Previously: Simone (the Orange Mage) and Paula (the Yellow Mage) visited Cali as Dr. Alphys hyperventilated due to thinking about Undyne in a...certain way. While in the marshy area in Waterfall, Deos found out how the Blue Soul child was killed and told the others this and then after, Toriel and Frisk found out that Flowey originally planned to kill Asgore during a fight between him and Frisk, but Deos made a deal with him that he liked better, after some brief hostility between them (except Frisk) they continued through Waterfall.
(Waterfall)
The watery depths have a number of different monsters that thrive there, Onionsan being one of them, who is mostly in the pool that Deos, Frisk, Flowey and Toriel passed through to make more progress, Deos is thinking that monster would be at home around the waterways around Ebott City, then Frisk decided to help Shyren not be so shy about her singing voice, they were successful after a few tries with Sans appearing out of nowhere selling tickets using toilet paper...which briefly puzzled Deos, but then he thought that they needed to pee at some point as monster food might not result in the...other waste product, but they need to drink at some point. After the concert was over, they encountered a fork in the path, Deos leads them up and to a piano.
"Why are we here, Deos?" Toriel asked.
"I need to see it...it's locked behind a door ahead of us." Deos replied, then he pressed the keys on the piano is a specific way, a way that is familiar to at least Toriel, her mouth is half-open as the door opens.
"That tune...how did you know about this?"
"I'll show you before we descend to the part of Waterfall where Undyne lives, you need to see this." Deos replied, he leads them to a red orb that was hidden in this room. Frisk wants to take it, Deos gently holds them. "No, Frisk...the Annoying Dog that Papyrus is familiar with will take it and pass through the wall." This stops Frisk and he then leads them to a statue that is partially eroded. "I'll go get some umbrellas." He does so and comes back with three, one for Frisk and Flowey, one for him and one to shield what's left of the statue from the water that is slowly destroying it, which makes a music box play within the statue. Toriel cries when she heard the tune that is playing, a tune that brings back memories of a happier time, a time when she was happy and not so lonely, when she...
"Asgore ordered this made after?..." Toriel asked.
"Yes, he did...Asriel meant as much to him as he did to you." Deos replied, he chooses his words carefully "He didn't just stay in the capital, he had to keep the underground from self-destructing, while hoping that another way is found to break the barrier...It's just a shame that my Order couldn't develop it sooner."
"Let us hope that no others have to die..." Toriel said, they then continue along the path and find Monster Kid, who is waiting for them.
"Yo, you two got some umbrellas? Awesome!" Said Monster Kid as he walked up to them and under their umbrellas "Let's go!"
"Keep close." Deos replied, Monster Kid does so and they walk along the path where it's constantly raining, which is moisture dropping down from the surface.
"Man, Undyne is sooooooo cool." Monster Kid said, as they walk along the rainy path.
"That's one way of putting it...does anyone ever ask why there's no large human attack in the underground?" Deos asked.
"They're probably wetting the bed every night at the thought of us!" Monster Kid replied, not knowing that there were two of them right in front of him.
"There's been seven of them who have fallen down here in...I don't know how long and the first of those was BEFORE the King ordered any others who fell to be killed, do you know what made him order such a thing in the first place?" Deos said.
"No...why did he order that?" Monster Kid asked in a less excited tone.
"It was because Asriel, his son was killed by humans, who were trying to return Chara, the first human to fall down here and also his adoptive sibling, who died on the same day, it made him angry because they killed Asriel, this loss is why things are the way they are now, as for the Queen...Toriel disappeared that day, out of disgust, although...could she not have done better or even tried to stop him?" Deos said, knowing that Toriel was hearing every word.
"I don't know..." Monster Kid said with some sadness in his voice.
"Nor do I, but there's nothing that can be done about that now..." Deos said.
"Is this pity party going on for much longer, I really want to get to the Capital faster!" Flowey shouted.
"Ooh! You have a talking flower, we had a school project where we had to take care of a flower." Monster Kid said.
"Mr. Dreemurr was a good source of those flowers, wasn't he?" Deos asked, which surprised everyone.
"How did you know that, sir?" Monster Kid asked.
"I have an insight with what is ahead of me." Deos said.
"He's not wrong about that." Flowey said.
"The King came to school teaching about responsibility and stuff." Monster Kid said.
"How does he hide it so well?" Frisk said.
"Who knows? But he did, it's not just him that he needs to think about, it's the entire underground" Deos replied. Toriel now knows more about how the underground is during her absence, in some ways...it's not that different, while in others...it's gotten worse and her absence could've made a difference for the better. They then found themselves at a higher level of the path that only Deos could physically reach on his own, the others he helped up, first he lifted Monster Kid.
"Thanks, Mister!" He ran ahead, then Deos and Frisk placed their umbrellas with the rest on this side of the crossing and then he helped Frisk up, while holding onto Flowey's flower pot, before climbing up himself.
"Do they ever think of me?" Toriel asked.
"Besides Asgore?...probably not that much, there is one other who knows you that might still be around, before we reach Hotland, we'll be passing by his shop." Deos replied.
"You'll just have to remind them who you are, Goat Mom" Frisk said with a smile on their face.
"I shall, although not as I did with Undyne, not all are as...excessive as she is." Said Toriel, she feels better about Frisk seeing her as a mother figure, it almost takes her mind off the nightmare that she experienced due to her self-imposed exile, after hearing about how Asgore visited the children in school, she's starting to think that she judged him too harshly and that he hasn't changed that much in all this time...aside from slowly losing the will to live, that's something that will need to change, if a peaceful solution is to be found, but there are questions that she has about Deos, this Red Mage, a successor to one of those who trapped them behind the barrier to protect against those who would want to finish them off...what is he planning? Does he really want to break the barrier and how does Flowey fit into all of this? Some of these questions will be answered at Undyne's house, as that's where he agreed to do so, they walked along the winding paths that lead to where Undyne lives.
"If I didn't come down here, right now, Undyne would've tried to kill Frisk again and she would've cut a dead end and they'd have fallen down to the dump, where some of humans trash falls down into, that ties into something that connects a certain bisexual reptilian otaku scientist." Deos said.
"Dr. Alphys?" Toriel asked.
"Yes, I'll save that for when we get to Undyne as..." Deos sees the dead end that would've been cut by Undyne "This is where we need to float down, hold on Frisk." Frisk allows themselves and Flowey to be carried and using his magic, he floats them down to the dump and closer to both their meeting with Undyne and also to Hotland.
What will Deos have to show the others? How does the dump connect Dr. Alphys? What else
is ahead of them? Find out in Chapter 16: Varied Spirits