Chapter 36: Grillby
A few minutes later…
"Okay I got one", Chara said from behind Papyrus's back, "Where does a cow like to hang out?"
"The moovies?", Papyrus asked holding Chara while walking.
"Yea, I hear sales are over the moon"
"Hahah, those days are better then udders"
"Hehehe yea, sometimes it's an udder disaster!"
"Hhhahaha, okay I better put you down before you drop another pun on me", Papyrus said kneeling down.
"Aaww, were my jokes too heavy for you?", Chara asked getting off Papyrus back.
"Nope", Papyrus said standing up", You had very light material"
"HAHAHahhaha….maaan, these jokes are cheesy!", Chara laughed while keeping themselves up.
"Looks like you had too much, you better not get seconds"
Hahahaha…man he needs to stop, it's hahah…too much…*Breathes*. Hahah…you're so glad Papyrus gave Chara a piggyback ride and 4 bottles of cold water. Phew, looks like we're near the elevator. You and Chara take some deep breaths, this Papyrus is a pro like your Sans. He'll have you both laughing none stop.
"Here we are kid", Papyrus said walking to the elevator, "I better get out of here, been off break for a while and I need to get back to Snowdin"
"True, I don't want my coool friend getting too hot ", Chara said winking and pointing to Papyrus.
Papyrus just fold his arms and shook his head while smiling, you can tell he's trying to hold back his laugh.
"Eeeeh…eeeh…come on, come on you know it's funny", Chara said smiling, pointing, and tilting their head.
Then he disappeared without saying a word.
"Did…he just leave me hanging?"
"Man that was cold, guess he couldn't handle the heat", You said smiling.
"HAHAHA- ow!", Chara said holding their head with one hand, "Okay that's enough for now"
You nod, you're head is hurting from smiling and laughing too much. That…made you both somewhat tired. Good thing the elevator has an air conditioner…Pheeeew. Then the doors opened and a wave of warmth hit our faces….Chara is feeling tired now, but still goes on. *Sniffs* wooow *Sniff* it smells like fast food, you wonder what's cooking? Oooh my goooosh….is that Grillby?!…!
"Come one come all to the cookout of cookouts", Grillby shouted, "You there!", he shouted pointing to Chara.
"Uh y-yes!"
"You look like you could use a variety of goods, come over here and pick a your variety", Grillby insist.
Chara walks on over the Grillby's table and saw a lot of food, you're more focused about what Grillby was wearing. A bright blue suit, a pink sash and bow tie, even wearing swirly glasses. It's up beat and lively unlike your Grillby's who was calm and steady like a….oh the irony of it all.
"Can I try the onion rings sir?", Chara asked pointing.
"You suuure can~!", Grillby said giving them the onion rings in the fancy way, "That'll be 18g", he said pointing with his hand to the clear jar.
18g? Dang that's cheap! Huh? You over the corner of your eye and saw the harpy monster! Whoa, she is reeeally enjoying those fries. And so is Chara, they are in complete glee. Grillby was just as happy as his customers are. Chara walked over to the harpy and asked if they could have one of their fries, she asked for an onion ring in exchange.
"Mmmmm~", Chara said eating the fry.
"I…*Gulps* I know right!", the harpy said, "They sooo good I…I might just get another, but I better get some water first"
Chara gladly gave her one of their water bottles, she was soooo thankful. She flew back over the Grillby and ordered some more fries heheh, I guess you and Chara are off.
"Awww man, not another arrow puzzle", Chara complained.
"Don't worry this one is less difficult, but the shooting puzzle is more tricky here", you tell Chara, "I'll show you where you gotta go"
26 minutes later….
"*Coughs*…There's so much smoke here", Chara covering their mouth with their shirt.
"Look Chara a save point", You said pointing.
"Why here of all places?", Chara said walking up to it.
You shrugged. Wait you know this place…this is where your Muffet and her spiders lived, but now it's home to these flames. You saw lava in the rock ground and the background as you walk through the place. You hear whispers.
"Look at that, it's a human", you hear a flame say.
"Like the one we've heard about long ago?"
"Looks like them, they're even wearing a striped shirt"
"I heard they like to use fire to hurt others"
"I heard they watch as they get burned"
"And I heard….that they're verrry greedy", You heard Grillby say with his back turned, "Nnnooow, let's see who this human we've heard sooo much about", he said turning around.
Chara rubs their arms looking scared.
"Wait a moment…I know you, you're the one who bought one of our quality goods" Grillby said leaning forward with their hands on their hips, "In fact we've got a telegram saying a striped shirt fellow bought something from the mini sale. What was it that you bought exactly?", he asked with one hand on his hip and the other on his chin.
"It was tomato soup, It was really hot"
"Why thank you~!", Grillby said with both hands together and placed on his cheek, "However, just because you bought a few things doesn't mean you can leave so easily", he said pointing with one hand and folding his arms.
"I figured", Chara said under their breath sadly, "But I don't want to fight you guys"
"A human that won't fight? Interesting", Grillby said rubbing their chin, "Well…let's still see how you fair in the heat of battle", he said pulling some kind of pot and cup from behind him.
Chara was brought into battle and wasn't happy about it. You looked at what Grillby was holding…it looks like a pot, but it's got a little spout and a handle. And the cup he's holding is a little longer then a regular cup. Hmmm.
"No need to be so blue, my little friend~", Grillby said pouring-what is that tomato soup?!, "There, that'll warm things up"
The soup…burned through the rock around Chara, now they're surrounded by lava! Chara's soul turned light purple, wait light purple?
"You've caught me in a good mood human, normally your soul would turn a perfect purple", Grillby sitting on a chair the flames brought, "Nevertheless, have fun my friend", he said crossing his legs.
"Wwwha-AH!"
*Chara dodges the flames by jumping from one narrow rock line to the other*
"Lovely work there~", Grillby said clapping, "But that's only the beginning, hope you can stomach the rest"
Oh my gosh, huh…oh one of the flames is trying to show Chara the next attack. You quickly show Chara, they pretend they didn't see anything to not blow their cover. Niiice, oh incoming!
*Chara dodges onion rings and flames, they smell tasty*
"Hmm…I discovered what is missing", Grillby said standing, "Music! Bring in the radio", he said clapping his hands.
*The flames bring a radio wrapped cloth that is fireproof, Grillby puts on some fireproof gloves and turns the dial*
"That's more like it~!", Grillby said happily as the music plays, "Let the battle continue", he said with one hand behind his back and the other in the air.
*Chara dodges more flames, onion rings, and….curvy pigs in a blanket?*
*Chara wipes the sweat off from their face*
"Astounding, truly astounding!", Grillby said clapping, "Oh my how can I be so selfish, I forgot to introduce you to my pet"
*Grillby stomps on the ground and the lava starts to shake*
*Out pops a….a l-lave c-c-centipede….almost looking like a wavy french fry…good gosh*
*Chara dodges the centipede, however, it takes out part of the ground Chara was on*
*Chara continues dodging, but the centipede continues destroying the ground*
*Chara is out of ground to dodge, the centipede corners them*
"Goodness gracious!", Grillby said covering their mouth, "How will you get out?!", he said leaning front in his chair.
*The centipede slowly moves in toward Chara, they look at them as they shiver in fear*
*Chara moves a little to the right and the centipede follows, then to the left and they still follow*
*Chara slowly moves their shoulder, the centipede moves along with them*
*Chara moves their arms and claps along with a music, the centipede begins dancing with them*
"Now THAT is more like it!", Grillby shouted standing up quickly and pointing to Chara, "Everyone get up and join the dance~!"
*Chara was spared and brought into the party*
The flames brought some large rocks and melted them together creating a path for Chara to cross, as they crossed the flames and the centipede danced with glee.
"You're not leaving so soon are you", Grillby said jumping in front of Chara, "The party has just begun, take my hand~", he said leaning a glove covered hand.
"Uuuuh"
"Don't worry, it won't burn you"
Chara gently took Grillby's hand, oh thank goodness it didn't burn them. Grillby quickly swing Chara along with the music, they had a hard time keeping up with him. Looks like fun.
14 minutes later…
"Byyye, and thanks for the party~!", Grillby said happily waving goodbye, "Come back any tiiime~!"
"Yyyeeaa…", Chara said slowly walking away and waving.
A really tired Chara walked out the hottest part of Hotland and into the area where Napstabot's play would be. They quickly fell to the ground under the poster on the wall, you know it's 'cause of the overexposure to heat. You look at the posters showing Napstabot on it, it says "An action packed musical! The gang vs. the cops, who will win?! Tune in to find out! *Ring* *Ring*
"He…llo?", Chara said answering gasping for breath.
"Hey human!", you heard Sans say.
"Hi Sans", Chara said tiredly.
"Are you okay?"
"Yea…just tired now, really tired"
"If you need some energy, I can give you this soup I found"
"…Wait, what soup?", Chara said sitting up.
"This yummy tomato soup I found beside my frozen plate of tacos, it's hot though"
"….You can have it…it's all yours dude"
"Okay then, oh I got to go now. Bye!", Sans said hanging up.
…..Chara lays on the ground in silence. You sat beside them listening to the music echoing from Grillby's place. *Hums*.
(Shout out to my best friend, ShinraFox, for helping me think up the battle part. You awesome buddy~!)