Its Blox, back with some new content here for you today! I've decided to work on a side group of one-shot stories based off the main storyline of Manifesttale, called Manifesttale Mini Adventures! Each Mini-Adventure will be centered around a specific character in Manifesttale and will be contained to one chapter. I hope you guys enjoy, and please leave a review if you think I should continue doing this! Thanks!

Make sure to check out the main storyline Manifesttale before you read these, as they can offer some very useful background that can help you comprehend some of the events in these stories.


This mini story takes place in between Chapters 20 and 21 of Manifesttale Book One.


[Sans]

Sans was lying down on top of one of the mess hall tables, sleeping with a pile of ketchup bottles strewn around him. He had been chugging the things for the past couple hours, and had reached the point where he had enough to fall asleep. Every time he binge-drank he always managed to drink a little more ketchup before he passed out. Papyrus always said it was an issue, but the others didn't seem to mind. At least, they didn't say anything against it.

He was awoken from his nap by the shaking of the table.

"BROTHER!" shouted Papyrus, standing at the end of the table, "YOU'RE A MESS! THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS WEEK THIS HAS HAPPENED!"

Sans shrugged and lifted his head from the table. "i dunno paps. without anything to do, i get kinda bored, so i just pass the time with ketchup." He dropped it back down on top of a ketchup bottle, causing a high-pitched squeak to sound from the bottle. Papyrus had a sickened expression on his face, before straightening his badge and standing up straight.

"THAT'S IT SANS! I, THE GREAT PAPYRUS, HAVE MADE IT MY MISSION TO RID YOU OF YOUR DRINKING PROBLEM!"

"what drinking problem paps?" Sans belched after he finished the sentence. Papyrus covered his face with his gloved hand and pointed at Sans.

"YOU SEE BROTHER, THIS IS THE PROBLEM. ALL YOU DO NOWADAYS IS LIE AROUND AND DRINK KETCHUP!"

Sans shrugged again. "i'd rather not relish in the spotlight paps. hehehhehehhehehhe-"

"SHUT UP SANS!" Sans kept laughing continuously, until Paps grabbed him by his hood and pulled him off the table, causing ketchup bottles to roll everywhere. "WE'RE GONNA FIX THIS TODAY!" He dragged him along the ground.

"c'mon paps, do we have to?" Sans slouched, making it more difficult for Papyrus to pull him along. "oh no, gravity is getting stronger…" Papyrus bent down and picked up Sans.

"SANS, WE BOTH KNOW IF WE ARE BOTH TO SURVIVE THIS ORDEAL YOU NEED TO STOP BEING LAZY!" Sans closed his eyes and looked down, and went into his head.

"any back up, bro?" asked Sans to himself. The right white glowing eye began to shine dimly in his right eye socket.

"I'm with Papyrus here Sans," said Manny, "you really need to fix your ketchup problem. It's really affecting your strength."

"NYEH HEH HEH! THE GREAT PAPYRUS IS ALWAYS RIGHT!" Papyrus posed, dropping Sans on the ground.

"ow," said Sans sarcastically. Papyrus picked up his hood again and began to drag him down the halls of the Shooting Star, passing by the various inhabitants of the ship.

"Sans, where is Papyrus taking you?" asked Ink.

"eh, he wants to solve my 'ketchup problem,'" said Sans, making quotation marks in the air. Ink just stared silently, but it looked like he was trying to muffle a laugh in his scarf. Sans retreated a little bit into his hood, slightly annoyed. When they passed Carrot, he just chuckled and took a little sip of mustard, prompting a punch in the arm by Blue. Why didn't he have to get his mustard problem fixed?

Soon, Papyrus arrived in front of his room. He dropped Sans into one of the Undertale purple chairs and turned to face him. Almost instantly when he hit the chair, he began to sink into a heavy sleep.

"SANS," said Papyrus, waiting for a response. Sans was sound asleep in his chair.

"SANS! WAKE UP YOU LAZYBONES!" Sans jolted up and his hood fell off, tilting his power-glasses on his head.

"sorry paps, just takin a nap." Papyrus paced around the room a little bit before coming back up to Sans.

"OK SANS! LETS SET THIS STRAIGHT FIRST! I DON'T MIND YOU HAVING KETCHUP, BUT YOU'RE HAVING TOO MUCH! SO THE FIRST THING WE WILL DO IS USE MY NO-FAIL THREE STEP PROGRAM! NYEH HEH HEH!" Papyrus posed and almost knocked down the conveniently shaped lamp that was sitting on the coffee table next to him. He searched around in his pockets and pulled out a ketchup bottle, at which Sans perked up a bit. He placed it on the coffee table and looked at Sans.

"NYEH HEH HEH! THE FIRST THING WE ARE GOING TO DO IS SEE HOW MUCH YOU CAN RESIST DRINKING KETCHUP. AN IMPULSE TEST, IF YOU WILL." Papyrus pointed at the ketchup bottle.

"I WANT YOU TO STARE AT THE KETCHUP BOTTLE, BUT DO NOT TOUCH IT AT ALL. OTHERWISE MANNY WILL MENTALLY PUNCH YOU IN THE GUT." Sans' glowing eye activated momentarily.

"wait, you agreed to this?" Sans could see Manny shrugging in Sans' brain space.

"Hey, I gotta do what I have to do. You're weakening because you aren't training."

"we both know i don't train manny!"

"The point is, your drinking problem has gone too far. You need to stop." Sans grumbled to himself and stared at the ketchup bottle.

"FOCUS BROTHER, BUT DO NOT TOUCH IT." Sans stared at the ketchup bottle and thought about ketchup. Ketchup taste, ketchup types, condiment puns…anything about ketchup. Unfortunately, it made him want to take the ketchup, and chug it in under three seconds. He knew Papyrus was probably going to hit him with a bone if he touched it, so he very carefully tried to use telekinesis to lift the bottle towards him. As the ketchup started to glow blue, he jerked backward, feeling as if he just got hit in the gut with a Gaster Blaster. The ketchup bottle dropped back onto the coffee table.

"No telekinesis!" shouted Manny.

"urgh."

"NYEH HEH HEH! AGAIN!" Sans stared at the ketchup bottle again, and lasted slightly longer this time before lunging out with his hand, prompting a bone to his forearm by Papyrus. This continued for some time, until Sans was able to stare at the bottle for a solid eight minutes before he felt any tendencies to touch it. Papyrus nodded, satisfied.

"NYEH HEH HEH! IT'S TIME FOR STAGE TWO OF MY GREAT PLAN!" He pulled out a bunch more bottles of ketchup and set them down on the table.

"BROTHER, YOU MAY NOW DRINK THE KETCHUP." Sans began to lunge forward, but Papyrus blocked his arm with a bone.

"BUT, YOU MAY NOT HAVE MORE THAN SIX BOTTLES." Sans moaned.

"really bro?" Papyrus nodded. Sans carefully got six bottles from the ten on the table, and drank them all within a minute. He felt more satisfied, but knew the feeling wouldn't last long before he would want more. He began to edge towards the seventh bottle, but Manny mentally punched him in the gut again.

"NO SANS! PACE YOURSELF! NOW ONLY A BOTTLE EVERY FIVE MINUTES!" Sans began to drink the ketchup bottles slowly, making sure to use all the ketchup that was in there. By the time an hour had passed, he felt a lot better concerning his drinking pace.

"NYEH HEH HEH! I, THE GREAT PAPYRUS, COMMEND YOU ON YOUR PROGRESS SO FAR!"

"thanks paps."

"NOW, BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THE THIRD STEP, I WILL MAKE SOME SPAGHETTI, AND WE WILL HAVE A BREAK!" Instantly, the siren in the room began to flash red and spin around.

"RED ALERT! RED ALERT! REPORTS OF VOID BATTALIONS HAVE BEEN DETECTED IN UNDERSWAP! SANS AND CARROT PLEASE REPORT TO THE PORTAL ROOM IMMEDIATELY!" Sans turned and looked between the door and Papyrus.

"NYEH HEH HEH! I WILL POSTPONE THE SPAGHETTI. WE WILL CONTINUE THIS LATER SANS. NOW GO!" Sans snagged the last ketchup bottle and teleported off of the chair and began to sprint towards the portal. He jumped through, ending up in the Underverse main lobby, where the portals to the rest of the AUs were located. Carrot was already waiting at the huge bay doors, a cigarette in his mouth.

"Took you long enough to show up." Sans was breathing hard when he caught up to Carrot.

"hey carrot. how are you doing?" Carrot took the magical cigarette out of his mouth and took a sip of mustard, which he stuck back into his hoodie.

"Eh, same old same old. Blue keeps telling me to stop eating the sugary foods and stuff, and to stop being lazy." Sans laughed.

"huh. that's the same thing papyrus was bothering me about totday as well." Both of them chuckled. The bay doors opened and they stepped out, and Sans put in the request for the portal room. The main inner lobby shook as the residence room manager began to activate. Carrot looked up, the cigarette burning at the tip.

"You know Sans, I used to have a mustard drinking problem like you do." He took out the floating cigarette and held it in between his right pointer and middle finger. He chuckled, his eyes closed.

"Sometimes I think I still do." Sans perked up a bit, his power glasses now hanging on his dark blue hoodie.

"what's your secret carrot?" The bay doors opened, revealing a huge green portal with a small control panel located to the side of it. Carrot and Sans walked in, Carrot inputting the Underswap coordinates into the portal.

"Not only do you have to pace yourself, you have to try and remove it completely from your head. Only drink your ketchup when you need to," said Carrot, still putting the coordinates in. He backed up from the panel, and the portal turned from green to light blue.

"C'mon, let's go." Carrot jumped into the portal, and Sans followed, the tickling sensation of portal jumping running down his spine as he flowed in between timelines. He emerged in Hotland, next to Carrot, who was looking around alert. Sans face planted, and slowly got himself up.

"Most importantly, you cannot get distracted by it." Sans shrugged. Carrot quickly pulled Sans behind a rock, and they both looked over, seeing a couple Void guardsmen patrolling around Undyne's lab.

"Shhh, see if you can hear them." Sans took his glasses off of his hoodie, and twisted a little side dial, which popped an earpiece out from the rim. This allowed him to hear better as well as hear things from long distance. He twisted the dial to adjust the distance, then peered and looked at the guards.

"Hehe, the MDF will never realize that we've taken this part of Underswap!" laughed one of the guards.

"Nobody can stop us!" shouted the other guard.

"Although, it was with Error's help that we were able to take control…"

"Shush," said the first guard, "you never know who could be out there." The two guards nodded and quickly walked inside the lab, the sliding doors closing behind them.

Sans popped back behind the rock.

"error's in there," said Sans, "no manifests are in there, but i heard that there's loads of void soldiers located inside the lab." Sans and Carrot teleported in front of the lab doors and looked up at the huge lab sign.

"You know Sans, there's a chance that they aren't alone in there. And I don't mean just Error. They could have brought along someone." Sans shrugged.

"i dunno carrot. what's the worst that could happen?" Carrot grimaced.

"Just be prepared Sans." The two walked forward into the lab sliding doors, which quickly closed behind them. The room was dark, and eerily quiet. Carrot and Sans cautiously took a few steps forward, before a blinding spotlight illuminated their location.

"Well well well, it seems we have two judges in the court today," said Error from behind, his red and blue jacket spitting off Error signs. Carrot grimaced.

"You again. What do you want in my timeline?" asked Carrot.

"Ah, nothing. I'm just here to give a little performance," chuckled Error.

"if a fight is what you want, it's what you're gonna get!" shouted Sans, his Gaster eye glowing, a Gaster Blaster appearing to his right. Error chuckled again.

"Very well, but just so you know, I'm a lot more powerful than I was the last time we met. You see, I took just a small bit of your code, and altered it…" Error held his right hand out, and an Error Bone Katana formed in his grip. Sans stepped back, shocked.

"impossible…"

"All I needed to do was change a little bit here and there, and voila! I'm compatible," said Error, holding the katana in a ready position. Sans grunted and his own bone katana appeared in his left hand. Carrot had a couple blasters ready as well.

"well then, may the best sans win," said Sans, his eye glowing even brighter.

"Oh, and one more thing," said Error. He snapped his fingers, and the room was illuminated for a moment. Sans could see hundreds of Void soldiers flanking them. "If you try anything tricky, you're dead meat, so good luck!" Error quickly lunged forward and sliced with the katana, and Sans jumped back, barely dodging the attack. He hurriedly put on his power glasses and activated the start up. Sans ducked and rolled to avoid a slice by Error, then he swapped the sword to his right hand and thrust his left hand towards Error, firing a Gaster Blaster at him. Error brought his left hand up, creating a bone wall that blocked the blast. Sans ran towards the wall, sliced through the bones, and spun to attack Error. Error parried the blow then pushed Sans back.

"urgh, he really is stronger," said Sans. Error slung two blue wires, which wrapped around Sans' feet, and pulled him closer. Carrot teleported by the wires and broke them with a Gaster Blaster allowing Sans to roll back and break free from Error. Error grumbled in frustration and charged towards Carrot, who teleported out of the way and launched a ground bone attack, the bones breaking through the floor of the lab. Error jumped up, and quickly teleported in front of Carrot, kicking him backwards. Carrot used telekinesis to stop Error from hitting him, slamming Error into the wall. Sans tried to hit Error while he was on the wall, but Error dodged the attack and teleported behind him. Sans narrowly dodged the attack. His power glasses were no good against Error, and seemed to be more of more passive non-battle situation use. He stuck them back into his hoodie.

"Not bad, not bad," said Error, laughing at Sans, "but don't forget, you're battling with a partner!" Sans quickly turned to see Error teleport in front of a very shocked Carrot. At that moment, time seemed to slow down a bit. His Gaster eye glowed even brighter as he saw Carrot close his eyes in acceptance, and Error lunge forward with his katana. For a half-second, he saw a different image. One of Frisk lunging forward to take down an unwary Papyrus, who was kneeling down, expecting a hug. The knife was about to hit him. Sans could feel tears. The same thing wouldn't happen today. He quickly teleported in front of Carrot, his arms outstretched.


*999999 Damage


The katana sliced through Sans, turning his Gaster Eye off instantly, leaving him with his normal eyes. The katana left a huge red gash in the left side of his hoodie, and the red was spreading quickly. He was breathing hard, and everything just seemed to stop. Both Carrot and Error were confused, Error wiping the blood off of his katana. Carrot's eyes were shaking.

"S-Sans?" asked Carrot. Sans' eyes disappeared as he looked down at the red gash in his hoodie, his hands in his hoodie pockets. He remembered the former days, all the Genocide runs, all the Megalovanias, all the naps, all the attacks…and for a moment thought he was done for.

He chuckled slowly, and took his hands out. A ketchup bottle fell onto the ground, now with a huge hole in it. Ketchup puddled on the floor.

"aw man, that was the last one," complained Sans, his eye glowing even brighter. "now you asked for it." Sans quickly rose his left hand up throwing Error into the air, and bones poked out from the ceiling. However, Error used the ceiling as a push off and jumped back at Sans. The blue wore off, but quickly came back into effect as Carrot slammed Error into the left wall. Error shook off the impact and lunged at Sans, who blocked the katana with his own. Sans ducked and dodged Error's katana attacks, until finally, he elbowed Error's hand, launching the katana from Error. He got up, sweat beading on his face and five Gaster Blasters behind him.

"game over error," said Sans. "leave now." Error got up slowly and shook his head.

"Oh no, we aren't done yet," said Error. He took out a bottle of Special-Edition ketchup and threw it across the room, into a dark corner. Sans' eyes shook. Special Edition? He began to run towards it.

"Sans! No!" shouted Carrot, who began to run after him. However, Error put up a bone wall, blocking Carrot from reaching Sans. Sans was distracted by the bottle, and couldn't resist drinking the ketchup. As he got closer to the dark corner, he noticed a few odd things around the bottle. The dark didn't seem natural. There were random drips on the wall. At about five feet from the wall, it dawned upon him the trap he just ran into, and just in time, jumped back to dodge one of Nightmare's tentacle attacks.

"welp, that's unfortunate," said Sans, summoning a Gaster Blaster to attack Nightmare, who dodged it easily.

"luckily i have backup," said Sans. He pointed towards the ceiling, where Nightmare looked up to see Dream with a bow and an arrow notched. The arrow flew, and embedded itself in Nightmare.

"STOP IT WOULD YOU?!" shouted Nightmare. Dream laughed.

"When will you realize that darkness isn't the answer?" asked Dream. He launched a barrage of light arrows, turning Nightmare into a puddle of dark mush. Error grumbled in frustration.

"We'll retreat for now," said Error, "but don't think of this as your final victory Classic. Many more things are to come." Error disappeared in a flurry of Error signs and the Void soldiers seemed to disappear along with him. Dream dropped down from the ceiling, and Carrot walked up to Sans, who picked up the now useless ketchup bottle from the ground.

"Sans, why did you take that attack for me?" asked Carrot. Sans wiped off a bit of his hoodie and stuck the ketchup bottle back in his pocket.

"because…" started Sans, "it looked the same as my genocide route. when papyrus went to encounter the human. it looked almost identical. that expression of acceptance. the unwary expression. i had to stop it. even if we aren't from the same au, you're still technically my bro."

"Well, good job team!" shouted Dream. "Snacks are on me!" Carrot, Dream, and Sans walked out of the lab.

"Well, what now Sans?" asked Carrot. Sans shrugged.

"i dunno. maybe i'll have a ketchup bottle or two, but one things for sure."

"What's that?"

"i think my ketchup problem's been fixed!"

The three laughed as they teleported back to the Shooting Star for a well-deserved break.


I hope you guys enjoyed this first one-shot in Manifesttale: Mini-Adventures! If you like this idea, please leave a review, that way I know that people enjoy these one-shots so I can continue to make them. Also, if you are wondering, somebody of this is based off Underverse, so credit to Jakei as inspiration for this.

If there's ever an AU you want me to include in the main story, just ask and I'll see what I can do.

If you want to see a Mini-Adventure centered on a specific character, just feel free to PM or leave a review and I will see what I can do!

Credit for all characters besides Peter, Bryan, Kurt, the Void King, Manny, and the Elite Squadron belong to their respective creators in the Undertale Community.

If you liked this story, hit that fav or follow button, I really appreciate the support and knowing that someone out there wants to read more helps motivate me to keep writing. Also, if you want, you can check out my Manifesttale forums, where I can answer questions about this story, and potentially host events there. The link to it is in my profile.

Well, I hope you enjoyed this Mini-Adventure! I'll see you guys next time!

-Blox