WARNING: This chapter suxxxxxxx
A feeling of dread hangs over you...but you stay determined
''Come on, we should get moving in case she comes back,'' said Toriel.
Frisk finished saving and followed Toriel as she walked away the long grass which had served as their hiding place just mere moments ago, Frisk's heart was still pounding from the encounter as proof.
In the next room, there was a line of pink flowers, all bloomed, meaning Undyne must've come this way quite recently.
The two continued when suddenly Frisk's soul popped out and a monster appeared.
Aaron flexes in!
''PUT A SHIRT ON!'' yelled Toriel, covering Frisk's eyes.
''Come on,'' said Aaron with a smirk. ''You know you like it-''
Toriel iris's retracted until they looked like a red rim around her pupils and her mouth twisted with annoyance as she glared at Aaron.
This death glare had caused kings to tremble, and Aaron took no time flexing away from sight.
You won! Kinda... You gained 0 EXP and 30 gold!
''Great, now let's continue!'' said Toriel happily, removing her hands from Frisk's eyes.
She took no time completing the bridge seed puzzle, having seen so many other puzzles in the Ruins, and Frisk became more and more confident that with Toriel at their side, they could breeze through Waterfall and maybe even get past Undyne without her noticing.
Ring...ring...
Frisk put the phone to their ear.
''HELLO! THIS IS PAPYRUS!'' said Papyrus.
''Papyrus, how did you get Frisk's number?'' asked Toriel (Papyrus was so loud Toriel could hear it from the phone).
''OH IT WAS EASY! I JUST DIALED EVERY NUMBER SEQUENTIALLY UNTIL I GOT FRISK'S! NYEH HEH HEH!''
Toriel raised an eyebrow as she walked.
''SO...'' said Papyrus, his tone of voice going from optimistic to concerned. ''UM, I DIDN'T REALLY HOLD OFF UNDYNE FOR THAT LONG, SHE'S ONE PERSISTENT FISH! OH DEAR, I'M A TERRIBLE FRIEND, AREN'T I? NYOO HOO HOO...''
Frisk signed 'You're not a bad friend.'
''Frisk says you're not a bad friend,'' said Toriel.
''OH, REALLY? AW THANKS, BUT ANYWAY. UM, SO UNDYNE AND I WERE TALKING AND WELL...WHAT ARE YOU WEARING?''
Frisk's expression was blank.
''I'M ASKING FOR A...FRIEND. SHE THOUGHT SHE SAW YOU WEARING A DUSTY TU-TU, IS THAT CORRECT?'' continued Papyrus.
Frisk slowly nodded.
''Frisk says yes,'' said Toriel.
''ALRIGHT!'' said Papyrus. ''GOT IT! WINK WINK! HAVE A NICE DAY!''
''You too Papyrus,'' said Toriel as the enthusiastic skeleton hung up.
Click...
The next room caught Frisk off guard. It looked pretty normal at first but if you looked up you'd see millions of shiny shards of crystal glittering in the ceiling, reminding Frisk of the night sky back on the surface.
''They look just like the stars, don't they?'' said Toriel. ''You can wish upon them, I see many young monsters doing it when I was still... well when I wasn't living in the Ruins looking for humans.''
Frisk nodded and scrunched up their eyes, concentrating hard. Then they opened their eyes again.
''What did you wish for?'' asked Toriel.
''I can't tell you,'' said Frisk. ''Otherwise, it won't come true.''
Toriel smiled. ''If you say so.''
Frisk began listening to the echo flowers, and listened to a conversation about someone saying they wouldn't laugh at a wish when suddenly one of the echo flowers went 'WOOF!'.
''...'' went Frisk.
The next one went ''BARK! WO-OOF!''
''...?'' went Frisk.
The one after that went ''WOOF WOOF! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOF!''
''?'' went Frisk.
This, um, went on for a while.
A while later
"?'' went Frisk.
''OK that's it, we're going,'' said Toriel, grabbing hold of Frisk's hand and starting to stride off, only to be blocked by a tall white figure.
''Doggy!'' signed Frisk happily.
Lesser Dog wagged its tail cheerfully at the sight, having spent the last 30 minutes trying to sniff out the human and prepared itself for battle. It had it's own special way of doing so which was to stand there and intensely stare at the human until they did something.
Frisk was still going 'awwwww' and raised their hand to pat Lesser Dog. At the motion, Lesser Dog started rolling around on the floor.
''I highly doubt that this specimen is going to capture anything anytime soon,'' said Toriel flatly.
''Can we come keep it, please?'' begged Frisk.
''Uh, maybe not,'' said Toriel. ''Come on now, we should really keep moving.''
Frisk sighed and hugged Lesser Dog as to say good bye. Then as they turned around to leave they patted it on the head. Lesser Dog's neck grew slightly. Frisk blinked and figured it was a trick of the light but, curious, they patted Lesser Dog again, and its neck grew a little more yet again. Frisk kept petting and though sometimes they regretted their life decisions they felt like tomorrow was another day and perhaps love was all they needed. They also thought 'whoah this dog's neck is getting long!'
Eventually, Lesser Dog's neck had gone around the corner and where no dog has gone before, and Frisk gave final pat before walking off with Toriel. But unfortunately, they reached a dead end!
''What the~?'' said Toriel. ''How do we get by? How did Undyne get past?''
Frisk shrugged as Toriel started to look around for anything they had missed. Frisk tried to help out, but it was awfully hard when you didn't even know what you were looking for. Eventually Frisk decided to let Toriel take this one and wondered around, listening to the echo flowers which weren't Lesser Dog barking. Frisk spied a telescope and peered through, staring at the shards of stone in greater detail. They decided to examine a clump of crystals together and gasped when it was revealed someone had written Check wall with an arrow sign pointing upwards.
Frisk walked down the corridor and pressed their hand against the wall right at the end. The wall completely fell away and revealed the next room.
''Great work, my child!'' said Toriel happily, making Frisk blush and grin.
The next section was another pier and Frisk watched the water churn and toss below between the creaking planks of wood. The water was as black as an inkwell and reminded Frisk of an empty void, causing them to pick up their pace and almost run straight into a wall in front of them.
There were a few signs on it, all of them covered in ancient writing but Frisk could just about make out the words. "The war of humans and monsters".
''Come on sweetie pie!'' called out Toriel and Frisk, upset they wouldn't get to read about the war, followed, remembering they could just ask Toriel about it later.
The pier ended and there was a single plank of wood right at the end.
''Well here goes nothing,'' muttered Toriel under her breath and stepped on it. It thankfully stayed afloat.
''Alright, now you come on!'' said Toriel.
Frisk very hesitantly stepped aboard as well (and they still stayed afloat) and wrapped their arms around Toriel's waist. The water seemed to swallow up everything, it was all so black, it was too somber.
Dark, dark, yet darker...
Yeah I'm having a really bad day today so I'm going to end it there, sorry
