Maya the Phoenix: I'm actually relieved to hear that; I was afraid that the third chapter was the worst so far due to…reasons. Thanks for your review!
Cecilia netikas: Oh, ok. That explains it for me. And…whether Sans will find out about Frisk's identity…well…go ahead and read.
Guest:Maybe, maybe not…
Chapter four: The guy who loves puzzles
You just refused safe shelter and good food to find answers. Answers to what? Questions that probably aren't even that relevant. You left Toriel to rot in those Ruins until…whenever. You're such a great person, Frisk.
The girl in question angrily shook the taunting voice out of her head as she walked through the snow that lay on the ground. After Toriel gave her a parting hug and a jacket, the Human left the Ruins; the door that connected it to the outside was still visible from where she currently was. To her left, an ominously dark forest was present, the cold temperature in the area not allowing its trees to grow any leaves. Up ahead, a snowy path was visible.
Frisk's thoughts and guilt were enough to keep her from noticing the eerie atmosphere of her environment. Despite – or maybe because of – the silence, one could not shake the feeling of being watched. The woods next to the path were an excellent place to hide from sight, so the possibility of being spied on was not to be dismissed easily.
But Frisk didn't notice this. Toriel had told her that it was safe for Humans to be here now, so she didn't worry.
Until she saw something notable in her path…
Up ahead, the trail in the snow connected to a short wooden bridge that allowed passage over a ravine. Said ravine wasn't very wide for one, but still wide enough for Frisk to know that trying to jump over it was probably not a good idea.
She only hoped the bridge wouldn't collapse.
Something behind her cracked in the snow.
She whirled around and looked at where she heard the sound to be met with a figure.
The figure was short, shorter than her, and was wearing an unzipped blue hoodie, a white t-shirt and black shorts. Their eye sockets were completely black, save for the white pupils in the middle. The toothy grin they had on their face didn't seem malevolent, but Frisk still found it…unsettling.
Their most striking feature, however, was its apparent lack of skin and internal organs, with the exception of their bones.
Frisk froze. She was looking at a skeleton, one that was standing just two meters away from her.
Upon being seen, the skeleton chuckled and shrugged before putting its hands in its pockets.
"guess i should practice my sneaking," it said in a deep voice that revealed its gender as being male.
Frisk instinctively backed up when the skeleton took a few steps closer to her and held out his hand for her to shake. "hi. i'm sans. sans the skeleton. how're you doing?"
"Why'd you sneak up on me?" Frisk coldly replied.
Sans pulled his hand back and his grin widened a bit. "no reason."
"You don't just sneak up on someone for 'no reason'."
"i do."
"Well, don't do it again. That's not how you make friends." She pointed to the bridge behind her. "You think that thing can hold me without falling?"
"'course," Sans replied. "wouldn't be much of a bridge if it couldn't, right?"
The Human sighed before turning to the bridge in question.
Immediately realizing that she just turned her back to a sneaky, potentially dangerous individual, she whirled back around to see him…gone?
She blinked and looked around, still seeing no sign of him.
Well, isn't that terrifying.
Not knowing where he went or how he managed to leave so quickly and quietly, Frisk hesitantly turned back to the bridge. She examined it – it seemed stable – before slowly lifting her foot and placing it on the wooden planks.
It didn't move or creak, but Frisk was still nervous when she took the second step.
Nothing.
Third step.
"you good, kid?"
She jumped and looked up, her expression turning into a scowl when she saw Sans standing there with the same grin, watching her as she went.
"Where'd you go just now?" she asked, annoyed. "And where'd you come from?"
"i take shortcuts," the skeleton simply responded.
Frisk sighed and continued walking, although she was a lot less tense now. Her speed had increased from a hesitant tiptoeing to a fast walking pace, and it barely took a second for her to reach the other end of the bridge. Once there, Sans spoke again.
"see? ya can trust me."
Frisk stared back at him with a half-lidded, unamused gaze. "Right. Of course. You totally proved that."
"i assure you, i'm not one for skullduggery."
A groan made its way through the Human's throat.
"what?" Sans asked. "c'mon, that was humerus."
"I'm leaving," Frisk said. "Bye."
"wait," the skeleton said. "there's something else i need to tell you."
"No offense, but I really don't feel like listening to your puns right now."
"no, i'm keeping those puns for later. look…
"i'm a sentry, and it's my job to bring any humans i see to king asgore. he always wants to meet them personally to help them integrate down here or something like that. now, the problem is that i'm too lazy to actually do what i'm s'posed to do, but…
"my brother, papyrus, won't hesitate to do his job. he's a sentry too, and a zealous one at that. so you should probably meet him if you want to—"
"Alright, stop there," Frisk interrupted. "I'm not going to meet anyone for now. That includes your brother and the king."
"and why's that?" Sans suspiciously asked.
"I'm not ignoring you or anything, just…" she sighed. "Can't I just go to the castle on my own? I don't appreciate being brought there like mail."
Despite the skeleton's eternal grin, Frisk could easily tell that he was surprised to hear that. His eyes narrowed a bit, but he didn't seem angry. Just…confused.
"…you actually want to meet asgore?" he asked. "i mean, he's a good guy and all, but…"
Frisk scratched her head and continued walking with Sans following her. "I…have some memories to recover."
"what do you…wait…what was your name again?"
"SANS!" a voice suddenly rung. "SANS, WHERE ARE YOU!"
"that's my brother," Sans chuckled when he saw Frisk's face. "he's probably not going to let you pass, or at least not without solving his puzzles."
The Human put her face in her hands. "Oh, no…"
"you don't like puzzles?"
"…"
"SANS! WHERE ARE YOU, YOU LAZYBONES!"
"I take it the puns run in the family," Frisk assumed, unaware of how wrong that statement really was.
"THERE YOU ARE—" the voice froze, and so did the tall figure Frisk saw standing a few meters ahead.
"sup, bro," Sans grinned. "it's some ice weather we're having, huh?"
"SANS!" Papyrus repeated. "DON'T JUST STAND THERE AND HELP ME WELCOME THE HUMAN TO THE UNDERGROUND!"
Aside from obviously being a skeleton with black eye sockets, Papyrus barely looked like his brother. Whereas Sans was short and broad, Papyrus was tall and thin, and wore orange instead of blue. His glorious scarf was gently waving in the wind, making him look like some kind of skeletal Superman.
His behavior also seemed to be the opposite of his shorter brother's; one look at Papyrus would wake the impression of a flamboyant, maybe somewhat complacent Human hunter. In any case, he didn't appear lazy or humorous in any way, as evidenced by his intensifying glare after Sans made that pun.
Even the voices sounded unfitting.
"calm down, bro. maybe we should first make sure that our house isn't…snowed in."
"Didn't get that one," Frisk muttered.
"SANS! STOP BOTHERING THE HUMAN WITH YOUR HORRENDOUS PUNS! WE NEED TO PREPARE THE PUZZLES!"
He then looked at Frisk with an apologetic expression. "MY APOLOGIES, HUMAN. MY BROTHER DOES NOT KNOW WHEN TO STOP PUNNING. BUT WORRY NOT! I, THE GREAT PAPYRUS, WILL SAVE YOU FROM HIS PUNNY ONSLAUGHT!"
"yeah, i'm such a punny guy…"
"SANS!"
"Alright guys, that's enough," the Human cut in. "You kids stop fighting before the neighbors start complaining."
"HE STARTED IT!" Papyrus objected.
Frisk sighed. "It's getting cold out here."
The taller skeleton's face immediately got a huge smile that rivaled Sans' – something the Human didn't think possible.
"WELL THEN, HUMAN! I WILL GLADLY GRANT YOU SHELTER IN MY HOUSE. IF! IF YOU GET PAST MY PUZZLES!"
"No, I think I can live with visiting an inn, thanks," Frisk declined. "Where's the nearest town?"
"just follow the path. you'll eventually come across snowdin," Sans replied to Frisk's relief.
"BUT THE PATH IS BLOCKED BY MY INGENIOUS PUZZLES FOR YOU TO SOLVE," Papyrus revealed. "THE ONLY WAY TO REACH SHELTER IS BY GETTING PAST THEM!
"NYEH HEH HEH HEH HEH!" the tall skeleton cackled as he left the area.
Frisk sighed in defeat. "Solving puzzles while freezing my ass off…'cause that's fun…" she complained. "Could I please not have to do this?"
Sans gave her a sympathetic look. "listen, kid," he softly said. "you'd be doing him – and by extent me – a huge favor if you'd solve those puzzles. y'see, it's been nine years since a human fell down here and paps has been a bit down since then.
"which reminds me…what was your name again?"
Frisk felt a small electric spark go down her spine. She hadn't told him her name yet, and since Toriel seemed to know it…
"Even to this day, you are regarded as the hero who changed the Underground for the better."
The Human swallowed before she hesitantly gave her answer.
"…Frisk," she said. "My name's Frisk."
A silence fell.
Sans raised a nonexistent eyebrow. "frisk, huh…you've been down here before?"
"You tell me," Frisk replied with fake indifference. "Anyway, I gotta go. I want to solve your brother's puzzles before I get hypothermia."
Ignoring the stares she got and whispers she heard from the surrounding monsters whenever she walked by them, Frisk continued wandering through the snow in search of the tall skeleton and his puzzles. Despite the jacket Toriel gave her, the cold was still bothersome, which was the very reason she didn't feel like solving anything Papyrus threw at her. But she wasn't going to try to sneak past him: Sans told her that his brother had been down lately, and if Frisk really had the power to help with that, she'd use it to the best of her ability.
Contrary to what Frisk liked to believe, she did have a heart. Yes, her demeanor was usually a bit cold and direct, but she secretly saw the good side of people. She cared about Toriel, even if she didn't trust her at first. Sans, while initially a bit annoying, was clearly a nice guy, and Papyrus seemed to have a good heart. Despite the whole thing with the puzzles.
Either way, after convincing a Monster – a fellow who introduced himself as Snowdrake – to not bring her to Asgore, Frisk stumbled across an open area in her path. A large rectangular part of the snow on the ground seemed to have been partially removed, as if something invisible was resting on it. On the other side of the rectangle, Sans and Papyrus were having an argument.
"SANS!" Papyrus yelled. "YOUR JOKES ARE NOT FUNNY!"
"aw c'mon, bro," Sans said. "you're smiling."
"I AM AND I HATE IT! ANYWAY, THIS IS THE SAME—" he froze when he saw Frisk.
"what is it, bro? oh hi, human."
Papyrus' frown turned into a grin. "HUMAN! YOU HAVE ARRIVED! ALLOW ME TO EXPLAIN THIS FIRST PUZZLE." He gestured to the rectangle on the ground. "THIS IS THE INVISIBLE ELECTRICITY MAZE! IT HAS NOT BEEN CHANGED FOR OVER NINE YEARS, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO KEEP IT THAT WAY."
"Why's that?" Frisk asked.
"it's a real hassle to change it," Sans explained. "not only is it electrified, but trying to change it is like moving walls."
"IT IS MOVING WALLS, ACTUALLY," Papyrus added. "HOWEVER, THE ELECTRICITY IS NOT A PROBLEM AS LONG AS THE RENOVATORS DO NOT HOLD THIS ORB."
He showed Frisk a light blue orb, about the size of a tennis ball.
"IF YOU TOUCH THE WALLS OF THIS MAZE, THIS ORB WILL ADMINISTER A HEARTY ZAP!"
"You mean like this?" Frisk asked as she moved her hand to where she guessed the wall was. She felt her hand touch something above the sides of the rectangle, and a ZAP could be heard. She looked at where it came from, and had to suppress a grin when she saw a somewhat shaken up Papyrus.
She mentally kicked herself for being such a sadist.
"OWIE!" he whimpered. "Y-YES, EXACTLY LIKE THAT! HOWEVER…THE RULES STATE THAT YOU ARE TO HOLD THE ORB DURING YOUR ATTEMPT TO PASS THE MAZE WITHOUT GETTING ELECTROCUTED."
Upon saying that, the tall skeleton walked over the rectangle, only taking a certain route before reaching Frisk.
"HOLD THIS, PLEASE," he said as he offered the orb to the Human.
Frisk sighed and took the orb, after which Papyrus immediately turned tail and ran back to the other side via the very same route, leaving some deep and obvious footprints in the already thin layer of snow.
The Human barely hesitated and confidently stepped forward, again having to hold back a grin when she stepped in Papyrus' footprints. As she progressed through the maze with little to no problem using the prints as her guide, the tall skeleton's face turned into a confused scowl, which intensified when Frisk reached the other side and gave the orb back to him.
"YOU SOLVED IT SO EASILY…TOO EASILY!" Papyrus pensively said. "IT REMINDS ME OF…" he paused. "…ANYWAY, THE NEXT PUZZLE WILL NOT BE SO EASY! IT IS DESIGNED BY MY BROTHER, SANS! YOU WILL SURELY BE CONFOUNDED! I KNOW I AM! NYEH HEH HEH HEH!"
Before Frisk had the chance to say anything to him, the skeleton seemingly floated away with incredible speed, leaving the Human to stare into Sans' eye sockets.
She walked up to him, suddenly feeling a dizziness come over her. She staggered a bit, eventually having to lean on the wall of the invisible maze as something began to spark in her head.
Sans took a few steps in her direction, ready to help if necessary. "you okay there, kid?"
"Uh…yeah, fine…" Frisk mumbled.
"hey, uh, i really appreciate you doing this. thought you should know. paps looks like he's having fun."
Frisk didn't answer. She was looking pensive, her eyes gazing into nothingness as she tried to remember…
"kid?"
The Human jumped. "Huh? Oh, yeah, no prob."
Sans narrowed his eyes a bit. "you sure you're okay? you look tired."
Again, Frisk remained silent.
"and you're not listening."
The Human briefly closed her eyes before looking at the skeleton again. "Hey, Sans…"
"what?"
"The Human that fell down here nine years ago…did they go through this puzzle?"
"yes. why?"
"How'd they solve it?"
"same way you did; papyrus accidently showed her the way when he went to give her that orb."
"Huh…"
"something tells me you already knew this."
Frisk blinked, thought, and eventually took a step in the direction Papyrus went.
"It's time to go."
Sans said nothing as he watched her walk away.
"HUMAN! I HOPE YOU'RE READY FOR…" A brief pause. "SANS! WHERE'S THE PUZZLE!"
"it's right there. on the ground. trust me. there's no way she can get past this one."
Frisk gave the duo a weird look before looking at where Sans was pointing, noticing a piece of paper lying on the ground. Already suspecting what kind of puzzle this would be, she sighed and walked up to it.
She picked it up and gave it a short, bored look before putting it back and continuing her advance on the brothers.
"SANS!" Papyrus yelled. "THAT DIDN'T DO ANYTHING!"
"whoops. i knew i should've used today's crossword instead."
"WHAT!? CROSSWORD!? THIS IS LIKE NINE YEARS AGO WHEN WE ASKED FRISK'S OPINION AND SHE GAVE THE WEIRDEST ANSWER I'VE HEARD YET!"
Frisk briefly shared a look with Sans when her name was mentioned before speaking up.
"What'd you ask her?"
Papyrus looked at her. "WE ASKED HER WHICH WAS MORE DIFFICULT: JUNIOR JUMBLE OR CROSSWORD." He sighed. "SHE SAID CROSSWORD! ISN'T THAT RIDICULOUS!"
For about the third time today, Frisk had to keep herself from grinning. "Well, I can see why," she said. "I still—…I mean, I do too."
"WHAT! HOW IS THAT EVEN POSSIBLE! HOW IS IT THAT EVERYONE SHARES THE SAME SENTIMENT ABOUT THESE THINGS!"
"i think i know the answer to that, bro."
"REALLY? WHAT IS IT?"
"crosswords are harder."
"OH, DON'T GIVE ME THAT!"
"it's true." Sans turned to the Human. "you agree with me, right?"
"Yup."
"THIS IS SIMPLY UNBELIEVABLE!" Papyrus remarked. "BUT REGARDLESS, I MUST GO. I HAVE A DUTY TO ATTEND TO."
And with that, he was gone.
Frisk let out a chuckle. "Time to go."
"wait."
She turned to Sans, who was giving her a questioning look.
"why don't you tell him who you are?"
"…I'm sorry, what?"
"you're her, aren't you?"
Frisk opened her mouth, planning to deny it before sighing.
"Alright, look…" she said. "To be frank with you: I don't remember much. Some things are oddly familiar and I've had some dreams and…visions…about this place's past.
"In the Ruins – where I first arrived when I fell down here – someone seemed to recognize me when I told her about them. Somehow, she knew my name, said that I was pretty well known down here and that nobody knew if I was dead or not. She didn't really go into detail."
"and then you left."
"I had to get answers. If I've really been down here before and I don't remember, I'd like to know more."
Sans let out a sigh before looking directly at her, a serious look in his eyes.
"you were seven when you fell down here. you were quiet and shy, but determined. you've been an orphan since you were two, and have no memory of your parents. you prefer cinnamon above butterscotch.
"i know this because i know you, kid. nine years ago, when humans were still hunted, papyrus tried to capture you. he wanted to prove himself to undyne, the leader of the royal guard at the time. he didn't know that you were going to have your soul taken from you, and i know he'd make sure he wouldn't kill you during your fight with him. you won said fight after…well…not fighting, convincing him to officially become your friend."
It was Frisk's turn to sigh now. He was right. She'd been an orphan for as long as she could remember. She had gone through some great changes in character since she was seven. She was a pacifist back then, never intentionally hurting anyone even if they tried to hurt her. Now, she was prepared to fight if things went south in any way.
"You're not wrong," she quietly replied. "Guess that can only mean one thing…"
"it is you, frisk," Sans said, somehow knowing that Frisk wasn't lying. "some of us thought you were…"
"Dead, I know. Toriel told me."
A silence fell.
It ended when Frisk continued walking, giving Sans a forced smirk. "C'mon. We don't want to keep your brother waiting."
"frisk…" the skeleton said, making the Human stop again. "look, just…we should tell papyrus about who you are, but don't be too…direct, okay? he took it pretty hard when you disappeared. then again, we all did, but…" he paused. "just…it's probably best if he finds out…slowly."
"Right."
After going through a few more, rather trivial puzzles that for some reason weren't supervised by the tall puzzle master, Frisk came across yet another rectangle on the ground. The difference between this one and the one at the invisible maze, was that it didn't seem to have any snow on it at all. Instead, it consisted of white and gray tiles.
On the other side stood the skelebros once more, grinning at her when she arrived.
"HUMAN!" Papyrus cheerfully called. "I AM SO GLAD YOU'VE ARRIVED! YOU'RE GOING TO LOVE THIS PUZZLE! IT WAS MADE BY THE GREAT DR. ALPHYS!"
"By whom now?" Frisk lazily asked, but the skeleton didn't hear her.
"THESE TILES…" Papyrus gestured to the tiles on the ground "WILL BEGIN TO CHANGE COLOR ON MY COMMAND, WITH EACH COLOR HAVING A DIFFERENT FUNCTION!"
From there, the tall, bony creature began a huge rant about which color did what, the effects that certain tiles had on other tiles if you walked on them in a certain order, and so on. Frisk tried to remember it, but wasn't sure if she'd recall every function of every tile during the puzzle. Regardless, she chose that asking Papyrus to tell the rules again wasn't worth her time, as she had already been standing still for too long in the relentless cold.
"DO YOU UNDERSTAND, HUMAN?"
The Human in question sighed and nodded.
"GREAT! THEN THERE IS ONLY ONE THING I HAVE LEFT TO EXPLAIN…
"THIS PUZZLE IS COMPLETELY RANDOM!"
And with that, he turned to the machine next to him, pulled a switch and then looked back to the tiles with satisfaction.
The satisfaction was justified, as they began to change color exactly like he said. Every tile flashed from red to green to blue, dazing Frisk into looking away a bit…until eventually, the puzzle was created.
It was a pink path with red edges, generating a safe, straight path to the other side.
Frisk blinked.
Papyrus glared. "WHAT! WHY DOES THIS KEEP HAPPENING!"
"maybe we should tell alphys about it," Sans suggested.
"DON'T BE RIDICULOUS, SANS! WHAT COULD SHE POSSIBLY DO?"
"well, she's the one who created the thing."
That made the taller skeleton put a hand to his chin. "HMMM…YES, THAT COULD BE A POSSIBLE SOLUTION…BUT NOW!" He looked at the Human, who was still standing on the other side. "HUMAN! DO NOT GET OVERCONFIDENT AFTER THIS! FOR I, THE GREAT PAPYRUS, HAVE MORE FOR YOU IN STORE!"
Before anyone could say anything, he swiftly slid away with the same stunning speed as before.
"Huh…" Frisk muttered. She then made her way across the 'puzzle', and looked at Sans. "What now?"
"i'm pretty sure paps is going to keep trying," Sans said. "try to remember stuff about him before you meet him again. it'll probably help."
"He likes making spaghetti," Frisk recalled. "Back at the maze, I got a bit of a memory spike. Most of it was about Papyrus and you."
"really? what else do you remember?"
"Well…" the Human thought for a moment. "You met Toriel when you were practicing knock-knock jokes on the door of the Ruins. She loved them."
Sans nodded. "that's right. which is funny, 'cause not only are you an amnesiac, it's almost been a decade since you fell down here. so…" His eye sockets narrowed. "…how do you still remember all of that?"
"I didn't ask her!" Frisk defensively clarified. "Heck, she didn't even tell me about you or Papyrus when I left the Ruins. She only mentioned Asgore and the history of this place, but that was about it."
She got more weird looks from several Monsters when she arrived in Snowdin. She was also approached by some of them about bringing her to the castle (this guy Asgore apparently wanted to meet her really badly), and convincing them to leave her alone wasn't easy.
She was relieved when Sans appeared, effectively saving her from getting taken to the king. She was even gladder when he invited her to go to Grillby's (his favorite restaurant) with him, offering to buy her some food and a drink. He also added that there was a toilet inside.
The duo took a seat at the bar, and were quickly greeted by a Monster that appeared to consist entirely of fire. Despite that, they were still somehow able to wear clothing without burning it, and a pair of glasses rested on where their nose and ears should be.
"sup, grill," Sans said. "i'll take a burger."
The fiery Monster – who Frisk assumed to be Grillby – gave a nod and looked at the Human.
"I'd like a burger too, please," she politely said. Once again, Grillby nodded before walking away to get their orders.
"he's not much of a talkative guy," Sans mentioned. He looked at her, and a slightly cautious gaze was visible in his eyes. "okay, look…
"you probably shouldn't tell anyone who you are here unless you'd want to spend the next few hours shaking everyone's hands. you're just 'sans' friend', okay? also, you should keep in mind that papyrus will probably break down when he finds out who you are."
"Why's that?" Frisk asked. The skeleton sighed, briefly averting his gaze from her.
"it's…complicated. y'see, just before you disappeared, he…called everyone."
The Human gave him a questioning look.
"alright, lemme just start from the beginning…
"just before you disappeared, you were about to fight asgore. then someone told paps to call pretty much everyone to go there to do what tori did before they arrived: prevent the battle. and…
"well…let's just say that because everyone was there, pretty much the entire world was in danger. y'see, the guy who told papyrus to call everyone had…bad intentions. if it weren't for you, i don't know what would've happened.
"thing is, papyrus still blames himself for doing what that bad guy told him to do. he blames himself for all that danger the world was in, as well as your disappearance. this is one of the reasons why he took it so hard. maybe even the hardest of us all. even though he didn't know what that bad guy was up to before…it happened."
Frisk blinked, shocked at this new piece of information. She barely noticed that her burger was already waiting for her.
"I…did not know that," she quietly admitted. "Man…that's…"
"frisk…" Sans calmly spoke, "do you blame him?"
She snapped her head in his direction. "What?"
Sans' looked at her with a terrifyingly serious expression. His pupils appeared to be…fading?
"do you blame him?" he repeated in that same calm voice.
Frisk glared back at him. "Do I—…no I don't! I can't believe you even asked that! It wasn't him who friggin' absorbed all your Souls, was it?"
Sans' eyes turned back to normal and his already unreadable expression turned into a shocked one as he looked at her. Frisk retained her glare at first, but then suddenly realized what she just said as well. Her anger melted away at once, making place for wild confusion.
"…what did you say?" Sans asked. He didn't sound threatening or angry at all. Just…surprised.
The Human remained silent as she tried to comprehend what just happened, a sickening feeling making its way into her stomach. That's when she noticed the burgers in front of her.
"Uh…" she muttered.
Silence.
Then the skeleton came back to his senses and reached for her arm in an attempt to calm her down, but she shoved her seat backwards and got back on the ground.
"Y-you can have my burger," she shakily said. "I-I'm not really hungry."
"frisk?" Sans voiced, but the Human began to walk away.
"I just need to think for a bit," she called over her shoulder.
She quickly put her jacket back on when she was met with the cold air outside, after which she walked in the direction she had initially been going to, all the while thinking about what happened just now.
'Absorbed all your Souls?' What does that even mean? Where'd I get that thought? Did that actually happen last time I was here?
But if that's the case, who did absorb their Souls? And why? Was it Asgore? Or…
"HUMAN."
She froze.
I know that Frisk's powerful memory recovery may be unrealistic, but first you should consider what might've caused her to forget everything in the first place…
Speaking of which, I'll probably make the explanation for her amnesia either a barely important, hackneyed thing, OR…something for a possible sequel. If this story is going to have a sequel, that is.