In the next room, they came across a ghost named Napstablook, who appeared to be sleeping on a pile of red leaves and blocking the way. He snored loudly.
"are they gone yet" he whispered.
Unfortunately, the Warners heard him as he pretended to sleep and repeatedly said "z" out loud.
"Hey," said Yakko, tapping Napstablook's shoulder.
Napstablook rose up from the pile of leaves and initiated an encounter, pulling the Warners closer to him when they took a step back. Wakko gave him a patient smile as the ghost stared into the distance, wishing he wasn't there. He didn't seem to have a sense of humor...or did he?
"oh, i'm REAL funny."
Uh...ok then. Wakko tried to remove more of the tension between them.
"Can ya move out of the way?" he asked.
"heh...REALLY NOT FEELIN UP TO IT RIGHT NOW. SORRY."
He started to cry. As the tears rolled into the boundary box, the Warners tried to dodge. Yakko got hit on his shoulder by one of the tears, grabbing it as he lost a little bit of health. Despite saying he felt down, Napstablook was feeling a little better through Wakko's intentions. Yakko, trying to lighten the mood, told him a joke.
"Hey Napstablook," he started, "why'd the ghost buy an elevator?"
There was a short pause.
"To lift his spirits!"
Wakko played the drums to accompany his brother's joke.
"heh heh..." Napstablook chuckled, his mood having been improved ever so slightly. He wanted to show them something.
"let me try..."
He cried again, but gravity reversed its direction on his tears. Together, they turned into a hat.
"i call it 'dapper blook'. do you like it..."
"Cool!" said Yakko, impressed.
"Faboo!" said Wakko.
"Fits ya well," said Dot.
"oh gee..." said Napstablook, a little embarrassed.
He ended the encounter.
"i usually come to the Ruins because there's nobody around...but today i met somebody nice..."
There was a momentary pause.
"Oh, i'm rambling again i'll get out of your way"
He disappeared into thin air.
"Bye, Napstablook!" said Wakko, waving and sticking his tongue out as he smiled.
They found themselves at crossroads again. Deciding to go forward instead of right, they found a small room with two large spiderwebs and a sign planted into the ground.
"Spider Bake Sale," Yakko read. "All proceeds go to real spiders."
Wakko and Dot went to the small and the big web, which sold spider donuts and spider cider respectfully. The spider donut cost seven pieces of gold and the spider cider cost eighteen. Wakko took out seven pieces of gold from his Gag Bag and left them in the web; some spiders crawled down and gave him a donut. Dot put her share into the bigger web and more spiders crawled down, giving her a jar of cider. Wakko ate the donut, then put the jar of cider in the Gag Bag as they continued back on the path. Another long hallway awaited them, with three froggits and a sign planted in the ground talking about the bake sale. The Warners stopped to talk with each of the froggits. The first froggit, who was approached by Dot, sighed.
"My friend never listens to me. Whenever I talk, they skip through my words by pressing [X]. That's right...Pressing [X]...Well, at least you listen to me."
"I kinda have to, I don't have a keyboard."
The second froggit was approached by Wakko.
"I heard using 'F4' can make you have a 'full screen.'"
"Really?"
The froggit nodded.
"But what does 'F4' stand for? 'Four frogs'? I have only seen a maximum of three frogs in this room...This is troubling, to say the least."
Wakko shrugged and walked to the wall. Looking through a tiny hole, he saw an ant-shaped froggit waving at him. He waved back.
"I have heard you are quite merciful, for a humanfolk," said the third froggit.
"That's just because nobody down here's 'special friend' material," said Yakko. "Nothin' special."
"Surely you know by now a monster wears a yellow name when you can spare it."
"Yeah, yeah, sure."
"What do you think of that?"
"Very helpful."
The froggit didn't seem to catch Yakko's sarcasm.
"It is rather helpful. Remember, sparing is just saying you won't fight. Maybe one day, you'll have to do it even if their name isn't yellow."
Yakko shrugged it off, as some of the mechanics were not visible to him or his siblings. As they continued down the path, Wakko's phone rang.
"Yes, Toriel?"
"I wanted to let you know that there are probably a lot of things lying about here and there. You can pick them up, but do not carry more than you need. Someday you might see something you really like. You will want to leave room in your pockets for that."
"Ok!"
Right after she hung up, a pair of lime green Moldsmals appeared. They looked like blobs of jell-o and were pretty stereotypical: curvaceously attractive, but no brains. Yakko put one hand behind his head and the other on his side, then wiggled his hips flirtatiously.
"Hellooooo Moldsmal nurses!"
They wiggled back. What a meaningful conversation! Wakko, on the other hand, decided to lie immobile with one of the Moldsmals.
"Whoa...I feel like I understand the world a little better now!"
The Moldsmals attacked, Wakko getting hit three times. Then they left them alone, each one leaving a piece of gold. In the next room, there was a sign next to a portal. Six spots on the floor were considerably weak.
"There is just one switch," Dot read. "Looks like we gotta fall down."
Wakko went to the first unstable ground on his left. He landed on another pile of red leaves. There was no switch, but he found a carrot in the ground. He tried to pull it out, but initiated another encounter. A vegetoid came out of the earth. Serving Size: 1 Monster. Not monitored by the USDA.
"Part Of A Complete Breakfast"
It shot multiple vegetables at Wakko; he got hit once. Feeling hungry, he patted his stomach and was about to speak, but the vegetoid was already willing to offer a healthy meal.
"Eat Your Greens"
It shot carrot-like bullets straight towards Wakko, but he noticed some of them were green. He ate them and recovered. Seeing its job was done, the vegetoid disappeared and left behind four gold. Wakko put the gold in his Gag Bag and was teleported back to the top.
Dot, however, fell down through the first unstable ground on her right. She didn't find any switches, but spotted a faded ribbon. She took the ribbon and returned. Wakko looked at her, confused.
"What? I won't get hit as hard if I look cuter!"
Meanwhile, Yakko fell down next to Wakko. There, he found the switch. Pressing it, he solved the puzzle and went back up to his siblings.
"Found the switch! Nice bow, Dot."
"It's a ribbon."
As they tried to go to the next room, a loox drew near.
"Please don't pick on me..."
"Don't worry," said Yakko, "we're not gonna pick on ya."
"Finally someone gets it."
He left them in peace and gave them five pieces of gold. They entered the next room where there were three pillars next to three switches, blue, red, and green, along with a sign on the wall.
"The far door is not an exit," Yakko read. "It simply marks a rotation in perspective. Well, time to bring in the big guns. This puzzle just might be our greatest challenge yet!"
They walked to the next room, which was already opened for them.
"It's the same room..." said Dot.
Indeed it was...or so they thought. As they walked around, Wakko read the sign on the wall.
"If you can read this, press the blue switch."
"Found it!" said Dot, who ran back to the entrance and pressed the switch. It triggered a clicking sound and removed the spikes ahead of them.
"Not bad, sister sib!"
They headed off, Yakko reading the next sign.
"If you can read this, press the red switch."
Wakko ran up to the farthest pillar and pressed the red switch, getting the same reaction when Dot pressed the blue one.
"Let me guess," said Dot, "the next one's gonna tell us to press the green switch."
She looked at the sign, which proved her hunch to be correct.
"Why am I not surprised?" she asked, filled with sarcasm.
"Are we running around in circles?" said Wakko. "'Cause I'm gettin' dizzy!"
Another encounter was initiated, this time by another vegetoid and Migosp, a bug-like creature who seemed evil but was just with the wrong crowd.
"Farmed Locally," said the vegetoid, "Very Locally"
The Warners tried to dodge the vegetoid's attacks, but Dot's left ear got stabbed by a carrot bullet. Yakko also ran into a small bug bullet from Migosp. Wakko, remembering what to do, patted his stomach.
"Eat Your Greens"
There were two green attacks, which Yakko and Dot grabbed. It healed them as the vegetoid left behind four pieces of gold.
"Nothin' like alone time!" said Migosp, who was happy and did a little dance.
"Mmm, cha cha cha!"
Migosp didn't have a care in the world, so they spared him. He left behind four more pieces of gold.
"We're hittin' the jackpot, sibs!" said Yakko. "We're rich!"
He hit the green switch, triggering yet again the same response. As they left the room, they found some vines on the ground and a pile of red leaves on their left, shaped like a cross. They could decide whether to go forward or left. Thinking about it, they decided to go forward and ran into another froggit.
"Hey, froggit!" said Yakko. "How ya doin'?"
"Just between you and me...I saw Toriel come out of here just a little while ago. She was carrying some groceries."
"No wonder she asked about cinnamon and butterscotch," said Dot.
"I didn't ask what they were for..." said the froggit. "We're all too intimidated to talk to her."
"Ya got nothin' to worry about," Wakko reassured. "She's very nice."
Walking into the next room, they found themselves on a balcony, looking out at some sort of city.
"Now how about that?" said Yakko, looking at the view in front of him and his siblings.
He looked to the left, where a small toy knife lay on the ground. He picked it up and examined it: made of plastic, a rarity nowadays. Although he found no use for it, he put it in his belt for decorative purposes. He also put the stick in there too. Wakko and Dot gave each other confused looks, then shrugged. They exited the room and took the other path, standing in front of a large tree with its leaves fallen to the stump.
"Oh dear, that took longer than I thought it would."
The Warners couldn't believe Toriel beat them to the house. She walked around the tree and picked up her cell phone, calling Yakko, but realized the children were already in front of her and hung up, approaching them.
"How did you get here, my children?"
"We got bored," said Dot, "so we solved all your puzzles."
"Are you hurt?" said Toriel, examining them. "Not a scratch..."
"Impressive, isn't it?" said Yakko.
"Yes! But still...I should not have left you alone for so long. It was irresponsible to try to surprise you like this."
"Huh?" said Wakko.
Toriel quickly realized her mistake.
"Err..."
She blushed a little, embarrassed by her slip-up.
"Well, I supposed I cannot hide it any longer. Come, small ones!"
The Warners almost followed her through the front door, which she held open for them, but they stopped in front of another star before walking inside. Seeing such a cute, tidy house in the Ruins gave them determination.