Summary: Uhmm I don´t know how this turned into a 2000+ word chapter?... Oh well... My tumblr! .com Imagine my surprise when tumblr gave me that exact name as a suggestion! Tumblr chose me to be this lazy and I shall live to the name! I want to thank all the people who has been reading this nonsense, seriously guys I am having the time of my life writing this thing and it to be appreciated feels awesome!
Chapter 12: Money Time
Ebott Ville, 1 year 7 months after the release of monsters and magic back in the world.
Wow just wow
Everything has changed so much from what I remember, the town, the people, the clothes… that´s what almost seventy years did to humanity…
Here I am, Wilson Percival Higgsbury back to business ladies and gentlemen.
*Imaginary applauses but bows anyways*
Ok Wilson check list what do you need to do now?
First, money. In this capitalist world that we live in, it's human kind very first need.
*Checks storage*
20 nuggets of gold and other things… I´ll manage…
Ok money, check.
Second, find some better fit clothes, preferably something in darker colors. While I am grateful with Frisk´s t-shirt "I´m free ´n loving it!" I don't appreciate the misspelling or the white, red and blue scheme or the lack of sleeves… I feel exposed; the cast is not doing any good either.
The feeling is what counts they say.
I´ll find a tailor.
Third, citizenship, will they reopen my old citizenship documents, do I need to acknowledge my birth rights in this lands through a piece of paper and some ink? Or will I have to bribe someone into creating false ones.
Surely the latter
Lords…
It´s good to be back.
Fourth, speak with monsters…
I don't look up to this.
Wait
"Peace Memorial Central Park" I reach this place after aimless wander.
Wasn't it here were Frisk found me?
"Look! Look! Mommy that man hair is funny!" a child no more than five pointed at me like an animal at the zoo
"Sweetheart stop pointing, it´s rude"
"But mom! It´s spiky and weird!"
The woman, her mother? Grabs the offending little arm.
*Little whines*
"No young lady let´s go!"
….
"That´s something that I did not miss about people"
Freak, stupid head, pale stick, blue eyed devil…
Demon kid.
No.
Never more.
The people who treated me like that are dead.
Deader than death.
I breathe slowly. Inhale, exhale. One, two, three, four….
I did not finish the list but will start anyways…. Time is short.
"MTT Resort" What does MTT means again? I reach the brightest spot of the city to check it out, and there it stood a building taller than the Empire State. It´s impressive.
**MTT as in Mettaton trademark and associated. This line of business is named after the celebrity monster that goes by the same name, Mettaton, cousins with monster ghost Mad Dummy, Napstablook and Dummy**
Ok… This 'Infinite Knowledge' thingy responds everything I don´t 'know' already right?
Let´s try something else.
How can I bring the survivors, no, my family back?
**Request is not possible**
It´s not possible to bring them back!? How? if I'm here that means there is a way.
**Exactly, they have to come, you can´t bring them**
Uh Ok… and how would that work if I am not sure myself what happened?
**Same process needs to be done to achieve same results**
Ok that did NOT help.
Think Higgsbury what else to ask if you are stuck with this?
Do something else, lit a fire, hunt for food, SOMETHING ELSE, SOMETHING PRODUCTIVE.!
*Losing sanity…
Maybe I can ask something else?
How do I save the two first children to die in the underground. I made a promise to Frisk to bring them back with my 'Infinite Knowledge' if I am ever freed from there.
**Infinite knowledge does not equal to infinite answers**
Oh hey it has its limitations then? Maxwell tricked me…
**Negative, knowledge as to how to raise the death is accessible and labeled as 'necromancy' yet the question was for 'to save', as in bring them back not as undead, which can be accomplished by different means in each one of the given cases. Conclusion, if question is not well structured and specific you will not be able to 'know' the way to answer your request. Also, if such knowledge does not exist, nothing will come out and thus you will be given a 'Request is not possible' message**
Oh, that was… very helpful actually.
"Mister, are you ok?"
A lady in police uniform touches my shoulder.
"Sir, the light has turned green three times already and you have been standing on this side of the road for about 10 minutes"
Shoot.
"I´m very grateful for your concern lady, it seems that the accident that I took part of left me with my mind scattered." I try to make my voice as smooth as possible and try to hide my heavy English accent.
"It´s quite ok sir, good thing you didn´t walk past the line and tried to cross the road in such state. Are you sure you can reach your home like this or would you like for me to call you a cab" The police officer offers.
"Why thank you, but I´m actually headed to a gold buyer and you would be of a great help on telling me where the nearest one is."
"Oh well let me think…"
I came to sell one lump of gold and try my best not to laugh at the cashers face when I showed it to him.
"Sir, I have never seen a gold nugget as big as this one. Can you wait here so I notify this with the manager?"
"And why would you need him?" I ask mildly confused.
"It´s because we don´t have enough cash to give you and usually work with bank transactions but if you tell me that you don´t have one there is no other way."
"Oh" Can´t work around that logic.
"Please excuse me, you can take a seat."
I take a seat as ordered and wait for his superior.
The wait does not take that long as a middle aged man steps out of his office.
"Hello sir, good evening I´m Mr. Hoffman, manager of $ilver & Gold" He offers his hand.
I… take a moment to know what he wants.
**a handshake**
I knew that one!
I shake his hand. "Good evening good sir, my name is Wilson Higgsbury pleased to meet you"
"The pleasure is mine Mr. Higgsbury. Well let´s get down to business, I believe Seth here said you wanted cash for the gold you brought but there is not enough to make the transaction?"
"Indeed, good sir."
"Well you see, I´m afraid that you´ll have to excuse us Mr. Higgsbury right at this moment, as Seth informed you, don´t have the means to cash it but if you would be kind enough to let us make a call to our central, I´m sure they will be able to bring it here, this will not take more than two hours, three if the traffic gives us trouble."
I weigh my options, three hours is a lot of time… and other things need to be done…
But at the same time I need that money to do them.
Decisions, decisions.
Is there another store near here?
**It would depend of what you consider as 'near'. There is one though, 10 kilometers from here. If you go by foot you will reach it just as it closes**
"I will wait"
Having nothing else to do, I do what any homeless would do.
I crash at the park.
There is nothing to do…. What is my sister doing I wonder.
**She is fighting**
Is she now?
**Yes**
Can I at least communicate with her?
**There is a way, a divining rod can receive sound waves from beyond the void. But beware, time moves differently in the shadow realm and the home world**
I´m…. very aware of that tiny little detail… Besides the divining rod is not in the first spawning world but in the adventure mode if I am correct…
UGH what can you do with Infinite Knowledge if it doesn´t help you!
…
No answer to that?
**Can only answer a 'question' and you said the previous one as an exclamation**
*sigh*
What a headache.
Headache?
Is it insanity?
**Yes, you are still bound by shadow realm rules sanity is lowering at normal speed**
Just fantastic.
Well let´s fight it, I´m going to take a nap
I wake up an hour and a half later, my neck is numb for the position I was in but nothing I can´t take.
I walk away to the store I previously visited.
The manager, Mr. Hoffman, is standing behind the counter.
"Hello Mr. Higgsbury, thank you very much for returning. Here is the money." He gives me heavy package of new bills as I give him one lump of gold.
I have never been too fond of money but it´s a necessity.
"No, thank you very much, kind sir." I put the money in my storage…
After saying my goodbyes I exit the store and try to make some purchases.
Technology has made a jump while I was gone.
Scratch that.
A back flip, twirl and jump at the end.
There´s a child here in this store that has some kind of white box attached to his head who moves his hands to kill unknown foe.
What is that thing?
**That 'thing' is called a VR headset, it generates the realistic images, sounds and other sensations that replicate a real environment or create an imaginary setting**
Virtual reality simulator?
**Yes**
Wow, will purchase one later. Wendy would love one of those.
To kill, of course.
"Good night sir can I help you with something?"
A purple cat like monster with a name tag "Catty" approaches me from the side.
Heh the name fits her.
"Good night, Uhm Catty, can I ask you a question?"
"Yes of course sir!" Catty says enthusiastically
"What would be the first thing you would buy if you lost everything you own?"
"…"
There you go Higgsbury you are a total champ.
"A cell phone of course!" she says as enthusiastically as before.
Maybe I misinterpreted the silence?
**Yes**
Maybe I don´t want knowledge about every little thing!?
**That´s not how it works, you ask, there is the knowledge, you take it**
Fine you win.
"Perfect! miss Catty, would you be kind enough to show me the latest version of… cell phones?"
"It would be a pleasure sir!"
It results it took a while to find one that I liked… Why are they making them so shiny? I understand that it stands out but maybe some of us don´t like the attention we catch while holding them…. And why in the world would I want it with six or so inches? It´s supposed to fit in my pockets!
I opted for one that fits perfectly in my hand, not too little, not too big, just perfect.
Five inches no more.
Catty explained me the basics, and I let her, I think she believed It´s my first time purchasing a touch screen phone… And she was right, at first I didn't know where to touch to get the desired result. Learning was no issue as any question would be answered by the cat lady or the Infinite Knowledge so I had all my bases covered by the time she needed to leave before her shift ended.
I thanked her for the setup on the phone and changed the wallpaper as soon as I connected to the 'internet'.
Without knowing, I was looking for space stuff…
Humanity made it to the moon…
Spacecrafts were bigger than rockets I knew of.
This is amazing, the space, the stars, so much to know, more doors to open.
Knowledge!
And yet here I am in the middle of the street around so many people and monsters and feel even lonelier than when I was surviving before I reached Maxwell´s Adventure Mode door…
I miss them so much.
*Losing sanity…
I decide to send Frisk a message to escape my own mind for now.
Frisk loves it when I give weird names to things…
What is Frisk phone number?
** It´s XXX-XXX-4242**
*Sending*
HA that will make him laugh
Or maybe not?
What would make Frisk laugh?
**Beatles reference, he loves The Beatles**
And what is that?
**The question is who are they**
Ok, who are they?
**They are an English four member band from the 60´s decade. Worldwide famous band The Beatles was one of the most influential individuals ever to exist. Frisk likes them because his father used to sing to them while playing the guitar at night to make him sleep**
Oh…
I hit a song and like the lyrics.
They sound amazing.
I download all the albums.
*Sending*
Where is Frisk right now?
**Asgore´s home, five blocks from here**
Ok, I want to retrieve Eye bone and Chester for shopping, my storage is full already.
Time to move.
Notes: Next chapter is by far one of my most favorite chapters! It´s the number 13 and that´s totally not creepy! Anyways, see ya next chapter! Note: The 'Infinite Knowledge' voice is Wilson´s mental voice. It´s not an OC or something like that, I hate OC´s
Notes: *Throws thing at fandoms expecting it wont be lost in the void* Update Monday´s or Sunday´s