The closer Frisk gets to the capital, the more buildings she sees. Small clumps of homes, an occasional shop, and many monsters running about. She looks out towards the see, and the water shimmers in brilliant sunlight.
"I've been walking for a while… It's so exhausting, I'm not sure I can actually make it in a day. Really, I'm so used to being able to get anywhere in the Underground so easy." She looks up towards the sky. Not a single cloud can be seen amongst the vast expanse of blue. "Out here is so… big." She smiles as a warm sensation spreads throughout her body. "I may not have come out here for the right reasons, but… I'm so glad I did. I've made friends, I've seen all this beauty, experienced so much, and…" She looks down at her hands, which are open and palm up. "I've gained magic, somehow." Her hands drop to her side. "Well, I'll need to take a break soon. Walking all day is tiring." She pauses to shake one foot, then the other. "I'll probably want to find somewhere to spend the night, too. I really don't think I can get to the capital before it gets dark."
"hey." Frisk jumps and spins around to see Sans standing there, wearing his lab coat, with his hands in his pockets.
"S-Sans!" She smiles. "I wasn't expecting to run into you so soon."
"well, i heard you were getting close to the lab, so i thought i'd come and greet ya."
"That's great. But… I don't see any lab around." Frisk scans the area, but nothing stands out.
"well, you're still on the beach. the lab is set between the end of the beach, and the next town over."
"Oh." Frisk looks back at Sans. "So, uh, did you wanna walk with me or something?"
"actually, i was gonna invite you to get something to eat, then i figured i'd take you to the lab and maybe introduce you to some people." He looks Frisk up and down. "by the way, don't mean to be nosey or anything, but why do you have pap's scarf?" His cold tone sends a chill down Frisk's spine.
"W-well, Papyrus gave it to me, for my journey." She reaches up and runs her fingers over the scarf. "He…" She looks down, then back up at Sans. "He told me about her, Sans." Sans' smile disappears for a moment, but then he shuts his eyes and shrugs.
"well, i figured you'd realize who exactly she was sooner or later." He looks at the scarf, once again smiling. "paps was so little when mom died, i'm surprised he remembers her at all. heh. he always surprises me with how much he thinks like her. if he gave that to you… well, kid, you must be pretty special."
"Heh. Thanks, Sans."
"well, i'm getting pretty hungry. what do you say? wanna grab a bite with me?" Frisk nods.
"Sounds great."
"follow me. i know a shortcut." He turns and starts walking. Frisk follows, but when she next blinks she finds herself back in Sans' town, standing in front of a building with a sign that says 'Grillby's' on it.
"Wh-wha… I… H-how…" She looks at Sans, but he's already walking into Grillby's. "Sans you can't do this to me!" She runs after him.
"Sans!"
"Hey buddy, good to see you."
"You should really come around more often!" Frisk looks around the pub and sees many monsters drinking, eating, and playing games. Only a few monsters are there alone.
"hey, that sounds great, but between paps and dad i've got a lot of work to do." He walks up to the counter and sits in front of the fire monster who is cleaning some glasses. Frisk follows suit, sitting to Sans' right. "say, frisk, what are you hungry for?"
"Uh, I…"
"well, how does a burger sound?"
"A lot better than temmie flakes." Sans laughs.
"you actually ate temmie flakes? that's great. right, grillby, can we get two orders of burg?" The fire monster looks at them, sets down his glass, pushes his glass up, then nods and walks through a doorway that's near the opening on the side of the counter. "you know, this is a really nice place, and the food is some of my favorite. i kinda wish i came here more often, but life just doesn't allow it."
"It seems nice." Frisk looks down at her hands as she twiddles her thumbs.
"so… what do you think of my brother?"
"Paps? He's great." Frisk adjusts the scarf. "I mean, he did almost kill me." Sans looks surprised. "But, he couldn't do it, I guess. He healed me up and gave me this. I really do like him. He's sweet." Sans starts to speak, but Grillby returns with two plates of burgers and fries. He sets one in front of each of them while Sans pulls a bottle of ketchup out from under his lab coat. Frisk raises an eyebrow at him.
"want some?"
"Sure." He hands her the bottle, but when Frisk attempts to put some on her plate the top comes off and spills all over her food. Sans snorts as he attempts to stifle a laugh while Frisk looks down at her food, heartbroken.
"i-it's okay, you can have mine. it just goes right through me." He slides it plate over as Frisk glares at him, which only results in Sans snickering. "go ahead and eat up. listen, when we finish here i'll take you to the lab. the only thing i'll say is, when we get there, you need to stay behind me and do as you're told. got it?" Frisk nods as she chews some of her food. "great. hurry up and finish then. there's a lot left to do before the day is done."
