Oh geez! I haven't posted anything in a while! Moving takes so much time, I barely had time to eat!
So since I am finally finished with that, I think, now to catch up on updates! For now I shall post Underswap first since I want to catch up on Inverted fate before finishing up the story. Time to get back to work!
Chara walked around the snow covered forest of the underground, recalling his encounters with various monsters so far. He met a kind goat man in the ruins, fire mites who he bought some tea from, and two skeleton brothers in the forest he was in now. As he would solve puzzles and progress forward, he met and spared other monsters along the way, and even took a piece of a snowman along. Yet, as he was about to solve a puzzle, a lady had fallen into the snow, causing it to reveal a map on the ground that he was searching for.
However, Chara was more concerned about the lady, and surprised to see how human she looked. When the lady sat up from the ground, their eyes met. The lady saw a child with reddish brown hair, ruby colored eyes with rosy cheeks, a green shirt with a yellow band across it, and brown shorts. Chara saw a lady with loose black hair and blue tips, purple eyes that matched a scarf she wore over a dark-blue-vested sky blue dress, brown knee-high boots, and an orange belt on her waist.
"Umm, are you okay?" Chara asked her.
"Hmm? Oh! Yes, of course I'm fine. The snow was like a fluffy pillow of softness, catching me with ease," The lady said as she placed her palms together with a smile.
"Oh, alright. Do you need help?" Chara asked her.
"Nope, it's fine. Thank you dear," The lady replied, and she rose up with a gust of wind on her back that helped her stand.
"So what is your- Are you alright?" The lady asked, noticing that Chara's mouth was agape.
"Uh! Nothing. I was just surprised. My name is Chara, who are you, Ms. lady?" Chara asked.
"Oh! Yes, sorry. My name is Curtain, but you can call me Sky for short," Sky said with a grin, as Chara raised a brow since he was trying to figure out how it was shorter.
"Ooooh, you are a human! Very nice to see you alive and well, I wasn't sure if you were alive, but thankfully the goat monster told me about you, so my hopes were a little higher, but now they are sky-rocketed!" Sky said, as Chara thought he heard a chuckle echoing somewhere.
"Oh, uhhh, alright. So now that you know I'm okay, what are you going to do?" Chara asked.
"Hmmm, wander around I guess. See if I can find some things and meet other monsters. Who knows! Maybe I'll find someone like me, but not totally, just the Aecan half! I met humans before so I wonder if I could meet any Aecans too," Sky replied.
"Aecans? Half?" Chara asked, more confused.
"Oh! Aecans are like birds and wolves fused together in appearance. I happen to be half because my mother was a Aecan, and my father was a human," Sky replied with a smile.
"Wh-What?! I thought all monsters were underground?" Chara asked.
"The fighters in the war were, not the ones who lived on the mountains. They were able to hide," Sky replied, and Chara nodded in understanding.
"I haven't met many Aecans besides my mom, and I wanted to see if I find any here. Although leaving a child alone to fend for yourself isn't right..." Sky said as she pondered this.
"Well I made it this far, haven't I?" Chara said.
"Ahhh, true. Hmmm, well how about this. Do you have a phone?" Sky asked, and Chara nodded and passed his phone to her.
"How about I give you my number, so that whenever you need help, you can call me and I'll come. Is that okay?" Sky asked, and Chara nodded.
Their numbers were exchanged, and Chara continued on his way following the map to reach Snowdin Village, while Sky stood where she landed so that she could check if she dropped something.
Chara was able to reach Snowdin Village by the mercy of a certain skeleton before heading out to face said skeleton, who was waiting for him just outside the village. This skeleton was quite energetic, eccentric, fair, and sort of modest. He wore a teal handkerchief around his neck, a suit of gray "armor" on his chest with silver shoulder pads, black pants and sleeves, and blue gloved hand and boots. His eyes were blue stars for pupils, and he awaited for the arrival of the human he was befriending, although he was at war with himself on whether to capture them or not. He wondered what his brother Papyrus would do in this situation.
'Hmm, he wouldn't even be here in this scenario! He'll probably say he's on break and be sleeping somewhere with his bottle of honey! Just thinking about his laziness makes me want to correct him in my own mind... Mweeeeh, I know I have to capture a human but... is the human's life and friendship worth less than my own pride and acknowledgement? I... I hope I can make the right decision. For everyone,' Swap Sans thought as he saw a figure walking towards him through the mist.
Chara had entered Snowdin after speaking to Swap Papyrus, a lazy skeleton who carries a toothpick in his mouth with a red-orange open hoodie and a white shirt underneath, black shorts, and yellow sneakers. He informed him that even though his brother is strong, he has a heart of gold, and that he wouldn't hurt anyone intentionally. As Chara walked around Snowdin town and interacted with the monsters there, he kept Papyrus words about Sans on his mind. He entered the Library and noticed Sky looking through some of the books.
"Hey, lady. Can you pass me that book up there?" Chara asked, and when Sky turned around her mouth formed an 'O' and she started giggling.
"Hello my little friend! You surprised me. I was looking for some form of info on Aecans, if any. How have you been?" Sky asked.
"Good so far. I'm just looking around before I go fight," Chara said, almost nonchalantly.
"Oh my! A fight? Why so? With whom?" Sky asked with concern shining in her eyes.
"Well it's not really a fight fight. I'm just trying not to get captured the best way I can, you know?" Chara replied with a smile to calm his friend down.
"Hmmm, well okay then. Just remember to call me if you need help, okay?" Sky said with a calmer demeanor, and Chara nodded firmly.
After Chara left the library and finished exploring the town, he headed passed the skelebros' house into a blizzard. From under his arm that blocked his face, Chara could see a figure standing there, as if waiting for him to arrive.
"Human, you have finally come! This is it, the final confrontation! I, the magnificent Sans, will finally capture you... but first, I'd like to tell you about some complex feelings..." Sans said, and the blizzard wind ceased it's furious howl.
"... Myeh! I-I've always wanted to be part of the royal guard. To be part of something great, and then to be showered in praise and adoration from the tons of friends I would have... but is it really worth having a ton of friends instead of one special friend who likes me as I am...?" Sans said looking downward thoughtfully, as Chara was moved by his words and saw that he was struggling with his dilemma.
"But, if I look at it another way, you are supposed to be captured anyway right? We are supposed to capture any human who ends up here... but if I have to bring you to Alphys then maybe I shouldn't... No! I must capture you! My feelings should not interfere! Have at you, human!" Sans said, and he summoned a group of bones around himself, as Chara readied himself although reluctantly.
The battle persisted for a while, with Chara dodging attacks and trying to convince the skeleton not to fight, as Sans felt more and more reluctant to continue the fight. However, Sans continued the fight, as Chara felt bad when he saw that he started feeling bad when he would get hit.
'What can I do?! He's set to catch me, but I know he doesn't want to. He must have been trained really well if he can still fight after all of this... wait, I should ca-' Chara's thoughts were cut short when he just barely dodged a fast bone attack, but he landed wrong and twisted his ankle as he fell on the snow, face-first.
"Gasp! Human! Are you alright? That looked painful!" Sans called out, as he took a step forward.
"Uh... Ha! You think I had fallen? No, no! I was getting my phone to tag in my friend!" Chara said, as he quickly pressed call on his phone.
"Wh-What?! A tag-in?! This is quite unprecedented. I'm not sure if it's allowed in combat," Sans said.
"Well, humans do tag-ins in some fights! Especially in a ring, but snow works too," Chara said, and he heard a voice over the phone as he quickly told them to come over.
"Huh... Alright human! I accept the tag-in! Who are you trading places with?" Sans asked, his hands on his hips as his scarf-cape blew in the wind heroically.
"Uh, don't worry! You'll meet them soon!" Chara called out, as he thought he heard crunching snow echoing in the distance.
"Well, okay. We will wait! For now, would you like me to check your leg? I still feel like it should be looked at," Sans said, as he took a few steps forward.
"Oh no no. It's fine, I'm good," Chara said, as he tried to stand up to ease his worry.
However, the pain shot up Chara's leg as he started falling, but was caught and lifted up just in time.
"Careful, dear child. You almost fell," Sky said, as she held Chara in her arms and looked to see that he wasn't faint.
"Sky! You... You came really fast," Chara said, calming himself down since he raised his voice pretty high.
"Yeah, I wasn't that far away. Also, I did say I would come when you call, and this is quite serious since you are in a fight," Sky said, and she placed Chara down on a rock nearby.
"So, who is your opponent?" Sky asked, and Chara pointed towards Sans.
Sky turned, ready to face Chara's opponent, as Sans readied himself to face this new person.
And in that moment, when two pairs of eyes met, time froze in place.