Chapter 4 | Lots of Puzzles

Authors Notes

I think i'm starting to get a bit better at writing through this. Thanks for sticking with this guys. Every favorite people have given me so far makes me so happy. Keep rocking guys.

After waving good bye to the snowman Frisk took the other path. She saw Papyrus, Sans, and a square clearing with packed down snow. Of course, Papyrus was yelling again. "YOU'RE SO LAZY! YOU WERE NAPPING ALL NIGHT! Frisk, feeling bold decided to pipe in. "Uh, that's called sleeping." Sans pointed at her, "See! She gets it!" Sans winked at her. "EXCUSES, EXCUSES! HUMAN! IN ORDER TO STOP YOU, MY BROTHER AND I HAVE CREATED SOME PUZZLES! I THINK YOU WILL FIND THIS ONE QUITE SHOCKING! FOR YOU SEE, THIS IS THE INVISIBLE ELECTRICITY MAZE! WHEN YOU TOUCH THE WALLS OF THIS MAZE, THIS ORB WILL ADMINISTER A HEARTY ZAP! SOUND LIKE FUN? BECAUSE! THE AMOUNT OF FUN YOU WILL PROBABLY HAVE IS ACTUALLY RATHER SMALL I THINK. OKAY, YOU CAN GO AHEAD NOW."

She looked at Sans with a shocked look that said "I thought you said he wasn't dangerous!" He grinned, and made sure Papyrus wasn't looking. He then, pointed to Papyrus, then at the orb, and beckoned her to go through it. She stepped into it, and was sort of thrown back by an invisible barrier. Papyrus huffed. The orb shocked him. "Oh my god. I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to hurt you." She had a very sad, shocked look on her face. "ITS QUITE ALL RIGHT, HUMAN! I, THE GREAT PAPYRUS, CAN WITHSTAND ANYTHING!" Sans, still grinning, looked at his brother. "Uh, I think she's supposed to hold the orb Paps." Papyrus looked at the orb. "OH." Papyrus went to the side of the puzzle and went through, then made a left, then another left, and finally he was where Frisk was. He gave her the orb. "HOLD THIS, PLEASE." He, then went back to where his brother was standing. There was now Papyrus foot-prints in the snow marking the path to go.

"YOU MAY PROCEED, HUMAN." While still holding the orb, she started walking across the Papyrus foot-prints.

She was at the end and Sans was grinning while Papyrus looked shocked. Sans obviously saw the foot-prints too while his brother was more oblivious. "INCREDIBLE, YOU SLIPPERY SNAIL! YOU SOLVED IT SO EASILY... TOO EASILY! HOWEVER! THE NEXT PUZZLE WILL NOT BE EASY. IT IS DESIGNED BY MY BROTHER, SANS. YOU WILL SURELY BE CONFOUNDED! I KNOW I AM! NYEH HEHEHEHEH!" And Papyrus was off running again. Oh no. A puzzle designed by Sans? He loves joking around, but I know he's smarter than he acts. "Thanks, my brother seems like he's having fun." Frisk nodded, "I can tell. He has a lot of energy for someone who thinks night isn't for sleeping."Sans smiled mischievously, and went off after his brother.

Frisk continued on the way the brothers went. In this new place there was a wooden bridge, and a bunny man with a food cart. He looked sad. "I don't understand why these aren't selling... It's the perfect weather for something cold..." The bunny man reminded her of Papyrus a bit. His ears perked up and he smiled from ear to ear. "OH! A CUSTOMER! Hello! Would you like some Nice Cream? Its the frozen treat that warms your heart! Now just 15 gold!" Frisk didn't want to dissapoint the Nice Cream man, so she nodded. He looked ready to explode with joy. "Here you go! Have a super-duper day!"

With the Nice Cream guy happy, she continued across the bridge. There was a giant snowball that she could push across some more patted down snow. Sort of like the snow at the electricity maze. When she pushed it, it began to slowly get smaller. Is this a game? She pushed it across the patted down snow barely missing some ice. She saw a hole with a flag sticking out of it like in golf. She quickly pushed it in before the snowball melted, then smiled at her achievement.

After completing the game she realized she was at yet another crossroads. She decided to go the way that was nearest to the way she came. There were two stations much like the one that the previous dog had. There was also a sign in between that read, "SMELL DANGER RATING. Snow Smell – Snowman. White Rating. Can become yellow rating. Unsuspicious Smell – Puppy. Blue Rating. Smell of rolling around. Weird Smell – Humans. Green Rating. Destroy at all costs.

Frisk shivered at the last one, but decided it was best to carry on. She took the other path. She saw Papyrus and Sans again. There was also some more patted down snow in the shape of a rectangle with a piece of paper in the middle. "HUMAN! I HOPE YOU'RE READY FOR... SANS! WHERES THE PUZZLE!?" Sans grinned. "It's right there. On the ground. Trust me. There's no way they can get passed this one."

Confused, Frisk went up to the paper and looked at it. It read, "Monster Kids Word Search." She'd only been looking at it for 5 seconds and she'd already found half the words. She raised an eyebrow at Sans. He was obviously fighting the urge to laugh as loud as he can. Frisk smiled and walked up to them. "SANS! THAT DIDN'T DO ANYTHING!" Now Frisk was fighting the urge to laugh as hard as she could. "Whoops. Knew I should have used today's crossword instead." Papyrus was fuming making it harder for both of them to keep quiet. "WHAT?! CROSSWORD?! I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU SAID THAT! IN MY OPINION... JUNIOR JUMBLE IS EASILY THE HARDEST." Frisk was laughing now. She gave up. "What, really dude? That's easy-peasy word scramble. That's for baby bones." Papyrus looks like he has had enough of his brother at the moment. "UN. BELIEVABLE. HUMAN! SOLVE THIS DISPUTE. WHICH IS HARDER, JUNIOR JUMBLE OR CROSSWORD." Frisk, realizing she's being asked a question, struggled to contain her laughter to answer. She has never heard of Junior Jumble before, but she knows she's good at word scramble from when she'd play it at the community library when she was younger. "Crossword." She stated, still giggling. "YOU BOTH ARE WEIRD. NYEH HEHHEHEHH" Looking very excited and happy, Papyrus ran off again. Sans winked at her, still smiling, and went off after his brother once again.

Walking on the path once again, she found a table with a plate of spaghetti, and a note from Papyrus on top. It read, "HUMAN! PLEASE ENJOY THIS SPAGHETTI. (LITTLE DO YOU KNOW, THIS SPAGHETTI IS A TRAP DESIGNED TO ENTICE YOU. YOU'LL BE SO BUSY EATING IT THAT YOU WONT REALIZE YOU AREN'T PROGRESSING! THOROUGHLY JAPED AGAIN BY THE GREAT PAPYRUS!) NYEH HEHEH -Papyrus

Frisk giggled at Papyrus' letter with too much information. She looked at the spaghetti and jabbed it with the fork that was left there. It was frozen solid. Shrugging, she left the frozen spaghetti and carried on. In the new area, there was pine trees scattered about. She started walking to the right of where she came in to find that there was something under the snow. She patted it away to find a map of the area. There was an X mark. It seemed to be located behind her and to the right after going straight a bit. She went up near to where she thought it was and thought she saw something sticking out of the snow, but before she could she recognized the feeling of her soul floating out of her being. She looked around for who was fighting her and saw another dog. Only this time, this dog seemed more dog like besides the sword, armor, and shield it was carrying. She decided to pet the dog. The dog got so excited Frisk feared it would have a heart attack, but it was the dogs turn to fight and when it did she just barely dodged. Frisk felt her soul returning to her soon after petting the dog again. Afterwards it ran off excitedly.

She smiled at the happy dog as it bounded away, and soon after went to look at what was in the snow. It was a lever. After pulling the lever she went back down to the map and looked around to see what it did. She saw spike holes in the ground and realized it sent spikes down that she didn't see before. Carrying on over the sunken spikes, she heard foot steps. She stopped, and saw two more dogs carrying axes. "What's that smell?", the first one asked sounding male. "Where's that smell?", the second one asked, sounding female. The male one spoke again, "If you're a smell...", soon backed up by the female, "Identify yoursmellf!" They started running around everywhere in the area and soon stopped looking at where she is standing. "Hmmm... Here's that weird smell... it makes me want to eliminate...", the female followed up again, "Eliminate You!"

The tug was pulling at her chest again, she knew what was coming. She didn't know what to do, so she thought about her options. They obviously can't see me like that other dog who was smoking dog treats... The stations! That's it! They were talking about smells and that sign had smell rating. They also said weird smell which means I smell like human. So, i'll have to change that. The unsuspicious smell was puppy, and it was the smell of rolling around. I'll get wet but i'm determined to make it through. Soon after rolling around, the dogs resniffed her. "Puppy..?", they both muttered. They swung their axes, but she dodged to the side. They're still dogs, and it's worked so far... Frisk pet both of them. "Wow, pet by another Pup! Dogs can pet other dogs? Thanks weird puppy, for teaching us this lesson." They looked happy as they strode off kissing. Frisk thought it was cute, but decided to hurry along. She couldn't keep the skeleton brothers waiting too long now, could she.

After walking a bit she found a strange puzzle with a sign next to it, and some spikes blocking the way. The sign read, "Turn every X into an O. Then press the button." The puzzle had rocks in the form of a capital I. In the crevices of I were X's which she guessed were magic. She tested it and when she stepped on it, it turned into an O. Yep, magic. She soon did the same with the other one, then pressed the button. The spikes went down and she saw Papyrus on the other side. "WHAT?! HOW DID YOU AVOID MY TRAP, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, IS THERE ANY LEFT FOR ME?" What does he.. Then it hit her. OH. The spaghetti. "I left it there." He looked a bit sad, but it turned into a smile. "REALLY? WOWIE.. YOU RESISTED THE FLAVOR OF MY HOME-COOKED PASTA JUST SO YOU COULD SHARE IT WITH ME? FRET NOT, HUMAN! I, MASTER CHEF PAPYRUS, WILL MAKE YOU ALL THE PASTA YOU COULD EVER WANT! HEH HEH HEH HEH NYEH" And, again, he ran off. Frisk felt like she was finally making friends with the tall skeleton. She was just now realizing that he looks nothing like his brother. He's taller, and skinnier, and well he's got a big heart. Not that Sans doesn't. He obviously does, but Papyrus is different. His heart is golden, much like Frisk."

After continuing on the path again, she found Papyrus with another X and O puzzle, though, this one was a bit bigger and more complex. "HUMAN! HMM... HOW DO I SAY THIS... YOU WERE TAKING A LONG TIME TO ARRIVE SO... I DECIDED TO IMPROVE THIS PUZZLE BY ARRANGING THE SNOW TO LOOK MORE LIKE MY FACE. UNFORTUNATELY, THE SNOW FROZE TO THE GROUND. NOW THE SOLUTION IS DIFFERENT! AND, AS USUAL, MY LAZY BROTHER IS NO WHERE AROUND! I SUPPOSE WHAT I AM SAYING IS, WORRY NOT HUMAN! I, THE GREAT PAPYRUS, WILL SOLVE THIS CONUNDRUM! THEN WE CAN BOTH PROCEED! MEANWHILE, FEEL FREE TO TRY THE PUZZLE YOURSELF. I'LL TRY NOT TO GIVE AWAY THE ANSWER!"

Papyrus looked absolutely stumped by the puzzle so Frisk gave it a go. It was very easy. She just had to solve it from a different side, and it did, indeed, look exactly like Papyrus' face. "WOW! YOU SOLVED IT! AND YOU DID IT ALL WITHOUT MY HELP.. INCREDIBLE! I'M IMPRESSED! YOU MUST CARE ABOUT PUZZLES LIKE I DO! WELL, I'M SURE YOU'LL LOVE THE NEXT PUZZLE THEN! IT MIGHT EVEN BE TOO EASY FOR YOU! NYEH HEH HEHHEH HEHHEH" Off he went, only this time, he walked away instead of running.

She continued on, but she didn't have to go far. She soon found Sans and Papyrus at what she guessed was the next puzzle. It was a square on the ground with all different shades of gray tiles. Next to it was a square, metal box with butttons and levers on it. "HEY! IT'S THE HUMAN! YOU'RE GOING TO LOVE THIS PUZZLE! IT WAS MADE BY THE GREAT DR. ALPHYS! YOU SEE THESE TILES!? ONCE I THROW THIS SWITCH, THEY WILL BEGIN TO CHANGE COLOR! EACH COLOR HAS A DIFFERENT FUNCTION! RED TILES ARE IMPASSABLE! YOU CANNOT WALK ON THEM! YELLOW TILES ARE ELECTRIC, THEY WILL ELECTROCUTE YOU! GREEN TI-" Oh my god. There must be so many colors. How will I remember all of this?! This puzzle seems impossible, and dangerous at that. She gaped at Sans, and seeing her distress he just winked. He was up to something. She then heard Papyrus' voice come back into tune as she realized he asked her something. "What was that last part?" She didn't want him to say everything all over again so that was all she could come up with to answer whatever he said. "I SAID DID YOU GET ALL OF THAT?" Frisk nodded, trusting that Sans had something planned. "GREAT! THEN THERE'S ONE LAST THING! THIS PUZZLE.. IS ENTIRELY RANDOM! ONCE I PULL THIS SWITCH, IT WILL CREATE A PUZZLE THAT HAS NEVER BEEN SEEN BEFORE! NOT EVEN I WILL KNOW THE SOLUTION! NYEH HEH HEH... GET READY!"

As he pulled the lever, all of the tiles begin to change color until they rested on two colors. Red and pink. One red was parallel to the other and the pink was in the middle. Sans was obviously having a lot of trouble with not laughing. Papyrus looked ready to explode. She wasn't listening so all she knew was the red was impassable. She stepped on the pink to test what it did, a bit afraid, only to realize that it did absolutely nothing. Papyrus wobbled away as she walked across with ease. Sans grinned and held up a wrench that he'd been concealing behind his back.