New chapter! Got a couple slice-of-life ideas via PM, and this was the first one I saw.

Toriel: Me and my family go for a casual visit to the zoo. We have quite a few enlightening experiences here.

Asgore: Enlightening indeed~

Frisk: We don't do much, but what we do do around here might be a bit ridiculous.

Asriel: That's to be expected of us, though.

Chara: Just note...our world's norm doesn't bow to the norm of yours. So if you see anything that happens here that really shouldn't be happening..well..it's because we're not really bound by your norm. Our world is not normal, no matter how hard it tries to be. There's no escaping it. And the humans can't escape it either.

Asriel: Meeeeehhh~

Chara: See? It's cool though. Normal is overrated.

Frisk: Glad to see most of us agrees on that! :3

Chapter Start!

The Mayor of Ebott tended to be incredibly focused when it came to her job. Keeping the citizens of Ebott safe and happy was an absolute must for her. And she truly did mean every citizen that deserved a chance at happiness. Be they human or monster. So far her job in the case of the latter was to make sure that their integration went as smoothly as possible. She had Temmie to thank for that, whom despite her rather wacky and unpredictable behavior, was much smarter than she depicts herself as.

Alvina was pretty interested in her because of this, but never actually asked her about her personal life. That was a private subject, and she still didn't know enough about monsters to try an ask. Regardless, Temmie has proven herself a rather effective and fun secretary to have around. Made office work significantly less boring. And all she had to provide for her was Temmie Flakes. She had no idea why the heck they made her so happy. But as long as they did, and they didn't have some insidious hidden purpose behind them, she guessed that was all that mattered.

At the moment, our mayor was in the middle of very important business. Business so important, she put a 'Do Not Disturb' sign outside of her door to make sure no one interrupts without her expecting it. She's been spending many hours on this, and she was insistent in seeing it through to the end. There was no stopping her now, she just had to keep going. No matter what she encounters, she WILL prevail!

"Why do you insist on spamming Dragon-Type attacks?!" She gritted her teeth comically as she held a handheld console in her hands, her eyes white with irritation. "If only I had Fairy-Types on me...curse you! Stop your stupid spamming and fight me with honor!" She shouted irritably while clutching the device tightly. Her jaw dropped once it became clear that she lost soundly for the twenty-fifth time in a row, then gritted her teeth again as she closed it and placed it on her desk...before slamming her face onto the table. "Daaaaammmmiiiiiiitttt!"

"Alvina. Is everything alright in there...?" One of the human staff members said outside of her door with slight concern.

"Ugh...I'm fine. I, uh...stubbed my toe. Yeah, stubbed my toe. Ya know how those accidents are."

"TeM maKE beTteR wIth kISs~" Temmie voiced cheerfully behind the door. Her secretary was very eccentric, but she ultimately means well.

"No Temmie, I'm fine. Carry on." Once she was sure the ones behind the door left her be, she groaned once again as she rubbed a hand through her hair. "This is ridiculous. I was doing pretty well for myself up until now. For the past four days, this new guy shows up with all of his dragons and constantly kicks my ass..." She clenched her fist in anger and raised it high, while placing one foot on her desk and the other in her chair. "Mark my words my mysterious opponent! No one's winning streak lasts forever! I'm gonna eventually find a hole in your strategy! And once I do, I will take! You! Down!" Once again there was a knock on her door, and she lifted her head. "Huh...who's there?"

"Needle."

"...Needle who?"

"Needle little help getting through, my child."

Alvina blinked. Wait a minute. Cringe-worthy knock-knock joke. Motherly vibes. It's Toriel! She got up and immediately opened the door and opened it to reveal the smiling fuzzy mother herself. Alvina felt her heart leap with joy...mostly because she found a distraction from her boiling anger from her most recent loss. "Tori, hey there! I'm actually pretty glad that you showed up! My day just became a lot less boring!"

"Oh? Well, I'm glad that I managed to put you in a much livelier mood." Toriel smiled softly as she closed the door behind her. "if you do not mind my intrusion, then perhaps I can make a request?"

"No, not a problem. Ask away."

"Thank you." Toriel nodded. "Recently, as my children were browsing through the Undernet trying to find some games to play, Asriel has spotted something that truly caught his eye." The Undernet was still very much active for monsters to use, and constantly receives updates via Geno Alphys as she discovers more things worthy of their notice. "Asriel seems to be interested in going to a zoo. As in, the zoo within Ebott. I found myself quite curious about it as well." Toriel curiously tilted her head to the side, ears hanging freely. "I've been told they're like pet stores with much more animals and many more larger animals, and you don't actually adopt them. Simply observe them. Did I get that incorrectly...?"

Alvina took a moment to catch her breath as she swiftly turned around with her eyes closed and comical tears flowing freely. Oh my god. That head tilt. Those hanging ears. Those curious, fascinated red eyes! Toriel...you are freaking ADORABLE! She understood that Toriel was simply eager to learn more things about the Surface, but she couldn't help herself. She soon cleared her throat and turned back towards Toriel, quickly wiping her face. "Nah. You got it right. That's basically what zoos are. Wild animals being put on display for the public to see." Her eyes widened as she blushed and held her hands up. "T-Though it's not what one might think! We make a point to take VERY good care of every animal we take in! Proper baths, suitable nourishment, all the important stuff! We make their stay as comfortable as we possibly can!"

"Why, that's very kind of you all! Giving homes to the poor creatures that no longer have theirs..."

Alvina smiled. "Plus we have plenty of awesome snacks there! Some of your fellow monsters improved them quite a lot. Your spider friend provided a prime example: Soft. Cinnamon. Pretzels."

Toriel's eyes widened as she leaned forward slightly, not noticing she was beginning to drool. "Soft pretzels...made with cinnamon...are they tasty...?"

"Oh absolutely. I know how you Dreemurrs like your cinnamon.~"

Toriel has made up her mind. Asriel would be more than happy to have this new experience. And so would she and the rest of her family. She clasped her paws-after wiping the drool from her muzzle-and nodded. "Why, I do believe I've made our visit there official! I'll see to it that my family visits the zoo at an appropriate time." She blinked a bit as she leaned forward slightly. "If I may ask...are you willing to accompany us? I'm sure Frisk would love to have you."

"Yeah, sure! I'm not doing anything important right now." Apparently her position, which involves helping run an entire city, has been forgotten the moment she said this. Her logic being: She was bored. "I'll definitely meet you guys there! I just gotta...ya know...clean up a bit."

"Clean up...?"

"Yeah. I've recently been through some ridiculous stuff during my downtime, and I'm now trying to pull myself together." She struck her thumb towards herself and grinned. "You don't have to worry though! I'm totally alright! Nothing for me to get upset about in the slightest!"

Toriel wished she could believe her. But she found a tally sheet on her desk that seems to depict things otherwise. A tally sheet with twenty-five losses and zero wins. Then she sees the game right next to it. Toriel took a step back and gave Alvina a curious look. "Are you saying that because you've been defeated this many times in this game of yours...?"

A shadow formed over Alvina's eyes as she contemplated on whether to answer Toriel or not. Part of her wants to dny it to spare herself the embarassment. Though the rest of her thought that there wasn't really any downside to being honest. After so many crushing defeats with no significant progress, her competitive side took a downturn for the moment and decided that she probably needed this break, if only so she wouldn't tear her hair out and send her faculty members into confusion. Without a word, Alvina disregarded her shame to reach forward and hugged Toriel, burying her face into her chest.

"So many losses...no progress...my staff tells me not to take it seriously, but I can't help it! I was doing really well in that game until this guy decided to up and mock me for how far apart we are in skill! And every time, he taunts me with a post: 'get dunked on!'" Alvina whined childishly, her voice slightly muffled. "He's absolutely merciless, Tori! Merciless...*sniff*..." She'll soon be back up and demanding a rematch in no time. But for now, she allowed herself this moment of weakness. It was certainly not a childish excuse to hug Toriel.

Toriel didn't completely get it, but motherly intuition told her that what matters is that Alvina needed comforting. She gently wrapped her arm around the crying mayor and patted her head. "There there...I'm sure you'll be victorious someday. Just...stay determined."

"...Yeah...you're right. Stay determined." Alvina found that to be sound advice. Not just for defeating her newest online opponent, but for her job in general, which usually takes a lot of time and effort. She could get behind advice like that. Still, she allowed herself to continue being hugged by Toriel for two reasons. One: She has that motherly aura around her that makes her more comfortable to be around. Two:...Toriel was really soft, alongside being really warm. And she wasn't just talking about her smooth, fairly groomed fuzzy fur. With this very pleasant personal experience now engraved in her mind, she now had a better understanding of the female teachers envy for the motherly monster. She also had a feeling if she stayed like this for too long, she might pass out from suffocation.

...She would pass out with a pleased smile, though.

(Later)

"Woooooaaaah!~" Asriel didn't have a lot of ways to display his amazement. Sometimes normal experiences for humans can be interesting to monsters. It's the reason why he, Toriel, and Asgore were very fascinated by the potential new experiences. While the humans of the group, Frisk and Chara were a bit more relaxed about it, having already known what zoos are and what they contain. But for the amusement of their fluffy family, they were going to do their best to enjoy the time they were going to spend here, for their sake.

Alvina placed her hands on her hips and grinned triumphantly. "Alrighty! I said I was gonna take you guys to a zoo, and that's exactly what I did!"

"Are you sure it's okay for you to be out here like this?" Chara asked, eyebrow raised. "The mayor roaming around freely in this manner...won't it be troublesome for you?"

"IRRELEVANT!" Alvina declared, pointing forward confidently. "My task for today is that I take you all around to the zoo that Toriel has politely and kindly requested to explore! Today, nothing else matters but that!" She clenched her fist. "Plus, I have to get her those soft cinnamon pretzels I promised! I know how you Dreemurrs feel about your cinnamon!"

"Soft..." Toriel began.

"Cinnamon..." Asriel continued.

"Pretzels..." Asgore finished.

We are now treated to the scene of all three fuzzy Dreemurrs drooling enough to make a small comical stream, their eyes sparkling at the prospect of obtaining this newest cinnamon treat that has alluded them for so long. Frisk giggled, because their bellies also chose to rumble at that exact moment with the same amount of anticipation. Chara facepalmed while groaning. Honestly, it was like he was the only true mature Dreemurr of the bunch right now!

...he says this as he's thinking about the numerous chocolate sweets they might have alongside the cinnamon.

"I rest my case." Alvina waved him off while turning around and heading outward. With no choice left, Chara and Frisk had to pull the fluffy Dreemurrs around for a couple moments due to them still being trapped within their cinnamon fantasy. They didn't know when they might actually come out of it, just that it wasn't something that lasted too long. Just long enough to be a bit of a bother.

Asriel made a constant effort to get a good look at what he passes by while holding onto Chara's hand. There wasn't much the latter could do about it, seeing how much Asriel's eyes would light up with stars of excitement at this rather new experience. He wasn't about to say or do anything to make that light go dim. It can shine as rightly as it wants to. He won't do anything to interfere with it's glow. Still, he's going to want quite a bit of chocolate afterwards. Frisk must have felt the same way, because he early holds onto Chara's other hand with a bit of glee to his smile. This didn't help him maintain his composure, as all the women that passed by the trio gushed at how cute they were being. This was enough to pull away from them and hide his darkened cheeks under his poncho.

"Alright. Which should we see first...?" Alvina said, lightly rubbing her chin in wonder. In regards to what they might be interested in the most, or what might take them by pleasant surprise the most, she wasn't sure at first. Until she remembered that they greatly resembled goats. She assumed that's just what they went with that description just to save a lot of time and hassle. She noticed that Asriel was heading towards the goat pens first, and she shrugged. "Alright, I guess we're visiting the goats first. Feels a bit strange, though."

Asriel walked right up to the goat pen, where one of the goats were casually looking around as if nothing was happening. Asriel then sits down on the ground and crosses his legs, placing his paws in his lap. The goat soon turned it's attention towards him and they stared at each other in silence, both of them wondering what the other might do next. Toriel and Asgore were feeling the intensity of their stare-down, wondering what might come from this encounter. For all intents and purposes, this experience was quite a strange one, and they weren't really sure what Asriel might be planning to do in those kinds of regards. He was staring down the goat like he's never stared anything down before. Chara didn't really agree with how intense he was making it out to e, but there was no stopping it now.

After a full three minutes of silence, as he gently pets the goat's head, Asriel's eyes sparkled. "Are you my cousin...?~"

"Don't say something so stupid..." Chara facepalmed.

The goat raised his head and bleated towards Asriel. He blinked owlishly. "Huh? You think I look kinda funny for a goat? But I always look like this!"

HE UNDERSTANDS THEM?! Chara and Alvina mentally shouted in their minds, their eyes filled with disbelief.

The goat bleated once again, and Asriel nodded. "I see how you might think like that. To tell you the truth...I'm actually a Prince. A Prince of monsters. A prince who has a strong passion for friends, family, peace...and cinnamon. Lots of cinnamon sweets." Another casual bleat from the goat made Asriel smile. "Thanks! It's a really colorful scarf, I agree. It's very important to me, as it was a present from my brother, Chara"

He's having a conversation with a goat...I don't even... Alvina said, trying desperately to decipher if this was true reality or not.

The goat bleats once again while raising it's head. Asriel blinked. "What? No, you can't eat it. I told you how important it is to me. I wear it everyday despite how hot and cold it is. I love this scarf, and I'm always going to keep it." He gazed at said scarf curiously. "Plus I'm not really sure it tastes good..." The goat bleats once again, and Asriel turns to Toriel with a curious expression. "He says Mom is incredibly pretty."

"Thank you~"

Alvina blinked in utter astonishment, trying to make sense of this. Though she had a feeling that trying to attempt such a thing would be rather pointless. Still, she felt the need to at least try. And so she wuld continue to do so.

Toriel soon moved up to one of the other goats. "Hello there. I would like to know if you all are being properly cared for in this strange zoo of yours. I do not know much about them. Just that this wasn't originally your home." The feminine-looking goat bleated softly to her, which caused Toriel to smile. "I'm glad to hear that. It seems that they're taking very good care of you. I wouldn't be taking it very kindly if they haven't been doing their best to make sure you're properly cared for."

"Now she's doing it?!" There was no way Alvina could be silent after this.

Further bleating was heard from the goat, and Toriel repressed a squeal. "You've recently become a mother?! That's lovely! If I happen to find the time, I'd really love to see your adorable kids. Tehe!~" Toriel giggled childishly at her pun, as well as Asriel and Frisk. Asgore simply smiled, while Chara facepalmed in order to hide his embarassment. As for Alvina...

She's soooo cuuuuuuteeee! Alvina inwardly cheered, turnng around and hugging her arms to repress her own squeal. She shook her head and tapped her cheeks in order to gain control over herself.

There were a couple more energetic bleats from the motherly goat, and Toriel blinked curiously, taking a quick look towards Asgore. She turned back and nodded towards the mother. "Why yes. Asgore is my husband. We've reunited quite recently, in terms of how long we've been around." The female goat paused for a while, as if pondering what to ask of Toriel next. Then she bleated aloud, which also had a tint of curiosity to it. It obviously wasn't innocent curiosity, because Toriel widened her eyes and blushed brightly when she finished. She turned around and pawed her cheeks, smiling shyly. "O-Oh my...I...I-I'm afraid I can't tell you that. T-That's private..."

"What did she ask?" Alvina asked, trying to mask her own curiosity, which was also anything but innocent.

"Nothing I can say around the children..." That didn't nothing but increase Alvina's eagerness to know, but she dropped the issue.

Asgore cleared his throat as he approached a more gruff looking goat around the pens. "Howdy! My name is Asgore! How are-" The goat suddenly bleated angrily at him, making him jump back a couple steps. He looked surprised, as did the others. "G-Golly! I didn't mean to bother you! I just thought I'd-" There was another angry bleat towards him, and he gasped loudly. he then puffed his cheeks and folded his arms. "Well excuse me! That's the kind of crass mouth that Undyne would have on a bad day!" Indeed, once the goat began bleating Toriel was quick to cover Asriel's floppy ears with a massive blush on her face, while Asriel simply looked confused. Chara and Frisk were also confused, while Alvina simply gave up trying to understand and just rolled with it. Asgore huffed as he turned around. "Fine! If you're not going to be nice, then there's no need for us to prolong this! Goodbye!" With this, Asgore turned and lead the others away, eager to find another exhibit.

He's taking it so seriously... Alvina sweatdropped. She was still trying to wrap her head around the fact that they could understand the goats. She just...it's why she gave up trying to understand. She just rolled with it.

Onto the next exhibit on their curiosity list, was Frisk's idea. Exploring the reptile room, to be exact.

To their pleasant surprise, Alphys was also there, with a small, calculating smile. Undyne was at work, so she wasn't accompanying her. Still, she'd really like to share this experience with her once she gets the chance.

"Wooooow! This is actually pretty amazing! So this is what non-magical reptiles are like!~" Alphys said with her paws clasped together, and her tail wagging with glee. "I've been reading a lot about reptiles on the surface and seen plenty of educational videos, but this is the first time I've been able to look at them up close! Well, as close as I could possibly get, anyway...but still pretty close!" her voice lowered a bit due to the awkward realization, but it got chipper again once she picked herself back up. From Chara's standpoint, this was amusing. Because for some reason, a majority of the male reptiles in the room were all looking towards Alphys with comical hearts in their eyes and their tongues hanging from their mouths. She doesn't even notice it, though he can't imagine how.

Alvina rubbed her neck as she watched the strange scene in confusion. 'Huh. That's strange. Every time I've been here, most have been pretty distant to everyone, but not hostile. Now all of the males seem to be looking much more energetic. I wonder why that is."

"I can name a couple reasons." Chara deadpanned. "Anyway Alphys, what are you up to around here?"

Alphys snapped out of her fascination for the time being. "Oh! Well, I was simply admiring the many different reptiles, then one of the zookeepers called me in to give medicine to their resident anaconda. They weren't able to give it to him, he's far too aggressive for them to restrain in order to give it to him. So I'm going to give it a try."

Alvina blinked. "Woah. Wait, I've known that one for a while. he's THE most aggressive reptile here, as well as being the largest. Are you sure you can handle that?"

"I think I can manage. It's worth a try. In fact, I'm heading there now." Alphys looked towards the exhibit that held the large jet black-scaled reptile within. "Alright, let's see what I can do here." One of the zookeepers shakily handed her the needle required, and she stepped inside.

"...Are you guys sure that she'll be able to do this?" Alvina asked again, mostly unsure.

"She'll be fine." Frisk said without much concern.

Alphys looked towards the large anaconda, which was slowly rising out of the water and lightly hissing at her with dangerously slitted eyes. Though he stopped once he's gotten an efficient look at her. Alphys waved a little bit with a small smile. "Hey there, boy. I hear you haven't been taking your medicine, and have been giving your caretakers a hard time. That's no good, no good at all. We don't want you getting sick. Your health is important, so I beg of you, please allow me to give you the medicine." She paused for a moment as the snake observed her cautiously. She then approached him as she slowly proceeded with the injection. The caretakers nearby were stunned as the anaconda continued to glare, but didn't move an inch to stop her. One she finished, she gently pulls the needle out and scratched his neck with a smile. "There. Now that wasn't so hard, was it? Now like I said before, your health really matters to these people, so let them take care of you, alright? Be a good boy for them!" Then she did the unthinkable. She reached her finger forward and poked the large, dangerous snake with it, and she giggled. "Boop!~"

Every human that wasn't Frisk or Chara paused in anticipation at Alphys's bold nose poke. They gaped in disbelief once they see the anaconda blush and turn away from Alphys, hissing grumpily. They all thought the same thing, minus the Dreemurrs, who weren't too surprised:

HOW DID SHE DO THAT?!

"Well-done, Alphys! He cooperated without much of a hassle!" Asgore smiled with an approving nod.

"Alphys. Tell me something." Alvina said after she managed to regain her voice. "Can...can monsters understand regular animals, and vice versa?"

Alphys thought about this, placing her paw under her chin. "I can't speak for every single monster, but I also won't discount it as a possibility. I've heard that humans believe that animals have some way of sensing whether someone is trustworthy or not. The case might be different for monsters since we're made of magic." She raised a finger as her glasses flashed a bit. "Not only magic, but our souls consist of love, hope, and compassion. If it's true that certain animals are able to sense the good qualities within people, then it might be the case of monsters being slightly easier to approach, then understanding comes after that. It's interesting enough to warrant more research on my personal time."

"It sounds crazy...but cool!" Alvina shrugged, accepting it for now. "Alright, we're done here. Let's check out something else."

Alphys nodded. "Well, it was nice to pass by you guys. See you later!" Alphys left the reptile room with a wave of her hand. The reptiles happily see her off, though they were also sad to see her go. They were glad for the change of pace. Not to mention she was incredibly kind and genuinely interested in them, as well as being a fellow reptile. She was also rather pretty, and they definitely weren't distracted by the hypnotic sway of her hips. If she were to get a job at handling the reptile house, the male reptiles would be VERY happy. The human caretakers just accepted that their norm was easily compromised once monsters entered the picture, because they weren't entirely bound by their norm. Oh well. It definitely makes for an interesting day.

Somewhere on patrol, Undyne felt the strong urge to go to the zoo and punch all the male reptiles in the face...

Gurrrrrmmmmmgggh...

Toriel immediately brought her paws to her belly and blushed brightly. "O-Oh...my apologies. I was just thinking about...those soft cinnamon pretzels..."

"Oh yeah! I promised that I would get you those, didn't I? Don't worry, i didn't forget!" Alvina said while making a thumbs up. "It's gonna be on me!"

"That's so nice of you, Alvina!"

"I know. I'm pretty great~"

The three fluffy Dreemurrs decided to take a break, while Frisk and Chara stepped off to the side to gaze in interest at a colorful peacock. They sat down around a table as Alvina bought the three fluffy Dreemurrs the promised pretzels. She could do nothing but snicker in amusement as all of them sniffed the pretzels in their paws, drooling in anticipation. Not wanting to waste any time, Torel was the very first to bite into her pretzel. The look of pleasure on Toriel's face as she savored the cinnamon pretzel, and Alvina could tell that that the softness was also a very great factor. The same look was on Asriel and Asgore's muzzles. It was amusing to see that they looked completely in peace once they treasured snack was finally within their grasp. Their swollen cheeks muffled their speech as they spoke heir thoughts.

"Dsssh..." Toriel began.

"Preshel..." Asriel continued.

"Issssh..." Asgore nodded.

"Delicious!~" All three of them chanted as their eyes turned to lines, their swelled cheeks covered with cinnamon; yet this did nothing to restrain their smiles. They were all happy with how this turned out. Soft and chewy, as well as being made with cinnamon? That was always a win in their book. Alvina looked pretty pleased with herself, having made Toriel and her family pretty happy for the day. Not to mention that the sight of Toriel's swelled cheeks as she enjoyed her cinnamon treat...

...Cute...just...so...freaking...CUTE! And not just her! All three of them!~

"Hehe! I knew you'd like these sweets, since other monsters have begun better understand human food and put a certain spin on it!"

'Indeed! I'm glad we're all getting along enough to create something as wonderful as this." Asgore beamed while brushing crumbs off of his golden mane. "maybe helen might be interested in having one with me. Of course, if she has the time."

"I'm sure she would." Asriel smiled. Helen seemed a bit shy and unsure of herself, especially around Asgore and Toriel, mostly the former. But she was actually really nice. He hoped to see more of her.

Toriel casually wipes any remaining cinnamon off of her cheeks, though didn't completely resist licking some off of her paws. This didn't do well for Alvina's imagination. She shook it off in favor of anoher friendly smile. "if you'd like, I can get you guys more."

"That's very nice of you, Alvina! Though I'm not sure if you'd be fully willing to do so..."

"Nonsense! I can provide!'

"Well, okay." Toriel reached her paw towards her paw and tilted her head. "There's the three of us...Frisk and Chara passed on the offer already...so if I were to get an estimate of how much we would want at this time...I would say..." She raised her paw with a cheery demeanor. "A dozen for each of us!~"

"Kck!" Alvina nearly choked on her words as she tried to keep her demeanor casual. Toriel noticed she looked distressed, and she frowned sadly.

"Oh...is that troublesome for you...?"

"N-No! Of course not! I can manage! Really!" Alvina shook her head, regaining the smile on Toriel's face, which also resulted in the cheerful smiles of Asriel and Asgore. She sweatdropped as she tried on her most reassuring smile, while on the inside she was a bit uneasy as she feared for her wallet's endurance. It wasn't that she didn't have plenty to spare, but still...this was surprising. So...THIS is the infamous appetite of the Dreemurrs...well, whatever! I can handle this! She looked back to see the Dreemurrs happy smiles towards their friend. She turned around as she covered her cheeks and blushed brightly, smiling widely. Anything to keep those smiling adorable faces!~

Toriel unexpectedly came from her right and pulled Alvina into a hug. "This has been quite a present experience, Alvina my dear friend! I hope we can do this again, more often!~" Toriel smiles sweetly while nuzzling her cheek affectionally. This did little to help Alvina keep her composure. From both her the softness pressing against her arm, the fuzzy cheek nuzzling against her own, and just how genuine Toriel was with her words. Alvina couldn't help herself as she blushed profusely with a smile spreading from ear to ear.

Cuuuuuteeeee...!

"They seem to really enjoy those pretzels, as well as their company together." Frisk smiled as he marvelled at the colorful feathers of the peacock before them. "It's a bit of a shame that Alvina isn't interested in going to the insects section. Not all insects are scary." Chara shrugged while nonchalantly looking towards a spider crawling on a web near a tree, it's webs glistening in the sunlight. He watched the spider crawl away from it's web and off to explore different parts of the tree, hoping for new experiences. Chara coolly closed his eyes.

I think spiders are pretty interesting..

...Okay. So The mayor may or may not have a weakness to cuteness. Especially around the Dreemurrs, mostly around Toriel.

But can we really blame her?

There's the Dreemurr's zoo day. Maybe at some point, they can have another one with more monsters entering the fray. And some more...exciting things happen on that second visit compared to this relaxed one. Look forward to that. Maybe. Still got a couple slice-of-life ideas in the PM. Maybe I'll give those a try too. Who knows how they'll receive...

Toriel: Until our next encounter, precious ones...