When the limo was fully out of sight, Toriel gently placed her paw on my right shoulder as she turned and directed me inside while saying, "come now let's go inside, it is still fairly early."
The three of us entered her home, which could only be described as well homey. The floors were a soft white pine with marigold yellow walls, there was a large bookshelf kitty cornered against the wall opposite of where we were standing, a fireplace built into the same wall only centered, with a sage recliner that was the perfect size for Toriel, positioned at an angle near the fireplace, along with a matching couch that was parallel to the fireplace, and a oak coffee table right in the middle to tie the room together.
Toriel then lead me to the couch, and with the slightest bit of pressure from her paw which hadn't left my shoulder the whole time she walked me into the house, she pushed me into a sitting position on the couch, where frisk joined.
"Um... I'm afraid I don't know your name my child?" She sheepishly asked
"My name is Sable but I prefer to be called Raven. " I responded
"Raven? Hmm I find that, that name seems to suit you. As you know my name is Toriel and the little scamp sitting next to you is my child frisk." She said while frisk smiled at me.
" it's a pleasure to meet frisk and you miss... " I had started saying as Toriel interrupted me, "just Toriel if you wouldn't mind. "
"Ok then, just toriel." I said causing both her and frisk to laugh.
"oh! Heh heh, ha ha ha! I set myself up for that one didn't i. " she managed to get out between laughing.
I watched as she went into the next room, and heard her opening cupboards, before I heard the oven door open and close. She entered the living room a short while later carrying a tray that had three coffee cups on it, one of which was steaming, with what smelt like hot cocoa. She walked over to the coffee table and placed the tray down. It had two cariffs in the corner one which was black and the other white, between them was a small silver milk pitcher, along with a matching sugar bowl, in the lower left corner of the tray were three white plates with three forks on the top of the plates, and in the middle surrounded by the other things was a beautiful pie, that smelt of butterscotch and cinnamon.
I watched as frisk bounced in her seat when she saw that we were having pie for breakfast.
"Well, someone's excited?" I said
(Mom, makes the best pie!) Frisk signed
"Oh! I forgot to mention frisk is mute. She said. .." Toriel started to say when I interrupted her with,
"Mom makes the best pie. I can speak sign language. I learned it when I was a baby bones."
"Well isn't that a surprise, " Toriel started while she grabbed the white Cariff and poured a cup of tea for herself, before continuing, "the black one has coffee, raven." She finished as she handed me the last cup.
"Thank you toriel, I haven't had a cup yet this morning." I said as I poured the coffee then adding two sugars and cream.
When we were done with our drinks and the pie, which was as good as frisk said. Toriel went to bring the dirty dishes and leftovers back to the kitchen,when I told her, "let me take care of that for you toriel, it's the least I can do for all you've done for me this morning."
" no my child, I will do this. " she replied with a time of finality as she brought the tray back to the kitchen.
She sat back down after she put everything away, looking at me and saying, "raven? I have a small request for you? Would you mind keeping an eye on frisk while I go back to the underground and check the hall of records to see if you were born there. We have had a few others come whom were born on the surface after the war."
" of course I don't mind keeping an eye on the squirt, while you do that. " I replied
"Good now that that is setteled, I shall take my leave, you may keep your bag here till I come back." She stayed as She walked us out the door.
Before we went out separate ways Toriel turned to frisk and said, "now frisk I want you to be good for raven while I'm gone, and please do not get into trouble."
I have the side eye to frisk as I said, "really this Angel is a magnet for trouble?"
( No!) Frisk signed as Toriel and I started to laugh
"I'm calling bull kiddo." I responded when I was done laughing.
Frisk grabbed my left hand, causing me to slightly flinch afraid that she would find it repulsive, as she lead me into the town a huge grin on her face that relaxed me. The town's set up was as if each district went one by one in a line. (Dad set up the town just like it was in the underground, mom's house is on ruins avenue, then there's Snowdin street, waterfall road, hotland avenue, which is next to the core corner, followed by new home circle.) She signed as we walked on to Snowdin street, which instead of a street sign there was a fully decorated Christmas tree. We had been walking past various houses and other buildings like the snowed inn, and the libraby, when a short lizard ran into me, the lizard looked to be female, and had yellow scales and spikes for hair, she was in a lab coat, with glasses on her snout. She had bounced off of me and Landed on her butt, her glasses had fell off of her face, and landed at frisk's feet.
"Oh my, are you alright?" I asked
" O-oh, y-ye-yes I'm al-alr-alright. "She replied
(Alphys what hapened?) frisk signed
" I h-he-heard t-th-the-there was a n-new mon-monster, and I I w-wa-was in a r-r-ush, t-o m-me-meet th-em. " she said
I smiled as I crouched to help Alphys up, while saying, "Well looks like you just met her."
" H-h-hu-huh? " she asked
"The names raven, raven the skeleton." I said while I shook the hand i still held.
Upon hearing how I introduced myself , frisk's eyes widened when she recognize the words.
"Oh, i-im h-ha-happy, to m-meet y-yo-you." Alphys said
We talked with Alphys for a bit where I learned she is the royal scientist, and that she was dating the captain of the royal guard, whose name is undyne. Alphys had just left us when the noon bells chimed and frisk's stomach growled, causing both of us to giggle.
"Well, looks like someone's hungry? Know any good placed to eat?" I asked
Frisk's eyes lit up, as she once again grabbed my hand pulling me towards a building, that had a neon sign reading grilbys. "grilbys eh?" I said as frisk started to sign rapidly .
" Woah, slow down kiddo.? I'm good at reading sign but not when I'm only catching bits and pieces. " I said holding her hands silently telling her to slow down.
(I'm sorry raven. I said, you'll love grilbys. He makes the best food.) She resigned
"we'll then let's see if your claim is true." I said as we entered the brick building that had a bench style window and a stoop with a door that led into the restaurant. A bell chimed when we entered, causing all of the occupants to look in our direction. The inside was warm and had oak floors with red brown painted walls, with three sets of booths along the right wall, there were three tables in a zig zag pattern, the one closest to the window was empty, with the one in the middle having three dog monsters sitting at it, and the last table had only one dog monster at it, and it looked like that dog was playing poker by itself.
As we walked up to the bar, everyone there waved and said hi to frisk, who waved back, and gave pets to the dog monsters. I watched the way she interacted with everyone a smile on my face. After she pet the dogs, frisk turned to the bar once more, and I watched as a glint of mischief appeared in her eyes, when she saw two hooded figures sitting on two seats in the middle of the bar. I could only see their backs but they looked to be male from their build, as the one on my right was wearing a black hoodie and matching jeans, the one on my left was in an orange hoodie, and tan pants. I looked at frisk to see that she had taken about five steps back, as if to get a running start.
She than ran full tilt towards the two at the bar, I shifted my feet so I could stop her, and as my right arm went to go around her she dodged, and ran a few more steps till she jumped. As she reached the top of her jump the monster sitting at the bar on my left turned, his hood fell off of his head, just as she started her descent.
His right eye flashed orange, as he raised his right hand engulfed frisk in magic stopping her. I realized who it was as he brought her towards him and just as he was about to scold her for doing that I interrupted him by saying,
"Stretch?!"
