This chapter stretches the T rating but I promise it's all fluff and nothing descriptive.
The soul canisters were placed in front of the collected and cleaned belongings of the fallen children along with drawings of what the kids looked liked, Lesser Dog was very eager to do the drawings and was actually very good.
Zane started with Justice, hoping if they could get justice on board the others would listen and follow.
A young boy of about 11 years old took form as Zane used his powers to form the construct. The toy gun was placed in his hand and the cowboy hat was on his head. The soul was taken out of the canister with special gloves and placed in the construct.
The elaborate sculpture opened his eyes.
"Where am I?" asked the boy
"You are in the royal laboratory of the monsters. We gave you an ice body so you can live until we need you, then once the seventh soul is either found or created you will be absorbed by Asgore to break the barrier then you can leave and go to your afterlife," said Zane
"Well this is better than being in a jar," said the boy
"What is your name?" asked Zane
"Andrew, my father was the local sheriff in charge of the cold cases of the other kids who went missing climbing Ebbot, one of them was my sister," said the boy before he looked at the other canisters
"Guess that's solved now," he said
"I will be giving them the same chance as you I just needed you to be first so that maybe you could help convince them to accept our proposal," said Zane
"Sure," said Andrew
Zane nodded and went over to Integrity. He made the construct and put the ballerina outfit on her with her shoes and tu-tu before adding the soul.
"Where am I?" asked the girl looking around "Last thing I remember before the jar was a fish woman attacking me then everything went dark," she said
"You are still in the underground, We are giving you a chance to live a bit longer before the barrier can be broken, your soul will reside in this ice construct until the seventh is acquired then Asgore will absorb all of you to break the barrier then he will let you go," said Zane
"Andrew?" asked the girl, looking at the boy.
"You know each other?" asked Zane
"I'm his older sister, my name is Valarie," she said "Andrew are you ok with what they're suggesting?"
"It give all of us another chance and we can move on afterword, when I faced the king he seemed like he didn't want to kill me but had to, if we can help free the monsters then leave it sounds better than being stuck in jars until we're absorbed," said Andrew
"Ok," said Valarie.
Zane moved to Bravery.
"Oh, Hey James, long time no see," joked Andrew
Zane gave the same speech and James quickly agreed.
Perseverance was next.
A young girl who was close in age to Valarie opened her eyes.
"Lizzie?" asked Valarie
"Val?"
"Yeah, listen, this monster is nice, he brought us back, all we have to do is help the king when he needs us then we can go free but in the meantime we get to live in these ice bodies," said Valarie
"Ok, do you think they have books here?" asked Lizzie
"Snowdin has a library," said Zane kindly.
Lizzie's eyes lit up at the thought of a whole library that humans have never been to.
Zane turned to Kindness. And a girl with long hair in a ponytail took shape.
Adding the soul, Zane hoped the others would explain things to her, she looked older than the other kids, about 13.
"AMY!" exclaimed Lizzie hugging the girl.
"Hey little sis, I finally found you," said Amy
"So you all know each other?" asked Zane
"We're all a weird combination of friends and siblings, that's kind of why I disobeyed my father and climbed Ebbot to look for them myself," said Andrew
Zane smiled before moving to patience.
A very young girl emerged from ice.
"Lily?" asked James, surprised to see his little sister.
"What are all of you doing here? I fell down a hole after climbing Ebbot and a nice goat lady told me to stay put so I did but this very sad looking flying monster hit me with a bunch of butterflies," she said
"We're all going to have to live as ice sculptures for a while before the king needs to merge with our souls to free all monsters, we'll be helping to right a very bad wrong before we can go free," said Andrew
"Wait, isn't the king the person that kind goat lady in the ruins warned us about?" asked Amy
"When I faced him he seemed like he really didn't want to have to kill me, a far cry different than the blood thirsty menace that the kind lady warned of," said Andrew
"This goat lady in the Ruins, what was her name?" asked Zane
"I think she said her name was Toriel," said Amy
"Figures she would paint Asgore in that light, She was his wife but after his declaration that all humans must die she was disgusted with him and fled, he was grief stricken after the deaths of both of his children at the hands of other humans, his own biological child and their adopted human child were killed when his son absorbed the human's soul and both travel to the surface. Asgore made that declaration in grief induced anger and could not take it back because he's the king," said Zane
"Oh, that actually explains a lot," said Andrew
"You are all going to need to live in Snowdin, it is much too hot in hotland for you to stay so now that all of you are up and about, let's head to the river person and get you all settled into the house the king got for you all," said Zane
"Does it have a kitchen?" asked Amy
"A library?" asked Lizzie
"Dance room?" asked Valarie
"Yes to all three," smiled Zane
They all piled on the boat and sped off.
From a ledge overlooking the river, a small yellow flower frowned.
Entry 54
The kids have settled in well in Snowdin and the local children love playing Monsters and Humans with real humans. Asgore seems a lot happier now that the kids are sort of alive again.
Entry 55
The memory heads seem smaller but we haven't been able to separate them. They don't seem to be like the other amalgamates, I'm suggesting we freeze them as is, they seem...wrong.
Entry 56
Zane froze the Memory heads and is keeping them locked away, thank goodness, they gave me the creeps.
The day of the competition arrived and Mettaton was making last minute costume arrangements. The competition wouldn't be televised because Mettaton didn't think it was the right time to show off his Ex body to the years judge was Asgore because he was a past winner, the king, and wasn't competing.
"Metty you don't need a new costume, the only person watching is going to be Asgore and I'd rather you be how you are when it's us alone than you are with an audience, we need to be cute not glamorous," said Zane
"And absolutely none of that glitter lip gloss, it's sour and I don't like it," said Zane
"Can I wear the non glittery lip gloss?" pouted Mettaton
"No, it makes your lips slippery and it tastes even worse," said Zane
"Fine," sighed Mettaton
"And please use less hair gel, it makes it less fun to play with your hair because it gets all over my hands," said Zane
"Ok, that I can understand," said Mettaton
"Thank you," said Zane, giving him a quick peck on the lips.
The effect on Mettaton reminded Zane of whenever Jay tried to talk to Nya when they first met, dopey expression, blush as deep as Kai's gi, though Mettaton was sporting an Anime type blush. Zane knew that had to be Alphys taking certain liberties in Mettaton's code. The dopey expression was the same every time they kissed, Zane thought Mettaton would be used to it by now.
"Come on, we have some Canines to out nuzzle," said Zane
Mettaton was back in his rectangle form in the line for the judging room.
Dogamy and Dogaressa were in front of them, quite a few monster couple had signed up this year, even the Snowdrake parents were in line and a few Froggits. R01 and R02 were also there after Zane had a long talk with both of them, finally getting them to confess their feelings for eachother.
"Quite the crowd this year," said Mettaton
"Seems like it," said Zane
It was finally their turn and they entered the room.
"Ah, howdy Zane, Mettaton, good to see you two," said Asgore
Zane flipped Mettaton's switch and suddenly found himself lifted into the air so he was eye level with the other robot.
Mettaton put his nose to Zane's and the sound of squeaking metal filled the room, each nuzzle punctuated by a kiss. Zane ran his hand through Mettaton's hair, messing it up as the kisses got deeper with every nuzzle. His other hand was on Mettaton's shoulder, slowly making its way towards Mettaton's back and lower till Mettaton gave a small yelp with a deep blush.
"Oh you are so going to get it," whispered Mettaton between kisses and nuzzles, until Asgore cleared his throat.
Both robots blushed hard before Mettaton transformed back into his rectangle body and they went out the door, the light display on Mettaton's front was all red.
"We'll finish that back in your dressing room," Zane whispered and could swear he heard a low noise like a growl come from Mettaton.
The competitors were all lined up waiting for the results and Zane could tell He and Mettaton weren't the only ones who were going to continue the competition in the privacy of their own rooms and homes.
Dogamy and Dogaressa looked very disappointed when Zane and Mettaton were handed the trophies, which also left many competitors wondering how Mettaton competed with no visible nose to nuzzle.
Zane and Mettaton went back to the resort. Once in Mettaton's room they flipped the switch again.
"Now, where were we?" smirked Mettaton
…
Zane walked into the lab, wincing a bit as he walked. Alphys had a grin on her face that told Zane she watched some rather niche genre anime.
"Not a word Al," said Zane
"I didn't say anything," giggled Alphys
"Let's get to work, do you want to sit for these next experiments?" asked Alphys, her giggle even more pronounced as Zane winced harder at the thought.
"I'll stand," said Zane
"Any upgrades I need to make to his form?" asked Alphys in a sing song voice
"No, shut up," said Zane, going beetroot red.
"Who knew Manga what so anatomically accurate, really helped with the finer details," singsonged Alphys
"Alphys!" exclaimed Zane
"Ok ok, let's get to work," she said
…
Papyrus was rather confused at why Zane wasn't sitting down at the table, instead opting to stand. Alphys had been uncharacteristically cruel in Zane's opinion by showing Undyne those niche genre animes. Zane could tell by Undyne's smirk. Sans was also going to be making even more Bone puns and jokes than ever.
"I still do not understand why he will not sit with us, it's rather rude," said Papyrus
"Undyne please don't, I already got enough of a teasing from your girlfriend," said Zane, hoping that remark would shut her up.
Undyne went red and began stammering about how Alphys wasn't her girlfriend.
"Yet," muttered Zane
"I'm going to pummel you into the ground," threatened Undyne
Zane waved his hand and the fish warrior was in a block of ice.
"You can try, but I've never been beaten by a fish stick," smirked Zane sipping his tea.
Papyrus was just even more confused now.
"Pap if you're that confused ask Sans," said Zane. He un-froze a now shivering Undyne
"Fine, you made your point, but you two must have really went at it if you still won't sit, you were working with Al all day," she said, gulping her tea to try to warm up
"You should have seen the looks on Dogamy and Dogaressa when we won," said Zane, ignoring Undyne's comment.
"I believe it, those two get pretty competitive when it comes to affection, I think it's part of being a dog," said Undyne
"If you want them to capture the next human that falls maybe train the whole canine unit to not react to a stick being thrown? The children seem to love playing fetch with the unit," said Zane
"I can't help that, they're dogs and Doggo is blinder than a bat to stationary things," said Undyne with a sigh.
"I will capture the next human myself, I know I can do it, my puzzles and japes are sure to get them," said Papyrus
"Pap, there is more of a chance of a yellow flower talking than there is of another human falling anytime soon, especially with the stigma around the mountain," said Zane