Ring, ring…
"heya. is anyone there… ? well i'll just leave a message. so it's been a while..."
"SANS! WHO ARE YOU TALKING TO?"
"oh, nobody."
"WHAT!? NOBODY!? CAN I TALK TO THEM TOO?"
"here, knock yourself out."
"WAIT A SECOND! I RECOGNIZE THIS NUMBER! HEY! HUMAN! HOW ARE YOU DOING? I'M DOING FINE! WELL, BESIDES ONE THING… THE QUEEN DISBANDED THE ROYAL GUARD. SINCE WE DON'T HAVE TO FIGHT HUMANS ANYMORE. WOW! I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT TO DO WITH MY LIFE. BUT, THAT'S OKAY! BECAUSE I'M STILL WORKING HARD! EVEN IF IT'S NOTHING AT ALL! SO DON'T FEEL BAD! PAPYRUS IS FINE! UNDYNE IS THE ONE THAT'S GOT IT BAD! SHE LOST HER JOB… THEN SHE LOST HER HOUSE… IT WAS SAD BUT WE'RE TAKING CARE OF HER! SHE LIVES ON OUR COUCH NOW! IT'S LIKE A SLEEPOVER EVERY NIGHT! A SLEEPOVER THERE'S NO ESCAPE FROM. OH, WE GAVE HER A JOB, TOO. SANS HIRED HER AT HIS ILLEGAL HOTDOG STAND. SHE HATES WORKING THERE! BUT SHE MAKES A MEAN HOT DOG!"
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"OH YEAH! SHE STILL BLAMES YOU… FOR THE DISAPPEARANCE OF ASGORE. AND ALPHYS' DISAPPEARANCE TOO. SHE'S NOT VERY HAPPY. SHE'S SAYING THINGS LIKE… "I COULDN'T PROTECT HER." IT'S HARD TO GET HER TO DO ANYTHING NOW. I EVEN SUGGESTED WE TRIED GETTING REVENGE ON YOU. YOU KNOW, SO I COULD SEE YOU AGAIN? BUT SHE JUST LOOKED AT ME AND SAID… "REVENGE WON'T BRING ANYONE BACK." I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU DID BUT… CAN YOU PLEASE BRING BACK HER FRIENDS? IF YOU MADE THEM DISAPPEAR? PLEASE… UNDYNE'S NOT DOING VERY WELL... BYE."
Click…
And by prologue, I mean a brief recap of what happened in the game... a brief and slightly lazy recap. Anyway welcome to Smiling Messages... actually no, welcome to dialogue ripped from the game. I'll give an actual introduction tomorrow and or in the next chapter. Yay, lazy author's notes... I guess they go along well with the lazy prologue?