Wealth, Fame, and Power! W. D. Gaster, The King of The Pirates, had all those and the rest of what the world had to offer! Through many battles and trials, he had reached the pinnacle of the world's virtues and had nothing left but an illness that plagued him.
He brought himself in and was held at a worldwide public execution. Before he was executed, a man from the crowd asked:
"Where did you hide all your treasure?!"
To which the King of Pirates smiled and said:
"You want my treasure? You can have it! I left the most important treasure in the world on an island! Go and find it! 'For the next pirate that finds the UnderPiece, will be claimed the new King of The Pirates!"
Those were his final words before he was executed. He smiled all the way to his death.
With those words, the world was flipped upside down as he created The Golden Pirate Era! People and already existing pirates from around the works started to sail the seas in search of the treasure that W. D. Gaster claimed to be-
The UnderPiece!
It had been Twenty Years since, and people have yet to find the treasure he was talking about. Except for one girl, who is now going to change the world by storm for the sake of her people.
This is the story of Muffet D. Baker and her way to becoming Queen of the Pirates!
As Shyren said, A gallery of navy ships arrived along the Southern and Eastern coast of Constricta. At first, they were worried that the 'Field of Hopes and Dreams' would be discovered, but their ship was docked on the Western part of Constricta, so they were fine.
In greater news, the surviving civilians were safely transported onto the Marine ships and were sent off to seek refugee in The Archipelago. The term 'The Archipelago' took a different meaning in the Grand Line. The Archipelago was a point in the Grand Line which was run by the Government and World Nobles that pretty much nested as a spot where any visitor who made it that far can live and thrive. Although, because of that, it was currently filled to the brim with people from every faction, so the refugees were there on a temporary visit. As soon as Shyren and Hera could rebuild Constricta, the faster the residents could be sent back.
That being said, Muffet and the others offered their assistance with the rebuilding of the land since, the damages, if not most, were done by them. Susie bashfully rubbed the back of her head whenever the topic was brought up because technically she did the most property damage during the war. Shyren and Hera happily accepted their offer, but before they could do that. There was a rest period.
Shyren had mentioned before that she had ordered someone to take her ship and to leave her vacant and docked on the Northern shore. She had done this so that she could harbor the winning party inside. Although, she knew from the beginning that Muffet's crew would prevail in the War. She had taken them to her personalized Warship and had Ralsei be in the infirmary to tend to others. It took almost a full day, but she was able to set everyone on the right path to be able to functionally heal from then on.
Hera visited them after having a conversation with Shyren on the outside of the room and gave everyone their wide eyes. Muffet was playing with her pet; Fuhu had found them after the Navy arrive to try and warn them, but it was told by Muffet that it was okay. Everyone gave Fuhu affection of gratitude. However, as Muffet bonded with her pet, she felt sad. When she was getting treated, she had realized the effects of War and the total journey along the Grand Line...
She decided to tell Fuhu later when they were alone.
Muffet had received medication for muscle relaxants and medication that allowed for her joints to be looser. Gear Second was taxing because it riskily expedited the flow of her blood which would lead to unforeseen effects in her body when overused, especially since her Perserverence made the acceleration of blood faster over time. Gear third wasn't necessarily taxing in terms of health, but it heavily reduced her stamina whenever she used a singular attack from it. So when she stacked both of them to fight Hydra, after the fight her body had greatly locked up which wasn't good for her internal injuries regarding her bones. Regardless though she made a recovery.
Undyne, who was getting more and more use to her Kindness abilities and had become more fluent in expressing it throughout the run of this whole War, was essentially the first to recover by a long shot. She was just talking with Susie and Ronaldo about all they saw at the War. In terms of injuries, most of it consisted of broken bones, but the burn marks that she had received during her fight with Helios had brought about scars along her abdomen. It formed the shape of the rigged claw marks that made those parts of her skin appear in a lighter pinkish-blue. She still kept her hair in a ponytail, she had come to like that style a lot.
However, when regarding Undyne's scars, not even her Kindness could regenerate it back, which was a good insight on everyone's end.
Reminded them of how mortal they were...
Susie's injuries were just a series of stitches that had to be made done because of the pelting of rocks she had to endure. However, the most painful experience she had ever endured was being hit by 'Aqua Departure' from Hydra. Although she was making fun of Muffet and Christie for being scared of getting hit by that attack- Muffet being hit by it twice- she knew why. It was every type of painful experience that a mortal body wasn't meant to experience. To compare, it was like a person who has been punched in the same spot all their life and then randomly incorporating a whip. Although the person had toughened up to the pain, the new painful effect of a whip compared to the punch might as well pierce that person's defenses. She now knew why they were being little kids about it and apologized to them deeply after they had reached the infirmary.
Afterward, she talked to Undyne and Ronaldo, as well as Petrichor. Mostly because she too wanted to know how her fight with one of Hydra's Pantheons went. Not being in the mood for her usual tricks because of exhaustion and aching pain, she simply replied that the man didn't know that she was affiliated with Muffet because she was a recent addition and then engaged in a very lethal sneak attack. That's why she seem unphased when she appeared at the base of the staircase. Although Susie would have gathered like to hear an epic tale of battle from her, she and Petrichor shared a laugh relishing the fact that something like that could happen in battle unironically.
Petrichor's injuries were the most apparent, although she was only attacked brutally once, she had not ever faced a really strong opponent for years, her body wasn't adapted to pain like how everyone else on the crew has. So that one stomp from Hydra almost entirely killed her. If it wasn't for the fact that most of her body wasn't artificial, she would've died from that singular attack. After Ralsei had told Undyne this, the faithful first mate of the crew grinned ear to ear, which to Ralsei, meant that Undyne was going to train Petrichor ragged once they were allowed back on the ship.
Christie needed a lot for her recovery as well, not only was she already on the brink of what happened back when it was just her, Muffet, and Petrichor but the fact that she sustained multiple injuries against Hydra and had fought him for the longest amount of time. She had gained scratch marks along her arms and back that wouldn't heal over and were left as scars. She was just on her bed listening to the conversation Undyne, Susie, and Ronaldo were having. Mostly just staring at Ronaldo the entire time.
Ronaldo too had to deal with an intense recovery since that blow that Hydra gave him was a nasty one that broke his ribs. Gladly enough, Ralsei was no slouch of a doctor and was no stranger to this type of injury. She was able to treat him, but he would have to take it easy for a couple of days, even a couple of weeks. He was fine with this outcome, he was just glad that he didn't die.
Cassidy...she just sat on a bed in the farthest corner in the room. Thousand yard staring into the group of people causing a bunch of noise. She thought and pondered the words Hydra had left her with. He could have kept that a secret from her, but he chose to let her know...but because of that, it meant two things. One, she had grown to love that man, as a child would love their parent. She bared no hatred towards him, even though the events that transpired due to his schemes happened, she couldn't bring herself to feel bad she had to turn against him. Two, this meant that she would have to think about her lineage and the fact that she was technically a Princess. Her feline ears lowered themselves as she thought more about it.
She had Sustained zero injuries the only injury that she had faced in the War was- funnily enough- Hera smacking her. Granted, she did deserve it. She did shoot her through the head without dialogue.
With Undyne's help, Ralsei was able to use that as a form of self-treatment. Although, Ralsei had sustained simultaneously the most and least amount of damage throughout that entire ordeal.
Although Ralsei was happy everyone was back together and they had saved the day...she was scared. After the War and before they went into the Infirmary, Muffet had pulled her to the side, and although most of the talk was an appreciation of everything Ralsei had done as her alias 'Ms. Atlas was also somewhat saddened and disappointed in the fact that she hid the fact that she was a Sulong from everyone. Her captain had stated that their talk would continue after everyone was treated so that they could discuss it at length.
And although she was scared of that, she had been proud of Muffet for it. She knew that the Muffet she had met since the beginning of their adventures would have never thought about doing that. She knew that Muffet was becoming more and more deserving of her role as Captain. And to some degree, she was right. She had been sailing with them for a couple of months and she hadn't told a single person her secret-
Wait, their adventures had only been a couple of months?
They had started in the East Blue, they had gathered people for their crew, saved two islands from oppression, raided a Peninsula made out of Emeralds, made it into the Grand Line, met high-end figures from all over the world, had a tie-in with an emperor and two Warlord, and participated in a War after being separated into different islands...and it hand only been about five months in total give-or-take.
Her eyes widened at that fact as she was sitting at her stool watching Hera walk into the room. Everyone stopped what they did when Hera opened the door. Everyone now was seeing an adult Hera, not the child that they had brought on their ship, but now a woman who would rule her new Kingdom. It was a beautiful thing for the members of the Soul Parlor Pirates to see, although it was a short time, they felt the impact of watching her grow up too fast. They were injured, so they couldn't jump out of their beds to go hug her, but in that response, she ran to them.
"Hera!"
"Everyone! Mom!" Hera said as she ran by and gave everyone an individual hug.
Everyone felt the love emitting from her, she was truly pure, her beauty now resembled that of the queen she would soon become.
"So, you're grown now, huh runt?" Said Susie playfully, she snarled after she made that comment.
Hera just playfully nodded.
"Yes, sadly. My previous personalities seem to have merged into one mindset that is perfect for running an entire Kingdom...although, I wish I could have lived my childhood..." Hera said this as she slowly looked at Muffet and then at Undyne.
They both knew what that look meant, Muffet chuckled, it seemed she would knock out two birds with one stone. She then spoke to Fuhu for a bit, Fuhu's face expressed that of shocking news, sadness, happiness, and then anxiety as it hopped off from her bed and started walking towards Hera.
Undyne gave her Captain a widened eye, it seemed that she already caught on to what Muffet was about to say. She just nodded respectfully and shed a singular tear. Muffet coughed into her hand so that everyone would now focus their attention on her.
"Dearies...it seems that although we have won the war, it comes with a few casualties as well. As much as it pains me to say it...I believe it is time for Hera and Fuhu to resign from the Soul Parlor Pirates-"
There was immediate shock from the people in the room, well, except for Cassidy, Christie, and Ronaldo. They didn't have that much attachment so this was just regular gossip to them. Everyone that the news pertained to, opened their mouths as if they wanted to say something to her, but couldn't. They knew why Muffet had made that decision, and it was a smart one, although, they also considered the pain that Muffet was in too. To claim that she shouldn't make that choice seemed utterly rude and inconsiderate.
Hera too knew why and nodded, Fuhu just looked down at the ground.
"Hera, although briefly, you were our navigator, you have already filled your dreams, as a Captain, bringing you along to deal with more of our problems wouldn't make me feel right. You've achieved your dream, so as your Captain's final order to you, I order you to live it. Enjoy it. No, that's rude- apologies dearie~ As your aunt, I just want the family's child to enjoy her life where she belongs. Can you live with that?"
Hera was teary from Muffet's words, mostly because she knows that Muffet was trying everything in her power to not cry. If she did, to her crewmates, it would seem as if she regretted that choice. She had to show her strength to her crew.
"I understand, but...will you guys at least visit me once in a while?"
As soon as Hera said that, Undyne tossed a spear at her. Hera caught it as if it was a frisbee. However, when she did, she realized that the material of this spear wasn't like her typical energy ones. She looked at it again and...it was Bonetrousle.
"Of course ya dork! We'll circle the Grand Line and come back- that's a promise! Oh- and keep that, something to remember your mom by." Undyne said putting up a fake tough act. She was blatantly watery in the eyes.
Everyone else quickly reassured Hera that although they would not be in her life for a while, it didn't mean that they would forget her and even not get affiliated with her in the future. Hera loved that reassurance.
Then, everyone faced Fuhu. Muffet sighed.
"Fuhu...I love you. You've been with me since our hometown and you've been the best pet on the planet, seriously. I guarantee no other pet in the world has done what you have, and it is that reason why I can't let you venture with us anymore...The enemies that we have trouble facing, are only going to get exponentially stronger from here, and...you're not a fighter dearie~. It's dumb of me as an owner to risk your life by bringing you to any island past this point, I'm only endangering you...so with that, I leave you with Hera." Muffet said trying her very best to not cry.
She toughed it at as she smiled at the thought of Hera riding Fuhu in the future when doing her Queenly duties. Everyone else closed their eyes looked at the ground and started to sniffle because of the tears they could no longer keep in.
They were losing two staples of the crew. However, this was the best course of action.
Hera hugged Fuhu, Fuhu in return licked her face.
"Thank you, Momma Undyne, Auntie Susie, Auntie Muffet, Auntie Ralsei, Brother Fuhu...Uncle Ronaldo, Christie, and big sister Cassidy...and uh, sorry, I don't recall you?"
Petrichor didn't get offended by that fact, she understood why she didn't.
"Petrichor! Muffet's big sis, not officially blood or sake bond, but that's how we simply refer to each other. Stepsiblings if you wish to put it that way."
"Oh, okay! Then, thank you too Auntie Petrichor...oh, your name means that smell of rain, that's beautiful!" Hera said with an innocent smile.
Now because of that, Petrichor will kill even Emporers if it is meant to protect this child. No force was too great.
When Hera said that, Ronaldo and Cassidy suddenly felt like they had known her for years too and started to tear up. Christie was just mad that she didn't get a title with her name. Hell, Cassidy shot her!
"...For everything. You guys tried too hard to make sure that you didn't win the war, but I did. You wanted what was best for my future, as a family should. As long as I live, I will strive to make you people proud of me again."
Everyone smiled. Then there was a tense silence in the room. Not that anything was awkward, but it was just the fact that no one knew what was appropriate to say after that, maybe they needed something to joke about?
However, Cassidy got up and walked out of the room without saying a word. Now, it was awkward.
Muffet sighed.
"Maybe the talk of the family got to her...poor dearie~."
Only Christie, Ronaldo, and Susie knew what she was talking about. After a few seconds of awkward silence, it was interrupted by a stomach growl coming from multiple people.
Petrichor smiled. She would now prove to her crew about her usefulness on the crew.
After the talk that had taken place, it had been more apparent to her that everyone here already had a deep connection with each other. Although Muffet and she had a pretty strong connection, the same couldn't be the same for her relations to the others of the crew. As Muffet once told her, the quickest way to someone's heart, is their stomach.
Which was probably an excuse to feed her more when looking back in hindsight.
"Guess I'll prepare something for us, there is a kitchen here, right?" Petrichor said looking at Hera.
She just nodded and swiftly gave her directions to the kitchen. Petrichor then got up and left the room.
Muffet looked around the room and saw the faces of friends and family, it made her smile. Everyone made it out alive, although scarred by the events.
After seeing Petrichor leave, everyone slowly got out of their beds and started to stretch. They had been in their beds for too long and felt like waiting in the kitchen for Petrichor.
Everyone together walked out of the room in one group. Ralsei riding on Fuhu petting and rubbing under its chin. Muffet was just walking with Hera discussing how much she like her new look. Susie and Ronaldo were playing 'rock, paper, scissors' using their Justice. Christie was just over Ronaldo's shoulder as they did so. Undyne was also talking to Hera, telling her what she did to the guy that injured her during the War. Hera just giggled in flattery as she responded to her story with a heartfelt "thank you".
They appeared in the dining hall and they immediately smelled the seasoning laid out for their meal. Ralsei saw this and immediately recoiled in shock.
"Whoa, guys!"
Everyone looked at her, before continuing she looked over to Ronaldo and Christie.
"Uh...' S.P.' group huddle-!"
'S.P." was the initials of their pirate crew. It felt awkward to address themselves in the full length of the name. It was the same embarrassment Ralsei got whenever she had to say her attack names.
Everyone already knew what she was talking about and everyone excluding Ronaldo and Christie huddled. Ronaldo just laughed as he grab Christie by the hand.
"Let's just go sit down, they'll catch up when they're done. Their conversation doesn't concern us. Plus...I need to talk to you."
Christie just followed like a lost puppy.
Ralsei cleared her throat.
"Look, with Hera being disbanded...I've realized, now we have Petrichor as the fifth crewmate instead! Which means..."
She purposefully paused so that they can come to the realization themselves. After seconds of thought, it hit them.
Their flag! The flag was in order from which crewmate would join in what order. It had been right from Muffet through Susie. However, the flag had predicted Ralsei's soul change, it wasn't too insane to say that the flag would also predict Hera's departure. The next soul after Justice was Integrity. Which, coincidentally, Petrichor, the fifth member, has a soul of Integrity.
"Dude...Muffet what kind of shit were you on when you made that flag with Frisk?"
"Huehuehue~ I was on land!"
Susie and Undyne smacked their foreheads. Then, Undyne smacked the back of Susie's head.
"What was that for?!"
"What do you know what drugs are?!"
"I don't do them!"
"Likely story!"
Undyne and Susie playfully clashed heads, a simple motherly and daughterly type quarrel.
Everyone else giggled at that.
Then, as silence went by, they came by another realization.
"So, the next one to join in a Monster Soul, right?" Muffet said looking at Ralsei and then to Hera.
Hera was last seen with a Monster Soul, so she wanted to make sure that she made the right decision by disbanding her.
Hera spoke before Ralsei could answer the question.
"Actually Auntie Muffet, after I've matured into this form..." Hera then held out her soul.
She was apparently filled entirely with...
Determination!
Everyone looking just went wide-eyed at that. It made sense though, a Queen should be determined to make sure that her Kingdom stays safe and prospers.
Ralsei then coughed into her hand.
"Well, not exactly. On the flag, there were blackened souls in the bottom right and top left corner of the flag. I'm not sure if those mean anything, but I'm not familiar with anyone with a soul that was blackened." Ralsei was right, they had never seen anyone like that.
The dining table was a giant one that spanned the entire room vertically in the middle. Twenty seats on one side, twenty on the other, and one chair for the tips of the ovals. Ronaldo had positioned himself on the top side chair on the opposite side from the room that the Soul Parlor Pirates were on. Christie sat next to him on the seat more towards the pirate crew.
"Hey, Christie?" Ronaldo said while looking at her with his hands clamped together.
"Y-yeah?!" Christie was nervously breaking down looking at him.
She knew that she wasn't looking at the same slacker anymore.
"You scared the shit out of me when you left. I was even more scared when I landed back in Constricta, frightened by the fact that Hydra might be out to kill me...which he eventually did try to."
"I'm sorry you had to go through that...I was stranded in a faraway place too. Well, not stranded..." She glanced over at Muffet as she was still huddled with the rest of their group, "It was just...difficult without you, man."
Both of them just looked at the pirate crew bicker some more.
"We are both about to reach our twenties in a few months...two whole decades we would have known each other...We've had it easy- well, besides the Sprocker Incident- for a while. Honestly, this was a wake-up call."
"Yeah, you've said it. But hey, look at you! I've heard from your conversation with Undyne and Susie back there that you were on the ground floor on Constricta kicking ass the entire war, and even helped destroy that first meteor."
Christie said this with some form of glowing light in her eyes that Ronaldo caught onto, he smiled.
"Yeah, turns out that just using my Devil Fruit isn't going to cut it for a battle where my body isn't physically ready for this level of combat...So I guess this means that I'll be spending more time with you while training."
She didn't mind that one bit.
"Front lining like me?"
"Like how it's supposed to be," Ronaldo said putting his hand on hers. Her whole face turned red from the sudden rush of emotion.
"...Can you believe it Christie, ever since we grew up in the slums of Unionsit Island we've always been wanting the adventuring and evil slaying life, and look how far we've come. The moves we use to use when pretend fighting as kids, the foes we thought were merely fantasy...it's all coming true. It was easy coming up from the poor, but, I think I'm fine with where my life is...can you say the same?"
"O-of course! Why wouldn't I say otherwise?"
"Well...earlier when Muffet brought about the chance to say our final goodbyes, it made sense that she wouldn't say something. She hardly knows us. However, it hurts when you didn't have anything to say...y'know?"
"W-well," She was immediately rushed by flashbacks of her and Ronaldo growing up together and being childhood best friends...and the only form of family to each other.
When they were kids, they were on Unionsit Island, an island known for the number of rare metals good for forging into powerful weapons. That being said, the number of people that would clash with each other for those metals turned the Island into a natural battle royale fighting ground. The only way to get by was hoping the Navy would come in time to stop the rampage from the predominant amount of pirates that would attend.
She and Ronaldo would spend their days in ruble idolizing and pretending to be the Navy officials that would come and save their land. Until one day, The Battle of Mt. Ebott required EVERY marine to be present, and as such, leaving the residents of Unionsit unprotected. Once that was the case, the pirates swarmed and plundered the land...taking everything away from both Christie and Ronaldo...their families.
Being the last ones left, they were stowaways on the ship of a random low-tier pirate crew. They waited in the kitchen of the ship. With food and weapons like kitchen knives, they would try and stay as long as they could on that ship.
Eventually, one by one, they had performed sneakful assassinations along with the ship. Killing off each of the pirates one by one, with justice in their hearts and revenge in their minds. After liberating the entire ship, after a few more days they were discovered by the navy who was trying to apprehend the pirates of that crew who harbored very important loot. Being two very rare Devil Fruits.
However, upon boarding, they only saw two kids who had been surviving around the corpses of dead pirates. Leading this group of Navy soldiers was Red Von Suitel. Seeing their potential, she adopted them under her wing and trained them to be official Marines. After the Battle of Mt. Ebott, the World Government was looking for as many recruits as they could to fill in the casualties from the war. So, after their training was done, and after...another incident...the Devil Fruits that they seized from those pirates were the fruits they gave to them as a job well done. Hence their Devil Fruits powers.
And even after all that, he was right, she should have said something to him if they were actually about to die. Seemed heartless.
"I was going to say something, b-but I was shy!"
"What was it then?"
Christie clenched her fists together and then slammed them on the table.
"Is that I love-!"
"Hey, tweedle-dee and tweedle-dumb," Susie said sitting down across from Ronaldo.
"Yeah, what were you two talking about?" Undyne said taking a seat next to Christie, and immediately afterward Hera sat next to Undyne.
Hera rested her head on Undyne's right shoulder and smiled happily while singing to herself.
"U-uh!" Christie's face was even redder and even tried to hide it by sinking into her sweater.
Muffet sat down next to Susie, and then Ralsei sat next to Muffet. Fuhu ran up and landed on Ralsei's lap and started to rest there.
"Yeah, dearie~," Muffet said with an aggressive widened eye of promise. She knew exactly what Christie was struggling to say.
Christie knew that too and now hated her again for knowingly egging this own.
Ronaldo leaned into Christie.
"Cmon, what did you want to say?"
"T-that I-I...c-can it now be said here?"
Everyone raised a brow and then looked at Muffet who seemed to know what was going on. Muffet, as if she had other powers besides her elasticity, gave all her friends a power glance, each of them. When the glances were delivered, they were delivered in such a way that she had somehow delivered to their brains exactly what she was thinking.
This power can be called...womanly instinct. They all immediately perked up their bodies and then began to lean in too, all with the same facial expression that Muffet was giving.
They all knew what she wanted to say, but the person she needed to say it to.
"No, no, no! Don't keep the man waiting~," Ralsei said giggling into her hands.
"Yeah dork, spit it out, gweheheh~!"
"Go on then, say it, or are you chicken?"
"Yes dearie~ we don't eat with chickens...actually is Petrichor making chicken? I'm hungry." Muffet said rubbing her stomach.
The pressure was all on Christie, a pressure her springs couldn't bounce back up from.
"I-I...uh, um-"
Then, Hera touched Christie's skin. Christie eyed her, so did everyone else on the table. Then, Hera gave everyone the same glance Muffet gave everyone. With the power of womanly instinct, everyone knew Hera's next move. Christie caught on too.
"YOU BETTER NOT-!"
"HERA SAY IT!"
"SAY IT SAY IT!"
Hera felt like she held the power of life or death over Christie.
"Well Uncle Ronaldo, if you must know, Christie wishes that..."
Christie felt her boiling rage bubble up and decided to take matters into her own hands. Before Hera could blurt it out, Christie grabbed Ronaldo by his shoulders and pulled him towards her so that they were almost touching noses. She then started to shake him back and forth.
"I'VE BEEN IN LOVE WITH YOU FOR SO. FUCKING. LONG! DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS LIKE TO HAVE A GUY THAT ACTIVELY WANTS TO GO THROUGH LIFE AND DEATH WITH YOU FOR ALMOST TWENTY YEARS! OF COURSE, THAT SHIT BUILDS UP, BUT WHAT GETS ME MAD IS THAT YOU ARE BRAINDEAD TO MY HINTS YOU DENSE KNUCKLEDRAGGER! I GOT IT SO BAD THAT I'VE BEEN TALKING TO THESE MONSTERS- no offense" She looked at everyone that wasn't Ronaldo.
"None taken." They all said.
"- ABOUT YOU! I'VE JUST BEEN AFRAID TO BRING IT UP BECAUSE YOU ARE THE LAST THING I HAVE IN MY LIFE AND WITHOUT YOU, I DON'T HAVE A LIFE! AND IF I TELL YOU, YOU MIGHT NOT FEEL THE SAME WAY AND LEAVE ME AND I DON'T WANT THAT. IN EVERY WAY, YOU KEEP DRIVING ME FUCKING CRAZY!"
Then the room was so silent they were able to hear Petrichor cooking in the distance.
She froze there holding his shoulders, to which she slowly and softly planted him back in his chair. Then with the same gentleness, she got up from her seat with both shocked and embarrassed face and tried to awkwardly shuffle out of the room.
Muffet looked around as if suggesting to everyone 'Am I the one to do this?' and then sighed. She smiled and then stretched out her arms and wrapped her arm around Christie.
"Hey! Let me go-" Christie yelled in anger as Muffet brought her back to the table and placed her back on the seat.
"Heh. That was something." Susie said looking over into the kitchen to try and spot Petrichor.
"Gwehehe she has it bad! What do you get to say for that Ronaldo?"
Ronaldo was just frozen in time. He didn't know what to do beyond that point.
"Well, wow! I uh...don't know what to say." He rubbed the back of his head.
"Didn't know you felt that way."
"It was quite obvious dearie~."
"Really? Wow...uh, Christie?"
Everyone was completely enthralled with how this was going to go. This was the power of gossip between women. The energy of the table felt like an elementary school lunch table during Valentine's day.
"Yeah?" Christie said defeated.
"Well, uh, to be quite frank, well, if we are being honest, well...You're honestly the hottest woman I know, you're actually pretty funny and understanding of my problems, besides the playful banter you genuinely don't anger me or actively seek it out or be a nuisance. On top of that, none of my motivation wouldn't be there if you weren't, so...I love you too. I've never been in love before so I wouldn't know when that feeling may come, but if I had to be in love with someone, if I'm not already, I think it's you."
Now, it was Christie's turn again to be taken aghast by her partner's words. She gave a glance to everyone else at the table, and everyone was teary-eyed with goofy smiles. They hadn't been exposed to many happy couples or relationships along their travels on the ship. That being said, they were honestly dying for something like that, romance genuinely interested them. Especially along the seas where there are many different races and tribes, this just seemed interesting for them. This might as well be an entire fantasy that they had thought of.
Then, the sound of the main door opening was all they heard, everyone then diverted their attention from the new couple to the door.
It was Cassidy, who had her hat tilted down so that her eyes would not be seen. The entire dining room was quiet again as she angrily shuffled to a seat. She ended up sitting next to Hera.
"...So...how are you feeling dearie~?"
Everyone looked at Muffet and cringed. That was probably the worst but also the most cliche thing to say to someone who was in the mental state that Cassidy was in.
"I'm fine...when's the food coming?" She said taking out her guns and placing them on the table.
Everyone eyed the guns, not because they feared that she may shoot, but because they were pretty weird-looking guns when compared to the muskets and rifles that the Marines used. They seemed to be...advanced.
"She practically started cooking, so it might take her a while," Ralsei said.
"Ah okay, thanks, Roger-"
"Ralsei."
"Radcliff?"
"Ralsei!"
"Randy?"
Everyone around her started to laugh at the little banter. This made Cassidy crack a smile, Susie noticed it.
"Look we made ya smile!"
"Pfft whatever, you guys are easy to fool around with," Cassidy said adjusting her hat but still keeping her eyes hidden.
"By the way Cassidy, who gave you those guns?" Ronaldo said.
She frowned again. Everyone gave Ronaldo furrowed brows.
"...They're heirlooms, from my uncle." Cassidy then made a cross symbol gesture with her hand before kissing her thumb at the end.
Her doing that was more than enough to let people know what that implied.
"Made sense, my 'Kingdom' hails from their scientific research. Seeing as how my uncle was the only one in the land interested in gunslinging and was a major figurehead for my royal family, Dr. Alphys was able to give him his wish of the best guns she could make at the time. I try and keep them in mint condition."
She then gave Ralsei a soft look.
"So I appreciate those barriers back there...helped me keep my head cool."
"...Anytime."
The room got quiet again. Then, Ralsei brought up the topic of her view in the war, and then everyone started to chime in their views. Before long, using all their point of view, they had revealed to each other the missing gaps of the story they all missed. The stories they told each other were all equally enjoyable to listen to. Along the course of their stories, Petrichor came out the kitchen in intervals to go hand out platters and entrees of her cooking.
Upon everyone taking their first bite, no matter what they chose to eat, their eyes immediately widened as the sudden burst of flavor and texture from her meals were of a high class. Not just that, everyone who has ever had Muffet's godly tasting pastries immediately recognized Petrichor's meals as an easy rival. In fact, maybe even surpassed it. The meals they chose to eat were immediately shoved down their gullets as they couldn't help themselves from gorging on her meals.
The Soul Parlor pirates knew that Muffet had chosen right when recruiting the cook into the crew. Undyne, when she was in the Marines, had been exposed to the Navy's best chefs. This was custom amongst the ranks in the Marines that those with titles of Captain and higher were given meals no less than the best of the best that the world could offer. That being said, Petrichor's meal was hands-down better than anything she had ever tasted from those chefs in the Marines.
She had talent. The First Commander expected no less from the one chosen by her captain.
Everyone spoke no words when eating Petrichor's dishes. Which was rare, Ralsei knew. Muffet, Susie, and Undyne were always causing a ruckus whenever they ate meals back on the ship. It was almost as if the meals were good enough to change people.
Petrichor only smiled watching people enjoy her meals. She ended up sitting next to Ralsei. The entire table was covered in dishes. Normally this would be a waste of food, but, she knew that Muffet's appetite was nigh-endless.
Midway through the meal, the conversation was brought up again.
"Wait so, you just randomly thought about casting meteors from the sky using your ability?" Hera said looking at Susie.
"Yeah, heh. There's much more in-depth knowledge about astrology and placement on the planet when it comes to that, but yeah, why? Was it cool?"
Everyone was busy stuffing their faces. Muffet and Undyne were holding on to two sides of mutton by the bone with their teeth like they were dogs. Ralsei was just drinking the drinks, and even that was more delicious than normal. Christie and Ronaldo were feeding each other. Everyone noticed that long ago and was too grossed out about how lovey-dovey they were being now and just decided to leave them be.
However, when Muffet looked at them...she felt anger. She couldn't tell why. Normally, when her mental answer was 'I can't tell why', she would forget about it and let someone else think about it. That being said, something about this specifically made her want to really know why. She would spend the entire day with that in the back of her mind to figure that out. It couldn't be that she hated the two people she fought back to back within a war, it was something else.
But for the life of her, she couldn't put her tongue on it.
"Of course it was cool!"
Undyne was the one who won the tug of war between the mutton. However, the instant she did, Muffet retaliated by stretching her arm to Undyne's plate and taking the giant set of ribs she had.
Ralsei laughed at that.
Cassidy was destroying the meals in front of her. Everyone slowly looked at her, not because she was just eating a lot, well, it was, but more importantly, it was because she was eating at the pace and ferocity and amount that Muffet normally eats at. Not even Undyne could compete with Muffet's never-ending stomach.
The catgirl looked at them back and stopped chewing.
"Is there a problem?"
"Dearie~..."
Muffet took a giant step on the table while leaning towards Cassidy's direction.
"Who you trying to impress here? Huehuehue~!"
Ronaldo and Christie raised their brows. Everyone else knew what her saying that meant.
This would get ugly.
Petrichor, Undyne, Ralsei, Susie, Hera, and even Fuhu started pounding on the table.
"Eat off! Eat off! Eat off! Eat off!" They said while banging on the dining table rhythmically.
Cassidy now knew what this was.
"Oh, you're on, spider woman!" Cassidy said as Muffet took her seat across from Cassidy, asking Petrichor to switch seats with her.
The instant Muffet sat down, both of them started to chow down. Everyone was now enthralled with how much both of them could eat. Shoving whole blocks of meat bigger than body parts down their throats as if it were a drink. The best part though was that not only was Muffet enjoying herself...but Cassidy was laughing too. Everyone smiled at that.
The others just went back to enjoying their own meals. Petrichor sat across from Undyne and offered her a cup of ale. They both cheered before chugging.
Ralsei looked at Ronaldo.
"Hey, I've seen that Christie has some form of Devil Fruit Awakening...what is that?"
Every Devil Fruit user stopped and listened to what Christie would say next. This was incredibly important info for them. However, just Christie was about to say something, the main doors opened. Everyone darted their attention to the doors.
It was Shyren, however, she seemed to be trying to get someone in the room that they couldn't see. Then after seeing her struggle for a few more seconds. She slithered towards the table and gave everyone a warm smile. She politely asked if she could dine with them before sitting down quietly at the lone chair toward the end of the table next to Susie and Ronaldo. Everyone already liked this undead siren they saw before them.
Then, the sounds of scrapping were heard at the door. They all looked back, then, all their jaws dropped and their eyes widened.
Calmly walking towards them with a groggy face as if he had just woken up, was the man himself...
Hydra Gordons.
Everyone instinctively flexed their muscles before retracting their muscles from the pain. Their bodies were still incredibly sore and unready for any form of intense combat. He even seemed to be wearing very thin pajamas, the ones prisoners wore. Everyone kept looking at each other awkwardly and scared and then back at Shyren.
Hydra scoffed looking at everyone's reaction. He was in his Hybrid form, though his power was heavily suppressed.
"Eh, don't be scared...I've lost the will to keep fighting anyway. My job is done, Olympus was brought down, the Minks are free because of Hera and my influence. That's all I wanted." He said as he sat down on the opposite side of the table that Shyren did.
She sighed.
"E-even if he d-did try s-something...as long as I'm here he can't do a-anything." Hera nodded too, signifying that she would step in too.
Susie chuckled.
"I expect no less from an Admiral."
Muffet and Ralsei spat out their drinks.
"AN ADMIRAL?!"
Susie hit both Ralsei and Muffet over the head.
"YOU BOTH SERIOUSLY DIDN'T KNOW?!"
Everyone else felt more comfortable at the table. However, they felt someone's aura was still off. Then, it clicked to everyone. They all looked at Cassidy, she seemed to be shaken. Visibly. Hydra noticed this and sighed.
"Cassidy...seems that you weren't harmed-"
"Shut up." She said both angrily but softly.
Hydra only nodded.
"I understand."
Everyone just kept eating in awkward silence. They much rather had Ronaldo and Christie practically be making out in front of them instead of this kind of awkwardness.
"Why is he here again?" Undyne said bluntly.
"Hey!"
"No offense."
Shyren giggled in a way as pure as Hera would.
"Well, he requested that before he gets sent to Impel Down, his three wishes, that I'm legally required to give him because of the Warlord contract...was that he eats on last meal and...well, he gets to see his child again one last time."
Everyone's hearts felt like they got pierced with an arrow, let alone Cassidy's. They all looked over at Hydra...not registering him as a threat anymore. It was the same feeling of being scared of a ride at a fair, and then after you get through it, you're not scared of it anymore. There was something magical about Hydra that their beef with him wasn't mainly that he was evil, it felt more like business to bring him down.
At the core...he was a family man. Nothing less, nothing more.
Cassidy was still shaking. Shyren felt this.
"Although you worked for Hydra during the operation that was undergoing in Constricta, you would normally be placed under arrest too. However..."
Shyren did nothing but gesture her hand to Hydra.
"...My third wish was that your criminal record got cleared. At least for this event. It's unfair for me to burden you with the sins of the father..."
Everyone's heart got shot with another arrow.
Susie, Undyne, and Petrichor snickered.
"Wish I had a father like that." All three said.
Muffet, Ronaldo, Hera, and Christie looked at them.
"You had a father?" They all said, projecting the question in a way that meant that they didn't have any themselves or at least ones impactful.
Ralsei just calmly drank her tea.
"Can't complain about my mom or pop." She chirped.
Cassidy got up, everyone got quiet again.
"Why are you doing this now?!"
Hydra physically recoiled from that question.
"What do you mean-"
"If you were like this originally, we wouldn't be here right now! Why is it that now you're reasonable?! Now that you are, you're getting arrested!" She said with tears in her eyes.
Hydra looked at her, then back to everyone at the table. Everyone looked back at him.
...
Someone snorted.
Cassidy looked back at it was Undyne, she was trying to hold her from laughing. After that, a few more snorts were heard. Muffet and Undyne were trying to contain their laughter. Then everyone started to try and hold in their laughter, even Shyren.
"Bahahaha~!" Hydra laughed while leaning back on his chair. This was enough to set everyone else off in their laughing pursuit.
Cassidy felt embarrassed as her entire face flushed red. She grew angrier.
"Why are you guys laughing?!"
Hydra then pointed at her.
"Oh Cassidy, think about it...if I was originally like that...would things be better than they are now? Think about it, this IS the best ending we could have possibly had. Saying otherwise would be saying that this war was for nothing like we can take back what happened, right Spider girl- I mean, Ms. Baker?"
Everyone's laughter started to calm down. Muffet liked that, 'Ms. Baker'. Actually...
Everyone watched as Muffet took out a piece of paper from under her hat that seemed to have some scribbles on them from an earlier time. She then wrote down something on the paper before putting it back in her hat using her venom as ink.
"Yeah dearie~ think about it, are you really angry with how things turned out...or are you not old enough to understand?"
She grew more embarrassed. Cassidy looked around looking for someone to verbally help her, but she couldn't.
"I-I just, I've spent so much time with-"
"That's enough dearie~ there comes a point where we have to step back and acknowledge the bigger picture. Your comment was something that should have been saying before the fight, that's why we found it funny."
"Yeah, dork! And way to go for sounding like an actual baby! Gwehehe!" Undyne said before light chuckles came from everyone.
Hydra just brought his tail to her head and lightly tapped her on the head.
"I'll be fine where I'm going, I'm alive, you're alive, I'm happy, you're happy and healthy and strong. We did what Lexy wanted, you know the truth, I feel freer telling you that truth, we are in a room with people with strong hearts and who care for you somewhat...is this not what you wanted? Is this not what you would consider being a happy ending?"
With those words, she finally knew...he was right. Of all the ways the War couldn've went, this was probably the best outcome. She should have been lucky that it was the case and been humble than whining like an immature kid in a room full of adults. When she stepped back and looked at it, everyone in this room was older than her, not by just typical aging, but mentally. She now knew why Undyne and Susie were not taking her seriously, it was because she was actually a little kid compared to the way they thought.
"Also, Cassidy, the problem in all this wasn't because of the way I thought of fulfilling that promise. It was because I chose to limit my freedom, which is something I was doing to you. So, with me gone, I want you to be free, as free as you can be."
Cassidy slowly sat down, taking off her hat and revealing her cat ears. She picked up a piece of fish before stuffing it in her mouth.
"Understood sir."
She said it with energy, that felt that she had already torn away from her previous emotions on the situation. Everyone smiled at that and at Gordon.
Now, the table was back to the energy it had initially. Cassidy and Muffet reengaged in the eat-off, to which Muffet eventually won. It was expected. Undyne and Petrichor had challenged Shyren to a drink off, using the strongest alcohol they had. Needless to say, Shyren drank them under the table. Susie laughed while looking at her crewmates passed out on the ground.
"What's your secret Shyren?"
"Hehe, I'm just simply dead, I have no blood flow so the alcohol has nothing to affect my brain with."
Susie took note of that disturbing fact...How was she undead?
Hera ended up suggesting that Hydra sat closer to everyone since the danger level lessened and the maturity level of everyone rose. Hydra and Muffet were having a conversation that everyone found weird because Muffet seemed to be...overly enjoying their talk. Hydra seemed to be warming up to her too.
Ralsei then looked back at Christie.
"So, what were you saying about Devil Fruit Awakenings?"
Everyone then began to listen in again.
"Oh uh, well, for me, my Devil Fruit was awakened the instant I got it so I can't say much. Although, everyone has the potential to awaken their Devil Fruit after achieving a complete spiritual sync with their power. What awakening it does, varies depending on what the ability is. See, for me, I can only turn my own body into springs. However, when I awaken it, I can turn anything else I want into a spring upon contact. You get what I mean?"
This was enlightening news for everyone. They nodded.
Hydra tapped his massive claw on the table with enough force to alert Christie.
"Do you think even Zoans can get an awakening?"
"Well, yeah. Although, I don't know right now what it'll do for you?"
Undyne, while drunk, hiccuped.
"M-maybe~ he could turn other people into lizards!"
Everyone in the room busted out laughing, even Hydra.
"Hopefully. Although, it'll probably make me a stronger hydra."
Then everyone, those who had a Devil Fruit, started to imagine what their Awakened power could do. These ideas would instantly fade away as Hera brought up an interesting question.
"Hey, what's your Devil Fruit ability?" Hera said directing it towards Shyren.
"Do you even have one?" Ronaldo said.
In all honesty, neither Christie nor Ronaldo knew that answer. They had never seen Shyren fight, mostly because they've been under Red the entire time they were there.
"She does have one!" Hydra said shivering in fear.
"W-well, yes I do. I am the possessor of the Oto Oto No Mi! It allows me to turn any of my body parts into musical instruments. Not a very effective Devil Fruit for battle, besides the fact that I can control how loud it is..."
She looked at Hydra, who was looking at her back with furrowed brows.
"Okay, now without the bullshit this time."
"...Well, I've awakened my Devil Fruit a long time ago. I've trained it so that I have twenty-four-seven activation of it as if it were a passive ability. What it does now is that...whatever I sing about, happens. Since I can control how loud it can be, it also means how fast and powerful they hit. With more training of my own personal strength, that is why I'm the third most power Navy force the World Government has to offer."
Everyone's jaw dropped when they heard her ability.
Hydra gave a devilish grin to Undyne. Shyren saw that and whistled, and almost immediately his throat was punched by her whistling and wanting that action to happen. She gave him an eye that told him to not say it. Hydra respected her wishes this once.
He knew that this was a time of peace. In the future, he would if he had the chance to tell her all the pain she caused Morial with that ability.
"Just like that." She said gesturing to Hydra who was choking on his meal.
"Woah that's so overpowered-! Wait, third strongest?! Who are the second and first?" Muffet said more excited about their power than scared.
She was always itching for a fight. Shyren only giggled at that.
"Well, second and first are basically on the same level of strength. If they fought one hundred times, the person in first would win fifty-one times. It's that close. That being said, second is Felicia Domes."
Everyone raised their brow when they heard her name, they couldn't figure out why though.
"As for what her power is, well, I can't just say all of the World Government's secrets. All you need to know that once it gets to her and up, are the realm of people who could destroy the planet."
Amongst the fighters in the room, they all shared the same cold shiver down their spines hearing that. It excited them. A realm of strength where they could blow up the planet whenever they wanted.
"I'm myself come close though. In first is Grillby, the Fleet Admiral-"
Undyne's eyes furrowed. Then, she walked up to Shyren. They were eye to eye, and then, Undyne began to transform. On the Soul Parlor Pirate crew, they knew what this was. It was an event that triggered under very specific circumstances, and although in the grand scheme of things it was frequent, it was something that still felt extremely rare. Undyne would try to bring it out of her but despite even her wanting to, it still wouldn't emerge. The spirit haunting her would actively want to speak when wanting to interfere with the mortal world.
Morial was now in the room, without the armor. Shyren's eyes bulged open as she saw her former best friend and boss. Hydra opened his eyes too, so did Christie and Ronaldo. Hera was even shocked by this turn of events.
"Shy-Shy, thank you for taking up my bucket list and keeping true. It's keeping my soul at peace and with each thing on the list, I feel my soul fleeing closer towards an afterlife...I don't hold you accountable for the actions taken on Mt. Ebott, with that...I hope you are able to pass on too, old friend."
And just like, Morial faded back into Undyne. However, the fishwoman was passed out when the conversion happened. Everyone was quiet for a few seconds. Then, they heard soft weeping. They looked up and saw that Shyren was crying...tears of joy.
"Thank you, Morial..."
Hydra smiled at that and continued eating, but when he looked down at his food he noticed that his plate had more food. He looked at Cassidy who was using that opportunity to steal food from other plates and give it to herself and him. The devilish duo cackled to themselves as they continued eating.
The meals were almost done, and yet again, the topic of the war was brought up.
"So wait! Ralsei you really killed your first opponent? Nice!"
Ralsei's face was flushed as Ronaldo had to confirm the statement for her.
"Does that make me a bad person?"
Hydra cackled.
"Nope, makes you guilty though!"
Everyone around the table laughed at Ralsei's sheepiness. They went around talking about the weirdest thing that happened. The older people at the table were now blatantly drunk. The exceptions were Muffet, Hera, Cassidy, and Susie. Ralsei too didn't drink, but that was because she didn't like beer.
"Did you guys know that I died?" Christie said before hiccuping.
Everyone gave her their attention.
"Yeah-! I-I like...uh, what was I- Oh! I like, got shot or something, and like POOF" she made an explosion gesture with her hand, "I was gone."
Muffet snorted.
"Yeah that's true, had to revive her."
"IT WAS SO COOL THOUGH!"
Everyone just gave nervous laugh.
"Hmph, you guys got into a scuffle with the Rorschach Pirates?" Shyren said stirring the drink in her glass.
"Oh yeah, we asked for directions but she was being rude about it. Almost died after trying to force her to tell us."
Hydra and Shyren laughed at that.
"Seems everyone did something cool while you were separated."
Ralsei laughed.
"Yeah, but, it was expected. I think we all grew from all of this in a way. I mean, well, every time we leave an island, we leave way stronger and wiser than when we first arrived. However, no growth had been as extraordinary as the ones we had here."
Everyone took a minute to appreciate that comment. Hydra finally chuckled.
"Don't get over your heads. At the end of the day, you all failed to terminate me before Hera showed up. If you couldn't do that, then I fear for what the others down the line will do to you and your merry band of misfits." He said both bitter and proud.
The Soul Parlor Pirates gave him a raised brow.
"What? You thought that because you won this time you can beat all the Warlords now? Don't get me wrong, you few have potential, but the point is that you only got away today because of circumstances that favored you ENTIRELY and still lead to having to be saved by another party. Despite how strong you think you are and how fast you got this strength, those ahead of me in both distance and rank in the Warlord system will only show you how little that means. I'm fairly strong, but even then, out of the Seven Warlords, I say that I'm the fourth-strongest. The one you have to look out for...Proximity, the Calamity. That's a man that not even the most evil of minds would want to bargain with."
This little monologue gave the future adventurous a cold feeling in their gut. They knew he was 100% right. Even when fighting against him, they acknowledge how heavily out of his prime Hydra was. Everything was in their favor to try and bring him down, but Hera had to clean up where they couldn't.
Then they all shared what other bizarre things they saw. Undyne recalled the lightspeed man and how her mother was even more of a beast than they thought. Susie was still berated with questions about her meteor summoning ability, mostly about the physics of how it works. Muffet was called out by her crew for having a Gear Third because even they didn't know that Muffet had that up to her sleeve until she used it. Petrichor shared the story of how the person she was assigned to fight, Prometheus, was just incredibly incompetent. Hydra laughed at that. Cassidy kept bragging about how she almost ended everyone's lives at the beginning of their trek into the continent. The listeners grew bitter until Susie reminded her about how she was 'beating her ass' every time they fought. Christie remarked how everyone hates Hydra's 'Aqua Departure' move and asked Hydra what kind of liquid it was. He kept that a secret. Ronaldo commented how he loved when Christie slammed Zewz.
Shyren loved hearing these tales and smiled sweetly.
The meals finished, they all got up.
"Well, it was fun everyone...say goodbye Gordon," Shyren said putting her hand on his shoulder.
When Muffet heard this, Muffet took the piece of paper from under her hat ripped off a corner of it, and then wrote something on it that everyone trying to peek at was too drunk to decipher the text. However, when she was done she ran over to the reptilian man and gave him the piece of paper. When he read it his eyes widened and his normally devilish smile went from evil to...wicked. As if he was pleased with what he saw with suppressed interest and somewhat fear. Once she saw his face she whispered something in his ear that made him laugh to himself as he stuffed the piece of paper into his collar.
It was the shadiest thing everyone had ever seen Muffet do.
He gave everyone one glance over before turning into his base form. He smiled at them.
"One last thing to say to all of you. Good job! Also...Susie, Muffet, and...Petrichor...it wouldn't help to try to make contact with your relatives...these eyes have seen things! Bahahaha!" He said as he started walking towards the exit.
"Oh-! And Cassidy..." he gave her one last glance, but he looked to where she was before, but she wasn't there. It wasn't until he looked down that he realized that she had been hugging him already.
He softly placed his hand on her head.
"I'll be okay, just promise me you stay free and happy...I love you, my child."
Just like that, before Cassidy could say anything back, both Shyren and Hydra were gone with the wind.
With that cryptic message laid out for Susie, Muffet, and Petrichor, they didn't know what to do with it. They would call him crazy but, someone of his status WOULD have seen a lot. But...all their relatives are either unknown or dead. They just pondered the thought a little while longer before giving it no more thought. Everyone would now try and sleep in the randomly placed cabin rooms.
Everyone got their own rooms, instead of Muffet and Fuhu...and Christie and Ronaldo. God knows what they were doing while drunk.
This chapter of their lives was done, before they would venture out, they would be good role models and supporters for Hera and help her rebuild the Kingdom that they had helped in destroying, physically. Then afterward...they would still need to talk about the Deltarune books.
Everyone was already falling into rem sleep as they relished the feeling of being alive. The tiredness consumed them all, except for Muffet, who was fidgeting in her sleep. She was still in deep thought.
.
.
.
Then it clicked.
Muffet shot out from her bed with the force that flung Fuhu off the bed. After finalizing her thought, which she was proud of doing, she shouted it into the air.
"I WAS JEALOUS!"