Another chapter in my humble story, keep reading and see if anything else is revealed, (probably not). Read on.
Chapter 11: A meeting
Well how are you going? enjoying the sights?
That is it, I am now officially done, I can't put up with this anymore, were is the exit I just want to go home.
I see. You have been seeing me frequently in your dreams, thats funny considering my last name.
"Hello, before I go on who are you?" The voice did a small chuckle.
My name…people call me different names just call me your helper
"No, what is your name, I am not going for that mysterious shit, tell me it now." I had had it with people screwing around with secrecy, I just wanted to go home, whatever this DETERMINATION was, I felt I had none left.
heh heh heh…so bold and angry you feel regret, you feel bad don't you
I went back to the stabbing of the monster, his glassy dead eyes, his cold body dissolving into dust and covering me. The blurry memory with Flowey, and I was… Laughing at a joke apparently. Why didn't I feel anything? I took a life, dyeing for what he thought was right. I… I felt sick again, not at me murdering a monster, but because I didn't feel anything about murdering the monster. I was conflicted.
"I…yes I do." I lied and wondered what the voice was going to say, I was met with a silence that continued for a minute.
Interesting, I will see you later
I then woke up, it was another dark room, from one of the curtained windows, no light shined through, but I could see light under the door. I reached to my left and felt a lamp, I flicked a switch and sighed in relief as I was in Papyrus's room. Wondering why there was light in the rest of the home, I got out of bed and crept towards the door. I quietly pressed down the handle and heard two voices, they sounded like the skeletons, I went in for a closer look. The fireplace was burning and Sans was siting on the couch with Papyrus in a rocking chair next to him, they were whispering. Then they stopped.
"Come sit down human, we need to talk." Sans said slowly with a hint of tiredness in his tone, I complied and sat in the couch next to Papyrus.
"Human, my brother and I were awakened in the night by strange visions, we wonder if you had them too?" Papyrus asked, looking at me unusually, while Sans was looking in the ground in deep thought.
"No, I…Yes I did." I had to push through an urge to lie, if I had not lost my mind I had now, what has happened? Sans looked at me.
"Better to be honest, what did you see in your vision?" I went to speak, then I wondered what to say, what was in the vision again.
"I…I don't know, I remember a voice and a dark room." They looked at me strangely, I couldn't quite remember what the voice said. Something about helping? Then the curfew siren sounded, I was saved by the bell.
"Well, we will eat now and be off as soon as possible, I am going to make porridge." Papyrus said, standing up and going to the kitchen, the problem about the skeletons is that I can only tell their emotions from their eyes and mouth. I sat there with Sans still in deep thought, and Papyrus humming to himself while cooking, and from the sound of it he was a bit clumsy. We all ate in silence, it was actually decent porridge, I hadn't tried Papyrus's cooking, but he said earlier we is the best chef in the underground. The portion was small, about half a cup.
"Why is there so little?" It was the only voice that had spoken up until that point, then I had another question, how did skeletons eat without it falling through their body. Looking at them it just disappeared into their skull, must be magic or something like that, unless their soul absorbs it.
"Rationing man, we could have had bacon and eggs because the ration went up." Sans then poured some ketchup into his porridge, how did he like it that much?
"Sans, the amount of grease in one serving of bacon and eggs, is probably the same amount Grillbys makes in a day." Papyrus responded ecstatically, he always had energy in everything he did, I hypothesise that's how he became the leader of the Royal Guard.
"I miss Grillby's bar, did you see him Human?" Sans continued taking another spoonful of reddened porridge, I could remember seeing a pub when I was on the execution stand.
"I couldn't tell, I was still confused… and scared with a fish lady trying to decapitate me." They both nodded and continued with the porridge, then Papyrus stood up holding an empty plate.
"Undyne is nice once you get to know her, she even let me win in a duel we had." Sans started to laugh, he was barely sitting straight with laugher.
"I hardly call, most of your skull broken a win Pap." Sans said, trying to push through his own laughter, Papyrus stopped and raised a hand.
"I did win, I call surviving a win." Papyrus defended, Sans just laughed harder until he fell off his chair, he then managed to control himself and stood up.
"She punched you, in the face until she literally collapsed from tiredness." Seeing how relentless Undyne is, I was surprised.
"And I forgave her, nursed her wounds and even carried her back to her army…and we are still friends, she even talks to me in battle." Papyrus said, placing his bowl in the sink and coming back to pick up his brothers and mine.
"They actually do have conversations while fighting." Sans said to me before leaving his chair, and going to sit down as he raised his hand and the remote flew into his hand.
"Shouldn't we have a shower before I am presented to the queen?" They both looked at me strangely, then I realised that skeletons don't smell like humans do.
"I am a human I have, body odour and all that." I continued to Sans speaking out.
"Nah, she won't mind, plus the flowers should drown out the smell." I smelt myself and all the running had built up a stink under my armpits, I then skeletons don't have noses, but then why can they hear without ears.
After we finished, we were off, I donned my clothes and armour, I was then told to wear the cleaned hoodie, and we went outside. The setting was bland, it was grey and dirty, the streets were average in movement, with, I assumed magic cars and horse like animals. The streets were quiet, people all had a glint in their eyes that showed depression and sadness, while they were watched. On the roofs, the same shadowy masked figures stood on every street corner, meanwhile PA's talked propaganda and hope to the people.
"Hey Pap, the human asked if you could train him." Sans said to Papyrus, the tall skeleton's eyes lit up and he smiled.
"Wouwie, I will friendly human. It can't be that hard." Papyrus said with enthusiasm, Then we stopped at a shady building, the two skeletons walked up to it and knocked on the door.
"This will only be a moment human, just wait outside." Papyrus, then kicked in the door and they both charged in with one of their eyes glowing.
I kept my head low and shoved my hands in my pocket, I then leaned on the wall, looking at the ground was boring so I stood up and walked a couple steps. As the hoodie hid my identity, it also destroyed my peripheral vision, not to good when I was pushed from the side. The sudden push hit me off balance I hit the dirt covered cobble stone, I managed to keep my hood on with effort.
"Give me your gold or your life, I walk away with one or both." With the amount of vision I had, I could see two masked figures, one was brandishing a shank, and the other one had a glow on his fingertip. I suddenly felt different, my vision was getting blurry, and I felt the adrenaline pumping through myself, and I felt… DETERMINATION. I pulled out the dagger.
"Come at me." I didn't say that, then I felt myself getting stronger, but more distant and determined, then it all went blurry and I got into a defensive stance.
DUN DUN DUUUN
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