"Wake up, kid! Time to GET MOVING!" Frisk heard Undyne's voice, and felt the fish poke her repeatedly, but didn't open her eyes.
"F-Frisk looks so c-cute with a bed-head!" Alphys whispered.
Instantly, Frisk sat up. She hated to be called cute. Her eyes looked tired from last night's lack of sleep, but oddly the human felt refreshed. When she actually had fallen asleep, she slept like a rock. Nothing would have been able to move her that night. Papyrus poked his head into the tent.
"YOUR HAIR… I SEE YOU HAVE MADE IT DIFFERENT THAN USUAL." Papyrus stroked his chin. "I LOVE IT!"
The human smiled, and then combed her hair down with her fingers. Her hair then became perfect. Undyne's eyes became wide. "What? How can you do that? My hair takes EXTREME FORCE to get into this ponytail in the mornings!"
"Y-Yeah, you should have seen her h-hair this morning, heh-heh!" Alphys said after snorting in amusement. Barring her teeth, Undyne growled. Alphys jumped, and then laughed out loud nervously. "I-It um… It l-looked great!"
Toriel entered the tent, and then informed Frisk of their plans. "Today we are going… To an amusement park! We all need a little fun right? I hope it will be safe…"
"DO NOT WORRY, TORIEL!" Papyrus once again poked his head into the tent to talk to his friends. "I, THE GREAT PAPYRUS, PROMISE NEVER TO TAKE FRISK OUT OF MY SIGHT WHEN WE GET TO THE AMUSING PARK!"
"uh, i think it's called an 'amusement park' bro. tori, whats wrong?" Sans too poked his head into the tent. "afraid frisks gonna get ~mugged~?"
The skeleton held out a mug of coffee. It had the words, "This coffee goes right through me" on it. Papyrus stared at it, eyes wide in rage. "WHERE DID YOU GET THAT? AND HOW ARE YOU EVEN DRINKING COFFEE?"
"im not." Sans pretended to drink it, but just like the mug said, it went right through him and splattered on the ground below him.
"Alright everyone. I believe it is time to go. I made Asgore pack the car for the trip. Hey Sans!" Toriel said,smiling amusingly. "Let's ROLL! Hehe, get it? Roll, like the car's tires?"
"oh man, tori. youre ~driving~ me insane…" Sans shrugged and winked as he left the entry way of the tent.
Everyone followed him out, including Papyrus who was so frustrated with all the puns, that he was internally screaming. They packed into the car like sardines, and this time, Undyne was driving, and Alphys was in the passenger seat. That meant that Papyrus was now in the back with Sans and Frisk.
"NEATO! I GET TO SIT WITH MY TWO FAVORITE PEOPLE: ME AND MYSELF. NYEH HEH HEH!"
When they finally got on the road, Papyrus asked, "SO… I'M SURE YOU KNOW ALL THE SAFETY LAWS OF THE ROAD? ALL OF THE VIOLATIONS THAT YOU COULD BE CAUSING? DO YOU KNOW WHERE-"
Turning around, Alphys shushed Papyrus. "We're t-trying to decide to go onto the left road, or the one on the r-right…"
"go to the left," Sans told her.
"Why? I was j-just about t-to tell Undyne to go right…" The scientist trailed off as she realized that she would regret asking him.
"I dont know," he replied looking extremely amused. "i can just feel it in my bones."
"WHY MUST I SIT HERE AND LISTEN TO MY BROTHER'S TERRIBLE PUNS? I AM WAY TO SOPHISTICATED TO BE AROUND HIS HIDDEOUS JOKES!"
Sans shrugged. "without me you would be feeling bonely."
"…OH! YOU HAVE MADE MY DAY ONE HUNDRED TIMES WORSE! MAKE IT STOP TORIEL, I AM BEGGING YOU!" Papyrus was covering his ears. Toriel was laughing so hard she started to cough.
"ok, ok, i get it. peeving you off was a ~grave~ mistake."
Papyrus got so angry that he shouted at the top of his lungs something inaudible. Suddenly, Undyne's face shifted into anger, and she pulled the car over quickly, making the tires of the car squeal. Cars from behind honked at her as they passed, but she didn't seem to care. Undyne parked the car and spun around in her seat violently.
She snarled, and screamed, "WOULD YOU TWO BONEHEADS JUST SHUT UP AND LET ME DRIVE?"
The skeleton brothers looked at each other. Undyne studied the expressions on their faces carefully, as rage was portrayed on hers. Papyrus looked ashamed of his behavior, but Sans looked like he was about to burst out laughing. He wanted so badly to be sarcastic or make a bad joke, but he realized in Undyne's state of anger, it was probably not the best idea. The majority of the drive was silent, except for Alphys' occasional awkward cough.
That is when Asgore decided to speak. "...Would you all like to play a game?"
All at once everyone agreed with him aloud, except Toriel who only grunted, and Frisk who nodded happily. Asgore was beaming. "Alright then! We shall play a game the humans like to call, 'I Spy'. The rules of the game are simple. The one who spies says, 'I spy with my little eye' and then tells the rest of the players an adjective of what they see. Then, the rest of the players must guess who or what the other person spies! If everyone gives up, the game ends."
"I'LL NEVER GIVE UP!" Undyne and Papyrus said at exactly the same time.
"Uh-oh… This is g-going to be a long game… But I volunteer to start!" Alphys looked around the car and out the window. She had someone in mind. "I s-spy with my little eye… Something… Uh… Um… BLUE?"
"HM… IS IT PERHAPS HOW YOU FEEL? DO YOU FEEL BLUE ALPHYS?" Papyrus asked, not getting the concept of I Spy.
"N-no, that isn't it… I don't know why I chose b-blue… C-can I change my answer?" Alphys asked. She was blushing.
"Is it Toriel's lame van?" Undyne asked jokingly. The van they were in, was in fact, blue. The old queen was a tad offended at this, but no one else seemed to be.
Before Alphys could answer, Toriel shouted, "OH! I know what it is!" Everyone stared at her because of this random outburst. She giggled and apologized. "Is it perhaps Undyne?"
The scientist's face turned bright red. She badly wanted to avoid this situation by lying, but she remembered that got her nowhere in life. Undyne smiled secretly to herself. "Y-yes… I chose U-Undyne… That's cool right? Heh! Um… Toriel guessed right s-so… It's her turn!"
"I spy with my little eye… Something small." Toriel said. Before it was even her turn, the answer was already in her mind.
Frisk waved her hands in the air. She pointed at herself with great emphasis. Nobody was noticing. Not even Sans or Papyrus who were right next to her. Finally, she whistled ear-piercingly loud. Everyone groaned. Sans laughed and suggested, "she thinks that toriel is choosing her."
"Um… Well… Great job! That was correct!" Toriel smiled, proud of Frisk's guess. "But how will she commence her turn without speaking?"
"FRISK, DO A CHARADE. ACT ONE OF US OUT! HERE IS A HINT TO WINNING THIS ENDLESS GAME: ACT AS ME. THAT IS THE BEST PERSON TO BE!" Papyrus badly wanted to be involved in this game.
The human thought for a moment before shaping her arms above her head, like giant horns. Then she pulled a blanket from the back, and wore it like a cloak.
"Why, you are merely posing as me! How cute!" Asgore cooed. Toriel frowned at him, like always, but Frisk nodded gleefully and pointed at him. "Oh! My turn! Well… I Spy, with my kingly eye… Someone with a kind heart, a beautiful smile, and an unfortunate love of bad puns."
The queen smiled and blushed, but only slightly, and she didn't look at Asgore once. Papyrus shouted, "IT'S SANS ISN'T IT?"
Everyone laughed at this, but Sans just replied, "nah, only one of those are true about me. it's obviously tori, paps, i mean, come on. do i really have a beautiful of a face? i mean, i don't even have skin."
"WELL… NO. I SUPPOSE ONE WOULDN'T CALL YOU 'BEAUTIFUL'. MAYBE YOUR GUESS IS RIGHT… BUT MY GUESS WAS JUST AS GOOD, THEREFOR IT IS A TIE!" Papyrus concluded.
Before anyone could restart the game, Undyne shouted, "We're here!"
Looking out the window, everyone saw a big amusement park with rides, vendors, Ferris-Wheels, roller coasters, and much more. Everyone was ecstatic, ready to go have fun after the long car ride there. Hopping out of the car, everyone ran to the entrance, and bought tickets. Once past the gate, Papyrus shouted, "I, THE GREAT PAPYRUS, WILL CONQUER THESE RIDES UNTIL THERE ARE NONE LEFT TO RIDE!"
Sprinting past Papyrus, shoving him as she passed, Undyne ran ahead. "Not if I beat you to it, nerd!"
They all arrived at the first ride: a giant long roller coaster. In the background you could hear screaming people, and rides running on tracks. Papyrus stared up at the tall coaster. "WOWIE! THIS MUST BE A VERY SCARY RIDE TO CAUSE HUMANS TO SCREAM LIKE THAT!"
Undyne rubbed her hands together. "Perfect…"
The group walked up to the booth where a bored man would check their wristbands and let them on. The sign next to him read, "YOU MUST BE THIS TALL TO RIDE".
Strategically slouching down, Alphys lined up against the post. She chuckled nervously while saying, "Oh, well I guess that's too bad… I'm not tall enough I guess, oh well…"
Squinting, Undyne frowned at Alphys, then pulled on Alphys's head to make her stand up straight. She passed the line this time. "Great! Now you can ride with us!"
"Y-yeah… Great…" Alphys gulped, staring at the ride apprehensively.
Undyne, Papyrus, Asgore, and Toriel were obviously well above the height line, but Frisk and Sans, even when standing up straight, were just below it. Frisk blew air out of her nose, and folded her arms. Sans patted her back. "welp. maybe next time, kiddo."
They sat on a near-by bench, as they watched their friends board the cars of the roller coaster. Undyne sat in front, pumping her fists in the air above her head, excited to start. Papyrus sat next to her, smiling, just happy to be sitting amongst a large group of friends. Toriel sat reluctantly next to Asgore, but secretly felt happy to have him by her side. Asgore's face was broken out into an enormous grin, but he was extremely nervous despite that. Alphys sat in the back, clutching the sides, terrified to even be sitting in the car.
Suddenly, the car jolted, and the roller coaster ride began. The three cars took off, slowly at first, but then shot at great speeds. Sans and Frisk watched as they group of friends had an amazingly terrifying time. In the distance as they passed by, you could hear Undyne shouting "FUHUHHUH!", and Papyrus joyously yelling, "NYEH HEH HEH HEH!"
Once the ride slowed to a stop, the monsters exiting was a sight to see. Undyne and Papyrus ran out of their car laughing and shouting, "ON TO THE NEXT RIDE!". Toriel walked off the car a little dizzy. When she almost fell, Asgore caught her. Toriel smiled at Asgore for the first time in ages, and then walked off with Asgore steadying her. Alphys stayed in the car, ready to barf.
The man who let them ride walked over to Alphys and asked if she was ok. Just before she was about to answer, Alphys puked over the side of the car. Undyne noticed, and ran over to her, helping her out of the car. She called Alphys a wimp, but then comforted her, and told the group she was going to escort Alphys to the bathroom.
For the rest of the day, the group went on ride after ride, and even Sans and Frisk found some rides suitable for their height (the Ferris Wheel and some kid rides). The day was definitely something to remember. On the car ride home, no one fought, and no one got angry. They were all too tired and contempt with their wonderful day.
For the first time in a while, everyone was finally getting along.
To be continued…
