Holding Flowey in your hands and your knife in your pocket, you confidently walked up to a stand in the middle of the road. You wanted directions to the closest town. You were getting hungry and Flowery needed watering. You had thought about using the snow around to water Flowey, but a lot of it was stained red. You didn't want to think about why.
No one was around. You were about to leave when you heard growling. You whipped around, only to see the growling wasn't directed at you. A dog standing on its front paws holding knives was fighting a dog in armor. You were stunned for a moment about the absurdity of it all, until the dog with knives stabbed the dog in armor's head. The armored dog died, but with his last breath through his spear into the dog's soul. You stood, aghast, until you heard…
Clapping.
"oh my goodness! that was the best fight I've seen in a while! don't you agree?"
You turned around to see Sans smiling, clapping, having a good time watching the two dogs fight to the death. You were horrified.
"How could you do this?" You demand of Sans. "Those poor, innocent dogs! And you enjoyed watching them kill each other!"
"i'd hardly call them innocent. doggo stole greater dog's family heirloom and sold it," Sans grinned, "to me."
"And you knew it was Greater Dog's?"
"of course."
"AND YET YOU BOUGHT IT!" You shook with rage.
Sans's smile didn't waver. "now do you believe it's kill or be killed down here?"
"Never! If Doggo had talked it out with Greater Dog, Greater Dog would have given him some money. There must be some reason Doggo wants money. Do you even know what it is?" You demand of Sans.
Sans's smiled faltered, but it passed so quickly you wonder if you imagined it. "no clue. probably greed. does it matter?"
"YES! People's motivations always matter!"
Sans rolls his eyes. "i can see there is no convincing you its kill or be killed. just respect that I'm going to live by that motto…" the light in Sans's eyes died, "or you're going to have a GOOD TIME"
You stared into Sans's eye sockets. Sans's smile faltered. "what are you doing?"
"You don't scare me." You growl.
This bothers Sans. He growls right back, "I SHOULD. sorry, kid. but I told you to stay out of my way."
Sans's right eye flashes red. Two skull-like heads appeared. Sans's waved his glowing red hand and a red beam shot out of the two skulls and everything went black.
Again.
You woke up to Doggo and Greater Dog fighting. Without thinking, you ran between the two dogs. Doggo and Greater Dog stopped, confused.
"Ruff ruff ruff woof?" Greater Dog said.
"Neither of you are going to die!"
"Ruff ruff ruff bark woof!" Greater Dog said.
"Maybe," you say, "But why did you do that Doggo?"
Doggo tried to thrown a knife at Greater Dog, but you grabbed his arm just in time. Doggo growled.
"I need money for my kids. The skeleton brothers don't pay me enough. My kids are hungry. Let me kill this guy, okay?"
You shake your head. "I'll give you some money if you stop fighting Greater Dog."
"Ruff woof ruff?"
You give both Doggo and Greater Dog some money, and the two leave. You feel breath on your back.
"huh. i'm impressed. i wonder how long it will be until you discover that you can't always win fights with mercy."
You spin around. Sans smiles at you. But it's not a nice smile. You're a lot more wary of him now that you know what he can do, so you don't say anything.
"what's a matter? gaster blaster got your tongue? oh, I suppose you don't know what a gaster blaster is. well, its that fun weapon i used to kill you last timeline."
You don't speak.
"you're afraid of me. good. just remember, you're only alive because i find you funny. otherwise, i would kill you. i know you can reset, but that just means i kill you over and over until you give up. it would, no, it WILL be fun. so look forward to getting dunked on."
Sans left, and you looked down at a shaking Flowey. Today was not looking to be a good day any longer.