Samiful note : Oh! What a nice gun! Uh, oh, wait... is that my head you are aiming at... ?
My eyes were still heavy from the last night. It took me about one or two minutes to look at the surroundings and to realize that... err, naaaaaw...
This was exactly the same room I fell asleep in. I noticed all the beds around here were empty, although two of them were all messy. I yawned before finally standing up, and scanning the places again... I went to the livingroom.
« Oh, my child. Here you are now. Did you sleep well ? », the goat mom said with the same friendly smile she had yesterday.
So, basically... all of this was real ? Or was I just still dreaming ?
Théo, and... what was his name already ? Ah yeah, Beño, greeted me by the way. They were all sitting around the table taking their breakfast.
« Oh, come and take a seat. Worry not about serving yourself as you like », she said.
It was about 8AM. Not much of a surprise as I usually get up early... although this time it seems like I was not the first. I quickly realized I had never known about Théo's morning habits.
I smiled politely at Toriel and thanked her once again for her welcome... I thought all of this was just temporary, and that anyway, according to my memories, the anthropomorphic goat told me today we would be back home. Aaaah.. Call of Duty was waiting, and my sandwiches as well ! Don't ask, they're gonna be my wonderful reward for the journey ! Hahahaha... hell, yeah. Now I'm looking forward to this moment...
« What about paying a little visit around ? », Théo said suddenly.
Ohh no... no... not for too long then...
« Si ! I can make you visit if quieres ! If you want, si ! », Beño answered.
I sighed.
« Yeah... I guess we can do that... but hey, be careful with the monsters that...», I tried to say before that mom goat cut me off.
« Worry not, I would accompany you with pleasure. I am sure it would be very healthy for all of you to have a little walk. And you probably are quite curious... »
Ok, for this one I wasn't sure about thanking her. But at the same time she probably wanted to do things right... I couldn't blame her. So here we went...
I saw us approaching the area where the cave from which we came was, but... NAAAAAAW ! Here we were now going away from it to go elsewhere.
Toriel stopped.
« Here, in this way, is the village of Snowdin. »
Snowdin ? Err...
« Hey, let's go take a look in there ! », Théo yelled excitingly.
Damn, if I knew he'd end up finding that fun, and that I'd reversely be the one to want to go back home... As for Beño, he just followed without saying much I bet he had already seen quite a bunch...
We encountered a few monsters on the way, who greeted Toriel. She explained them we were friends of hers, but this little detail didn't seem to stop some from staring at us weirdly. I wonder what would have happened if we were just walking alone here without her presence eventually... would they have jumped on us like lost preys in a wild environment ?
Anyway, it still didn't seem to bother her more than that, and she just invited us to go check her favorite library. Cool, I guess... Well, as strange as it seems, actually they just kinda look the same as the ones we have as humans. Ah... probably witnessing some possible connections there might have been at some point between civilizations, or whatever... In fact, if anything, I was about to say that if we could neglect a few details here and there, the major difference between the surface and underground was just the individuals. I think Toriel told us previously something about magic, but...
Well, after she picked some books, here we were now leaving the village. It was kinda embarrassing to ask... and yet, I had to do it...
« Where is the cave to go back to the surface, already... ? » (I knew the answer, but a reminder was needed somehow, right ?)
The goat stared at me for a moment.
« So, you really want to go back home ? Well... I see. Hmm... follow me. »
We followed her, and yet, I wasn't sure about the two other guys' point of view. Théo didn't say anything, and neither did Beño...
« Oh. I... I'm sorry. », Toriel said.
« Wait, what are we going to do now?! », I retorted.
The cave was blocked by huge rocks that somehow ended up there. What the fuck happened?! Is that even a DAMN joke ?!
« Is there any other way to take ? », Théo asked. (Ah?)
« Well. Unfortunately I am not really sure about the other accesses to the surface, except if you go through the King's castle, which might require some time ahead... The good news is that, actually, as landslides happen sometimes, the rocks will probably be moved out of the way tomorrow », she answered.
« Podemos, ehhh... we can wait, si ! », Beño suddenly said.
Hmmm...
« My children, you can stay here as long as you want. Actually, I plan to make a pie. Perhaps, you would like me to teach you some cooking lessons? », the tall goat proposed.
« That sounds great ! », Théo responded.
And here we were going back to the ruins... once again.
They all gathered to the kitchen, while Toriel was preparing the ingredients that she layed on the table. I did not stay for long... and told them that I would go back for a walk.
« Again ? », started Théo.
Yeah, again...
I wanted to see whether there was a hidden hole from which we could just pass the cave among all these silly rocks... damn, how can a landslide even happen so randomly ?!
I tried to scan more or less this huge heap... but I had to recognize it was quite intimidating. What if I accidentally turned out to make one rock fall, and to have a few others that ended up crushing me, then ? It looked like a quite dangerous plan. I looked at the heap with defeat. So, here we are... I'll have to wait tomorrow, right ? Anyway, I just can't go to that « King's castle », leaving the others behind, and without even telling them. It would be so...
« Hiya ! I knew I would see you again around here. »
… ?!
Aaaah ! Here is the skeleton who, once again, happened to just surprise me behind my back.
« Hi, uh. Sans... that's it ? »
« cool. so you didn't forget my name, buddy. »
« Yeah... seems like it. »
« quite a good day, right ? »
I sighed. What could I tell him anyway ? The good day would be in front of my Call of, and with my lunch... my sandwiches, that's it.
« i bet you're hungry. ain't ya ? », he randomly said, « come with me, i'll show ya some place i like ».
So, you guess how things went... I just followed him (well, at this point, I was no more really evaluating whether my decision was being dangerous or not... and yeah, still, who was this guy?)
« huff... puff... that was a skele-TON of walk... », he just said.
« Yeah... »
That really tired him at this point ?
« you still not like my puns, right ? »
Nah...
« yet... so humerus ! »
I didn't understand that one.
We were back in Snowdin now.
« here we are. »
I think I already saw this place when we passed by with Toriel... but from outside.
Sans opened the door, and welcomed me inside I thanked him. It looked like a bar, in fact. With a very warm... (hell yeah, literally « warm », because believe me or not, there was a huge difference between the temperature outside and inside) atmosphere, I shall say. A few monsters were sitting here and there and greeted « Sansy » he invited me to take a seat next to him. The barman was a sort of man with fire everywhere on his body that he dressed with a gentleman like suit. Those glasses that he was wearing gave him a kind of smart look. He welcomed us, as well.
« so tell me, bud. what do you wanna eat? », Sans asked.
Uuuh... like, he is really thinking about paying me a meal, or... (I looked at the options)
« Fries ? », that I picked randomly... just to test his reaction in fact.
His reaction ? Well, he just commanded my « fries » to the barman in front of us. I gazed at him now.
« Are you serious ? » that I did.
« why not ? i'm not allowed to offer something to a friend of mine ? »
A friend ?
« … look. i know what you must think. it's like we only met yesterday and you probably want to go back home, right ? »
Right, the Sansy. Yeah, that's it.
« ...still, i mean, don't ya think it can be cool to... discover new places and meet new friends ? »
It's better to play Call of D.
« … i see », he shut his eyes after taking a break in his words, « i remember going to the surface several times, but i ended up scaring humans away... it's hard to accept and trust the unusual, eh ? »
The fire bareman just layed a plate of fries in front of me, then went back to his business... Sans took a bottle of ketchup, before opening it and... what the fuck is he doing ? (He put some on his mouth, before licking the rest of ketchup that was spread all over his teeth)
« to be honest... i wish i could befriend a human... i once did in the past, but that was a kid. you see the deal... »
He kept licking the ketchup that was spilled all over his fingers now...
« sorry, i like this. you don't know how much... heh, eat your fries or they'll be cold... »
Yeah. Why not taking a bite after all ? (Not like now they were in front of me, after being commanded anyway)
… And, to be fair, that wasn't bad. Not bad at all. Actually the same as the ones we usually eat.
« well... i don't want to bother ya with all my speech about humans... if you wanna go back home, i understand anyway. i won't force ya to stay, you know ? »
He tapped my back after leaving some money on the counter, « thank you, grillby ». He stood up from his chair, hands in his pockets. He was about to walk away, when...
« Sans... wait. »
He stopped, his back still facing me.
« I... well, I recognize I haven't been very... forward, I guess. And, actually, I... I wouldn't mind if we got to know each other better... », I threw toward his attention.
« ...really ? »
« Yeah. »
He turned back toward me. His huge black sockets stared at me for a moment.
« alright, then... »
This is about less than five minutes later that he took me in front of a big wooden house, with two mailboxes next to it. One was messily filled by letters that seemed to have never been opened. I quickly figured it was his house...
« make yourself home. »
The hall was probably already the livingroom... it looked kinda empty though.
« upstairs you have my bedroom, and my bro's », he explained.
Well, but besides that...
« Where is the bathroom ? », I asked.
If anything, I was particularly surprised by the exterior sight of the house that wouldn't even have made me guess how empty it truly was.
« Aaaah haha... I guess you don't need a bathroom, right ? », I continued.
Well, that was a skeleton after all.
He stared at me once again with that wide grin, for a time that nearly felt like forever, when...
« follow me. »
Oh. Oh, alright... that was this kind of very discrete door you wouldn't even have noticed... but why hiding it anyway ?
« ...because i like surprising people », he said with a wink.
I entered the room, sat down on the toilet and started thinking.
In fact, it kinda reminded me of Toriel's house, where you wouldn't have found this room without asking first.
I left the bathroom, and went back to the livingroom.
« you took awhile, heh. »
I didn't have anything to respond.
« hey, take it easy, i was teasing ya. i sometimes happen to fall asleep in there, until that i hear... »
«SANS», a raucous voice shouted.
« ...and here he is now. »
I heard a song behind... and steps getting closer.
« WHO ARE YOU TAL... OOOH ! »
Uh, oh ? Oh... and here was now the owner of this voice who was standing right here, staring at me. That one looked like a taller skeleton , maybe a more average like skeleton, or... err, no, his eyesockets kinda looked like two slits, with something like strange eyebrows that were giving him a weird expression on his face. His skull was more rectangular than Sans's (who's which was actually more round shaped), and he was wearing some weird clothes... more notably a red scarf, that white sort of armor shaped like sweater, long red boots, and... blue briefs (?) on top of dark tights. If his briefs were exactly tracing the form of his pelvis, than it would be like there is more matter than...
« IS THIS A HUMAN ? SANS ! »
« no, this is a doll that is speaking. »
« DON'T KID ME ! I KNOW WHAT A HUMAN LOOKS LIKE NOW !»
It was hard to say how not only his voice, but also his imposing figure kinda intimidated me...
« Uh, hi. I'm Anthy... », I tried to say...
« HI, HUMAN. I, THE GREAT PAPYRUS, AM VERY CHEERFUL TO MEET YOU. »
Ah... ah ? The Great ? Hahaha, ok then... he sounded very... uh, self-confident, eh ?
« Ah, Papyrus, that's it ? Sounds good. »
« I. PAPYRUS. THE ONLY ONE. THE GREATEST OF THE GREATEST. IN THE BONES ! THE ONE THAT WILL MAKE YOU SPAGHETTIS EVERYDAY IF YOU LIKE, HUMAN ! »
Indeed, if I had to talk about a first impression, I would say... eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeehhhhhhh... yeah. Pretentious. But I tried to put that one judgment aside.
« Spaghettis ? Cool. Well, I'm not hungry now, but maybe later... »
« … FINE. FEEL FREE TO KNOCK ON MY DOOR ANYTIME. I'M GOING BACK TO MY ROOM NOW. MY POPULARITY ON THE INTERNET IS WAITING FOR ME. NYEH HEHEHEHE !»
He went upstairs, where the song came from before shouting one last time :
« BONETROUSLE ! ~ », then shut his door.
Here I was left lonely once again with Sans.
« he's cool my bro, right ? »
« Well... »
« don't worry, he's very extroverted but not dangerous. just kinda fascinated by your kind.»
« I see, indeed... He looks very... robust ? Strange clothes too, heh.»
« you were looking a bit low in there, eh ? », he winked.
Uuuuh...
« So he's famous on the Internet, right? », I asked.
« yeah... on undernet, and on other social networks. actually, recently some guy made a game in which we happen to appear. that's quite surprising... i mean, if it was not because he visited us in the underground, i wonder how he could have guessed about our existence, and about how that works more or less over here... yeah, i'm quite famous on the net too, in fact. »
A game ? As if inspiration was just the result of a sort of message that flew in the air between two worlds...
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I paid a visit to Sans's bedroom, which he offered me to enter. Well, and to be honest... I... I mean... WHAT WAS THIS MESS ?! HE NEVER CLEANED HIS ROOM ?! I at least happen to tidy up mine EVERYDAY.
I glanced at him to receive an answer out of this...
« yeah, i know... welcome to my place, hehehe... »
« Ha...ha...ha... you're that lazy, huh ? »
« what ? yeah, i won't lie to ya, right ? »
Frankly, I wasn't feeling very well... messy rooms make me sick for some reason. Like a slight feel of disgust running down my throat... I wasn't sure whether I could stand that for long. He sat down on his bed (that he had obviously not even bothered to make), while inviting me to take a seat on a random chair that was being there anyway.
Ok, Anthy... focus on something else, not on his room... just on something else... ok ?
« you ok ? », he asked.
« Uh, eh... yeah, yeah... », that I attempted to say while my feet were desperately trying to dodge the crisp crumbs on the floor...
« you prefer to sit on the bed ? », that he said with his confused wide blinking eyesockets.
« Naah... nah, I'm good on the chair, really, hahaha... »
In fact, the bed would have been probably worse.
This is for about 30 minutes that we chatted about things here and there, and his relationship with his brother.
« So, you tell him bedtime stories, huh ? », I questioned.
« yeah... you know, i've been used to take care of him since we were kids. i fed him, i played with him, made him do snowmen, taught him to read, oh... ya know... this is one hell of a boy full of energy, that papyrus... »
I smiled.
« it has been awhile now he has been learning cooking lessons. he's kinda obsessed on spaghettis, so don't be too much surprised with this... », he added.
Ah, I guess that makes sense.
« You really seem to love your bro'», I commented.
« yeah, you don't know how much... sometimes more than i would have wanted... »
I raised an eyebrow. More than... ?! Uh, eh, hehehehe... That is...
« ...uh, well. forget about this », he finished.
He looked aside. I think I saw him blush for a moment, which kind of distracted me from the mess that was surrounding us.
I wasn't sure if that was a good idea, but... I dared to lay a hand on his shoulder. He made a surprise look toward me, still blushing around. I could feel his breath on my hand, now... it was kind of a strange physical contact, if anything.
« It's ok », I said.
I kind of wanted to rub the top of his skull, but I estimated it was maybe not very appropriate. Still, it didn't prevent him from responding with a quite shy tone :
« ...you are... sweet, he...he...he... »
And I felt like I had broken some defenses of the very confident Sansy that I had earlier ! But still, it gave him a quite lovely look in fact...
« We are friends, right ? », I replied.
« yeah, friends, eh... »
It was now getting late, I think. And I had to join back the others. We stood up, then left the mess of his bedroom to go back to the livingroom...
« if ya want... you could... come back tomorrow ? », the short skeleton asked.
« Yeah, I... I... will », I replied.
And here I was on my way back to Toriel's for dinner time...
Samiful note 2 : WAKING UP EARLY ?! CLEANING A ROOM EVERYDAY ?! MAKING BED ?! What is this ?! Hahaha, nah... just kidding. But still, I bet if the protagonist had known me personally, they would have lost their sanity as well.;)
To be fair, it's kinda odd to try to imagine what an already existent fictional character would have said in certain situations, but at the same time, that's just fun... that's... inspiration, you know ? Just adding your flavor to the cup of tea that's already laying there. Kind of, I mean...