Summary: A Maxwell approved chapter! ...
Notes: So... I'm going to a psychologist next month... I'm afraid.Ebott Ville, The Embassy of Monsters, 1 year 7 months after the release of monsters and magic back in the world.
"I think that we have our starting point then" My older and only brother exclaims as he quiets the crowd.
"Shall I start with our Tale?"
**"Time for some answers."
Chara… why did you hide away from mom when she called for you? I could feel how my head-mate deeply wanted to hug the goat mama.
**"Argh! Let it go Frisk! I won't tell you!"
Awwww come on! No one will know if you tell me~~~
**"No"
Awww~
**"Shush! Wilson is speaking and I want to hear this."
She is right.
The gentleman scientist speaks with seriousness. I can sense how his voice carries throughout the room firm and unstrained.
And thus, the King of Shadows begins to give my family some explanations…
To start my story in the Shadow Realm from the very beginning is something I wish not to do.
So I shall start my speech since I met Frisk.
How to do this though? Do I need to set up some rules for my audience?
A certain man in a suit would agree with me.
Maxwell…
I don't miss him! Who would!?
Wilson, focus!
"Before I start I will clarify a couple of things… First, I'm not obliged to answer any of the questions I do not wish to answer, same goes for my sister. Second. There are things I will leave unspoken of, Frisk knows a lot more of what I'm going to disclose today, he is not obliged to answer your questions but if he wishes to, he is free to decide on whether or not to tell you all the things he knows. Third. You can ask whatever you wish, but beware of the first point I made. Fourth. I need all the people in this room to accompany me to the Underground, the reason of this will be explained on this meeting later on. Fifth. I will need more… 'specialized' help for a project, I need Doctor Alphys Dinohorn and Do- uhm Sans' help…"
Did I cover it all?
**Request is not possible**
I don't know what I hate the most, having answers to irrelevant questions or not having any at all.
I will incline for the later.
*Squeal!*
Alphys squealed when my request registered… At least, I'm going to have no problem getting her help at all, if the sparkling eyes in the monster are anything to go by.
That only leaves Sans answer left.
He seems skeptical. As skeptical as a skeleton without flesh in the face can be.
"What if they choose to refuse your proposal, King of Shadows?" Asgore's voice cut through the room. And the silence…
"Doctor Alphys and Sans can refuse my request. I'll only let you know that if they accept they will not be working for me for free. I can duplicate their actual income… Well... in Sans' case I will triplicate it, just to be fair."
Hook, line…
"Yes!" Alphys agrees readily and Undyne elbows her for unknown reasons, the dino-scientist blushes bright red, she sputters apologizes to her significant other next to her.
Now, Sans… he is… hesitating.
He needs another push, I guess...
"I need your help with… distortions between the universes and I consider you two qualified enough to help. I wouldn't be asking otherwise" Of course that is not the only reason but I won't tell them more than this. If possible.
… and sinker…?
Sans eye lights die like a fire pit in winter.
"WOWIE! BUT OF COURSE SANS IS ONE OF THE MOST INTELLIGENT MONSTERS THERE ARE! HE CAN HELP YOU WITH WHATEVER YOU NEED! RIGHT SANS? SANS...?" Papyrus, as sweet as he is, couldn't see that his brother rather than excited (or maybe that's what he wants Sans to be?) is shocked of what I just said. I expected an instant refusal from the blue clad skeleton, but maybe... Just maybe...
"Sans, what's the matter?" Toriel's motherly voice rises as everyone else stare falls on his still slightly trembling being. It's hardly noticeable but still there.
"What the hell is going on! Say something Sans! What's wrong with you?!" Undyne not so kindly shouts. It didn`t have the desired effect as the skeleton only hid his skull a little in his blue parka.
"Wilson…" Frisk tiny voice quivers with concern for his friend.
I didn't mean for this situation to escalate… I need to-
"yep pap, uhmm everyone… i'm very... excited heh..." He tries to reassure his younger sibling and his friends but fails miserably to convince Toriel who gives me a LOOK. Thankfully she keeps her venom to herself.
"Are you really sure you agree to work for this... man, Sans?" the goat mother argues... Forgetting about my title it seems…
She can't even save her venom to herself…
That line sounded like... 'Don't do it' to me. Really! What does she thinks? That I'm going to experiment on them?
I would never experiment on a sentient being! Even I have standards!
"My brother is pushing no one to do anything, I believe that Sans is a grown up monster who can take his own decisions, am I right?" *silence* "Now, Wilson said that it's not an immediate answer what he seeks today so there should be a reasonable amount of time for them to think this through..." This level of confidence was born from none other than the experience of years of dealing with dangerous people.
If there is someone who can win a gamble against the very Devil… It's my sister.
She was not meant to know the struggles of the poor and starving in England, but due to the circunstances that lead to her abandonment, it simply couldn't be helped.
Winny …
I can't say that that experience of life (or survival?) is not beneficial to me right now, though.
I nod at her words nonetheless; I won't be imposing my will on these two monsters.
On my fellow scientists!
"Sans" the determined child, who sits by my side, finally spoke when the meeting room fell in silence once again.
"It's okay Sans. Everyone... I promise you with my very SOUL that Wilson and Willow mean no harm to you... To anyone. Maybe you can't understand now but... It will be worth it in the end, I swear. Wilson promised to me that everyone still trapped in the Underground will have a happy ending and I believe in him." Frisk looks at every single one of them as he says this.
How very sweet...
"Speak for him kid, not me…" I catch my sister mumbling and crossing her arms…
Note to self: I have to talk to her later.
Frisk stands up and runs towards wide eye sockets. Thankfully unaware of what my sister just said. He, then, hugs him firmly and everyone could see his mouth moving. Whispering something to Sans' nonexistent ear.
What has Frisk said I wonder?
No. No. No. Wait. I don't nee-
**Quoating: "I'll tell you everything later if you agree, trust me, please."**
Argh! Isn't this eavesdropping?
**No. Eavesdropping is secretly listening to the private conversation of others without their consent. You didn't hear. You asked for information and it was handed to you. Conclusion. You are not technically eavesdropping.**
Urgh, It's the same!
Lords…
Frisk returns to his seat after making sure Sans is okay and not shaking anymore.
"welp... i agree..." Oh? "...with some conditions..." right…
Better than I thought, then.
"Please, do state your demands. This way we can have all of us as witnesses of your petitions" and for all the monsters to know exactly what to expect from both of us.
Sans goes over it once again in his head before speaking up.
"i want a Full Disclosure of what you want me to work, before starting. i can refuse to keep working for you at any time... no repercussions to my pay."
"Agreed" no problem with any of those... As long as he believes in us when we tell him that his older brother can and will be SAVEd, the rest should be just routine processes.
Wait... Did he thought I wouldn't agree to his demands?
Because there is sweat in his boney forehead telling me that he wanted to use my disagreement as an excuse to refuse my proposal entirely.
Heh.
It won't be that easy to escape me!
"NGAAAAHHHH"
*Bam!* The wooden table shook with the ripples of force used by someone's fists.
I reach for Willow's hand before the shout of rage is over.
She was about to make grilled fish out of a certain ex-Captain. I don't fault my sister; the blue woman startled me into defensiveness, too.
The only difference is that Willow was definitely going to kill her if she dared to materialize her spears.
At the immediate danger the two of us meant to her, Undyne's good eye narrows and I see electric blue magic coming from her clenched fists. Ready to materialize said spears of doom.
Oh come on! You started it!
"Undyne" the King placate the fish err… spontaneous behavior, with practiced ease.
"Sorry..." The fish pouts.
"Something on your mind, Undyne?" The question is stupid; it's very obvious that the woman wanted to make her thoughts known, or her anger?, she is just unable to ask for the word like a civilized creature.
I need a nicecream….
"Oh, I don't know Mr. McEvil! Offering a job to MY girlfriend, making that smile that makes her squeal? What's this?! Weren't you supposed to say what the actual fu—heck are doing here rather than wanting to swoop my babe!?"
She is furious.
'Swoop' her babe?
**meaning that you want Alphys in a romantic relationship.**
What?!
"Oh for all the Lords of Science, I'm not flirting with your girlfriend!" Wilson looks at Undyne with utter shock.
He's blushing!
I snicker, as he has to look any other way but the fish and dinosaur couple. His shoulders slump a little but he keeps himself almost as composed as he was.
"That's not- I did—NGAAAHHHHH Stop changing the subject and tell us already you bloody—"
*AHEM!*
"Shi-shoot, sorry Toriel. I meant… spit what you have to say. Now!" The ex-Captain is pacified by the stern look of a elementary school teacher.
Chara sends me confused waves and some anxiety… the last one came unwillingly and she tries to stop the string of feeling before it reached me but I still felt it.
Chara what—
**"It's nothing."
I scowl at her in my eye mind.
**"I just… I'm just not used to not know nothing… Wilson and you… even his sister knows more about all of this than I." Chara sits down in an imaginary rock she created in our mindscape. I send soothing emotions. Warmth from mom's fire in the fireplace, Papyrus hugs… anything I can think of to make her worries go away.
"Alright sorry then, I must… I must have misunderstood your statement then" The scientist declares at last.
*royal ahem.* The king of all monsters cleared his throat.
"If it's alright with you, King Higgsbury, I would like to ask everyone to listen what you have to say first, then, one by one we will be asking questions at the end of your story. Does this suit you?" Asgore deep voice rumbled. The voice of a monster older than the barrier itself sent calmness and patience to the crowd.
"That would be adequate, yes." Wilson nods.
"As all of you might know, Frisk and I developed a friendship while he was inside the barrier and I was dwelling in another 'world', the Shadow Realm to be exact…"
All of my monster family had different reactions. The prominent ones were Alphy's and Sans'… Alphys eyes dilated by at least an inch, I saw her grabbing her phone, fumbling with it for a bit, and leaving it on the table as soundlessly as she could, which with all the excited shivering, was not very effective. With my skeletal dunkle I thought that he would be surprised… something like… no eye lights, stiff smile and sweat in the forehead kind of surprised. But none of the above were present so I guess Wilson must have explained something to him already? I don't really know. I should ask him how much he let my dunkle know.
**"Another world huh? so as in… for real real?"
Yep.
**"really?"
Yeah…
The explanation proceeded without any interruptions.
"…Leaving aside for now how or why even we were able to communicate with each other… I must start from the very first encounter."
Notes: Next chapter we will FINALLY have a glimpse of how these two met!
Notes: *Throws thing at fandoms expecting it wont be lost in the void* Update Monday´s or Sunday´s