO I TRUST YOU 100 PERCENT! HAVE A NICE DAY! (hangs up)

Hiro: …......... (takes his bandanna off and puts on the tutu)

Hiro felt guilty about lying to Papyrus, but with him changing the pieces of clothing he had, he at least made it true that he wasn't wearing the bandanna. He went on to the next area and found a few echo flowers nearby. He went to one that mentioned how monsters would whispers their wishes to the stars in the sky a long time ago. If one hoped with all their heart, their wish would come true. Hiro figured that this was when the monsters were on the surface. It continued to say that they only have the sparkling stones on the ceiling. Hiro looked to see multitudes of stones gleaming and twinkling like stars in the night sky.

Hiro: These are their stars now? But they look so neat.

Hiro continued to the next flowers that cried out how thousands of people wishing can't be wrong and how the king will prove it. Hiro was nervous once again at the mention of the king. As he went further, he ran into a monster that looked like one of those old washing buckets with a crank to squeeze the water out of clothes between rollers, a round head with two beady eyes and a round mouth, two clawed legs like those on a legged bathtub, and a rubber ducky floating in the water of the bucket body. It shuffled its way up to Hiro as the area went gray-scale, and Hiro checked to it be called Woshua. His options were Touch, Clean, and Joke. Hiro looked at himself and did realize he was dirty, so he asked Woshua to clean him, if possible.

Woshua (hops excitedly): Green means clean!

Ducky: Tweet.

Hiro (flies around from the teardrop attacks): Waah! (notices several green teardrops) Aah?! (misses all of them; asks Woshua to clean him again and gets hit before grabbing a green teardrop; getting healed again) Haah... (spares Woshua and watches it shuffled away while color returns)

Hiro had continued on to the next two flowers where the voices of two monsters, one of which is possibly a sister, were making a wish to see real stars. Hiro had realized that he almost forgot that he couldn't see the sky, day or night. Before he thought about it further, he caught sight of a silver telescope.

Hiro: Oh cool! (rushes over to it and looks through the scope; sees the “stars” and moves the scope to a cloudy area where the words “CHECK WALL” with an arrow pointing up) ….Check wall? (looks around at the walls) Eh? (goes to the walls and rubs his hands along them, running into an echo flower that muttered how the horoscope was the same as last week's. He moved along the walls until he went to the far path across from the telescope and touched the wall; the wall crumbles away at his touch) AAAH!! ….....Oh. It's this wall. (enters past it)

Hiro arrived at an area where it was mostly water, except for the plethora of typha plants (those weird water sausage ones), the stone wall, and the wooden pathway lined along it. A small set of stairs was on the opposite end of the path, but he didn't know what it was for. He saw a row of stone signs on the wall, and went to read them.

Hiro: “The War of Humans and Monsters....” Oh! There's more of that story! (goes to the next one) “Why did the humans attack? Indeed, it seemed that they had nothing to fear.” Well, we thought monsters are evil and mean. “Humans are unbelievably strong. It would take the.....the SOUL of nearly every monster just to equal the power of...a single human SOUL.” R-Really? Hmm... (goes to the next one) “But humans have one weakness. Iro....I...I-ron-ni-call-ly......Iron-nic-cally...Ironic-cally, it is the strength of their SOUL. Its power allows it to per...sist outside the human body, even after death.” …..It does? (looks at himself) My soul can do that? (goes to the next) “If a monster defeats a human, they can take its Soul.” Wha... “A monster with a human SOUL...A horrible beast with unfath...un...unfath.......un-fathpht......” really freaky power. Maybe. So if they get my soul, they'll get powerful? (goes to the next one where he sees a rather strange creature) Hmn, wh-what is that...? Looks really scary.....

Hiro towards the edge of the pier and was surprised at the makeshift raft a part of had become. The wooden raft slowly drifted on the black water to a pier on the far end of the area and he thought about the words on the signs.

Hiro: I wonder what happens if my soul gets taken? I don't want that to happen.... (reaches the end and climbs off the raft, watching it drift away) Hmn.....

Continuing on the wooden path, Hiro reached a large area where one side, scattered rows of typha plants were being gently pushed by the flow of the water and on the other side were pillars of stone. Hiro was admiring the scenery when the sound of something slicing the air drew closer. He stopped just short of a familiar aqua green spear landing where his foot would have landed. With a startled shout, Hiro stumbled back away from it as it vanished. He caught something gleaming out of the corner of his eye. Appearing from the shadows of the stone pillars was Undyne.

And she's got three long floating spears aimed right at him.

Hiro (panicking inwardly): Aaaah.... (waves a little) Hi?

Undyne: …... (launches the spears at him)

Hiro: AAAAAAHH!!!

Hiro took off running as Undyne ran along the cliff side. He was able to dodge a few spears, but one struck him in his left side, throwing him into a small gray-scale battlefield where he saw many spears flying at him.

Hiro: Ah! (gets grazed by a few spears before seeing the battlefield vanish) What happ- (sees a spear flying at him and scrambles away) Waah!

Hiro was able to dodge more spears before getting hit by another volley of them. After the impromptu dodging and getting hit by more spears, Hiro was getting exhausted. He came upon a large field of grass and dove in to hide from the spears whizzing by and at him. Thinking he was safe, Hiro decided to sit and take a break from running. He felt most of his body thrumming from running so much and the stinging from being hit by Undyne's spears. Just when he was able to relax, sounds of the grass shifting and the heavy metallic footsteps drew near behind him. Hiro almost let out a gasp when he clasped his hands hard over his mouth. Undyne was in the grass searching for him. Fear started to wash over the boy as Undyne was stalking further in and stop near him. The dread he felt before almost paralyzed him as he waited for something to happen. Suddenly, a sound of something getting hit startled Hiro into letting a frightened squeak slip out. He wasn't sure of what happened, but he heard Undyne walking away after a short while. When he felt it was safe and didn't hear Undyne's footsteps anymore, Hiro relaxed himself. He crawled his way out of the tall grass and stood to his feet when he emerged, feeling the shaky remnants of fear leaving his body.

Hiro (trembling voice): Th-That was....really s-scary.... Was Undyne that relentless killer Flowey mentioned? I don't know if I wanna try to talk, but I-I can do it? (hears something rustling the grass behind him and turns around quickly) AAH?! (sees the monster kid run out excitedly; calms down) Ooh, it's just....

MK: Yo... Did you see that?!

Hiro: No, see what?

MK: Undyne! (hopping in excitement) Undyne just....TOUCHED ME!

Hiro: She did? She hit him?

MK: I'm never washing my face ever again! Man, are you unlucky.

Hiro: Why..?

MK: If you were standing just a LITTLE bit to the left... (sees a panicked look on Hiro's face) Yo, don't worry! I'm sure we'll get to see her again! (takes off running, falling in the middle of it and scrambles back to his feet)

Hiro: Hmn....

Hiro let the last of his jitters fade away before moving on the next area. He arrived to find another Save Star, an echo flower, and a table with a slice of cheese encased in pink crystal. Where there's cheese, there's a mouse. Sure enough, there's a mouse hole. Hiro touched the flower and it squeaked, just like the mouse did when he talked to it. He was curious about the cheese, but found that it was so old, it crystallized and got stuck to the table. As he went to the Save star and saved, he knew that one day, the mouse will get that cheese out of the crystal. Hiro soon departed the room into the next area and spotted a gray door. There was something odd about it, but he couldn't quite place it.

Hiro: Aah. It's weird seeing a door like this here. (walks up to it) I wonder what's inside. (opens the door)

Hiro entered and found himself walking down a narrow hallway until he reached the wide room. The entire area was gray with no furniture or anything in it. The only thing that he saw was a pair of strange creatures conversing in the center of the room. They both look similar, having a skeletal look to them despite their right eyes nearly melted closed and the left eyes normally open. Their right eyes have a crack rising to the top of their skulls while the left have a crack meet their mouths. Their bodies are a goopy black mass with a white triangle pointing down on the front and their....hands...are misshapen and have a hole in them. The similarities stop there when Hiro noticed the one on the left had strings of symbols around various parts of its body. There was a halo behind its head, three circles surrounding the neck, chest, and waist connected by two long strings reaching the neck to the floor on the front and back of the creature, and two strings connected to the waist circle on the sides. Its hands has a circle of symbols, the chest has a long sharp object that's pierced in its chest where the V meets and out its back, and has two chain links hanging on the front. Hiro noticed that the left creature's cracks look like black chains, and while its partner had a smile on its face, the left one looked very sad.

Hiro (walks up to the creatures cautiously): Um.....Hello?

(both turn to Hiro startled; the right creature vanished and the left one had the halo ring of symbols drop over its body and shatter on the floor, melting away)

Hiro: …........Huh? (roams around) Where did they go? (stops in the center) …....Were they monsters, too? (leaves the room) I should show Sans and tell him about it when I see him.

Hiro stepped out of the gray room back into the hallway before glancing back at the gray door. After a brief stare, he continued on. He arrived in an area where he spotted Sans standing by another telescope, another box by a wall, and an entrance into somewhere.

Hiro: Ah, hi, Sans! Oh, Sans, Sans! (grabs Sans's jacket sleeve)

Sans: Whoa, hey there, kid! What's up?

Hiro: You gotta see this! (pulls Sans back with him) I found a gray door in the hallway this way!

Sans: A..A gray door?

Hiro: Yeah! Come on, come on!

(Hiro leads Sans to the previous area; they arrived in the room where the Save Star is)

Hiro: Wha...? (inspecting the room) But...I...

Sans: You said there was a gray door? All I'm seeing is an echo flower, that star thing, and a... (squints at the cheese) ...a crystal..?

Hiro: No! There was a hallway after this! (runs ahead of Sans) I came this way and it was just a hallway with just a door! I know I saw it! And there was a gray room and two black monsters with white heads!

Sans: Black monsters with white heads?

Hiro: Yeah! They look the same, but one has stuff floating around it! ...I know I saw it this way! (runs out of the room; ends up where he met Sans by the telescope) …......I....

Sans (walks up to Hiro): Maybe you were imagining things?

Hiro: …..Was I? (looks disheartened) I thought...Hmn....I am?

Sans: You were traveling in the Underground for some time, so maybe.

Hiro: Oh...

Sans: ….Tell you what. (leads Hiro over the telescope) I was thinking about getting into the telescope business.

Hiro: Really?

Sans: Yeah. (glances at the telescope wistfully) It's normally 50000G to use this premium telescope...

Hiro: Bwuh! (frantically counts on his fingers) 50...How much is...?!

Sans: Hey, don't panic! Since I know you, you can use it for free.

Hiro: You will?

Sans: Yeah, so how about it?

Hiro: Yeah! (runs up to the telescope as Sans adjusts it to his level; looks into the telescope but only sees red) Eh? Why is everything red? (steps away from the telescope) That was weird. Everything was red. (sees Sans trying to hold in his laughter) ….? What's wrong?

Sans: N-Nothing. Pfft..

Hiro: Well, I didn't see any stars through that telescope.

Sans: Not satisfied? Don't worry, I'll give you a full refund for trying it out.

Hiro: I didn't pay, but thanks?

Sans: Sure. (watches Hiro head inside the entrance past the box; leers at the direction of the Save Star area) ….Two black monsters with white heads in a gray room... (rubs his fingers on his chin thoughtfully; frowns) I don't remember seeing anything like that... (takes out a pen and a purple notebook that has strings in the three holes keeping the paper together; writes the information down then snaps the book shut) I'll have to find a way to look into that someday....

Hiro walked up a long narrow pathway into a small room where he spotted the blue bunny monster he met in the snow fields before Snowdin. There was also a box nearby and a wall plague that looked like something was painted over. Upon closer inspection, he noticed the words were those of ice cream flavors.

Hiro: Aww, it covered the words. (walks over to the Nice Cream guy) Hi, Mr Nice Cream Guy! What are you doing here?

BB: Hi there! (ears droop a little) I relocated my store, but there are still no customers... (ears stick back up) Fortunately, I've thought of a solution! Punch cards! Every time you buy a Nice Cream, you can take a punch card from the box. If you have 3 cards, you can trade them for a free Nice Cream!

Hiro: Oooh! I wanna try!!

BB: Yeah, they're sure to get the customers to come back!

Hiro: I hope so, too, 'cause that sounds awesome!

Seeing how much gold he had, Hiro proceeded to buy three Nice Creams. As he did, he noticed that the cards he retrieved from the box had the words “Please....Please come back..” written on them. Once he got all three cards, Hiro redeemed them for a free Nice Cream. Hiro got four Nice Creams now and he departed the room, stopping by the box to put two of them in it. He met up with a bipedal onion-shaped monster who was curious about stars and whether or not one can touch, eat, or kill it. It asked Hiro if he was a star, but he told it that he wasn't. He continued on to the next area where it split off towards the bottom. Before he was able to go to the bottom, he spotted something yellow on a strip of land across a disproportionately large gap with glowing blue water. It was at this point where Hiro realized his new surroundings had changed. Instead of the usual bluish coloration of the gem-speckled walls, the area, especially the ground, was a black and the water is a glowing blue. The light from the water touched the exposed areas not covered by the shadows that caused it to look like most of the area was a land of shadow. Rising from the waters, a glowing mist and bubbles floated and dissipated into the air.

Hiro: Whoooaaaaa! This is soooo cool! (runs over to the water and watches the mist and bubbles rising from the water)

Hiro had crouched down by the water's edge for a some while before standing back up and moving further south along a path into a much larger area. Little lily pads were idly floating here and tall typha plants were swaying with the water there, it was a beautiful sight to behold. As he wandered around in the area, he came across two echo flowers. One asked if the monster the question's directed to had a wish and the other responded hesitantly about having one and how stupid it is. Hiro walked over towards a path where a large patch of tall grass is. He decided to see if there was anything hidden in there, and found a pair of ballet shoes.

Hiro: Hmm... I got a tutu. I guess I can wear these. Hmm.... Nah. There's something bad about these shoes...

He held on to the shoes and make his way out of the grass. As he continued further down, Hiro's phone rang. This time, he was ready to answer the phone as he held the phone away from his ear.

Papyrus: HELLO!! THIS IS PAPYRUS!!

Hiro: Hi, Papyrus!

Papyrus: REMEMBER WHEN I ASKED YOU ABOUT CLOTHES?

Hiro: ..Yep.

Papyrus: WELL, THE FRIEND WHO WANTED TO KNOW... HER OPINION OF YOU IS VERY....MURDERY... BUT I BET YOU KNEW THAT ALREADY! AND BECAUSE YOU KNEW THAT, I KNEW WHEN YOU SAID: “I AM NOT WEARING A BANDANNA.” IT WAS REALLY A SECRET CODE! YOU REALLY MEANT... “I ACTUALLY AM WEARING A DUSTY TUTU!”

Hiro *freezes*: …..............A...wha...?

Papyrus: YOU WERE TRYING TO PROTECT YOURSELF WHILE MAKING IT SO I DIDN'T HAVE TO LIE!

Hiro: Err......

Papyrus: I PICKED UP ON THIS AND FOLLOWED YOUR PLAN. IN FACT, I TOOK IT ONE STEP FURTHER! I TOLD HER YOU WERE NOT WEARING A BANDANNA! YOU WERE PROBABLY WEARING A DUSTY TUTU! OF COURSE, YOU WOULD NEVER WEAR THAT. BUT THAT'S THE POINT! SHE WON'T RECOGNIZE YOU NOW, AND I DIDN'T HAVE TO BETRAY EITHER OF YOU! WOWIE! YOU'RE SUCH A SMART COOKIE! I REALLY CAN BE FRIENDS WITH EVERYONE!!! (hangs up)

Hiro was not too happy about hearing what Papyrus said about what he wore. By exposing what the boy wore, the skeleton inadvertently put him in danger of running into danger, should Undyne find him. He begin to walk a little faster until he ran into a Woshua. After cleaning up the battle with Woshua, Hiro continued on and stopped by another echo flower. This one was saying that it won't laugh at the other monster. He moved on to the northern most path and spotted a stone wall sign.

Hiro: “The power to take their SOULs.” Um.. “This is the power the humans feared.” Oh. Maybe that's why the war happened? Because the humans were scared? Hmm.

Hiro headed up the path into a wide area full of water and just the path he was walking on.

Hiro: What's this place? It's kinda creepy here... (walks further in and notices something yellow poking out of the water then sinking back in) EH? (walks slowly until two long tentacles poked out of the water then back down) Aaaaah... What are they...? (walks a little faster until more tentacles poke out) Eep! (keeps walking; stops when seeing more tentacles appear and something rising from the water) Waah!

Out of the waters appeared....an octopus monster? And it has an onion-shaped head and a rather cute face.

Octopus (wispy medium-high voice): Hey......there.. Noticed you were.... Here....

Hiro: Err.....yeah.. Wh-Who are you?

Octopus: I'm Onionsan! Onionsan, y'hear!

Hiro: O-Oh. I'm Hiro!

Onionsan: Hi! You're visiting Waterfall, huh!

Hiro: Yep!

Onionsan: It's great here, huh!

Hiro: Yep!

Onionsan: You love it, huh!

Hiro: Yep!

Onionsan: Yeah! Me too! It's my Big Favorite!

Hiro (starts a stroll with Onionsan): It is?

Onionsan: Yeah! (turns away) Even though, the water's getting so shallow here... I....have to sit down all the time, but... (turns back happily) He-Hey! That's okay! It beats moving to the city, and living in a crowded aquarium!

Hiro: Really?

Onionsan: Yeah! Like all my friends did! (turns away again) And the aquarium's full, a-anyway, so, even if I wanted to, I....

Hiro: Huh?

Onionsan (turns back to Hiro joyously): That's okay, though! Undyne's gonna fix everything, y'hear!

Hiro (worried): Undyne will...?

Onionsan: Yeah! I'm gonna get out of here and live in the ocean! Y'hear!

Hiro: I hear you.... (continues walking until he reaches an exit)

Onionsan: Hey....there.... That's the end of this room. I'll see you around. Have a good time! In Waterfallllllllll..... (continues until fully submerged)

Hiro: ...That was...weird. Undyne will fix everything..? How? (exits the area)

Hiro entered the next area where there is a split path, one straight ahead and one to the west. As he was about to move to the western path, he somehow encountered a monster. It looked like it had short hair with long sections on the sides, a long strand of hair with a small ball on the end, a small fish tail poking out of the back of the head, and it looks like the entire head is floating. The body is scaly, with a muscular arm and two spikes on the back. It was facing away from him as the area went gray-scale, and after checking the monster, he found its name is Shyren. His other options are Smile, Hum, and Conduct. Hiro decided to give a smile.

Hiro: Can I see your smile, too, Shyren?

Shyren: ….

Hiro: Hmm... (notices Aaron in a corner nodding his head) Eh? Hmm.... (starts humming something close to a funky tune)

Shyren (taps a little beat with her fins): …...Hmm hmm...

Hiro: Ah! (hums some more)

Shyren (the head turns to reveal a face that has wide droopy eyes and a toothy smile; some of the bangs covered the left eye and the other is long, reaching the arm): Si re, si re si mi si mi!

Shyren let out a song as music notes sprang forth from her mouth. Hiro had to dodge the notes, but as the battle continued and they both were humming this funky tune, not only was Shyren getting comfortable with her singing, there was also a growing number of monsters that stopped by and watched the battle like it was a concert. So much so that Hiro thought he saw Sans selling tickets on toilet paper. The impromptu concert continued as a storm of socks were thrown, everything was going great! Hiro continued to dodge Shyren's notes and humming, until eventually, it all had to end. Shyren had thought of her future, the both of them had come so far, but they had their own journeys to embark. Shyren aggressively made tooting noises about this, and Hiro took that as a signal. Hiro started to hum a farewell song, and Shyren let out a final toot. She let out an onslaught of notes, a few notes hitting him but he made it out okay. A vision that blinked in his mind was different than what he wanted. Again, Hiro was confused at the vision, so he chose the spare her. Hiro and Shyren went their separate ways as color returned. Hiro went to the path he meant to go and found a piano, some symbols above it, and a sign on the other side of the con-caved wall.

Hiro: “A haunting song e....echoes...down the cor...cori...cor..ri...dor....corridor. Won't you play along? Only the first 8 are fine.” (tilts his head confused) Eh? What's that mean..? (looks around for a short while before leaving)

Hiro decided to move on until he spotted more stone signs. The first one mentioned how humans are unable to take a monster SOUL, due to it disappearing upon said monster's death. It would also require an incredible power to get a living monster's SOUL. The next sign states that an exception is that of the SOUL of a special species of monster, a Boss Monster, can persist after death, but only for a few moments. A human could absorb this SOUL, but it's never happened before, and now it never will. Hiro was unsure of this new information, but the thoughts went away as he spotted a lone horned statue sitting under a spotlight with rain dripping onto it.

Hiro: Ooh.... What was this? (inspects the statue) It looks neat. (looks up) Where's the rain coming from? And the light? And why are just the rocks dry? Hmm. (continues to the next room and finds a sign and a bucket of umbrellas) Ooh, umbrellas! Maybe I should put one on the statue! (runs back to the statue and finds a spot to put it in) There you go, nice and dry- (hears a music box type song playing from the statue)

The music that played from the statue sounded cheerful, but somehow it felt....sad...yet nostalgic. Hiro started to get visions, but they weren't like the scary ones. He saw lots of yellow flowers with yellow petals floating in the wind. He saw two figures sitting in the sunlight where the hole of the mountain is seen high above. He couldn't tell who the figures were, but the vision blurred away as he felt something wet come to his eyes.

Hiro: Eh? Why am I crying...? (wipes his sleeves on his eyes) Eeehh....

Hiro hadn't expected himself to cry like that, so after he stopped, he remembered the sign back at the piano room. He ran back to the room and tried the piano out, hearing the distance melody down the hall like the sign said. It took him a while to figure out the notes, he even found a loose rock and tried scribbling the patterns on the wall to find the correct one. When he finally succeeded in getting the right pattern, the wall in the indented area crumbled away. When Hiro entered the opened room, his eyes caught the sight of a red ball object sitting on a pedestal. He wasn't able to see what the plaque behind it says, but he was more interested in the spherical item before him. He was about to take the orb, but he couldn't put it in his phone's inventory. For some odd reason, he found that he was carrying too many dogs.

Hiro: ….I had a dog? I always wanted a dog.... Hmn... I wanna keep it, but I want that ball thing. Ball or dog? ….I can get the dog back.

The moment he took the dog out of his phone inventory, he recognized it as the white dog that stole one of Papyrus's bone attacks. Before Hiro could do anything, the dog jumped onto the pedestal, laid its body on the orb, and absorbed it into itself.

Hiro: Wha- Aaaaaah!! (chases the dog towards the wall; sees it disappear into the wall) ….Eh?! How! (turns back to the pedestal) It took the ball.... (looks in his inventory; sees an item called Dog Residue) ….What's this? It...looks weird.....

Hiro was unsure of what to do with the new item, but decided to hold on to it. He returned to the hall past the musical statue and grabbed another umbrella when he saw it was raining. Before he could move on, he was stopped by Monster Kid who decided to join him under the umbrella. Monster Kid was very chatty, discussing about how cool Undyne was and how she never lost a fight. Hiro was getting uncomfortable with this as he is a human. Monster Kid soon switched subjects to him and his classmates having to take care of flowers when he spotted an echo flower on a patch of land across the way from where their path leads. The flowers were donated by the king, “Mr. Dreemurr”, and he taught the class about responsibility. Hiro was confused at this, because he heard so many different versions about the king. Toriel said he'd kill him, Papyrus claimed that everyone loved him, most monsters spoke highly of Asgore. But what is the real Asgore? A killer or a friend? Hiro hoped it was the latter. But of course as he pondered this, Monster Kid couldn't carry on a conversation without mentioning Undyne.

MK: How COOL would it be if Undyne came to school!? She can beat up ALL the teachers!!

Hiro was finding this Undyne to be terrifying, but the way the little monster talked about her made him feel like she's his role model. Hiro hopes that the role model part of Undyne is the one he'll meet, but at the moment, he's not seeing it. Besides, Undyne was too cool to hurt an innocent person.

Right...?

The duo made their way on the path until they emerged past the rocky formation beside it, stumbling upon the most amazing sight Hiro's ever seen. It was like walking upon a hill and seeing a large expanse of land, with a castle far in the distance and hundreds of stars shining above. For a moment, it was almost easy to forget that this is all underground, under the surface of the earth. Perhaps over the course of the years, the monsters had to have places to live, and that included royalty. If there is the king Asgore, then who would the queen and their child or children be? This curiosity had a slight edge over Hiro's fear. He admired the sight for a little while before moving on, Monster Kid in tow. Soon, they reached the other side of the road and the rain picked up again. Hiro was going to take the umbrella with him, but he wasn't able to, so he had to put it up and climbed up Monster Kid to reach the top of the ledge. He wasn't exactly looking forward to meeting Undyne, though. As he walked on, Hiro spotted a few more plaques that explained the monsters' history.

Hiro: “The humans, afraid of our power, declared war on us. They attacked suddenly, and without mercy.” (walks over to the second after saving) “In the end, it could hardly be called a war. United, the humans were too powerful, and us monsters, too weak. Not a single SOUL was taken, and countless monsters were turned to dust...” So it....wasn't the monsters' fault...? We...started the fight..?

Hiro was feeling unsure of what he just read as the sound of muffled rain on the cave top filled him with uncertain determination. He pondered about what he read as he walked on into an area that's like a two-tiered boardwalk. He noticed it was getting darker as he got a little further into the area and stopped to look around. Before he took a step, he noticed a glowing aquamarine circle appear on the ground.

Hiro: Huh? (sees another one near him) Eh? (sees another next to his foot) What's that? (watches several more lights appear before a spear juts out of all of them) AAAAAAAah!! (takes off running)

Unbeknownst to Hiro, Undyne was on the second level of the boardwalk causing the light spears to appear. He didn't realize there are branching paths that sometimes led to dead ends. Despite getting hit by a few spears, he was able to reach a larger area where the speed of the spears appearing grew. He soon dashed for a single path as more spears jutted up from the ground, only to find that it was also a dead end. He was about to go back the way he came before stopping. Undyne was blocking the way.

Hiro (trembling): U-Um... Undyne....?

Undyne: …..

Hiro: I didn't hurt anyone! Please don't hurt me!

Undyne: …......

(a sound of something phasing in is heard; three large spears struck through the wooden pier)

Hiro: Eh? Phew.... (hears something creaking and feels himself sinking; realizes he and the pier are falling) Ah? AAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaahh.....

It was dark. There was nothing to be seen around.

???: It sounds like it came from over here...

Just the darkness....

???: Oh! You've fallen down, haven't you...?

Fallen down....

???: Are you okay?

Am I...?

???: Here, get up...

Up. This feels...

...

???: ...Hiro, huh? That's a nice name.

Name......that's.....white...light....?

???: My name is

(Hiro jolts awake in a bed of yellow flowers)

Hiro: ….

Hiro sat up from the flower bed to find that most of himself is wet. He looked around to see not only the broken pier that fell with him, but piles upon piles of trash that possibly fell from the giant wall of water close to him. He climbed off the boards and found that the water reached his stomach. He noticed that there were a few brands that he recognized in some of the piles that he looked in as he waded through the flooded area and reached the Save Star that's floating above a few wooden boards.

Hiro: Maybe the monsters get their stuff here. (looks up) Is the waterfall from the top? (notices a piece of trash fall from the waterfall and to the bottomless abyss; looks down as it falls; sees a few more trash pieces doing the same) It just keeps going....just like I should! (saves at the star as he becomes more determined)

Hiro continued to wade his way through the flooded areas and saw a rusted bike that had a horn with a honk of despair (does the sound of a sliding whistle really bring despair?), a beat-up desktop computer with its insides missing (maybe Papyrus's computer has them?), an unbranded cooler with some dried space food (Hiro took most of them), and an anime DVD package with odd scratch marks on the edges floating idly. He noticed ahead of him that there is a dummy standing in the water.

Hiro: Oh! Didn't Toriel have one of these? I think so. (stares into the dummy's eyes for a moment before he gently pats the dummy's snout) Have a good...um...day? Mister or Miss Dummy! (walks towards the exit; hears something sloshing behind him and stops to glance back; sees the dummy facing him) Eh?

There was something off about that dummy, and sure enough.....

DUN DUUUN!!

The dummy's coloration went from a plain khaki tan to a fiery orange, and its cute beady black eyes became angry. It looked absolutely mad as it dove underwater past Hiro and came out floating, blocking the exit.

Dummy: Hahaha... Too intimidated to fight me, huh?

Hiro: Who are you?

Dummy: I am a ghost that lives inside a DUMMY. My cousin used to live inside a DUMMY, too. Until...YOU CAME ALONG!

Hiro: Eep! W-What did I do?

Dummy: When you talked to them, they thought they were in for a nice chat, but the things you said to them.... Horrible....shocking...UNBELIEVABLE! It spooked them right out of the dummy!

Hiro: Eh? But I was nice to the dummy ghost.

Dummy: SILENCE, HUMAN!! I'll scare your SOUL out of your body!! (becomes infuriated as its body turns red and its midsection splits open)

Hiro: Aah!! (his SOUL leaps out of his chest as the area went gray-scale)

Hiro watched as the Mad Dummy, the monster dummy before him, swayed from side to side. In his Check, Hiro was dismayed that physical attacks can't hurt it. Not that he would hurt it, but how can he get past the dummy? His only option is to talk to it.

Mad Dummy: Pitiful, pitiful, PITIFUL!

Soon after it said that, Hiro noticed a few miniature dummies popping up and shooting cotton bullets at him. He flew around to avoid them and past the Dummy, seeing some of them hit it. Before Hiro could apologize, Mad Dummy reprimanded the mini-dummies on where they were aiming their magic attacks. It took a short moment before it yelled at Hiro to forget what it said about magic, but it was too late. If Hiro couldn't use physical attacks, and he refuses to do so, he'll use magic. Seeing those cotton bullets hitting the Dummy gave him an idea. As some more mini-dummies shot off more cotton bullets, Hiro flew around the area, dodging most of them and leading some to the Mad Dummy. It was doing an armless ska dance at one point and Hiro tried to talk to it. The Mad Dummy was not much for conversation and no one was happy about this. It exclaimed how it will take Hiro's SOUL to cross the barrier. More mini-dummies showed up and Hiro kept leading the bullets to the Dummy as it started to move from one end of the battlefield to the other. It soon bragged about how it'll stand in the window of a fancy store. It must be what the Dummy wanted to do if it left the Underground. With so much cotton being flung everywhere, the area started to smell strangely like a clothing store. Hiro saw the Dummy stop on one side of the field and almost missed leading most of the cotton in its direction, but some of it still managed to hit it.

Hiro: I think I'm (some of his words are covered by cotton) Eh? Am I (more cotton covers his words) Bleugh! The cot (his words are covered in cotton again) Mrrr! (swats the cotton balls away until they're gone) There! But um, will that help you? Taking my soul?

Mad Dummy: Huh? Yeah, I guess that'll avenge my cousin. What was their name again..?

Hiro: Err...I don't know...?

Mad Dummy: Whatever, whatever, WHATEVER!!

Hiro was about to dodge more cotton bullets when he saw the mini-dummies flicker red and launched themselves at him. He had to fly through the open spaces before trying to lead the cotton at the Dummy. Every time it got hit, the Dummy flew around erratically, screaming “FEEBLE!” and “FUTILE!” and other words as Hiro dodged the mini-dummies and led cotton to it. Eventually, the Mad Dummy has had enough.

Mad Dummy: HEY GUYS! (sees the mini-dummies appear) Dummies. Dummies! DUMMIES!! Remember how I sad NOT to shoot at me? Well.... (infuriated) FAILURES!! YOU'RE FIRED! YOU'RE ALL BEING REPLACED!!

Hiro (watches the mini-dummies leave the battlefield): Err....

Mad Dummy (laughs manically): Now you will see my true power: relying on people that aren't garbage!

As soon as it said that, mechanical whirs filled the room.

Hiro: What's that...?

Mad Dummy: DUMMY BOTS! MAGIC MISSILE!

Hiro: Eh? (sees robotic versions of the mini-dummies appear and shoot little rockets; flies around to dodge them, but sees them follow him) Wah! (flies more before the rockets lose track of him and hit the Dummy) I don't like those.

The dummy bots tried again at the Mad Dummy's command as it glares into a random mirror nearby, turning to Hiro with the same expression. It was shocked that the dummy bots were just as awful as the mini-dummies before as it watched Hiro continuously led the rockets to it with little to no contact with them.

Mad Dummy: DUMMY BOTS! FINAL ATTACK!

Hiro: Grr!

The mini-dummies launched at Hiro as a rocket popped up and followed Hiro. Soon after, the dummy bots launched a multitude of rockets. Hiro got hit a few times, but he managed to lead the rockets to the Mad Dummy. The Dummy was stunned that the dummy bots were even worse than the mini-dummies, but he didn't care. He didn't need friends. He got knives. The moment a knife appeared by the Mad Dummy, Hiro had a horrible vision of the Mad Dummy looking...happy. It was happy about it finally being merged with its body as a ghost, only to be savagely slashed and turned to dust. The vision disappeared as the knife was thrown at Hiro, which he dodged at the last second.

Mad Dummy: I'm.....out of knives. (becomes hysterical) BUT IT DOESN'T MATTER!! YOU CAN'T HURT ME AND I CAN'T HURT YOU!! YOU'LL BE STUCK HERE FIGHTING ME!!! Forever... Forever!! FOREVER!!

Hiro (watches the Mad Dummy laugh hysterically as its parts were being slingshot in a frenzied manner): Ah...

Mad Dummy: AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAG- (feels something wet hit it) Wh-What the heck is this!? (sees drops of water) Eugh! Acid rain!? Oh, FORGET IT! I'm outta here! (leaves the area)

Hiro: Eh...Acid rain? (sees Napstablook appear) Napstablook!

Napstablook: …..sorry, I interrupted you, didn't I?

Hiro: No, you didn't. Why?

Napstablook: ….as soon as I came over, your friend immediately left....

Hiro: Hmn, he wasn't really-

Napstablook: ...oh no...you guys looked like you were having fun...

Hiro: Err...we weren't-

Napstablook: ...oh no...i just wanted to say hi....

Hiro: But you can-

Napstablook: ...oh no......................................... (vanishes from the battlefield as the room returned to color)

Hiro: Wait, Napstablook! What are you going to do now?

Napstablook: well....i'm going to head home now... oh...umm...feel free to come with if you want.... but no pressure... I understand if you're busy...

Hiro: I'm not really busy.

Napstablook: it's fine....no worries...just thought i'd offer... (floats out of the room)

Hiro: Ah! (follows Napstablook)

Hiro followed the ghost to the next area where there is an area of glowing blue water next to the entrance he walked through, a rectangular strip of regular water in the center where a Save Star is floating close to the edge, three paths to the north and a path to the east and west. Napstablook was floating ahead of Hiro before they showed him where their house is, in case he wanted to see. Or in case he didn't. After saving Hiro in this area of calming tranquility, he followed the ghost to the middle path. He arrived in an area where there are two houses. They look like someone tried to build a square house, but decided to add a bulbous top to it, only for it to end up lopsided and just added a triangular roof to make it considered a house. A circular window is on the bulbous part and a single door are present. What's different is the second one is facing the opposite way, it has a pink color scheme and there's a light on. Hiro tried entering the pink house but it was locked, so he tried and entered the blue house. The inside of the house looked pretty run-down, with cracks and holes in the wall, small holes and some discolored planks in the wooden floor, a white refrigerator, a blue TV with a small dual antennae box, a table with a desktop computer system that's blocking a small window, a spider web in the corner of the far wall on the entrance side, and three objects preceding the web. The atmosphere of the house was....Hiro was not sure how to feel about it. He spotted Napstablook in front of the computer with a pair of black headphones on. Napstablook heard Hiro walking in and turned to greet him.

Napstablook: oh...you really came... sorry, I...wasn't expecting that.

Hiro: It's okay. I wanted to visit!

Napstablook: oh.... it's not much, but make yourself at home.

Hiro: Okay.

Hiro explored the house a little. He looked at the spider web and found a flyer for a spider bake sale. He remembered the one in the Ruins when he arrived in the Underground. He went over to Napstablook's computer and saw a website with many different songs and posts about them. It looked like a music website. He then went to the TV when Napstablook told him it's theirs and that there's a show they liked to watch sometimes. He went over to the three objects and Napstablook mentioned how they are music they made. The objects turned out to be CDs. Hiro went up to the one by the spider web and was told it was called “Ghouliday”. Napstablook commented on how it's not hard to sing along once the lyrics are learned. Hiro hummed along and realized the melody sounded familiar. The next CD Napstablook introduced is “Spookwave”. Hiro listened to it, and was suddenly hit with an odd sense of being thoroughly spooked out of his wits. He wasn't alone in this since Napstablook was feeling this, too. The last one was called “Spooktune”. It was similar to Spookwave, but without the creepy ambiance. After listening to the songs, Hiro went over to the refrigerator and asked Napstablook if he could have something to eat.

Napstablook: oh....are you hungry... (sees Hiro nod) I can get you something to eat... (floats over to the fridge, put their hand through the door and takes out a translucent sandwich) this is a ghost sandwich... do you want to try it...?

Hiro: Yes, please! (is given a slice of the ghost sandwich; attempts to bite into it but his mouth phased through it) Eh????

Napstablook: oh....nevermind....

Hiro (saddened): Awwww....Hmm, now what?

Napstablook: after a great meal I like to lie on the ground and feel like garbage...

Hiro: Eh? Why?

Napstablook: it's a family tradition.... do you want... …. to join me....?

Hiro: Hmm... I don't want to feel like garbage, but I don't want to be mean... I'll try it out. (nods) Yep.

Napstablook: okay.... follow my lead... (leads Hiro to the center of the room and lies down) here we go... you'll lie down as long as you don't move.

Hiro (lies down on his back, looking up at the ceiling): Like this?

Napstablook: yeah... so....only move around if you want to get up, I guess...

Hiro: Okay.

Hiro and Napstablook just laid on the floor for a few minutes.

Hiro: Hmn... This feels boring.... Maybe if I close my eyes a little....

As soon as Hiro did so, his world became dark. It was like that time when he fell into the trash area. But unlike that time, he began to see little lights appearing. Some of those little lights became bigger lights, elongated lights, blobs of light, spirals of lights, clouds of lights. Through his half-lidded eyes, he could see those lights twinkling, pulsating, and soaring all around in this darkness. He remembered seeing something like this in books.

Space.

He was in space. Or what seemed like space. His body felt so light like he was floating on air. Not like how he was with his soul was floating out of his body in battles, but a more calm, serene kind of floating, like a heavy weight was nowhere inside him. Hiro could also somehow hear a sound in this space, a whole symphony of it. It was like hearing the song of the universe, slow like its growth but enough to feel like one of those calm breathing exercises. All of this was enough to make Hiro feel like he was sleeping in a cosmic bed. Hiro began to wonder if this is what Napstablook and their family(?) always experienced, and to be honest, he was loving it. Eventually, thoughts of him leaving the Underground slowly creeped up on Hiro and as much as he didn't want to, he had to get up. After a short debate with himself on whether or not he should end this cosmic dream, he had no choice but to get up. As he did, the vision of space drifted away and his body felt heavy again. Hiro stood up as Napstablook sat up and did the same.

Napstablook: well, that was nice... thank you...

Hiro: Welcome....

Napstablook (floats over to the computer): Uuuhh..... so, I'm gonna keep working on that mix CD...

Hiro: Okay... Bye bye... (leaves Napstablook's house) …..I wanna do that again...

Before Hiro left the area, he was curious about Napstablook's music. He wanted to listen to them a little longer, so he re-entered the house and was able to relisten to them. Once he did, Hiro accidentally left without turning off Spookwave. He was making his way from the houses back to where the Save Star is when he was surprised by the area going gray-scale, running into Aaron and Woshua. But before they were able to do anything, the Spookwave song was heard playing. Everyone, including Hiro, was getting creeped out by this song, so much so that Woshua felt filthy and Aaron was regretting his creepy ways. Both monsters took off running and the “battle” ended. After the slight confusion and the eerie feeling shaken off, Hiro continued on until he spotted a path that led up to where he entered an area that was like a small straight race track with three snails, a fenced area with some snails, and a small green monster in a tuxedo laying on the ground on his back with a snail shell on his stomach. As he went further in, Hiro saw Napstablook fading into view. They was telling Hiro that this area is the Blook Family Snail Farm and they're the only employee. The place used to get business, but the main customer disappeared one day, so it's just some hairy guy that shows up once a month. Napstablook invited Hiro to play a game called Thundersnail.

Hiro (excited): Thundersnail?! That sounds really cool! How do you play?

Napstablook (turns to the track where a yellow snail, a red snail, and a blue snail are waiting on the checkered line on the right side): the snails will race, and if the yellow snail wins, you win. It's 10G to play.

Hiro: Okay! (pays the cost then faces the track) Now what?

Napstablook: okay..... press Z repeatedly to encourage your snail.

Hiro: Okay!

And encourage he did, smashing the 9 button on his phone. Hiro gave the snail a lot of it! So much so that the snail-

Hiro (panicking): WHY IS THE SNAIL ON FIRE?!

Napstablook: Oh..... looks like you encouraged your snail too much... all that pressure to succeed......really got to her...

Hiro (trembling): H-How do I try again..?

Napstablook: you try again.

So, Hiro tried again a few tries until he got the yellow snail to win. His prize: 9G.

Napstablook: sorry..... we have to make a profit somehow...

Hiro thanked Napstablook and left the farm to continue on. He wandered into an area where he noticed an entrance across the way from a branching path. He looked in the bottom path first, but all he saw was a small area of land that leads to nothing but water. He left the area to check the entrance and entered a room where he saw an elderly turtle monster wearing an archeologist's outfit and holding a magnifying glass in hand. The room itself is wide like a mini-cave and dotted with many glittering stones in the walls. There is also a large black symbol that is a circle with a pair of wings and three triangles below it, the center one pointing down. The turtle was standing behind a black counter where there are a basket of apples shaped like crabs, a line of bottles with the words “Sea Tea” on the label, a box of glasses with clouded lens, and a single torn notebook with a purple cover. Hiro had enough for all four items, but didn't have enough room for them. He saw that he can sell his items, but...

Turtle: Ha! I'm trying to get RID of my junk, not get more of it!

Hiro: Oh....

Turtle: Though, I've heard if you want to sell stuff, the Temmie Vilage is your best bet.

Hiro: Temmie...Village? Where's that?

Turtle: Where is it? …......

Hiro: …...

Turtle: I don't remember.

Hiro: Oh....Hmm...Um, I want to ask about you.

Turtle: Me? Well...I'm Gerson, and I've been around a long time. Maybe too long. Studying history sure is easy when you've lived through so much of it yourself! Wa ha ha!

Hiro: Whoa... So...do you know all the monsters here...even the king?

Gerson: King Fluffybuns? He's a friendly, happy-go-lucky kind of guy. If you keep walking around long enough, you'll probably meet him. He loves to walk around and talk to people.

Hiro: Again? Is the king a good guy or a bad guy...? Toriel says he's bad, but everyone else likes him. Why? And um.... Um, Mr. Gerson, why did you call the king... “Fluffybuns”?

Gerson: Why did I call Dreemurr “Fluffybuns”? Oh, that's a great story! ….......

Hiro: …....

Gerson: …...I don't remember it.

Hiro: Ah..

Gerson: But if you come back much later, I'm sure I'll have remembered by them.

Hiro: Okay. (looks at the symbol on the wall and points at it) What's that thing on the wall?

Gerson (glances at the symbol): Eh? You don't know what that is? What are they teaching you kids in school nowadays? Wa ha ha!

Hiro: No sir, I've never seen that before.

Gerson: That's the Delta Rune, the emblem of our kingdom. The Kingdom of Monsters.

Hiro: The Delta...Rune...

Gerson: Wahahaha! Great name, huh? It's as I always say... Ol' King Fluffybuns can't name for beans!

Hiro: Err... Does it mean anything?

Gerson: The Rune? That emblem actually predates written history. The original meaning has been lost to time... All we know is that the triangles symbolize us monsters below and the winged circle above symbolizes...something else. Most people say it's the “angel” from the prophecy.

Hiro: Prophecy..?

Gerson: Oh yeah...the prophecy. Legend has it, an “angel” who has seen the surface will descend from above and bring us freedom.

Hiro: Really?

Gerson: Yes, but lately, the people have been taking a bleaker outlook...callin' that winged circle the “Angel of Death”.

A vision flickered in Hiro's mind.

Gerson: A harbinger of destruction, waitin' to “free” us from this mortal realm...

A vision of a shadowy figure flickering between an angel with a branch of sorts and the arms of monsters reaching up to it and another angel with a bladed object and the arms of monsters in a way that they're trying to protect themselves. That vision blinked away as Gerson spoke up.

Gerson: I jus' think it looks neat! Wa ha ha!

Hiro (a little shaken): Err...yeah..neat. Um....I ran into someone named Undyne. Do you know them?

Gerson: Undyne? Yeah, she's a local hero around here.

Hiro: A hero?

Gerson: Yep, through grit and determination alone, she fought her way to the top of the Royal Guard.

Hiro: Oh..

Gerson (squints): Actually, she just came through here asking about someone who looked just like you...

Hiro (worried): Uuuh...

Gerson: I'd watch your back, kid. And buy some items... It might just save your hide! Wa hahah!

Hiro: O...Okay...

After the discussions with Gerson, Hiro left the cave shop. He checked the box and saw that there was some room in it, so he put in a few items before returning inside to purchase one of each items available in Gerson's shop. Once finished, Hiro made his way to another area which he found another sign on the wall.

Hiro: “Hurt, beaten, and fearful for our lives, we sur.....sur..rend...surrend..er...ed...surrendered...to the humans. Seven of their greatest magicians sealed us underground with a magic spell. Anything can enter through the seal, but only beings with a powerful SOUL can leave.” A powerful SOUL? (walks over to the next one that is floating in front of two echo flowers) “There is only one way to reverse this spell. If a huge power, equ...equi...e-equi..va..lent...to seven human SOULs, attacks the barrier, it will be destroyed.” Seven? I heard stories of six falling here.... (moves to the next one as more echo flowers and some specks of floating light appeared and he crossed the water) “But the cursed place has no entrances or exits. There is no way a human could come here. We will remain trapped down here forever.” ….But.....I'm here. I'm a human. Does that mean.....

Hiro was putting the story together and found that the war against the monsters wasn't really one and that six people had fallen before him and gone missing for years. The monsters may have had something to do it, but for some time, no other human had come down until he did and that's why the monsters were after him. He arrived in a dark area where some of the plant life were illuminated by the blue light emitted from the water they absorbed, and accidentally stepped on a mushroom, lighting up the path ahead of him. Fascinated, Hiro found another mushroom to step on. Before Hiro could find another one, he saw the area become gray-scale and spotted a little creature that looks like a dog...or a cat? It has ears like a cat on top of its head, but rounded floppy ones like a dog's? It has a feline face with beady black eyes, a small nose, and a feline mouth. The cat-dog thing has shoulder-length hair that is parted on the front, and wearing a turtleneck short-sleeved shirt. According to Hiro's phone, it's a special enemy called Temmie and it's here to defeat him. Hiro was more concerned about why it's shaking. The only options he has are Check, Flex, Feed Temmie Flakes, and Talk.

Hiro: Feed...Temmie Flakes...? What are those, a cereal? Um, hello?

Creature: hOI!! i'm TEMMIE!!

All of a sudden, a long-legged version of the Temmie appeared and Hiro was caught underneath it. He tried to escape from under it, but he couldn't and its legs hit Hiro's soul. Once it disappeared, the Temmie was shaking a little more. He tried chatting up the Temmie and it repeated its “hOI!! i'm TEMMIE!!” line while lying on its back, which he thought was cute until he saw one of Temmie's arms stretch towards him. He panicked and flew around trying to avoid its paw, but he got trapped and was hit by it. Once the Temmie's arm retracted, Temmie looked like it had forgotten something. Hiro didn't have any Temmie Flakes to feed it, so he tried the flexing option. Hiro flexed with all he had, but it looks like the Temmie was not exactly happy about it, if one counts its face leaving its body.

Temmie: NO!!!! muscles r.......NOT CUTE.

Hiro: Eh? (sees Aaron slide into battle) Aaron?

Aaron: Oh, I have to disagree. ; )

Temmie: NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 (flops onto its back with Xs in its eyes)

Hiro: Uuuuh...

It was just Hiro and Aaron as they proceeded with an impromptu flex-off that, once again, caused Aaron to flex out of the battlefield. Once the battlefield faded, Hiro continued on to finding another mushroom when he ran into two Moldsmals. He knew what to do for them so he decided to Mercy them. Strangely, only one of them was spared.

Hiro: Huh? I thought I can spare the Moldsmals... (checks his options) I can...flirt with it, I guess? (wiggles his hips like he did with a Moldsmal) Wiggle, wiggle... (watches the Moldsmal grow taller) Wwaaah!! (sees a stack similar to the Moldbygg, as Hiro discovered it's called; it shoots out rings at him) Aah!

After the barrage of rings, the Moldbygg milled about in the corner of the battlefield. Hiro soon saw that he had new options: Lie Down, Hug, and Unhug. He decided to try and lie down and Moldbygg did the same. It understands life now. They both got up and the monster let out a simple roar. White spheres converged around Hiro and became one giant version, shooting off the field as he dodged them. Moldbygg gyrated reservedly as Hiro kept a distance from it. He thought about hugging it, but decided against it. He noticed it was appreciating his respect of its boundaries., and became comfortable with his presence. Hiro saw that he can spare the monster and did so.

Hiro: Phew, that was new. Hope I won't meet more of them...

Hiro wandered on past the bottom mushroom when he could have sworn he heard something coming from somewhere to the right of him. There was nothing lit down whatever path he's hearing sounds from, but he was somehow able to walk down an unlit path. He soon ended up in a little village that had creatures that looked like the Temmie he met in a battle. Four Temmies were standing under a painting of a Temmie and a dragon called the “Rich History of Tem”, a sign saying “hOI! Welcom to...TEM VILLAGE!!!”, and an entrance with a sign flanking its sides, both mentioning how one should visit the Tem Shop, and an exclamation point sign above it. Hiro decided to talk to the first four Temmies.

Hiro: Hello!

1st Temmie: hoi! i'm temmie! And dis is my friend, temmie!

Hiro (goes to the second one): Hello!

2nd Temmie: hoi! I'm temmie! And dis is my friend, temmie!

Hiro: Okay... (goes to the third one) Hello..

3rd Temmie: hoi! I'm temmie! Don forget my friend!

Hiro: Err... (goes to the last one) Um...hello?

4th Temmie: Hi. I'm Bob.

Hiro: Uh. Hi.

Hiro moved away from the group and met a Temmie by a giant Temmie statue with the word TEM on the plate. Apparently it's very famous. The Temmie by the statue exclaimed how humans are such a cute. Hiro figured humans were just cute to this Temmie. He soon met another Temmie with an egg. He was told that it was watching it in case it hatches and going to be a proud parent when it does. Oddly enough, the egg is hardboiled. He walked over to another Temmie that mentioned how it heard of the human being allergic to Temmies. Hiro didn't remember being allergic to them, but he does know that he's allergic to pecans. Temmie understood, though, as it's also allergic to the other Temmies. Suddenly, red spots appeared, causing its face to be bloated.

Allergy Tem: HOIVS!!!

Hiro moved away from that Temmie and approached a blue mushroom. When he talked to it, it started dancing in a swaying motion. Mushroom dance, mushroom dance, whatever could it mean?

Mushroom (cap raises to reveal a pair of blue eyes): It symbolizes my inner torment, trapped here by my hyphae. My struggle to pull away. My struggle to escape. But alas, to no avail.

Hiro: …..

Hiro decided to use the Save Star before entering the shop. There was something about this village and its inhabitants that felt strange, especially when he felt like he was being watched. Oddly enough, he felt a strange sense of detemmienation by being here.

Hiro: De...temmie..nation? Eh?

Afterwards, he decided to check out the Tem Shop. The interior of the shop is a wooden planked wall. From left to right, there is a pulled-back cream curtain, a stack of three rectangular boxes with a small framed photo of a familiar white dog, a white sock with a black toe and heel and an orange Christmas stocking with a white toe, heel, and opening, a small shelf with a bone, a twig, and a glowing pink potion bottle, and a lidded trash can underneath. The counter itself is just a cardboard box with the name “*TEM SHOP” in yellow except for the blue H, the flaps up and a small white coffee mug. The shopkeeper itself looks like the Temmies, but slightly bigger, and wearing a blue and yellow striped shirt. Hiro tried to talk to the Temmie and make sense of it all.

Hiro: Hello!

Shopkeeper Temmie: hoi! I'm temmie

Hiro: Um...Yeah, so um, tell me about yourself?

Shop Tem: hOI!! i'm temmie

Hiro: Uuuuh... I saw this really cool picture of a Temmie and a dragon, that “Rich History of Tem” one. I wanna know about it!

Shop Tem: yaya, us tems hav a DEEP HISTORY!!!

Hiro: ….....Yeah..?

Shop Tem: ver deep.

Hiro (shakes his head): Uh, how about this shop?

Shop Tem: yaYA!!! go to TEM SHOP!!

Hiro: But...I am in your shop....

Hiro turned his attention to the Temmie's wares and saw that there are three different stacks of Temmie Flakes: one is 3G, one is 1G, and one is 20G. There is also an option to send it to colleg...?...for 1000G. At least it's not as much as when Sans jokingly tried to scam him out of 50000G back in the snow fields, but it was still too much. Then he remembered the Dog Residue. He tried using it and discovered how when he used it, his inventory got filled with more residue and dog salads.. This gave him an idea. With this, some of his unneeded items, and some (possible) extra time, Hiro was able to procure a 1000G. He gave the shopkeeper the money and the Temmie was very excited to receive it, to the point of its entire body and counter leaving the shop and the face behind for a few moments. Hiro didn't have enough time to comprehend what just happened before Temmie's body and counter returned. It stated that it has returned from cool leg and learned many things, including about a new item, the Temmie Armor! Unfortunately, it will cost him 9999G. He decided that giving Temmie the 1000G for college was good enough and left the shop. Once he saved again, he departed the village and continued onward. He continued on the path until he couldn't go further and had to go back to open a new path. This path led up to another area where instead of mushrooms, there are lanterns and purple crystals. According to the sign on the wall, monsters used these items to light their way when lost in the dark. He soon saw why as he trekked through the area. It was getting dark unless he lit up a lantern. He did get stuck in a few spots and ran into a few battles, like with a Woshua and an Aaron, but he was able to get out with little to some damage. Nothing that a few food items can't handle. Exiting out of the lit path area, Hiro kept walking until the corridor was getting darker and darker. He couldn't really see, but he did brush against something like an echo flower. He knew because an unfamiliar voice came from it.

??? (medium-deep female voice): Behind you.

Hiro froze. Like before when he first met Sans, he didn't want to turn around. Maybe just a peek....and he immediately regretted it. As light brightened the area, behind him....was Undyne. The moment the voice came through the helmet, Hiro realized that it was the same metallic voice from the flower.

Undyne (steps forward twice): ….Seven.

Hiro: S-Seven...?

Undyne: Seven human souls... With the power of seven human souls, our king...King Asgore Dreemurr...will become a god. With that power, Asgore can finally shatter the barrier. He will finally take the surface back from humanity, and give them back the suffering and pain that we have endured.

Hiro: Uuh...uum..but-

Undyne: Understand, human? This is your only chance at redemption.

Hiro: Re...Re..demp-

Undyne: Give up your soul...or I'll tear it from your body. (gets into a fighting stance as a long aquamarine spear appeared in her hands, aiming it at Hiro)

Undyne drew closer to Hiro as she is prepared to skewer Hiro with her spear. As she drew closer, Hiro could see the light of his soul pulsating hard, flickering like his own racing heart. Before a battle could begin, out of the patch of tall grass, Monster Kid rushed out in between them.

Monster Kid: Undyne!!! I'll help you fight!!!

Hiro: ….

Undyne: …..

Monster Kid (faces Hiro): YO!!! You did it!! Undyne is RIGHT in front of you!!! You got front row seats to her fight!!!

Hiro (laughs nervously): Yeah...it's great...No, it's not....

MK (looks between them again): ….Wait...Who's she fighting??? (gets his cheek grabbed and pulled away by Undyne) H-Hey! You aren't going to tell my parents about this, are you??

As Hiro watched as Undyne pulled MK away, he brushed against the flower again, hearing MK's voice. He shook off the remainder of his distress and found a path leading upwards. He soon entered a watery path area dotted with echo flowers and light specks. Each of the echo flower he passed by had a conversation between two monsters. One of them asked the other to not laugh at their wish, which is that they'd climb out of the mountain. They were upset that they were laughed at, but the other stated that they also had the same wish. As he approached dry land, he spotted a sign on the wall and read it.

Hiro: “However, there is a prophecy.” Oh, the prophecy Mr. Gerson talked about! “The Angel...The One Who Has Seen The Surface... They will return. And the underground will go empty.” …..Um....

Hiro had a horrific vision flash through his mind. Monsters were being slaughtered and a shadowed figure with a red smily face stood upon a giant pile of dust. A yellow star descended from the sky and illuminated the figure from behind. The lit-up parts looked similar to him....

Hiro: AAAAAH!!! ….....Why....am I...having these things...? I don't get it....

Hiro staggered his way out of the area and came across a long bridge. He slowly made his way across it, but before he reached the end, MK called out to and approached him, albeit cautiously.

MK: I know I'm not supposed to be here, but...I wanna ask you something.

Hiro: ….Yes?

MK: Man, I never had to ask anyone this before.... Umm...Yo...You're human, right?

Hiro: ….. (nods) ...Yes...

MK: Haha, man! I knew it!

Hiro: Huh?

MK: Well, I know it now, I mean...

Hiro: She told you...huh?

MK (nods): Undyne told me , um... “stay away from that human.”

Hiro: …..

MK: So...like..umm...I guess that makes us enemies or something. But I kinda stink at that, haha...

Hiro: I don't want it to be that way....

MK (rubs his foot on the wood of the bridge): ...Yo, say something mean so I can hate you? Please?

Hiro (shakes his head): No.

MK: Yo, what? So I have to do it? (mutters under his breath) Here goes nothing...

Hiro: ….

MK: Yo, I...I hate your guts.

Hiro: ….Hm.

MK: Man, I..I'm such a turd...

Hiro: No, you're not. I'm not going to- (a vision flickered, but shakes it off) I'm not going to hurt you.

MK: Hmm... I'm..I'm gonna go home now. (backs up then rushes off, trips then slips off the bridge, catching the edge with his mouth) Yo, w-w-wait! Help! I tripped!

Hiro: Oh no! (spots Undyne appearing across the bridge) Ah. (a vision flickers where Undyne is hurt, but returns as a much stronger monster; it disappears when he hears MK yelling) I'll help you! (rushes over to MK and pulls him up to safety)

MK: Phew. (sees Undyne approaching) Y..y..yo...dude..If...If y-you wanna hurt my friend...you're gonna have to get through me first.

Hiro: Monster Kid...

Undyne (backs away): …. (walks off)

MK: She's gone. Yo, you really saved my skin.

Hiro: I didn't want you to fall down like that.

MK: Guess being enemies was just a nice thought, haha. We'll just have to be friends instead.

Hiro: Hehe...Yeah, I like that better.

MK: ...Man, I should REALLY go home...I bet my parents are really worried about me. (walks away before turning back) Later, dude!

Hiro: Later! (watches MK leave) That was close....Undyne...I saw her with more spikes...and red? Hmn...I don't wanna meet that version...

Hiro managed to push himself forward from the bridge to another area with a much smaller bridge and into another place where a large cave entrance is present. He was just about to enter it when he noticed someone on top of the pointed cave overlooking the horizon where it was like the sun was on its red stage of setting, crags of rocks lining the landscape, and two towers that look like they were part of the Industrial era. That red tassel...it was Undyne.

Undyne: Seven. Seven human souls, and King Asgore will become a god. Six. That's how many we've collected thus far. Understand?

Hiro: So...they're...dead? Then....it means...

Undyne: Through your seventh and final soul, this world will be transformed. But first, as customary for those who make it this far, I shall tell you the tragic tale of our people. It all started, long ago....

Hiro: ….

Undyne: …..No, you know what? SCREW IT! WHY SHOULD I TELL YOU THAT STORY WHEN YOU'RE ABOUT TO DIE?! NGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!

Hiro: Aah!

The area lit up in a blinding white light, and when Hiro was able to see again, the armored monster had removed her helmet. It turns out that the red tassel was actually Undyne's long red hair and that she is a fish woman. Piercing yellow and green eyes with the left one hidden by a black eyepatch, scaly bluish-green skin, sharp teeth, she looked fierce.

Undyne: YOU! You're standing in the way of everybody's hopes and dreams!

Hiro: Wha- No, I'm not!

Undyne: Alphys's history books made me think humans are cool...with their giant robots and flowery swordswomen...

Hiro: Where did I hear that name before...? Wait, what?

Undyne: BUT YOU? You're just a coward! Hiding behind that kid so you could run away from me again!

Hiro: That's not true!!

Undyne: And let's not forget your wimpy goody-two-shoes-schtick! Oooh! I'm making such a difference by hugging random strangers!

Hiro (scratches his cheek): I didn't hug everyone...

Undyne: You know what would be more valuable to everyone? IF YOU WERE DEAD!!

Hiro: If...If I was dead?!

Undyne: That's right, human! Your continued existence is a crime! Your life is all that stands between us and our freedom! Right now, I can feel everyone's hearts pounding together! Everyone's been waiting their whole lives for this moment! But we're not nervous at all. When everyone puts their hearts together, they's can't lose!

Hiro: ….

Undyne: Now, human! Let's end this. Right here, right now! I'll show you how determined monsters can be! Step forward when you're ready! Fuhuhuhuhuhuhu!

Hiro: Umm.. (the red word DETERMINATION flashed; he holds his head before the strain fades; notices a Save Star) Hmn...Can I just not fight her? (touches the star) But I can't, can I?

A soft breeze became stronger to the point of howling. Hiro had no choice but to face Undyne. He'll get to see whose determination is stronger, his or hers.

Undyne: That's it, then...! No more running away! (leaps off the mountain and dives at Hiro with her spear pointed down at him) HERE I COME!!!

Hiro jumped back as Undyne landed in front of him, the area exploding into gray-scale and his soul was forced out. Before he could do anything, Undyne swiped her spear at his soul, turning it green and finding himself holding a spear. He tried to move away from her, but he found that he couldn't move.

Hiro: What?!

Undyne: Fuhuhu... As long as you're GREEN, you CAN'T ESCAPE! As long as you face danger head on, you won't last a SECOND against me.

Hiro: Oh no!

Hiro was unsure of what to do. He pleaded with Undyne that he didn't want to fight, but his words fell on deaf ears. He managed to block some of the red arrow bullets, but not all of them. He was reprimanded for doing terribly, but he just didn't want to fight her. He missed a few arrows and the last one struck his soul. He could feel himself splitting in half as he watched his soul physically cracked down the middle.

Hiro (tries to hold his soul together): N....No...don-

With the sound and look like glass shattering, Hiro's soul broke into pieces. His world soon fell into darkness and so did he.

Hiro has died.

TO BE CONTINUED

#linetempostory #FINALLY!!! I really need to stop putting so many months between these chapters...

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