You wake up from your nap at the inn, feeling refreshed.
When you had arrived, Happstablook was appalled by how many injuries you had gathered in such a short time.
He had told you to go to bed immediately, saying that "fleshy creatures" were so fragile.
You go downstairs to see him at the front desk.
"Hello darling! My you look nice and healed up. I'm assuming you slept well?"
You smiled and nodded.
"Well, run along then dear, go play like a good little monster. But do be careful! If you ever come in here bruised up like that again I'm going to find the roughian responsible!"
You laugh nervously. He had wanted to hunt down whoever hurt you, but you wouldn't let him because he would have been hunting Asriel.
You say bye to Happstablook.
"Ta ta darling! Come back any time!"
You nod and leave the inn.
You decide that now is the best time to explore the new area you saw.
You walk there and notice the change in temperature once the snow gives way to rocks, moss, and mushrooms.
The air smells damp and you can hear rushing water.
"Hey."
You jump and turn to see Chara standing in a relaxed pose. They were picking their teeth with a little pocket knife and staring at an echo flower.
"I thought I heard your wimpy footprints coming this way." They closed the knife and placed it back in their pocket. "I saw your fight with Asriel. If you can call it a fight." Chara chuckles. "Man you two are made for each-other, a couple of crybabies." Chara laughs a bit.
You give Chara an unamused glance.
"Huh? Aw c'mon. I'm only teasing…"
Chara shifted uncomfortably…
"Hey uh, wanna grab lunch? Blooky's, my treat."
You smile and nod. Chara grins.
"Great! You go on ahead. I'll see you there."
You walk back to Snowdin and make your way back to Blooky's.
You take your time going back because Chara would meet you there later.
After a slow walk you arrive at Blooky's. You examine the dimly lit windows, you can hear jazz music coming from inside. It sounds like a live band is having a blast in there!
"Hey slowpoke, what took you? Get in here!"
You jump a bit and look to see Chara peeking out from the entrance. You aren't sure how they got there before you, but nothing surprises you about them anymore.
You go into the restaurant.
It was full to the brim with ghosts! Chatting ghosts, eating ghosts, dancing ghosts, there were even ghosts playing instruments on a stage in the corner of the restaurant.
"C'mon. I've got good seats for us."
Chara sits at the bar and you follow their lead.
"Hey Blooky."
You look up to see who Chara is talking to.
At the bar is a white ghost with sad looking eyes. He's wearing a black bow tie, and a little transparent bartender's jacket.
"Oh… hey Chara.."
"Business good as usual?"
"Yea…. It's always crowded… Sometimes I feel like it's too many people… and I wanna go home… But then Happstablook always encourages me to keep going… and so I do…"
"Well keep it up. I don't know what I'd eat without you here."
"Heh… Thanks Chara…"
Blooky looks at you.
"Oh….. Who's your friend?..."
"Oh, them? That's Asriel's new wimpy friend."
Chara nudged you playfully.
"Oh… Hello… My name is Nappstablook, but everyone calls me Blooky."
You smiled and said hello politely to Blooky.
"Heh.. They seem nice…. Ohhhh noooo. I forgot to get you guys a menu…"
Napstablook disappeared, then reappeared holding two menus.
"Thanks Blooky."
Chara grabbed a menu and handed you the other one.
"Ok, what looks good?"
You look at the menu for a moment, then decide that you would like a sandwich.
"Oh yea! That sounds good! Hey Blooky, we want two sandwiches with all the good stuff!"
"Ok.."
Blooky disappeared for a minute or two, then reappeared outside the kitchen door holding two sandwiches.
"Here you go…"
He set the plates in front of you and Chara.
"Yes!"
Chara bit into his sandwich and started eating it ferociously.
You bit into your sandwich as well…. You phase right through it.
"Uh oh. Looks like a ghost sandwich. Blooky! You gave them a ghost sandwich, they aren't a ghost! Silly Blooky."
"Oh…. I'm sorry…. Ohhhhh noooooo…." Booky disappeared again.
Chara laughed a bit but you felt bad for the ghost.
"Ah he's fine…. Hey what's that look for? You can't have my sandwich."
Chara gobbled down their sandwich.
"So good…. Hey."
Chara turns to you.
"I need to ask you something."
You nodded and looked at Chara.
"You've heard of a talking flower, haven't you?"
Remembering Flowey, you nodded.
"So you know about the Echo flower then. Figure's a nerd like you would."
Chara turned around and leaned against the bar, staring at the exit.
"It's just that… Asriel says he's been having conversations with a talking flower. Saying it complements him and gives him advice or whatever… Anyway, I think someone's using an echo flower to pull a prank on Asriel… I need you to just keep an eye out and let me know if you see the culprit."
You were about to tell them about Flowey, but Chara suddenly turns to you with a grin.
"Hey thanks for treating me to lunch."
You gave Chara a look of disbelief.
"Pff haha, kidding."
They put a few gold on the bar.
"I'll see you later."
Chara walks off.
You leave as well and head back to where you were going.
You come up to the big house and see Asriel standing in front of it.
"Howdy human! Hehe!"
You smile and walk up to him.
"Do you want to hang out? We can play at my house if you want."
You nod.
"Awesome! C'mon in!"
Asriel ran inside the big house and you followed him.
"Welcome to my house! What do you think?"
It seemed like a pretty cozy and well taken care of place.
There was a fire place and a soft looking chair by it. There seemed to be a bookshelf near it as well and many books about different things. One book catches your eye. "Interesting facts about snails."
You could smell something really good from the kitchen.
"Hey! Smells like mom left some pie here. Want a piece?"
You nod eagerly and Asriel runs to the kitchen.
You follow him and the smell of baking hits you, causing you to drool.
"Oh yes! My favorite! Here take a slice."
There were a few slices sitting on the counter, you take one.
*You received the Butterscotch Pie!
You eat it immediately! It's delicious!
Asriel also gobbles a piece down.
"So good!... Hey, let's go to my room! We can watch TV in there. My favorite show should be on soon."
Asriel goes up the stairs and you follow.
He opens the door to his room.
"Hey."
You look and see Chara sitting at a computer.
"Ack! Chara! Get off of there!"
"Why?"
"Because! Last time you were on there you left on that stupid comic and mom thought it was me! I was grounded for a week!"
"First off Cavestuck is the best comic on the Undernet and second that's not my fault you didn't delete your history."
"But mom said.. How did you get past the child lock on there?"
"Hacked it."
"Chara! I'm gonna get in so much trouble!"
"Just tell her I did it."
"She never believes me! Ugh! Fine do what you want. Me and the human are gonna watch Ultimate Undyne."
"Ok."
Chara goes back to whatever they were doing on the computer.
Asriel turns on the tv. You're met with a screen saying the show was on hiatus for new material.
"Please stay tuned to Extreme TV for a special new episode of Ultimate Undyne!"
"W-what?! Oh man… Guess we'll have to wait for the new episode. I wonder what it's about."
You shrug and take a look around the room. There were toys and a wardrobe, a tv, a computer, a bed, and a giant sketchbook with paints on a shelf by it.
"Hey, it's ok if you wanna leave. Since the show isn't on I guess you can come back and we can watch it." Asriel smiles. "Go explore or whatever. There's so much more of the underground you haven't seen yet!"
You nod and smile. You thank Asriel for the pie and say bye to Chara.
"Later loser." They smirk at you jokingly.
You head out and make your way to the damp, mushroom filled area again.
You pass the Area where you saw Chara and continue onward until you reach an area of tall grass.
You cautiously make your way through the grass when-
"A-ah!"
You heard a squeak and stumble back, realizing you ran into someone.
Whoever it is catches you and brings you back upright.
"Oh my gosh. Are you ok?"
You look up to see a young, green fire elemental girl in the grass. She's a little older than you. She's wearing a green and blue stripped shirt and black pants. She has a green bow on her head as well.
"Hey wow. Did you come to see her too?"
You wonder who the fire girl is talking about.
"Get down!"
Before you could ask, she suddenly gasped and whispered those words, grabbing and pulling you down, crouching further in the grass.
You were about to ask what was wrong when she covers your mouth.
"Shh."
You both stay silent. You then hear the clanking footsteps of someone clad in heavy armor.
You both look up to see something truly terrifying glaring down at you.
An armored monster of some kind. Though it was wearing a full suit of armor you could still see that, beyond the vented slits in helmet, you could see two shining, soul piercing red eyes.
