Something seemed, well, off about this cave. It was as if one could hear the screams of the damned rumbling through it, as if the gateway to hell was found deep within. The smell of gunpowder and explosives still lingered, as if war broke lose down here.
"Hey, Mettaton, what's with the smell of gunpowder?"
"I don't know, but this doesn't seem to be normal. I don't seem to remember the entrance being blown to bits."
"WOWIE, THIS CAVING BUISNESS SURE IS FUN, ESPECIALLY WHEN SMOKING POT."
"you do realize that drugs don't have any effect on monsters, and we've been keeping that collection of drugs because we could, right?"
"I KNEW THAT, I THINK."
"Wait, why have you been wasting them then?"
"i don't know."
"IT JUST LOOKS COOL WHEN YOU HAVE A GUEST SUCH AS YOU."
"Ehh, it is kind of impressive that you guys managed to collect such a large amount of different drugs, in a way. How did you even get some of the more rare ones anyway?"
"i have a shortcut."
"Still not going to explain that."
"I'll take that silence as a no."
As we moved closer to the villa, one thing could be certain, the walls and floor seemed to have increasingly more dust on them. The smell likened to that of sulfur and phosphorus, wafting through the air, spreading through every crack and crevice.
"This feels like that horror movie I was in."
"WHICH ONE?"
"What's a horror movie?"
"Oh, darling, that's right. You don't know about film. Well, the best way to describe it, is it's what you're feeling right now, on a silver screen."
"So horror movies were pictures of hell on a screen?"
"pretty much."
"THIS DUST IS OFFSETTING TO MY ALLERGIES."
"we're skeletons, we don't have those."
"RIGHT, I ALSO KNEW THAT, PROBABLY."
"Oh god, no. This can't be. Darlings, look around, this dust, isn't from the cave, it's from the residents, the villa up ahead, as far as I can see, is full of bullet holes."
"OH FUCK, NO, THIS CAN'T BE."
"oh god, this shouldn't be happening."
"Who would do this?"
"Guess, human, guess who. You very well know by now I am sure. They were the ones to put me out of showbiz, they took away everything, and now they killed the dreams of milions."
"Dreams? What do you mean by that?"
"THE HUMAN DOESN'T KNOW, NYEAH, HOW COULD THIS BE?"
"Human, monsters are the hopes and dreams of the world. And now there is a lot less hope for humanity as they all line this compound with their remnants."
"Wasn't there some sort of law protecting mosnsters after the Chara incident though? Something about
the president going crazy."
"HOW DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THAT EVENT, YET NOT WHAT MONSTERS ARE?"
"Selective memory?"
"this guy has a point, humans are flawed, and cannot remember things perfectly, maybe that's a good thing though."
"The Chara incident was solved, darling, but that was of no use. We were doomed from the second we steeped foot outside the underground."
"How many monsters were living in this villa?"
"all of them, save us and toriel."
"Now what do we do?"
"Now what? We don't do anything, I go up there to pay my respects, and leave home so I can finally die. Thanks a lot darling."
"might as well go too."
"YES, ME TOO."
"Can I follow?"
"Do you plan on showing your respect for the dead?"
"Sure."
"I don't see why not."
As we pushed ahead, the hellish smell of what I assume is monster dust, and gunpowder mixed into what could only be described as such. Something, however, lay beneath it all, it was a smell common in the Metropolis, it was the smell of decay, with a tinge of iron. Why on heaven or hell would that smell have been in this cave, did the monsters put up that much of a fight?
This villa, the time it must have taken to make, to re create the exact look of an old spaghetti western town must have been enormous. Everything from a saloon to the town hall, to the inns, all what looks like 500 of them, arranged here in the dark, lit by our torches and the occasional lantern.
"Do you guys smell that?"
"WHAT, HUMAN?"
"Blood, and decay."
"Not really darling, all I smell are my fallen comrades."
"I think It's coming from that house."
"I guess she didn't listen, I told her to find another place, eventually something like this would have happened, why didn't she listen."
"You knew who lived here?"
"Yes, she was, a friend."
As we entered the house, cobwebs could be seen covering the walls, spiders were scurrying around, and seemed to be trying to keep the structural integrity of the building solid, to varying degrees of success.
"There would be the source of that smell human."
"This smell, it's the same as the metropolis."
"I don't know, darling."
"Why is there only one body. Why is it dressed so nicely? Why does it look like the depiction of a wizard?"
"That would probably be because he was one. Seems now all wizards are dead, human."
"what have you done, Asmodeus?"
"WHAT IS THIS, A STEM OF A ROSE OVER A NOTE?"
"That can't be, can it? Oh no."
"can't be what mettaton?"
"Muppet's last words."
"WELL, NO SENCE DISHONORING THE DEAD, MIGHT AS WELL READ IT."
"It says, "To whomever finds this, I am probably already dead. I know, a bit cliché, but we've been hearing helicoptors above ahuhuhu. Me and Asmodeus will attempt to eliminate any threats when they find us, and I'm sure they will. Ahuhuhu, the entire villa has been quiet the past few days, in a vain attempt to keep from being heard. I have given my spiders upmost priority to place this note under a rose on the spot on which I fall. And, Mettaton, if you find this, take care of yourself, would you? Ahuhuhu.""
"Well, looks like they went out fighting."
"Where the hell do you think this note was left? In the streets? Darling, they didn't go out fighting, they had no idea that anyone was even here. They were assassinated in their sleep, and by the looks of it, the majority of the rest of them were done the same way. Only the ones that tried to escape were blown to bits trying their hardest to leave. The fools."
"strength in numbers is always a good plan though."
"SANS, PLEASE DON'T BOTHER, IT WILL DO NO GOOD."
"and what will do any good?"
"Maybe that flower of yours has something to say, huh human? Where is it. Where is he, that stupid pest. Did you just make it up to find out where everyone was? I've not seen him yet."
"All I am is a messenger, and all I was tasked to do was gather all the monsters."
"well, you've done a real good job at that, huh?"
"This was out of my control."
"YOU COULD HAVE LEFT US ALONE HUMAN."
"Would you have really been more happy living in bliss, knowing someday, this could be you, or would you rather have found out the truth."
"ignorance requires less effort."
"I WOULD HAVE BEEN COOKING SPAGETTI RIGHT NOW IF YOU DIDN'T COME ALONG."
"I would have been in a glamorous sleep right now, if it weren't for you."
"Howdy, If I could say anything, I'd like to add that the plan is going perfectly."
"What kind of trick is that human?"
"why must you torture us with HIS voice."
"WHERE DID THIS PLANT COME FROM?" As papyrus muttered those words, the entire room fell silent.