No Fun and Games
Author's Note: Well, getting back into the habit of Deltarune isn't hard, but sometimes it can be difficult to know whether or not what I'm writing is actually good. That said, all I can do is let you be the judge of that. Please enjoy!
7:45 A.M. Alphys's classroom
The four friends enter the empty room and look around. Jevil proceeds to keep quiet in Susie's pocket while Kris sits at his desk.
"I forgot that there wouldn't be enough desks for all of us." He states as Susie rolls her eyes.
"What ever happened to first come, first served?" She sits in the back seat of the middle row behind Kris and points at the desk in front of him. "Lancer, you sit there!" Lancer sits on the seat in front of Kris.
"Okay." Kris sighs and faces the reptilian teen.
"Susie, that's Berdly's seat." He says as she chuckles darkly and shakes her head.
"Not anymore." She remarks as a long green snake slithers into the room.
"Whoa!" He lifts his sunglasses with his tail. "Kris? Who is this?"
"I'm Ralsei." The dark creature says as he pats Lancer's shoulder. "And this is my friend Lancer." The spade boy raises a hand.
"Hi, how are you?" He raises an eyebrow. "And who are you?" The snake smiles lightly.
"The name is Jockington." He says as he slithers to his chair. "And this is my school." He says as Susie snarls lightly.
"Our school." She says as he shivers lightly.
"R-Right Susie! Our school!" He corrects himself as Kris chuckles.
"Jockington, Susie isn't the same person anymore." He states as Susie smiles brightly.
"Nope! I'm reformed now!" She says enthusiastically. She then gets up and walks over to Lancer. "Lancer is my new boyfriend!" She says as she strongly hugs him. Lancer blushes and grins widely.
"Yup. We're together!" Jockington chuckles lightly and regains his charisma.
"Okay then." He hops onto the desk and faces the dark goat. "Hey, Ralsei. Over here." Ralsei flinches for a second.
"You remembered my name already?" He asks impressed as the snake slithers toward him and holds up his tail.
"Perhaps we haven't met yet." Ralsei takes his tail and shakes it. "Hi, I'm Jockington, and I never forget a name after I hear it once." The goat chuckles and walks up to his desk.
"So, what's the plan?" He asks as the snake jumps onto his shoulders, causing him to flinch.
"You sit in my seat while I rest on your shoulders, is that fine?" Kris gives him a sharp look.
"Just don't try anything funny, or else." He sarcastically threatens as Jockington chuckles.
"No problem buddy." He faces the black goat. "I'm not too heavy am I?" He asks as Ralsei shakes his head.
"No, you're light enough." Jevil struggles to maintain his position as he lightly sticks out of Susie's pocket.
*What does this guy look like? Maybe I can- AH!* Susie shoves him deeper into her pocket as a small cat with dog ears and a hat enters the room.
"Hoi! Who is new kidz?" Lancer's eyes light up massively.
"OH MY GOD! IT'S SO CUTE!" He stands up and levitates at her quickly.
"AUH!" She screams as the spade prince wraps her up in his arms and hugs her. "BLU BOI IS SCAWY!" She continues squirming as Lancer hums lightly and squeezes her lightly.
"She's so soft!" He exclaims as he steps over to Susie. "Hey Susie, can we keep her?" The cat's eyes widen as Susie exhales.
"NO PLEASE! TEM DOESN'T WANT SUZ! SHE IS VERY MEAN!" She begins tearing up as Lancer levitates backward lightly and pats her on the back.
"Calm down please." He says as the cat creature continues bawling her eyes out, vibrating massively in his arms. "Susie won't hurt you." Tem looks up into the spade prince's eyes.
"SUSIE IS SCARY! SHE THREATENS TO EAT FACES!" Lancer squeezes her again and she suddenly loses her tone.
"Please. She won't hurt you." He says reassuringly as Tem exhales deeply.
"Awr you shore?" She asks lightly as Lancer places his arm around her eyes, wiping off her tears.
"I, Lancer, promise you, Susie is a very nice person." He gently pets her hair as she continues hiccupping quietly. "And if she wasn't, I'd still keep her from hurting such a cute little kitty." The white creature's tears begin to fade the moment he says this. She weeps quietly as her limbs begin extending until they're around Lancer's neck.
"OK, Tem felz content agyin!" She says as Lancer raises an eyebrow and glances at Kris.
"What's with her vocab?" He asks as the human shrugs.
"She usually only speaks normally when she's scared or sad." Lancer flinches as the wild cat begins lightly squeezing him, her arms stretching much further than he'd ever seen.
"And what's with these limbs?!" He says in a shocked tone. The cat smirks creepily and looks into his eyes.
"Tem iz very flexible. Make for gud cuddle partner." The blackjack very casually lets go of her.
"Yeah, on second thought, I don't need a cat anyways." He slowly tries levitating away, but the flexible creature keeps her paws firmly on his arms.
"Aw, come on blu boi, Tem will share chair. No room fer blu boi otherwise." She says as Lancer glances around the room. Just then, a blue snow owl and an armless dinosaur step inside. They both give confused looks when they spot the two new boys.
"Uh, hello?" The dinosaur says shyly.
"Who are these two?" The snow owl asks, getting right to the point. Jockington smiles charismatically.
"This is my new pal Ralsei!" The snake shouts heartily.
"And dis is Tem's new friend Lancer!" Tem adds as the two amigos face each other.
"Well howdy! I'm Snowdrake!" The owl says happily as he lightly bumps the dino boy. "And this is Monster Kid!" Ralsei raises an eyebrow.
"Monster Kid? Are you sure that's not a nickname?" He asks politely as the dino sighs and shakes his head.
"No, it's real. My parents wanted to name me after my specie." He says as Lancer raises an eyebrow.
"Okay, is there any reason you look so glum?" He asks as Susie sighs.
"He tends to trip a lot. Isn't that right?" She asks as the kid sighs and nods.
"Yep, I don't have any hands." He mumbles as Snowy rolls his eyes.
"Damn right about that. I'm the one who has to do all the work on our project." Susie's eyes widen as the owl leans in toward Lancer. "I guess you could say he, 'folded' early." He says as Lancer chuckles lightly. Monster Kid sighs and sits at his desk near Susie.
"Hey, MK." She asks audibly, catching his attention.
"What do you want Susie?" He responds.
"About that project… what exactly is it and when's it due?" She asks as Kris facepalms.
"Why do I get the feeling we've already missed the deadline?" He asks as the armless dino smiles meekly.
"No, not at all. The project isn't due until Friday." He states as Kris sighs in relief.
"Oh, thank god. I was terrified." The purple dragon chuckles.
"So was I, I thought I'd fail this class." She says as the joker rolls around in her pocket.
*Why did I agree to do this?!* He thinks to himself. *These people sound saintly! SAINTLY! And I'm stuck in this pocket unable to meet them? … I'll just wait until lunchtime.* He thinks as another cat walks in the room. Much taller than Temmie and much stronger for that matter. Jockington's face lights up once she walks in.
"Hello Catti!" He exclaims as he faces Ralsei. "That's my best friend Catti! She's so much fun!" He says joyfully as Catti rolls her eyes and sits in front of them.
"Um… Jockington… when did you and I become 'best friends?'" She asks as the snake shrugs his body.
"I don't know, maybe since the time I asked you if you'd like to play soccer and you said yes?" He says in an excited yet curious manner. She exhales deeply.
"Jockington, I already told you. At the time, my dad wanted me to spend some time off my phone, and so I went with whatever would shut him up. Accept that and move on." She says in a disinterested tone as Jockington slowly slides off of Ralsei and onto her shoulder.
"Aw, come on Catti. We're partners on this project, right?" He asks as she flicks him on the nose. "Ow." He mumbles.
"We're partners because Snowdrake took Monster Kid, Berdly took Noelle, and Temmie would rather work with an egg." The snake frowns lightly.
"Well excuse me, perhaps you'd rather I work with my new best pal Ralsei?" He asks as Ralsei chuckles nervously. Catti gives the black goat a dead frown.
"Right, you do that." She mumbles as she pulls out her phone. "In the meantime, don't bother me." She states as Jevil begins shivering from the bided force.
*This is getting annoying.* He thinks in a grouchy tone as the door opens again. Kris slams his fist on his desk as the nerdy blue person enters the classroom.
"Salutations classmates." He says in an intellectual accent. He then sits down in front of Kris and smirks rudely. "Kris, having fun falling behind in our standards?" He asks as the human lifts his head, the nerd flinches once the human's eyes are visible.
"Go to hell Berdly." Kris mumbles while glaring darkly. The blue jay smiles lightly.
"Hey, nice haircut Kris." His smile turns into a taunting smirk. "Too bad about the face beneath it." Ralsei and Lancer gasp at this comment as Kris swiftly retracts his pencil.
"Shut your mouth!" He exclaims as Susie quickly grabs his shoulder from behind.
"Whoa! Take it easy Kris!" She exclaims as Berdly averts his eyes to the reptilian teen's.
"Oh hello, Susie. I see you've grown a little more social the past few days." He smirks at the young lad again. "But it's pretty typical for a bully to befriend the only person who simply doesn't care about anyone." Kris immediately gets up off his chair.
"THAT'S IT! GET OVER HERE!" He exclaims as Susie firmly holds him back. "Let me at him!" He shouts as a lone spade is formed and poised his direction. Everyone in the class stares at the floating projectile.
"What's this?" Berdly asks in confusion as Lancer lowers his arm lightly, the spade mirrors his gravity.
"It's a sorcery I've mastered." He says as Temmie, Jockington, Monster Kid, and Snowdrake stare in awe. Catti lightly glances away from her phone.
"What are you doing?" She asks as a bit of surprise is seen in her eyes as well.
"He can use magic!" Monster Kid shouts as Lancer's spade disappears.
"I really just don't want to see any fighting going down. That's all." He says as Berdly rolls his eyes and sits back down.
"Whatever, just keep that punk away from me."
*I want to murder that boy* Jevil thinks to himself as the final student enters the room. A young blonde reindeer with antlers and a Christmas themed shirt. The very light patter of her footsteps catches Jevil's attention.
"What just happened?" She asks nervously at the sight of Kris struggling in Susie's arms. Berdly frowns and faces her.
"Kris tried to murder me." He says as Kris glares darkly. "And then the chubby water kid summoned a mystical shovel to intimidate him." The reindeer girl blushes lightly and faces Lancer.
"Oh, hi new classmate." She says nervously. She then spots Ralsei in the back and giggles lightly. "Hello to you as well, other new classmate." Ralsei smiles cutely her direction.
"You seem nice, who are you?" He asks as she sits in front of Catti.
"I'm Noelle Holiday." She says as she glances back at Lancer for a brief second. "And you boys are?"
"Dark Jack Lancer!" He says in a self-praising tone. He then points to the dark goat. "And that's Ralsei!" Ralsei giggles cutely.
"Lancer and I are not from here." He states as Lancer holds his hand out toward Susie.
"It was only our truly endearing love for someone else that led us here." Susie smiles and winks at him.
"Lancer is my one true love." She states, causing Noelle to pause.
"Right back at you!" He responds.
"Wait, you are?" The reindeer asks as Lancer nods frantically.
"Of course she is! Her large jaws and intense muscles are irresistible!" He compliments as Susie blushes, Noelle's own blush begins fading away.
"Oh… okay." She says in a slightly depressed tone as she glances at Kris. "And how about you?" The human smiles and points to his boyfriend.
"Ralsei is my true love." Jockington and Snowy snicker. "He's the fluffiest of them all!" Berdly facepalms as Snowdrake begins joking again.
"So Kris took the bi-way while Susie took the straightaway? Ha!" A few classmates chuckle as Berdly shrugs.
"I think I'll stick to the detour myself." He states as he glances back at Susie. "Susie, I've got a task for you." He states as he points back at Lancer. "You need to stay engaged with him forever!" Noelle's nose twitches lightly.
"Forever?" She mumbles as Susie nods.
"I don't think that'll be too difficult to do." She says as Tem slightly strokes Lancer's shoulders.
"Aw, are you shore you cant share wit Tem? There iz enoff Lancer to go around!" The spade boy frowns lightly.
"Please don't touch me there, that's a sensitive spot." He states as Alphys finally enters the room, she's carrying a pile of papers.
"Good morning class. I've returned with your- whoa!" She trips and drops the papers all over the floor.
*She sounds disorganized* Jevil thinks to himself as the yellow lizard slowly looks up. *Perhaps she needs me to shuffle her papers… no, that would leave her even less organized. Plus, I cannot blow my cover. Not yet.* Alphys stands up and begins picking the papers up.
"Sorry class, I was distracted by a couple of new faces." She says as she glances at Kris. "By the way, where have you been the past few days?" She asks as Susie raises her arm lightly.
"Don't worry about it. Both of us were together." She points at both Ralsei and Lancer. "And we collected more classmates." Alphys chuckles as Ralsei and Lancer wave at her.
"Oh, I didn't make room for more students. I'm really sorry." She turns toward the door. "Maybe I should get some more desks."
"That won't be necessary," Ralsei reassures as he holds his hand up, allowing Jockington to rest his neck there. "Lancer and I are happy to share with our new friends."
"Yeh! Tem iz redy to share desk with Lancer!" Temmie shouts as she strokes his arms. Lancer chuckles and grabs a sharpie marker.
"Yeah, now allow me to sign this desk." Alphys quickly holds her hand out.
"No! Please don't do that!" She exclaims nervously as Lancer withdraws his hand.
"What's wrong? I'll leave room for Temmie." He says as she steps forward and holds out her hand.
"That won't be necessary, I'll take that if you don't mind." Lancer reluctantly hands her the marker as Jevil growls under his breath.
*Thief. What gives you the right to steal his marker?* He thinks as Alphys sets the marker on her desk.
"It's nothing personal, I just don't want to pay for a new desk." She says before facing him again. "And just to clarify, you said your name was Lancer, right?" The blackjack nods.
"Jack of all trades, Ace of all grades!" He exclaims with a determined look. "I'm prepared for anything you've got for me!" The yellow creature nods once.
"Alright." She then faces the black goat. "And what was your name again?" She asks curiously.
"Ralsei." He says with a coy smile. Jockington slithers in front of him.
"This guy is cool. He's the only other person with glasses and a hat." Berdly frowns.
"I've got glasses and Temmie has a hat." He justifies as the snake shakes his head slowly.
"I know, that makes you both fifty-percent cool while Ralsei and I have the full hundred." He lifts his sunglasses with his tail. "Are you jealous yet?" Berdly rolls his eyes.
"Whatever, you probably got a C on your test." He says as Alphys sets his paper in front of him. He received an A.
"Can we please try to avoid conflict?" She asks she hands Noelle her test, she'd also received an A. Kris raises an eyebrow.
"I'm afraid I don't follow you. When was this test taken?" He asks as she sets a paper on Catti's desk.
"Thursday." Alphys responds as Susie frowns.
"We weren't here on Thursday. Does that mean we automatically fail?" Alphys sighs.
"I think I can manage as long as you are willing to take it during recess." Kris's eyes widen.
"WHAT?! That's only fifteen minutes! We can't take a geometry test in fifteen minutes!" Jevil frowns in Susie's pocket.
*Not with that attitude you can't.* He responds mentally as Lancer raises his hand.
"Yes, Lancer?" Alphys responds.
"When do we get to play games?" He asks.
"GAMES!" Jevil shouts. "Oh!" He quickly silences himself as everyone in the class flinches.
"Who said that?" Noelle asks nervously.
"Ghosts! Tem is scared!" She cuddles Lancer nervously as Susie chuckles lightly.
"I'm sure it was just the wind." She states as she firmly nudges the knife in her pocket. Alphys turns back to the spade boy.
"Well Lancer, I should apologize, but we don't play games in this class." Lancer's smile fades.
"Oh, okay." Alphys finally finishes passing out the tests before making a statement.
"Don't worry about the grade you got, I've decided on account of Kris, Susie, and our new classmates, that test is only a pretest." Berdly's eyes widen.
"What?!" He slams his fist on the table and glares. "I worked my butt off for an A on all four standards and now I'm told it didn't count!" He shouts. Alphys's confidence begins tearing apart as she stands there nervously.
"Well, I think since you did such a good job, repeating your success won't be too difficult." She states as Berdly glares at Kris.
"Kris, do us all a favor and tell Miss Alphys you're okay with taking the test on your own time." He firmly establishes. The human shrugs.
"Sorry Berdly, I'd rather have a chance to do it in the aura of the entire class." Ralsei nods.
"I can agree."
"Me too." Susie joins in.
"Me Three!" Lancer adds. Berdly faces Alphys again with the same glare.
"Alphys, the rest of the class shouldn't have to redo their hard work just because of a couple absences!" He asserts as Jockington shrugs.
"Honestly, I'd like a rematch." He admits as the blue jay facepalms.
"You're just upset because you got a C!" He exclaims as Temmie holds her paper up.
"Tem got C 2. And Tem wood like second chance!" She agrees as Monster Kid nods.
"I'd be delighted to try again."
"As they say, first is the worst, second is the best." Snowdrake comments. Catti shrugs.
"I honestly couldn't care less if we reassessed or not." She states as Berdly glares and faces Noelle.
"Come on Noelle, you earned that A just like I did! Tell Miss Alphys you'd rather keep that A than let the irresponsible failures ruin it for us!" Jevil flinches in Susie's pockets.
*Irresponsible failures?* The thought goes through his head for a few seconds before he teleports to a deep abyss and transforms back into a joker.
"GOOD LORD! YOU FRUSTRATED ME MR. BERDLY!" He screams before shapeshifting back and teleporting back to the very same spot in Susie's pocket. Thankfully Noelle closes her eyes and flips her paper over.
"I don't care what grade I'll get on my report card. The chance of failure is a risk I'm willing to take for the opportunity of success for my friends." She adamantly responds. Berdly sighs and turns around.
"Fine, I suppose you win this time Kris." Kris gives him a savage smirk. "But at least I'll get an A on my project whereas you and Susie will struggle." Kris flinches and then looks up at his teacher.
"Hey, Miss Alphys, what was the project you assigned us?" He asks as the yellow reptile steps behind her desk.
"Well Kris, I should apologize for not being clear sooner. All you have to do is build something." Lancer flinches.
"Like a robot?" He asks as Alphys shrugs.
"If you'd like." She states as Lancer lowers his fist.
"YES! We're saved!" He waves at Kris, Susie, and Ralsei. "We'll just turn in another machine to thrash your own ass!" Everyone in the room flinches at his last word. Jockington, Snowdrake, and Temmie begin chuckling.
"Ha! He said a bad word!" Snowy exclaims as Alphys facepalms and gives him an uncertain look.
"Lancer, can you please try to watch your language?" She asks politely. Susie slaps her knee and joins the laughter.
"Oh come on Miss Alphys! You've got to admit that was funny!" She says as more laughter erupts in the classroom, Noelle, Monster Kid, and Kris join in as well. Only Berdly, Catti, and Ralsei don't even giggle.
"There's nothing really hilarious about swear words." Ralsei states.
"Sure, there are." Jockington answers quickly. "They're the funniest when said at moments you wouldn't expect them." He states as Alphys sighs and puts on a more adamant face.
"Lancer, I'll have you know that that type of language will not be tolerated here." Lancer's smile vanishes.
"I'm sorry, I was just having some fun." He admits as she respectfully closes her eyes and holds out her hand.
"That's totally fine, but while we're in this classroom, you better be on your best behavior." Susie slams her fist on her table, catching everyone's attention and Alphys's expression changes dramatically. The reptilian teen shakes her head really slowly at her.
"Miss Alphys, this is his first day. So, you'd better let my new boyfriend down easily. Got it?" The young adult nerd gulps and nods lightly, sweat sliding down the sides of her cheeks.
"Yeah, okay." She says as Jevil chuckles subtly in the dragon's pocket.
*That's right, no pestering Lancer while we're here. You tell her Susie!* He thinks with satisfactory. Alphys's fear shifts into exhausted relief.
"Okay, I'm sorry for being so harsh on day one." She says sadly as she pulls her chair out and sits down. The spade boy raises his hand again. "Yes Lancer?" She asks in a tired tone.
"Does this mean the class won't be fun?" Alphys exhales and shrugs.
"I guess we'll wait and see. You'll have to be the judge of that in the end." She remarks in a defeated tone as she gets onto her computer.
*What is her problem?* Jevil thinks. *She's not putting any spirit into her career! If she's not fun, this class will be boring! And if it's boring, I will suffer! And they will suffer badly with me!* He slowly pokes out of Susie's pocket so that no one can see him. *Miss Alphys, whoever you are, this, just, got, PERSONAL!*
Author's Note: Well, this should be fun! I hope you're looking forward to this story as much as I am. Have a nice day.