Chapter 8: Papyrus and Sans' Puzzles Part 2

After charging up their energy, Minnie and Victor continue to walk down the path. Minnie notices a sign up ahead and reads it. It says 'Warning: Dog Marriage.'

"Dog Marriage?" Minnie says, confused.

"You'll know when you walk ahead," Victor says.

They soon walk down the path as they look around for any trouble. Soon, they end up coming across a Lesser Dog. Minnie and Victor have the screen in front of them to see what is ahead of them. There is one 'Check' and the rest of the options are 'Pet.' Then Minnie selects Pet. Minnie barely begins to reach her hand out, and the Lesser Dog gets excited. The screen shows the Heart and it has a dog on it. The dog on the screen jumps up, but Minnie dodges her heart away from it. After that, Minnie selects 'Pet' again, and she is able to slightly tough the dog, and it is already overexcited. Minnie then continues to pet the dog over and over and the dog becomes more and more excited. Minnie begins to notice that every time she pets it, it's neck begins to stretch out and gets longer. It gets longer and longer and longer every time she pets it. She then decides to spare the creature and the dog's neck is back to normal. She ends up getting 20 gold pieces at the end.

Once that is done, Minnie continues on her way.

Victor notices, "Hey, what's this?"

Victor finds a switch and presses it. So far, nothing has happened. They both soon continue to follow down the path and walk over some snow that is covering something. They decide to ignore it and walk over the bridge. They soon come across strange patterns in the snow. They stop in their tracks to see two dogs with long staff with axes on it marching in their direction. They both come up to the humans and sniff them.

"What's that smell? (Where's that smell?)" One of the dogs says.

The second dog says, "If you're a smell… (Identify yourself.)"

They both begin to move around the two humans and they haven't moved an inch. To be honest, they're feeling uncomfortable.

One of the dogs says, "Hmm… Here's that weird smell… It makes me want to eliminate it."

The second dog says, "Eliminate you!"

Soon the dog guards known as the Dogi begin to assault them. The two screens appear in front of them. One is name Dogamay and the other name is Dogaressa.

Victor selects Dogamay and presses on Roll around. Victor then rolls around in the dirt and snow. Minnie does the same. Soon, they both smell like weird puppies. Soon, they begin to assault them. Their heart appears on the screen and they both move them away from the assault. Minnie then presses Pet. The dogs are too suspicious of their smell. Soon, they begin to get annoyed and say to keep their hands off of them. Soon, they attack again, Minnie and Victor dodge the attack. They both select Re-sniff and roll, and they allow themselves to roll into the dirt. They soon allow the dogs to smell them again. Dogi smells the two again and wonders if they're puppies. They perform the attack and the two humans dodge again. They continue to do the same thing over and over until they decide to spare Dogi. They earned 40 gold pieces.

Soon one of the dogs says, "Dogs can pet other dogs? (A new world has open up for us…)"

The second Dog says, "Thanks weird puppies."

Then they both walk away. The two humans are left dumbfounded.

Minnie turns to Victor, "Um, do you know them?"

"Not really. Either way, we better get going," Victor says.

"Okay," Minnie says.

The two humans begin to walk down the path and walk to see something odd. They see a stone switch, and rocks that are surrounding two blue X's and a rock is blocking between the two. They both notice a sign and walk over.

Victor looks at the sign and reads, "Turn every X into an O. Then press the switch."

"I guess we need to turn the Blue X's into O's and then press the stone switch," Minnie says.

"Seems so," Victor says.

Victor walks on the first Blue X and it changes into a Red O. He then walks around the stones and then does the same with the other X that changes into an O. Minnie then presses the switch. With that, they turn to see spikes that are on the road goes down. Turns out, they blocked their path until the switch was activated. They walk over to find Papyrus.

Confused, Minnie asks, "What is he doing here? And um… when did he get here?"

"Not sure," Victor says, confused.

They both walk forward when Papyrus turns around to notice Victor and Minnie.

"What?! How did you avoid my trap?" Papyrus asks, stunned.

Then asks, "And, more importantly… is there any left for me?"

Victor whispers to Minnie, "Just tell him you ate it."

"Um well… I ate it," Minnie shyly says.

"Really? Wowie… no one's ever enjoyed my cooking before. Well then! Fret not human! I, Master Chef Papyrus… Will make you all the pasta you could ever want," Papyrus says, and begins leaves the scene.

Minnie and Victor then follow him to a different area. Minnie decides to talk to Papyrus.

He then says, "My brother started a sock collection recently. How saddening…"

"I think sock collecting sounds nice. There must be pretty colors," Minnie says.

"Sounds boring if you ask me," Victor says.

"I agree. Sometimes I wonder what he would do without such a cool guy taking care of him?" Papyrus says. Then chuckles again.

The two humans become confused and begin to walk down the road until they come across an area that has multiple blue X's and large stones around them at certain areas.

"Wow… wonder if we have to do the same thing here?" Minnie asks.

Suddenly, Papyrus walks over, "Human…"

They turn their heads to see Papyrus.

The skeleton says, "Hmm… how do I say this… you were taking a long time to arrive, so I decide to improve this puzzle… by arranging the snow to look more like my face."

Minnie becomes confused as Victor rolls his eyes in reply.

"Unfortunately, the snow froze to the ground. Now, the situation is different! And, as usual, my lazy brother is nowhere around," Papyrus says.

Minnie asks, "How so?"

But Papyrus ignores her, "I suppose what I am saying is… worry not, human! I, the Great Papyrus, will solve this conundrum! Then we can all proceed! Meanwhile, feel free to try the puzzle yourself, and don't help Victor. I'll try not to give away the answer! The same goes for you Victor."

Okay," Minnie says.

She looks at the sign and it says like on the sign before. She needs to change the X's to O's and then press the switch on the ground. Minnie nods her head. She then turns her head to notice something strange in the bushes. She looks to see a switch. Curious, Minnie presses on a button and decides to walk to the other one and see if it does something. Suddenly, all the X's turns into Os in seconds.

Papyrus is astonished, "Wow! You solved it! And you did it all without my help… Incredible! I'm impressed! You must care about puzzles like I do!"

"I suppose," Minnie says.

Then Papyrus says, "Well, I'm sure you'll love the next puzzle then! It might even be too easy for you!" He then laughs and leaves.

Minnie says, "Your friend is weird."

"Maybe so, but he does make strange and yet, interesting puzzles. Even if it's weird," Victor says.

Minnie says, "Let's get going and see what we find next."

The group begins to walk down the road and around the puzzle. Soon, they end up meeting with Sans.

"Hi Sans," Minnie says

"Hey," Victor says.

"Hey Minnie. Victor. Good job on solving it so quickly. You didn't even need my help. Which is great, 'cause I love doing absolutely nothing," Sans says.

"Okay," Minnie says, feeling skeptical.

"Come on, knowing Papyrus, he has another puzzle waiting for us," Victor says.

"Okay," Minnie says.

The two walk down the train until they reach another puzzle that is full of gray scale color tiles around the road. On the other side there are Papyrus and Sans. They also notice a strange box.

"Hey Victor and little Human girl," Papyrus says.

Minnie sheepishly says, "I have a name you know."

"Right, Minnie. You're gonna love this puzzle! It was made by the great Dr. Alphys!" Papyrus says.

"Who?" Minnie says, confused.

"You see these tiles?!" Papyrus questions.

"Um… yes…" Minnie says, confused.

"Once I throw this switch… they will begin to change color! Each color has a different function. Red tiles are impassible. You cannot walk on them! Yellow tiles are electric! They will electrocute you! Green tiles are alarm tiles! If you step on them… You will have to fight a monster! Orange tiles are will make you smell delicious. Blue tiles are water tiles." Papyrus says.

"Water tiles?" Minnie says, confused.

"Swim through if you like… if you smell like orange! The piranhas will bite you. Also, if a blue tile is next to a yellow tile, the water will also zap you. Purple tiles are slippery! You will slide to the next tile! However, the slippery soap… smells like lemons! Which piranhas do not like," Papyrus says.

"Piranhas don't like lemons?" Minnie says, confused.

Victor whispers to Minnie, "It's best not to question."

"Of course, purple and blue are okay, Finally, pink tiles. They don't do anything. Step on them all you like. How was that?! Understand?" Papyrus adds.

"I guess so," Minnie says.

"Great! Then there's one last thing…" Papyrus says.

"What is it?" Minnie asks.

"This puzzle is entirely random! When I pull this switch, it will mix the puzzle. That has never been seen before. Not even I know the solution," Papyrus adds.

He laughs and says, "Get ready…"

Then presses the button and starts the puzzle. The tiles change to multi colors and the colors begin to shuffle and begin to change all around that Minnie's eyes are beginning to get blinded by the multi colors and her head feels dizzy on the inside. Finally, it's done shuffle. It shows that most of the tiles are red, but the middle shows two rows of tiles that are all pink. Then Papyrus leaves the scene.

"Well, it looks like this puzzle is going to be easy," Minnie says.

"You can say that again," Victor says.

The two humans walk down the pink tiles and reach the other side.

Before, they continue forward, Sans says. "Actually, that spaghetti from earlier… it wasn't too bad for my brother. Since he started cooking lessons, he's been improving a lot. I bet if he keeps it up, next year he'll even make something edible."

"Okay. Um, thanks for letting me know," Minnie says.

"You're welcome," Sans says.

The two humans continue forward to continue with their adventure and to find out if Papyrus has any more puzzles for them to solve.