Chapter 28:
Powder Party
I got upstairs and indeed found myself in a cloud of powder that covered a lot more than I thought possible. It trailed from the living room down the hall. I followed footprints that were marked in the puff to the bathroom that had been made at the end of the hall years before. I peeked through the cracked open door and saw what I found to be a very amusing scene.
One tall skeleton was in the oversized tub, holding Arial just above the water. Both were being bathed by Toriel, who washed powder from them. Finally Sans sat on the edge of the sink, his blue jacket gone, ribs exposed, and his face patched in a white even paler than he.
I started giggling at the view and caught the attention of the shirtless monster. He smirked and waved a bony hand my way.
"Hey Frisk. I told ya nothing could go wrong. We even powdered the place up for ya, while you were gone."
"SANS!" Papyrus groaned, but kept his eyes on Arial to keep her above the water.
"I can see that. Well, while you guys clean up yourselves, I'll powder clean the house."
Another groan from Papyrus and Sans hopped off his perch. "I'll help ya out there buddy."
He followed me back down the white trail to where the cleaning supplies were kept and took out a broom. It was a bit eye catching to see his ribs and spine, but I managed to keep my eyes away.
"Care to tell me how it happened?" I asked. With a shrug, he began to tell the story.
"Well, little baby bones needed another diaper change, so I volunteered for the duty. Paps insisted on helping, so when we opened her up...well, we got a bit of a surprise that went a bit higher than her diaper."
I stifled a giggle and nodded. "I should have warned you, sometimes it can get a little messy..."
He shrugged and crossed his arms over his chest. "It was no big deal. I was just gonna wipe her up, put on a fresh one then change her clothes. But Paps thought we needed the powder to clean it. He started getting a little out of hand with it and I tried to take it away. Before we knew it, we had a powder bomb."
At this point, my giggles could no longer be contained. In an uproar of laughter, I leaned on the mop to keep myself upright. Only would these two loveable boneheads do something like this. I couldn't blame them, at least they tried, but boy was it funny.
Through laughing tears I spoke, "I love you guys...that's just too priceless."
Sans blushed a bit and got out a bucket for me. "Almost as priceless as when you broke from your mutism as a kid by cursing."
This time my face blushed at the memory. "I thought everyone forgot about that."
"How could we? It was pretty cute. Though I think you shocked us most when you started talking a lot and told us you were older than we thought."
I smiled and took the bucket from him then got to work. "Well, I've always been small and young looking for my age...by the way...how old are you Sans?"
"Twenty six, in human years. Monster aging is different. Each monster has a different age ratio to humans."
"Hm...That's neat, I guess." I wrung out my mop and continued to clean the hard wood while he swept the rug.
We made short work of the clean up when Papyrus bounded out in his 'cool dude' shirt and shorts. Toriel wasn't far behind with Arial, all clean and snuggling into her fur.
"How was your day, dear?" Toriel asked, handing back my daughter.
"It was fun. Undyne proposed to Alphys."
" Oh that's wonderful!"
Papyrus gasped, "I THOUGHT SHE WAS GOING TO DO THAT AT CHRISTMAS! NOW I'LL HAVE TO MAKE CELEBRATION PASTA FOR-FRISK! I'M SORRY! I FORGOT YOUR APOLOGY PASTA! DINNER WILL BE A LITTLE LATE! I WILL START ON IT RIGHT AWAY!"
"Just don't put too much powder in it." Toriel winks.
"NOT YOU TOO! ALL THESE HORRIBLE PUNS! POOR ARIAL MUST BE SUFFERING!"
