Sans woke up feeling groggy, he shifted his head as he tries to process his surrounding before he tensed up seeing he was in a place he had never been and in a sense of panic he squeaks and scrambled to try to get up only to tangle himself in the blankets and falls to the ground.

"oh jeez are you okay!? …... Oh hang on let me help you out of that struggling will only get the blankets and sheets tied into knots and it will take ten times longer to get you out." He hears the voice he vaguely registered was the human female that had helped him out before, making him conclude this is her place and she let him use her bed. He found himself at a loss at how they got there so fast and why he had been unconscious as he waited as calmly as he could muster before glancing at her to try and take in her appearance better then he had the first time. All the while putting his questions away for asking after he was, shamefully, assisted with being detangled from his blanket prison.

Studying her with his eye-lights he noted that her hair was indeed scarlet in color like he had seen the first time from under her beanie which she was not wearing any longer, now loose and freely falling down long and slightly curled. Her eyes which were focusing on trying to help him were green and emerald like in color like he first though, but noticed there seemed to be golden like flakes with her so close to him. Her skin looked to be similar in shade to Chara's only instead of the permablush Chara seems to have on her face this human has little speckles and dots all over hers, what were they called... freckles?

She also seems to have a pretty athletic figure though not so much as to say she exercised daily. He notes that she seems to be favoring a cyan tank top on and a pair of jean shorts that are about knee length. Must have changed into something to be more comfortable while waiting for him to wake up. He flicks his eye-lights away so to try and not seem rude or creepy with how he was staring, she seemed nice but nice humans seemed to get upset when someone stares at them for to long. He did not want to risk her getting upset and really did not want to push his luck... or unluckiness.. any farther. He clears his voice before he looks to her again to try and will himself to talk.

"U-um... human... why are you being so n-nice to me?" he asked and mentally cringed as he had heard himself stutter like Undyne normally would, and last second thought that that question would have been better for when she was not untying him. Stars he really is out of it. Maybe it is for the best he has stopped referring to himself as the 'magnificent' Sans. He sounds way to pathetic right now and really since his brother died it seems like that part of himself had died to or at the very least fell down while the rest of him is trying and failing to adjust.

…. Actually he never thought of it that way before but that does make a lot of sense. Perhaps this is the new Sans. A Sans that has nobody, least family wise, and has nothing to loose as well as is in a seemingly constant state of depression and being broken. He smiled sadly at the thought placing it aside as he focused on the human as she stared at him. Oh... did he miss her response or was she still thinking on what to say? Seeing her expression soften he figure she was thinking of what to say. It shocked him that she moved forward and gave him a hug, resulting his face turning bright blue. She is hugging him. Why is she hugging him?! What!?

"I am helping you cause it is the right thing to do, in general part of that question. But in the now I am helping you cause it is rude to leave one's guest tied up and on the floor in a confused and scared state due to not knowing where they are. I know if it were me I would prefer to have someone who does not intend to harm me show it vs being a jerk and laughing at the others expense. My name is Minerva by the way. Minerva O'Hara." She said pulling back giving a bright smile. "what's your name?"

… His name.. she wants to know his name. He blinks and wonders briefly why now he is encountering a human that seems as nice as Chara before his brother had dusted. The person whom ever it is in control of the universe must have either hated him enough to make him suffer till now, or feels sorry for him and is trying to make up for his loss with a new person whom is kind to him for a short time. Either way he is unsure how to feel about all of this as he tears up a bit before letting out a awkward laugh, or what might qualify for one he thinks since he has not really laughed in a while.

"S-Sans. Sans Script." he states as he quickly rubbed his face and tries to stop himself from crying. He may be a complete mess right now but he still has die hard standards and one of them is to try and not cry in front of people if he can help it. He feels his hands be gripped as he is assisted up. He notices that she is not wearing any shoes of any kind cause now she is a couple inches shorter then him.

…... huh It is odd having a adult be shorter then he is himself. He is probably the shortest grown monster at five foot and five inches though it is not all bad, he does know there are a lot more short humans shorter then even the both of them but he had never seen one in person before. Realizing he was looking down at her feet he blushes adverting his eye-lights seeing her feet are sock covered, trying to not make a big deal about it since humans do not think of socks as something scandalous like monsters do and promptly tries to ignore the cute socks with butterflies embroidered on them. Nope. He was not going to even acknowledge them at all.

"S-so um.. I.. kind of have some questions... I do not remember much after what happened before coming here and.. I would like to know so I do not feel like I am going crazy.." he says after clearing his thoughts forcing his blush to leave. He watched her nod and gestured for him to follow her out of her room. Still feeling flustered he quickly used his magic to make her bed for her before following her out of the room to the next. It looks to be a small but decently sized apartment for one person. He hears a mewl sound looking down he sees a kitten that is eyeing him curiously.

He felt a old bubbliness weakly well up inside him as he felt himself awe at how cute the kitten was as he leaned down to let the little animal smell his phalanges. He laughed softly as the small ball of fluff sniffed him then pounced on his arm climbing up his sleeve to his shoulder. Stars it was so cute.

"Haha wow. I am impressed she usually does not warm up to new people so fast. Flame must really like you." he hears the human... Minerva. That is her name. Humans do not like being called human after their name is stated. They find it rude it seems so he was told and learned the hard way. Looking over at her as he slowly stood back up so the kitten would not fall he arched a boney brow at her.

"Flame?" He asked curiously as he looked at her, wondering why the kitten would be given that name. "It is cause her fur looks flame colored when she is laying in the sunlight taking a nap. That and she is a ball of energy and sass when she wants to be so I figured it was a good fit." She stated with a shrug and he nods reaching up and gently scratching at the fuzzy kitten's chin and was rewarded with a purr that made him smile and relax. It was oddly comforting.

….. Maybe he should look into getting a pet cat. Would be better then living by himself and it may help him keep everyone from constantly worrying over him. Placing that thought aside he noticed that he was told to make himself comfortable and hand gestures to the couch which he nodded again going over and sat down.

"So.. to start out let me ask how familiar are you with mage's after the barrier was broken.. knowing that will make everything easier to explain." he hears her state causing him to stare at her blinking several times as he began to process what she was saying. Is she saying that she is a mage or something? He thought that humans had all lost the ability to use magic after the many years the barrier had been up.

Undyne said that human magic had seemed to be sucked away from the souls of the majority of humanity causing the potential for there to be mages to not be for at least three or four generations. Maybe it had to do with the proximity to the barrier. If she was living far away it would make sense if she has the ability to use magic and is a mage. As well as explains how the three humans from before looked trapped and then got knocked unconscious. Science is not really his thing but that does not mean he is clueless... maybe naive in the past but clueless he was not.

"Um... last I was told mages were no longer around, and looking in human history I had assumed that after the barrier was put up most magic using humans left were killed due to non magic using humans being afraid or something?" He said to not sound like he was scared of her possibly being a mage, since she was nice enough to step in and help him out even when not asked to. Magic is not bad after all just the people whom use it choosing to use it for good or not. Besides he was now more curious then nervous like he was earlier. Dare he say maybe just a tiny part of himself was getting excited. This was something he never thought he would see so soon. Or at all if he.. well.. died before it happened.

"Well, you are not far off. But no mages are not all dead. It was during that time they went into hiding and formed a mage council and had kept the magic humans that survived hidden away in a secret place until the hunts for magic using humans had passed. Over time the descendants of those mages had created rules where unless you are around other mages and only other mages you can not use your magic... and if you did and were caught depending on whom sees you will either be locked in the council's prison or put you to... death." She said her eyes darkening a moment as she talked about what the group that is in charge of keeping magic using humans in check. Something must have happened to cause her to gain that expression, or she does not agree with the way the council treats those humans who can use magic.

…... Wait. That means that she put herself at risk to save him. He felt himself panic a bit as he stared at her. ".. oh... oh stars I am so sorry. Are you going to be okay!? They won't hurt you cause you used your magic to save me will they?!" he says grabbing a hold of her shoulders his expression showing great concern. What can he do to help her. She does not deserve to suffer cause he was unable to stand up for himself.

"... Whoa whoa Sans it's okay. Chill dude. If anything they may think it was you that did the magic, or will accept that since the meat for brains jerks that were trying to hurt you assumed you were using your magic on them they will likely let it slide... long as they do not find out I told you about the 'secret' mage society. Which really I find is pointless since monsters are also in general society as well. In my opinion since we both, monsters and mages, use magic we would benefit more by helping each other out and not keeping separate and secret. But yeah long as we keep this between us until they make a move otherwise everything will be fine." she tells him her expression going from surprised to mild amusement.

He found himself staring at her for a moment wondering how she can be so calm about it before releasing her shoulders and sighed slumping back into the couch a bit. He hopes she is right cause he does not know if he could take someone else loosing their life cause of trying to protect him. "... yeah.. yeah okay." he said to try and calm himself down. He feels Flame lick his cheek with her odd texture tongue against his skull. He reached up and pet the kitten a bit before it decided to hop off him and went off to some other part of the apartment. Part of him wished the fluffy animal had stayed, but he respected that it needed space now so he turned his attention back to his host.

"So... how does you being a mage makes there be a gap between there and me ending up in your bed passed out?" He says hoping it is not a offensive question. Minerva did not seem to take offense rather she became sheepish and laughed awkwardly. He waits calmly for her to tell him feeling it would be best not to rush her.

"That... umm... I kinda have few things I am good at magic wise. I can make barrier like fields that can be used as defensive and as you saw offensive. I can also use healing magic, which I used on you while you were passed out, and I can uh... teleport. Can also use that ability to bring small objects to me though it is better with someone or some creature that I have a hold of them cause there is a chance that if I am not holding them they can... get hurt so.. Yeah how we got here was I took a 'shortcut' here and it seems that you had got effected by it, that or you were already over stressed and passed out from that. Or a combo of both." She says rubbing the back of her neck looking away from him as he stared at her stunned.

He was saved. By someone who can teleport. Like his brother can. And he could possibly do if he bothered to learn how to properly if he had not of assumed it was something that was done by lazy people... least before when he still had his brother around. Honestly he thought teleportation was a skeleton only thing. Turns out he was wrong.

"... can other humans teleport? I mean.. it is surprising cause I thought only skeleton monsters possessed the chance to use it if they bothered to try and learn... my brother is... was the one who used teleporting a lot to get where he wanted to go... I have the ability to but... I chose not to learn and wish I did now.." He said saddening, then realized this was the first time he has talked to anyone about his brother since he died six months ago. He felt his hands shake a bit so he clinched them into fists.

"No as far as I know it is just me... Were you there cause something had happened to your brother there? Is he okay?" He hears her ask. He flicked his eye-lights over to her as he debates in his head what to say. Perhaps talking about it will help? Probably not but he does not really have a lot to loose.

"No... no he died six months ago. While teleporting away on of the humans that you had saved me from that we both encountered that day had shot him where his soul was located mid teleport... I.. I tried to heal him but.. I was not.. not.." His voice trails of as he tries to keep himself from crying. He can't cry, he just can't. Not in front of someone. "A-a friend suggested I go t-there.. to try and get some c-closure... S-so yeah.. that was why I was t-there.. did not know they w-would be there again." He tenses as he feels her hug him again.

"... I am sorry.. I know what it is like to loose a sibling especially one that was protecting you... That kind of pain never really goes away. As someone who has been going through something similar like this it takes time to get used to the pain. It's okay to be hurting, it's okay to cry about it too. I won't judge you for it." He hears her tell him, he soul quivers as he feels something inside him snap as he desperately clings to her hugging her back tears coming out as he cries.


Minerva gently rubbed soothing circles onto the back of the grief ridden skeleton she is holding in her arms as he sobbed. She can sense his magic crackling a bit as noticed that some objects around the room were floating like a few books her tv remote. Her hair also seemed to be floating upwards as well. It would be very cool, if it were not for the fact the situation was not one called for being amazed by a form of magic she had not encountered before.

She frowned softly as she thought about what he had told her. She felt sorry for him, as well as pissed off at those three creeps. She wished she had nightmare inducing magic under her belt cause she would send it to those three wastes of space making them wish they could be freed from a constant nightmare state. But, seeings as her soul type is a kindness soul trait that has a secondary inner straight of bravery and perseverance the main kindness trait would make it so she would not be able to do such things.

So instead she will do what she can to comfort Sans. Without babying him to much. She figured what ever friends he has they probably try to hard to keep him busy and not leave him alone that he never had the proper time to himself to grieve or process everything. Given how erratic this break down session is. The only reason he probably is even allowing himself to be vulnerable with her right now is cause she told him that she understood how he is feeling, and what he is going through. She does, more then anyone.

Time passes as she let him let it all out, she glances outside and sees that the sun is beginning to set. Pulling back a bit she smiles at him before reaching a hand out teleporting a kleenex box into it then holding it out to him. "Wanna stay over tonight? It is getting late and I do not feel comfortable sending you out there especially after you had a break down like this. Not that I do not trust you to get home where ever you live okay but I do not trust the idiot squad to leave you alone if they woke up from my KO treatment I gave them before I got you away."

She watches as he blinks at her before sniffling reaching out and taking the box nodding with a more relaxed and not so tense smile come to his face, glad to see that his eye-lights seem a bit brighter like she had seen when he interacted with Flame. She gave his shoulder a pat before standing up and stretching. "Great. I do not know about you but after a cryathon I get pretty hungry. Anything specific you want? I can port out to a monster establishment to get you what ever you want or I can use my magic to cook you something. I make epic tacos."

He seems to be thinking for a moment as he used a few tissues to try and dry his skull before he responds. "I.. I haven't really had a home cooked meal in a while.. that sounds nice.." He states in a sheepish tone as he ducks his head a bit. Humming slightly she nods. "Tacos it is then. Want some fruit salad as a side with some apple cider as a drink?" After a confirmatory nod she grins before blipping over to the kitchen that was not far from the living room.

Opening the fridge she hears shuffling of footsteps signaling he was heading over to the dining table to take a seat that was between the kitchen and living room. Looking over her shoulder she sees him watching her with a curious expression. Must be odd seeing a human use magic. She did not mind though. She would be too if their race's were reversed and he was the one that was human that saved her and not the other way around. Grinning she looked back in the fridge and decided to show off a bit doing pointing actions at the ingredient in the fridge and making them appear on the counter close by.

Hearing the desired awed sounds she glances at him and sees his eye-lights are now rather large and bright sky blue shade with stars inside circles. Somehow she feels this was the natural state they normally are in. Part of her wished she could have met him before he had to suffer through the loss of his sibling. She probably would have been able to help save his brother and he would not be broken from it all like he is now. Sadly she had not. But that does not mean she is not going to do her best to try and make it so his eye-lights are that color size and has stars in them.

With this goal in mind she let out a small laugh blipping over to the counter and did a few more snaps getting out the tools she was going to use to cook. "I can't really do the whole gravity control thing so I guess that is the end of a big part of my show for a bit." she states with a wink in his direction and quickly becomes amused with his whole skull turning blue.

God his head is like a big blueberry. Huh... Blueberry sounds like a cute nickname... maybe when he is more comfortable and not as badly hurting. He probably would not want to be called cute while he is still feeling like he is now. Hmm... maybe shortening it to simply Blue?

"You doing okay there Blue? Did not break you did I?" She asks with a arched brow as she starts to chop veggies while adding magic into the cooking so it would be easier on him to eat. May not be monster food but magic food mage by mages is pretty close to monster food so he should be fine and not get sick. Hopefully... will have to get some magic pills for him so that he will be able to eat things easier if they manage to keep contact with one another.

"N-no no I am fine! … wait... Blue?" He states giving a stumped look that she could not help a giggle that escaped from her. "Well... yeah... It seems to suit you... I used to give nicknames to people I liked when I had... connections... have not had anyone around that liked in a while.. So if you do not mind it I chose Blue for you. If you do not like it I can think of something else Sans.." She bites her lower lip slightly looking over at him with her eyes to gauge his reaction. He seemed to be tense and looked lost in thought, his eye-lights completely gone which would be terrifying if his head had not went from blue to a deep navy in color.

"... Sans?" She says setting her knife down walking over and touched his shoulder causing his eye-lights to reappear as he looked up before giving a big smile shaking his head, probably to try to get rid of the blush he was sporting. He stands up and gives her a big hug and spins completely catching her off guard.

"I do not mind! Thank you so much! Stars I never thought I would meet another human that is as kind as the monster ambassador Chara. I just wish I had met you much sooner... Oh sorry." He says realizing he was still holding onto Minerva his face 'blue'ing up slight as he set her down and let her go rubbing the back of his skull with a sheepish expression. "I forgot most humans do not like how... exuberant my hugs tended to be.." After readjusting to the room she gives a frown. No. No this will not do at all. If she is going to set the goal to be able to help him and become his friend she needs him to be 210% comfortable around her and allowed to be himself, even if himself is kind of broken right now. She decides to give him a hug before speaking.

"Hey. You do not have to be sorry for anything. I know that right now you probably are not able to fully be the you that you were before cause your kind of broke. I am kind of broken to, so I get that. But you can be yourself what ever that version of yourself is that you chose around me. I am a pretty chill person and if I do not like something I will just tell you but it will not make me want to boot your bony butt out the door." she pulls back taking in his expression of shock and awe. Grinning she boops his upside down heart shaped 'nose' just above the hole so she did not poke into his face through it.

"I would like to be your friend silly skull. And as such I am not going to have any qualms with you being you. Wither it be sad and need someone there to hear about your day, or wanting to talk about something that excited you. You are important and I intend to treat you how I would want others to treat me. With respect and acceptance. Okay?" She adds watching his face slack as he takes in all she said to him before his eye-lights gleam brightly as he beams a smile at he raises a hand up to his head and he laughs tugging at the hoodie strings with the other.

"Hehe... stars... Papy would have loved you.. yeah. Yeah okay. I understand. I would love to be friends with you!" He exclaims a happy aura radiating off of him. Smiling feeling happy she was able to make him get to this happy of a state she pulls him into another hug for a brief moment before stepping away and blipping back over to continue cooking.

"Glad to hear it Blue! After I am done with fixing food we can pick a movie if you want to watch and then we can figure out what to do when it comes to sleeping... huh come to think about it this could be considered a sleep over if you want it to be?" She looked over when she heard a excited squeal and saw his eye sockets were now full of big starry blue eye-lights. Good god that has to be the most adorable thing she has ever seen.

"Yes! YES! I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A SLEEP OVER! STARS THIS IS SO EXCITING! WAIT, STARS I DO NOT HAVE A CHANGE OF CLOTHS OR ANYTHING!" She blinks when he starts using a very loud speech patter but shrugged it off, guessing like the eye-lights this was probably part of the core Blue personality. Honestly it was nice to see a glimpses of the inner him when he got excited.

"You can borrow some cloths from me to change into. My pj's are very loose and casual so they will likely fit you just as well as they fit me. Would offer to port over with you to your place but it is not safe to teleport someplace I have never been to. Even with a picture and address it is still a bit to risky. Speaking of if you want since you have the capability to learn how to teleport yourself maybe at a later date I can help you figure out how to do it so you do not have to worry about being stuck in a no way out scenario and make it so you will not have to worry about others having to jump in and getting hurt while getting you out of it." she states, feeling bad that she will likely bring his excitement down a few pegs but she figured she may as well offer it while she is thinking about it.

Besides if there was any indicator that he does not want others to be hurt cause of trying to defend him it would have to be the words he said when she was trying to help him, as well as how he reacted to what the council did to those that used magic in front of non-mags. It is likely catalyzed by his brother's death and his powerlessness he felt from not being able to help. Being able to teleport will help him take a big chunk of that off his shoulders and help him in the long run to set his mind at ease. Not just for him being able to escape danger if he needs to but also for his friends that have been friends with him for longer... and possibly herself also to keep her from worrying.

….. Damn she is already attached to him if she is worrying about his safety with knowing of him since noon. She shoves the amusement to the back of her mind as she watched his eye-lights shrink down to what they were before he got cheerful and the happy energy in the room went down. Though she was glad they were not a pale blue color and were more of the sky blue shade they had been when his eyes were starry.

"OH... Oh that would be a good idea... Not sure if I am ready to give it a shot yet but I will think about it and probably take you up on the offer later. When I am a bit more stable... or what would be considered stable? I guess." He says his tone taking on a thoughtful but nervous approach. She smiled reassuringly nodding.

"It's fine take all the time to recoup that you need. No rush." She states as she continues to cook, pleased that while they were talking she had been working on the food. It seems to be almost done. "food is going to be ready soon. Why don't you go look in the box near the tv and select what ever you feel up to watching. I will be over there with the food by the time your done." She tells him wanting to giving him the chance to have some space to himself which he seemed to appreciate... or seemed to get excited apparently again at the topic of movie selecting given the quick nod he gave the cheerfulness returning a bit as he bolted off the short distance from there to the living room and started searching for a movie to watch.

…. This is how she will die. She will die from the cute factor of a grown skeleton monster. Least one that is happy and has adorable moments like Sans Script the damn blueberry skeleton. Shaking her head she blushes as she tends to the food to make sure it does not get overcooked.

Somehow her life has now turned upside down from her chance walking around town instead of teleporting like she normally does. But she really does not mind it. Sure she had her cat, but now. Now..

She no longer feels so alone.