"alright kiddo, now, my brother is a human hunting fanatic. but dont'cha worry, he's harmless." Sans looked towards me. "hey, go hide behind that oddly specifically shaped lamp."
The lamp in question happened to boast a confusing shape that resembled an octopus.
That turns out, it completely covers me when I stand behind it.
A loud voice comparable to a screech flew through the air. "SANS! IT HAS BEEN TWO DAYS SINCE!" The figure moved a few inches closer to Sans.
"YOU!" Closer.
"RECALIBRATED YOUR PUZZLES!" At this point they were ten feet away from the short skeleton. The figure revealed itself to be a taller skeleton. A really much quite a bit taller skeleton.
"eh, don't worry about it bro. you should check out this lamp." The other skeleton, a 'he' from the use of pronouns by Sans, is at least two feet taller than his brother.
"SANS! I CAN'T AFFORD TO BOONDOGGLE, UNLIKE YOU, YOU SIT AROUND ALL DAY AND EAT HOTDOGS! I HAVE TO CATCH A HUMAN!" Jeez. Sans wasn't kidding when he said he's a human hunting fanatic. Now, I need to remember his name…
"why don't you see if this lamp will help? you should ask it."
"SANS! I, THE GREAT PAPYRUS WILL DO NO SUCH THING!" Ah. That's his name. Papyrus.
"aw c'mon. just a peek. the results might rattle your bones." I swear he looked to left again.
Papyrus' voice seemed to get even louder. "SANS! STOP WITH THE BAD PUNS! NYEH!"
"you're smiling and you know it."
"I AM AND I HATE IT." As a skeleton, I suppose that your face is stuck in a permanent smile. "THAT ONE WAS BAD AND YOU KNOW IT. MAYBE, YOU SHOULD PUT MORE BACKBONE INTO IT!"
At that, he ran off. I move to leave the lamp, but Sans shakes his head. Papyrus reappears at the edge of the clearing.
"HEH!" He then runs off again.
"alright, we need a good plan here. from the sound of it, you need to be on your way really quickly. i'll give you a shortcut, but i'm gonna only be able to send you so far." He looks to the left again, and looks back. A circular vortex glowing blue appears right next to him, and opens up to reveal glowing water and dark ground.
"Heh, sending me right to Waterfall, are ya?" Sans looked at me concerned.
"i don't wanna question how you know what waterfall is, or how you can see my shortcuts. just go through."
I look into the hole in time-space, to see a figure in dark armor marching right towards our view. "Sans, close it quickly!" It snaps shut.
"why kiddo? didja see something spooky?"
"Yeah, I saw Undyne." He gives me that look again, then points his view left.
"guess it's a good thing only you and me can see these things." He opens it again, and pushes me through. "now run before she returns."
I look back to see the hole closed, and Undyne turning a corner away from me. I run the other direction to maintain a distance from the avid human hunter. I make my way over to the area where large stones fall from the waterfall. I wait until the first one falls, run past it, and do the same for the next two.
I dash through the grass, barely noticing the almost useless save point, but ignoring it anyways.
The next room holds the flower bridge puzzle. The flower blooms are actually quite heavy, although that makes sense. People actually need to walk on these. Watching them bloom in real life is actually amazing. Instead of some cartoony looking flower, the petals unfurl, and then just sit there, not looking ready to be walked on at all.
I tentatively place a foot on the flower to find it rigid, and sturdy as well. Crossing is rather easy. Performing the same task at the other end takes a little longer, but that's probably because of the realistic 3D look everything has, not top-down. Maybe. There's a chance I'm just a little dumb.
I continue to find glowing blue flowers everywhere, with whispers filling the space like a constant pressure. I remember something about this room. It has something to do with the wall…
When I go near the wall nothing happens. I look behind me. Nothing. I look back. There's a massive hole in the wall now.
Entering the next area, I move left to find a… Pink platform monster?
"Step on my face to cross!" I comply. We submerge, and suddenly the section past Undyne's spear frenzy is behind us. "Thanks!"
Not expecting it, the coin he spits out hits me right in the forehead. Those things are heavy, solid gold. I fall to the ground, dazed.
The sound of heavy treading fills the air. I look around, and a hunk of metal is walking towards me.
"Hey, uhh… You over there, could you help me out a bit, I kinda feel incapacitated." My vision clears up, and I realize who the metal blob was. "Oh sh!et. Uh, yeah… Hi Undyne."
The mask lowered to look at my face. "Seven. That is how many souls we need to be free." She looks upwards. "Six. That is how many we have now."
"Yeah, I know that, but could you maybe not use mine? That might be a tall order, but I'd like to keep my soul." She moved to remove her mask, the intricate piece of metal falls to the ground.
"Punk, you have no idea how long we've been waiting to leave this place. I don't care who you think you are, only one of us will make it out alive." She summoned one of her spears and threw it to me. "Stand up, and fight me!"
"I don't want to fight, I just want to stay in one piece!"
"Well, too bad! I'm not gonna let the monster's possibly last chance slip right through my fingers." She moves to make my soul green, but is surprised when it doesn't have any effect on me. "I guess that green soul magic doesn't work on green souls. I'll just fight you the normal way!"
The mental gears in my head start turning when I realize that Sans has to protect me. I see two faint white dots in the corner of the room, and nod. The dots flick to behind me, and I jump backwards, right into a shortcut. It dumps me right next to the 'WELCOME TO HOTLAND' sign.
"HEY! WHERE DID YOU GO, PUNK!?"
Undyne yells before the shortcut closes.
I turn and walk into Hotland. I can see Sans staring in my direction with his head on his hand. "what took ya so long, bucko?"
"A piece of gold hit me in the head."
"sounds heavy." Sans' smile increased in size, and looked more real, as I dissolved into silly giggles from the stupid pun. "also, you aren't in the clear yet."
I turn to ask him what he means when I hear stomping from where I came. I go to ask him for assistance, but he's fallen asleep already. "heh, undyne's a… swordfish. snrk."
It's amazing how one can pun to the point of doing it while asleep.
"C'MERE PUNK!" Right, Undyne. I run past Sans, across the bridge, and stop near the water cooler to catch my breath.
The clanking from Undyne slows down, as she collapses on the bridge. I grab a cup and take a small drink of water, then proceed to lift the entire liter of water off of the cooler itself, and dump the entire contents onto the collapsed fish woman.
She looks up at me surprised.
"Well, you've got more company incoming, and you should go get a report from Papyrus. And, well… I don't expect us to get along anyways." I shove my hands into my pockets. "See you around."
She stands up, looks at me funny, and walks away.
"That went better than expected." I sigh, and move towards the lab. The save point twinkles at me, and I move towards it.
"Error saving file." I move away when more text appears.
Do you think I'd let more than two people save?
"That doesn't make any sense."
The star starts glitching out, and explodes outwards, sending me across the ground, and off the edge of the walkway.
"SON OF A B!TCH!"
Dark, Darker, yet Darker. The shadows cutting deeper, cutting and flaking my skin.