NOTES:
The first part of the chapter hurt a little to write, but it's important for the story and for accurately portraying the characters...
This chapter has some fairly dark elements in it, including "pre-mature death."
I suggest considering all things "pre-mature" could mean while taking the story into account.
Whether said death is permanent...
Find out on the next episode of DragonBall:AT!
You have been warned.
:-"Memories, Murder, and Premonitions: Part 1"-:
Without the Necronomicon, Sans wouldn't have put CU-270's… "Frisk's" SOUL back together in time. Even now the lights begin to flicker and go dim as the generator slows and loses heat.
Sans can read CU-270 much more than before, now that his SOUL is put back together.
* Body/Skeleton
* AT: 65/45 DEF: 40/10 SPD: 15/30 HP: 1000/800
Sans remembers that reading stats for a Hybrid Lich is always disorienting at first, since their body is considered a separate entity from their skeleton. 'it's a good thing the stats don't stack, or this would be a worse situation... hmm, still can't read his mp.'
Over all, his stats are significantly lower than the humans claimed, but still excessively high for someone so… relatively young. 'no wonder they didn't want you getting your soul back… i'm a fool, again, for trusting them. can' t believe i've been interacting with a "frisk" basically my entire life… this'll be hard to get used to.'
Sans looks away momentarily and contemplates what David told him… '"never let cu-270 near the main generator, if he gets his soul back, it will bring an end to reality," huh? well, let's see how long reality lasts then… '
Looking back, he examines CU-270's stats a little closer and does some calculations in his head.
'while impressive, these stats can't bring an end to reality, asgore's got 'im beat if he fights seriously…'
With access to his SOUL and all of his emotions again, CU-270… "Frisk" begins remembering some of his past.
CU-270's memories only come in brief flashes, and most are not entirely coherent, but he slowly starts to piece together… what he is, and what happened.
It isn't very pleasant, and the experience causes him to switch between pure rage, and complete loss of hope; all while crying.
Sans does his best to comfort him, while he experiences the torrent of memories and emotions…
Young and happy, David picks Frisk up and tosses them in the air. "WooOAH!"
Frisk giggles, as they float in the air temporarily from David tossing them.
A woman, whose face is obscured for some reason, joins them.
Stifling a giggle, she says, "How are my two boys doing?"
The memory fades away, and in it's place… darkness.
They are in some small enclosure full of cloth. Light sneaks it's way through a crack.
Screaming is heard from a woman, it must be that lady.
Suddenly, the enclosure feels like it is moving quickly and hits something hard.
Frisk starts to cry, being scared.
"? ? ? ? ? ?! ! Get down!"
The sound of magic being used is heard, along with the woman's voice, "(David… I-…)"
A struggle is heard, then a faint whooshing sound.
Sounding panicked and angry, David cries out, "? ? ? ? ? ?, are you OK? ? ? ? ? ? ?, please wake up! ? ? ? ? ? ?, don't worry… everything will be OK… (Everything will be OK… just hang on a little longer! Please!)"
The memory fades, replaced with wooden cubes with patterns on them. In the background, David is sitting in a chair, head resting in his hands.
Documents litter the floor, their text is unreadable, but the letters look fancy and there are pretty patterns taking up most of the pages.
Soft crying can be heard coming from David. Frisk puts the block in their hand aside, crawls over to him, and tugs on his pant leg.
David picks him up, whispering, "don't worry, buddy, I'll be OK… I will never let this happen again…"
The memory fades… images of time passing follow. David looks like he's reading a lot of documents. There are a lot of numbers and pictures… but then the memory starts to feel wrong.
The David reading papers starts to fade as another walks into the room, holding something.
A weird book, with weird pictures and letters, is placed on a table; it looks… bad.
Excited, somewhat scared, and intrigued, David says,
"I… I finally found it. I can bring her back… I'll finally get to see my wife's beautiful face again…"
Knocking is heard from the front door. David hides the book quickly, before going to the door.
"Who is it?"
"(I'm a messenger for the President. He read your proposal and is interested in speaking about it, in person.)"
David whispers, "(The President… I thought he brushed me off… This is my chance! I can finally get what I need… everything is lining up for me to bring her back… )"
Excitedly, David opens the door and replies, "When does President ? ? ? ? ? ? request my presence?"
Bluntly, the messenger replies, "now" and points his thumb behind him to a limousine.
David runs back into the house while shouting, "Give me a moment to gather the necessary things!"
The messenger simply nods, but looks down at a small curious face and comments,
"You never mentioned having a child… That should be fine, the President can arrange something for them."
David stops gathering his supplies as the messenger speaks… he had almost completely forgotten.
After thinking for a bit, he continues collecting the things he will need, but also grabs things that Frisk will need as well.
"Yes, Frisk is a good child. He shouldn't be any trouble at all. In fact, you may hardly notice him at all."
After a few minutes, they get into the limousine and start driving…
A new memory fades in as Frisk falls asleep in the previous one.
Frisk is drawing -well, trying to- on the floor in an office, but they are startled by sudden shouting.
David is shouting at someone in a long white coat and holding papers, gesturing wildly as he does so,
"What do you mean?! These results have to be wrong! Did you do everything exactly as I said to? Run the simulation again!"
Apologetically, the person looks down at the papers and replies, "I'm sorry, but we can't do it… she's been gone for too long. Even the strongest Green won't be able to bring her back… unless we find some new magic or technology… I'm sorry. Anything else, sir?"
The person appears to brace for further yelling, but David just waves them off while supporting his head with one hand at his desk.
When the person in the white coat leaves, David starts muttering to himself. When he stops… he looks at a file cabinet across the room… and thinks.
Eventually, he gets a key from his desk and walks over to the file cabinet, and pulls out that weird book again. He places if gently on the desk and runs his fingers along its cover before sitting and staring at it, hands in a steeple.
Frisk goes back to drawing.
"New magic…? I'll give them new magic… No, forgotten magic… I just need-…"
Happily, with a sinister undertone, he asks, "Frisk, would you like to help daddy?"
Frisk looks up curiously.
David's face has a look of… sudden realization.
Frisk nods happily, and the memory fades.
In a new memory, everything seems darker.
A lightly bandaged Frisk is standing in a room with weird drawings all over it. They're pretty, but also really scary for some reason.
David enters the room with two skeletons.
One is slender and acts feminine, and the other is somewhat tall, is wearing a lab coat, and has cracks on its face.
The one with cracks in its face asks something in Wing-Dings, "are you sure about this, David?"
David doesn't respond to him, he just approaches Frisk, and moves them outside of the circle.
Frisk is starting to feel scared. The other two skeletons move into some small circles connected to the big circle, as does David, and they begin chanting in some strange language…
A small black dot begins forming in the middle, and Frisk starts shivering in fear.
The dot grows larger until it's about the size of an orange, Frisk loves Oranges.
When it stops growing, the three stop chanting in that weird language.
David turns and looks at Frisk, then kneels down and starts talking.
Gently, David places his hand on one of Frisk's shoulders and asks,
"Hey buddy, I need you to stand in the middle of that circle with the black spot under it. Can you do that for me?"
Frisk shakes his head, thinking back on all the screaming he has heard coming from this room,
"id gonna hurts… I don wanna do idt…"
Excitedly, he responds, "Come on now, son, it won't hurt. I promise. This is for the good of everybody, you will be helping so many people!"
Nervously pulling at one of his bandages , Frisk says, "…bud… I dun wanna… id s-scawy…"
Calmly, with an undertone of lost patience, David says, "I know… but it will be OK. You trust daddy, right Frisk? I promise, everything will be OK."
Frisk hesitates, still scared, so David picks them up and places them in the center somewhat roughly.
A second human enters the room, they are surprised at first when they see Frisk, but a swift glare from David makes them move further into the room hurriedly.
The two skeletons look at each other briefly. They seem hesitant.
David pulls out a weirdly shaped knife, and Frisk freezes in place; they are hyper-focusing on the item.
Slowly, carefully, David slides the strange knife across his palm. Blood drips out, and he lets it fall into the circle for a few moments before the other human bandages his hand.
Frisk is worried, but doesn't do anything lest they receive punishment.
David holds out his bandaged hand, and demands, "Show me your SOUL, Frisk."
Frisk shakes his head, stepping back a little.
David is done with Frisk's defiance, and decides to force their SOUL out with magic.
Frisk yelps as their SOUL is pulled out of their body to float above David's hand. The human and skeletons flinch on Frisk's behalf.
Attempting to comfort them, David puts the knife into a pocket and rubs their head, saying,
"It will be OK… After this, no one will ever be able to hurt you again… I promise."
David uses magic on Frisk's SOUL and, with the help of the second person and the two skeletons, they create a pretty multi-coloured pattern in the black spot. It almost puts Frisk at ease.
The pattern then begins to glow an eerie purple colour, different than normal purple magic…
On Frisk's SOUL, David is using similar magic. Frisk's SOUL feels like it's being trapped by something.
They slowly stop feeling scared, but don't understand why. Soon, they feel almost nothing.
Slowly, shaking lightly, David hugs Frisk… and they briefly feel a sharp sting in the back of their neck.
A brief gasp from the other human, "David, you… that isn't part of the ritual!"
As their view fades, they hear David shakily reply,
"it will be fine! The ritual will be less painful this way… You don't want him to suffer do you? I'm sure you've heard the test subjects screaming."
Their view switches to that of their SOUL's, and they see David using some weird tools to separate their flesh from their bones.
The skeletons join in and create magic patterns on Frisk's bones, then David puts all his flesh back.
In horror, the other human is holding his hand over his mouth; their face is pale. Yet they don't leave.
David clutches Frisk's SOUL in his trembling hand, moves to the center, and holds it within the black spot…
The other human rushes down to Frisk's corpse and begins using green magic on it.
After revealing their SOULs, the two skeletons begin chanting again.
A thin white line from their SOULs slowly makes its way to Frisk's SOUL, and he starts to feel different.
Frisk cannot scream out, but his SOUL feels like it is being re-arranged… and the process is painful.
David's grip around his SOUL becomes unbearably tighter. When it shatters, the memory goes dark.
But it isn't dark because it ended. The memory continues from another perspective.
The feeling of searching, longing, and curiosity is felt. Followed by discovery and excitement.
As the feelings become more intense, the world fades back into view, but it's hazy and all encompassing. Like they're looking everywhere, all at once.
As the world fades more and more into view, the feelings fade away. They are left with nothing.
A hand is in most of their view, along with red specks here and there. It looks like the hand crushed a SOUL inside of them. Strange.
The hand is slowly removed, shaking slightly. Scared.
When they look down, they see a body. It looks familiar.
It's their body. They try to reach out to it.
Black tendrils of void encompass their body. They want to be one with their body again, so they pull their body closer.
Slowly, the body rises and they begin to absorb it within themself.
When they are done, the view changes further. It stops being all encompassing, and focuses in like eyes; the world is less hazy. The human with the knife is trembling. He doesn't look happy at all.
The view slowly shifts down to the floor, and the sound of a baby crying can be heard.
Slowly, the memory fades as the perspective progressively shifts more into the baby's perspective.
An old memory follows… his first memory, or what he thought was his first memory.
Sitting on a table, he is being examined by a human in a white lab coat.
A short skeleton enters the room, and the human looks to them and says, "this subject is perfectly healthy, but I can't really determine anything important about it. Magic seems about average, so does DT. At least the accelerated growing process worked as intended. What line did you say this subject was a part of?"
A vaguely familiar voice from the skeleton replies, "it was assigned to the 270 combat line. this one was made in a special way, using newly discovered techniques. david seems to have taken the results pretty badly, but learned something new for his… personal research."
The human in the white coat sighs, "I swear, that man is too obsessed with bringing his dead wife back to life. Here we are in a state of the art facility, that spans across multiple timelines , and all he can think about is his dead wife … He doesn't even spend time with his own son! …Speaking of, I expected Frisk in today; where is the little guy?"
The skeleton replies casually, "from what i've heard, frisk was sent away; i think david decided it was too dangerous for him here."
Surprised, but pleased, the human in the white coat says, "well, at least he made one right decision."
Unconvinced, the skeleton retorts,
"right. i wouldn't be surprised if david accidentally killed him in some experiment. that guy's more unstable than an isolated quark."
The memory fades as CU-270 is guided into a glass container and put to sleep.
CU-270 recognizes the small skeleton. It's Sans, and he doesn't look happy. His eye sockets are dark.
:-:
As the memories cease to flood his mind, CU-270's crying and mood swings slow down.
He becomes aware of the hand placed on his back, and is wary at first before remembering that Sans is with him.
Slowly, sadly, CU-270 says, "David… he… I… was his son. He… used me for his experiments… He… killed me… all to get his wife back… all to get my mother back… When things didn't go his way he… he abandoned me… treated me like just another failed experiment…"
Crying, CU-270 continues, "why… Why didn't he love me…? Why was I not enough…?"
Sans is frowning, stuck between being angry and sad. He chooses to display the latter, so that CU-270 doesn't assume Sans is upset with him. "h-hey now, bud, he may not have… loved you… but i bet you someone out there will. you don't need that guy… k?"
CU-270 doesn't respond… So Sans asks, "hey, i uh… when your soul was put back together, the computer identified your soul from past records… so… you're name's 'frisk,' huh? want me to call you that instead of cu-270?"
Without a pause, CU-270 angrily replies, "No. I don't want to use the name that man gave me."
Calmly, Sans replies, "fair enough… makes it easier to keep track of who's who anyway… heh."
An awkward silence fills the room.
Sans looks at CU-270's face and takes the chance to ask, "…will you forgive me? for all the things i… did. all the stuff i was told to do…? for… taking out my frustration on you, and the other test subjects…?"
Still upset, CU-270 responds, "…I need some time. I… have something I need to do."
Curious, Sans asks, "you still tryin' to help frisk?"
CU-270 contemplates that… "yea… I don't want them to experience as much pain as I have."
Shrugging, Sans replies,
"fair enough… speaking of the kiddo, they don't want that mark you put on them. they feel guilty that you'll be hurt in their place."
No response…
CU-270 is examining his memories. Looking back at his past observations now that he understands English, and has a better grasp on emotions.
Looking at CU-270… Sans becomes increasingly worried. His stats are rising quickly…
* AT: 105/85 DEF: 80/50 SPD: 15/30 HP: 1000/800
Quietly, with determination, CU-270 says,
"I know what I need to do" and stands from the operating table with a grim face, hands balled into fists, and eyes glowing red.
* AT: 145/125 DEF: 120/90 SPD: 15/30 HP: 1000/800
CU-270 vanishes before Sans can respond.
'i've severely underestimated his destructive potential… hope it doesn't bite us in the butt later.'
Sans can't do anything about it now, so he slowly meanders back to the teleporter room to make the long trek to the village.
He's pretty tired after all the walking and teleporting. 'with my luck, today's gonna be busy…'
:-:
Frisk partially wakes up as they feel something fade away from their SOUL.
Suddenly, they feel a lot less safe… but they ignore it and manage to drift back to sleep.
The sound of magic attacks going off wakes Frisk up again, so they check their phone…
Frisk's phone reads 3:12 A.M. March 29th, 2045|No Messages
Alphys is freaking out, Frisk can hear her panicking…
Undyne joins in, shouting something Frisk can't understand.
Getting up, Frisk tries to find them and figure out what's happening.
It isn't hard, thanks to the shouting.
Frisk slowly makes their way to the Manor's Lab and sees… Alphys kneeling in pain, with a magic bone lodged in her side.
Frisk can feel their SAVE stars again.
Undyne tries to ease the pain by using healing magic on her while she gently pulls the unusually solid magic attack out.
The attack hurts Undyne as she grabs hold of it, but she puts on a brave face and bears the pain.
Curious, and not fully aware of what is going on, Frisk asks, "what happened?"
It takes Undyne by surprise, and, still being in 'defend-my-nerd-at-all-costs' mode, she lets go of the magic bone and throws a spear.
Frisk deftly dodges, and Undyne cringes at her rushed decision.
"Sorry Frisk, some punk broke into the manor and ran off with the Artifact! We tried to fight 'em off, but they were too strong."
After rubbing their eyes, Frisk looks around the lab…
There are magic bones still sticking in the wall and work table. They are slowly dissolving into dust.
Thinking to themself, Frisk absent-mindedly grabs the sides of Sans' jacket and pulls it tightly around themselves like a hug, wondering,
'Did Sans take the Artifact…?'
Alphys speaks up, though strained, "th-they… they asked for the Artifact… but when I didn't give it to them, they became really angry. Th-their magic… it isn't… it isn't n-normal. It… hurts so much…"
Sans surprises everyone, "that looks pretty painful… hey frisk, try not to tear my jacket, k? it's old."
Realizing that they are pulling on the sides, Frisk loosens their grip and looks to Sans curiously.
When the bone attack is removed from Alphys, Sans says "hey, you guys should come see this…" and guides them to the north-western facing side of the manor.
Along the way, Papyrus and Toriel join the group and Undyne catches them up on what happened.
Pointing to the closed window, Sans says, "… look outside."
Undyne cautiously parts the curtains and a bright light starts flooding the room.
Frisk rubs their eyes… and when they look again, they see a large shimmering field in the distance.
Sleepily, Frisk asks, "…the barrier?"
Alphys' face goes pale and she waddles over carefully, hand still on her side, "WHAT?! …but… they… n-no… this is… w-wrong! H-how…?" Then runs off as fast as she can without aggravating her injury.
Toriel takes her place at the window, and puts a hand over her mouth to stifle her surprised gasp.
Papyrus is a little confused, "WHY IS THE MOON SO BRIGHT?"
Sans chuckles a little, "that's the barrier, bud. the moon is over there," and points to the moon.
Slightly embarrassed, Papyrus scratches the back of his head and responds, "OF COURSE! I WAS JUST TESTING YOU! YOU… PASS. I'M GOING TO CONTINUE DUSTING THE KNICK-KNACKS. THE ONES FRISK CAN'T REACH GET AWFULLY DUSTY!"
Papyrus leaves, not fully understanding what the scene means; he's sleepy, though he wont admit it.
Undyne can't stop looking out the window. She doesn't entirely understand what's going on either, since she's also tired, but the sight mesmerizes her. Part of her is relieved, but another part is worried…
Eventually however, she and Toriel leave, hoping to get sleep.
Sans left at some point, but Frisk didn't notice.
Frisk stays for a little while, noticing something…
A shock wave can be seen flattening the terrain, as well as snapping trees, until it reaches about half way to the village where it merely bends them to near-snapping.
When it reaches the village, a reverberating sound similar to the thrusters on the aircraft, but with significantly more power, shakes the buildings in the village; immediately followed by a deep, ground shaking, knock.
A few unsecured roofs are blown away, causing some damage as they crash into other buildings.
Scared, the villagers leave their houses to investigate and see the barrier in the far distance over the trees, down in the forbidden valley.
They don't understand what it is… and many begin to panic.
The manor isn't affected by the shock wave much, given it's incredibly sturdy design, so everyone within thinks it's just a strong gust of wind.
Frisk leaves the room and tries to get more sleep.
No one gets much sleep… but they try.
:-:
Eventually, Frisk wakes up again…
They don't quite feel rested, but if they go to sleep again they may wake up late.
Frisk's phone reads 9:45 A.M. March 29th, 2045|2 Messages
'Why didn't…? Oh, someone turned off my alarm… new messages? I wonder who…'
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
From: TalkToTheHand
Frisk dear, this is Ms. Thing. The
Elder needs you at the village hall
ASAP. You probably heard that
huge quake last night… it's about
that. People think monsters did it.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
From: TalkToTheHand
Also, I know you wanted me to
remind you yesterday to talk to
resource management, about
allowing some monsters to help
with farming, but it didn't seem
like a good idea with the funeral.
But today could be the perfect
opportunity, I already left them
my notes for you.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
:-:
'Oh yea… I forgot about that… well, the town hall was closed yesterday anyway…'
Frisk yawns, changes out of their pajamas, and goes to eat a late breakfast.
They realize that they haven't been setting up many traps lately. The house is getting… boring.
Sudden realization of what they saw last night hits them, and Frisk begins to feel really sad… until they enter the dining room, and see two… two fluffy boss monsters.
Everyone is accounted for… 'But at what cost?'
Marceline greets them, "hello there, little angel, did you sleep well enough?"
Frisk shrugs, and sits at the table so they can start eating with every one else.
Curiously, Frisk asks, "who put the barrier up?"
Sans gets a worried look on his face, "i'm pretty sure cu-270 did."
Alphys questions Sans further, "OK, but… how did they activate the barrier?!"
Sans thinks for a moment, then responds casually, "his real name is frisk, and he's a red soul just like our frisk."
Not accepting his half-effort answer, Alphys retorts,
"but when the Artifact checks your SOUL it's checking everything about who you are, and what you are. There's no way he can bypass that!"
Sans sighs… he doesn't really want to explain, but it's looking like he'll have to.
Everyone else is more interested in the name. Conrad asks,
"you said his real name is Frisk? What a coincidence! I wonder… why was he given such an impersonal code name like CU-270 anyway?"
Sans looks away, "it's a long story… he actually doesn't like being called frisk. his… uh…"
Using his fingers as air quotes for emphasis, Sans continues, "'father' isn't a very good guy."
The air quotes are unneeded, but drive home the sarcasm and disdain. If words had a taste to them, then that one seemed to leave a foul and lingering taste in Sans' mouth.
Marceline, hoping to bring a lighter tone to the early morning conversation, suggests, "it sounds like we will have to pick a name out for him."
Undyne, not fully getting the clue on switching to a happier tone, replies,
"we'll probably end up only using it on his grave. That punk was strong, but I don't think he'd manage to survive against that… abomination."
Sans leaves unexpectedly and returns, speaking, a bit louder than usual, "i'd suggest waiting on the gravestone. he's definitely going to come out alive, if you can call it that. he's a void born lich, and a red soul. he's the most determined thing within the barrier, so he'll have access to saving and loading."
Everyone is a little confused by the statement. They get the part about him being a red SOUL, but…
Alphys is the one who asks, "he's a what?"
From somewhere, Sans pulls out a strange leather bound… no… it isn't leather. it's a book bound in… human skin.
It makes everyone at the table feel uneasy.
Marceline and Conrad are intrigued by it, but cautious.
Sans carefully places it on the table, and says, in a serious tone, "This is the 'Necronomicon.' It contains some very dark magic. Liches come in three main types: human, monster, and hybrid. Hybrid Liches are David's own discovery, as well as their sub-type the 'Void Born.' That's what CU-270 is. A hybrid Lich whose SOUL was bound to the void, and underwent a 'rebirth.' Only a hybrid Lich can be Void Born. This book has all the information for them… but can drive you insane as you attempt to read it. I've been scanning it into a computer in the Underground at night, and cleaning out the occult stuff, so we wont go crazy reading it. We're going to need this information if we want an advantage against David, CU-270's poor excuse for a father."
The room is silent. None of the monsters are used to Sans… speaking so much. No jokes either…
Him being serious really puts them all on edge.
Before anyone can ask any questions, Sans looks to Toriel and Asgore and asks,
"could you please turn this filth into ash, with the fury of a thousand burning suns?"
The two boss monsters are taken by surprise, and at first think he is just messing around… but his face tells a different story. He really does want them to light the book on fire with as much magic as they can muster.
Toriel is the one who asks, somewhat concerned, "is it really a good idea to destroy this… book?"
Sand doesn't reply, he just keeps looking at them… He doesn't have to reply.
Everyone in the room can feel the sinister aura given off by the book.
While observing the encounter, Frisk thinks to themself,
'no wonder Sans has been different lately… this book must be affecting him pretty badly… I wonder how long he's had it… '
The silence continues, so Frisk speaks up. "I think it's a good idea. We should get rid of it."
Asgore and Toriel look to each other, hesitantly, before looking back to Sans and nodding.
The three leave into the backyard of the manor with the book, and the rest continue eating their breakfast.
After a few minutes, banging is heard on the front door. Papyrus and Thing go to answer it, but Conrad and Marceline join them just in case.
Bernard is at the door.
Before they can greet him, he urgently says, "there's a giant fire out back, is everything OK?"
Marceline greets him, "hello Bernard, good to see you; yes, the fire is fine. We are… disposing of an unwanted item. A book far too sinister to keep, as much as I'd like to."
Feeling more at ease, though somewhat confused still, Bernard wipes the sweat off his brow from running over and says,
"If you say so… That's quite a lot of fire."
Conrad replies as Marceline steps back to let Frisk through,
"I'm sure it will be fine, the fire is being produced by the King and Queen of monsters; no doubt they will be safe."
Before Bernard can reply, Frisk runs up and hugs him, "Saint Bernard! I've missed you SOO much!"
With a little chuckle, Bernard looks down and pats Frisk's head, "well, not as much as I missed you! How's my little anime-warrior-princess?"
Sadly, Frisk buries their face in his leg and says, "(I've been better…)"
Bernard rubs Frisk's hair and says, "well, don't worry, everything will get better… Speaking of everything getting better…"
Looking back at Conrad and Marceline, Bernard continues, "let me know when you and the monster King and Queen are available, the Elder and Council want to speak with you as soon as possible. Me and my guards will have to escort you there. Seems that a lot of people have been convinced that the giant shining thing in the distance is the beginning of some kind of attack. I'm pretty sure it's just the barrier you guys said you were going to put up, but since the mountain covered most of the external part of the barrier we never really saw it."
Frisk replies, "Yea, it's the barrier."
Conrad chips in, "Let us finish eating and we will be out post-haste."
Bernard nods, and turns to leave but Marceline beckons him to enter and they part for him.
While inside, Bernard takes the opportunity to advise the other monsters to stay inside until further notice.
Frisk, Marceline, Conrad, Toriel, and Asgore are all prepared to leave after just a few minutes.
When the group begins to leave the manor, they are greeted to six other armoured guards standing at attention.
Though they are not aware, Flowey is following from a distance.
Frisk takes a moment to SAVE at the star in front of the manor. A sure sign that CU-270 is locked within the barrier.
* FILE SAVED.
* FRISK FEELS REJUVENATED.
:-:
As the group continues down the mostly dirt and cobblestone paths, the people along the paths give suspicious glances to Asgore and Toriel.
But no one tries to do anything.
They seem hesitant to attack, unlike during the funeral.
Some commotion is heard down the road near the entrance, along with a voice that Frisk recognizes.
Frisk hurries over to the commotion, and Bernard rushes to keep up, saying, "Wait, Frisk. You have to be careful!"
When they arrive at the scene, Frisk sees some of the monster children huddled together in fear and surrounded by people.
Frisk can see Monster Kid "Monk," IceCap "Caprice," and a slime monster they haven't met yet.
They look like they had a rough night, and have snapped branches ticking out of their clothes here and there.
A pile of dust is laying at Derrick's feet.
Angry, Frisk yells out, "leave them alone Derrick, you big bully!"
Bernard catches up, "Frisk, stand back and let me deal with this… Derrick, what happened?"
Pridefully, Derrick turns and says,
"me and my buddies caught some monsters trying to infiltrate the village. You know, doing the job you're supposed to do."
Frisk is really upset, "they aren't infiltrators, they're just kids! They're my friends!"
Scoffing, Derrick retorts, "like I'd listen to an Addams! You guys turned your back on humans when you took monsters in!"
Bernard walks closer to Derrick, and sternly says, "stand down Derrick."
Frantically, Monk yells out, "yo! Frisk! H-help! Th-this guy… he… he killed Drake!"
Proudly, Derrick looks back and says,
"yea I killed that annoying monster, and you're next! It's kill or be killed, and I'm not gonna be the one who dies today!"
Grimly, Bernard commands, "guards, take the Addamses and Monsters to the town hall as planned; I'll catch up. Get a medic on standby."
But Frisk refuses to leave.
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