They looked around. Frisk and Nemo saw five paths that led out of this area, and they weren't sure which to take. "Ok, that ghost said that his house was that way." Said Nemo as he pointed down the middle path, then moved his finger towards the leftmost path. "And judging by the black grass and glowing water, that probably means the path on the right will probably take us back to where we started. That leaves three options, any ideas Frisk?" Nemo looked down to see that Frisk wasn't standing next to him, but instead had moved to the sign between the two paths on the right. Nemo sighed as he walked over to them. "What's it say?'

"'North: Blook Acres. East: Hotland'. Then there are three question marks followed by 'Temmie Village'." Said Frisk.

"Acres? Hotland? Temmie?" Asked Nemo in confusion.

"Why don't we go visit N- the ghost?" Suggested Frisk.

Nemo sighed and rolled his eyes with a smile. "Alright, let's go check it out kiddo." He said. The pair then walked away from the sign and took a right to go down the middle path. They found themselves in front of a pair of houses, one was a grayish blue, the other was pink. "Uh…" Nemo looked between the houses. Frisk then stepped forward and opened the door to the gray house and entered. "Wai- Frisk!" Said Nemo as he chased after them. Once inside he was able to see the concerning state of the house. It wasn't messy, in fact it seemed pretty tidy. But there were small holes in the floor, cracks in the wall, spider webs in corners, and the whole place looked like it was gonna collapse on itself. "Yikes." Thought Nemo.

As they entered, Napstablook, who was now wearing headphones, despite lacking a noticeable pair of ears noticed them. "Oh… you really came… sorry, I… wasn't expecting that. It's not much, but make yourself at home." Nemo looked around not quite sure what to do now, when Frisk walked over to the TV. "Oh… that's my TV… there's a show I like to watch on it… sometimes…"

Nemo walked over and found a trio of CD cases on the floor. He reached down and grabbed one labelled 'Spooktunes'. He noticed there was a player on the ground next to it. "Heym do you mind if I…?" Asked Nemo as he held up the case.

"I don't mind… go ahead." Said Napstablook. Nemo nodded his head and took the CD Out of the case and placed it into the player before pressing the play button. The sound of music filled the room. As he messed with the CDs, Frisk walked over to the fridge.

"Oi," Said Nemo as he noticed what Frisk was doing, "don't go through people's food. It's rude."

"Oh… are you hungry…?" Asked Napstablook. "I can get you something to eat…" They then floated over to them and opened the fridge. After a second they pulled out a weird, transparent sandwich. "This is a ghost sandwich…" Explained Napstablook. "Do you want to try it…?"

"Yes." Said Frisk after a second as they held out their hands. Napstablook placed the sandwich in their hands and Frisk made an attempt to bite into it, only for their teeth to phase right through it, leaving the sandwich completely unaffected.

"Oh… nevermind…" Said Napstablook as they took the sandwich and put it back in the fridge. "After a great meal I like to lie down on the ground and feel like garbage… it's a family tradition… do you want… to join me…?"

"Yes." Said Frisk.

"Sure." Said Nemo with a shrug.

"Okay… follow my lead…" Said Napstablook as the trio walked into the center of the room and lied down on the ground. "Here we go… you'll lie down as long as you don't move. So… only move around when you want to get up, I guess." The trio simply sat there in almost complete silence, save for the music in the background. Nemo found it difficult, and annoying, not moving. He closed his eyes to see if it would make any difference, but to know avail. He then sighed as he sat up. Frisk and Napstablook followed suit. "Well, that was nice… thank you…"

"Meh, it was no big deal." Said Nemo as he scratched the back of his head. "See you around."

"Bye Napstablook." Said Frisk.

"Bye… I guess…" Said Napstablook as the humans exited his house. The pair walked until they were back in the room with five paths.

"Where now?" Asked Nemo.

Frisk looked around. "...Let's go right." They said.

"Yeah, I suppose that would be the right path." Said Nemo with a grin. This earned a sigh from Frisk. Though not long after starting down the right path, they discovered another crossroad. To the left was a weird doorway, and there were two seemingly normal paths going forward and to the right. Next to the doorway was another box. "Uhm…" Frisk then took a left through the doorway. "Frisk!" Exclaimed Nemo in distress as they wandered off again, before following them through the door.

"Woah there!" Said an old turtle monster who had been sitting in there. "I've got some neat junk for sale!" Nemo looked down to see that he did have a collection of four items in front of him: some tea, an old pair of glasses, a torn notebook, and… an apple shaped like a crab.

"Because sure, why the heck not?" Thought Nemo with an eye roll. Frisk reached over and grabbed the glasses before putting them on.

"That'll be thirty G." Said the turtle.

"I- fiiine." Sighed Nemo as he handed over the money.

"Thanks! Wa ha ha!" Laughed the monster. Frisk then reached for the notebook, their hand hovering it over for a moment before deciding against grabbing it.

"Do you want the notebook?" Asked Nemo.

"No… I'm fine." Said Frisk.

"Alrighty then… might as well grab that food too, I'm hungry." Said Nemo as he grabbed the other two items.

"Totals out to forty three G, kid." Said the monster.

"Yeah, yeah." Said Nemo as he handed over the G, which the monster gladly took.

"Thanks! Wa ha ha!" Laughed the monster.

"C'mon Frisk, let's head out." Said Nemo as he held the food in his hands. Together they exited the shop. Once outside, Frisk stopped at the box next to the entrance and removed her old tutu before throwing it and the shoes into the box. Nemo watched them, unsure as to why they were doing it, but deciding not to give them grief over it. "Sooo, apple or tea, what shall it be?" Asked Nemo as he held the snack items, having been careful the whole time not to spill the drink out to the smaller human. Frisk reached out and took the crab shaped apple. As Frisk snacked on the apple, Nemo gulped down the tea.

"Aren't you worried about how old that stuff probably is?" Asked Frisk. Nemo looked down at the cup, he shrugged.

"Can't be that bad if the old guy was still willing to sell it." Replied the taller human.

"I guess…" Said Frisk.

"Whatevs, let's keep moving." Said Nemo.

"Ok. " Said Frisk, and the duo went left and continued down their path. As they walked, they passed another sign on the wall. "Hurt, beaten, and fearful for our lives, we surrendered to the humans. Seven of their greatest magicians sealed us underground with a magic spell. Anything can enter through the seal, but only beings with a powerful soul can leave." Frisk read. They moved to the next piece of text. "There is only one way to reverse this spell. If a huge power, equivalent to seven human souls, attavks the barrier… it will be destroyed." Nemo followed them to the third sign. "But this cursed place has no entrances or exits. There is no way a human could come here."

"Oooh the irony." Thought Nemo.

"We will remain trapped here forever." Continued Frisk. That was the last piece of text.

Nemo took a deep breath before letting it out. "No exits huh? Well isn't that dandy." He said.

"There is an exit." Said Frisk, making Nemo look down at them. "I-I'm sure there is, there was an entrance, even if it was just a hole, so maybe there's a way to leave."

Nemo looked down at them for a moment without reacting. Frisk looked back up at him nervously. He then smiled and put a hand on their head. "You're probably right squirt. Thanks." He said as he ruffled their hair. Frisk sighed as they put their hair back into place before readjusting their glasses. They continued for a bit, then their dirt path reached a wall and to their right they saw a dim path of grass with one of those glowing mushrooms at the end, except that it wasn't glowing.

"Weir-." Started Nemo, but stopped when Frisk walked past him and towards the dim mushroom. Once they reached it, they placed their hand on it, and after letting out a squeak, it illuminated. Doing so caused the surrounding grass to illuminate, which created a path. Frisk continued down the new path. Shaking his head to snap out of his surprise, Nemo followed after his smaller companion. "How did you know that would work?" Asked Nemo.

Frisk was quiet for a moment before looking up at him. "I'm… not sure. I just… did." They said.

"Weird…" Said Nemo. After illuminating another mushroom and walking a short ways, Nemo's soul manifested and another fight began. Before them was a weird cat… dog… thing. Wearing a T-Shirt. And it had hair. "What the…?"

"aaaAwa!" Said the small monster. Then one of its legs extended straight at the humans.

"What the?" Said Nemo as it tried to back away, but with no where to go, he got a painful boop to the snoot. "Ow." He said as the monster tried to glomp him.

"Hello." Said Frisk, deciding to be friendly.

"hOI! I'm tEMMIE!" Said the monster excitedly. Suddenly all of the monster's legs got longer as it started walking over them. Nemo and Frisk made sure to keep moving back and forth to avoid getting kicked. Eventually the monster returned to normal and started to doing its hairs.

"Let's go while it's distracted." Said Nemo as he stepped over the Temmie, with Frisk following suit. They took a left and continued down the path, only to find themselves at a dead end. "Huh?" Asked Nemo as he followed his gaze back the way they came. He face palmed when he saw the actual path. He sighed as he moved past Frisk and made his way back to where the last mushroom turning it on, they continued to walk, but didn't get far before reaching some more Moldsmals. "Ugh." Said Nemo. "C'mon, let's just go." He said. They managed to walk past one of them, but the other kept moving in front of them and firing attacks similar to Flowey's 'friendliness pellets'. Nemo glared as he kept trying to get past them. "Nnngh, scram!" He said as he kicked the monster. This made it growl as it became taller than Nemo. Suddenly attacks started coming from all directions, and Nemo managed to evade them, save for one that hit his shoulder. He moved past the attacks and kicked the large monster, turning it to dust instantly. Nemo put a hand over her eyes and sighed. "Let's just go." He said.

"Ok." Said Frisk as they continued walking.

The next area had these weird, dimly lit crystals next to the paths. They then noticed a weird lantern and a sign next to it. "Without candles or magic to guide them home, the monsters used crystals to navigate." Read Frisk right before the lantern went dark and the humans were trapped in almost complete darkness, save for the glowing crystals. The humans did their best to navigate their way through the shadows, when Nemo's soul manifested again, and a Woshua and a seahorse monster appeared.

"Scruba dub-dubs." Said one.

"Education? Hobby? Talent?" Asked the other. Suddenly a bar of soap appeared that started sliding around, accompanied by the droplets attack. Nemo did his best to avoid while Frisk stayed back, and he did fine for the most part until he got pelted by the soap bar. Nemo acted quickly and punched the larger monster. "Education? Hobby? Talent?" It asked again.

"Oops, I meant scruba sub-subs." Said Woshua. Another droplet attack came while the soap bar spun around him. Fortunately Nemo managed to evade this one by staying in one spot while simply side stepping to avoid the droplets. Nemo managed to take advantage of the seahorse admiring its own muscles to finish it off with a strong kick, dusting the creature. "Your soul is unclean." Said the other monster as it's rubber ducky let out a tweet. It began to spin, causing large drops of water to fly everywhere, one of which hit Nemo square in the face.

"Gross, I'm gonna need a bath after this." Said Nemo as he looked at how messy he was. Suddenly the monster hopped around excitedly.

"Green means clean." It said.

"What?" Asked Nemo before getting pelted twice more by water droplets before getting struck by a green one. With that, the monster decided to depart. Nemo let out a cough as he sat down, exhausted. "Pain. I'm in pain. Pain, pain, pain." He groaned.

"Are you ok?" Asked Frisk worriedly.

"I'll live." Said Nemo as he waved them off. "Probably."

After some more wandering in the pitch dark, the humans were close to reaching the exit when suddenly their souls manifested once more. Another large Moldsmal, and the Woshua appeared. "Crud." Said Nemo. Panicking, he simply picked up Frisk and decided to book it past them. After a bit of running, their souls disappeared. Next thing they knew, they were wading through a body of water again. Or, well, Nemo was, Frisk was riding on his reached dry land soon after and after a short walk in the dark, the duo encountered an Echo Flower.

It only had two words to say. "Behind You."

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