The Stakes Are Laid Out
Disarray didn't have that much farther to travel before he gave a slight shiver, growling a little at the cold already. He didn't like Snowdin in the slightest, and begrudgingly agreed with Flowey that this was one of the worst areas there were down here. However, it offered plenty of monster to torture and slay, and it'd be worth it in the end to see who the big bad boss of this area was. He hoped it would be another sexy person, he frankly didn't care who. Maybe a guy to shake things up a bit… But he was ahead of himself. For now, he concentrated on walking on ahead.
It was there that things took an interesting turn. After hearing a branch that was too thick for him to snap without using his magic get crunched on easily, he decided it would be better to make his way to the gate up ahead. It was only after he arrived there he could feel something keep him in place and could also feel someone coming up behind him.
"Human. Don't you know how to greet a new pal? Turn around and shake my hand." A familiar voice spoke up, sounding very serious and deadly at the same time.
Unable to do anything else, he slowly turned around and noticed the small figure hold out a hand to shake. Giving a nervous gulp and acting like he was a scared human, he numbly grabbed the hand. It was then that a farting noise could be heard as the figure lightened up, giving a grin up at him. Sure enough, the figure was Sans.
"heheh… the old whoopee cushion in the hand trick. it's ALWAYS funny." Sans chuckled.
Disarray had to give a small snort at that. "Gotta admit, I didn't see it coming. Nice job."
"thanks, buddy." Sans gave a small wink. "name's sans, by the way. sans the skeleton. i'm actually supposed to be on watch for humans right now. but… y'know… i don't really care about capturing anybody. now my brother, papyrus… he's a human-hunting FANATIC. hey, actually, i think that's him over there. i have an idea. go through this gate thingy. yeah, go right through. my bro made the bars too wide to stop anyone."
Disarray shrugged as they made it to the next area, where more instructions came by. "quick, behind that conveniently-shaped lamp."
"Hm… not so convenient when it's better suited to a kid more than me." Disarray noted as he saw the lamp.
Sans shrugged before realizing something. "oh yeah. kinda forgot the kid went through here last."
Before Disarray could question any further, the tall skeleton that was Papyrus came barreling in. He looked just like when Disarray spotted him for the first time, in a set of weird armor and an orange scarf. Disarray made a note to claim both the armor and that scarf when he killed Papyrus later, after finding out about this "kid" stuff.
"BROTHER! IT'S BEEN SEVERAL DAYS SINCE YOU LAST RECALIBRATED THE PUZZLES! AND… ER… SANS? IS THAT ANOTHER HUMAN?" Papyrus questioned as he looked at Disarray.
"The last time I checked, I was indeed human." Disarray bluntly stated, looking back at Papyrus.
"HUZZAH! ANOTHER HUMAN TO BE FRIENDS WITH! AFTER YOU COMPLETE MY PUZZLES OF COURSE!" Papyrus exclaimed before dashing off.
"welp. guess that settles it. lucky break, huh?" Sans looked up at Disarray.
"I do love a challenging puzzle… I know I can't wait to find out what it is." Disarray grinned as he started to leave but was stopped by a very serious-sounding Sans.
"look, i'll be straight-forward with you here. my bro really wants to see one last human before heading to the surface. so, y'know, it'd really help me out if you played along and pretended to be one." Sans snarked before disappearing off to who knows where.
Disarray, for his part, scoffed at that. "Honestly, does he expect me to just behave and do what he says? A greater fool than I thought, even if his taste in jokes is quite delicious."
With that, Disarray headed onwards in hopes of more power and LV. He refused to use the full acronym, as it reminded him too much of his supposed "home world". Still, it was quite relieving to slay another monster. Especially since all he had to do was crush its spirit so thoroughly that it wanted to be melted into a pile of water, and in the process, get him up to an LV of 6. He then went about the area, killing even more monsters and haunting them with a fiery demise, including what looked like an older brother of the snowflake comedian from before. He racked up enough kills to gain an LV of 7, and then decided it was time to move on ahead to greener pastures. Figuratively speaking in the frozen tundra of Snowdin.
What he was pleasantly surprised to see were the two skeletons again, though Papyrus seemed to be a bit more worried than Sans. Yet as Disarray got close, he could almost feel… something, crawling down his back.
"BUT SANS, UNDYNE HASN'T RESPONDED IN A WHILE. I'M QUITE WORRIED THAT…" He trailed off as he noticed Disarray, giving a wide grin. "OH! HELLO OVER THERE HUMAN! I DID NOT SEE YOU THERE FOR A MOMENT!"
"An easy mistake to make. I take no offense at that." Disarray oozed out, sounding bored already.
Sans seemed to notice the change in mood, sounding a lot cooler than before. "well, we're glad you could make it, pal. we were starting to worry about you."
Yep, Disarray was completely bored now. Why should he have to slog through puzzle after puzzle again, just to make someone else happy? From what he could tell, Papyrus was a complete and utter idiot that just talked too loudly for his liking. He'd much rather be off killing and torturing others, possibly starting with the two skeletons standing before him. But something about Sans made Disarray hold back from just outright attacking either of them… for now. In any case, he had tuned out Papyrus' babbling, a small yet impressive feat, before Papyrus ran off, looking excited.
Sans looked up at Disarray, sounding a lot harsher than before. "What're you playing at here? I know that you're up to something."
For the first time since arriving in Snowdin, Disarray gave a small smirk. "Well now. Aren't you a bit perceptive? In any case, you may just be thinking up things. After all… I am but a simple and plain human."
Sans looked like he didn't believe Disarray in the slightest and went off without another word. Disarray chuckled as he forged on ahead. He eagerly wanted to see the rest of Snowdin, and all the monsters it could offer.
As it turned out, there really wasn't much left of monsters to kill. Other than a few more of the weird ice creature things and some reindeer, he only got to an LV of 8 before nothing would appear to fight him. More still, he only did some of the puzzles, confusing both Papyrus and Sans as to why that was the case. But at the very end, with the bridge, he had quite enough of the charade. He wanted access to the town, and he wasn't backing down. Not even those guard dogs from before and the pitiful amount of EXP they provided him would be able to stop him.
"HUMAN!" Papyrus called out at the end of the bridge when Disarray got halfway down it. "THIS IS YOUR FINAL AND MOST DANGEROUS CHALLENGE! BEHOLD! THE GAUNTLET OF DEADLY TERROR!"
Disarray gave a small snicker at the instruments of destruction aimed at him. The flamethrower would be no problem, the mace be useless, and the spears weren't much of an issue. Not to mention that there was also some kind of dog hanging from the ropes as well, leaving on the cannon to be much of any trouble to Disarray.
"Is this really the best you could come up with on such short notice? Honestly, it's not all that threatening to me." Disarray drawled as he walked forward.
"E-ER… N-NEVERTHELESS, HUMAN! I, THE GREAT PAPYRUS… WILL… OH, WHAT'S THE POINT IF YOU'RE NOT EVEN A LITTLE BIT EXCITED AND ARE CLEARLY GOING TO JUST SKIP THIS?" Papyrus sighed as the traps were deactivated and he slunk off dejectedly.
"what the hell did you do to my bro?" Sans angrily accused Disarray. "didja seriously raise his hopes only to crush them again? what reason would you do that for?"
Disarray grinned again as he looked at Sans, his eyes piercing. "It keeps him on his toes, doesn't it? Besides, he really does need to invest in things other than puzzles to capture humans."
Sans glared at Disarray for a moment before walking up to him, sounding threatening. "i know you're gonna be fighting my bro. here's some advice for you. if you keep going the way you're going… you're gonna have a bad time."
Disarray shrugged as Sans disappeared, not caring in the least for the warning. After all, he wasn't some mere human at the MERCY of some monsters. Not in the least. He was Disarray, the new god of chaos in this pathetic little world, and he was going to do as he wished. Nothing could ever really harm him, so what did it matter what he did? Though after getting a little sidetracked from his thoughts, he went into town, eager to see who was still around to torment.
As it turned out, once he entered town… no one was there to be seen. Disarray assumed everyone had fled to a safety room, which he would try to find as soon as he could. After all, he didn't want to waste a bit of that EXP. As it was though, he just had a small bit of fun looting the shops and buildings of everything valuable. He knew Papyrus was ahead, so he withheld on burning anything down. Strangely enough though, the only place that seemed to be locked down tight was the bar named Grillby's. He would have to make a return visit there for sure. In the meantime, though, after gaining all that he could from the librarary, shops, and other homes, he started to exit Snowdin Town. Only the weather was starting to fog up his vision.
Then, as though appearing from out of nowhere in the fog, was Papyrus. Disarray grinned eagerly, tuning out more of Papyrus' crap he didn't want to listen to right now. All those memories, lying in wait for him to gobble up and think over. There probably wouldn't be much memories to really consume, but whatever he might've lacked there would be made up in the EXP and LV he would get. Along with any Gold, but that was a minor detail to Disarray.
"Poor, sweet Papyrus. Wanting so much out of life. And yet here you are, babbling away like a buffoon while everyone else seems to be gone. Spending time on so many puzzles when you could've spent that time so much better training or making better puzzles. Truly, you're as much of a slacker as you claim your brother is." Disarray mocked, making sure not to start a FIGHT to better drain and kill Papyrus.
Papyrus looked hurt for a moment before speaking up. "N-NEVERTHELESS… HUMAN! I AM DEEPLY CONCERNED FOR YOU! THE WAY YOU MOVE ABOUT… HOW YOUR HANDS ARE ALWAYS COVERED IN SOME USTY POWDER… AND EVEN HOW YOUR EYES ARE SOMEWHAT UNSETTLING… THIS MIGHT BE A DANGEROUS PATH YOU'RE HEADING DOWN! HOWEVER! I, PAPYRUS, SEE GREAT POTENTIAL WITHIN YOU! EVERYONE CAN BE A GREAT PERSON IF THEY TRIED! AND ME, I HARDLY HAVE TO TRY AT ALL! IN FACT, I CAN GIVE YOU GUIDANCE, HUMAN! AFTER ALL, I CAN EASILY KEEP YOU ON THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW!"
Disarray was tiring real fast of Papyrus. He had heard this kind of speech before from those damned ponies. And this one seemed to act a lot like Pinkie Pie. How dare he even attempt to mimic them in his attempts to make "friends"! No, Disarray was quite done now, one of his free hands starting to form a ball of fire.
"Oh, you dear… and completely idiotic skeleton. Do you really think just anyone can be redeemed? That the "magic of friendship" will solve all of your problems?" Disarray snarled.
"Y-YES! OF COURSE! EVEN IF I WOULDN'T PHRASE IT EXACTLY THAT WAY!" Papyrus trembled a little as he saw the fire but remained firm in his beliefs. "I KNOW EVEN YOU CAN SEE THE ERROR OF YOUR WAYS AND BE CHANGED!"
Disarray chuckled darkly as he looked at Papyrus, his eyes shining with malice. "How cute… and how misplaced."
Without another word, he quickly closed the distance and latched a hand onto Papyrus' head, clenching tightly as he drained the memories out of the skeleton, ignoring the pained cries and pleas for MERCY. As he drew them in, he was absolutely disgusted by how… positive the memories were. It was full of optimism and harmony, the sort of things he had enough dealing with, thank you very much. But what struck out at him was the small fact that within the optimism, there were sparks of brilliant genius… and visions of other times and other places. He tossed down the now de-animated skeletal body, pocketing the armor and scarf as it turned into dust and he got another LV, making it a total of 9 now.
He grinned as he made his way back through the town of Snowdin, thoroughly investigating everything he could. He found a few monsters lurking about, begging for him to SPARE them, but it fell on deaf ears as he soon capped out at 10 LV. The only one to put up any much of the fight was the presumed owner of the bar, Grillby. And since that guy was made of fire, all it took was a little glass of water to put him out for good. On the plus side for Disarray, he at least got lots and lots of free booze to sample for the first time as he burnt the town to the ground, chuckling as he made sure me made off with every possible thing he could.
As he made his way to Waterfall, he could feel a presence starting to watch him. It wasn't a harmful, nor malevolent presence, but it did catch Disarray's attention. Calling out to it seemed to not really work, so he assumed that it was just his overactive imagination playing tricks on him. In any case, he forged onwards into Waterfall, hoping he would come across a better challenge than an idiotic skeleton and a brain-dead fuckable goat MILF. Later, he would be regretting the wish he made, but for now, he was grinning madly, eager to explore and kill more of this world, piece by piece.
Greetings once more, everyone! Hopefully you've been enjoying this so far. I know that so far, there's not been much, but I'm working as best I can on getting more and more out. Also, apologies for any inconsistencies that you may find in the writing or grammar. This is a one-person operation, so mistakes will be made. I will try my best to catch and fix, but will always appreciate the help in fixing them up a bit. Also, as a side note, updates will be inconsistent, but I'll try my best to keep them coming. And as for new fonts... well, I think they're kinda obvious in this case, and otherwise there's no new ones. Until next time!
