Look who's here? It's me, Yours The Author!
So, I'm going to be busy all day tomorrow with something special, so I decided to write this today. I hope you like it. I'll see you at the bottom of the page.
Chapter 22: No-kemon and Other Anime
"Frisk, what did you do to your hair? It looks ridiculous," Linda said, turning her nose up at the child.
Frisk's hair was gelled into spikes, which were sticking up at different angles. In place of their usual striped sweater, they were wearing an orange short sleeve shirt with a green vest and cargo pants. They were fiddling with a red and white ball in one hand.
"F-frisk is dressed as Brock from Pokémon. You know, the anime and g-game?" Alphys stuttered. She was wearing a pale blue mini dress and a flower crown.
"I've heard of it… I think," Linda replied.
"I should hope so, punk! Your kid wears a Pokémon shirt almost every day!" Undyne was wearing a yellow suit with red gloves and a white cape.
"Well, it—it doesn't matter if I know what they're dressed as or not! Why are you all dressed like it's Halloween?"
"It's anime convention season, Linda! Which reminds me, I brought Pokémon themed tea cookies for the snack table! NGAAH!" Undyne chucked a paper plate of poke-ball shaped tea cookies into the air and onto the snack table, knocking a tray of lemon bars off.
"It keeps happening!" Helen wailed.
"I-I warned you about lemon squares, bro! I-I told you, dog!" Alphys shot back.
"My point still stands, Undyne. You all look ridiculous. Your attire is hardly an appropriate example for the children."
"What, you mean looking awesome? Honoring a favorite character? Yeah, right—how could that possibly be a good example for the kids?" Undyne smiled sarcastically, revealing her perfect fangs. Linda flinched.
"Hold your horses, people!" Flowey yelled. Gloria passed around a box of tiny ceramic horses and everyone held one in each hand. "Thank you. Now, listen up, everyone: the only rule I'm instating for cosplay is this: keep it PG. Wear only what you would wear in front of your grandparents, as the saying goes."
"No one says that," said Linda.
"Hush! Also, we need to discuss the missing umbrella problem at the monster x human school. Any ideas?"
Frisk raised their hand. "Frisk, you can't say—oh, who am I kidding; no one cares," Linda grumbled.
"Yes, Frisk?" Flowey asked.
How about we use frying pans instead? Frisk signed.
"What?" Everyone said.
Frisk grinned and equipped a frying pan. Because a frying pan can be used… they held the pan over their head, …as a drying pan!
Linda made a dying noise.
"Ha ha, Frisk. Very funny," Flowey said monotonously. "I was hoping for a real suggestion?" Gloria raised her hand. "Yes, Gloria?"
"How about we do another fundraiser to buy umbrellas for everyone in the school? You know, instead of wasting the money on towels or whatever people like The Official PTA Person Whose Only Purpose is to Progress the Plot think we need fundraiser money for."
"Isn't his nickname Otto? Why not just call him that?" Helen asked.
"Good point, Helen. Why don't we get fundraiser money for something useful instead of what people like Otto think we need it for?"
"Thank you, Gloria. All in favor of such an idea, say 'aye'."
"Aye," several parents and teachers said.
"All those opposed?"
"Nay," a few people said.
"The ayes have it. Now, onto our next topic…"
Head Canon I Don't Actually Think #26: Alphys and Undyne, while huge fans of things like Mew Mew Kissy Cutie, have a soft spot in their hearts for the original manga writer, Osamu Tezuka and his famous work "Astro Boy".
So, what did you think? I feel like the anime club at the monster x human school (if they have one) would probably go on field trips to conventions (with parental permission, of course), with Alphys and Undyne leading, natürlich. Bonus points if you can figure out any of the references in this story. I'll give you one: the costume Alphys is wearing is the one in the animated YouTube video "Fishy Love" by GaelRice, who I don't know or have any connection to. Just saying.
Now, what's this special thing I'm doing tomorrow? I'm going to an anime convention! Animazement in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA. I just happen to be in town for the final day, so I decided to go! I'm not going as a special guest or as a speaker at any panels, but I'll just be wandering around the area, doing my own thing. If you think you'll be there tomorrow, and you want to say hi, look for a Circus Baby and ask if she's Yours The Author. If she says yes, it's me! If not, it's not. It's as simple as that.
Also, not that I have any connection to the following story writer or anything, but if you want something good to read while you're waiting for this story to update, may I recommend "Two Worlds" on Archive of Our Own? To find it, google "PTA Undertale" and look for the PTA Sans link to AO3. It should be one of the first stories you find. Message end.
So, please, tell me what you thought, and I'll see you later. Also, I know it's a little late for it, but I noticed that at least one of you was confused about the chapter "Blue Ribbons", so I'll tell you:
Suicide.
Blue Ribbons was about suicide.
