I thought I did feel something weird for a quick second, but I thought that the Snail pie I had might've gone bad or something. it passed quickly though, so I didn't think it was anything to worry about. It's probably just the cold playing tricks on our minds. it's soo freezing here, I wouldn't be surprised if everything did freeze!" she said jokingly.
"Yeah, I guess so... So, um not to be rude, but any clue where we're going?" Frisk asked, wanting to change the topic from the weirdness he had just experienced.
Lady frowned a bit. "Well, I can't honestly say I've ever gotten this far, but Blookie told me there was a town near by... I think he called it SnowDrop or something? Anyways, I think it'll be a good place to start off and ask for directions to and/or information on the barrier; or maybe even a map! That'd really help speed things up! We'd be home in no time!" Lady said hopefully.
"Alright, works for me! is it much further?" Frisk asked.
"shouldn't be, just a couple of miles out from the ruins. we shouldn't have much trouble getting to it, Napstablook said there was a big sign and everything..." Lady responded, before she was interrupted by a crunching sound of feet in the snow in the snow nearby. quickly, she put her hand on Frisk's shoulder and turned him invisible. "stay calm, I've got this." she whispered.
Frisk nodded, and then realized Lady probably couldn't see him nod because he was invisible, so he simply whispered back a quick "Ok" and waited to see what'd happen next.
Suddenly a figure emerged from behind a pile of snow and asked "Do you like my hat?"
Lady; taken aback by the medium-sized ice monster's unexpected question stammered "W-what?" in surprise.
"Oh. I suppose introductions are in order. I'm Snow-cap. Do you like my Hat?" Snow Cap asked; beaming with Pride at how cool he thought his hat made him look.
"Why sure Mr. Snow cap! it looks great on you!"Frisk replied with an (invisible) friendly smile.
Snow cap looked startled at the noise apparently coming from thin air. "I beg your pardon miss?" he said nervously.
Lady shot a warning glare at where Frisk's voice had come from. "Oh sorry Mr. Snow Cap; I was just practicing my ventriloquism. I do that sometimes." she slightly fibbed.
"I say; you should appear on one of Mettaton's shows; that was quite good miss!" Snow-cap praised Lady; causing her to blush.
"Erm thanks, but I'm not much into showbiz." Lady replied and thought to her self; That's more Her thing.
The coin Jar appeared at Lady's feet and jangled expectantly; but it realized by the puzzled expression on Lady's face that she hadn't realized the slight 4th wall break; so it gave up and vanished back to where it'd come from.
Not distracted by the jar any longer; Lady had a thought. "So Mr. Snow Cap, you wouldn't happen to know of a nearby town would you? I'm not from around these parts originally; and navigating in the snow isn't my strong suit." she admitted.
"Why certainly my fine lass. There's two nearby: Snowden and Temmie village. I can point you in their direction if you'd like; but be careful. The Skeleton brothers have set traps of all kinds for any dangerous humans that might wander around out here." Ice cap cautioned the young ghost girl.
Lady Shuddered nervously thinking about what the traps might do to a human and a half-human half-ghost; but tried to pass it off as shivering from the cold so not as to arouse suspicion. "Brr, it's cold out here. And yes please, some directions would be greatly appreciated." she responded.
"Wonderful! Snowden is in that direction and Temmie village is that way. " Snow cap said; pointing out dirrections with his glorious cap.
"Thank you very much sir; I guess we'll be on our way then!" Lady said.
"Bye Mr. Snow Cap! Have a nice Day!" Frisk added cheerfully.
"That tallent! Why If I didn't know better; I'd swear you had an invisible person with you, Ha! Farewell Madam, and a good day to you as well." Snow Cap Replied; and Left on his way to go elsewhere.
Lady allowed Frisk to become Visible again. "Frisk, you Nearly gave us away!" she exclaimed.
"I was only being polite. And it's not very nice to lie about me being only ventriloquism." Frisk said pointedly.
"Look; I didn't like lieing, but what was I supposed to say? Hi there; I've a invisible human fugitive with me, and we're trying to escape to the boarderlands to leave the underground, Oh, and I'm also half-human too, but please don't kill us and Take our souls to the king so he can declare war on the world above Mr. Nice monster? " Lady couldn't help but say Sarcastically.
"Wait, you can be killed?" Frisk asked.
Taken aback; Lady blushed a pale green. "I don't know? Maybe? I'm a walking/floating existential crisis, so I try not to think of it; but that's not the point. The point is; if we're gonna survive this; you can't be nice to everyone all the time."
"Oh come on, you're a superhero! aren't superheroes all about being nice and kind? what's the harm in being a little polite?" Frisk asked innocently.
Lady let out a sigh. "There is none; at least not under normal circumstances. It's just we have to be careful down here; one wrong move, and we could end up hurt or- " Lady stopped. she looked at frisk. On the surface; he seemed innocent and happy-go-lucky, but he was still deep down just a kid. Gosh she was being dense! the poor boy was stuck down here in a strange and unfamiliar world; surrounded by monsters with only her standing between them. He must be so scared; even if he wa Not to let it show. It was probably best not to scare him more than he already was."Um; Nevermind; it's no big deal. Anyway, we should probably get going. I wanna make it to town by nightfall; and staying here probably isn't safe."
Frisk smiled cheerfully; glad for the change in topic. "Okay! Race you there!" he called out playfully and ran off towards the direction the monster had said Snowden was.
Lady wondered; Where did that kid get his energy? In any case, it was probably best to just play along; if only to take Frisk's mind off the reality of their situation. Lady allowed herself a smile. Actually; a race would be kinda nice, she hadn't had one in what seemed to be forever. her powers had always given her a bit of a advantage, but it was cool that Frisk didn't seem to mind. "Hey Frisk wait up!" she called out and took off after him.
Unnoticed in the distance; a drone recorded the scene as it took place.
"A level 7 ectoplasmic entity is with the human? AND she's a superhero? erm; this complicates things... well no matter! I'-I'll fix this! I can still help the human and be the hero in all this! You'll see! " a feminine voice said nerviously as she watched Lady and Frisk run off in her view-screen.
Her hand pressed a few buttons, and the monitor read "Targeting ghostly entity for containment... Target locked. Firing in 5...4...3..." and then the screen suddenly went dark.
"What? Th-this isn't right; the ray should-" the voice began in confusion as she frantically tried to re-start her monitors. Then she looked down at the power source and saw a pair of feline eyes glaring back up at her; and an adorable black Kitten slunk out of the shadows, the end of a power cord was oddly enough clenched in its fangs.
"What the-? how did this cat get in here? animals aren't allowed in the lab!" the voice exclaimed in annoyance.
Seeing that she might be in trouble; the adorable black Kitten dropped the chord and began to bat at it playfully.
"Well I suppose that is kind of cute..." the voice remarked, her attention partially diverted from the screens.
The kitten frowned internally. this one was going to be a tough one to crack. It was time to pull out the nuclear option. The Kitten stopped batting the cord; and looked up at the scientist. Using all he an N, the kitten's eyes gave the scientist the cutest most adorable look to have ever existed. It worked; the scientist's heart melted.
"Awww; well aren't you the cutest sweetest most adorable thing I've seen? Yes you are! Wait right here and I'll go get some nummies!" the scientist said, and went off in search of food for the Kitten.
The Kitten smiled to herself. That had worked out better than she expected. Now her friend was safe from the scie ntist; she could save and maybe take a catnap...