Summary: 'Everything was Sans fault.' Chara was sure of themselves, losing conscious as a Gaster Blaster blasted them into oblivion. Two skeletons stood at the end of the road's mistiest areas, the younger brother wonders how Humans really work while the aniki makes absolute care not to lose his cinnamon bun.
'This is what happens if they aren't so careful with their targets, the price to pay for their recklessness.'
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*SLICE*
"Okay." The Human smiled as they broke a container open. Breaking the lock, they stole the money found in the Shop.
"I think I'll get some supplies first before I face Undyne." The Human said to themselves, humming as they picked another cinnamon bun and keeping it in their chest. Staying in the deserted village, the Human had begun pillaging the stores of their goods and gold with a nicely-lit smile. Soon, they would face a dear old friend.
'Are you comfy right there, partner?' The Human persona in control: Chara tapped their head, telling their other self: Frisk to watch the inevitable event with extreme care. It was hilarious to see the other cry over their actions. This was the consequence they had to pay, after all. Frisk shivered and covered their ears when Chara requests in a sinister voice. "wAtCh mE KiLl tHe IdIot SkELeToN aGaiN, oKAy?"
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[SAVE] LOAD RESET
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"HMMM..." The skeleton thought uneasily, looking around his misty area. Fiddling with his scarf, the skeleton slid his right red glove down to reveal a wristwatch his older brother gave him during one of their scavenger search in the dumps. It was near Dinner time and Papyrus knew that most of the monsters in Snowdin suddenly went up and left without telling him the exact reasons why, even his brother didn't tell him anything at all and Sans was usually the most informed monster in the Underground. It was kind of expected though, seeing as his brother had accompanied him in playing with the Human. They just didn't get a Human who loved puzzles and spaghetti.
"OH DEAR..." Papyrus tapped his right boot in worry. But that wasn't the precise reason why the skeleton was worried. No. It only contributed to part of the problem. Papyrus had linked this with the sudden arrival of the Human. Papyrus knew he should be the one to reform the ways of the Human, but since Grillby is gone... Where will Sans get his food for Dinner? Sure, Sans could teleport to Hotland and eat food there, but then... Sans was unpredictable. There was always this slim chance Sans would actually try and check the fridge even if Papyrus knew Sans disliked his pasta dishes. The Great Papyrus' Spaghetti - The only source of food left in the fridge (which Papyrus had regretted) was recently emptied snow-dry by that Annoying Dog! Well... He thinks it was A.D. because who else would do such a fiendish action?! Of course, he didn't tell Sans, it was a blow to his pride and because Papyrus didn't tell this for the past four days, the dilemma came back to bite the skeleton's nearly extinguished tail bone.
"SURELY... JUST MAYBE." Papyrus said unconsciously, counting the amount of time he can muster to: head back home, cook spaghetti for his brother and come back here. It wasn't long, but there was still this uncertainty if the Human came in time. Papyrus placed his gloved hand to his teeth. Papyrus knew he was in one of those important decisions in life: Family or Friends? Who was he to prioritize, but maybe he can make a third option? An option that will give him enough time to distract the Human and make Sans unaware of their shortage.
*BLINK*
"AHA!" Papyrus had an idea come out of his head. To him, it was brilliant and well-played. All he has to do now was gather the materials and prepare his speech. Surely, the Human would understand the skeleton's decision. Removing his scarf, Papyrus was already formulating words from his mind. Papyrus just hoped he didn't need to resort to this. The Human does deserve the best of Papyrus, just not now. Setting up his next latest masterpiece, the skeleton left to get a device in the shed and returned as fast as his legs could carry.
"THIS WILL WORK! THE GREAT PAPYRUS IS NEVER WRONG WITH HIS PLANS, AFTER ALL!" Papyrus was still talking to himself confidently as he started to mount huge piles of snow together. Molding them higher and higher, the skeleton hoped the Human would be amused with his antics and not ruin their possible friendship. Forming it into the shape he wanted, Papyrus couldn't help but feel a swell of pride in his greatest work. It looked so much like him... Okay... After much inspection with his orange lights on, the snowman looked very un-Papyrus. But since the Human would be in the mist, it had the right shadow and figure for the Human to think it was him.
"NYEH HEH HEH!" It was his best imitation of himself since... One week ago! Actually, he never tried copying himself in the same pose as he was right now: standing upright (no muscles), but the act of building himself gave a tickle to his funny bone. Looking at the device, Papyrus opened his mouth. It was time to give this imitation his voice, a say of what he would say if he was there. This was plan C, an in-case-something-goes-wrong-plan. Who knows? Maybe if the Messenger of Light was shining on him and the Human didn't come early, he would come back and not use this, at all. But because he was the Great Papyrus, he must be prepared for anything! Literally anything!
*ZWIP!*
"hey papyrus?" Sans greeted with slight curiosity, the happy sort of interested voice. Papyrus was fidgeting, cooking the Spaghetti as quickly at the same time as professional as he can. Hoping that the voice was because of something the smaller skeleton heard something funny today, instead of realizing what occurred in the fridge. The thing in his mind was… Of all the times when his brother doesn't come home for Dinner or Lunch, why does he come home now?! Papyrus calmed himself before answering back, smooth as he always was. "YES MY DEAR BROTHER?!"
"didn't you say you were going to talk to the human?" Good thing Sans didn't pay attention to detail because Papyrus felt stupid for adding unnecessary words before it. Sans cringed when he heard the last sound from the kitchen, having bad experience regarding knives.
*SLICE*
'Creator of Puzzles! What do I say?!' Papyrus paused in his line of chopping the tomatoes, panicking internally. Sans knew his little brother was very determined to befriend the Human and became sad when Papyrus said his intentions. Eventually, the smaller skeleton let him go. It was a sad moment, but it had to be done. For his Potential Friend! Papyrus stirred the pasta; too busy thinking to realize that he wasn't following his mentor Undyne's teachings. "YES. I WAS GOING TO... BUT I REALIZED THAT IT WAS DINNER TIME!"
"and waddaboudit? you always have spaghetti in the fridge for me to gnaw on. cold as a bone was the last pasta container i had the other day... or was that a month ago? meh." Papyrus was sweating slightly, already lowering the fire even though it hasn't been fully cooked yet. In reality, the pasta was just right, not like the other times when he over-heated it to a pile of mush. Placing the tomato sauce, Papyrus answered the best excuse he had crafted in his witty skull. "I MERELY WANTED MY BROTHER TO TRY MY LATEST DISH I HAD THOUGHT OF WHILE WAITING FOR THE HUMAN! IN MY OPINION, THIS NEW BATCH IS BETTER THAN THE REST!"
"aww shucks. you didn't have to bro. i can't wait to taste it then." Papyrus scooped some spaghetti on a plate and placed it aside. The rest of the pasta will need to cool down, but maybe he can decrease the time. Papyrus went out and peeked outside the kitchen door. His brother was resting on the couch, reading his pun books. Turning back to the huge pot filled with his latest batch, Papyrus right eye glowed orange while the other glowed blue. He was going to utilize his combined magic to cool down this pasta. With the right temperature control, the skeleton was confident with his abilities to be able to keep these in containers and refill the fridge without his brother knowing in due time. Papyrus was a great brother and a chef. Soon, he'll be a great friend and Royal-Guard!
[CONTINUE] RESET
"SANS! DINNER'S READY!" Papyrus called out, as soon as he packed the last container in the fridge. Bringing the remaining pasta in a dish outside the kitchen, Papyrus utilized his magic to set their portable dinner table in the middle of the room. Setting the dish down with two other plates and its respective utensils, Papyrus saw Sans staring oddly at him before looking down at his joke book. Unconcerned, Papyrus brought out the chairs manually and sighed when he saw how his brother enact grabby hands towards him – wanting to be brought over to the dinner table several feet away. "SANS, YOU LAZY BONES! WHAT WOULD YOU EVER DO WITHOUT ME?"
"nothing. i'd be chilled solid from the cold without ya. no one would try waking me up from my wonderful naps and i'd get to laze around where ever i want." Sans grinned while he was carried by his younger brother. Placed on the chair, Papyrus looked at the wall clock. With Undyne's professional aid regarding fast cooking, only ten minutes have passed. The skeleton was joyful to know that he has enough time to head back. Walking to the door, his brother interrupted him. "aren't ya going to eat with your bro?"
"i mean, i can't pastably finish this by myself, can i?" Sans asked, stopping his brother from leaving. Papyrus was quiet because Sans was… right once again. Papyrus hadn't even tried this batch and has unconsciously made too much for it the remnants to be kept in a container. What would happen to the extras? The skeleton didn't want Sans to get too full, he'd sleep longer and thus! Promote his laziness. Papyrus had a predicament in his hands.
"W-WELL…" Papyrus lets go of the doorknob. The fact that he instinctively brought out two plates; he wouldn't be the Great Papyrus if he didn't do his thing - Eating with his brother when the opportunity presents itself. The older skeleton was rarely at home for lunch or dinner, only breakfast. Papyrus weighted his options and resigned his fate. Sans' smile got wider when Papyrus faced him. "i'm sure you won't regretti your spaghetti."
"YOUR PUNS ARE GETTING IN THE WAY OF MY BRILLIANT ANSWERS, SANS!" Papyrus muttered under his breath, sitting down on the opposite side and transferring a decent portion of the spaghetti to his plate. Papyrus knew he doesn't eat that long so it'll be okay. Before chomping on his fair share of Spaghetti, Papyrus continues his lament. "*SIGH* YOU'RE LUCKY YOU HAVE SUCH A FORGIVING BROTHER!"
"i know." If Papyrus didn't know any better, he would say Sans' smile has nearly reached the other side of his skull.
[CONTINUE] RESET
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Walking forward, Chara was prepared for the next battle. When they mentioned 'next battle,' they meant Undyne the Undying. At the end of Snowdin was a complete small fry, even if they have 48 HP as an LV 8 Human. Chara snickered. They remembered how angry the older skeleton was when they murdered this skeleton. For a comedian, he did a pretty good job entertaining them. Frisk whispers an angry retort, but Chara ignored their pleas.
"SO YOU HAVE COME…" The skeleton started. Frisk's voice got louder, begging them not to do it. Chara rolled their eyes, already knowing what the dialogue was. Papyrus was always the goody-two-shoes, but his naivety was going to be the death of him. Frisk tried to shake Chara away. They failed, being too strong for them to push down.
"…" The skeleton was still as loud as ever, not noticing how Chara was already swinging the knife in preparation for the easy kill. Hearing the same thing over and over, Chara already pushed forward to the mist as they held toy knife. They didn't need to hear this, it was a waste of their time. They needed to head forward to Undyne and see how fast they can finish to Genocidal run. Seeing the familiar figure, the Human waited patiently for the skeleton to finish his useless talk. They swung the knife around, getting ready for their attack.
*SLICE*
"Heh." They snickered, waiting to hear the next words coming out of the skeleton's mouth. Nothing was said much to their dismay. Scarlet eyes widened in shock when they came closer to inspect the figure. What they say a snow figure adorned in the skeleton's scarf with a recorder on its mouth. Chara nearly fell on their back, slight disbelief over the minor alteration to their plans. 'They were tricked! Does this mean Papyrus knows of the timelines and realized their deeds? If that was the case, where was he now unless that smiling Bone bag-!'
"OH HUMAN! THERE YOU ARE! YOU HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR ME, I SUPPOSE!" Chara had turned around to see their worst fears, the two skelebros. Two skeleton shadows stood behind them. The mist was obscuring their vision, more difficult to dodge in this condition. Chara tried to step back, but they felt a wall of bones behind them. "YOU MUST WANT TO HEAR AN EXPLANATION AFTER FINDING THE GREAT PAPYRUS' SELF-MADE SUBSTITUTE!"
*Ba-dump*
"I HAD THIS SO CALLED BACK-UP PLAN IN CASE YOU CAME TOO EARLY, WHICH YOU DID!" While Papyrus was still in his own world talking to them, crimson eyes stare at the menacing glow of a dozen azure eyes from the floating heads above the two shadows. Sans lone blue eye shone the brightest out of all of it…? Chara felt their heart beat faster than usual. Uncertainty had frozen them in fear, Sans wasn't feeling fair today. "I APOLOGIZE FOR LETTING YOU SEE ME IN ONE OF MY WEAKEST MOMENTS BUT..."
*CRACK! *
"ALAS! I HAD CRAFTED THE SNOW PIECE BECAUSE I NEEDED TO COOK FOOD FOR MY BROTHER!" As simple as that, two Gaster blasters had hit them straight to the chest. Disintegration was immediate considering the sheer amount of energy concentrated in a single point. The last thought in their head was pure anger at being made fun of by this comedian, perceiving that Papyrus was too dull to make such a subtle plan. Making sure the child was gone, Sans tugged his brother's scarf. "I HOPE YOU CAN FORGIVE- WHAT IS IT SANS? CAN'T YOU SEE ME EXPLAINING SOMETHING IMPORTANT?!"
"there's no one here bro." Papyrus tilted his head with a question mark, staring at his brother as Sans walked closer to the snow figure. Papyrus followed suit, seeing the snow figure that surprisingly lost their head. His crimson scarf and extra gloves were on the ground. The taller skeleton immediately ran to his snow man, his brother picked up the scarf and told him to wear it. "B-BUT… I WAS SURE I SAW SOMEONE HERE! IT WAS THE HUMAN!"
"you were probably just imagining it? mist getting into your ice." Sans shrugged, seeing the taller skeleton crestfallen for mistaking the figure to be a Human. Sans wrapped the scarf over Papyrus' neck, a thought popped out of his head. Sans gave a lazy smile. "but maybe… that means the Human hasn't come over yet. or maybe they did, but got scared outta their skin. what if we actually saw A.D. standing up with their hind legs?"
*BLINK*
"Y-YOU'RE RIGHT! THE HUMAN COULD HAVE WALKED AWAY FROM MY SNOW FIGURE'S DEVILISH FORM AND HEADED BACK TO THE VILLAGE TO CLEAR THEIR HEADS FROM MY TOUCHING SPEECH! WHILE A.D... THAT MEDDLESOME DOG ALWAYS RUINS MY PLANS! NEVER THOUGHT I'D SEE THEM STAND LIKE A HUMAN... THOUGH THAT MEANS I WOULDN'T GET TO USE MY SPEECH ANYMORE...! THAT'S IT! I'LL JUST HAVE TO MAKE A NEW ONE! THE GREAT PAPYRUS NEVER GIVES UP ON A CHALLENGE! NYEH HEHEHEH!" Papyrus stood up with full confidence once more, abandoning his fallen snow figure. Sans stood beside him while staring at the end point of the village. Knowing the Human, they'll be coming back from their LOAD with a piss attitude. 'They are going to die so much faster, but what am i gonna do about papyrus?'
[CONTINUE] RESET
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"Sans…" Chara hissed, anger and annoyance all in one. Frisk stared at the scary aura emitted by the entity controlling their body. Frisk hopes their friends could overcome this ordeal. Chara went over to the edge of the village. This time, they were prepared to murder anything that gets in their way.
"HEY SANS….?" Papyrus turns to Sans' direction, seeing the brother brooding over something. Papyrus poked the top of his brother's head. Sans stirred before looking up, "yea?"
"DO YOU THINK WE SHOULD DISARM THE HUMAN FIRST BEFORE MY SPEECH?" Papyrus asked, not noticing the expression of Sans confused expression but had the feeling to elaborate further. "YOU SEE. UNDYNE TOLD ME THAT IF YOU WANT TO CAPTURE SOMEONE THAT HAS A WEAPON, YOU HAVE TO DISARM THEM FIRST... LIKE PUT THEM TO THE GROUND TO INCOMPASITATE-TED ('incapacitated,' Sans corrects in his head) THEM OR SOMETHING OF NON-VIOLENT MEANS!"
"But how are we going to do that paps?" Sans asked, his eye sight clearly better than Papyrus as the taller skeleton placed his gloved hands to scratch his chin. "I NEVER GOT TO THAT PART. UNDYNE AVOIDS THIS PART OF THE LESSON BECAUSE IT WASN'T UP TO HER STANDARDS. BUT IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, I THINK THE HUMAN WAS ARMED WITH A WEAPON! SANS! WE MUST DISARM THE HUMAN BEFORE CAPTURE!"
'undyne... of all the things you had to not teach, it had to be self-defense.' Sans placed his hands in his pockets. Now that Sans thought about it, has he ever tried disarming the Kid before? Papyrus was also thinking hard, inquiring on his predicament. "SANS? DO YOU KNOW HOW TO THIS SO CALLED 'DISARMING' SKILL TOWARDS THE HUMAN?"
"sure buddy. you can say you caught me off-guard with that question. but this could get tough, i'll need your cool skills to do this." Sans can sense his brother's inner joy, noting the increase of heat energy coming out of the orange heart. It was like heaters in the winter season, having Snowdin get stuck with winter all season long... At least it's better than Hotland. Papyrus looked down at Sans, ignored his tiny pun, and replied with a rich jubilant voice. "GOLLY! THIS IS GOING TO BE OUR FIRST TAG-TEAM IN... FOREVER!"
"yup. get ready." Sans' left eye glowed blue. The child had come out from the village with a dusty knife and a menacing aura. Before he could summon out his Gaster blasters, Sans remembered that Papyrus was still with him. The smaller skeleton felt queasy. He'll just have to use bones then. Papyrus looks at his playing field and asked a number of simple questions. "WHAT IS OUR STRATEGY, HOW ARE WE GOING TO EXECUTE IT AND WHEN IS OUR ATTACKS TOO MUCH FOR A HUMAN?"
'score.' Sans found a plan. It seems he forgot how long it has been since a monster has ever faced a human. If he could use this to his advantage, there would be lesser energy outtake he'll do in all the upcoming battles. Sans placed a hand over Papyrus' left elbow and patted it, bringing the skeleton's attention towards him. "here's what we're gonna do…"
Before they could even run towards the skeletons, Chara felt their heart turn ice-cold blue. Pulling them to the ground, two bones rose up. One stabbed their hand and removed the knife from their grip while the other bone pierced them straight to the heart. There wasn't even a FIGHT or MERCY button anywhere when this occurred. Before Chara could scream in pain, their body sank further down the snow to muffle the sound. Their heart shattered, a GAME OVER was displayed.
*BLINK*
"SANS! I CAN'T SEE ANYTHING WITH ALL THIS MIST?! DID WE GET THE HUMAN YET?" Papyrus asked, staring at the distance with the two bone shadows and back at his brother. Sans sighed in relief. If they were going to fight the Human, might as well wait until they're calm and not murderous. He doesn't want his little brother getting intimidated by them.
[CONTINUE] RESET
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"nope. the human skedaddled before we could land a hit." And they came back, just like Sans' expected. Looking at his brother, Sans shook his head. "get ready. i see the human coming back."
"ALREADY?!" Papyrus complains, but still manipulates the unknown presence's soul to the ground. After two bone stabs and a surprise bone attack, Papyrus asks again. "DID WE GET THE HUMAN YET?"
"sorry to say but, the human was too sansationized with our teamwork... they rolled towards safety." Sans snickered when Papyrus held his skull with both hands. "chill down bro. i don't wanna see a bone pop from you."
"SANS! STOP IT WITH THE PUNS!" Papyrus whined. Sans finally laughed, his brother was so funny even if he doesn't intend to be funny. That expression was priceless. No one could pull it better than his brother. "p-paps! you are t-too cool for me."
"SANS! IS THAT A PUN OR A COMPLIMENT? MAKE UP YOUR MIND!" Papyrus was literally asking for it, but Sans knows he has to straighten up soon. The human might come over and catch his defense down. Sans exhaled, calming down and sitting on the other skeleton's boots. "it was a condiment for my coolest brother in the whole underground."
*BLINK*
"OH. OK- WAIT A MINUTE!" And the two skelebros were bickering again for the next five minutes.
[CONTINUE] RESET
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"What the bloody hell is going on?!" Chara cursed, standing in front of the store. Frisk was watching the ghost curse and breaks the glass of the building. Watching the malevolent force in a confused state, Frisk gained a small sense of HOPE in the change of their FATE.
[SAVE] LOAD RESET
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Finally calming down and merely on standby in the mist, Sans was ready to fall asleep until Papyrus spoke to him with the fleeting thoughts in the skeleton's head. Sans stirred, realizing that this was no time for sleep. What was he even thinking? Maybe it's because his brother's here talking as if it was a normal day which for Papyrus, it is just way more silent than usual.
"I WONDER WHEN THE HUMAN WILL SURRENDER." Papyrus wondered, but Sans saw the human again. This time, they were wearing gloves from the store. Good grief. It seems the human decided to bring the big guns. Sans was learning new things every day, things he didn't even want to know in his whole lifetime. "hey papyrus. tell me when you're tired ok?"
"SANS. THE GREAT PAPYRUS DOESN'T GET TIRED WITH HIS JOB!" Sensing the intruder, Papyrus tugged its soul to the ground, let it go and then brought it down again. Sans was confused with all the random control movement, but because he knows his bro, was able to go with the flow. It seems the Human was unfortunate, unable to escape death because of a stab wound on the right foot. After the Kid died, he heard Papyrus apologizing. "I AM SORRY FOR WHAT HAPPENED EARLIER, BROTHER! IT SEEMS SOMETHING IS DISORIENTING ME RIGHT NOW... SO DID WE GET THE HUMAN NOW?"
'it's the RESETs...' Was the first thing Sans thought of when Papyrus said this, but didn't want to begin that topic when they were in the middle of an ongoing battle. "nuh-uh. i can see them coming back."
[CONTINUE] RESET
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[Some time later...]
"SANS. *HUFF* WHY IS THE HUMAN HUH SO DETERMINED IN COMING HERE WITH A WEAPON? YOU DID SET UP THE SIGN RIGHT? TH-THE 'NO WEAPON' SIGN AT THE EDGE OF THE VILLAGE." Papyrus complained, Sans confirmed he did and looked at his hand. Counting with his fingers, Sans commented. "bro... one can't simply call the human determined when they only came back here for something like twenty times. huh. usually, i don't count on those sort of stuff paps. how many times did we meet the kid?"
"JUST THIRTY-EIGHT TIMES AND... I'M STARTING TO NOT TRUST YOU AS I CAN'T SEE ANYTHING WITH ALL THIS MIST!" Papyrus whined in sadness and disbelief that the Human would wish harm to befall them. Sans understood why Papyrus was asking such a question, the skeleton still wanted to believe in the innate goodness of the Human. Aside from his brother being a Saint, Papyrus must be tired of constantly relying on his spiritual sense than his optical sense, even if the former is better than the latter. Sans wouldn't say that though, that would hurt his bro's feelings even if that was a problem they had to check on with a monster ophthalmologist. Sans sighed. Summoning his Gaster blasters, the younger skeleton did his thing. "fine. let me clear your doubts away."
*SWISH! *
"Y-YOU'RE RIGHT! THERE ARE ONLY BONES HERE AND THE SIGN- SANS IT SEEMS THE SIGN BOARD WAS VANDALIZED BY THE HUMAN WITH KETCHUP..." Papyrus turned silent for a while. Feeling something odd, Papyrus slowly turned behind him to see three massive Gaster Blasters. Papyrus looks back down at Sans, completely forgetting the red smear and droplets tarnishing the sign. "WOWIE SANS! THAT'S MIGHTY USEFUL! I DIDN'T KNOW THE GASTER BLASTERS CAN VACUUM THE MIST AWAY? CAN THEY BLOW OUT AIR TOO?!"
"sure they can. you'd be flabbergastered with what they can do." Sans smiled and all three Gaster Blasters faced the soon to be approaching individual coming this way. Papyrus shook his head from the pun, but opted to watch in awe as the air swirl within the open mouths of the weapons of mass destruction. Sans was merely smiling in a carefree manner, making sure he gets the perfect timing for the next attack. He doesn't want to miss ever; his brother's life was on the line. He was also surprised how his brother thought human blood was ketchup stains. Major relief and worry in his part.
This time they were prepared. That douche bag Sans isn't going to ruin this run. Well actually, this was an interesting turn of events. Chara prepared themselves for battle, Frisk was now watching the events. This looks like a window of opportunity for them to gain control. For now, Frisk has to take extreme caution or they might lose it all. Seeing the two skeletons without the mist, Chara had a bad feeling that this. They were right as the Human saw three Gaster Blasters charging behind the skeletons. Papyrus was staring at the beasts' mouth with much interest while Sans watched them come closer. The smaller skeleton asked them a simple question. "ready to be blown away?"
"As soon as I turn your brother to dust." Chara countered with glee. Wrong answer, having Sans eyes turn blank. Bones came up in front of them, behind them and beside them, but it didn't move. That was when Chara realized what the skeleton meant. Frisk was the one who commented this time, stating in one sentence the eventual outcome. 'I guess we can say that we are so boned in this one.'
*WHOOSH! *
Chara tried their best to dodge and slice all the bones suddenly spinning in random motions. Alas, there were too many of them, the bones with different sizes and colors beating them up until their HP vanished. Usually just two types of bones, it also wasn't helping when Papyrus produced other types of the bones found in the skeletal system and placed it in front of the Air-emitting devices. From Human to dogs, all the way to the different breeds of fish found in the riverside, the Gaster Blasters blew them all. Seeing them blown away as fast as a feather, the younger skeleton produces some more while muttering how this was happening.
*SLICE*
Chara felt a sharp fish bone nearly slicing their leg off as they avoided the row of bones rotating like fans. Papyrus was summoning out bones that were sharp and pointed. This was something Sans has never done to them in their whole walk through. The only minor difference between Papyrus' bones from Sans was that the former was not poisoned-embedded and literally takes huge chunks of HP while Sans' bones poison and give one damage each time upon impact. Worse comes to worst, their bones are identical to each other.
*CRACK *
Death was imminent. Chara's body was blown away with bones stabbed on their body. GAME OVER was displayed to the character's screen while Chara screamed in anger. Frisk was now standing up with surprise, a plan was formulating in their head.
[CONTINUE] RESET
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"INCREDIBLE! THE AIR PRESSURE EXERTED BY THE GASTER BLASTERS THREW MY ATTACKS IN FULL CIRCLE EVEN IF I HAD ORDERED MY ATTACKS TO STAB THE GROUND IN INCREASING SPEED MORE THAN A 1000 M/S! HMMM... I DID NOT EXPECT THE BONES TO FREEZE NOR HAVE I SEEN MY ATTACKS ROTATE THAT WAY BEFORE. I WONDER IF I MAKE MY ATTACK FASTER..." Papyrus wondered and then realized Sans was staring at him oddly. Tilting his head, Papyrus' smile turned into a small frown. "HMM… THAT EXPRESSION ON YOUR FACE… DID I SAY SOMETHING WRONG?!"
"paps. you know what air resistance is?" Sans asked in a surprise tone. Papyrus only showed confusion. "WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT BROTHER? SERIOUSLY, STOP STATING SCIENCY WORDS… YOU KNOW HOW THE GREAT PAPYRUS TRIES HIS BEST TO UNDERSTAND THEM, DON'T YOU?!"
"...whatever you say buddy." Sans shrugged and brought the Gaster Blasters down. They needed to rest. Turning the area back to its misty state, Sans yawned. "that took a lot outta your lazy bro. mind if i...zzz..."
"BUT SANS?! WHAT MUST I DO? SHOULD I GO TALK TO THEM?" Papyrus' question made Sans snap temporarily and grabbed hold of the skeleton's leg. "no. until the human lets go of their weapon, you are not to go near them papyrus."
"BUT SANS... WHAT DO I DO THEN? I KNOW HOW TIRED YOU MUST BE FROM...SLEEPING? NOW THAT I THINK ABOUT IT. HOW ARE YOU TIRED FROM SLEEPING-? I KNOW." Papyrus really acts like this was a typical day, Sans didn't know how to feel with this. His brother was so darn innocent; it'll break his heart if he found out what the Human did, Sans' train of thoughts were interrupted with Papyrus' revelation. "YOU MUST BE TIRED FROM ALL THE WORKS YOU'VE BEEN HANDLING TO PAY THE BILLS! I MUST SAY THIS TO YOU, SANS. I AM VERY THANKFUL FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE FOR ME. YOU ARE THE COOLEST BROTHER THAT MADE THE GREAT PAPYRUS POSSIBLE!"
"you don't need to say that. seriously. you didn't need to." Sans comforted, more afraid why his brother was starting to say stuff like that. Their talk was cut short when they sensed the Human coming over in fast speed. Crimson red eyes with that creepy smile toppled with the dusty knife striking forward, both skeletons reacted in self-defense. Due to the shock, Papyrus dragged their soul down with blue magic and held on to it tightly. While the Human struggled to get up, an array of bones stabbed across all areas of their body.
*CRACK! *
"..." Both skeletons acted on impulse, frightened with the near instantaneous jump scare that was supposed to come over. It took a while for them to recover from that, especially when they saw the Human in a very scary light. Sans still held his bones in the air and slowly let it vanish. The body was gone, but the blood remained. It was very silent for them both until (at least) one of them recovered.
*BLINK *
"SANS! I THINK I HEARD A CRACK! DO YOU THINK WE KILLED THE HUMAN WITH THAT LAST ACT?! THE GREAT PAPYRUS DID NOT INTEND FOR THIS TO HAPPEN?!" Papyrus freaked out. Shaking his head, Sans muttered a quick excuse. "no we didn't... *huff* the human knew this was going to happen. they made a disappearing trick on *huff* the last moment, you'll see. they'll come back... they always... do..."
"... IF YOU SAY SO. SANS... ARE YOU SURE THAT'S A HUMAN?" Papyrus asked again. Both of them are starting to doubt considering the creepy encounter until Sans nodded slowly. He was starting to feel the fatigue in his SOUL. Sans knew the consecutive run of the genocide run was placing a pressure on his SOUL. Holding onto his brother's leg, Sans tried his best to keep standing. "...as much as the kid... hmm... creeps us out... that's a human through *yawn* and through..."
"SANS... WHY DIDN'T WE GET THE PUZZLING-LOVING NOT SCARY HUMAN?" Papyrus wondered. Sans slumped to the snow and whispered, resting his head to his brother's leg. "you're not the only one... wondering about the million-gold question, paps..."
"HUH? WHAT DOES THAT MEAN SANS? SANS?! OH DEAR... IT SEEMS HE FELL ASLEEP AGAIN. SUCH A LAZY BONES." Papyrus berates in a low volume and picks up his older brother like a child.
"Nyeh..." Papyrus squints at his predicament. Sleeping soundly, the younger brother didn't want Sans to get injured by the Human but he also knew he couldn't go back to Snowdin since the Human might be too stunned with his change of heart. It should not be him, but the Human that should will themselves to ACT for change. Besides, Sans could simply go to his shortcuts and stay at home, but the lazy bones was too adamant in staying with him. He had a fair point. The human carrying gloves and a knife was frightening by itself, but those red empty eyes and that thin smile... That wasn't really human like 'thing' to do, speaking from his accumulative knowledge seen in various books in the Librarby or in the movies he watched in Undyne's house.
Looking at the road towards Snowdin and to the other path towards Waterfall, the skeleton got another brilliant idea. Remembering the fact that the Waterfall area has some puzzle arrangements in it, Papyrus cackles in joy. If the Human didn't like his puzzles in Snowdin because they were too simple, then he will have no choice but to give a different degree of puzzles in the hard/professional level. Moving towards Waterfall, Papyrus prepares his puzzles while carrying his tired brother.
*BLINK*
"Hey Chara?" Frisk asked. Seeing the First Human standing in front of them, Frisk went forward with a plan. The continuous deaths must mean something to the Human, even if it's a little bit. "Can I ask you something?"
"And what would that be, dear dear partner?" Chara questioned, not moving from the spot. Frisk didn't move closer, afraid to get hurt like last time. Instead, they stood firm with their decision. "If you're tired, you can let me take over. I'm sure you're tired with all the killings."
"..." Chara didn't respond. Gripping their knife, Chara moved forward with a response. It gave the Human HOPE regarding their situation. "If I die twenty more times, I'm giving you the body back not because I'm tired from killing. It's far from that... I LOVE Killing everyone, whether it be a simple Friggit all the way to my old time pal Asriel. What I want to know is who is the cause of this and why?"
"I get it. If you don't know what's causing it, I'll take over. I'll keep you to your word." Frisk smiled. Let the countdown start now. 'I just hope Sans can survive this.'
[CONTINUE] RESET
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*No one came...
"Heh?" Chara blinked. Looking around in confusion, they saw the left over bone attacks from a while ago.
*SLICE! *
"Where are they?!" Chara screamed, slashing the wind when they saw the two skeletons gone from their post. Frisk blinked and smiled, knowing Sans to be the type not to move. 'Good job Papyrus.'
*blink- *
"paps!" Sans woke up, looking around to realize he was being carried like a grocery bag by his brother. Papyrus didn't respond immediately, too busy making puzzles that involve not only the lilies, but rocks (no. These are boulders) blocking the easy paths, bone-shaped bombs that will serve as obstacles to solve in a short time or it will explode (MTT products), hidden spikes within grass (Papyrus' love for spikes), food items with traps surrounding it (Magnificent traps if Papyrus says so himself) and more.
"YES SANS?" Papyrus looks over to Sans' direction, seeing his brother rub his eyes. They were near the bridge when Sans woke up. Sans looked around and saw Monster Kid with Papyrus, holding a puzzle map by his mouth. Sans stared at Monster Kid, "is that a map?"
"Yup! Since Undyne and my parents told me to stay away from the Human, I kinda disobeyed ('are all cinnabuns in the underground always disobeying orders?' Sans had a sweat drop) and hang around Waterfall to see the Human for myself. Ya know, so I can see Undyne fight the punk?" Monster kid smiled, looking up to Sans as he slowly gets placed down to the ground. "But then Papyrus came over claiming he needs help making puzzles for the Human. He said it'll warm the Human up so I decided. Hey! Maybe my parents won't think I'm irresponsible if I help Papyrus catch a Human! This way, I have an excuse for seeing the Human while they do weird things... I hear one of my friends are missing... Do you think the Human..?"
"yea-" Sans was cut off by Papyrus. "OF COURSE THEY AREN'T! THE HUMAN IS SIMPLY CONFUSED WITH OUR TRADITION. MAYBE! THE HUMAN IS HIDING ALL OF THE MONSTERS FOR A GRAND SURPRISE TO KING FLUFFYBUNS! YOUR FRIEND WILL COME BACK, YOU'LL SEE."
'paps. no...' Sans can't bear telling the truth seeing how these two were acting. God. Make the Kid RESET already. This is agonizing not telling these two the truth. Papyrus stared at Monster Kid's mouth, exclaiming a loud. "OH DEAR! DID I NOT TELL YOU TO PLACE THE PUZZLE MAP ON THE MIDDLE OF THE FIRST WATERFALL CLEARANCE? WHO KNOWS WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE HUMAN IF THEY DO NOT HAVE A GUIDE!"
"Oh crab! You're right... Uh. I'll just bring it there!" Monster kid declared about to run but Sans stopped him with his hand grabbing the kid's shoulder. "i can bring it there. i have my shortcuts so it'll be in a snap. you two stay here and call undyne. i'm sure she's gonna be ecstatic to see ya. paps. if she's being a peachy fish at ya, tell her to wait for me to come back. distract her by asking her stories about stuff, i'm sure this kid will love to hear how undyne teaches."
"IF YOU SAY SO... COME BACK SAFELY SANS!" Papyrus eyed him until he sighs in defeat. Sans perked up, hoping Monster Kid didn't notice his wicked smile. The only reaction he got from Monster Kid was a suspicious squint. Young kids are getting smarter by the year that was good to hear.
"thanks bro." Sans ran back to the echo garden, holding the map with a grin. He should re-calibrate the puzzles since it shouldn't be that hard for the Kid. This is a child-friendly game.
Toby Fox owns all characters. I will make the story into chapters because they are very very long... :(