The morning light cascades over the training arena. There seems to be a slight breeze but it might be my imagination play tricks on me. The longing to be aboveground to be on the surface can do that and make yearns to feel natural sunlight and the air move around you. The desire to see constant changing and the sense of freedom the cavern can truly offer a monster its underlying need to be free with every monster. Even those who were born in the underground are desperate to be free to see the outside world for themselves. My thoughts were scattered but I had a smile on my face and I pep in my step. My nephews were back in town. I know there on official business but I raise those two they're like sons to me since I never had any of my own. I really missed them and I had good news to tell them. I picked up the pace of my walking the last time I saw them it was my birthday that's was a few months back. I look at the archway of the training arena but there they were my two strong boys. Papyrus was warming up for the day doing exercises his typical exercise outfit sweatbands and all. Sans, as he is wont to do when there was no one but those he trusted, was lazing about though in full royal garb royal cape slight draped over his form like he was going to nap on the bench he was laying on his crown next to his skull I would expect nothing less of Sans the only other monster was Papyrus who was ignoring his sloth behavior even he knows how hard Sans work letting him be at ease and lazy bones are for the best.
"AUNTIE!" Papyrus stopped what he was doing and ran towards picking me up hair swished at the motion but I love the hugs I get from them even if it's a little disconcerting being picked and being two feet off the ground. At 5'6 I'm not a tiny skeleton woman but tiny compares to Papyrus who 7 ft. And Sans 6 ft. They made anyone feel tiny but I love them.
"AUNT CALIBRI! Glad you can visit us sorry we have been by your house I got here yesterday and Papyrus has been too busy here." Sans said all this while not moving from his position on the bench. Ever the lazy bones but honestly who can blame him?
"SANS STOP BEING RUDE GET UP FROM THE BENCH AND GIVE AUNTIE A HUG IT'S BEEN AGES."
"I would bro love to but you do you know what happens to the lazy skeleton?"
"Sans no!"
"Sans yes. he was bone idle."
"UGH, BROTHER DO YOU HAVE TO DO THIS FRONT OF AUNTIE? DO YOU WANT HER TO LEAVE?"
He put me down gently and gave me a smile that made me feel so well loved. I wasn't leaving his puns to remind me of his mother making jokes. It was comforting in a way.
"Pyrus you and I both know I like Sans being a funny and punny bag of bones, otherwise how I could I have raised you both with his constant barrage of puns?"
"Now let's go over here your brother has a room where he's lying down and I got news for you two." Papyrus walked with me at sedate pace but he looked as excited as I felt to tell them the good news I had to tell them.
"Well, you know how you left to oversee the construction of the under network the train system to connect the underground? That runs through most of the underground but doesn't collide with the private system from the ruins at the beginning to the capital directly? The construction is finally done and operational they only thing needs to build is the stations but the train tracks are all operations I'm sorry it took so long but we had a few unexpected cave-in during construction nothing serious nobody fell down but it slowed us down a lot. I was wondering if the guard is willing to be the first riders. But now that this was over I can move back to the castle permanently!"
"THAT'S GREAT AUNTIE!"
Yeah, we missed you the castle felt emptier without you. Sans finally move to hug his aunt.
Would you like to stay until we dismiss the guard? After mine and Alphys presentation of the new spells we created and the measures that I'm sure Alphys informed you of, and I have no doubt she installed cameras down there as well?
I nodded he was right I was not about to have something bad happen to those taking the train I couldn't live with the guilt of it.
From a distinct, I noticed the newly constructed clinic at a distance it reminds me of something.
"Auntie, how is doctor drew and nurse mercy acclimating to their transfer from the capital?"
"Nurse mercy loves it she's been training a few people to work emergency response and been helping out with the high school in their healthcare course. She's enjoying the challenge. Doctor Drew has been whining and complaining since he has arrived cursing your name and lamenting and trying and failing to start a baseless rumor that your killing every human who has fallen down here." She had this look of annoyance when talking to the doctor.
"I might need to have a talk with the good doctor he's still angry I didn't allow him on the team that does medical research for the royal scientist I have the final say and he didn't have the patience to follow and listen. Look how he's taking the transfer out the capital lying and trying to start issues."
When the guard started to file in Alphys behind them she did ask bitsy to help her out with the measuring for their new armor so no surprise she was only now showing up with a clipboard full of notes. Bitsy not far behind her mind you. She must have cleared her day for this I don't doubt she will later ask Sans about updating his wardrobe for more casual or more party style clothing. What else do expect from Muffet sister? Though in that moment, you can see Sans royal persona take full force and the shift was always disconcerting to watch the smile was gone from his face and his face was stern. He was naturally charismatic but for him, it was more a flaw than a good thing he put people at ease which has made a given monster slack off and not take their role in the underground seriously. He realized very quickly in public he needs to be stern and authoritarian. Anything less has caused to many problems. I wish it didn't have to be this way and he could be himself for everyone to see but I've already seen what an outwardly benevolent ruler can do and what happens. I just watched him teach the royal guard spells one for apprehension to capture an errant human they find though no one seen a human in quite a while one came in a while ago it's so rare for them to take the fall down here and not be so drastically injured. And another to protect a building but if combine can protect an entire town from harmful action and intent. They were demonstrations using training dummies and model homes to show the correct affect. While it warmed my heart to see my nephew teaching others. I wish he could relax and be more himself. Hopefully moving back to the castle I can talk to him and try to convince him being so stern is obviously taking its toll on him.
From a distance, away from someone was watching from the shadows hidden in the wooden shed. A good distance away making sure they weren't noticed or seen by anyone. They mentally took notes and knew what it must do. It had diligently watch carefully to be undetected and unnoticed though it watched everything unfold these last few days with keen interest and ready to wreak havoc and mayhem for their own amusement.
Final note: I have a deep love of alliteration and rhyming. When it comes to giving something a name that will stick in your mind. I really love the idea that that with Sans as the King he would be more imaginative overall, more active. Since as a person I'm exactly like Sans I probably understand Sans in a way most people kind of can't. He's nihilistic, depressed and his last shred of hope is Papyrus. To me, I realized why as a citizen, as just a sentry with no way influence much less stops the world from ending it would cause anyone to give up I would most of you would too. Since Asgore doesn't know or even understand what going at least to the level we are talking about imagining his state of mind? Like magical Groundhog Day but no matter what you do, you don't have the influence to make changes in the world. You can warn others even rise to power after Asgore is killed but it doesn't mean anything because the world by that point is too broken to want to actively listen. If he's already established as the King from the very beginning. Well, let's just say to be a true leader you don't need only charisma but the intelligence to plan beyond tomorrow. A leader has to have a plan and vision. Eh, I think business school is rubbing off on me that's something I've been learning. Still, the idea of what happened to the monster's veterans came from two sources thing from Adams family anyone but am I the only one that remembers thing? The sentient hand? That hand that had and has independent movement and a personality with snaps being the closest thing to sound it creates? And my belief on why there is no sign of the wizard in the actual game it never made sense to me that wizards made the barrier but for some reason, there are no wizards in the actual game. Or any sign of why they're not actually around now, they fled for their lives when they realized that the towns people's need for bloodshed wouldn't be sated until all magic was eradicated from the planet. Also, this chapter is going to be the last chapter until December I'm in the middle of official depression low after I finish writing this I'm going to sleep. I was so positive and happy I had hope for this future fuck this election.