***Would you look at that, I'm back here already. Anyways, it's been a long day, and I've decided to upload still. Anyways, this dips into the comic Reminiscence, into the comic series Handplates, into my own backstory mess, and all sorts of things. But Handplates goes to Zarla, Reminiscence goes to someone that isn't me, Sans, Papyrus, Toriel, and Frisk go to Toby Fox, Kabel goes to me, and long note aside, let's just jump right in!
Chapter Two: Serifa Kabel
Toriel had to let that sink in. "...one more time, please?" she asked, just to make sure she wasn't hearing things.
"I have a right to see my brother. So where are they?" Kabel asked, a bit more impatient this time. Toriel detected that. "If you could put out your cigarette first, then I'll show you," she said. She tried to be polite, but she absolutely hated the scent of cigarette smoke.
Kabel was silent. She simply took another drag and released a stream of smoke, doing it all with the most unamused expression on her face. "Where are my brothers?" she asked as if she hadn't been told a thing. When she got no reply, she sighed. She opened the front door back up, tossing her cigarette outside before shutting it and trying again. "Happy?" she asked.
"Yes, thank you. We were all in the kitchen. Please, follow me," Toriel said. She and Kabel went to the kitchen. "I have a surprise visitor for you, boys," Toriel said.
Sans, Papyrus, and Frisk all looked over. "SISTER!" Papyrus exclaimed at full volume. He got up from his chair and lunged forward to give Kabel a tackle hug. She sidestepped it, causing him to land flat on his face.
"Smooth moves, Papyrus. But I'm happy to see you too," she said.
Papyrus got up, practically bouncing. "Wowie! You're almost as tall as me!" he commented. But, he was still about six inches taller. "Almost. But we're still both taller than Sans," Kabel said.
Sans got up from his chair. "As sassy as ever, Serifa," he said, a teasing tone in his voice as he said the name. "What would you expect, Comic?" Kabel retorted, mimicking his tone with crossed arms.
"Alright, alright. The name game isn't why we're here. Paps gets out of it, though. His first name's the main name, while we're playing a game with our middle names to be our main names and ignoring our first names. But that's just the name of the main game, has that thought ever came?" Sans asked.
Everyone in the room went silent as they tried to wrap their minds around the rhymes.
Papyrus sat down. "I think you've given the Great Papyrus a headache," he eventually said, rubbing his skull. Sans only smiled in reply.
"Before I get into other things," Kabel said before turning her attention to Frisk, "I wanna know what a human is doing here." Frisk knew how powerful Sans and Papyrus were when they chose to be, even if they didn't show it. "I can explain," they said quickly.
"It had better be a real good explanation," Kabel said.
"It is. I fell down into the Underground. I went through and made friends with every monster, despite their many attempts to kill me. I didn't hurt anyone. But I freed them all. Now, I live here," Frisk explained. They didn't quite feel like they needed to go into all of the details. At least, not right then.
Kabel considered it. And, she nodded. "Alright. Sans, Papyrus, you're brother, so it's easy to see why you live together. Kid, why aren't you with your parents?" she asked.
Frisk rubbed their arms in discomfort. "I don't wanna talk about my parents. But Toriel is my mom now," they said. "And Tori's also my wife," Sans chimed in.
Kabel raised a brow bone. "You're kidding," she said.
"Nope. She really got my goat, and we tied the knot," Sans said. "I didn't think you had it in you. But you got in with the queen. Go big or go home, I guess," Kabel shrugged.
"Papyrus is dating Mettaton," Frisk interjected. "To my never-ending dismay," Sans grumbled. Toriel rubbed his back comfortingly. "My goof of a brother, dating that Mettaton I read about in those Capital gossip magazines I found in the dump? No frickin' way," Kabel said.
Papyrus took his phone out of his pocket and pulled up a picture. "Photographic evidence," he stated, holding up his phone. On the screen was a selfie of Papyrus and Mettaton together. In the picture, Mettaton had his head on Papyrus' shoulder and a smile on his face, whereas Papyrus was wearing a blush, a smile, and Mettaton's jet-black lipstick all over his face.
"Does Sans know about that picture?" Kabel asked. "Yep," Sans sighed. "I know that Dunkle Sans and Papyrus are close. But... why did you get separated?" Frisk asked. "And more importantly, boys, why did you not tell us that you had a younger sister?" Toriel chimed in.
Kabel sighed. She sat down at the table. "Guys? Did you ever explain our situation with our parents?" Kabel asked. "No," Papyrus said. "We don't really talk about parents beyond Tori around here. But we gotta explain," Sans said. Kabel nodded.
"So I gotta give ya some backstory. All the way back to before the war. When me, Sans and Papyrus were little. When we were cute. So, we lived with our parents. Our mom was Arial. And our dad... was W. D. Gaster," she began.
Papyrus began to shift in his place, knowing what was coming. At Sans' hand on his back, he calmed down a little bit.
"We were all happy. So frickin' cheesy and happy. Then came the war. Dad was the Royal Scientist, so Mom went. And guess what? She died. Killed by a human. And losing Mom just... I dunno… broke Dad, is the best way to put it. Because from the second he found out, he started acting like a sociopath. He used us, his own little kids, as lab rats! Nothing but experiments! I don't even know how long we were down there..." Kabel explained. She dug into her purse, taking a fresh cigarette and lighting it before putting it into her mouth.
Papyrus also seemed uneasy. Sans knew he'd have to take the story this time.
"We were down there for two years. Well... me and Paps were down there for two years. We all three tried to escape one night. We were... semi-successful. Gaster had gone home one night, leaving us in the lab, just like normal. At least, we thought he had had game home. He came back and caught us in the attempt. While me and Paps were able to get out, Kabel didn't. He kept her, and we left. We lost contact. And after we heard that Gaster had fallen into the Void, we went back to his lab to search. But we never found anything. And that's all I know," Sans concluded on his behalf.
"What did he do to you after we left?" Papyrus asked.
"The same as ever. And since I'm not as strong as you two, I just stayed. Until Dad fell into the Void. Then, I left his little jail for good. I lived in the dump, figuring you guys had forgotten about me. I found what I needed to survive there," Kabel explained.
"But some of the monsters I know told me that they at least spent time there! Didn't you see them?" Frisk asked.
"I saw 'em, shorty. I just stayed out of their sight while they stayed in mine. I heard nothing about Sans and Papyrus. But I was listening. When we got to surface, I decided that I had to find you. No matter how long it took me. and I found you. And... I found this human and the queen as well," Kabel concluded. She gave everyone a sharp look as she asked, "Any questions?"
When no one had any, she put her cigarette back into her mouth and crossed her arms. She looked down, seemingly lost in thought. So lost that, when Papyrus put his hand on her back, she jumped and jackslapped his arm.
"Owie!" Papyrus yelped, rubbing where he had been hit. "Not cool," Sans said. "He startled me. But anyways, what's up?" Kabel asked.
"Before you slapped me, I was going to make you an offer. Would you like to stay here? We have an empty guest room, and you're family!" Papyrus offered.
"Sure. I got no place else to go. And it'll be nice to live with you guys again. Sans?" Kabel asked. "Sure. This place ain't a dump, like you're used to, but I think you'll like it. But Tori's the head of the house," Sans said.
"You can stay. But, you must smoke outside. I will not tolerate it indoors," Toriel compromised. "Gotcha," Kabel said. She put out her cigarette before getting up and tossing it into the trash can. Then, she sat back down.
"And you have to learn my name," Frisk said. "That would be?" Kabel asked. "Frisk Dreemurr," Frisk said.
"Understood," Kabel replied. Frisk smiled.
***So now you have Kabel's backstory. And yes, her first name-Serifa-is also a font. Anyways, I have nothing more to really say. So be sure to leave a review on the way out, and I'll see you all in the next one! Bye!