[Note : This chapter was originally going to be a direct continuation of the previous one but I didn't like what I wrote at all so I decided to scrap it and do something different instead. Now we all get to check in on Frisk again! ^^]
A light drizzle left thousands of tiny droplets on the windshield of Toriel's brand new van. The wiper blades kept slowly pushing them away and new droplets kept appearing in a seemingly endless cycle.
Of course, it wasn't actually endless since the vehicle would soon arrive at destination.
Today Frisk was to advocate for monster rights in front of the congress, which they had done before but this time, to Toriel's relief, the event had been planned an afternoon where school was closed.
The human kept starring at the water droplets as their mother drove. Their country's congress had not been very welcoming last time, though Frisk wasn't sure whether it was because they were a child or because they were representing monsters. Probably both. Though, if the congresspeople could be convinced to vote the anti-experimentation bill, they could be convinced to grant monsters citizenship. The very real possibility of a future of equal rights between humans and monsters filled the young ambassador with determination.
From the backseat, Undyne (who once again took the role of bodyguard) was texting a long message, presumably to her girlfriend. She was hitting the keys so fast Frisk wondered how she hadn't broken her phone already. Did Alphys make her an extra tough one?
Finally, Toriel parked her van and everyone walked the few remaining steps towards the congress building. Once inside, Frisk took a last look at their notes. In passing, they could hear some of the most well-known congresspeople of their country being interviewed while waiting for the meeting to actually start.
Though they had learned a lot about politics since they accepted their job of ambassador, they admittedly still didn't really understand politicians. Why couldn't they ever give a straight answer to anything? The child guessed these people just really loved to talk. Unlike Frisk themselves. They preferred to keep their speeches as direct and to the point as they could be allowed.
And direct and to the point they were.
"…You already admitted monsters are people", Frisk pointed out after reminding the congresspeople that over half of them had voted the ban on medical experimentations on unwilling monsters. "You know they should be citizens too."
Some of the congresspeople all around them nodded, some booed, most seemed unperturbed. At least it was going better than the last time…
Frisk was already getting tired and their throat dry from all that talking but they finished their speech anyway. On their way outside afterwards, they grabbed their mother's hand and strictly avoided eye contact with all the journalists present in the building. A lot of them still didn't understand that the monster ambassador simply couldn't give an interview right after a speech like this. They were too tired to speak.
Fortunately, their friends and family understood : Toriel would avoid leading them too close to the journalists (and repeat to her child how proud she was of them all the while) and Undyne would glare at any who tried to approach her young friend in those moments. Once again, it all proved to be very efficient.
When the three got outside again, they found out the light drizzle from earlier had transformed into heavy rain.
"Oh my", Toriel said, "I forgot my umbrella at home, I am so sorry my child…"
"It's ok", Undyne replied, "I'll get you both back to the van so fast you won't even notice the rain!"
Then she picked up mother and child in each arm and ran to the van. She was incredibly fast ; however the rain caught up on all three of them when she stopped to put the other two down so Toriel could open the vehicle.
The boss monster's fur and the human's stripped sweater were all wet when they climbed into the front of the van. The former summoned a tiny ball of magic fire, the kind that was just pleasantly warm and didn't hurt, and used it to dry her child and herself.
"Much better", she smiled. "Now, do not forget to buckle your seatbelt!"
Frisk nodded, buckled their seatbelt and gave their mother a thumb up.
Meanwhile, Undyne enjoyed the rain a bit longer, the fins on either side of her head flaring.
"I know you love the rain, Undyne", Toriel said, "but we do need to leave. You will have plenty of time to stand in the rain back home."
The fish lady reluctantly agreed and climbed into the backseat.
Frisk closed their eyes and listened to the sound of rain hitting the outside of the van, muffled by layers of metal a glass and other components. After a while, they heard Undyne play with the piano app on her phone. Soon, Toriel started humming to the melody.
The human smiled, opened their eyes and started hitting the part right above the glove compartment like a drum. Undyne, Toriel, Frisk and the autumn rain continued their impromptu concert until Ebott finally came into view.