People had been known to disappear around the top of Mt. Ebbot. One such person was a young man named William Dingus Gaster. He was a young scientist that had recently graduated from college with a masters in engineering and mechanics. Very few knew that he was a descendent of three of the seven sages that had sealed monsters in the underground over a thousand years ago, or that he had been descended from two of the sages that had actually been friendly towards monsters. The only reason that the red soul, the light blue soul, and the purple soul had even considered sealing the monsters was to protect them from the rest of the humans, and with the blessings of the Queen, they did what they had to do to help protect their friends and the kingdom they lived in.
The stories behind the monster imprisonment had been a long standing tradition to pass down from the Gaster and Mincho family. The Gasters were descended from the Dark Blue Soul of Integrity while the Mincho family was from the purple soul of perseverance and the light blue soul of Patience.
William had always been a strange man, preferring to spend his time in a lab or a library. He was about seven feet tall, with dark brown hair and bright blue eyes that darkened or turned purple when he attempted to use the ancient sage magic in his soul. He wore a set of cloudy glasses and had a backpack full of multiple journals and other things he would be able to use after descending down to the underground. He was a cheerful fellow with a light hearted sense of humor and a love for riddles, but if one was foolish enough to get him angry, they'd find he was well able to defend himself.
He gave one last look to the rising sun that had seemed to be chasing him. He grinned ruefully, knowing that he would probably never see the light of day again, and yet… somewhere in his soul he felt that he might, should the cards be played right. He shrugged and climbed down into the cave using a rope that had an end tied to one of the rocks.
As he landed in a pile of buttercups, he noticed the rope fall after him. He rolled his eyes and smirked. He loved magic, and the idea of magic mixing with science was always one that had fascinated him. He packed up the rope into his bag again and looked around. He seemed to be in some sort of ruins, no doubt the original home area for the monsters after being banished underground. He sighed as he pulled out his soul. It was purple, damaged, and sickly, but it was still filled with perseverance. He would persevere through the trials ahead of him until his brain tumor finally killed him.
As he entered the next room, he found himself looking at a strange cat like creature that was sending so many alarms through his head at the moment. "Hoi, I'm TemMie! TemMie the TeM! YOu nEw hErE? YOU mUst BE so coN-fU-sED! NO wORrY! TeMmie SMarT! TemMie shOw yOU wAy of LIfe hErE!"
William flinched as he felt his soul tug. His bright blue eyes hardened into a dark blue glare. Something wasn't kosher. Whatever this thing was… it wasn't acting like it should have been. His soul was a rich royal purple that had some dark patches in it from his brain tumor's effect. The Temmie seemed confused for a moment before shaking it's head and continuing. William dodged every "Temmie Flake of Friendliness" that was shot at him, enraging the strange cat like creature.
"You done? I'm not up for gaining a level in violence just because you want to be a pill. I'm just here to help out."
"So YoU KnOw AbOUt ThE AcRoNyMs? YoU wOnT GeT FaR."
"Not planning on it. I only need to do one thing before I die and that's help out around here. By my estimation, my cancer will have me killed within the next year, so I think I should get to choose how I use my last year." William smirked dangerously as he summoned his own type of attack. It was a blaster of sorts that looked like a book. "This is a Gaster Blaster Prototype, do you want to test it, Temmie?"
The weird cat creature twitched before just running away yelling about how the human was crazy. William just chuckled and allowed the book to disappear after he shot a few healing words from it to himself.
"I'll never get tired of seeing that, bullies running away from items that are meant to heal, hehe." William made his way through the puzzles that guarded the ruins, sparing all that he came across. Eventually he made his way to a house that seemed to have a nice garden in front of it. Much to his surprise, a human and two monsters were in the garden. "Hello there?"
The human was an old lady, probably older than William's father by the looks of her, and she had a neat bun that was tied up with a blue ribbon and a knife in her hand which was used to cut the weeds. "Oh, hello there." She said in a kindly voice. "Did you fall down as well? I'm Jenna Stone of the Patience Clan, gardener of the ruins." She was slightly pale skinned with vibrant blue eyes that showed her to be young in spirit while her body was old for a human. "You better come in peace young man."
William smiled and nodded. "I'm Dr. William D. Gaster of the Perseverance, Patience, and Integrity Clans."
"A Gaster, eh? You wouldn't happen to be young Harrington's boy, would you?"
"Actually yes… he married Mary Sue Mincho…" William grimaced.
"Huh… okay, I guess I owe Stanley fifty G. I can't believe his brother got married…" The old lady laughed as she got up with the help of the blonde haired goat monster next to her. "Thanks, Pops."
"Heh, not a problem, my child." The goat monster looked rather young himself, probably because monsters aged slower. The goat monster looked to the young man with a smile. "Hello, Dr. Gaster. I am Asgore, keeper of the ruins and guardian of Home. I make sure that anyone who falls is safe to pass."
"Huh, must get pretty lonely here."
"Sometimes, but it hasn't been so bad since Jenna showed up. My wife occasionally comes by to see how I'm doing as well as my son, Asriel. I'm not really needed up at the capital and we like to know the kind of humans that fall down here." He then turned towards the other monster, a female skeleton with a clipboard in her hands and wearing a long white labcoat. "This is the royal scientist. She sometimes comes to visit as well. Dr. Serif, why not introduce yourself?"
The young lady skeleton jerked her head up, as though just noticing that another human had shown up. She blushed a sky blue in embarrassment. "Oh, um… hello… I'm Dr. Arial Serif." She held out a hand for the human to shake.
William looked her up and down before taking her hand in his, and gently leaning down to kiss it in a gentlemanly fashion. "Charmed, I'm Dr. W. D. Gaster."
"What's the D. stand for, William?" Jenna smirked as she saw both scientists blush.
William frowned. "Can we leave it at my father has a cruel sense of humor?"
"NOPE!" Jenna laughed out loud. "I'm your mother's cousin, I'm allowed to know what her boy got named."
"… Dingus…" William said with the straightest face ever.
The three others looked at him for a few good minutes before Jenna just broke down into laughter. "He would!"
