"HELLO, HUMAN! ARE YOU ALIVE?!" Frisk felt someone continuesly poking her. She groaned and sat upright, rubbing her back in pain.
She looked around her, and asked "Where am I?" All she saw was decaying rock on the walls, some flowers below her, and a tall, skeleton figure with a dirty purple robe standing in front of her.
"OH, HUMAN, YOU'RE ALIVE! MY NAME IS PAPYRUS! WHAT'S YOUR NAME?" Papyrus asked her. He attempeted to help Frisk up, but she crawled backwards to stay keep away from him.
"ARE YOU SCARED, HUMAN? DON'T BE! I PROMISE I DON'T BE!" Papyrus told her.
"M-My name is Frisk." She told him. "WHAT A BEAUTIFUL NAME YOU HAVE!" Papyrus said as he took her hand.
He lead her through a door that had a sign that read 'IF YOU ARE HUMAN, PLEASE WAIT FOR THE GREAT PAPYRUS TO PICK HIM UP! (IF YOU CAN'T FIND ME, THEN CALL MY NUMBER!)' The sign had no number on it.
"Where's the number on that sign?" Frisk asked Papyrus. "THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION…. I DON'T KNOW!" He told her.
In the next room, there was a simple patch of decaying grass and that was it. "What's this room?" She asked out of curiosity. "IF I RECALL CORRECTLY, THERE USE TO BE A TROUBLING WEED HERE, BUT NOW IT'S GONE!"
Troubling weed…? Frisk thought to herself. What could he mean by that?
They went into the next room, which had a switch and some panels on the floor that cleary were clearly getting worn out. "THE RUINS IS FILLED WITH PUZZLES THAT WERE MADE BY I, THE GREAT PAPYRUS, JUST BECAUSE I WANTED TOO!"
"But what if someone were to get stuck on a puzzle?" Frisk shyly asked. "DO NOT WORRY, FRISK! I MADE THESE PUZZLES EASY ENOUGH FOR EVEN A FROGGIT TO DO! JUST TO SHOW YOU, I'LL DO A PUZZLE!"
Papyrus stepped on four panels, but they didn't go down. Then, he tried jumping up and down on them. "WHAT'S WRONG WITH THESE STUPID PANELS!?" Papyrus said out loud in anger.
"M-Maybe it's stuck because of the rust, sir." Frisk said shyly.
Papyrus looked at the panel and noticed how rusty it was.
"…..WOW. BOY, DO I FEEL DUMB." Papyrus paused, then continued by saying "I GUESS YOU CAN SAY I'M RUSTY WITH MY MIND!"
"…...Hahaha?" She slowly said. Papyrus went near the door and forcibly opened the door with his bone magic. "OK, LET'S GO ON TO THE NEXT ROOM!"
After a few decaying rooms of broken puzzles, they finally reached Papyrus' home.
Papyrus turned around and said "WELCOME, FRISK, TO YOUR NEW HOME!" After saying it, he walked into his home.
Frisk just stared at it in despair and sadness. The home was deconstucting itself. The bricks were falling out, some rats were coming in and out of holes in the walls, and a whole lot of mold all over the walls.
To the right of it, there seemed to be a grayish star. She went over it and touched it. When she did, she heard a phrase play in her mind.
*Seeing Papyrus' house makes you feel a air of death and despair.
*But then you thinking about bringing Papyrus to the surface with a new home fills you with determination.
After hearing the voice, she feels any pain she had previously felt, disappear. Well, I'll make sure to keep that in mind!
She walked into the nearly destroyed house, meeting a waiting Papyrus in the middle of the entrance.
"WELCOME TO MY HOME!" Papyrus happily said.
Frisk looked around. The house seemed better on the inside. Yes, it was still dirty and broken, but it was a livable enviroment.
The house seemed to be molding and deconstructing, but it was mostly covered by paintings and and wall paint, actually making it look nice.
There was some dead rats in a corner and the floors creaked at every step they take. "I'LL SHOW YOU TO YOUR ROOM!" Papyrus said, taking Frisk's hand and lead her to the other room.
He stopped in front of a room and said "THIS IS YOUR NEW ROOM, FRISK!" He brought her into the room and the room was REALLY clean, as if no one came into for years.
Why is this room so clean compared to the other rooms? Frisk thought to herself. "WELL, YOU CAN SLEEP HERE LATER. LET'S GO EAT FOR NOW!"
Frisk didn't realize until just now how hungry she was. Her stomach felt empty, as if a black void was sucking everything out of her.
Papyrus looked at her face and said "WOW, YOU MUST BE REALLY HUNGRY! LET'S QUICKLY GO EAT THEN." Again, he took her by the hand and led her to the kitchen.
Frisk opened the fridge, and to her surprise, there was nearly nothing in there, except for some packets of hot dogs and ketchup.
When Papyrus saw this, he became extremely dishearted, a tear coming down cheek. "Why did I leave him…. He needed me for support….. and I just….. Abandoned him…." He said to himself quietly.
Frisk heard this and said "Who's 'him'?" After hearing that, Papyrus quickly changed his attitude and said "WHO'S READY FOR HOT DOGS!? RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU ARE!"
Frisk looked confused, but raised her hand anyways, as she felt like she was about to starve to death. "OK, GO SIT DOWN AND I WILL COOK THE FOOD!"
Frisk nodded and went to the dining room to sit down. The dining room was also pretty clean, with the exception of the plates, which just had a few cracks, nothing much.
Papyrus gave Frisk a hot dog in a bun, then gave himself one. "WOWIE! THIS IS DELICIOUS, IS IT NOT?" Before Papyrus even got halfway done with his hot dog, Frisk was already done. "WOWIE! YOU MUST HAVE BEEN VERY HUNGRY TO EAT SO QUICKLY!" He exclaimed in surprise.
"If I may ask, sir, why does this place seem to be decaying?" Frisk asked him. Papyrus looked up from his food and said "WELL, WE DON'T KNOT THE EXACT CAUSE OF IT, BUT WE'RE SURE THAT IT'S BECAUSE OF HIS DEATH, KINDA LIKE A CURSE."
Frisk asked another question. "Is it happening just here or all over the place?" Papyrus answered with "SADLY, IT'S HAPPENING EVERYWHERE."
Frisk kept on asking questions. "What are the exact effects?" Papyrus, again, answered with "LOSS OF FOOD, EVERYONE CAN'T TRUST EACH OTHER, AND OUR RESOURCES ARE DECAYING REALLY FAST!"
After hearing that, she knew she had to help everyone, somehow. She doesn't know how, but she knows she won't be much of help here.
Finally, she asked one more question. "How do I escape the ruins?"
-Author's End Note-
Well, this was the first chapter of 'DecayingShift'! My planned schedule is to upload a new chapter every Monday.
Nothing much I have to add, so leave a helpful review, no flaming, and enjoy the rest of your day!