Hey, if you don't already know, my name is Sans. Sans the skeleton. I used to live in the Underground with my younger brother Papyrus. The Underground wasn't bad of a place, but I've always wondered how it felt to be above ground. Monsters have been stuck down here for more years than even Asgore can count. He lost the number at around 500 or so. Of course, he's far older than that now, FAR older. Asgore wasn't that bad of a guy. In fact, he was known for being overly kind and caring. He was a great king to us all. Life started getting dull down in the Underground, but Asgore insisted that we should hold onto our hopes and continue to fight for freedom. But now...I don't even know if it's worth it anymore...
My life wasn't that normal at all. I was blind—although I never understood why. Everything that I wanted to see was covered by a black void. Sure, I could use my other senses, but I was bad at it—terribly bad. So, Papyrus would help me walk around. One day, Paps went and got me a pair of blue headphones. I don't really know where he was going with it at first, but he insisted that I'd love it. Papyrus was a BIG music lover, and I'd constantly see him listening to new hits that a ghost named Napstablook, whoever he was, fire out constantly. Napstablook wasn't at ALL that bad of a music maker. In fact, when it came to music, he was better than Mettaton!
The gift that my headphones had was that they would play out different music by themselves. They didn't need to be hooked up to some sort of phone or anything like that—they just went ahead and played music on their own. I would walk around our house and bump into things when Papyrus wasn't around to help me. Every time I'd hit something, though, a sound would play in the music I listened through my headphones. There would be a slight buildup, and then I'd hear a random sound play. That was when I was supposed to dodge. Eventually, I used the music I was hearing to move out of the way of the furniture.
I got better with the strategy I had. I would use the main part, the melody, of songs to dodge. I was a bit rusty at it, but I was able to mostly fine-tune myself into keeping my skull where it was on my body. I really owe it to Papyrus for giving me these headphones. But I had to wonder if he knew about the trick that they had. Eventually, I refused to take them off. I didn't need Papyrus to help me around anymore because I had these headphones of mine. Though, having him help me was one of the few times I'd get to spend with him. I wish I knew what he looked like, though. People said that when he gets excited, his eyes shimmer a bit. And me, being blind, was unable to see that big smiling face of his. People also said that he'd look like that when he listens to music. Like I said, he loved that stuff. He was so into music, he wore a white scarf with a music sheet pattern on it.
Often, I'd try and play a few games that Papyrus would enjoy. There was this one time Papyrus convinced me to go outside and have a snowball fight with him. I tried to tell him that I was blind, but he didn't listen.
"HEY SANS, DODGE THIS!" he called.
"p-papyrus, i-AAAGH!" I fall on by back, snow jumping into the air.
"WHOOPS... UH, SO...TV?"
"papyrus..."
"RIGHT, RIGHT." He nods."MY BAD,"
He'd always be reminded of it though, so it wasn't too bad.
One day, Papyrus went and told me he had found a human. I didn't have experience with humans before. Usually, the other six that had passed through here weren't seen by me. Mostly because I stayed inside our house whenever possible. I LOATHED the outdoors simply because I'd hit things all the time. But...Papyrus was pushing me like usual so I HAD to go see. Though Papyrus had his quirks, I couldn't hate the guy. He was too optimistic and happy for me to be mad at him. Plus, he was my brother, and the only family I have. When he brought me to the human, I'm assuming it was a human, anyway, he instantly hopped onto the idea of capturing it.
"HUMAN, I, THE GREAT PAPYRUS, SHALL CAPTURE YOU... AFTER NUMEROUS AMOUNTS OF PUZZLES," he declares,"NYEH-HEH-HEH-HEH!"
Papyrus speeds off into the forest to prepare "numerous amounts of puzzles". He really loved those things. Even more so than he did with music. Personally, I just power through his puzzles to hear that cheerful voice of his. It's really one of the most notable things about him. Papyrus spoke in this loud, overly happy voice. It was as if simply existing was the best thing ever to him. Really, I could learn from him. The guy knew how to stay positive, even in the worst of situations.
After Papyrus was clean out of sight, I try striking up conversation. Of course, I'm terrible at that, so I sort of just hang there in a piercing awkwardness.
"h-heya kiddo, how's it goin'...?" I give the friendliest wave I could. "got any, uh... plans?"
A low flute note plays in my headphones and I step off to the side. The human just walks off, as if I'm not even standing there in the first place. I scratch my skull for a bit and just shrug. Maybe they're too busy. Either way, I'm heading back indoors...wait a second.
"P-PAPYRUS! I CAN'T SEE! HELP!" I wave my arms around to no avail. Papyrus had gone off again.