Previously on Them Bones
The Human enters Snowdin Forest fresh from the Ruins and later on encounters a skeleton who calls himself Sans, He's a Sentry along with his brother, Papyrus who is one of those "Special" cases of skeletons who's obsessed with capturing a human. The human himself has stumbled in for a bone chilling journey for what's ahead of him as he ventures further into the Forest as he passed Papyrus' Sentry Post where Part 1 ended. (Also he's preparing a dirty pun to use on Papyrus)
And so it continues
The human walks into the next room to what appears to be yet another sentry post, assuming that it belongs to Papyrus so he moves by, but there's a sign saying "Absolutely no moving". Upon further inspection of the sentry post, it has a figure of a dog but tries to sneak by, but knowing he might fail due to dogs having higher hearing. A dog then looks up from inside the sentry post having to hear footsteps from the snow.
Doggo: "Did something move just now, or was it just my imagination. I can only see moving things, but if something was moving, like a human for example… I'll make sure it never moves again"
Human: (Please go away talking dog … )
*Begin Combat*
Doggo start to look very aware dangerously close to the human, giving the human a chance to do something to make doggo go away. He reaches for the dog and starts petting him. Doggo started to get over-excited over it.
Doggo: "WHAT! I'VE BEEN PET."
Thinking that he was going crazy, he jumps back in his sentry post and says
Doggo: "Something pet me, something that isn't moving… I'm gonna need a lot of dog treats for this"
*Combat End*
The human then leaves the room as quietly as possible and enters the next room to find sans waiting for him.
Sans: "Hey, mind if I give you some important information about Papyrus?"
Human: "Anything that can help me out in the long run, I'm all ears."
Sans: "So, Paps has a very Special Attack that could do some damage to you if you start moving on it."
Human: "Oh, I see… so Blue Attacks means stop, right? … like stop signs on the surface."
Sans: "You catch on quick, I'm impressed. Although sometimes there's situations where you don't have a choice but to take the damage and move on. Least you've got your shield, right?"
Human: "True, least I've learned something important. And will be aware of ahead of time"
Sans: "Anyway, I'll be up ahead … Papyrus is getting impatient"
Sans then teleports out at the blink of the human's eyes as he moves onto the room. He slides on the ice and loses control of his footing, but doesn't fall. As he regained balance, he slides across the ice and moves onto the next room with Sans and Papyrus having a conversation.
Papyrus: "YOU'RE SO LAZY, YOU'VE BEEN NAPPING ALL NIGHT !"
Sans: "I think that's called … sleeping."
Papyrus: "EXCUSES, EXCUSES !"
Papyrus looks over and notices the human has made it to another one of his puzzles and smiles excitedly.
Papyrus: "OH-HOHOHO! THE HUMAN ARRIVES! IN ORDER TO STOP YOU, MY BROTHER AND I HAVE CREATED SOME PUZZLES. AND I PERSONALLY THINK THAT YOU WILL FIND THIS ONE… QUITE SHOCKING!"
Human: "Quite a creative mind you've got there Papyrus. I've never known that you had a -boner- for puzzles in the first place"
Papyrus: "HUMAN, NOT YOU TOO! … MOST IMPORTANTLY, THAT IS THE DIRTIEST PUN I'VE EVER HEARD!"
Sans bursts out laughing at not only the dirty pun, but Papyrus' reaction to it.
Sans: "Hehe, best one i've heard in a long time"
Papyrus: "SANS, DO NOT ENCOURAGE THE HUMAN!"
Human: "C'mon Paps, you know you liked it."
Papyrus: "YOU SHUT YOUR MOUTH HUMAN!
Sans and the human finally calm down while they listen to Papyrus
Papyrus: "ANYWAY SINCE YOU TWO HAVE CALMED DOWN, LET'S MOVE ON. YOU SEE THIS PUZZLE HUMAN? THIS IS THE INVISIBLE ELECTRICITY MAZE! WHEN YOU TOUCH THE WALLS OF THE MAZE, THIS ORB WILL ADMINISTER A HEARTY ZAP! SOUNDS LIKE FUN? BECAUSE THE AMOUNT OF FUN THAT YOU WILL PROBABLY HAVE, IS ACTUALLY RATHER SMALL I THINK. OKAY, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND SOLVE IT NOW!"
The human figuring out that Papyrus still has the orb, he walks closer to the puzzle and suddenly Papyrus gets electrified by his own creation, the human grins at the mishap that happened on the other side
Papyrus: "SANS, WHAT DID YOU DO?!"
Sans: "I think the human has to hold the orb."
Human: "That's quite a -shocking- discovery you made there"
Sans: "Hehehe, good one"
Papyrus: "HUMAN!"
Papyrus then walks through the maze, unknowingly made a path of his own footsteps towards the human and hands him the orb and walks back through the same path, making it real easy for the human to pass through.
Papyrus: "YOU SLIPPERY SNAIL, YOU SOLVED IT SO EASILY… A LITTLE TOO EASILY. NEVERMIND, THE NEXT PUZZLE WON'T BE SO EASY AT ALL, IT WAS DESIGNED BY SANS HERE HIMSELF. YOU'LL BE SURELY CONFOUNDED. I KNOW I AM!... NYEH HEH HEH HEH HEH!"
As Papyrus moves on and hurries to the next puzzle, Sans stays behind and speaks to the human
Sans: "Dude, I really appreciate what you're doing for Papyrus, he hasn't had this much fun in a while"
Human: "Hey, you deserve some of the credit too, I wouldn't have told him that dirty pun if your puns didn't inspire me. But in general, we're just a pair of jokesters"
Sans: "I guess you're right in a way… anyway, did you see the weird outfit that he's wearing?"
Human: "Oh, that armor that he's wearing?"
Sans: "Yea, we made that a few weeks ago for a Costume Party. But for some reason, he hasn't worn anything else since then. He keeps calling it his -battle body-... man, isn't my brother cool?"
Human: "Sounds like he's trying way too hard to be cool. But whatever…"
The human moves on down the forest but notices a person for what it looks like an Ice cream vendor. But moves on by because of his diet choice of avoiding desert type consumable food. He moves on down near what appears to be a Snow Golf room, but the human showed no interest in such a sport, so he moves on past it onto the other room. Sans and Papyrus are already awaiting him
Papyrus: "HUMAN! I HOPE YOU'RE READY FOR … "
Papyrus noticed that Sans did something wrong and looked at him
Papyrus: "SANS! WHERE'S THE PUZZLE?"
Sans: "It's right there, on the ground."
Sans points down to the piece of paper in the middle of the ground, clearly not a real puzzle.
Sans: "Trust me, there's no way he's gonna get past this one"
As the human walked up and picked up the piece of paper, it's apparently just a simple Crossword Puzzle, he sighs and throws the paper back down and advances towards them.
Papyrus: "SANS, THAT DIDN'T DO ANYTHING!"
Sans: "Whoops, I knew I should've used today's crossword instead."
Papyrus: "WHAT!? CROSSWORD!? I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU SAID THAT! IN MY OPINION… JUNIOR JUMBLE IS EASILY THE HARDEST."
Sans: "What? Really, dude? That easy-peasy word scramble? That's for baby bones."
Papyrus: "UN-BELIEVABLE! HUMAN, SOLVE THIS DISPUTE!
Human: "Look, I can't lie to either of you, Jumble and Crossword can honestly be just as equally hard as each other. So I have no discretion at this dispute."
Sans: "You know what paps, he's got a point. In most cases, it wouldn't really make much of a difference."
Papyrus: "INDEED, THE HUMAN MUST BE VERY INTELLIGENT IF HE FINDS BOTH PUZZLES VERY DIFFICULT! NYEH HEH HEH HEH!"
Papyrus moves on to wherever he may be later on
Sans: "Gotta admit, you had me stumped there when you made a neutral statement. Even Papyrus is appeased anyway. Yesterday, he got stumped trying to -solve- the horoscope."
Human: "I don't even touch puzzles like that, they're just not worth the hassle"
The Human moves on to the next room from what appears to be a makeshift outdoor kitchen with a place of Spaghetti with a note beside it made by Papyrus himself
Papyrus: (HUMAN, PLEASE ENJOY THIS SPAGHETTI , LITTLE DO YOU KNOW THAT THIS IS A TRAP TO ENTICE YOU TO WHERE YOU'LL BE SO BUSY EATING IT, YOU'LL REALISE THAT YOU'RE NOT PROGRESSING ANY FURTHER. THOROUGHLY JUPED AGAIN BY THE GREAT PAPYRUS!)
However the human noticed that the Spaghetti is frozen and looks like it was poorly cooked before then anyway. But because that it's so cold outside, the plate itself is stuck on the table. The microwave isn't even plugged in despite that there's no electrical outlet anywhere in the room. The human then moves on to the next section of the forest which he walks down to a small wall of spikes sticking up, and a pile of snow covering something up. But along the way another dog approaches him with some armor, a sword and shield
*Combat Starts*
The dog looks like he's not even close to being ready for combat, but the human looking on how adorable the dog looks, he starts praising and petting the dog. But something unusual happened… as the dog got more and more excited, it's neck extends further each time he pets the dog. The human never even bothered to unsheathe his weapon and shield because he knew this combat would end his way in an easy victory.
*Combat Ends*
After he leaves the long necked happy dog, he uncovers the snow and thinks about what to say about what happened as he moves to find the switch and lowers the spiked wall and back down
Human: "Looks like it's more Giraffe than Dog"
As the human then moves forward past the lowered spiked wall, two more dogs show up looking mostly identical as they apparently can smell him. He stays silent but looks at them closer and appear to be a married couple judging by how they communicate with each other.
Dog 1: "What's that smell?"
Dog 2: "Where's that smell?"
Dog 1: "It smells like someone in armor, probably one of us"
One of the two dogs sniff closer to the human, but all she could sniff was his leather and metal plates in his armor, the human tries to stay silent until they go away
Dog 2: "Smell confirmed, this smell is one of our Snowdin Explorers"
Dog 1: "What's an explorer doing out here? We've heard reports about a human at large in these woods."
Dog 2: "We'd suggest you head back into town, We'll find the human eventually"
Dog 1: "Safety first, right hon?"
Dog 2: "Got that right, husband"
The human sighing in relief that the dogs have mistaken him for a monster explorer, so he hurries away from them and moves on down to another puzzle with Papyrus on the other side of another set of spiked walls.
Human: "Expecting someone Papyrus?"
Papyrus: "WHAT? HOW DID YOU AVOID MY TRAP? AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, IS THERE ANY LEFT FOR ME?"
Human: "How can I eat frozen spaghetti if there's no way to plug in and power the microwave? So yea, I didn't even touch it."
Papyrus: "OH MY… NOW THAT YOU MENTIONED IT, I KINDA DID MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE TO EAT! MY MISTAKE HUMAN, I'LL MAKE IT BETTER NEXT TIME!"
Human: "Just don't leave spaghetti out like that again, they go bad pretty easy."
Papyrus takes off leaving the human alone again, but looks behind him at the puzzle and looks surprisingly easy. He triggers the two pressure plates once and activates the switch. The spike walls disappear as he moves on to the next part of the forest. Papyrus is standing further down to another puzzle that's similar, but more difficult and from what looks of it… It looks a lot like the face of Papyrus himself. Making the human cringe at his senseless boasting.
Papyrus: "WHILE YOU WERE TAKING A WHILE DOING YOUR THING, I DECIDED TO MAKE SOME CHANGES TO THIS PUZZLE! I DESIGNED IT MYSELF TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE MY FACE. BUT THE SNOW MELTED AND NOW THERE'S A DIFFERENT SOLUTION, AND NOW MY BROTHER IS NOWHERE TO BE SEEN!"
Human: "Hmm *Sarcastic Tone* This looks like this may be a tough one to solve, should I ask for help?."
Papyrus: "WORRY NOT HUMAN, I, THE GREAT PAPYRUS WILL SOLVE THIS CONUNDRUM! THEN WE CAN PROCEED!"
He looks over at Papyrus and cringes more at his boasting, but noticed something standing out in the tree behind him. He walks over and pushes the switch, then goes to the stone switch and steps on it, puzzle solved already, but knowing he technically cheated.
Papyrus: "THAT WAS FAST, YOU SOLVED IT SO EASILY, I'M IMPRESSED BY YOUR OBSERVANT INTELLIGENCE!
Human: "Hey, i've solved many puzzles in my lifetime up in the surface, this is no different"
Papyrus: "OH, SO YOU CARE ABOUT PUZZLES AS MUCH AS I DO. MAYBE YOU'LL LOVE THIS NEXT PUZZLE THAT'S COMING YOUR WAY!
Human: *Sarcastic yet depressed tone* "Yay … i can't wait…"
Papyrus: "IT MIGHT EVEN BE TOO EASY FOR YOU ANYWAY… NYEH HEH HEH HEH HEH!"
Papyrus then takes off past his puzzle and disappears further down into the forest. The human then moves forward and runs into Sans along the way
Sans: "Good job on solving it so quickly, i'm surprised you didn't even ask for Papyrus' help or mine to solve it. Which is great because I love doing absolutely nothing
Human: "Heh, least you're so -chilled out- all the time"
Sans: "hehe, good one "
The human then moves on to the next puzzle which stands out from the rest with Sans and Papyrus on the other side, doesn't take long before Papyrus notices him
Papyrus: " AH, THE HUMAN HAS ARRIVED, YOU'LL LOVE THIS PUZZLE… IT WAS MADE BY OUR GREAT DR. ALPHYS. IT'S ALSO A RANDOM PUZZLE, SO I EVEN DON'T KNOW THE SOLUTION, BUT HOWEVER IT WILL ACTIVATE ONCE I THROW THE SWITCH. EACH TILE COLOR HAS A DIFFERENT FUNCTION!"
(Fast Forwarding to when he finishes explaining)
Papyrus: "READY HUMAN?!"
Papyrus throws the switch down and the tiles randomize into one big puzzle. But for some reason the human has very good luck as the tiles finish up where there's only one straight line of normal pink tiles. Papyrus takes off , but the human follows with ease and passes Sans further down.
(Fast Forwarding past a couple of puzzles up to the next encounter)
The human has gone through a bit of stress on the ice puzzles, but gets through them with ease. He enters into a room with a doghouse on top and lots of piles of snow called Snow Poffs. He walks to the end to walk over one, but instead sees a small dog pop out from inside, the dog barks at the human and emerges to be much larger than it first appeared, in armor equipped with a dog spear.
Human: "Well, this is new coming from a dog"
*Combat starts*
Noticing that the Dog is trying to get the attention of the human, It starts begging him exactly like a normal surface dog, trained to ignore this behavior. So he tries the same down here, the dog inches closer to him but he continues to ignore everything on the dog. So he walks away. Easy victory
*Combat Ends*
The human moves on and notices a long bridge he has to pass through, but along the way, Sans and Papyrus are there watching him.
Papyrus: "HUMAN, NOW THAT YOU'RE HERE, I'D LIKE TO DEMONSTRATE YOU THE FINAL AND MOST DANGEROUS CHALLENGE… BEHOLD! THE GAUNTLET OF DEADLY TERROR !
A bunch of deadly items appear around him, flamethrower, spears, cannon, a wrecking ball and finally… a dog?
Human: "Hold up, this seem very extreme all the sudden. For example you could be destroying this bridge, and one of your weapons is a dog, promoting a certain kind of abuse I won't take kindly to"
Papyrus: "THAT TONE WON'T GET YOU ANYWHERE HUMAN, ANYWAY… WHEN I SAY THE WORD, IT WILL FULLY ACTIVATE. EACH PART WILL SWING VIOLENTLY WHERE YOU'LL ONLY HAVE LITTLE CHANCE OF VICTORY LEFT. YOU DEFINITELY WON'T SURVIVE THIS! HOPE YOU'RE READY HUMAN BECAUSE I AM … ABOUT TO … DO IT!
Papyrus pauses for a short while with the human becoming impatient with him
Sans: "Well? … what's the holdup bro?"
Papyrus: "WHAT HOLDUP, I'M ACTIVATING IT NOW!
Papyrus pauses again
Sans: "That doesn't look like it looks very activated"
Papyrus: "WELL, ACTUALLY THE CHALLENGE SEEMS LIKE IT WOULD BE TOO EASY TO DEFEAT THE HUMAN WITH… I CAN'T USE IT, I'D RATHER BE MORE FAIR AT A CHALLENGE. HOWEVER, I AM A SKELETON WITH STANDARDS. AWAY IT GOES!
The extreme challenge goes away, basically giving the human a free pass on that one. The human grins knowing that Papyrus is too merciful to even try and capture him
Human: "Guess you're too afraid that you're gonna hurt me, no wonder why your puzzles are so easy."
Papyrus: "YOUR INSULTS ARE INVALID HUMAN! THIS IS ANOTHER DECISIVE VICTORY FOR THE GREAT PAPYRUS! NYEH … HEH … HEH?
Papyrus then runs off, allowing the human to fully cross the bridge safely and gets the nervous feeling of bridges out of his head
Sans: "Well dude, i don't know what my brother is going to do now. Do you still remember the Blue Attacks?"
Human: "Well aware Sans, thanks for the reminder"
Sans: "Hey, no problem … just glad to help out. Anyway, beyond this passage is the town of Snowdin, if you feel like it, you could hang around for a while, but you'll eventually have to face my brother."
Human: "I could settle down for a bit, hang around town and get to know everybody. As long as they're not hostile towards me."
Sans: "Don't worry about it, everyone in snowdin is a friendly bunch of people. Very social to each other… just think about the look on their faces when they see you arrive"
Human: "Haha… yea, i'm sure they'll be surprised. Anyway sans, i'm gonna go and find a place to rest up, if there is a hotel.
The human trusts sans' word and moves on out of the forest and venture into the Town of Snowdin, a nice looking settlement with what seemed to be very friendly people, the citizens of snowdin start to notice the human through passing conversations
Female Citizen: "Is that… a human? Looks a lot older than the human children that came before him"
Male Citizen: "He looks like he's not very friendly, but we'll never know."
Child: "Mommy, that man is scary"
Mother: "It's okay child… he doesn't mean any harm to us"
The human finds a shop and a hotel in one building, he turns to the hotel section and walks inside, finding a bunny lady at the front desk
Bunny Lady: "Good evening, sir, how may I help you tonight?"
Human: "Hello ma'am, Is there a possibility of a available bedroom for the night? I would like to book one in advance while there's still some daylight left"
Bunny Lady: "Oh sure, I actually have one that would fit your needs. I also have a free armor rack you can borrow for the night too.
Human: "That sounds convenient, I'll take the offer then ma'am"
The human hands her a handful of gold enough to pay for the room, the bunny lady paused for a moment as he inspects the human
Bunny Lady: "I just realised, you're a human aren't you?"
Human: "Yea, i've got a feeling that my presence is causing a scene"
Bunny Lady: "It's alright, it's a habit for the people here. But I promise that you're just as welcome here like any normal citizen."
Human: "Well, that's a relief to hear, thank you"
The bunny lady then gives the human the key to the hotel room and she follows him while carrying the armor rack for him until they reach his room
Bunny Lady: "Enjoy your stay friend"
As the Bunny lady walks back down to her work station, the human opens his door and carrys in the armor rack, placing it down in an open space in the corner as he strips off his armor and puts it on the rack.
Human: "Wow, I actually do look scary in that armor"
The human decided to relax for a bit while he turns on the TV for any news
News Channel: "Breaking News: We've recently received news that another human has fallen from the surface and has arrived in the town of Snowdin. Civilians say that the human appeared to be an Adult Male, wearing black armor up to his shoulders, and carrying a large shield with a sheathed sword in his possession. Civilians are asked to please remain calm around the human. We were just now notified that he has taken up a temporary residence in the Snowdin Inn. Is the human Friend or Foe? Nobody knows until we find out. Stay tuned for more news."
The human out of annoyance turns off the TV knowing that word had spreaded around fast. His stomach starts to growl after he settles down in his room, he look at the local town catalogue for any good place to eat. He's only found Grillby's, so he gets up and heads out. His black hoodie and leather jacket are keeping him warm as he exits the hotel room and takes his key and slides it in his keychain as he heads downstairs and outside. As he's outside, he walks down the road and finds a lot of people enjoying themselves around down, and bunch of people gathered around a tree and putting down presents. It's not even close to being christmas. So he passes the tree and notices he's right next to Grillby's and walks in. some of the customers inside are the dogs that he's encountered earlier as he walks up and sits in the bar. The bartender stands and cleans one of his glasses.
(2 Hours Later)
The human walk out of Grillby's well fed and notice that it's pitch black outside and nobody is walking around town, he looks at the town's clock and it's midnight. So he walks straight back to the hotel and back into his room and relaxes for a short while on the couch pondering at How he can get past Papyrus without fighting him, but then again... he may not have a choice. Then half an hour later, he undresses and climbs in bed and doesn't take long for him to fall asleep.
(TO BE CONTINUED)
Will the human find a way to get past Papyrus without fighting him?
Or will Papyrus force the human's hand into doing something that could cost Papyrus his life?