Hello, and welcome to chapter 10! Sorry for not updating yesterday, but I did say that I couldn't keep a daily schedule up forever.
In response to Rinneltachi's comment about Sweet Mask, I agree with you on him being too nice so far. Sweet Mask is a hard character to write, especially the way I want to portray him. I want him to be humble and understanding, but at the same time a bit of a sadist. I'm hoping to get to show a bit of that side of him in the next chapter.
Well, with that cleared up, enjoy the chapter!
After their encounter with Sans and Papyrus, the group continued on through the woods. Deciding to break the silence, Badd spoke up.
"So, what do ya think of those two?"
"I think they're really funny! And Sans is super nice!" Zenko said excitedly.
"Well, Sans seems like a pretty nice guy for the most part, but I get the feeling that he's more than meets the eye. As for Papyrus, he's overconfident, loud, and obnoxious. That's just my first impression of him though."
Seito looked thoughtful.
"I have to agree with Chara about Sans. He's obviously keeping something from us, although I don't know if it's I'll in intent or not. Nevertheless, I'm going to be keeping an eye on him. As for Papyrus, he's... interesting. He seems to be rather ignorant, but at the same time he also appears to be hardworking, trying to convince his brother to get to work, albeit failing miserably."
He smirked in amusement at his last statement.
"I suppose I'll learn more about him the more I see him."
"Well, I don't really know what I think of em. Guess I'll just have to get a better understanding of their personalities."
The group continued their small talk, trudging through the woods.
After walking a little while longer, the band of humans plus spirit started to hear the distinct voices of the skelebros. Walking over a hill, they spotted the brothers in a conversation.
"SO, AS I WAS SAYING ABOUT UNDYNE, I DREW THIS FOR HER."
Papyrus whipped out a paper with a drawing of himself and a fish lady back to back, arms crossed and wearing sunglasses.
"DO YOU THINK SHE'LL LIKE IT? HANG ON THE FRIDGE MATERIAL?"
Sans didn't get a chance to respond before Papyrus turned his head, immediately spotting the humans.
Eye sockets the size of saucers, he turned back to Sans just as his brother looked the other way. Looking back again, Sans decided then to look towards the group once more. This cycle continued for a while, gradually picking up speed until they were spinning in circles so fast that they appeared as a blur.
The random sight had Badd and Zenko in tears, and even Seito was chuckling a little.
Eventually, the skeletal brothers stopped, their backs turned to them.
"OH MY GOD! SANS, ARE THOSE, HUMANS?!"
"actually, i think those are rocks."
Looking behind them, Badd realized that there were in fact a little pile of rocks right behind them.
"OH."
"but hey, what are those in front of the rocks?"
Papyrus looked down the path again, this time right at the group. Zenko waved at the skeleton exuberantly. Gasping, he turned towards Sans again. "
OH MY GOD! THOSE ARE HUMANS, RIGHT?"
"yes."
Papyrus Jumped up in the air victoriously.
"YES! SANS, I FINALLY DID IT! I'M GONNA, UNDYNE WILL, I'LL BE SO... POPULAR! POPULAR! POPULAR!"
Zenko giggled at Papyrus' excitement, while Badd just smirked, and Seito shook his head at the tall skeleton's childish behavior.
Papyrus cleared his... throat?
"HUMANS! YOU SHALL NOT PASS THIS AREA! I, THE GREAT PAPYRUS, SHALL STOP YOU! I WILL THEN CAPTURE YOU! YOU WILL BE DELIVERED TO THE CAPITAL! THEN, THEN! I'M NOT ACTUALLY SURE WHAT'S NEXT."
Seito just chuckled at the skeleton's overconfidence. If only he knew what they were capable of.
"IN ANY CASE, CONTINUE, ONLY IF YOU DARE! NYEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEH!
"well, that went well."
Badd walked up to the skeleton and looked at him, a smirk on his face.
"Well, I gotta say, you were right about that brother of yours. Anyone else would have fought us right then and there, but he's treating it like a game."
"yeah, well, he's been obsessed with making puzzles and traps throughout snowdin road ever since he became a sentry. it'd be a shame if they just went to waste."
Seito looked at Sans critically.
"None of the obstacles are too dangerous, right? I don't want Zenko here getting hurt."
Sans gave a full blown laugh at that.
"kid, like i said before, paps and danger are like oil and water. my bro couldn't make a dangerous challenge if he tried."
The idol just hummed, before turning to the siblings.
"Well, we should probably be on our way if we want to make any sort of progress before day's end."
Sans watched them go, deep in thought.
hm, the blue haired one is worth being wary of. he's cold and calculating, not a good combination with his LV. he hasn't done anything yet, but that doesn't mean that he won't. He thought, before walking into the woods, taking one of his 'shortcuts' in order to catch up.
Walking down the path in silence for the most part, the group of humans plus spirit saw a monster walking with their head down.
As it looked up and turned it's head, spotting them, they got a better look at it's appearance. It appeared to be some sort of chicken, but it's head was in the shape of a snowflake, and it's beak had teeth, which served to unnerve them a bit.
"Hey, guys! Heh heh, I know this is a bit sudden, but could you uh, listen to my jokes? My friends and my dad say that I'm not funny, but I'll prove them wrong!"
Seito whispered to Chara.
"He knows that we're humans, right?"
"I don't actually think so."
Before any of the others could respond, Zenko waved him over.
"Sure, we'd love to hear them!"
Giving a big smile, the monster walked over.
"Got anything on this guy, Chara?" Badd whispered.
Nodding, the spirit looked at the monster.
"Snowdrake. Threat level: wolf. This teen comedian struggles to keep a captive audience."
"Oh boy, this is gonna be painful, isn't it?"
"Hey there! My name's Snowdrake! 'Ice' to meet you!"
To his surprise, Zenko started giggling.
"W-what?! You actually found that funny?"
"Yeah! I love puns!"
Badd and Sieto were resisting the urge to groan. Snowdrake however, was elated.
"Wow, real laughs! My friends and dad were wrong!"
"Do you wanna hear some more?"
"Of course!"
Snowdrake continued to make ice puns, and Zenko kept cracking up at each one. Eventually, the snowflake themed monster started to run out of jokes.
"Wow! Thanks so much! I've never an audience for this long! Wait till I tell my friends about this!"
He fluttered off, leaving behind a note and some G. 'Take this as thanks.' It read.
"Huh, would ya look at that. Guess that was actually worthwhile."
Seito looked at the G in bewilderment.
"That can't be real gold right?" He asked, staring wide eyed at the coins. Badd chuckled.
"Don't know. I'm plannin on gettin it looked at once we get back to the surface, but I'm not gettin my hopes up."
Shrugging, Seito picked up the gold and handed it to Zenko. She was the one who had earned it after all.
"Come on, we've wasted enough time already."
As the group continued on their way, they spotted something in the distance. Approaching it, they realized that it was a crudely made sentry station. It was made of cardboard, and the roof of it was opened, one flap of the cardboard slanting up.
Floating over to it. Chara observed it.
"Hm, there's some narration on this cardboard box."
Badd walked up to read the text.
"You observe the well crafted sentry station." He and Seito snorted at that. "Who could have built it, you ponder." The entire group was laughing now. "I-I bet it was that very famous royal guardsman! N-note, not yet a v-very famous royal guardsman."
By the time Badd has finished reading the text, Zenko was rolling on the ground laughing, and Seito was clutching his sides. Badd himself was nearly in tears, all of them cracking up at the absurdity of Papyrus.
"Wh-why did he put narration on the box?"
"No idea, but by god did it make for a great laugh!"
"Well, apart from that 'well crafted' sentry station, there doesn't seem to be anything else here. Might as well keep going."
The group eventually came to another sentry station, this one looking much more official than the last.
"Doesn't look like anyone's here. Lucky us."
Seito spotted a sign and went up to read it.
"Absolutely no moving! What the hell? Is there some sort of motion sensor set up or something?"
Upon failing to spot one, Seito began to move forward, when a dog looking monster with shifty looking eyes slowly rose from behind the sentry station.
Freezing on instinct, Seito looked over at the monster.
"D-did something move? Was it my imagination? Well, if something was moving, for example, a human,"
The group looked a bit nervous at the dog identifying them when it appeared to be blind.
"I'll make sure that it NEVER moves again!" The do flipped out of his station and drew a pair of knives from his back.
Looking nervous for his sister at the sight of the sight of the weapons, Badd raised his bat, ready to defend her.
"Doggo blocks the way!"
And chapter 10 is done! You like the little piemations bit I put in there? Sorry if it's a little lackluster, I might have a hard time coming up with unique dialogue and scenes for snowdin, at least until I get to the town, so don't be suprised if I start updating a little slower. As always, be sure to review, and I'll see you in the next one!
Edited 3/16/20