Having to arch my neck in order to stare up at the tall beast of a woman, my thoughts were racing, 'What the HELL was I thinking? This woman is huge! She has biceps! Her muscles have muscles! I'm going to die!' Even as my mind was frantically trying to figure out an escape from my inevitable death, I stood tall...well, short, but I stood my ground. I didn't let her see my fear...she might smell it though because I was internally flipping out. I didn't look behind me to check on Papyrus since I was afraid she's strike when I turned my back, so I stood protectively in front of him and Sans and Katt who I presumed were still sitting at the bar. The fish woman didn't move. She continued to stare down at me, a gleam in her one eye and her shark smile grew. She suddenly burst into a loud hardy laughter. I was shocked at the sudden outburst, as she continued to laugh.
She then leaned down closer to me, still towering over me intimidatingly, "Punk, I don't know if yur as brave as yur pretendin to be or if yur just an idiot to stand up ta me. Hell, either way, this is gonna be fun. Anyone who is ballsy enough ta stand up ta me is worth a challenge!" She stood straight once again and pointed her webbed finger at me as she yelled, "I challenge ya!" I stood frozen in bewilderment.
'Challenge me? What? She sounds like...Papyrus kinda...' I thought curiously. She stood in front of me, not moving from her pose, her shark smile growing larger as the wheels turned in my head. I finally looked behind me to see Papyrus standing proudly with his bony arms crossed over his chest and a big grin on his face. I then looked to Sans who smiled at me, and another expression I couldn't place...surprise? confusion? I'm not sure. I saw Katt on the edge of her seat ready to jump in between me and the fish woman if things got out of hand. I finally asked, "Papyrus...do you know this woman?"
Papyrus strolled up next to me and laughed loudly while standing in a pose, "NEH HE HE HE! OF COURSE! THIS IS UNDYNE! SHE WAS CAPTAIN OF THE ROYAL GUARD! SHE TRAINED ME HERSELF AND WE OFTEN COMPETE TO KEEP UP OUR SKILLS UP TO PAR!" He looked to the fish woman named Undyne...UNDYNE!
"Wait! Papyrus, is this the same Undyne you told us about before? You thought she ate smurfs to turn her skin blue like Katts hair?" I asked unable to hide my huge smile now plastered on my face.
"What the hell's a smurf?" Undyne asked roughly, narrowing her eye at me.
Katt was the one to break us from our staring contest as she burst into laughter, tears threatening to escape her eyes. I tried not to join her, but felt my shoulders shaking as I tried to hold back my own laughter. 'So THIS is the famous Undyne! This is gonna be fun!' I thought as I remembered how Papyrus explained how she was when we first met.
"A smurf...hahaha, a smurf is a small blue creature who, if you eat them, will turn your hair or skin blue." Katt explained between her laughter. Undyne's eye grew as her mouth gaped open, then it formed back into her terrifying smile.
"Holy hell! Damn, that's bad ass!" Undyne cackled, then asked in an amused tone. "The name's Undyne! Who the hell are you two?"
I smiled cheekily as I held out my hand and introduced, "My name's Rosetta. This is my sister Katt, the smurf eater." I laughed internally at my own joke. Katt jumped down from her stool and walked up to the giant woman as she held out her hand to Undyne as well. They clamped their hands and stared in silence, their smiles large. Undyne bellowed loudly as she stood straight once again. She grabbed Papyrus around the neck bone once again as she continues to laugh.
"PLEASE DON'T NOOGIE THE SKELETON!" Papyrus wined as he flailed in her grasp. This made Undyne laugh louder. She finally released her grip on him as she sat next to Sans.
"So, what've you punks been up to?" Undyne asked as she made herself comfortable in her seat, her head resting in her hand.
"jus the usual." Sans replied in a bored tone.
She gave him an irritated glance. "Wasn' talking to ya, ya bone bag!"
Sans responded while grinning, "water ya wanna know? i fish you would give me a hint." Undyne's face contorted into rage very quickly.
"I'M GONNA KILL YA, YA BONE BAG! GIVE ME A REASON! ANY REASON TO SPEAR YOU RIGHT HERE AND NOW!" Undyne howled angrily, slamming her fist into the bar. I became nervous at her outburst, but Sans didn't show any fear...is this guy afraid of anything?
I quickly raised my voice, tearing her attention from Sans to me, "What about that challenge? You haven't chickened out now have you?" Her face lit up, a competitive glint in her eye.
"Hell ya! It's about time! What's tha challenge? I'll let ya choose!" She boasted, smiling her huge sharp smile. Grillby suddenly came from the kitchen carrying the plates of food with him, setting them in front of us. He left once again to bring our drinks.
I smiled as I glanced back at her, "Fine! I challenge you to a drinkin contest! First one to pass out, throw up, or submit defeat is the loser!"
Her smile grew even larger as she replied in a lower tone, "Oh yur on!" And that's how the night started.
'Why do I keep doing this to myself? Hell, cuz who gets a chance to out drink a fish woman! Maybe I didn't think this all the way through...maybe alcohol will be different. We'll see.' I thought to myself as I dug into the burger and fries in front of me. It was the best burger I've ever had, no matter how many times I've had it! It's so good! I couldn't hold back a satisfied moan while biting into the hamburger. As I swallowed my food I noticed Sans looking at me, blue blush on his cheek bones. 'Has he already started drinking? I don't remember him having anything except that ketchup bottle. Why are his cheek bones blue?' I thought to myself. I shrugged to myself and after a moment I spoke, "Sans...you ok?"
Sans suddenly snapped out of whatever daze he was in, causing the blue blush to spread more over his face, as he quickly turned back to his burger and began shoving huge bites into his mouth. I gave him a side glance, noticing small beads of blue sweat starting to form on his skull. I decided to ignore it and went back to eating. I DIDN'T miss he the sigh he released after doing so. I finished my food and had Grillby take my place then I smiled once again and before I could speak he held up his fire covered hand before pulling out a bottle from below the bar. I couldn't help but giggle, "You know me so well already! I haven't had this one yet! Can't wait to try it!" He pulled out a couple shot glasses and looked at our group. "Who's drinking?" I asked to our group.
"Hell ya! It's about time! I'm drinking! I'm not going to lose this challenge!" Undyne called loudly. Papyrus immediately perked up at challenge.
"I WISH TO PARTAKE IN THIS CHALLENGE AS WELL!" Papyrus bellowed excitedly. I looked to Sans who seemed concerned about his brother drinking.
"hey paps, 'm tellin ya, yur not gonna like this stuff. ya really shouldn' drink it." Sans insisted in a lazy tone. This only fueled Papyrus to join in the challenge even more.
"NO BROTHER! I WISH TO JOIN! I'M NOT A BABY BONES! I CAN HANDLE ANYTHING!" Papyrus retorted back to his brother. Sans seemed unhappy about his choice. He looked to Undyne who had a smug grin on her face.
"C'mon ya bag o' bones! Let 'em try it! At least one shot!" Undyne insisted, still smiling smugly. Sans sighed heavily as he finally nodded, knowing he wasn't going to win this argument. Papyrus jumped excitedly in place as he moved next to Undyne, leaving Katt at the end of the bar away from our group now. She looked my way nervously. I winked at her and tilted my head in the direction of Grillby. She blushed but nodded her head. I smiled at her willingness to try and see if there really was anything there for her and Grillby. "Are ya drinkin ya lazy bones?" Undyne added.
Sans shrugged his shoulders as he replied lazily, "sure. let's sea what ya got." Undyne gave the smirking skeleton an unamused glare.
Grillby set out the shots and before he could pour the drinks I said, "Hey hot stuff, why don't ya leave this bottle with us? We can serve ourselves. I know you've got a lot of customers today. We won't make a mess." At first he stared at me, seeming to decide. He finally sighed, his flames crackling softly as he set the drink down on the bar. "Thanks!" I replied with a wink and he quickly walked to the end of the bar grabbing a glass and began to clean with with a rag. I noticed he was close to where Katt was sitting. I quickly threw her a text to 'talk to him already!' She looked at her phone then glared at me as I stuck my tongue out at her. She sighed nervously as she cleared her throat to get Grillby's attention.
~~~~~~Katts' POV~~~~~~
Grillby walked up to her, glass and rag still in his hands. She froze. Her mouth opened but no words came out. 'What the hell do I say? I can't think of anything! I'm freezing up! Shit! Say something! Anything!' Katt begged internally. "Uh..the food..." Is all she said. Grillby looked confused, tilting his flame covered head. 'The food? Same more than that you idiot!' Katt scorned herself. She noticed Grillby still looking at her confused so she quickly responded, "The food you selected. It was really good. You really know what I like." Grillby stared in silence then finally smiled and nodded his head. She felt her face heat up as blush spread over her cheeks. "So...how busy has it been lately? I've noticed that every time I come, more and more people are visiting. It's becoming more popular. I'm not surprised, your food is amazing, and Rosetta always talks about how good your drinks are." Katt smiled. She suddenly noticed his flames on his face turning blue as he coughed nervously into his hand.
She giggled at his reaction. "Thank you Miss Katt." Grillby spoke with a crackle in his voice. His flames danced around him as she smiled brightly. She listened to the others next to her laughing loudly as they started their drinking contest.
"So ya punks, what we drinkin?" Undyne questioned as she looked at the bottle of blue liqueur.
I took the bottle from her and looked at the name 'Stars'. "Hmm...Stars? Sounds pretty." I said as I opened the bottle and poured out four shots. We each took a shot glass and held it up in the air then took it in one gulp and slammed the shots back on the bar. My eyes grew wide at the sudden tingle I felt in my mouth. "Whoa...this tastes amazing!" I gasped.
Undyne smiled sharply as she boasted, "Ha! Easy! This won't be a challenge at all! I don't feel anything!" I rolled my eyes at her boasting. I looked at Sans who had a shit eating grin plastered on his face.
"so, round two? i hope ya can hold yur liqueur this time...kid." Sans drawled cheekily. I puffed out my cheeks in annoyance.
"You're the one who won't be able to hold your liqueur! And DON'T call me kid! I'll kick your ass!" I joked, pretending to be mad.
Sans chuckled as he retorted, "first off, can't hold my liqueur cuzt it goes right through me. second, ya won't be able ta do that. don't have an ass to kick." I busted out laughing at that. Papyrus groaned loudly at his pun. I looked at Papyrus and realized, he hasn't taken his shot yet. He was holding it in front of him staring at it.
"Hey Papyrus..." I called softly. He looked at me as if was caught doing something he wasn't suppose to be doing. I smiled as I continued, "You know, you don't have to drink that right? I don't want you to do something your not comfortable doing." He physically tensed up when both Undyne and Sans looked at him as well. He cleared his throat and gazed seriously at the shot in his hand before taking it in one go and dropping the shot glass back on the bar. He seemed...surprised.
"THIS IS...AMAZING! IT TASTES REALLY GOOD! BUT I DON'T FEEL ANY DIFFERENT...MAYBE I HAVE TO DRINK MORE BECAUSE THE GREAT PAPYRUS IS TOOK STRONG FOR SUCH A WEAK DRINK! NEH HE HE!" Papyrus posed bravely as he had taken his first drink of alcohol. I couldn't help but laugh at his innocence.
"Alright, round two! And to make it more interesting, we should make a game out of it! We can play...hmm...truth or dare!" I suggested excitedly. The monsters looked at me confused. "You know...truth or dare? We'll go down the line from Me, Sans, Undyne and Papyrus. We ask someone of our choosing truth or dare. What ever they pick, they have to accept it! No lying when picking truth and must complete whatever dare is given to you...within reason. It has to be possible to complete the dare right here, right now. You get three passes to decline, but must take an extra shot if you decline. AND...you can't choose truth or dare more than two times in a row. What do you think?"
Undyne couldn't hide her excitement. "Hell ya! Let's do it punk!"
Sans shrugged, his grin still in place, "sure kid. whatever ya say." I glared at him for calling me kid again. Papyrus was ecstatic about the challenge and accepted immediately. I poured everyone a second shot, and like before we all took it in one go, Papyrus this time also. After dropping our glasses back on the bar I started the game.
"Ok...Sans..." I smiled as he looked at me, waiting for me to continue. "Truth or dare."
"heh, I'll take dare kid." He retorted lazily. I glared at him again before an evil grin stretched across my face. This seemed to unnerve him.
"I dare you to..." I looked around the bar then smiled even bigger. "I dare you to...drink one packet of mustard!" I finished. Sans lost the shit eating grin he once wore as sweat began to bead on his skull. My grin only grew at that.
"kid...are ya serious? mustered is like the nastiest thing you could have chosen! come on, somethin else. make me do a handstand...make me quote Shakespeare while holding my skull." he begged.
"You can do that?" I asked taken aback.
He chuckled, "nah, but that woulda been somethin huh." I glared at him teasingly.
I crossed my arms and shook my head with a smug grin on my face, "You have to do it...or you could use one of your passes...but who knows what might be asked next." Sans narrowed his eye lights at my challenge. He finally scoffed and took a mustard packet from the bar counter, tearing it open. He looked at it, disgust written all over his face before he brought the packet to his teeth and squeezed its contents into his mouth. He visibly shook as he quickly brought his ketchup bottle out and chugged it down. I along with Undyne burst out laughing at his reaction. I wasn't expecting a reaction as hilarious as that. After chugging almost the entire bottle, he breathed heavily after wiping his teeth with his sleeve, then side glanced me with a gleam in his eye lights.
"yur gonna regret that kid." Sans spoke with a hint of revenge in his voice. 'Shit...I'm dead...' I thought nervously. He quickly poured everyone another shot. I stared at him nervously as I took my shot quickly and dropped it back on the bar. He did the same and grinned convincingly at me, "ok kid...truth or dare."