Try as he might, Sans couldn't stay calm at his Waterfall post. Something about the new human didn't sit right with him. Why was he here? How did he even get here? What happened to you? Did you disappear after the last reset? And more importantly, why did he feel so drawn in by the small human. While he continued to rack his mind over the different questions revolving around the small boy, his phone started to ring. Taking his phone out of his pocket, he answered.
"sup bro, how did-"
"S-SANS..." Hearing the struggling cries of his brother, Sans stood up straight with panic filling his soul.
"pap? are you oka-"
"SANS PLEASE...PLEASE YOU HAVE TO L-LISTEN TO ME!"
"are you hurt?! just tell me where you are and I'll come find you!"
"NO! PLEASE...I-I'M FINE! DONT...D-DON'T COME HERE, I DON'T WANT TO SEE ANYONE RIGHT NOW! JUST PLEASE, I NEED YOU TO DO SOMETHING FOR ME!" Sans had never heard his brother sound so desperate. Just hearing the small sobs coming from the other side of the phone made him want to find him to see if he really was okay.
"all right, i'll stay just tell me what you want."
"BROTHER I...I NEED YOU TO LOOK AFTER THE SMALL HUMAN."
"pap i-"
"BROTHER PLEASE! I NEED YOU TO PROTECT HIM FOR ME! PLEASE I B-BEG OF YOU BROTHER!! I-I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'LL DO IF ANYTHING HAPPENS TO HIM. PLEASE...I...I-I'M FINE, REALLY I AM. I JUST NEED YOU TO DO THIS FOR ME..." After that all Sans could hear was his brother breaking down in tears.
"bro, you don't sound fine. i'm going home ok?"
"SANS NO-"
"pap how you expected me to stay here when i hear you crying like this!?"
"SANS! PLEASE-PLEASE-PLEASE DON'T COME HOME! PLEASE I'M BEGGING YOU TO DO THIS FOR ME, PLEASE! I ...A-ALL I WANT...ALL I WANT IS FOR YOU TO WATCH OVER HIM ...PLEASE...Brother...I'm Scared...I'm So Scared Something Might Happen To Him." Sans couldn't bear to hear his brother begging him like this. It wasn't right.
"fine, i'll stay and watch over him." He was planning to anyway before getting the desperate call from his brother. "just promise me that you'll be fine, okay?"
"Y-YES I WILL BE! THANK YOU, THANK YOU SO MUCH BROTHER! YOU DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH BETTER I FEEL KNOWING YOU'RE GOING TO LOOK AFTER HIM." Between all the sobbing and endless thank you's, Sans hung up the phone. Something happened between the small human and his brother and just his luck, the new kid arrived just on cue.
Running off towards the next area, Jasper could feel the adrenaline flowing through his veins. He couldn't wait to see what new adventures this new world would provide him. Just knowing that he had the chance to battle a 6 foot skeleton was an incredible thought in itself, which sounds pretty hard to beat. Besides dreaming of the different unexpected events that might happen, what really drove him more was the thought that he was one area closer to finding his sister.
Bonbon, just you wait! I'll show you how awesome I can really be! Cause nothing is going to stop me now! Ah-ha-ha-
"Ack!!!" Jasper screamed out as someone grabbed his backpack, lifting him off the ground.
"woah there squirt, hate to 'grab' your attention but i'd like to 'seize' the opportunity to ask you a couple of questions." Seeing who has captured him, he started flailing around.
"Sans! Let me go! I don't have time for your puns! The Amazing Jasper Daniels cannot be stopped!"
"c'mon, just for a bit. We can talk while we grab a small bite to eat. cause i highly doubt you ate anything decent recently."
"Sans! I don't have time to eat and besides I'm not hungry!" Jasper tried prying Sans' grip off from the straps of his backpack with little to no luck of succeeding.
"tibia honest squirt, you're not 'fibula' anyone. aww, c'mon don't make that face, 'ulna' trying to invite you to grillby's to chat and grab a burg while we're at it." At the word of getting some food, Jasper's stomach started to growl. Which only brought a smug face to appear on Sans' face. Embarrassed at being caught with an empty stomach, Jasper looked away in frustration.
"Fine! Only for a moment just so that you can stop saying anymore puns."
"what's wrong with puns? they don't tickle your funny bone?"
"They're just bad ok! You're just butchering words just to make someone laugh. Every once in awhile is fine and might be considered clever. Using them in pickup lines could be charming but too much is too much!"
"alright squirt, i'll spare you the puns for now." Getting a better grip on the small human, Sans settled Jasper onto his shoulder. Having the kid closer to him caused his soul to blast a spark of magic through his left eye socket.
"What was that?" Jasper asked, readying himself to leap away. Sans grunted to keep his magic down. Just having the kid close to him seemed to affect his magic. Which he would really appreciate if it would not act up. The last thing he wanted in his life is to have his magic out of control.
"don't worry 'bout it." Regaining his composer, he gave the kid a small wink. "hold on kid, i know a shortcut." Walking off, Sans shortcuted towards the front door of the bar. "fast shortcut huh?" Not getting a response, Sans looked closer at the small child in his arms. He could see Jasper's face looking curiously around.
"How did you do that?" Sans wiggled his phalanges at him proclaiming that it was magic. "I know that! But how? What was that dark space we crossed for a split second? Does it connect to the places you want to go to? Can only you do it? Can others do it too? Is it a skeleton thing? Cause your brother can manipulate gravity, does that mean you can somehow shape the space around you?"
"woah woah! take it easy there squirt, that's a lot of questions you're throwing there. it's just a shortcut nothing more." Jasper suspiciously stared at him. "let's grab that burg ok?" Jasper grumbled out a fine, before jumping out of Sans' arms. Walking through the bar, Jasper saw how all the monsters greeted him. Getting to where the counter was, Jasper started climbing onto one of the bar stools. "...uh, need a little help there?"
"HNNNGGG...J-Jasper Daniels does...NOT...need your help!" Settling onto his seat, Jasper gave a triumphant cheer. Sans smirked before looking towards the fire bartender. Ordering two orders of burgers, he turned his attention back to the small boy who seemed a bit inpatient.
"so what do you think of my bro?"
"Papy? He's cool. So how long are we going to stay here? I was kinda busy."
"ok squirt, since you seem to be in a hurry, i'll get straight to the point. what happened between you and my bro?"
"An epic battle between men!" Jasper proclaimed with his small fist in front of him and a star in his eyes.
"...okay?" Just then Grillby came back and placed the orders in front of them. "squirt, want some ketchup?"
"Sure." Passing over the bottle, Jasper tipped the bottle over his burger and the cap fell off; resulting his burger to be drenched in ketchup. Sans snickered at having the prank work.
"don't worry, you can ha-"
"I caun hab bwhat?" Jasper said with his mouth already on the ketchup covered burger.
"uh, no its nothing." Sans hid his laugh behind a cough as ketchup smeared around the boy's cheek. "look, what i wanted to talk about is how it seems like my bro has taken quite a liking to you." Swallowing the piece of food in his mouth, Jasper dug inside his pocket and pulled out a small pack of napkins. Wiping his face, he turned towards the short skeleton.
"I like him too, so what's the problem?"
"problem is, i just got a call from him and he didn't sound so good. did you two talk about anything?"
"I don't know. He said something about souls or something like that."
"souls huh. mind if i get a get a read on-"
"Well look at the time! I seem to be late for some business I was currently doing!"
"wait, kid-" Jasper hopped off the stool, not waiting for Sans to respond.
"Thanks for the meal, but I gotta go."
"squirt-"
"Bu-bye!" Leaving Sans hanging, Jasper rushed out of the bar and back towards Waterfall. While he dashed through, you noticed how he past the yellow star.
《Aren't you going to save?》
"Heh, and here I thought you guys left."
{Aww, do you want to get rid of us, then to bad! If you really want us to go away then give us your s-}
"Chit-chat!"
{What!}
"Chitty chatty Chit-chat! That's all I get from you." You giggled seeing how Chara started fuming silently from being cut off.
Jasper ignoring the voices, noticed a small glint coming from behind the waterfall. On closer look, he saw that it was another security camera. Dishing out a flirty smile, he blew out a small kiss. "A close up exclusively for you." Walking into the next room, he found himself crossing a path with very high grass. As he walked through it, he could hear the sound of metal against the sand. Keeping low, he looked up.
Hidden among the tall grass, I the amazing Jasper Daniels has spotted the upcoming battle that awaits for me in the near future. The dark looming figure of the metal armored enemy causing tension throughout the room. Igniting the fire deep inside my heart. For a split moment, both opponents stare into each other, daring the other to move. The metal clad warrior ominously threatening the small hero to leave the safety of his hiding space. Proving to be pointless, the dark figure looms back to the darkness.
{What the hell are you doing?}
《I think he's narrating》
{WHY! Is he stupid!?}
《I think it's cute.》
"I'm the amazing Jasper Daniels, I don't care what you think. Ah-ha-ha-ha!" Walking out of the grass, Jasper heard a noise rustling from within the grass. Preparing himself, he waited until the unknown owner of the sound made its appearance.
"Yo!"
"Woah!" Jasper stumbled back as the short armless monster emerged from the sea grass.
Was...was he there the whole time!?
"Didja see the way she was staring at you!?"
Hmmm, he's quite good at hiding. That's cool.
"IT WAS AWESOME! I'M SOOO JEALOUS! Well see ya around!" The small monster scurried off, but not before trying over and falling face first into the ground.
"You know what. I like him! Next time I see him, I'll ask if he wants to be my sidekick and help me discover more about the upcoming battle! Ah-ha-ha-ha!"
Backpack securely on his back, Jasper rushed into the new area that stood before him. Running through Waterfall, Jasper encountered a couple new monsters. Over-built seahorses, turtles with see-through shells, but what excited him more than the new encounters, were the flower induced puzzles, the soft whispers of the echo flowers and the old text written on the cave walls. For he firmly believed that the more knowledge you gain, the stronger you can become. He took his time to read each of the barely readable glyphs on the wall. Quietly he walked down the path, mulling over the new facts he had attained.
"A war between humans and monsters. Humans must be really scared of what monsters could do to a human soul. But still, that doesn't mean you should fight someone who's weaker than you just because you're afraid. Hmm?" His thoughts then was interrupted when he reached the end of the path. The wooden path ended near a large body of water, tapping his foot on the ledge, the wooded board wobbled. Smiling bright, he backed up before charging. Jumping near the end, the board was pushed away causing him to surf to the end while he cheered away. His excitement carried him through as he ran from flying spears. Even after he stayed hidden and the armored monster pulling out the young monster from before, he was enjoying himself.
A great adventure for a small hero! There's nothing that can st-!
"Ack!!" Something snagging his backpack, he struggled to break free. Hearing a low timber laugh, Jasper looked back only to find that Sans had caught him again. "Sans! Really! This is not cool!! Why do you keep stopping me!? Nnnhhhh!" Sans chuckled as he peered at the young boy failing around with one eye open.
"you know, i'm starting to think you don't like me all that much."
"Oh no neeever, why would you think that? I just loved being plucked up right when I'm doing an epic adventure. you're the best!" Jasper said while rolling his eyes.
"heheh, i knew i was being paranoid. so, ya see, i've been watching you for a while and thought why not take a break and try out this new telescope, howsabout it?"
"Fine..." Putting the small human down, Sans ruffled his hair. Jasper looking at the eyepiece of the telescope, he noticed a strange pink dust coated on it. Smiling to himself, he turned around to face Sans. "Hey Sans! Can I give you something?"
Sans raised a bone brow, "...what is it squirt?" Jasper turned his back towards the short skeleton and removed his backpack. Sans waited as the small kid began rummaging around. Curious to see what the kid was doing, he tried to peek around the young boy's shoulder. Jasper noticing this, he hunched himself lower making it harder for Sans to see. After a small moment, Jasper put back on his backpack and turned his attention back to Sans with his hands behind his back. Smiling wide and his eyes shining innocently, he looked up at Sans.
"Here, this is for you!" Jasper held a ketchup bottle in his hand. "To say sorry for leaving you back at the bar."
"aww, thanks squirt, ya shouldn't have. you know, you're kinda cute like this." Taking the bottle, Sans smoothed Jasper hair back to how it was. "welp, bottoms up." As Sans popped the bottle top, a small mischievous smile spread across the small boy's face. Tipping the bottle back, a loud booming sound echoed throughout the area. Taking this chance, Jasper ran off as Sans' face was covered in ketchup from the bottle exploding on him.
"You have been japed by the amazing Jasper Daniels!! Ah-ha-ha-ha!!!!" Having successfully distracted Sans, Jasper was able to continue his journey. Having been told by Sans himself that he was watching over him, he cared very little for it. For all he cared was reaching his goal. So if the whole monster race decided to monitor him, he would only be that much happier to give them something to watch. To show that even though he fought all those who stood in his way, he would always offer them mercy. For a hero does not slay their enemies but make peace with them.
Even though he found himself excited of how far he was going, he couldn't help feeling a bit down on not being able to take in the scenery.
《You don't have to rush through, you could take your time.》
"Wish I could..." Jasper sighed as he glanced at the glowing river beside him. "But there's someone very important to me that I must find."
Entering a wider room, he spotted a monster hiding behind a boulder. While he tried to ignore whoever it was that was hiding, he couldn't ignore the fact that it stood near the path that led him out. Hearingsmall humming coming from the monster as it hid, Jasper pulled out an object from his backpack. He slowly walked towards the monster. "Hey there, why are you hiding back there? Why don't you come out and sing something for me." Jasper quietly said, holding out a toy microphone. Shyren curiously stared at the small toy before looking at the small boy. "It's okay, take it. I bet your voice can make my heart 'treble'." A small dust of blush peered across her face. Her fins wiggled excitedly, as her lower body/manager reached for the mic.
While Shyren accepted his offer, he went back inside his backpack. Having pulled out a small case the same height as his backpack, he also took out a small speaker the size of his palm. Opening the case carefully, revealed a small electric violin. Connecting a wire to the speaker, he tuned his instrument. All ready to go, he started softly playing, coaxing the shy monster to jump in. Hearing the passion coming from the small boy as he played, gave Shyren enough motivation to join him.
Soon the two's melodic sound spread throughout the wide cavern, attracting many monsters to see the performance. Having confidence, Shyren was floating away from the safety of her manager singing her heart out with her magical voice levitating the mic in front of her. During one point in their performance, Jasper spotted Sans selling tickets made out of toilet paper and the crowed started getting larger and larger as they continued. There was even a point where Jasper did a solo and the crowd started taking off their clothes and throwing their socks at him. Which he found himself laughing. Giving a slight nod towards Shyren, he motioned her that he had to go. Taking the hint, they did one more song before Jasper disappeared into the crowd leaving Shyren to receive all the applause.
Out of the crowd Jasper packed up his things and went to the next room. Walking further in, he soon heard the small sounds of rain pitter pattering on the cave floors. Never been out in the rain before, he took his time to walk through. Even if the rain was just waterdripping out from the small cracks coming from the cave ceilings. He even brought an umbrella to a stone statue, protecting it from the rain. Enjoying the feel of the water on him, he walked peacefully through.
"Yo! You can't hold an umbrella either?"
"Oh hey, if it isn't the kid from before. Nah, kinda want to enjoy the feel of the rain."
"Well, if you're walking anyway, I guess I'll go with you, haha."
"Knock yourself out kid." Walking together under the rain, Jasper took the opportunity to ask the young monster a proposition he had. "There's something I wanted to ask you, before you ran off."
"Really? What is it!"
"I am currently doing a hero's quest and I am in need of a sidekick. Do you think you could help me navigate through?"
"Dude that sounds awesome! What is this hero's quest?"
"It's classified, but I can tell you this. I, the amazing Jasper Daniels will soon face off with the mysterious metal armored monster!" Monster kid stared at the small boy, not quite understanding what he was trying to say to him. "You'll get to meet that monster you're such a fan of."
"What really!?"
"Yup, so wanna join me?"
"Yeah!" Along their way, MK talked about numerous things while Jasper just listened.
{Heh, I bet you were feeling lonely and just wanted someone to tag along.}
《Stop bothering him.》
{Or what, I'll hurt the baby's widdle feelings?}
《No it's not that, I just think he'll just ignore you anyway. Aren't you Jasper?》
Hmmm? Did someone say something, cause I can't hear anything fromall the fun I'm having.
《See...》
I'm having so much fun, that I think I'll monolog my current moment just to annoy a certain voice that I can't hear.
With my new motor-mouthed sidekick by my side, I make my way further down the dark cavern. Over a large body of water, in the far off distance, I can see where my journey will lead me. Watching the large castle under the many glowing lights of the stones that littered the ceiling of the underground, I can feel my own determination to keep going rising.
My trusty sidekick keeps the quiet of the cavern to a minimum, which I admire. Upon one of his many stories I learned more on the enemy that has been tracking me down. This Undyne character seems like a formidable opponent and may prove me default to overcome than fighting the Great Papyrus. For going against the Caption of the Royal Guards does sound daunting. As much as I enjoyed the time I shared with my trustee and the knowledge he provided me, our time together was short lived.
"Climb on my shoulder."
With the aid of my valiant sidekick, I was able to continue my heroic journey.
"Do not fret loyal monster, for your effort won't be forgotten!" I shouted as ran towards the next room.
{GaHh! Ok, yOu annoying litTle sh-}
《cough cough》
{You cAn stop nOw!}
Voices plaguing my mind, I continued strong. For not even a thousand spears from the ground could deter me from my goal. Running with all my might, I found myself at the end of the path that led to a long drop to a watery grave. With no other choice but to go back and face the warrior-- ha! With Jasper Daniels there is always another choice! Running with all my might I dove towards the ledge! Falling into the depthI could hear the screams of the metal warrior as I have once again alluded her.
Seeing the bottom of my reckless action, I had to make a quick decision soon or my journey would come to an end sooner than expected. Heart pounding quicker, my thoughts went towards the battle of the giant skeleton. One of his many skills involved manipulating gravity. To increase the density t-
{You're gonna splat of you don't hurry, you know that right?}
Jasper taking in the voice's point, cleared his mind. Nearing the fall, Jasper's eyes turned black as his irises glew brightly. Power surging through his bones, he summoned his sword. Holding his weapon high, he wielded his magic towards the object.
Come on! This gotta work!
His weapon began flashing violently before settling into a light glow. Soon after the glow grew around the weapon, his falling speed dropped dramatically.
"WHOO! IT WORKED!!"
《You're...you're levitating it!!?》
As impossible as everything the small child had done impressed you, this one action really surprised you. From just witnessing Papyrus use his magic to levitate bones, the small boy was able to mimic the action to save himself from crashing to the bottom. Jasper landed safely down to the murky water of the Garbage Dump.
"You know what, not even standing in dirty water and having ruined my clothes can stop me from being happy! Cause, whoo! I can float now!!" Jasper cheered with his arms high. Climbing out of the water to dry off proved useless because after soon reaching the end of the room he was faced with a very angry dummy. To which to have bested it quite easily. Not so long after chasing the dummy away, did Jasper find Napstablook wondering nearby. Curious as to why the ghost looked so depressed, the little boy silently followed him towards his home.
Knocking on the door, the depressing ghost invited the child inside his home. Inside the home, Jasper noticed how music savvy the ghost was. Digging into his pocket revealed a small device wrapped in thin fabric. Unlike all his items in his backpack, the small device in his pocket didn't survive the fall as it dripped water onto the floor. Asking the ghost for a favor, Napstablook agreed to look at it and see if he could fix it. Leaving one of most precious treasures behind, he left the area and found a much needed store.
Learning more about the history of monsters, Jasper stocked on more monster food. Thanking the old turtle, he made his way towards the lantern room. Crossing through, he heard a peculiar noise. Curious, he took a detour just in case Bonbon was there. Entering Temmie village, he immediately regretted it. If his sister was here, she would probably still be in here. At least there was a small shop in the village where he could stock on some questionable monster food. Leaving the village, he ended up covered from head to toe in Temmies. The small dog cat monster wouldn't stop hugging him. Shaking them off, he made his way back to the main path.
Walking down through the cavern, Jasper found himself at another dead end. Seeing that it was not a body of water keeping him from crossing but the cave walls itself.
"Behind you...." whispered a small blue flower before the sound of metal clanking echoed near, catching his attention.