Chapter 14: HOI

"hOI! welcom to... TEM VILLAGE!"

Caleb was looking at...well...a village of Temmies. It didn't look alot like a village though but the sign clearly said it was. The weird thing is that they all looked like complete clones of each other, it was kinda creepy. There was some mushroom monster next to an arguing white dog and golden flower...wait. Toby? Flowey?

"HEY TOBY!" Caleb shouted

Toby jumped at the sound of his voice. When he turned and saw him he went wide eyed as Flowey immediately went into the earth. In a panic he curled into a ball. "Toby? I'm talking to you."

"I'm not Toby, I'm...uh...Tony YES yes I'm Tony, Tony the snow poff."

"Toby c'mon get up."

"Nope"

Caleb was getting annoyed. He checked his toy gun ammo. It still had five soft rubber bullets left (nonlethal but still smarts). He "attempted" to use it on Papyrus during his fight with them but it ended up a waste of one bullet since it got lost in the snow. He pointed it towards Toby's butt and fired. Toby yelped and glared at him as he was biting his butt. As Caleb retrieved his bullet he talked to him.

"Well, now that your not being immature do you mind telling me where MK is?"

Toby went stiff and if he could he would be nervously rubbing the back of his head. "Um well you see, as we were walking he thought he saw Undyne in the distance and chased after her and I might've lost track of him from there." He said nervously

"YOU LOST HIM" Caleb shouted. He was really mad at Toby right now, he gave him a responsibility and he failed him. Well that was his interpretation of Toby's story, it would only be fair if he heard his testimony. "You better provide a good supporting statement for this, unless you want to end up like Old Yeller ." Some people would find it weird that he uses these big words sometimes at his age but hes been watching alot of court movies and TV shows so he picked up some of the words.

"Okay well after he ran off, by the way he is a fast one that kid, I chased him but barely. I kinda lost him and ended up here in Temmie Village. I've been asking the people here for help, then the Flower guy came here teasing me, then you came and, I'm sorry I messed up! Please don't shoot me" wow, morbid.

Caleb holstered his gun. "Your innocent Toby. Granted you messed up, but you took responsibility for your actions and tried to make up for it. We the Jury, declare you not guilty."

"Huh?"

"I-I mean we're cool now." He said as he petted his head. He knows some in the group will object to searching for him, especially with Undyne hunting them down, so he's not going to mention this to them since some of them will attempt to search. He's going to have to hope that the kid will be alright on his own.

"It's a weird coincidence that I ended up here since I was originally heading here before."

"What for?"

"I'm looking for temmie to help me with my game"

"Well theres a temmie right here." he picks up a random Temmie

"Hi, I'm Bob." It said in a deep voice. Caleb immediately dropped it and picked up another one. It immediately broke out into hives.

"hOlves!" He dropped this one and tried to pick up another."

"Forget it Caleb, I already know who I'm looking for. She owns the shop over there."

"hOI! welcom to... da TEM SHOP!" the Temmie of the shop said. It had slight differences from the other Temmies, light gray instead of black hair as well as a different hairstyle, and a sky blue and yellow striped shirt instead of a solid Blue shirt. "can TeMmie OfFer U SOmE tem fAkES?" She gestured to a box full of shredded color construction paper.

"Um no thank you. I'm actually here about your artwork."

Temmie started vibrating even faster. "u CaME FOr tems Art?! wAit Let teMmiE gO gEt It!" She streched her arm into the back room. It came back with a big portrait of the Mona Lisa...with Temmie's face on it, it didn't even looked photo shopped.

"Amazing, and self taught as well. I have a proposition for you Temmie. I'm currently working on a video game and I need a artist for it. Lets say you join me and we'll make million$."

Temmie's eye lit up "mIliOnS? Yes tEMMiE WiLl join u!"

"Thank you, now first I need you to sign these legal documents." Toby took out some papers...wait where did he get it.

Temmie looked over the papers and signed here and there. Caleb decided to step out for a bit. When he did he heard someone.

"Caleb!? Caleb?!" said Diego? Indeed, Caleb saw him and his friends at the entrance to the village.

"Diego!" he shouted running towards them. Diego saw his brother and ran towards him as well. They gave each other a tight hug. "Oh god Caleb, you had me so worried. Please don't do that again."

"Yeah you had us all worried." said John "Nappstablook wanted to come but we told him it's best if Undyne don't catch him with us."

"Explain." said Frisk bluntly, and kinda nasally.

So Caleb explained what happened. From the Moldbygg attack, Temmie saving him, to Toby's business here. After he finished they decided to check on Toby. Right on time to because it seems that Temmie is having a problem.

"um tHiS sAyS tEmmiE need a coLAgE degREE but tem dont HaVE ONE?"

"Oh, I'm sorry but for you to work with me legally you need a college degree." Temmie looked down sadly. "I would be willing to help pay for your tuition but it's not enough. We still need 125 g."

"Wow, I wasn't aware that the Underground had such a strict bureaucracy." muttered Iris.

"Oh I can help with that." said Caleb fumbling through his pockets.

Toby noticed them "Oh hey guys, Caleb you said you got money?"

"Yeah I have just enough" He took out all his money, Toby took out his as well, and dumped it on the countertop.

Temmie stared at the money wide eyed. "WOA!thas ALOT o muns...can tem realy acepts..."

"I insist." Said Toby "I can really use someone like you."

"OKs! tem go to colleg and make u prouds!" Temmie then left, leaving her face behind? Then she came back with her having a graduation cap. Wow that was fast.

"tem bak from cool leg, tem got degree in 2D ANIMATION"

"Good now, sign here...okay...okay...and done! Welcome to the tem I mean team! No lets say we get started?"

"Okay tEm Wool Go paCk TEmS things" Temmie grabbed a Tem flake "DONE! ThaNk u YeLlW humAN FOr EveRythiNg u r Now temS BeST Friend!" Temmie licked Caleb's nose, making him giggle, then left as Toby waved goodbye as well. Caleb felt warm and fuzzy inside.

"Well I think we need to move on. I think Frisk is allergic."

"I'm not" said Frisk, who sounded congested. They all agreed to leave. As they walked on Caleb asked if Iris got any new information from Gerson.

"Yeah read this, the Delta Rune, the emblem of our kingdom. The Kingdom... Of Monsters. That emblem actually predates written history. The original meaning has been lost to time... All we know is that the triangles symbolize us monsters below, and the winged circle above symbolizes... Something else. Most people say it's the 'angel,' from the prophecy... Legend has it, an 'angel' who has seen the surface will descend from above and bring us freedom. Lately, the people have been taking a bleaker outlook... Calling' that circle the 'Angel of Death.' A harbinger of destruction, waiting' to 'free' us from this mortal realm."

"Wow sounds cryptic. But what does the circle between the wings mean?"

"I don't know. We might find out eventually. Look another echo flower. What does it say?"

"BEHIND YOU"

Welp this was an interesting chapter. I hope you like that Temmie Chang reference. I wonder how their Undertale game will turn out? Ehh it probably won't get a lot of popularity. ;)

until next time

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