In Which Flowey Is Only 90% An Asshole
Anon: You're okay, right?
Undyne was shaking his shoulder.
"Alphys isn't texting me back. She always responds immediately, but since that robot's show, she's stopped answering!" The worry in her voice was clear.
Something wasn't right. Frisk never repeated this amount time, especially right now. They would repeat only a few minutes as they presumably failed to beat Asgore, not an hour, or however long this was. Papyrus was confused, but this gave him another chance to help Alphys before it's too late.
"YOU LIKE DR. ALPHYS, RIGHT?" Papyrus asked. An idea was forming.
"Papyrus! This is not the time!"
"BUT DR. ALPHYS MUST BE UPSET AFTER METTATON. SHE PROBABLY NEEDS SUPPORT RIGHT NOW, AND IF YOU LIKE HER, THEN I THINK THAT NOW WOULD BE A GREAT TIME TO TELL HER SO!" Papyrus explained, "AT THE VERY LEAST, IT WOULD NOT MAKE HER FEEL WORSE."
Undyne looked nervous. "But what if she doesn't feel the same way?"
"AREN'T YOU THE ONE WHO SAYS THAT YOU HAVE TO BE PASSIONATE ABOUT EVERYTHING? IF YOU LIKE HER, THEN YOU MUST BE PASSIONATE ABOUT HER AND THEREFORE YOU SHOULD DO YOUR BEST TO SHOW HER HOW MUCH YOU CARE, REGARDLESS OF THE CONSEQUENCES." If no one else could get through to the scientist, then maybe romance could. Papyrus was a strong believer in romance, even if he had yet to experience it for himself.
"You know what, YOU'RE RIGHT! I just have to tell her how I feel!" Undyne proclaimed loudly.
"YES! YOU SHOULD CALL HER RIGHT NOW!"
"But she isn't answering her phone."
"THEN YOU SHOULD WRITE HER A LETTER!"
"I can do that!"
"AND YOU SHOULD TELL SOMEONE ELSE TO DELIVER IT SO YOU DON'T GET TOO SCARED TO DO IT YOURSELF!"
"I would never..." Undyne trailed off and considered it for a moment, "Maybe you're right. This is too much. I'll call the human. They're my ultimate bestie now, so they have to do this favour for me. It's the least they can do after humiliating me, right?"
"ABSOLUTELY! I HAVE THEIR NUMBER ON MY PHONE! GIVE THEM A CALL RIGHT NOW." Papyrus threw his phone at Undyne who caught it expertly with one hand.
"Thanks, man." Undyne made the call. Papyrus fetched a pen, paper, and an envelope.
"SHIT! WHAT DO I WRITE IN THIS THING?"
Papyrus did his best to calm his panicking friend. "IT DOESN'T MATTER EXACTLY WHAT WORDS YOU USE, AS LONG AS ALL YOUR PASSION GOES INTO IT! MAKE YOUR BURNING LOVE FOR HER MORE EVIDENT THAN THE FLAMES IN YOUR HOUSE!" What better way to calm her than by shouting?
"NGAAAAAH! THIS PAPER WILL CONTAIN ALL OF MY THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS ABOUT ALPHYS! THERE WILL BE NO HOLDING BACK! I WILL GIVE IT ALL ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY PERCENT OF MY FEELINGS AND MORE!" Undyne screamed as she wrote the letter.
Papyrus summoned two bones and began waving them around like pom-poms. "YOU CAN DO IT, UNDYNE! AFTER THIS, THERE IS NO WAY THAT DR. ALPHYS CAN STAY UNHAPPY! YOU AND SHE WILL BE A REAL LIFE O-T-P!"
Undyne screamed again. "THAT IS SO EMBARRASSING THAT I HAVE TO WRITE IT DOWN!"
After another minute of shouting embarrassing and mushy things, the letter was finished.
"AND NOW ALL I HAVE TO DO IS SEAL IT WITH MY REMAINING PASSION SO THAT IT ALL GETS TO HER!" Undyne found an envelope and ran her tongue over the flap. She then added some green magic to the envelope so that it would stay shut.
"THE HUMAN SHOULD BE HERE SOON." Papyrus commented, "MAYBE WE SHOULD WAIT FOR THEM OUTSIDE."
"Good idea." Undyne agreed.
The two went outside to wait. Frisk showed up a minute later, and then began their trip to Hotland to deliver the letter. It hadn't been too long. Dr. Alphys shouldn't have had enough time to disappear from her lab yet, wherever she went before. With any luck, Frisk would catch her just in time with the letter and stall her long enough to read it.
Then a though occurred.
"UM, UNDYNE?" Papyrus asked uncertainly, "DID YOU PUT YOUR NAME ANYWHERE IN THE LETTER?"
His friend froze with shock.
"Oh. My. Holy shi- NO I TOTALLY FORGOT! I NEED TO GET THAT LETTER BACK!" Undyne began to panic again.
"NO, YOU CAN'T!" Papyrus didn't want to stop Frisk from hopefully stopping Alphys, "THE HUMAN IS ALREADY ON THEIR WAY. YOU JUST NEED TO PUT ON SOME NICE CLOTHES AND CATCH UP WITH THEM."
Undyne was confused. "Why do I need nice clothes?"
"BECAUSE THE BOOK SAYS THAT YOU NEED TO WEAR CLOTHES TO SHOW HOW MUCH YOU CARE FOR THE OTHER PERSON!"
"Books are smart, so it must be true." Undyne commented, "But all my clothes are in my house! And it's on fire!"
"NYEH HEH HEH! THE GREAT PAPYRUS SHALL SAVE THE DAY! SANS FOUND A LOT OF CLOTHES WHEN WE WERE MAKING MY BATTLE BODY. I BET THE LAZY BONES NEVER GOT RID OF THEM! SOMETHING WILL PROBABLY FIT YOU!" Papyrus went to the cupboard under the stairs and began rummaging through it, "THIS IS WHERE SANS PUTS THINGS THAT HE'S TOO LAZY TO DEAL WITH. AHA! FOUND IT!" He pulled out a box of assorted clothing items.
Undyne found a jacket that she liked and a new pair of boots. It would have to do.
"Come on! We've gotta go catch up to the human! They probably took the riverperson's boat, so we'll have to run the long way." Undyne said to Papyrus as they ran out of his house.
The two ran into the human as they were making their way through the trash zone. Why would the human be in the trash zone of all places? Undyne talked to the human briefly and was told that Alphys was somewhere nearby. Undyne and Papyrus split up and started searching the various trash piles for the small scientist.
Several minutes later, they heard screaming. Undyne recognized it as Alphys and went to find her, only to find out that she was on a date with the human for some reason.
Papyrus didn't know what to do. This was completely new territory. Frisk had never dated Dr. Alphys before. He hid behind a nearby trash pile until Undyne requested his assistance. Dr. Alphys needed a good jog to clear out those negative feelings. Maybe a good talk too, since she looked fairly new to jogging. Not everyone has the same stamina as the Great Papyrus, after all.
He just wanted to help her in any way that he could. No one else should have to feel such self-destructive feelings.
He jogged alongside Dr. Alphys until they reached the edge of the trash zone and shouted enough positive things for the both of them. Once he was sure that they were out of earshot, Papyrus then pulled her behind a nearby pile of trash.
"P-Papyrus, right? What a-are-?" Alphys started.
"DR. ALPHYS, I REALLY WANTED TO TALK TO YOU! I WAS REALLY WORRIED WHEN YOU STOPPED ANSWERING YOUR PHONE!"
"H-How did you know th-that?" Alphys asked.
This was his make or break moment to help her. Papyrus stared straight into her eyes and answered without hesitation. "BECAUSE WE WERE HAVING A VERY LOVELY CONVERSATION DURING METTATON'S SHOW."
It clicked in Alphys's brain. Everything she knew about the anon matched up perfectly with what she knew about Papyrus.
"You're the a-anon." She stated.
Papyrus posed. "YES I AM!" He turned to look back at her, "AND I WAS WORRIED WHEN YOU STOPPED ANSWERING UNDYNE AND MYSELF. ESPECIALLY AFTER THE THINGS THAT YOU TOLD ME ABOUT YOURSELF."
Alphys blushed, "W-well, thank you, I-I guess. I w-wasn't going to do anything... l-like that. I had some ch-chores to t-take care of and I really just didn't... I c-couldn't talk to anyone. B-But then the human came to my l-lab and stopped me on my way d-down."
"I UNDERSTAND, DR. ALPHYS. SOMETIMES IT IS HARD TO TALK TO OTHERS WHEN ONE IS UPSET. MAY I PAT YOUR ARM?" Papyrus asked. Alphys nodded and he reached out to her.
"J-Just call me Alpys. No need f-for formal titles." Alphys kicked the ground with her foot, "If y-you're the anon, then why do you do it? You s-seem so happy and you c-can shout such p-positive things about yourself wh-when all I..."
Papyrus considered his answer for a moment, "THIS IS WHAT PEOPLE EXPECT. NO ONE WILL GO LOOKING FOR ANSWERS IF THEY DO NOT HAVE A REASON. AS LONG AS I ACT HOW I ALWAYS HAVE, THEN I CAN KEEP MY SECRETS. IT DOES NOT MATTER IF IT IS NOT TRUE, BECAUSE IT MAY HAVE USED TO BE TRUE AND IT MAY SOME DAY ALSO BE TRUE, SO IT IS NOT REALLY COMPLETELY UNTRUE, NYEH?"
Alphys looked confused, "I'm n-not sure I understand."
"I AM THE GREAT PAPYRUS! EVEN IF I DO NOT ALWAYS FEEL LIKE I AM GREAT, I KNOW THAT I AM SOMETIMES GREAT AND AT SOME POINT I WILL ALSO FEEL GREAT IF I TRY!" Papyrus replied. Alphys still looked confused, but let it go.
"I believe in you. I kn-know that you can be great. You are alr-ready great! You m-made me feel a lot b-better about myself when we were chatting online."
Papyrus was shocked, "REALLY?!"
"Of c-course. Y-you were so kind and respectful and p-positive and it made me th-think that maybe, someday, I c-could try being as great as you." Alphys stared at her feet. It was always embarrassing to admit something like this.
"I KNOW YOU CAN BE, BECAUSE I BELIEVE IN YOU TOO! AND NOW YOU WILL NEVER BE ALONE! UNDYNE IS TERRIBLE AT LEAVING PEOPLE ALONE WHEN SHE CARES ABOUT THEM." Papyrus grinned inwardly at his skillful romantic matchmaking. Sure, Frisk helped, but he felt a little proud for getting Undyne started.
He felt sad that the two would soon forget their affections. It wouldn't be long before the world repeated again and the two were back to avoiding the topic. His arms would once again be clean and smooth, and he would go mess them up again.
Alphys noticed the sad look on Papyrus's face. "H-hey. You're right. Th-there's no reason to be sad. For either of us. B-Because I believe in you and y-you believe in me. S-so someone is always believing in ea-each of us. At l-least until we can believe in ourselves, right?"
Papyrus smiled hopefully. "YES, OF COURSE!" He couldn't believe it. It wouldn't last. Alphys would forget. "WE CAN ALWAYS BELIEVE IN EACH OTHER AND TRY TO BE GOOD ROLE MODELS!" He really hated lying.
"A-and we can always chat online t-too. M-my chatbox is always open." Alphys offered.
He put on a larger smile for Alphys's sake, "THANK YOU. I AM ALWAYS AVAILABLE AS WELL!"
"Th-then I should get going. I st-still have those chores to do." Alphys said. She waved back at Papyrus as she began her walk back to Hotland. "I h-hope to see you around!"
Papyrus waved back. "YOU TOO, ALPHYS!"
Despite the negative thoughts cycling in his head, Papyrus still felt just a little okay. Alphys hadn't patronized him at all or said anything bad about him or what he's done. She even called him respectful.
It's only one suffix away from being respectable. The closest he's ever been.
His thoughts were interrupted when he saw Undyne walk past. Seeing her reminded him of Alphys. He was still worried for her, so he figured calling Frisk and asking them to check up on her wouldn't be a bad idea. Those chores sounded very suspicious.
After a quick call, he began jogging to catch up to Undyne. It would be poor manners as a host to not be there when a guest arrived at his house.
It didn't take very long for him to catch up.
"So what did you two nerds talk about?" Undyne asked. Straight to the point. "There's no way Alphys ran farther than the end of the dump and you were gone long enough to do something."
"THE TWO OF US HAD A VERY ENGAGING CONVERSATION. WE TALKED ABOUT METTATON AND YOU AND FRIENDSHIP! WE DISCUSSED THE THINGS THAT WE LIKED ABOUT EACH OTHER TOO! IT WAS A VERY PLEASANT EXPERIENCE." Papyrus answered. When did Undyne say that she wanted to know about the most recent conversation in particular?
Undyne seemed pleased. "I'm glad you two are becoming good friends."
Just for fun, Papyrus decided to mess with his boss a little. "I THINK DR. ALPHYS ALSO GIVES VERY GOOD ADVICE."
There was a short hesitation in Undyne's next step. To her credit, she kept walking as if he hadn't just hinted about her spilling one of his secrets to a stranger. "Yeah? What advice is that?"
"WELL, SHE MENTIONED A TELEVISION SHOW CALLED MEW MEW KISSY CUTIE AND TOLD ME ABOUT HOW GREAT IT IS! SHE ALSO SAID THAT WE SHOULD WATCH IT TOGETHER SOME TIME." Papyrus replied.
Undyne's posture relaxed slightly. Papyrus inwardly laughed. "Yeah! She sure know all the best human hist- I mean animes! The human told me that it's all real, too! When we see the surface some day, there is going to be so much cool stuff to see and do."
"YES, THERE MOST CERTAINLY WILL BE!" Papyrus exclaimed. He couldn't believe a word of it.
A moment of silence passed. Not wanting it to become awkward, Papyrus asked another question as they continued to walk. It wouldn't be too much longer until they reached Snowdin. "ARE YOU GLAD THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO CONFESS YOUR FEELINGS?"
Undyne flashed her teeth in a wide smile and pumped her fist in the air. "Heck yeah, I am! It's just amazing, knowing that someone as awesome as Alphys likes me too, you know? And it means that we can spend more time together, and maybe do more things too! After this mess of the last couple days, something is finally going right, and it feels amazing!
"I owe you a huge thanks right now."
Undyne wrapped her arm affectionately around Papyrus's shoulders. Said skeleton looked down sadly. Something was finally going right, huh? He felt guilty for causing his friend so much trouble.
"I don't like that look on your face. Whatcha thinking about?" Undyne asked.
"I APOLOGIZE FOR BEING SUCH A PROBLEM RECENTLY!"
The fish woman stopped walking. She grabbed a piece of Papyrus's clothing and forced him to stop too. They were just outside of Snowdin now.
"What the hell are you talking about? Is that what you got from all that? You are never a problem. Friends help each other, you know? No matter what. You are great, even if your head tells you some not-so-great things sometimes. But that's okay, dude. Sometimes things are tough and sometimes things suck, but that does not make you a problem. Just a work in progress, you get me?
"You already train your body with me as Captain and subordinate. As friends, we're gonna train your thick skull the same way. You just gotta show the same passion." Undyne let go of Papyrus and stood up straight. "So stand tall and tell me who you are, soldier!"
Papyrus complied, "I AM THE GREAT PAPYRUS!"
"And tell me one good thing about yourself!"
"MY FRIEND QUANTITY HAS INCREASED TO A NUMBER GREATER THAN ONE!" Papyrus looked away to try to hide the sadness. He didn't want to lose his new friendships, but there was nothing he could do about it. Frisk was in control.
Undyne saw the pain anyways. "If that's a good thing, then why do you look sad?"
"BECAUSE IT WILL NOT LAST LONG. DO NOT WORRY THOUGH, YOU WILL NOT REMEMBER IT ANYWAYS." Papyrus was a little scared of his feelings at the moment. He was starting to just not care. Appearances be damned, as long as Sans wasn't around, it didn't matter what he did, right? He continued walking into Snowdin.
Undyne followed close behind, confused. "What do you mean it won't last and that I won't remember. Seriously Papyrus, what's up?"
"NOTHING IS PERMANENT, BUT NOTHING EVER CHANGES EITHER. IT'S OKAY, THOUGH! THE GREAT PAPYRUS IS WATCHING OUT FOR EVERYONE SO THAT NO ONE WILL FEEL SAD OR UPSET!" Papyrus smiled.
Undyne had some strong objections. "That doesn't even make sense! And it's no good to help everyone else if you're suffering for it! You don't have to do it alone either."
Papyrus really wanted to leave. This conversation was about to take some darker turns and he really didn't feel like discussing it at the moment. "IT REALLY IS OKAY, UNDYNE. I AM PERFECTLY CONTENT WITH HELPING EVERYONE! NOW, SINCE WE ARE BACK AT MY HOUSE, WHY DON'T YOU GET COMFORTABLE? I HAVE SOME BUSINESS TO TAKE CARE OF, BUT I SHALL RETURN SHORTLY!"
"PAPYRUS! Get BACK here! We aren't done yet!" Undyne called as he walked towards the forest.
The skeleton waved a hand without stopping his movement. "I WILL SEE YOU LATER!"
Undyne growled to herself but didn't follow. Perhaps she understood that he just needed some time. Maybe he could run out the clock away from her. The repeat should be happening some time soon.
This was also the day that he would usually talk to Flowey. Flowey was always interesting to be around because he acted different in every repeat. He was the only person other than Sans who didn't say the same things every time, and it made Papyrus's day a little brighter.
A visit with the flower would probably do him some good right now. His chisel was in his house with Undyne, so trying to befriend Flowey was the next best option at the moment. He needed something to get his mind out of the place it was going right now.
If he wandered far enough into the forest, Flowey would usually show up to greet him.
Sure enough, after a few minutes of wandering, Papyrus saw some yellow poke out of the snow.
"Howdy, Papyrus! I didn't expect to see you all the way out here." Flowey greeted amiably.
Papyrus knew that Flowey had done some terrible things before, but he wanted to believe the best in him. Acting positively and never mentioning the bad deeds was the plan to make Flowey understand that he could choose to do good things instead, since he couldn't explicitly say so. That would mean admitting that he knew about the repeats, and that would make Flowey very unhappy.
"HELLO THERE, FLOWEY! IT IS NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN! I AM JUST TAKING A STROLL RIGHT NOW. IT WOULD NOT DO FOR THE LEGS OF A FUTURE ROYAL GUARDSMAN TO WITHER AWAY!" Papyrus struck a pose for the flower.
Flowey smirked, "Really now? You're walking around in the middle of the forest just to stretch your legs? Golly, I always knew you were a terrible liar, Papyrus. After seeing you and Undyne in Snowdin, did you really think that I would believe that?"
Papyrus froze. "YOU SAW THAT?"
"Of course I did! I've been keeping an eye on you, my friend." Flowey winked, "I've been watching you for some time. Ever since I noticed something very strange."
Papyrus started playing with his scarf. He wanted to talk to Flowey to get away from difficult conversations. Maybe the repeat would happen soon and cut this conversation short. He could hide away from Flowey for a few more repeats. It would be no problem at all.
"See, I like to keep tabs on my favourite friends. I want to make sure that nothing bad ever happens to them. So naturally, sometimes I wait outside your house. I don't want any robbers to break in unexpectedly.
"So imagine my surprise when I white dust floating down from your bedroom window. I had never seen this happen before. Where did it come from? I couldn't have my favourite friend get hurt now, could I? What kind of friend would I be if I let that happen?
"The next time, I grew myself up tall enough to peek in the corner of the window. Imagine my surprise when I see you holding an ice chipper against yourself. YOU IDIOT! Why would you do something like that?"
Papyrus looked around at the snow. Why was everything going so wrong this time? Flowey would actually remember this too! He could never play it off again. The thought of being trapped like this terrified him.
"I guess you aren't going to answer that one, huh? That's okay. I think I know enough already! I think I even have a little respect for you now. If what you said to that fish lady is any indication, you've know about the resets for quite some time. Perhaps as long as the Trashbag. Despite all that, you still stayed the same goody-goody that you've always been. I knew there was a reason why you were my favourite." Flowey rambled, "You even kept trying to make me nice. Are you stupid? Or are you just stubborn?"
"ANYONE CAN BE A GOOD PERSON IF THEY JUST TRY! EVEN YOU, FLOWEY! NO MATTER HOW MANY BAD THINGS YOU MIGHT HAVE DONE, THERE IS ALWAYS A WAY TO BE GOOD!" Papyrus exclaimed. Anything to change the topic.
Too bad it never seemed to work. How many times has this failed in the last three days? "So you're both, then. Is that why you keep doing it? Or do you think that somehow you're helping everyone out? No one likes you, so why not start turning to dust? Wouldn't everyone be happier with you gone?
"Let me tell you something. After all those times that I dusted you myself, you still try to forgive me. After all those times that I dusted you, I got to watch the Trashbag almost dust himself. It was delightfully fun! At least until he came after me. What did you think was going to happen? What does hurting yourself solve? You really are an idiot."
"UM... ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT SANS?" Papyrus asked.
Flowey grinned evilly, "Yeah, your brother! The Smiley Trashbag. He can't do anything without you, you know. He's hopeless. Some people even think that HP is an acronym for HoPe. Doesn't that give you a clue about him?" Flowey's features softened, "I know that you never kill, so don't let yourself be killed either. I'm not allowed to kill you again, or the Trashbag's gonna make my life very unfun. Just watch out for yourself. I'm starting to get bored of doing it for you."
Papyrus smiled, "THAT IS VERY KIND OF YOU, FLOWEY! I KNEW THAT YOU COULD BE A GOOD PERSON!" At least one thing was going right. Even if Sans was still MIA, if he couldn't face Undyne, if Alphys might be doing something terrible, and if Frisk was going to repeat everything again, Flowey at least learned that he could do better.
Said flower screeched. "I am NOT being nice, you idiot! I'm telling you that I'm going to leave you alone, you hear me? You're free to go and hurt yourself and die for all I care! I can't care! Maybe it will be fun, watching you fall apart at your own hands! In fact, hurry up and go do it so Chara can reset again! Maybe this time they won't be such a baby and actually kill people!"
"I MIGHT TRY TAKING YOUR ADVICE." Papyrus stated.
"What? About dying? You aren't seriously going to kill yourself now, are you? That's the king's job! That's the lizard's job!" Flowey argued.
"NO, OF COURSE NOT! WHO WOULD MAKE SANS BREAKFAST AND WAKE HIM UP FROM NAPS AND SCOLD HIM FOR DRINKING TOO MUCH KETCHUP IF I DID THAT? HE NEEDS A ROUTINE TO KEEP HIM STABLE, SO I, THE GREAT PAPYRUS, THE BEST BROTHER EVER, WILL DO THAT FOR HIM!" Papyrus posed again. "AS LONG AS MY BROTHER NEEDS ME, I WILL BE THERE FOR HIM!" He went back to his bright smile, "BUT I CAN ALSO LOOK OUT FOR MYSELF TOO! I CAN MAKE SURE THAT I NEVER GO TOO FAR OR DO TOO MUCH! THAT WAY I WILL ALWAYS BE ABLE TO HELP TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITIES! THEN YOU WILL NOT HAVE TO WATCH ME ALL THE TIME EITHER! WOULD YOU FEEL BETTER IF I PROMISED YOU?"
Flowey narrowed his eyes. "You're trying to promise me that you will keep hurting yourself? Why would I accept that promise? That's a terrible thing to say, and it would be boring if you always did the same thing!"
"I DID PROMISE UNDYNE THAT I WOULD SOMETIMES TRY TO FIND A REASON NOT TO, SO IT WOULD NOT ALWAYS BE THE SAME." Papyrus shrugged, still smiling.
"You really are an idiot." Flowey glared, "Tell you what. Why don't you call everyone over to the king right now? The human should be there soon, and our jolly old king is going to rip their soul out. You can ask them to help you protect the human you all made friends with, and maybe you'll start to understand why I think you're an idiot for doing all this."
Flowey disappeared into the snow.
Papyrus beamed with real happiness, if just for a moment. Flowey had said that he had a little respect for him! After so much time, there was one person who respected him! And this person would remember through all the repeats! Finally something was going right!
But Flowey was correct about Frisk. If he didn't get enough people to stop the king, then either Asgore or Frisk would surely die. Maybe if enough monsters vouched for the human, they could stop the fight from happening. It would be nice to see one repeat where no one had to die, even if it would shortly end.
He didn't really want to see anyone right now, but his friends were worth his discomfort and more. Sans would hopefully receive a text message since he wasn't answering his phone, Alphys would get an Undernet message, and Undyne would come with him. If he said that it was for the human, then surely everyone would show up.
Maybe Frisk didn't or couldn't see it, but everyone really cared about them. They didn't need to feel all the bad things that he did. They were a good person when they tried.
Anyone could recognize that.
Who was this other person that knew Frisk? How did she know Frisk? It seems that the young human was a very popular person.
Somehow Sans made it too. Papyrus was surprised. Sans had been missing for a while.
Why did his brother glance at him with concern?
How did he know this mystery woman?
Those questions could be answered later. Flowey said that he would understand something when everyone was here. What did he need to learn?
When Flowey appeared behind them all with the six human souls, fear gripped his being. Was this why he had called Papyrus an idiot?
He felt vines wrapping around his soul as his world went dark.
A/N: Oops, it's been a month... Life happened. The fic is done though! I'll be staggering the last two chapters. And HBD Undertale!