Intermission 2. (fo reals this time yo ;) *wonk*)
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Years, and years, and years in the past.
We return to the two young ladies in the tall cavern. They're...now completely surrounded by pumpkins for some reason. Ok. Weird. But whatever.
More importantly, the older girl seems to be healed up a little bit. Her sister appears to have used a portal gun of sorts to summon her a first aid kit. Good. Now we may proceed.
Let us name the younger sister!
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You cannot name the younger sister at this time. Her adventure is off limits for now. Why don't we try naming the older sister, now she is not about to die.
QUEEN OF TENTACLES.
Seriously?
Despite this name being completely ridiculous and nonsensical, she seems to think it has a nice ring to it. But, no. We're not going with that.
ROSE LALONDE.
Much better. A much more acceptable name for such a dignified young lady.
Both girls proceed cautiously into the next chamber, their weapons out, their oddly, yet beautifully coloured eyes focused on their surroundings.
This is how you keep your guard up, John!
Who is this John?
Don't worry about it. He won't be born for quite some time.
Rose: Where is this place?
?: not sure
?: i think
?: it is some kind of totes abandoned cave
?: they wont find us down here roro
Rose: I hope you're right.
Rose: But this place gives me the creeps.
?: chillaz
?: chillax*
?: jsut enjoy the scenery
?: take it all in and be calm yo tits
?: like this
?: (for ref my face is totally playing poker rn)
?: (fuckin relaxed as shit)
Rose: I would enjoy the scenery more if I could actually see it.
Rose: It is quite dark.
?: cant you shed some light on the situation ;)
Rose: Hm...I could light my wand. Can you cover us with the defense?
?: ys
Rose: Ok, here goes.
The girls proceed to tread carefully through the deserted cavern. It is so dark and foreboding, and riddled with cobwebs. The younger sister's scarf snags on one as they walk, but she barely even notices.
Although this place appears completely abandoned, neither can shake the feeling of being watched by someone, or something hiding in the shadows.
Rose: One thing is for certain about this place.
Rose: We're definitely not alone.
Rose: But whatever it is occupying this space with us, I have no idea if it's hostile or just terrified out of its mind.
Rose: It feels unsettling and familiar, though.
?: does it
Rose: You probably won't remember.
?: no im p much getting the déjà vus too
?: but dunno why
Rose: Right, you have an affinity for magic too. We are sisters, after all. And you were born at the time, so it stands to reason you might recognize this feeling as well. Even if you can't quite put your finger on what it means.
?: lol is it story time again
Rose: Yes.
?: hells the fuck yeah
Rose: Hells the fuck yeah indeed. Now, where was I?
?: spooky magic déjà vu
Rose: Ok. I can work with that as a starter...
Rose: When I was two years old. Before you were even born, a child went missing from our village. Of course, I have little to no recollection of this happening, but for a time, people were up in arms over something my tiny infant brain could not begin to comprehend.
Rose: A couple of years later, though, and during one of my first crystal clear memories, they returned.
Rose: But they were dead.
?: :O
Rose: A hideous monster showed up in the village, holding their dead body. The adults threw everything they had at the brute, but it was too strong. It stood there and bared its ferocious fangs, menacingly, and showed no signs of retaliation, even when wounded beyond any degree a mortal being could bare. It was taunting us. It knew it could wipe us all out in an instant, but it chose not to. Perhaps it was waiting for the right time.
Rose: I wanted to run back to the house and hide. But, for documentation purposes, I stayed to watch the beast being slain. Not everyone has the luxury of sleeping through such a horrific event, like you.
?: lol
Rose: Granted you were a baby, so you are excused.
?: ty
Rose: Nothing our people did had any lasting effect at all on the monster. And it began to escape! Taking the child's body with it.
Rose: There was nothing else for it. They had to rely on help from...her.
Rose: And, for some bizarre reason, not only did she sympathize with our plight. But she came in person to hunt the creature down. Nobody knew why that was.
Rose: We were just a small settlement, among the humble number of settlements she had reduced our species to. We had no reason to believe she would care about our fate. But she came and chased the demon away, and made sure it never came back.
?: wow
?: ) ( er Imperious Condescension herself
?: that her?
Rose: Yes. Exactly that her.
Rose: But I'm afraid I've gone off track.
Rose: The point is. That same energy the monster gave off, I feel it down here. We had better keep our guard up.
?: dw roro
?: got my guard up as shit
?: my eyes are fuckin peeled
?: if a monster attacks us imma drop a jack o lantern on its ass
?: are jack o lanterns still a relevant thing to do with pumpkins in 2032
?: goddamn condesce wrecking all our shit and making pumpkins obsolete
Rose: Yes.
Rose: Well.
Rose: I would imagine a monster that powerful would take more than a gourd to the noggin. Funny though that visual image may be.
?: l m fucking a o
Rose: I suspect that was the 'boss' monster, and the ones that may or may not be hiding down here are his underlings. We should be ok as long as we're careful.
Rose: Maybe, once we get somewhere we can rest for a while, I will begin to document our progress. It may serve as useful information once we are back on the surface.
?: i dunno i kinda like it down here
?: apart from all the monsters probably hiding and waiting to shank us when our backs are turned
?: still got my guard ways up btw
?: but rn it seems safer down here than up there
Rose: That is true, but think of the information we could glean from this place.
Rose: This abandoned city is just begging to be investigated. These old puzzles...I am curious to know what happened here. And why it is so desolate.
Rose: Most importantly, it may lead us to a discovery pertaining to the nature and origins of the beast who attacked our village-
Toriel: Oh...Hello?
Rose: (Oh fuck.)
Toriel: It has been...a while since...
Toriel: I am not sure what to...
Toriel: ...Hello. You have fallen down, have you not?
Toriel: You poor children.
Toriel: I have just finished making a butterscotch pie. Would you like to join me?
?: sweet!
Rose: (What happened to being cautious?)
Rose: (I am picking up some serious Hanzel and Gretel vibes here.)
Rose: (Besides...That energy is coming from her. Granted, less extreme.)
?: (yeah but roro)
?: (i am sensing hella trustworthies here)
?: (plus she made pie)
?: (and youre injured as fuck we should probs rest)
?: (assess our shit)
?: (also pie)
?: (pie ftw roro)
Rose: ...
Rose: (Alright, fine. We'll stay for pie.)
?: (yessssssssssssssssss)
End of Intermission 2, part 1.
(As of now I've caught up with the chapters already written up, so uploads may slow down a little until I get ahead again. I'll try to keep posting between once a week/every ten days, but I am very lazy. We've decided to write the entire fanfic on here, and begin to post the illustrated version on Tumblr when we get far enough into it that uploads won't be mega slow. (So probably around when John gets to Hotland.) I really really hope this is going ok so far, and that those of you enjoying it continue to do so. ^w^ Thank you guys so much for the reviews, I really appreciate it.)