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Here we go!
CHAPTER 3
Jack's eyes took in the skeleton before him, surprisingly (or perhaps unsurprisingly) he looked pretty much exactly like his sprite, except now Jack could see the fluff on the rim of his hood and the fact that he did not in fact wear slippers, but rather a pair of blue converses with the laces undone. The fandom would be rather sad to hear that…
He was snapped out of his thoughts by Sans' voice, it was kind of deep and much less scratchy than the one Jack had done for him.
"uuh, that's your cue to laugh or, ya know, emote at all."
What?
Jack was so confused right now, what on earth was Sans talking about? Oh! Based on what Jack knew about Sans, he figured he had just said something funny or made a pun… but that didn't explain why the dialogue sounded so familiar…
The realisation jarred Jack both physically and mentally. Sans (based on Jack's actions) probably thought that he was Chara…. that was less than good, in fact, that was worse than bad!
Quick ye fuckin' idiot! Say something! Anything! ANYTHING!
"Sorry Sans, mustn't of heard ye."
Jack was surprised by the utter lack of emotion in his voice, he blamed the mind numbing shock he was going through at that moment and began to sweat lightly when the skeleton's eye light things flickered dangerously.
"i never told ya my name human. and ive never seen ya before"
The hint was subtle but clear as crystal. Sans remembered every single reset, and since he had never seen Jack before and Jack knew his name, the only logical option was that he was possessed by Chara, God he had to fix this. And fast.
"I'm not Chara!" he blurted
'Oh real smooth there Jackaboy' he thought, cursing his nervous tendencies.
Sans actually looked vaguely surprised, but he wasn't going to interrupt so he continued. And he definitely was not babbling…. nope, not at all.
"I-I mean I can see why you would think that, but I'm still… me. I'm not Frisk, but I'm also not oh-I'm-just-going-to-kill-everyone-for-no-reason Chara spirit thing, I mean. I have been here before.. well, not technically, not like th- aarggh. This is such a mess!"
Jack put his head in his hands and ran his fingers violently through his bright green hair, causing his beanie to fall off and land in the snow. There was a chirp and Sam, sensing his distress, flew out of Jack's hood, he seemed to be concerned. Jack took a deep breath to try and calm himself and stroked his eyeball companion.
"Sorry Sam, situation is gettin' ta me is all…"
A cough startled Jack out of the moment and he saw Sans (whom he had kiiiinda forgotten about) holding his beanie out to him.
"Uhh thanks" said Jack taking it.
"sooo, ya not Frisk, but you're obviously not Chara either, so… who exactly are you?"
Jack sighed and gave the short skeleton a smile
"My names Jack"
"so… is this your first time here or…?"
To be honest, Jack didn't know whether to shake his head or to nod it, so he settled for just explaining.
"Well, technically its my third time…. but I guess…. also my first"
Sans seemed a bit confused, Jack could only begin to imagine what was going through the punsters head. Sans knew a lot and was incredibly smart, he also remembered every single reset, so for Jack to suddenly appear, knowing almost everything, Sans must be very very puzzled. But what Jack didn't know was that Sans was also very intrigued, it had been a while since his last brain teaser… besides thinking of new puns.
"so, are ya gonna explain now? what do ya know kid?"
Jack looked surprised at the question but scowled lightly at the use of 'kid' but he explained nonetheless
"Well… you tell me about your brother and how he's a human-hunting fanatic, I go across the bridge, meet up with you, and you tell me to hide behind a "conveniently shaped lamp" (air quotes) Papyrus arrives, chews you out for slacking, then he runs off to do who-knows-what. Then I have to go through puzzles that I am guessing were slightly rigged or somet(h)ing."
Sans nodded and Jack continued
"Ya know, unless it's the genocide route, then Chara kinda jus' stands there all creepy an' silent an' shit."
If Sans had had eyebrows, one would have raised.
"genocide route?" he asked. He had a feeling he already knew but he wanted to be sure.
Jack was about to talk again when he was unexpectedly hit by a bout of dizziness, stumbling violently he grabbed one of the nearby bars to try and steady himself.
"woah kid, are you alright?"
Jack barely registered the voice or the fact that he was quickly falling into the chasm below the bridge before he slipped once again into unconsciousness.
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Sean… Sean, open your eyes, Sean….
*sigh*
I have cookies?
….
Uh ok…. Listen, I'm just going to tell you anyway and hope you hear me. You're here for a reason Sean… or should I say Jack? Please…. stay determined. I will come to you in times of trouble, however I can only speak to you while you are unconscious. Please stay strong, and be happy in the knowledge that you will go home soon. Good luck.
...W- wha? W-wait! who are ye? I-I-
Jack was dragged forcibly into consciousness as his eyes blinked open. What on earth, or who on earth was that voice? He had felt asleep, unable to answer or respond to them, but as soon as they had said "good luck" he had snapped out of it and tried to find out more, unfortunately, he had woken up before they could answer him..
"Ugh... I am gettin' fookin' sick of wakin' up after passin' out fer no reason" he grumbled, his Irish accent becoming stronger with his annoyance and grogginess.
A deep chuckle startled him out of his waking-up haze and left him scrambling into a sitting position.
"Aaah! Who's there!?"
"i'm wounded that you would forget me so easily. am i really so boring?"
Jack looked at Sans with an apologetic expression before realising something.
"Why am I in yer house?
Another chuckle
"well when ya passed out, i decided to help out" Sans shrugged as if it was nothing that he had saved Jack's life.
"Ugggghhhhhhhh" Jack put his head in his hands
"Thanks Sans"
*squeak!*
"Sam!"
Jack grinned at the eye and Sam 'smiled' back.
"odd companion you have there kid-"
"Jack"
"huh?"
"I'm not a kid, I'm 25."
Sans looked amused
"ok then Jack, your friend here just hovered there and watched you, he seemed to be really worried about ya, and it's... weird that i can tell that, considering that he's... ya know, an eye."
Jack sniggered and watched Sam float off to look around the house, now that he knew that Jack was okay.
"so, you never answered my question "
"Ah passed out! How could I have possibly answered!?"
"*snigger* alright, alright calm down. now, howzabout answering it?"
"Uhh... what was it again?"
"genocide route"
"Oh yeah!"
Jack paused, this was a big deal, would Sans want to hear that his whole existence was nothing more than a video game? That his entire life was created by a guy...
Wait
That guy, Toby Fox, the entire creator of Undertale! And that silly self-insert Annoying Dog character, if Jack found him... then maybe he could finally get some answers! Ok ok, trying not to get his hopes up, Jack tried to remember all the instances in when the white dog appeared.
The first time he remembered was when Papyrus used him in the gauntlet. The second was when it appeared was when he was in Undyne's drawer. The third was when the dog stole his artefact... wait did he mix that up? UH! Why didn't he play the game again before now!? Then at least he would have remembered more.
*Cough cough*
"AH! ... SANS! Don't do that! Ya scared the shit outta me!"
"well you've taken about three minutes to answer my question"
Jack flailed for an answer, should he lie? He was a really awful liar and didn't think Sans would be fooled for a minute. Thankfully he was saved by the front door suddenly bursting open and a very, very loud voice resonated through the house.
"SANS! YOU LEFT YOUR STATION AGAIN! WHAT IF A HUMAN HAD COME BY WHILE YOU WERE GONE? IT WOULD HAVE BEEN SUCH A WASTED OPPURTUNI- Sans! Who! Is! That?!
Papyrus' voice was still incredibly loud but went quieter near the end as he finally took in Jack's form sprawled on his couch.
"Uuuuuhhh" the green haired youtuber said as he took in the real Papyrus for the first time. Again, he looked almost exactly like his sprite.
"sup bro" said Sans
That seemed to snap Papyrus out of staring at Jack
"DO NOT "SUP" ME BROTHER! THIS IS SERIOUS! IF A HUMAN CAME BY YOUR STATION AND YOU MISSED IT THEN I COULD MISS MY CHANCE TO PROVE TO UNDYNE THAT I SHOULD BE CAPTAIN OF THE ROYAL GUARD!"
"Ummmm" Jack said quietly, making Sans snigger again.
"ITS BAD ENOUGH THAT YOU WERE BEING LAZY AND NAPPING ALL NIGHT!"
"uhh, bro i think that's called sleeping..."
"EXCUSES EXCUSES! YOU HAVE TO PUT MORE WORK INTO YOUR SENTRY DUTY!"
"aww, come on bro, i've been working myself...to the bone"
Papyrus seemed to get even more wound up and Jack held back a laugh, although not very successfully, Sans looked at Jack with self-pride.
"Ha-hahehaha! Yeah Papyrus, come on, lighten up. Sans was just feeling a bit bonely is all" Jack responded once he had got a hold of his laughter. Sans looked at Jack with surprise before laughing with him.
"OH NO! NOW THERES TWO OF YOU! PUNS ARE NOT THAT FUNNY!"
Jack and Sans seemed to disagree, judging by the laughter still echoing around the living room... some of it at Papyrus' expense.
"yeah, come on Pap, you cant deny Jack is pretty humerus"
"HA! You really tickle ma funny bone Sans."
"*laugh* i think your trying to hard tibia punster Jack"
"You wanna fight bro, socket to me!"
"ENOUGH!"
Jack and Sans were laughing too hard to respond coherently so just settled for stopping the pun barrage.
"S-sor-hahahahaha- sorry Papyrus!" Jack choked out. Sans didn't even bother to apologise as he made puns for his brother on a daily basis anyway.
"UGH!... SO WHO EXACTLY ARE YOU ANYWAY?"
Jack pulled himself off the couch and raised his hand to shake the taller skeleton's hand. With a small amount of annoyance and amusement he noticed that Papyrus was taller than him by quite a bit. Jack was 5 foot 9, Papyrus seemed to be roughly 5 foot 11, maybe 6 foot, and Sans was about 5 foot 4 or 5.
"GREETINGS! I AM PAPYRUS! AND YOU ARE?"
"I'm Jack" he said while shaking Papyrus' gloved hand.
There was a couple of seconds before Jack turned to Sans
"Should I tell him?"
Sans shrugged helpfully
"Um, Ok... well... don't freak out... but I'm kind of a... human"
Silence
"REALLY!? A REAL HUMAN!? WOWIE!... WAIT... DOES THAT MEAN I HAVE TO CAPTURE YOU?"
Jack fidgeted with his hoodie. His beanie was back on his head and Sam was still off exploring the house, and his trainers had been removed... again, what was it with these monsters and taking off his shoes?
"I don't know... do you?"
Papyrus looked like a huge war was waging inside him.
"WELL... I GUESS SO, IF I DO I'LL BE SO-"
"Popular?"
"UH-UM YES! HOW DID YOU KNOW?"
Jack stopped. Shit. Why did he do that!? He hadn't even been thinking... okay, time to tell a half truth!
"Well, aboveground I wanted the same thing. I then got into a career called Youtube and gained a few subscribers, and a lot of good friends, even a few best friends." Jack had not started Youtube to gain friends or popularity. He just did it for fun (and at first: money, but that became unimportant to him early on)
"YOUTUBE!? THAT SOUNDS FUN! HOW MANY OF THESE, SUBSCRIBER THINGS DO YOU HAVE?"
"Uhh, last time I checked... over 8 million or so..."
Both Sans and Papyrus were visibly shocked by the information, Papyrus' jaw dropped and Sans' eye sockets widened (although how that actually happened continued to evade Jack)
"... WOWIE! YOU MUST BE SO FAMOUS AND POPULAR!"
That hit Jack.
"Nonononono! Get that out ye head righ' now! I'm not famous! Sayin' all that stuff makes me feel like a douchebag, like "oh I have a lot of fans!" or "oh I'm so famous!" No. I don't like that kind of stuff. I would never consider myself famous, and I dont want people to think I am either."
Jack immediately blushed under the stares he received for his protest and dropped his arms back to his sides, only just realising he had been using them to gesture exaggeratly
"Uh, heheh sorry"
"SUCH HUMBLENESS! YOU ARE TRULY A KIND PERSON HUMAN!"
Jack's blush intensified
"Uhh, thank you"
"NO PROBLEM! SO... WHY ARE YOU IN MY HOUSE?"
Jack shuffled as he glanced over at Sans.
"Umm, Sans kinda brought me here after I eh heh, passed out"
"OH!? ARE YOU ILL HUMAN?"
Jack laughed
"No, I'm no' sick, ta be honest I don't know why I passed out... but ah heard, a... voice" Jack had stopped laughing and instead was standing there looking deep in thought, he then shook his head and a smile was back on his face.
"Doesn't matter. Hey, have either of you seen a little white dog around here. One that could maybe be classified as, annoying?"
"WHY YES I HAVE! ALTHOUGH... I CANNOT REMEMBER WHERE"
"sure. but i don't know where it comes from or where it goes. why?"
The green haired man spun to answer Sans' question with a smile
"It's kinda important that I find that dog, it might have some answers that I need. But neve'mind all tha'. Papyrus do you think you could take me to Undyne's place?"
"UH, CERTAINLY... BUT, WHY?"
Jack laughed again
"Well, this may make me sound crazy, but I need ta look in her kitchen drawer"
Done! This one took a while and there are some bits that need to be straightened out, but other than that I think it turned out ok :D
Thanks so much for reading and I hope to see you in the next chapter! Byyye!
