I stepped out of the elevator, to classics papyrus telling boss an me that we should meet his older sister, I raised my eye lights to be greeted with the most beautiful sight, my doll looking like accorded as a stream of sunlight shined on her. Her hair was down, for once, not in her usual ponytail, it also appeared to be longer now reaching past her knees instead of at the small of her back like it used to. It swayed as she was turning to look at us, giving the finest glimpse of her baby bump as it moved like McCurtain to rest behind her once more. The sight of which made my soul flutter.
When I fully turned to see the newcomers, it was the tall skeleton in a red turtleneck that caught my attention, everyone around me vanished as I noticed how the shadow he was standing in gave him a devilish air about him, drawing the eye to the only day of an that dates to try and touch him glinting off of the gold canine that was on the left side of his roguish smirk.
"SISTΣR, THIS IS ҒΣLL, ΔΠD HIS βRΩTHΣR... "paps started to say pointing to the edgier version of himself.
"and I'm red, doll. "red said as he grabbed my right hand, bending down as he brought my hand to his lips, giving a chaste kiss to my knuckles, causing my face to blush a brilliant shade of blue.
"and they say chivalry is dead. " I replied trying to calm my blush.
Everyone in the room watched with bated breath as the waited to see if I would remember red, only for a metallic skeleton to come running towards me, pulling me away from red, and engulfing me in a hug.
"um... I'm sorry, have we met before? "I asked clearly confused at who this skeleton that was hugging me was.
"I'm Mettaton, Papyrus' make to be. "he answered as my eye light disappeared.
"I'm sorry, run that by me again? "I asked a cold edge to my voice, as my left hand moving into a position so I could flip him onto his back.
"as much as I would love take see ya scared tha bucket o bolts, I don think tha would be good fer the babies. "red said as he moved between us to protect Mettaton from me.
"yeah. You're right, using magic after I just woke up probably wouldn't be healthy for them. "I sighed as I placed my left hand on my baby bump absentmindedly running circles over them.
It was laura who noticed that I was starting to look a bit overwhelmed.
"I think that maybe raven should go up to her floor to rest."she suggested as a relieved look came over my face.
"actually we thought it would be better for raven to stay with us, for a while. "sans said as he stepped forward.
"actually that's a good idea... "Steve started to say, until he noticed the pissed off look I was getting because no one was asking me what I wanted.
"only until we know that there are no other complications. "he quickly added
"captain Roger's has a point sable, you just woke up and it would put my soul at ease I you were nearby in case something happens. "dad said as he placed one of his hands on my shoulder.
"fine I guess... I just.. I hate... Sigh you're right dad. "I said giving up on trying to express how I was feeling, my shoulders slumped, while he patted the shoulder his hand was resting on, letting me know he understood what I was trying to say.
It was paps and crooks who volunteered to walk me to the house that the skeletons lived in. We had just entered to monster village which was situated behind the compound.
"wow, did you guys build the whole village by yourselves, or did you have help? "I asked as we walked down led to the house.
"THΣ HUMΔΠS STΔRҜ, ΔΠD βΔRTΩΠ HΣLPΣD US. "crooks said as my eternal smile turned into a genuine smile.
"I'm glad, it warms my soul to see both of my families together. "I happily said as we reached the front door.
"ШΣ CHΔΠGΣD ΨΩUR RΩΩM ШITH ΩUR ΩΠ THΣ ҒIRST ҒLΩΩR. "paps said as we entered the living room.
"IΠ CΔSΣ ΨΩU ΠΣΣD TΩ GΣT UP IΠ THΣ MIDDLΣ ΩҒ THΣ ΠIGHT. "crooks quickly added afraid that I would take it the wrong way.
"oh... You two are the coolest. "I said with a closed eyed smile, as they brought me up to my new room.
The first thing that drew my attention upon entering was the queen sized bed, that's frame was in the shape of a crescent moon, with two started shaped nightstands that were painted a soft gold color on either side, that complemented the moon silver color of the frame, which contrasted with the indigo colored bedding. A midnight black suede couch, that sat against the wall closest to the door. Paps pressed his palm against a part of the wall, next to the light switch, which activated a section of walls across the room from the couch that separated to revel a flat screen TV.
"let me guess, stark? "I asked as I sat on the couch.
"HΣ ΔDDΣD THΣ TΣLΣISIΩΠ ΔΠD CΩUCH. CRΩΩҜS, βLUΣ, βLΔCҜ ΔΠD MΨSΣLҒ MΔDΣ THΣ βΣD, ШHILΣ SΔΠS, STRΣTCH, ΔΠD MUTT MΔDΣ THΣ ΠIGHTSTΔΠDS DΩ... DΩ ΨΩU LIҜΣ IT? "paps stated getting nervous towards the end.
"like it? No. I love it! " I exclaimed as I hugged the both of them.
"DID ΨΩU RΣΔLLΨ THIΠҜ, THΔT ΩUR SISTΣR ШΩULDΠ'T LIҜΣ IT ΔҒTΣR ΔLL IT ШΔS HΔΠD CRΔҒTΣD βΨ THΣ βΣST. "crooks said as he placed his hands on his his chest puffed out.
After making sure I settled and had everything I needed, they left to go train with undyne, and I decided to watch a movie. "now, what am I in the mood for? Hmmm... Romance? No... Comedy? Nah... Oh I know Halloween, can't go wrong with horror. "I said to myself as I placed the movie in and curled up on the couch. About twenty minutes into the movie my eyes kept trying to close. "how can I be tired, if I just woke up? " I muttered to myself only to be interrupted by a knock on my door.
"who is it? "I asked as I paused the movie.
"it's dr gaster and dr thoth. "I heard my dad say as he opened the door and entered, as I shut the TV off.
"hello raven, it's been a while hasn't it? "dr thoth asked her chestnut brown hair in it's usual braid, she was wearing black dress pants, with a lavender rose dress shirt, with a pair of black heeled booties, a pair of cornflower blue rimed glasses brought your attention to her piercing soft blue eyes.
"that's what I've been told. "dryly said getting a chuckle from the both of them.
"well, good news is your wit is still intact. "she said as they took a seat on the couch.
"before we begin, I want to know what dr banner told you about what we will be doing? "she asked crossing her right leg over the left, before placing her hands on top of her right knee.
"whelp, he said I would be working with you, alongside dr gaster and dr alphys. "I answered
"OK, good to know we all are on the same page, though I'm wondering why dr banner suggested I work with you and dr alphys, dr gaster? Not that I have a problem with that. "she said quickly adding the last part afraid she offended gaster.
"don't worry about that. No what do you know about monsters, dr? "gaster replied
"only what little raven told me giving our previous sessions, like how monsters are made primarily of magic. "she answered
"correct, now what do you know about skeleton monsters? "he asked
"not much I'm afraid, raven refused to talk about her family, and biology, due to the abuse she dealt with at the hands of hydra. "she answered as I looked away sheepishly.
"that quite alright, I'll explain a bit about our kinds physiology. Now us skeleton monsters have no physical internal organs per say, most of this functions are done in our souls. "gaster started to say until he noticed a questioning look in dr thoth's eyes, while she took notes.
"like what kind of functions? "she asked
"well, take food consumption for example, we can eat as a normal monster or human would only instead of the good going through the digestive system, it is digested by our soul. "he explained
"which is why I eat more the either Bucky or Steve even though, all three of us have the super solider serum. "I added
"OK I think I understand, no would teams appear on the soul like they would on a body? "she asked
"in away, if the trauma was bad enough, either physical, emotional or psychological, cracks could appear on the soul. "I answered
"could you give me an example? "she asked very intrigued.
"well, take my soul for instance, when I first started to see you, my soul had a bunch of small cracks, it looked like a cracked window to be honest. "I explained
"I see, so from what you told me, those cracks we're caused from hydra? "she stated
"most likely, from the emotional abuse. "gaster replied an edge to his voice when he thought about all that happened when I was younger.
"OK I think I understand, so if she suffered trauma and it appears on her soul, it might explain why she's missing some of her memories. "dr thoth said as gaster and I nodded that she was correct.
"well, I think we should start with that, then see how much she remembers. "she suggested as gaster stood to his feet, holding his right hand out before closing it into a first, pulling my soul out.
"dr thoth, would you mind dictating for me? "he asked as he started to study my soul.
"of course not. "she replied as she flipped to a new page.
"entry#1,
Date: Tuesday, may 19th 12:48 pm.
Subject name: sable "raven" serif
Soul observations : typical monster soul, dark cyan in color, medium sized crack that goes from the upper portion of soul to halfway.
Hmmm... Do either of you have a ruler, so I may measure the depth of the crack? "he stated as we looked around for something to use.
"would a bone work? "I asked when I couldn't spot anything to use.
"no, they're to wide it would cause more damage. "he replied
"what about my legal pad, it's not very wide, and about 8 1/2" by 11 3/4"? " she offered
"that might actually work. "he replied as one of his magic hand grabbed the note pad from her.
Gaster had the magic hand that was holding the note pad rotate it sideways before bringing forward, so the pad was but resting against the crack.
"now this my feel uncomfortable, raven. "he said as the note pad slowly started to enter causing me to grimace at the scratchy feel of the paper on my soul.
"hmmm... This is concerning. It appears that the crack us about 6" deep. "he said as he handed dr thoth back her note pad so she could write the depth down.
"so what exactly does that mean, dr gaster? "she asked
"well, normally a crack isn't worrisome on it's own, but in this case its the depth that troubles me. I'll need to consult dr alphys, before I make the diagnosis, but I believe that the crack is the source of Raven's missing memory. "he said as he placed my soul back inside me, before once again sitting on the couch.
"we won't be needing the source of her memory loss, for us to see how much is missing. So raven I'm going to start by seeing how far your memory goes, then well see what current events you remember. "dr thoth said as I positioned myself with my back in the corner of the couch.
"when ever you're ready. "I said as I braced myself.
After being questioned got a few hours, they could tell I was starting to get tired, emotional, and sick of the questions, so they left saying they would see me tomorrow at the same time. Once the door was closed I decided to lay down on the couch, before I knew it my eyes closed and I took a well deserved nap. As I was napping, drs thoth, gaster, and alphys were walking down a hallway that led to the debriefing rooms. "what do you think of the findings dr alphys? " gaster asked as alphys looked over the notes from my session with them.
"I believe you are correct in the diagnosis, the crack is the reason for her memory loss. "alphys said without stuttering, because she was in royal scientist more, as the entered the debriefing room, where they showed and explained their findings.
"so, what's tha placed docs. "sans asked as he noticed that everyone on the room had the same thought going through their mind, how do we fix this? Can we fix this?
