Previously: Deos, the Red Mage was able to persuade Toriel, former Queen of monsters to come with both him and Frisk to accept some responsibility that she apparently wasn't, to face her fears and to learn what happened to the other humans that fell and were killed...as she found out what happened to the first one that fell, she also did it due to her new bond with Frisk...before they left the ruins, Deos had a proposition for Flowey, a homicidal sociopath of a flower who previously tried to kill Frisk...

(Ruins)

Deos has finished talking about his proposition to Flowey, who was offering no indication of his mood "So...what do you say about that?"

Flowey angrily replied "Alright, I'm in, but I'm not doing it for any of you, you've got that!"

Deos then lifted him up with magic and placed him in the flower pot, along with some dirt. "Before you say anything, Flowey, it's necessary to make sure we know where you are."

Flowey rolls his 'eyes' at this "Yeah yeah, I know that you don't trust me, I don't blame ya."

"Deos?" said Toriel as she and Frisk followed him to his location "You were taking some time and..." she sees Flowey and readies her pyromancy, Deos holds out his hand.

"It's alright, Toriel, it appears that Flowey now has similar business to us, it's now within his best interest to not try to kill Frisk again."

Flowey looks apathetic towards this "Yeah, whatever..."

Toriel calms down and her paws cease to be alight "Very well, as long as you aren't hostile towards us, I will trust you."

"Are we going to stand here all day or are we going to go somewhere?" Flowey said, he had a point in this case.

"You're right, Flowey, let's head outside" Deos said, then he stops and looks at Frisk "I've been wanting to ask you something, Frisk...are you a boy or a girl?" This makes Frisk nervous and unable to speak, this is not lost on the others "On second thoughts, you don't have to answer that, it's clearly a sensitive subject..." he looks as Toriel "You might want to enter the amulet right now, before we enter the rest of the Underground. She nods and activates the amulet and she disappears from sight and then reappears as a transparent boss monster. "How is it, Toriel?"

"Strange...but only you and Frisk is able to see me." Toriel said as she is getting used to this sensation.

"As far as I'm aware, there might be at least one other that can see or hear you, we won't know until we encounter such individuals". Deos replied, while Flowey is impatient with them.

"LET'S GO ALREADY!" Frisk nods at Flowey's violent outburst.

"Okay..." They then open the door that leads to Snowdin, a frigid part of the underground filled with trees, snow and ice.

(Snowdin)

He looks left immediately as they exit the ruins, he then examines a bush with a puzzled look from Frisk and Toriel with a look of indifference from Flowey, he sees a hidden camera "The Royal Scientist is already watching us...good, we'll be stopping off at her lab before we get to our final destination."

Flowey is angered by this "GOOD?! You really are an idiot, if you think that meeting her is a good thing...well, you'll find out how much of a mess she is!"

Toriel is confused by this, clearly much has changed since she decided to isolated herself from monsterkind, last time she was outside the ruins, the Royal Scientist was male. They are then stopped by a sinister sounding male voice "Turn around...don't you know how to greet a new pal?" they do so and Frisk is reaching out to shake this stranger's hand and a comedic sound is made, as Frisk and Toriel in her astral form laughs at this "Whoopee cushion in the hand, It's ALWAYS funny." they are then able to see this stranger, he's a skeleton that's about Frisk's height with a blue hoodie, white shirt, black shorts and...pink slippers.

Flowey is annoyed with what is now happening "Oh great, it's smiley trashbag..."

"I'm Sans, Sans the Skeleton." He sounded fairly laid back, Deos can see that Sans is clearly less dedicated to his job than the dog monster that he now has the job.

"I now...I also know a promise you made to the one who lives on the other side of this door."

Sans then said something that surprised all of them "you mean that goat lady that is next to you?"

Toriel then spoke, knowing that this skeleton can hear her in that form "You can see me?!"

"Yep, and I can hear you as well, so that's what you look like..." Sans said, Deos was thinking to himself, does Sans know who Toriel is, beyond the obvious, or is he able to figure that out based on the Delta Rune on her robe? He decided that it was too soon to ask.

"My name is Toriel, I am pleased to finally meet you, although I wasn't thinking of meeting you like this." She looks down at herself briefly "In fact, I did not intend to leave here at all, but these two were quite persuasive."

Flowey was slightly annoyed "That's one way of putting it."

"She's in a pocket dimension that exists in that amulet, although she can perceive the world around it as an astral projection, I know that you have both a greater perception than most AND a personal connection to her, either of which is how you can see her and I also know that you promised her that you'd protect any human that came out of these ruins." He walked away from the camera and then took his mask off "It's the reason why you didn't attack the two of us on sight."

"Yeah, I did say that, you two humans seem okay and I couldn't say no to a lady that laugh at my jokes, as for you..." He looks at Flowey with hollow eye sockets and switches to a grave tone of voice "Make any move on these two and you'll regret it." He then switches back to normal "Actually...I have something that you could help me with."

Deos puts his mask back on and completes that thought "You want to make Papyrus feel better by having Frisk, that's his name by the way, appear in front of him because he wants to capture a human because unlike you, he can't catch a break." This makes Toriel and Sans laugh, Deos narrows his eyes while briefly having a tired voice "Yeah, I know what I said...you also want us to know that although he's a human-hunting fanatic, he sucks at being threatening."

They were all surprised by this, Flowey was most vocal about this "HOW THE HECK DID YOU KNOW THAT?!"

Deos looked at Flowey "I've seen what has happened and what could happen in all their variations, but even the best of these seem bittersweet...so after seeing Frisk on the missing person's page, I had to...write myself into the plot, I have a number of objectives down here, breaking the barrier is just one of them, another one involves Flowey, which he has agreed to help us for his own selfish reasons."

Flowey nodded "Yeah, what he said" he said indifferently.

Sans then turned to the path ahead "Good to know...we gotta go, can't keep my bro waitin'"

They walk along the path follow that skeletal sentry with only Deos knowing what's going to happen, although the ripple effect caused by his involvement might cause some variations, he doesn't expect it to become too great, but he has to prepare as best as possible for any significant deviations, although one thing that he is certain about Sans: he knows more than he's saying, he's just less open about it...

How will they deal with Papyrus and what about the rest of the Order of Seven? Did you believe that they were forgotten about after the second episode? Find out in Chapter 5: Great Annoyances.