A/N - Hey guys and gals and all those in-between! Yeah, it's been like waaaaaaaaaay over a year since I last updated this story. I apologise from the bottom of my heart for that. Between health problems and falling out of the fandom for a while I just couldn't wrap my head around the story. But! It's back! And hopefully you're still reading it. For new readers, WELCOME! I hope you're enjoying it.
Will be trying for one chapter a week, as I'm also currently writing a story, I hope to be actually published one day. Anyways, I won't keep you, on with the story!
He stood wondering what he should say once they turned up, it would be soon surely. It would not take that long to get through Hotland, although, they had been stopped constantly by that tin can, he sighs and rubs the back of his skull while leaning against the wall. "They will be here soon," he mumbles to himself, as if on cue, they appear, he finds himself grinning and waving as they come hurrying over, "Hey, I heard you're going to the core. How about grabbing some dinner with me first?" he is kind of worried they will say no, but to his relief they smile and nod,
"Yeah, I'd like that,"
"Great, thanks for treating me." He jokes and winks at them, grinning when they giggle, "Over here, I know a shortcut," he takes their hand and leads them around the corner and then, they are by a fancy table, a single candle gives off a soft light. Could this look more like a date... what if they think it is a date, what if they do not. Sans could not figure out which bothered him more, "well, here we are." He sits down opposite them pushing the thoughts aside, "So, your journey's almost over, huh? You must really wanna go home." He watches a flicker of sadness cross their face, "Hey, I know the feeling, buddo." He did not like how sad they looked now, "Though... maybe sometimes it's better to take what's given to you. Down here you've already got food, drink, friends... is what you have to do... really worth it?" he looks away so he does not catch the flicker of panic or the few tears that slip free only to be wiped away quickly before he turns back, "ah, forget it, I'm rootin' for ya kid," she gives him a sad smile as he glances away again. Trying to change the subject he turns back to her, "Hey, let me tell you a story. So, I'm a sentry in Snowdin forest, right? I sit out there and watch for humans. It's kind of boring, fortunately, deep in the forest..." he leans back in his seat and stares off, "there's this HUGE locked door, and it's perfect for practising knock, knock jokes. So, one day, I'm knocking 'em out, like usual. I knock on the door and say 'knock, knock' and suddenly, from the other side... I hear a woman's voice. 'Who is there?' So, naturally I respond: 'Dishes.' 'Dishes who?' 'Dishes a very bad joke," he winks at Frisk making her giggle lightly, "then she just howls with laughter, like it's the best joke she's heard in a hundred years. So, I keep 'em coming, and she keeps laughing. She's the best audience I've ever had, then, after a dozen of 'em, SHE knocks and says... 'knock, knock' I say, 'who's there?' 'Old lady,' 'old lady who?' 'Oh! I did not know you could yodel!' wow, needless to say, this woman was extremely good, we kept telling each other jokes for hours. Eventually, I had to leave," he grins a little, "Papyrus gets kind of cranky without his bedtime story, but she told me to come by again, and so I did, then I did again, and again. It's a thing now, telling bad jokes through the door. It rules..."
Frisk just smiles, she has heard this before, but she was starting to feel different than last time. Last time she found this quite sweet, this time, it made her feel off, almost, jealous? But that was not possible, how could she be jealous, and of what exactly. Chara still had a tight grip on her shoulder and had been grumbling about Sans throughout his story, oblivious to how Frisk's emotional state kept fluctuating. Then Sans continues and she meets his gaze again, "One day though, I noticed she wasn't laughing very much, I asked her what was up. Then she told me something strange. 'If a human ever comes through this door... could you please, please promise something? Watch over them, and protect them, will you not?' Now, I hate making promises and this woman, I don't even know her name. But... someone who sincerely likes bad jokes... has an integrity you can't say no to. Do you get what I'm saying? That promise I made to her... you know what would have happened if she hadn't said anything? Buddy..." She watches Sans glance away, an empty expression on his face, the white pinpricks usually present in his eye sockets vanish and she feels a deep sadness fill her at his next words, "You'd be dead where you stand..."
"Like hell bone bag," Chara mutters darkly, soon enough Sans turns back with a small sheepish smile,
"Hey, lighten up bucko! I'm just joking with you. Besides... haven't I done a great job protecting you? I mean, look at yourself, you haven't died a single time," he then winks and Frisk finds herself wondering once again if he knows more than he lets on, "That's right, isn't it?" he is watching her carefully and she tries to keep her thoughts from showing on her face, "Well, chalk it up to my great skills, heh," he rubs a hand over his face and Frisk finally notices how tired he looks, "well, that's all," he stands up, "take care of yourself, kid, 'cause someone really cares about you," he starts to walk away and Frisk feels a rush of panic. She still has not figured out what to do when she reaches Asgore, she wants to save everyone but how, she is not ready, not ready to face the upcoming battles and not ready to potentially give up her soul,
"Sans!" she calls out while jumping out of her seat.
Sans turns back to Frisk when she calls to him, what he does not expect to see is that they look, scared? He wonders if he scared her, "Kid?"
"I-I'm not ready..." she mutters quietly with watery eyes, relief flows through him and he holds out a hand to them, he did not want them to leave yet. They hurry over and rather than take his hand, they tackle him with a hug, shocked he almost stumbles back. He slowly wraps an arm around them, hoping his face is not as blue as he believes it might just be,
"How about we go back to mine? I bet Paps has some spaghetti... as long as him and Undyne haven't burnt the place down," he smiles when he hears the small chuckle come from them.
...
Frisk had been at the skeleton household for a few days now, she had not come up with a way to get everyone free. It was beginning to drive her insane and Chara had taken to not talking to her, he sat up on the roof and refused. She had no idea what was wrong with him and could not talk to him as it seemed every time she would go to, either Sans, Papyrus or Undyne would appear. Even now, as she sat on the steps outside hoping for a moment to coax him down, she hears a noise towards the back of the house. Being the curious girl, she goes to check it out finding Sans exiting a door she never knew about, his arms filled with... vines? "Sans?" Sans jumps a little,
"Oh, hey kid," he chuckles, "careful popping out like that, you sure made my bones rattle," he carries his armful to a growing pile at the back of the house,
"What are you doing?" she asks,
"Cleaning out the... ah... basement, plant problem," he shrugs,
"Want any help?" she says stepping closer, he gives her a thoughtful look, "You're allowed to say no if you don't Sans," she smiles turning to leave but his hand quickly grabs her arm lightly,
"Help would be appreciated," he answers tugging her towards the door, she smiles wide, "just watch your step, these vines are everywhere," stepping carefully down the stairs into a brightly lit room, Frisk is somewhat reminded of Alphys' lab, just devoid of noodle cups and more torn apart by vines,
"What happened?" she stares around the room in wonder and shock,
"Let's just say it's a pest problem," Sans shrugs and starts piling more vines he pulls up in the centre of the room. Frisk quickly follows suit,
"What's this... or should I ask what was this?" she comes to a stop next to a machine that looks like it's been half torn apart, a large sheet covers part of it,
"Oh... it was some kind of machine my... uh... father made," Sans comes over and pulls the sheet over to cover it fully, "never worked how he wanted it to," Frisk looks at Sans, he had never mentioned a father before,
"What did it do?"
"Who knows exactly," Sans quickly turns away and picks up the pile of vines with his magic, "it made him disappear," he mutters before taking the vines outside, she frowns at his back before moving to clean the surfaces, putting things away in the draws. She finds what she thinks are blueprints, though she can't read the handwriting or recognise the symbols,
"Maybe it's that machine," she shrugs before putting it away, she pauses finding a photo album, flicking through she finds pictures of Sans with..."they look like..." those grey monsters in Hotland, she closes the photo album with haste and as she is about to shove it back into the draw a piece of paper flutters out. She stares down at a poorly drawn picture of three smiling people, as it lands on the tiled floor. One is clearly Sans, no mistaking that smile, another she would guess to be Papyrus with that long red scarf and the third, crouching she picks it up, "the monster from that room..." she runs a finger over the smiling face, "cracks... is this, Sans father?" words were scrawled along the bottom, "don't forget..."
"Hey Frisk I think we are all done, wanna go to Grillby's with me?" Sans calls down the stairs,
"Yeah, I'm coming!" she calls up quickly putting the drawing in the drawer and hurrying up the stairs, she throws a smile on her face to hide her thoughts and follows Sans to Grillby's.
By the time they returned to the house she had forgotten all about the drawing due to Sans and his puns, now she sat and dozed off on the sofa, Sans had fallen asleep on the other side a while ago, Undyne was sprawled on the chair snoring and Papyrus had gone to bed a while ago, "Tomorrow," she mumbles sleepily to herself, "tomorrow I will plan what to do..." as she slowly slipped into slumber, she was unaware of the boy standing behind the sofa, eyes glistening dark red and a twisted smile stretching across their face.
...
The sound of her phone buzzing, the hard-rough floor and the hot humid air woke her. Sitting up she blinks confused and looks around, "How did I get to Hotland... I'm..." outside the MTT resort. Her phone buzzes again and upon answering she hears three loud voices shouting their concern and asking where she was, "I'm okay Papyrus..." she explained to Papyrus where she was before the phone was snatched away and she had to tell Undyne, then she had to explain again as Sans walked off with the phone,
"Need me to..." the phone gets cut off and loud static noise issues from it, confused she quickly tries to end the call to stop the static. But then something odd happens. Everything around her seems to glitch, surfaces and walls flickering in and out of existence, and the static becomes louder. Fear shudders through her as the glitching gets more erratic, she can feel panic rise within her and she cannot stop it,
"It's okay, don't be afraid. You're not alone," a deep male voice says quietly beside her, she cannot see who said it but she feels a hand on her shoulder. Normally this would probably make her panic more, but she felt strangely calmed, she closes her eyes and takes a deep breath,
"Thank you," she whispers out quietly, as the sensation of a hand on her shoulder vanishes, she hears a quiet chuckle and then all is quiet. When she opens her eyes again, she sees two shadowed figures up ahead, they quickly rush away, then her phone rings making her jump and gasp,
"Frisk a-are you okay?" It was Alphys, Frisk ensured to the small scientist she was fine and quickly changed the topic onto the two figures she saw, "Huh? Who are they? N-nobody else is s-supposed to be here... Oh well! We can't worry about that now! S-so ready? This is it! Take the elevator up to the top of the Core!" Frisk looks over at the elevator, was she even ready for this? The answer was no, but she could not keep avoiding it, glancing around she wonders where Chara is, as she cannot sense him nearby. For some reason this disturbs her far more than it has previously done, an unsettling feeling rumbles through her.
...
Sans chugged down a second bottle of ketchup as the three of them sat at the bar. Grillby just stood silently observing them while cleaning a glass, Sans understood why he was watching them, why everyone was watching them. "They'll be ok right?" Undyne asks quietly, Papyrus looks to Sans,
"Sure, the kid survived you," he chuckles nervously, Grillby turns and switches the small television on in the corner of the room,
"OH, A METTATON SPECIAL," Papyrus grins, but that grin falls, the three of them stare at the television in horror,
"Did you know the toaster could do... that?" Sans asks Undyne as he stares at Mettaton's humanoid form,
"I know Al was working on something but this..."
"METTATON LOOKS SO COOL!" Papyrus comments, "OH AND HE'S DANCING WITH THE HUMAN!"
"Yeah... the punks got some moves..." Undyne shares a worried look with Sans, he chugs down another bottle, praying to whatever god might be out there that the kid will be okay.
...
She was out of breath, battered and bruised. All food items other than the pie had been consumed and she had somehow managed to pull through all that without dying once. She decided to help Alphys take Mettaton's body back to the lab. She hoped he would be alright despite him being a touch annoying, "S-so you're about to meet Asgore soon, h-huh?" Alphys chuckles nervously and Frisk nods in response, "You must be... Y-you must be ... pr... pretty excited about all that, huh? You'll f-f-finally ... you'll finally get to go home!" home, Frisk had never really called any place home, not truly, "um... I... I was just going to say goodbye... and..." Alphys paused as they got to the lab doors, Frisk gently lowering her side of Mettaton's body. After what seemed an internal struggle Alphys continues, "I can't take this anymore. I... I lied to you. A human SOUL isn't strong enough to cross the barrier alone. It takes at least a human soul... and a monster soul... if you want to go home, you'll have to take his soul. You'll have to kill Asgore. I'm sorry," and with that she hurriedly heads into her lab, the doors slamming shut behind her and Mettaton. Frisk sighs, a myriad of emotions running through her. Everything was the same as last time, how was she going to free everyone when everything was the same? Tears stung her eyes, she felt lost. She did not want it to go the same way again.
"Is it really that impossible to change things?" she mutters out into the silence, only the sounds of bubbling lava respond, turning back towards the MTT resort she shakes her head, "no... not yet..." another emotion filled sigh rumbles out of her and she looks away, moving towards the steps down to the River persons boat while quickly wiping the tears away. A gentle grip on her arm stops her though and she turns to find Sans,
"Hey kiddo," he gives her his signature grin but it seems a little strained, he holds up a paper bag, "present from Grilbz, we uh, figured you could use it," he hands her the bag to which she opens it and smiles upon finding fries,
"Thank you,"
"No problem kiddo, you look bone tired," he says pulling her over to the steps and sitting them both down, "saw you on TV," he notes as she starts eating, "You got some moves," he chuckles as she blushes slightly, "and a lot of determination..." they are quiet for a while as she finishes her fries, "listen... if you want to go to the capitol now, I can take you. If you want?" he asks looking at his hands,
"Thank you, but... I'm not ready yet, I... don't want to leave..." she mumbles whilst looking at her feet. A hand comes into her view and she looks up at Sans,
"You're welcome to stay with us, as long as you want," his cheekbones are dusted with blue, Frisk smiles and takes his hand letting him pull her back to her feet,
"Really?"
"Of course, mind, it's a little crowded, like sardines in a can," he chuckles, "if it's too much we will sort out a room for you at the inn," Frisk watches as he relaxes and realises, he must have been really tensed, she wonders why, and if it was possible it was because he was worried about her. That thought made her blush a little darker, and to hide it she hugs him. She never expected him to hug her back though, "come on, let's head back, I know a short cut," at those words she grins up at him. Everything around them blurs to black and the floor drops out below their feet. Moments later their feet touch icy ground, and slip, "woah!" Sans yelps as a squeak escapes Frisk and they both land in a pile of snow. "Ice swear I'm usually good on the landings, I've snow idea how that happened," Frisk starts to giggle then soon she is laughing. He grins at her before helping them both to their feet and together they head to the house.
She was shaken awake at some point early in the morning, it took her a moment to realise where she was, which was in Papyrus' bed, how did I get here, she wonders. Two eager faces loom over her and she shrinks back under the covers, "THE HUMAN IS AWAKE!"
"Well if they weren't before, they sure are now bro," Sans sleepy voice comes from somewhere near the door, slowly sitting up she smiles at Papyrus then turns to the impatient and yet slightly nervous Undyne,
"Um, so, I have a favour to ask you. Uuuuh, I... I need you to deliver this letter to Doctor Alphys," Frisk raises an eyebrow at her, wondering why she could not just do it herself, "Huh!? Why don't I do it myself...?... um, w-well..." Undyne blushes and looks flustered and Frisk lets out a small giggle, "I-it's kind of personal, but we're friends... so... I'll tell you," she pauses and pulls a face, "Hotland SUUUUCKS! I don't wanna have to go over there!" Frisk could understand why Undyne would not want to, it could not be good for her, "So here you go," she is handed a letter, "Oh, and if you read it... I'll KILL you," she glares down at Frisk hard before changing to a big grin, "thanks so much! you're the best!"
And so, Frisk found herself back in Hotland, outside the lab. 'Should I knock on and hand her the letter or...' she felt that would be awkward so decided to slip the letter under the door and turns to leave when she hears Alphys from the other side, her curious nature perking up, "O-oh n-no, is that another letter...?" 'I shouldn't... I really shouldn't... but... I want to know what Undyne wrote... wait... she said another letter, how many letters has she sent?' "I don't want to open it... c-can't I just slide it back out...?" there's a long pause and Frisk almost steps away, "N... no... I can't keep doing this. I'll read this one," Frisk leans closer to the door to listen in hopes of hearing better, "um... I-it's shut k-kind of strongly isn't it? Wait a second..." the door opens suddenly and Frisk stumbles back in shock, "Hey, if this is a joke it's..." Alphys looks up, her eyes widen upon seeing Frisk, "OH My God? Did YOU write this letter?" Frisk opens her mouth to tell the small doctor no but, "It wasn't signed, so, I had no idea who could have..." 'Oh my god... seriously UNDYNE! How can you forget to sign the letter?' "Oh my god. Oh no. That's adorable..." Alphys blushes, Frisk finds herself at a loss for words, "And I h-had no idea you, um, wrote that way! It's surprising too... After all the gross stuff I did... I don't really deserve to be forgiven," Frisk frowns, she does not believe Alphys has done anything remotely wrong, though she can just imagine what Chara would think, "Much less, um... this? And so passionately too..." Frisk glances at the letter, 'Just what did Undyne write...' "You know what, okay! I'll do it! It's the least I can do to make it up to you! Y-yeah! Let's go on a date!" Frisk's eyes widen, 'hold up, what!' before she can voice her thoughts Alphys hurries away soon coming back looking adorable in a black dress with white polka-dots, "H-how do I look? My friend helped me pick out this dress. She's got a great sense of... um, anyway! Let's do this thing!" Frisk smiles, "H-h-hey, w-w-wait! Actually, we still can't start the date yet! Umm, I've gotta give you items to raise your affection statistic first!" Frisk tilts her head to the side, 'like a dating sim?' "That'll increase the chance of a successful outcome to the date!" Frisk smiles amused slightly, 'she's such an adorable nerd, or should I say adorkable' she withholds her giggle at the thought, Sans must be rubbing off on her. "Right...? Anyway, d-don't worry! I'm prepared! I-I've been stockpiling gifts in anticipation for a date like this! F-first, I've got... some metal armor polish!" they both look at one another, "Um, maybe you can't use that. But! I also brought some waterproof cream for your scales! Your, uh... scales..." again they look at one another, Alphys shifts slightly but Frisk gives her an encouraging smile, 'she couldn't be more obvious about how much she likes Undyne,' "Um, well, how about... this magical spear repair kit, that I... um... Hey, let's forget about the items! Let's just start the date! Yeah! Let's, uh, date!" the silence that follows is rather awkward, Frisk really wishes she could tell Alphys the truth about the letter but now it has gone this far, "uh... do you... like... anime?" Alphys peeks up at her,
"Yes," Frisk smiles, she loved anime, at least from what she had been able to watch she did, Alphys lights up,
"H-hey! Me too!" but then she gets nervous and silent again before having a thought, "Hey! Let's go somewhere! But where's a good place to go on a date?" she taps her chin thoughtfully, "I've got it! Let's go to the garbage dump!" Alphys grabs Frisk's hand and starts pulling her along and before she can register just where exactly Alphys had suggested, they arrived, "Here we are!" Alphys smiles, "This is where Undyne and I come all the time... we find all sorts of great stuff here. Heh, she's really..." she starts to get flustered, "Uh... oh no, That's her over there." Frisk looks over in the direction Alphys is looking, and true to what the little dinosaur woman said, there was Undyne, "I c-can't let her see me on a date with you!" Frisk raises a brow turning back to her, "Why...? Because, uh... well. Oh no, here she comes!" she dashes behind a trashcan,
"Hey! There you are!" Frisk jumps slightly as Undyne storms over to her, "I uh, realised if you deliver that thing... it might be a bad idea." Frisk gives the fish woman and blank look, 'you think... maybe because you didn't sign it?' "So, I'm gonna do it! Give it to me!" Frisk holds out her empty hands to indicate she no longer had it, "Huh!? You don't have it!? NGGGAAAHHH! Have you at least seen her!?"
"Yeah," Frisk nods while glancing over by the very persons hiding spot,
"Yes? So, she's somewhere around here... Thanks. I'll keep looking," she walks off before Frisk can say another word, she shakes her head as Alphys pops back out,
"Oh my god... W... well, I guess it's obvious, huh? I... uh... I really like her. I mean, more than I like other people!" she pauses and smiles sadly, "I'm sorry, I j-just figured, y-you know... it'd be f-fun to go on like, a cute, kind off... pretend date with you? T-to make you feel better?" she pauses and cringes, "Well, it sounds even worse when I put it like that. I'm sorry, I messed up again. Undyne's the person I, um... really want to go on a date with. But I mean... she's way out of my league. N-not that you aren't, um, cool! B-but... Undyne... she's so confident... and strong... and funny... and I'm just nobody. A fraud. I'm the royal scientist, but... All I've ever done is hurt people," Frisk frowns, she had never realised how Alphys thought of herself, 'is this what Flowey meant by being better friends?' after all, this was all new to her. She had not done this last time round. "I've told her so many lies, she thinks I'm... she thinks I'm a lot cooler than I actually am. If she gets close to me, she'll... she'll find out the truth about me... what should I do?" Alphys turns pleading eyes on Frisk, with a gentle smile and placing a small hand on her shoulder,
"Tell her the truth."
"The truth...? But, if I tell her that, she'll hate me. Isn't it better this way? To live a lie where both people are happy... or a truth where neither of us are? They say 'be yourself' but I don't really like who 'myself' is. I'd rather just be whatever makes people like me. Eheheh..." Frisk gives her a stern look and the woman sighs twiddling her fingers nervously, "No, you're right... everyday I'm scared... scared what will happen if people learn the truth on their own. They'll all get hurt because of me. But how can I tell Undyne the t... truth? I d-don't have the confidence... I'm going to mess it up! How can I practice!?" Frisk ponders this for a moment then smiles brightly having the perfect idea,
"Let's role-play it?"
"R... role-play?" Alphys pauses in thought then smiles, "That actually sounds kind of fun! Oh, which one of us will be Undyne?"
"I'll be Undyne," Frisk smiles wider,
"Oh, right, obviously. Ehehe. Ahem. H-hi Undyne... h-how are you doing today?"
"You're cute," Frisk decides to say adding a little flirty wink in the process, Alphys pauses and blushes a little,
"Th... thanks! You say that to me a lot," 'oh does she now?' Frisk felt herself grinning too much at this, "and I never know what to say! But I know, you just, mean it platonically, because we're just friends! Eheheh!" she shifts her weight slightly, "Uhhh, so I'd like to, um, talk to you about something," Frisk could tell Alphys was becoming more nervous so decides to turn things up a little,
"Then she kisses you,"
"Wh-what!? Undyne would never, uh..." there is a long pause before much to Frisk's delight, "I kiss her back... s...softly... I... l-look gently into her eyes," they she raises her voice and Frisk quickly glances around because Alphys' voice echoes a little, "I start hollering! Undyne! I love you! Undyne! Kiss me again, Undyne!" Frisk bites her lip seeing Undyne's shocked face,
"What did you just say?"
"U...Undyne!" Alphys' eyes widen and she quickly becomes flustered, "I... was...just..."
"Hey, woah, wait a second! Your outfit's really cute! What's the occasion?" Alphys and Frisk share an awkward glance, "Wait a second. are you two... on a date?" Frisk starts shaking her head,
"Uhhh, yes! I mean, uhhh no! I mean, we were, but I mean, actually we were only romantically role-playing as you!"
"WHAT?" Undyne looks really confused,
"I MEAN! I mean... Undyne... I... I've been lying to you!" Alphys shifts uneasily as Undyne narrows her eyes, Frisk feels uncomfortable and wonders if she should try and leave them too it,
"What? About what?"
"About... Well... Everything!" Alphys takes a deep breath and takes a step towards Undyne, "I told you that seaweed was like... scientifically important... really, I just... I just use it to make ice cream," she takes another step, "and those human history books I keep reading... those are just dorky comic books!" another step, Frisk feels proud for Alphys, "And those history movies... those... those are just, uh, anime! They aren't real!" she takes another step, bringing her to be right in front of Undyne, "And that time I told you I was busy with work on the phone... I... I was just eating frozen yoghurt in my pajamas! That time..."
"Alphys," Undyne looks down at her, trying to interrupt but Alphys is now on a roll,
"I... I just wanted to impress you! I just wanted you to think I was smart and cool. That I wasn't some... nerdy loser."
"Alphys," Undyne places a hand on her head and strokes it,
"Undyne, I... I really think you're neat, ok..." Frisk feels like she is watching a television drama,
"Alphys," Undyne kneels down and hugs her, "Shhhh, shhhhh," Frisk is internally squealing at how cute this was, until, Undyne picks Alphys up and tosses her into the trash can. She blinks in shock at what just happened before noticing the blush on Undyne's face, "Alphys! I... think you're neat, too, I guess. But, you've gotta realise... most of what you said really doesn't matter to me. I don't care if you're watching kid cartoons or reading history books. To me, ALL of that stuff is just NERDY CRAP! What I like about you is you're PASSIONATE! You're ANALYTICAL! It doesn't matter what it is! YOU CARE ABOUT IT! 100%! AT MAXIMUM POWER!" she turns to look over at where Alphys is peeking out of the trash can, "So, you don't have to lie to me. I don't want you to have to lie to anyone anymore. Alphys... I want to help you become happy with who you are! And I know just the training you need to do that!" Alphys peeks out more,
"Undyne... you... y-you're gonna train me...?"
"Pffft, what? Me?" she laughs, and then out of nowhere behind Undyne, Papyrus pops out, "Nah, I'm gonna get Papyrus to do it."
"GET THOSE BONES SHAKIN'! IT'S TIME TO JOG 100 LAPS, HOOTING ABOUT HOW GREAT WE ARE!" Papyrus is wearing his jogboy shirt and looks ready for exercise, this makes Frisk giggle.
"Ready? I'm about to start the timer!" Undyne grins,
"U-Undyne... I'll do my best...!" and with that, Papyrus and Alphys jog off into the distance leaving Frisk and Undyne alone among the garbage stacks. It is quiet for a moment before they look to one another, Undyne looks worried, stepping forward about to ask what is wrong, Frisk is startled when Undyne suddenly yells,
"OH MY GOD! She was kidding right!? Those cartoons... those comics... Those are still REAL, right? ANIME'S REAL, RIGHT?!" she has this weird crazy smile about her,
"Sure, it's real..." Frisk says slowly, 'some anime can be based off truth so, technically I'm not lying...'
"HA HA HA! I KNEW IT! GIGANTIC SWORDS! MAGICAL PRINCESSES! HERE I COME!" Frisk cringes, 'that's going to come back and bite me when she finds out the truth...' "Uhh, thanks for taking care of Alphys. I didn't get to say what I wanted to, but... Things seem like they're going to get better for her. Well, I gotta go catch up with them! Later!" and off she runs. Frisk smiles to herself,
"I hope I did help..." she hums to herself. She gets lost in thought for a while before snapping back to reality, she gives herself a shake, "Okay Frisk, first let's see if we can find Chara, then! Off to the castle!" she puts on a determined smile and heads off with purpose in her steps.