Chapter 3: Catacomb Solo Travel Part 2
Minnie looks confused to see the strange ghost of some kind on the ground and it's pretending to sleep as it snores.
Minnie calls out, "Excuse me?!"
Just then, the ghost wakes up. Her little screen appears in front of her and it reads, 'Here comes Napstablook.' The ghost stands up and stares at Minnie. Minnie simply smiles at it. Soon, the ghost begins to shed tears and falling to the soul heart. Minnie quickly moves her heart around, but it ends up getting hit, losing three of her life points.
"It's okay. Don't cry, don't cry," Minnie says.
Napstablook says, "I'd just weigh you down. Really not feeling up to it right now. Sorry."
"It's okay. Don't cry, do you wanna hear a joke?" Minnie replies.
"Um sure," Napstablook answers.
Minnie then says, "Alright. What's a ghost favorite ice cream?"
"Um, I don't know," Napstablook says.
"I scream," Minnie happily answers.
Napstablook begins to laugh and tears fall from his face. Minnie moves her heart soul around so it won't be damaged from the crying.
"You're funny. Take a look what I can do," Napstablook says.
Napstablook begins to shed tears, but this time are going upward. Then the tears begin to form a top hat on his head.
"I call it 'dapper blook'. Do you like it?" Napstablook says.
Minnie giggle, "I think it's cute."
"Thank you," Napstablook says.
Then says, "I usually come to the Ruins because there's nobody around… but today I met somebody really nice."
"Oh I'm rambling again," Napstablook says, blushing.
"It's okay," Minnie says.
"I'll get out of your way so you can pass," Napstablook says.
"Thank you," Minnie says.
"Goodbye," Napstablook says.
The ghost then disappears and give Minnie a path to cross. Minnie walks over the leaves and into the next room. Much to her confusion, she can only see a sign and cobwebs. Minnie walks to the sign to see something written on it.
Minnie looks at the sign, "Hmm, what's this? Spider Bake Sale. All Proceeds go to real spiders."
Minnie walks to the spider and sees her screen appears. It reads, 'Leave 7G in the Web? Yes No Then says $ - 4G Space - ⅛."
Minnie presses no, and walks to the other web. She walks to the large web and it says the same thing. Instead it has 18G. Minnie also denies the question. Minnie decides to walk back to the smaller web and takes a desert. It's called a Spider Donut. She then puts it in her bag for safe keeping. She then walks out chamber and into the one she and Napstablook first meet. She then notices another opening and walk through it. She walks down the path to see another sign.
The sign reads, "Did you miss it? Spider Bake Sale down and to the right. Come eat food made by spiders, for spiders, of spiders?"
Minnie simply walks along the path to see another Froggit.
She walks to the Frog and says, "Ribbit. Ribbit. (I heard using 'F4' can make you have a 'full screen') But what does 'F4' stand for?) (Four Frogs?) (I have only seen a maximum of three frogs in this floor…) (This is troubling, to say the least.) Ribbit."
Minnie walks down the path and comes across a small creature. It has one eye, two horns on his head, and sharp teeth. The screen reads, "Loox drew near!"
"Um hello," Minnie shyly says.
Minnie presses a few buttons and press, "Don't pick on."
Loox laughs and says, "Finally, someone to talk with."
Loox then creates circle energy around. Minnie moves her Soul Heart out of the way. Loxx then gaze at Minnie. Minnie then presses mercy, and then spare. Minnie ends up receiving five pieces of goal and the monster leaves.
Minnie then walks to the other frog and says, "Ribbit, ribbit. (I have heard you are quiet merciful, for a human…) (Surely you know by now a monster wears a yellow name when you can spare it.)"
Froggit asks, "What do you think of it?"
"I think it's helpful," Minnie says.
"It is rather helpful. Remember, sparing is just saying you won't fight. Maybe one day, you'll have to do it even if their name isn't yellow," Froggit says.
"Um okay," Minnie says, confused.
She then walks to the end of the chamber and going to go down the hall. Suddenly, she hears the phone ringing. She picks up the phone to listen to who it is.
She then sees Toriel's voice, "Hello?"
"Hello," Minnie says.
"I just realized that it has been a while since I have cleaned up. I was not expecting to have company so soon. There are probably a lot of things lying about here and there. You can pick them up, but don't carry more than you need," Toriel says.
"Okay," Minnie says.
"Someday, you might see something you really like. You will want to leave room in your pocket or your little bag for that," Toriel says.
"Okay," Minnie says.
Then she hangs up the phone.
Minnie walks down the hall and into the next chamber. She then walks into the room. Minnie walks to the stone slab on the wall. It reads, 'There is just one switch.'
"A switch?" Minnie says, confused.
Minnie looks around to see a large area of the catacomb. She begins to walk down the room to see there aren't any kind of trap that could cause her hard. Minnie looks at front to see a hallway close by. However, she sees spikes in front of her.
"I guess the switch removes the spikes out of the way," Minnie says to herself.
She then notices small black patches of dirt around it. When she steps on one, she falls through a hole and safely lands on a batch of red leaves. She then notices a Napstablook.
She walks over and says, "Hello. What are you doing here?"
"I fell down a hole… now I can't get up… go on without me…" The Napstablook says in agony.
"Uh, I think you can fly or something," Minnie says.
Just then, the Napstablook says, "Wait, you're right. Ghost can fly, can't they… oh well…"
The Napstablook disappears and Minnie walks to the path and is able to get back where she started. She walks down the path. Minnie then walks on another dark purple dirt and the same thing happen. Only this time, she comes across a pineapple of some kind.
Suddenly, the pineapple pops out and lands in front of Minnie. The screen appears, 'Vegtoid comes out of the earth!'
"Um hello," Minnie says.
"Plants can't talk dummy," the Vegtoid says.
Then begins to launch carrot at her Heart Soul. Minnie uses the screen to help the Heart Soul dodge the carrots. Then the Vegetoid gives her a mysterious smile. Suddenly, Minnie feels her stomach growling and rubs her tummy.
Vegtoid laughs, and says, "Eat your greens."
Then launches more vegetables. When she sees a green one, Minnie uses her Heart Soul to catch it. The screen reads, 'It smells like steamed carrots and peas.' Minnie then presses a few buttons on her screen and selects spare. She then gains four pieces of gold from this experience. Then the Vegtoid comes back underground.
"I never knew there could be vegetable monsters," Minnie says in thought.
She then walks out of the room and ends up back on the top floor. She then walks to another dark dust and falls to a different room. Minnie turns her head to see a yellow switch on the wall.
"So there's the switch the instruction mentioned," Minnie says to herself.
She walks to the switch and pulls it down. She then walks through the exit and lands back on the top floor. Minnie then turns her head to see the spikes hat has been blocking the exits are gone now. Minnie walks through the hall to reach another part of the catacomb.
Minnie walks over as she says, "Another slab. These directions really do come in handy."
She walks to the slab and reads it, "The far door is not an exit. It simply marks a rotation in perspective."
Minnie walks down the hall to see pillars with strange small knobs on it. She then walks through the exit and walks down another hall. When she reaches the exit, she can see spikes blocking her way.
Minnie looks at another slab, "I guess the slab might be able to help me remove the spikes."
Minnie walks to the slab and reads the direction, "If you can read this, press the blue switch."
"The blue switch?" Minnie thinks to herself.
Minnie walks around the pillar and right by the gateway she exists from, she finds the blue switch. She pushes it the blue switch and hears a click. She walks down the hall to see the spikes have been removed. She smiles with glee and exits the room, which leads to another one. Minnie sees another slab on the wall close by.
She walks over and reads the direction, "If you can read this, press the red switch."
Minnie walks down the catacomb to find red switch. She presses the switch and the spikes goes down. She then walks out of the catacomb and find another room. She then walks down the next room to find another slab. This slab reads, 'If you can read this, press the green switch.'
Minnie looks around to see the green switch close by. She walks to the green switch and presses on it. She then walks down the hall to see the spikes are gone again. She hurries down the hall to see what's in store. She walks down the hall to see patches of green vines and leaves. She walks down the hall to see a path up ahead. She walks down the hall and sees another Froggit.
She walks to the frog and it says, "Ribbit, ribbit. (Just between you and mee…) (I saw Toriel come out of here just a little while ago.)
"Really? You saw her?" Minnie asks, surprised.
"(Yes. She was carrying some groceries.) (I didn't ask what they were for…) (We're all too intimidated to talk to her.) Ribbit," Froggit says.
"Okay. Thank you," Minnie says.
Minnie then turns to the exit close by, "I wonder what's over there."
Curious, Minnie walks down the hall and exist to see what's on the other side. When she reaches the other side, she gasps in surprise to see a large stone city. There are towers around and walks around the area.
"Wow! I wonder what this place is? This place looks big. I wonder if this where Toriel and the other monsters I've met live," Minnie says to herself, and thinking of so many questions.
Minnie then notices something on the ground. She walks over to see a toy knife on the floor. She picks it up and puts it in her bag for safe keeping, She then leaves the hall and walks back to where she came. She then walks down the other hall and enter the next room. Minnie knows that this has been a long journey and hopes she runs to Toriel soon. Of course, she still has a lot to learn about living underground.
