Frisk took one step outside of the ruins. The mysterious door, embedded with the mysterious Deltarune, had swung open before her eyes. Suddenly a rush of cold, dry air hit her skin. She was only wearing a striped shirt and shorts, but she didn't feel too cold. Her eyes tried to focus on the scene outside, but they were met with a pure sheet of white, and then brown lines started filling in both sides of her view.
She walked. It was eerily quiet, and nothing was in her way aside from a lone stick. Cautiously, Frisk began to walk along the white path, the only thing marking her way the tall, brown trees on both sides of the path. She felt like she was being watched.
Frisk whipped around but saw no trace of anything following her. The only footsteps behind her were her own and there was no indication that anyone had run off into the woods. She continued to walk. In the distance, a structure started to form. It seemed like an arch, leading to a bridge. Someone must have built this here, she figured. She was getting closer to civilization. She heard footsteps.
"Human. Don't you know how to greet a pal? Turn around and face me."
Frisk was filled with fear. She did the only thing she could do: she turned around. In front of her was a skeleton with a blue jacket, holding his hand out. She extended her hand, only to be met with the sensation of rubber and a raspberry noise.
It was a whoopee cushion.
The skeleton chuckled.
Frisk knew immediately she was going to be in for a time. Whether good or bad, was yet to be determined.
A human, Sans thought. It has been a while since something exciting happened in Snowdin. I could have a little fun with this.
It had been two years since the last human came to the Underground. Sans tried his hardest to protect the humans, as he had made a promise to the woman in the Ruins all those years ago. Each time, however, they would go to Asgore to try to kill him and break free.
They all failed.
All humans are the same. They would wander through the Underground, and upon learning they had to kill to escape, would not hesitate to draw blood. None of them were a match for Asgore however, who had slain all six humans that had fallen through. In the end, Sans failed to protect these humans, who tried to leave of their own will.
Asgore only needed one more human. One more and the monsters could break free from this prison and plan their revenge against humanity. Sans, however, couldn't care less about getting to the surface. He knew there was no point.
Everything was going to be reset one way or the other.
As soon as Sans laid his eyes on this forsaken human, he knew she was the one. The one who had been resetting the timeline. Had he not made his promise to that woman, he would have slain the human as soon as they stepped outside of the door.
Sans realized his opportunity.
The opportunity… to mess with both this human AND his brother at the same time. Sans saw the fear in the human's eyes. She would do whatever he said. He explained to the human how his brother was a human-hunter and that she should show face to his brother because that would make his day.
The human complied with Sans. She went through all his puzzles, agreed with everything Papyrus said, and even acknowledged his spaghetti. Sans watched the human interact with his brother from a distance. Papyrus seemed to be having the time of his life. He had never seen his brother this happy before. The other humans that had passed through Snowdin always hid from the monsters on their way to the capital. But this human… was very different. Even after she encountered a monster, she refused to fight. She had accumulated zero execution points, which Sans thought strange. Usually, a human would accidentally kill one or two monsters out of fear and gain at least a few EXP. But Frisk… had none.
Sans observed from afar. The human had gotten through all of Papyrus's puzzles and was reaching Snowdin. How would she react to seeing all the monsters? Would she run? Hide? Attack? Sans readied himself for an attack, preparing himself for the worst.
The human went through town as if she was a resident of Snowdin town. She talked to everyone, went in and out of each building, and even purchased items from the store. No weapons in hand. Just cinnamon buns and a new bandana.
She looked cute.
Sans was startled by himself. How could he find a human cute? Either way, it didn't matter to him, as this human was going to perish as soon as she reached the end of the cave. He had given Frisk advice on how to fight his brother. Sans was convinced Frisk had no intention of harming anyone, seeing how she has treated all monsters thus far. Still zero EXP.
Frisk approached the end of Snowdin town. Sans trailed behind, observing her every move. In the midst of the blizzard, Papyrus's silhouette came into view.
Frisk's actions here would determine Sans's next moves.
She couldn't see. All Frisk felt was ice hitting her arms and legs, but again, strangely, she did not shiver. Suddenly, the familiar silhouette of the puzzle-maker gradually appeared. She stopped in front of him. Papyrus seemed conflicted about fighting Frisk. She could tell how much her presence really made an impact on him. Frisk thought Papyrus would spare her, but he suddenly realized he still needed her to fulfill his lifelong dream of becoming a member of the Royal Guard. Papyrus was such an innocent skeleton with a simple dream. She really admired how dedicated he was to his dream. Frisk never had any dreams of her own, she was just living in the human world and going with the flow, not knowing where her life would take her.
Where did life take her? It took her in front of a pretty cool dude.
Frisk told Papyrus she really admired his determination to his cause, all while dodging his attacks and never fighting back.
"W-what? Did you just tell me… you admire me?" Papyrus seemed flustered. "You're flirting with me!"
Frisk was caught off-guard. She wasn't flirting, she was just telling him how much she admired him. She realized Papyrus had probably never been flirted with before and didn't know what flirting actually was like.
"Well, I have very high standards!" Papyrus said.
To try and discourage him from flirting with her, she told him she had no redeeming qualities, which had the opposite effect. Papyrus told her that she met all his standards.
I'm not trying to flirt with this skeleton, Frisk thought. I'll try insulting him to get him off my back. The insult also had the opposite effect that Frisk intended. Papyrus thought Frisk was masking her feelings for him. Oh boy. Frisk sighed and decided she would play along.
Frisk flawlessly dodged all of Papyrus's attacks. He was getting tired. Eventually, Papyrus decided to spare Frisk and their long battle finally ended.
The blizzard cleared. Papyrus seemed dejected at the fact that he would never be able to capture a human, become a member of the Royal Guard, or have any friends. Frisk felt bad for the skeleton for only wanting to chase his dreams.
"Listen Papyrus," Frisk said. "You don't have to be a member of the Royal Guard to have friends. I'll be your friend."
Papyrus perked up. "R-really?" He spoke between sobs. "That does it human! You must really like me! Listen, if you really want to have that date, stop by my house! We can hang out and spend some time together! Nyeh heh heh!" Papyrus ran off back to Snowdin.
The path was clear in front of Frisk. Frisk could have continued to look for a way out of the ruins, but she thought, why the hell not? And made her way back towards Sans and Papyrus's house.