Gaster!Sans x Male OC.
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"When you come across a monster, try to strike up a friendly conversation."
Ty wanted to believe he'd be able to sweet talk his way out of every encounter with a monster. Toriel made it sound so easy, her tone was so reassuring.
"Try a compliment. Maybe even tell a joke. I believe even the monsters with the darkest of hearts can be healed with kindness."
He felt confident in the ruins. The kind woman praised him for being smart and gentle. The monsters were smaller, and oddly cute in a way - even if they wanted to attack him. Toriel helped the human avoid the more dangerous puzzles in the ruins. She cared for him, she cooked for him, and even if her reasoning was warped, she wanted nothing more than to keep him safe. If he needed help she was a phone call away.
But that was just practice. There was never any real threat or danger so long as she was there.
It's a different story in the wild.
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Ty darted and dashed through the forest, weaving around the trees that were smothered in an unforgiving, thick layer of snow.
Just keep running
Just when he'd start to reach top speed, he'd end up bumping into a low hanging limb or trip over a rock. It was so damn dark. The chill in the air left the parts of his body not covered by clothing numb. He was bruised, he was scraped, and he was tired.
So tired.
But he had to keep running, he had to come up with a plan. He was by no means weak physically. He was short for a 21 year old, but lean and muscular. If he took the monster that was in pursuit of him head on the boy would get injured...but he would probably win. But he wanted to avoid that option if at all possible. One thing was certain though. The human's sides burned and he wouldn't be able to run much longer.
The boy darted behind a tall tree. He doubled over, clutching his chest.
It feels so damn good to stop for a moment and breathe, even if it feels like I'm inhaling ice cubes.
"STOP RUNNING HUMAN. I KNOW YOU'RE CLOSE. I CAN SMELL YOUR STENCH A MILE AWAY."
The human cautiously peered around the corner, and saw the monster scanning all the dead pine trees around him. The creature was only about a hundred feet away from him, and it was closing in. Ty recognized the monster from one of Toriel's books. It was a snowdrake. It looked like it was half chicken, half ice monster. It had wings, with the feathers resembling razor sharp icicles. The Snowdrake was much bigger than the boy, had a keener nose, and worst of all, it was fast. Especially in the snow. This wasn't a fight the human could flee from.
"QUIT COWERING AND DIE IN BATTLE. DIE WITH HONOR."
Without warning the snowdrake began to violently thrash its wings around, striking the nearby conifers, causing them to crack and splinter. One particularly sharp piece of wood fell by the human's feet.
A weapon!
This was his chance.
Ty grabbed the sharp hunk of wood and ran with abandon towards the snowdrake. The monster plucked a few of its razor sharp scales off of its own body, and hurled them toward the boy. The human got low and slid forward on his knees in an attempt to dodge the incoming projectiles. All but one ice shuriken whooshed right past his head. One shard however grazed his neck. It stung, but the cut wasn't too deep. The boy pushed the thought of pain out of his mind, and willfully ignored the small trickle of blood that began to run down the nape of his neck. With the ice below him pushing his momentum forward, he found himself underneath the startled monster in an instant.
I've got him!
Filled with determination, the boy grasped his makeshift stake firmly in both hands and prepared to plunge it into the creature's heart. But right before he could pierce the skin, Toriel's gentle voice rang through his ears.
"You're such a kind human."
"You're a very good child."
"I believe you can bridge the gap that has so greatly divided humans and monsters in recent years."
Dammit, why did she have to have so much faith in him.
His body froze, his hands began to tremble, and the weapon fell harmlessly to the ground. He felt tears form in his eyes. He didn't want to take the monster's life. Don't get it twisted, it's not because he had some grand moral compass, or was a kind and caring person. He had no qualms killing anyone that wanted him dead. It was simply because that goat woman said she believed in him, and he didn't want to prove her wrong.
No one had ever believed in him on the surface, and he did not want to lose that feeling it gave him.
It's the only reason he'd gotten this far to begin with.
Once the monster realized the attack had ceased, the creature reflexively pushed the human away with full force. Ty was sent tumbling along the snow. The back of his head smacked against the tree behind him with a resounding crack. He opened his eyes, but his vision was blurry from the impact, and tinted red from the crimson goop gushing out of the fresh gash on his head. He wanted to run, he wanted to escape, but his strength was depleted.
I don't want to die here.
That's when he remembered the pie.
Toriel's baking was quite delicious, except for that snail pie. That was a little out there. But more importantly, the woman told him that her pies had healing properties when consumed. She carved a big slice and told the human to bring it with him on his journey, and to only use it in a real pinch.
Ty reached into his pocket and pulled out the slice of butterscotch cinnamon pie. It was somehow still warm, and now covered with pocket lint and snow. However, it was no time to be a picky eater. He scarfed it down in two bites. Within seconds his vision had returned to normal, and the bleeding from his wounds had ceased. Best of all, he felt neither pain, nor the numbness from the cold. A pleasant euphoria had instantly enveloped him.
His relief was short lived however, as the monster began to walk towards him menacingly. Ty scrambled to his feet and squared up his fists, as if he were prepared to box.
"HUMAN...YOU...WHY DID YOU NOT KILL ME?"
The question caught the human off guard. Ty had tried desperately to initiate a conversation before he was chased, just like Toriel advised him, but the monster refused to talk peacefully until now. Ty was silent for a moment, trying to come up with a genuine answer to the Snowdrake's question.
"I swore to another monster I wouldn't kill anyone."
"MMM...HUMANS SHOULD NOT BE TRUSTED BUT...YOU HUMAN, YOU SPARED ME. IN RETURN I SHALL LET YOU GO FREE. BUT, IF I HEAR THAT YOU'VE HURT A SINGLE MONSTER DURING YOUR JOURNEY, I WILL COME BACK AND TAKE CARE OF YOU PERSONALLY.
As the monster uttered that last word, a small tornado of cold air enveloped the Snowdrake's body and the creature vanished before Ty's eyes.
Fuck. That was close .
The human slowly stood up and took in his surroundings. He wasn't quite sure where he was anymore. He'd lost track of his location during the Snowdrake chase. Toriel gave him directions to the nearby town of Snowdin but he was totally clueless as to which direction it was in now, and he was awful at navigation to begin with.
Might as well flip a coin.
Ty dug out a piece of gold that he got from a froggit he talked to the other day.
"Heads I go left, tails I go right."
The human flicked the coin high into the night sky. It twinkled in midair and it reminded him of a star from back home. Stars were high up on the very short list of things he missed about living on the surface.
The coin landed with a soft thud in the snow. Tails. The boy could have cared less whether he was right or wrong, he just felt the need to keep moving. He didn't want to stand around like a sitting duck for another monster to prey on.
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The boy continued to trudge through the snow for the next few hours. The cold was beginning to really affect him. He was not dressed for this kind of climate. A tank top and jeans were not a good combination in what he surmised was 10 degree weather. Another day of roaming around like this and he'd die of hypothermia.
A large blanket of fog began to roll in as the thought of freezing to death crossed the boy's mind. He held his right hand in front of his face but he could not see his fingers at all. The human put his head down and plowed forward while the cold wind blew violently.
After an hour or so the fog finally began to dissipate and off in the distance the human saw the faint glow of what appeared to be streetlamps. It looked so inviting, so bright, so warm. He began to pick up the pace, suddenly hopeful he may actually survive this trek. He knew he wasn't a welcome guest in this world but if there was one monster willing to let him take shelter for the night, he'd be so very grateful.
Crunch
Ty swung his head around, startled by the noise of snapping twigs. Surely there was nobody behind him. He had been scanning his surroundings quite diligently. If someone was trying to follow him, he'd have noticed by now.
hehehehehehe
This time the noise came from the direction the boy was facing previously. A wave of panic began to overtake the human. The monsters he'd encountered up til now were loud, boisterous, and not very sneaky. But he was not alone right now, and someone was clearly messing with him.
"aw don't look so scared. why don't you turn around and shake my hand? I promise I wont bite."
The boy began to shake violently as he felt the breath of whatever was behind him hitting the back of his neck. His voice was hoarse, yet deep, and it made his hairs stand on end.
Dammit. How did he sneak up on me?
Slowly, the boy turned around and opened his eyes for what he assumed would be the last time.
A skeleton with glowing yellow eyes, a leather jacket, and a cracked skull gave the boy a surprisingly warm smile, and offered an outstretched arm.
Instinctively, the boy took a step backward and ended up tripping over his own two feet, and fell ass first into the snow.
"lighten up kid, i'm not here to hurt you."
The skeleton crouched down so that he was inches from the boys own face. Again, the skeleton extended his arm, offering to help him up off the ground.
The human reluctantly reached out his hand and clasped it around the cool, hard, bony digits of the taller man. Ty tugged gently to hoist himself back up when all of a sudden...
pop
Ty fell backwards yet again, and shouted in horror when he saw that he'd somehow yanked the skeleton's arm right out the socket. He threw the detached limb back towards the man with a yelp.
"I, I, oh my god I'm so sorry I didn't mean to do that - it, it was an accident I swear I'm not trying to..."
The boy's panicked speech was interrupted by the howling laughter from the skeleton.
"i'm just screwing with you kid, look closer."
The boy looked up and now realized that the "arm" he had ripped out was clearly a fake prosthetic. The skeleton then extended his real arm out of his jacket sleeve, dug out a cigarette, and lit it.
The boy couldn't help but laugh. Moreso at his own stupidity than anything.
"oh good you're laughing. and here I thought all you did was scream."
" Can't help it, I've been pretty stressed lately." the boy quipped. "Can I bum a cig off of you? It would really help calm my nerves."
The skeleton raised an eyebrow bone at the request, but nodded and handed the human a cigarette.
"I'm Ty...can I ask what your name is?"
The skeleton leaned in close and lit the cigarette the boy had just stuck in his mouth, causing the human to fidget nervously.
"I'm Sans. Sans the skeleton."
The boy began to anxiously puff away at his smoke. He could feel his head fogging up in the best possible way. God he missed his smoking, even if this was a menthol. He'd been living under the surface for three weeks now and it was nice to get a taste of tobacco once again.
The two stood in silence for a minute or so, enjoying their respective smoke breaks. The human looked up at Sans in an attempt to steal a glance at the strange new monster. The skeleton however, was already glaring at the boy himself. Ty's eyes darted back down to the faint glow of his cherried cigarette instead. He was struggling to maintain eye contact with Sans. Those eyes were so damn piercing. Like he was staring through his very soul. After a while, the boy got tired of being stared at in silence by the skeleton, so he decided to make an attempt to break the ice.
"Do you live over there?" the human asked, motioning his thumb toward the nearby town.
"yeah I've lived there a while kid. you new here? you look like you're from out of town." The skeleton gave the boy a sarcastic grin.
"Did the flesh and blood give it away?"
"is that what that red stuff is?" Sans asked, poking a finger on the recently healed wound on the boy's head, eliciting a wince from the shorter male. "and here I thought it was ketchup."
The human chuckled again. He hadn't felt so at ease since he was with Toriel. Not that that was saying much though, since he'd been spending the past few days running for his life and trying not to get killed by monsters.
"So, you really don't want to fight me? All the other monsters I've run into since I've left the ruins have been pretty hard to reason with."
Sans took a big puff from his cigarette and blew it in the human's face, causing him to cough and roll his eyes.
"don't worry kiddo. I don't have a BONE to pick with ya."
Once again the human found himself chuckling. The skeleton decided to seize the moment.
"glad you find my jokes so HUMERUS kiddo. I have to admit, I know how to tickle a guy's FUNNY BONE."
The human laughed so hard that his cigarette fell out of his mouth and sank into the snow.
"Aw man I wasn't even halfway done with it." The human pouted.
"i'll make ya a deal, I'll give you another smoke if you do me a favor." The skeleton said as he dangled a pack of cigarettes in front of him.
"Name it."
"My older brother has been trying to capture a human for years now."
The human gulped upon hearing this, causing Sans to chuckle lightly.
"He's harmless kid don't worry. He just wants someone to try out his puzzles."
"That actually sounds...kind of fun." the human admitted.
The skeleton flicked his cigarette into the snow and snuffed it with the heel of his boot. He walked up to Ty and placed am arm around his shoulder and pulled him close.
"Good, cause you don't have a choice. Follow me."
And with that the human and the skeleton began their trek into town.