The Tale of Sorin
Sorin stood in town as he usually did. Not moving. He didn't have the will to most of the time. All he did was stand there. The tall, looming figure. Long coat that cover most of him except part of his legs. Its collar covered most of his face. He even wore a top hat, making it so others would only see the glint of his eyes. Only the tips of his claws poked out from the sleeves.
He heard someone walk past talking about him. "What's up with them" the first one said. "He lost a friend, a while ago."
He did lose a friend. A dear friend. Shouldn't mope around here. Could be moping in other places to. He began moving. Away from the capital. To a place that hurt him to visit. After a long while he began walking through Snowdin and rested. By rested, he stood looming next to the Inns door.
He heard some talk of a human being spotted in the forest and a small part of him began to unwind a bit in anger. His memories might have been a bit convoluted but he definitely remembered something about a human when he lost his friend.
Moving once again, he moved toward the forest and began the last foot of his journey.
As he moved through he saw the human. He was just about to attack them when he noticed they were being nice to another monster. He kept staring until he heard someone talk to him, making him jump.
"you're a bit strange aren't you?" The big-boned skeleton said.
Sorin squinted at him in frustration. "I'm just passing through to… see a friend…"
Sans chuckled starting to walk off. "well make sure you're careful of the human, they're real determined to be nice to people."
Sorin scoffed at him and went back on his journey. Maybe he would help kill the human for Asgore. With the power of the humans soul maybe he could… It didn't matter. Finally he arrived at the big doors. Locked as always. Still. He would sit outside it and get lost in his thought. Sometimes it was a bad thing to do though. He began noticing weird things about the world he lived in when he did.
Either way he thought of taking the humans soul again. He stood and walked in the direction he saw them go. He went ahead of them to block the way just before the town.
He stared down at the human, strangely though he couldn't tell if the human was looking at him. Seeing it opportune, he slash at the human a few time. Dodged. Then the human said something. "Is this really what you want?"
He turned his head slightly and stabbed his claw into the ground, his magic causing spikes to shoot out of the ground at the humans soul. Dodge again. This time the human said, "You won't be happy being weighed down by the past."
Sorin became frustrated as his thoughts scrambled at the words. Once more he slashed viciously at the human. This time they moved through all his attacks and hugged him. He trembled a bit. He thought of striking them while they were vulnerable like this. Before he even tried, he noticed tears streaming down his face.
"Thank you…" was all his mind could bring him to say as the human spared him. He gave them money and ran away.
After a while he stopped running, panting, and sat down. He still wanted the soul. The human was making it difficult. Why were they being nice? Maybe not all humans were so bad…
Hesitantly, he unzipped his jacket a bit. More of his pale face became visible, hi sharp toothed mouth was twitching in a frown. Tears left streaks going down his face.
He wouldn't want him to act like this. Shaking his head, Sorin walked around. He found an echo flower. At least he knew where he was now. With that, he sat by the water next to the flower. "I just want my friend back…" He said sighing.
"Oh, are you talking about me? I didn't just interrupt did I…?" He heard a voice behind him say.
Turning around, he saw Nabstablook. Well that was better than nothing. "No I… Could I hang out with you for a while?"
His ghost friend nodded and they went back to his house. He usually had good music playing, relaxing atmosphere to. It was nice hanging out with him. Besides him being the only other monster Sorin talked to.
Sorin laid on the ground and stared at the ceiling. Nabstablook laid next to him. "Feeling like garbage…? Me too."
He just sighed in response. Eventually he was able to talk. "Have you seen the human…? I wanted to… take their soul so bad…" He said take off his hat, letting his hair flow to the ground, nervously rubbing the rim of said hat. "But then they were so… nice. I didn't understand exactly… What should I do Blook?"
Nabstablook laid for a bit longer thinking about it. "Well I met them earlier to. Really polite. I understand your feelings towards humans but… That violent part of you… It worries me. You're going to get in over your head."
Sorin was flush with embarrassment. He had a point. "Sometimes I feel like I have at some point ahead…" he said quietly as he thought on it. "You always give me good advice. I'm being a downer, how about we check out the forum for new music?"
The ghost smiled and nodded as they went over to the computer and went to the website. "I've been working on new stuff too. It's not ready but…"
Sorin put an arm around him and squeezed a bit, interrupting him. "I'm sure it'll sound amazing, I better be the first to hear it!" He said with a playful smile.
They both laughed a bit and checked out more music. Eventually they could hear a crash in the distance. Nabstablook went ahead to check out what happened while Sorin stayed behind and huddled up within his jacket against the wall. It'd been a while since he had a nap, he hoped his friend wouldn't mind.
He awoke when he heard talking within the room but, only peeked out f the jacket so they would think he was still sleeping. It was his friend and that human, talking about random things from the look of it. He decided to listen in and blushed as he heard them talk about him.
Nabstablook was the first he heard. "…the hat? Oh well my friend over there, Sorin, he usually wears this silky top hat and I've always liked it, so I thought I'd make my own." The human nodded smiling and the ghost continued. "He's a really good guy, rough around the edges sometimes but, he cares for his friends a lot and long ago a human caused one of his friends to… pass on. Please, be kind to him, he'll come around."
The human nodded and tip toed over to Sorin before hunting him. He smiled a bit with a tear running down his face as his long claws crept out of his jacket and weakly hugged back. The human was surprised but giggled a bit and patted him on the head. After that, they waved goodbye to the two and went on their way.
Sorin poked his head out of his jacket, hair drooping over half of his face as it rested on his chest. "So… I heard you like my hat."
Nabstablook looked a bit embarrassed and nodded. Sorin just smiled circled his hat with his claw, the hat turning gray as he put it on his friends head. Before he could protest Sorin shushed him. "Please, I insist, I haven't been feeling the whole hat thing lately."
The ghost smiled and pressed against him simulating a hug. "Thanks, it means a lot."
Sorin hugged back and giggled a bit. "I'm glad it does. If you don't mind could I stay here a day or so? I could use a nap right now…"
Nabstablook nodded and they both laid down, staring at the ceiling. Eventually, Sorin passed out. His dreams were not that comforting though.