Previously: Frisk plays with Greater Dog, much to their happiness and then they meet with Sans and Papyrus just outside the entrance to Snowdin Town and Papyrus was persuaded to wait for them with Sans at their home, which is a part of Deos' plan, one which Toriel is a key part of it...meanwhile on the surface, Cali is receiving more updates on Deos and Frisk's situation and then she and Dr. Alphys appeared to be speaking on more friendly terms, then Lara, the Blue Mage, visited Cali while she's keeping the others updated to what is happening in the underground...
(Deos' Apartment)
Cali is letting Lara examine her in Deos' bedroom, so that Alphys can't overhear them. Lara, the Blue Mage is a mix of Irish and Asian descent, she's a doctor who on a basic level can intuitively know when something is physically wrong with someone, although she still does the usual tests to make sure, her Integrity is well known both to her colleges and the rest of the Order of Seven. Lara is confused with what she sees.
"I don't know what's wrong with you, Cali, all that I know is that there's nothing physically wrong with you." Lara said with a strong tone of confusion.
"So, it's all in my head?" Cali asked Lara.
"It seems so, I'm probably not the kind that you should be talking about that kind of thing, that's more Alec's area." Lara said in a more cheerful manner.
"He'll probably come by at some point today, I'd appreciate if..." Cali said in a nervous tone.
"Don't worry, this info is confidential" Lara said professionally.
"Thanks, Lara." Cali said with relief.
They both walked to the communication link and Lara put on the headset "Hi Dr. Alphys, how are things in the underground?"
"L-Lara? Uh...n-not a lot of things have c-changed, although t-things have c-changed a little since D-Deos turned up." Dr. Alphys said.
"I wasn't amused by his rash action, but he must've had his reasons." Lara said, then she picked up her phone as it was vibrating and she read a message and she was alarmed "Sorry, I have to go now, house call, bye Alphys."
"B-bye Lara" Dr Alphys said.
"Bye, Cali." Lara said and Cali waved at her as she let herself out.
"Alphys, do you have anyone that you...like, as in REALLY like, that you would make the time to spend time with?" Lara said in the friendly tone that she spoke to her in earlier.
"W-why do you ask?" Dr. Alphys said in a more suspicious tone.
"Okay, I'll be honest, I've disliked you for different reasons to the other monsters, you're so...secretive. Isn't there someone that you can open up to?" Cali said.
"W-well, t-there is someone." Dr Alphys said.
Dr Alphys had Cali's full attention as she started to like talking with that scaly scientist.
(Snowdin Town)
Deos, Flowey and Toriel waited patiently for Frisk to be done in the shop, they came out with Cinnamon Bunnies and had a "Manly" Bandana on their head. They then so some punches straight out of a martial arts production. Toriel giggled at this cute behaviour, Deos had no indication of his mood. "Some might think that you're a boy with that getup, but I know your gym teacher and she has been known to wear something similar during her off hours...can I touch those two items, so that was can find out what happened to that child?"
Frisk nodded and Deos touched the "Manly" Bandana and the Tough Glove and receives a lot of information on the child with the Orange Soul, he was a rough child who got into fights a lot, he got into trouble until one day, he did something so unforgivable to his father, he was kicked out, he then climbed Mt. Ebott to disappear as he didn't want to be found by anyone, he was found by Toriel in the ruins, he snuck out of Toriel's home and in his case, Sans' predecessor wasn't stationed that time, so he got further than the Light Blue Soul child, although he was eventually killed by what appears to be Snowdrake's mom and a more formless monster, although he didn't go down without a fight and caused her to fall off the edge.
"That child was killed by Snowdrake's mother and a monster that was more...slimy, although he didn't go down without a fight and it appears that she was knocked over the edge somewhere between the door to the ruins and Snowdin Town" Deos said after he broke the link between the Orange Soul child's items and himself.
Toriel wasn't surprised by his last stand against Snowdrake's mom, but she thought about Snowdrake, his mother was gone and he didn't seem to have any knowledge of what happened to her. "Would it make a difference to him whether or not the souls were taken by his hand or not?" Toriel said without any hint of emotion, Deos knew that she was talking about Asgore.
"I doubt it, although what I've planned might help him deal with that." Deos replied quiet enough for the rest of Snowdin Town to not hear them. "Let's not keep Sans and Papyrus waiting."
"Agreed." Toriel said, they then walked to the house where Sans and Papyrus lived on the edge of Snowdin, they knocked on the door and Sans opened the door
"Come in, let's get this started, I hope you know what you're doing." They walk into the house and Papyrus is getting everything ready in the kitchen, he looks at Toriel in her astral form "Ready, Tori?".
"I am ready." Toriel said, Frisk sat down with Flowey on the couch, they were watching what Deos has planned, Papyrus then walked out of the kitchen.
"DEOS...WHO HAVE YOU BROUGHT TO GIVE ME COOKING LESSONS?!" he gasps "IS IT YOU?!"
"No Papyrus, I'm about to summon someone who does." He does a stupid pose "Come to me, ancient mistress of the culinary arts! This skeleton is in need of your aid! Come forth, Toriel!" at that point, he threw a smoke bomb at the floor and once the smoke cleared, Toriel appeared and Papyrus was wide mouthed in awe at her appearance.
"Hello Papyrus, your brother has told me about you." Toriel said with a smile on her face.
Papyrus gasped again "YOU SUMMONED AN ASGORE CLONE!"
Toriel looks bemused by this statement, Deos corrected him "No, she isn't, for a start, she's a woman." He pointed at her head "She has smaller horns."
"You and Tori had better get to work, Papy." Sans said.
"INDEED, BROTHER! COME TORIEL, LET THE LESSON BEGIN!" Papyrus said as he and Toriel entered the kitchen.
"I think that she'll greatly improve his cooking." Deos said.
"You really think so? How good do you think it will be?" Sans asked.
"Good enough for you to eat it" Deos replied.
Sans' eye sockets went hollow and his voice sounded grave with what he said next "Are you trying to kill me?"
Deos was surprised by his sudden hostile tone "No...do you not trust Toriel?"
Sans's eye sockets went back to normal "Yeah...sorry about that, you'll be eating it too, right?"
"Yeah, it's only fair...I have medicine for both me and Frisk, in case it does go wrong as a precaution." Deos said.
They listened to what was going on in the kitchen as Papyrus was taking in Toriel's instructions, while speaking in his usual loud and confident manner, Deos was hoping that this would make the next bit easier for them.
After a while the Spaghetti (with sauce obviously) was done and was served to Sans, Deos and Frisk. Deos generated an illusion to conceal his true form as he pulled enough of his mask away to be able to eat, he sampled his first...she knew what Papyrus was capable of making and it wasn't that good, at least on his own, but with Toriel's instruction...he turned to Sans and Frisk and nodded to each of them. This assured them that it was safe, they started on theirs as Toriel and Papyrus watched.
"WELL, BROTHER?...HOW IS IT?" Papyrus said eagerly.
"It's actually quite good, Papy. I'm only surprised that it didn't take you sooner to get this great." Frisk nodded, signifying that they agree with him.
"What about you, Deos? how do you think Papyrus did?" Toriel asked.
"Something to truly consider great." Deos said honestly.
"WOWIE! FINALLY, SOMEONE LIKES MY COOKING! I HAVE THE MISTRESS OF THE CULINARY ARTS TO THINK FOR, SHE AIDED IN UNLOCKING THE POTENTIAL OF THE GREAT PAPYRUS!" Papyrus said with a lot of happiness in his voice and for good reason.
"Thank you, Papyrus." Toriel said.
"So, what now?" Deos asked.
"I AM CONFLICTED! I WANT TO CAPTURE THIS HUMAN AND THEN BE ACCEPTED INTO THE ROYAL GUARD! YET...THEY LIKE MY COOKING!" Papyrus said, with a look of uncertainty regarding what he wanted to do.
"Then let them pass, if it weren't for them, your potential wouldn't be unlocked." Deos said
"'Sides, Tori has gotten close to that kid, it would get you on her bad side, if you tried anything. Do you really wanna do that, after all she did for you?" Sans said, he suspects what Deos has in mind.
"UGH!...YOU ARE RIGHT, I CAN'T BE UNGRATEFUL FOR YOUR HELP! I, THE GREAT PAPYRUS SHALL LET YOU PASS, HUMAN! I SHALL NOT STAND IN YOUR WAY! " Papyrus said, Frisk hugged Papyrus and then Deos removed his mask, Papyrus looked surprised, the others were not "DEOS! WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME THAT YOU WERE ANOTHER HUMAN?!"
"It's because I wanted nobody to die" Deos said, which provoked laughs from Sans and Toriel and annoyed Papyrus "Sorry, I'm not doing this on purpose...We all have business with a certain fuzzy pushover, that includes Flowey who is waiting outside because he didn't need to be involved, if you did capture either myself or Frisk, that's their name by the way, they would be killed for the last soul, do you want either of us to die knowing that we like your cooking?"
"NO, I CAN'T LET EITHER OF YOU DIE!" Papyrus said, he sounded both shocked and disturbed.
"Besides there's another way, one which will not only right a few wrongs, but will make any other human deaths unnecessary" Deos said. He then proceeded to explain to Sans and Papyrus the background of his order, their role in their imprisonment under Mt. Ebott and what he's there to do, this will take some time, due to a combination of the events between then and now, as well as the unintentional bad puns that will annoy Papyrus.
This is the end of one part of their journey, but what awaits them on the next part of it? Find out in Chapter 10: Dampened Paths