Previously: Cali, reluctantly, made contact with the Order of Seven's inside source of info in the underground from the communications setup inside Deos' Apartment and found out some of the plans he's been keeping from the others. Meanwhile in the Underground, Papyrus is happy that he's found a human, unaware that he's miscounted by one and then Doggo is made to take a brief nap thanks to Deos magically inducing him to sleep...
(Snowdin)
This next part of Snowdin was not that remarkable, a Snowdrake was practicing ice puns that belongs in a 1990's action movie that Sans would be proud of, which Frisk and Deos laughed at to improve his spirits (while Flowey kept silent to avoid an angry response from Deos, while Toriel was able to laugh as loud as she liked as not many could hear her in an astral form) and then they caught up with Sans and Papyrus with the "Invisible Electricity Maze"...which resulted in Papyrus giving the solution away after he forgot that Frisk had to be holding the orb for the shock to be received by them, after that, they proceeded onward to meet a rabbit-like monster...Frisk then overheard him.
"I don't understand why these aren't selling...It's the perfect weather for something cold..." Said the rabbit-like monster
"Actually no, it's the exact opposite." Deos said.
"OH! A CUSTOMER!" The rabbit-like monster shouted in surprise "Hello! Would you like some Nice Cream? It's the frozen treat that warms your heart! Now just 15G!"
Frisk nodded and handed 15G over, Deos had a suggestion as this transaction was taking place "If you want your Nice Cream business to really take off, it might be a good idea to sell them somewhere...warmer than Snowdin."
"You really think so? Thanks for the advice! Have a super-duper day!" Said the Nice Cream vendor.
As the found a game involving a snowball, Toriel wanted to say something "Deos, do you really think that you could persuade Asgore to cease this insanity that he's ordered?"
Deos paused at this "There's no guarantee, but there is a possibility...a possibility that will increase if you're around, he misses you so deeply that if you were to stand between him and Frisk, any fight in him will disappear."
Toriel thinks about this "Yes...so he hasn't changed that much in all this time..."
Does looked at Toriel's Astral Form "Excuse me?"
"I was just talking to myself, we had best move on from here..." she then sees Frisk play with the snowball "He he, after Frisk is done playing."
They wait patiently for Frisk to be done with the game involving the snowball...Flowey just having a look of annoyance on him, he's just waiting this out. Deos then remembered the conversation and caught a hint of longing in her voice...as if she was missing him as well, despite what his order has resulted in.
(Deos' Apartment)
Cali was texting the others on Deos' progress via her inside source, although something was still haunting her. "There, the others now have the info, they'll be sure to come here when they can. She said the next words quietly "...and give me a break from this."
"What was that last bit?" Her inside source asked.
"What do you know about demons?" Cali quickly asked back, somewhat unconvincingly.
"W-what? T-They're still on the surface?!" Said her inside source.
"Unfortunately, yes..." Cali said with some regret in her voice.
"You sound l-like you've fought at least one..." she said, before being rudely interrupted by Cali.
"Can we get back to the updates, I want to know where he is now!" This sudden outburst of aggression surprised both of them "Sorry, I don't know where that came from."
"T-that's alright, I d-don't know why I'm so n-nervous, I can't seem to help m-myself." the inside source said
"I guess we both have our secrets...I'm feeling ill just keeping it in and not my lunch...which was ruined thanks to Deos!" That last sentence had a hint of annoyance towards the end.
"Sounds l-like you hate him" she said with a tone of caution.
Cali sighs "No, Alphys, I don't hate him, I'm just annoyed with what's been happening, first I find that he's gone down to the underground without me or any of the others, then I...can we get back to how Deos and Frisk are doing?"
"S-sure, the thought of demons in the underground makes my scales crawl..." This makes Cali's eyes open wide.
"Did you just say scales?...I know you're a monster, so you can't be confused for human, but...are you reptilian?" Cali asked bluntly.
"Y-yeah..."
"S-Sorry, I should've asked sooner, let me know how we're doing." Cali said with a slight amount of embarrassment. She then awaited an update of their situation, unsure why she was acting hostile towards her for just being helpful, she has bouts of anger, her source of information in the underground has bouts of nervousness. Both appear to be connected to secrets that they're hiding, presumably from everyone...maybe they're more alike than either of them would like to admit, especially when she was nervous just then...
(Snowdin)
Deos and Frisk went ahead and found a dog monster in armor, likely a member of the royal guard wielding a stone sword, as if they were something from a sandbox game, Deos had a bag of dog treats on him, which the dog monster lapped up, which allowed both him and Frisk to pet him continuously, making their neck stretch each time. This dog monster was then content to leave them alone, Frisk smiled at Deos for coming prepared. "Yes, Frisk, I understand dogs well enough to know how to make them less hostile, although the next two...will need more extreme measures, he takes out a vial of a yellow liquid, pours some of it onto a cloth and dabs it on Frisk and himself.
Toriel was worried at what he was doing "May I ask what you were putting on yourselves?"
Deos answered honestly "Dog pee".
"Ewwww" Frisk said with disgust.
"Deos!" Toriel said with a similar amount of disgust.
"As distasteful as it is, it's necessary to get past the two that's ahead" Deos said with some understanding of their disgust.
"I understand, but in future, please warn us when you're doing something like this." Toriel said.
"I shall" Deos replied, he left Flowey a safe distance from what's ahead "We'll come back once we've shaken them off" he said to reassure Flowey, he reacted with indifference. As they kept moving along the path and they were then stopped by two dog monsters who could speak.
"What's that smell? (Where's that smell?)" The male said, this was Dogamy and Dogaressa, a married dog couple, each members of the royal guard in robes with the hoods obscuring their faces and each other on the front, each equipped with matching axes.
"If you're a smell...(identify yoursmellf!)" Dogaressa said as they both sniffed out both of them throughly and then stopped in their tracks.
"Hmmm...there's that smell (All clear)" Dogamy said with relief in his voice.
"Be careful, fellow dog and puppy (humans can be everywhere)" Dogaressa said with the same relief.
They let them pass, Frisk then went back for Flowey "I can't believe that WORKED!"
"I am more relieved that it DID work...despite how disgusting it was. I can't stop thinking about that food that was frozen to that table on the way there. Was that what Papyrus does when he's not doing this?" Toriel said with concern.
"Yes...he's a lethal chef, even Smiley Trashbag avoids staying around for dinner, although he's careful to not hurt his feelings. Fat load of good that is!" Flowey said in his usual nihilistic tone.
"That's another reason why I wanted you to come with us, you could help him to make his cooking...at least edible." Deos said, he knew that he'd have to tell her this at some point. Flowey laughed at this idea.
"I'd be happy to help improve things between Sans and his brother." Toriel said with delight, it would seem that she's glad that she was persuaded to leave the ruins.
"I'm sure that you are, Toriel. I can trust you to teach him what he needs to know, in order to achieve the results that he'll be happy with, I'm sure that it should come easy for you with your vast experience on that subject." Deos said.
Frisk nods at this and spoke "I can't wait to see what you can do, goat mom." this surprises them as they proceeded towards their next destination.
What else awaits Deos and Frisk in their journey through Snowdin? Will their tricks run out before they reach a settlement and what are Cali and Dr Alphys hiding. Find out in Chapter 8: Secrets - Over and Under.