i wake up.
back hurts again.
how in the void does my back hurt from lying on my stomach?
quick time check, september fifteenth ten in the morning.
i shortcut into my lab right next to the table.
i knock something round on the floor.
looks like it could be this sans' father's old wedding ring.
i was always a sucker for keepsakes.
i borrow papyrus' mobile again and beeline to the scrapbook.
i glimpse over what i already read last time.
it is older history anyway, should look up more recent events.
after paps' birth we moved to waterfall.
a few pictures of undyne, happstablook and papyrus hanging around.
undyne seemed to be their leader, she's a few years older than paps.
the next page is only two words.
then comes a hole for about a year.
next is a picture of paps and me in front of the house.
a few pictures of us goofing around.
papyrus trying to join the royal guard by waking undyne-
* bahp-deep-bahp-deep-bahp-deep-ba-click
before i can get back to reading i get a call.
* yellow?
* Are you... never mind.
* It killed the first froggit again.
* ah crap, this again.
* expect geno this time too, seems i've got to pound it better in.
staring at the next page but not reading anything of it, my mind wanders back to that thing.
its determination seemed to dwindle fast, 8 retries before giving up, though my suspicions were confirmed.
often the human seems to be aware of things they shouldn't know.
they are aware of pitfalls, shortcuts, ways to spare each monster, special actions that make their lives easier.
they treat this world like it is their own little toy box...
and with each new universe, the probability of running into an experienced seems to increase.
i'm still not sure what, but something is up with that.
with a sigh i turn the television on, ten o' seven, odd.
i get a coin from my pocket and throw it in the air.
tails.
relaxation it is.

i walk along the streets of snowdin, it has always this special charm on me.
by now i know everyone, i've had plenty of time after all.
whenever i had downtime after it started i got to know them better.
in the non-end-state runs i could even do what would have lasting consequences, like bringing people together, helping people overcoming personal problems...
ah the memories...
i see nacarat hanging around next to scarfy, i love to get those together, they are good for each other. got to invite them to grillby's and get them talking, there are a few sequences of topics that leads them to start hanging out and sometimes even more if i set it up right.
pauli stands as usual in front of grillby's, i could get him into a new political system, from there I usually have 2 choices: support him or let things run their way.
supporting athenian democracy was fun, asgore loved the idea and for the 4 hours we had it, it was a blast; supporting aristocracy was rather dull honestly, asgore just declared those who already had a high position nobility.
jeff is squatting under the tree, arranging gifts. dude loves traditions, can usually pick up subtle differences between universes when he goes into an all-out rant.
tried establishing a few traditions with him.
doesn't always work out, but it is fun to make things like that once in a while.
bunbun is walking her brother.
sweet girl and very innocent.
it's always fun to introduce her to something new.
i've shown her around most of the underground in my many stays.
suspicion on two legs, robert, is standing around and eyeing her.
getting those two together is always a blast to be honest.
rob always acts all tough and 'you don't know what i've seen, man' like.
he is still a young monster after all.
her naivete throws him off balance.
it's just too cute.
i stand in front of the snowdin subway.
it utilises the same spatial manipulation i use when taking a shortcut.
makes sense, after all i built it back when paps and i settled here...
at least in my world...
i wrest my thoughts from that dark time and try to think about what to do...
trying to ship people takes ages.
i can manage to boil what would usually take weeks of building trust into hours.
i spent a whole set of loops just learning to speed run some of them.
i could sleep a bit, but to be honest, i'm not that tired right now.
i can hear beautiful singing coming from the inn.
this gives me an idea what to do.

i shortcut to the echo flower room next to gerson's shop.
i sit down on the middle patch of land and relax.
i whistle three notes and the flowers respond with a little song.
when papyrus was little and cried i came here and whistled songs for him.
i learned a few songs over the years, but papyrus started disliking those flowers when he grew up.
the voices unsettled him.
but he still loves the songs i whistled.
he even hums one of them whenever he imagines all his future successes.
if you're able to just whistle from one point there are a only hand full of songs they can play, that actually sound good.
with a few other people you could get this to several dozen.
but at some point the noise made by the people would drown out the actual song.
i can bend space around me to a certain degree.
so one tails timeline i taught myself advanced ventriloquism.
i can actually, physically, throw my voice and other sounds i make.
need to concentrate to do it properly.
still saved me some trouble at times.
aside from teeny-tiny papyrus i never had others who did this with me.
mostly because they didn't like the echo flowers.
maybe i can learn a new song or two now that i can throw my whistle.
the first song i try is one i know that works with two people.
i can manage it just right and the flowers sing to me.
now i've got the time for making new song.
my first creation is done after ten minutes.
it isn't very long or particularly good, but it is a first step.

after trying for another twenty minutes i've almost got it down.
but my symphony is broken by steps being echoed.
undyne makes her way down the hall, waving me.
she sits on the land next to me.
* Morning Sans.
* heya undyne. what brings you out here? * Morning Sans.
* If you have to know, punk, I was doing morning stretches. Gotta stay limber. * heya undyne. what brings you out here?
* But then I heard whistling coming from here. * If you have to know, punk, I was doing morning stretches. Gotta stay limber.
* Since you're the only one who does that, I wanted to see what you were doing. * But then I heard whistling coming from here.
* yeah, felt nostalgic about it so i came to visit. * Since you're the only one who does that, I wanted to see what you were doing.
she laughs, her feet splash in the water. * yeah, felt nostalgic about it so i came to visit.
* Yeah, nostalgic is right. * (ha-ha-ha) (splash-splash)
* I remember when you and Papyrus would come here to whistle to the flowers. * Yeah, nostalgic is right.
* Back before your father- * I remember when you and Papyrus would come here to whistle to the flowers.
* Oh, sorry. * Back before your father-
* no problem that is ancient history for me.
i try to remember the scrap book of this version.
* but yeah, at least papyrus is getting better about it. * no problem that is ancient history for me.
* how're the cooking lessons going? * but yeah, at least papyrus is getting better about it.
some of her energy drains from her.
she looks away and seems more fidgety. * how're the cooking lessons going?
* They're going... adequate.
* I know you wanted it to go better but... * They're going... adequate.
* I just haven't found the right words to tell him... * I know you wanted it to go better but...
oh yeah, it has been long.
i usually keep keep my contact with the big players in the story at a bare minimum.
rocking the boat too hard usually messes the whole story up.
that always irreparably derails the plot. * I just haven't found the right words to tell him...
papyrus is too softhearted for a warrior's life.
undyne didn't want to hurt him so she started giving him cooking classes.
that was actually my idea.
she asked asgore what to do.
he only told her that she will make the right decision.
that afternoon she was drunk in grillby's and poured her heart out to me.
so i suggested she could teach him something else, giving cooking as an example.
she was horrible at cooking but since she had no better idea she took it up.
since then her house burned down weekly.
magical fire isn't as destructive as normal fire.
she just had to wait until it stopped burning about a day later and scrub the soot off.
she always wanted to tell him that he should give up on being a royal guard.
but she never has the nerve to go through with it.
she doesn't want to hurt him.
* i know this kinda sounds like asgore, but i believe you can do it.
* the sooner you tell him, the better. * i know this kinda sounds like asgore, but i believe you can do it.
* but don't rush it too much. * the sooner you tell him, the better.
* trust your heart. * but don't rush it too much.
she turned back to me.
still fidgety but at least a bit more relaxed.
she gave me a hug. * trust your heart.
that was... unexpected.
* Thank you Sans.
her voice was unusually quiet.
* you're welcome?
* Not just for this but for everything. * you're welcome?
* i have no idea what you're talking about.
* i'm as lazy as you can get. * i have no idea what you're talking about.
* Hehe, yeah. * i'm as lazy as you can get.
she stood up and her voice regained her bold and loud sound.
* I'm not paying you for lollygagging.
* Now move your lazy butt back to your sentry post, Sans. * I'm not paying you for lollygagging.
with that she walked away.
* Now move your lazy butt back to your sentry post, Sans.
oh, i understand.
with a smile i continued whistling and got the song up to playability.
* bahp-deep-ba-click * (whistling)
*yo?
* Emergency * bahp-deep-ba-click Doomship *yo?

i shortcut to the crossroad just in time.
that thing killed the last monster as late as possible.
luckily we have a codeword for that.
the human runs through the corridor leading to me.
it is shocked to see me waiting here.
* oh, there you are.
* i was getting bored so i took a stroll through home.
* i hope i didn't miss anything.
* anyway.
* do you know any good single player games?
* because you don't seem to have any friends.
it let out a scream of pure rage.
this won't take as long as last time.

As with the last, I put much thought in every detail.

Naming the NPCs was kind of a problem, since their names are never given and the in game descriptors for their sprites are just describing what they are. I name the characters after corruptions of their sprite names.

Echo flowers only echo things that are loud enough to be heard at that distance.

It was a pain to get the echoing of the flowers right, so don't think i made mistakes when something seems amiss.

The call from Flowey to Sans is one of several emergency phrases they agreed on.

Suckerpunch means "completed genocide conditions and will arrive at crossing within 10 seconds."

Doomship means "went to the crossing before completing genocide conditions and will arrive there again within 10 seconds."

Sailed followed by the current room of the player (rarely used) means "they passed our usual spot without me noticing but I spotted them at X" . Example "Emergency Sailed Bedroom"

If Flowey misses the Player and Toriel gets dusted, flowey says dust instead of the actual place of the player and sans waits in the flowey room.

And many things whose meaning will be revealed in the future.