Authors note: Let's see what our favorite ketchup loving skelebro has been up to before he meets Frisk, how will that promise change? Will Frisk be dead where she stands? Also still playing around with writing style as far as the speaking portions, this one will be a little different, and i think it will work because Sans and Papyrus are really good for back and forth banter!
The start of this chapter starts during Frisk's travel and rest in the ruins. Fun fact: As I write the Story, it's another part of the game that I'm actually in! Line for line so that i can be decently accurate!
Sans was woken up by his brother, as usual.
"SANS! YOU LAZYBONES, YOU NEARLY OVERSLEPT AGAIN!"
"Heh sorry bro i guess i was just….BONE tired."
Papyrus grinned, so it was a pun off he wanted? He decided to make his brother's morning a little better.
"UGH SANS IT'S TOO EARLY FOR YOUR BONE HEADED PUNS!"
God Sans loved a morning pun off
"Aw c'mon, throw me a bone there bro."
"DO NOT TEMPT ME BROTHER! I ASSURE YOU THAT YOU WOULD NOT FIND IT VERY HUMOROUS! NOW LETS GO, I ALREADY HAVE OUR SPAGHETTI READY!
"Sure thing paps." Sans grinned, today seemed like it was going to be like any other day. A day of wondering when that anomaly would show up, another day wondering if anything he does will matter. The last time he had any sort of deja'vu was a month ago however, so he inwardly shrugged and made his way to the sentry station. Hours passed, Lunch was had with the rest of the Royal guard at grillby's, and Sans made his way to the strange door at the end of a path his station was in front of. There was a woman behind the door he would talk to during his shifts, often exchanging hilarious puns or recipies. There were even times where they just sat and talked, either about his brother, or his job, or her time in the Ruins as it was called.
Sans teleported to the door and knocked
"knock knock."
"Who's there?"
"ya."
"Ya who?"
"i'm excited to see you too!" A soft chuckle came from the door, which Sans thought was odd, those usually had her roaring, so he tried again
"knock! knock!"
"Who's there?"
"Justin."
"Justin who?"
"Justin the neighborhood and thought I'd come over." The laugh was a bit louder this time
"so how are things over there? ya seem a tad preoccupied, am i interruptin something?"
"Oh I am fine…." Sans noted a slight hint of worry in her voice
" what's the matter lady? Is something wrong?"
"No….well, i'm not sure." After a short pause she spoke again " A human has fallen into the Ruins, a female adult carrying what I have learned to be a 'gun'. However, not a single monster was harmed thus far, in fact the young woman seemed very kind. The monsters told me that even though they initiated the attack and she could have killed them in self defence, she instead chose mercy over violence."
"woah, thats some deep stuff. So this human hasn't hurt anyone?"
"Not a soul, which is why I must ask you something. I am aware of your duty as a sentry, and what you must do. But I would ask that you promise me that when the human leaves through this door, please do not attack them, but watch over them. Help them where you can, or stop them if it turns out I am wrong."
Sans sat quiet for a moment, this was a big deal, and he hated promises. How ever, what she asked wasn't hard to do, and someone who sincerely loves bad jokes has an integrity you can't say 'no' to. So he agreed, and Sans hid in a spot where he could get a good look at the human before approaching.
Eventually he saw the door open, and the human walk out. She looked about average height, brown hair and eyes and….13 LV. How the hell do you not harm anyone, and yet have 13 LV, and with no EXP? Not only that but her expressions of shock and awe at her surroundings denoted that this was her first time seeing any of this, and were not the expressions of a murderer. She seemed to be wearing a black vest over a white shirt, and the vest seemed to give her 99 DEF for some reason. The next thing he noticed as she walked by was her gun. It was holstered, and the human didn't look like she was anticipating a need for it. Usually when one carries a weapon, their hands gravitate towards said object so they can use it quickly, but by her movements she didn't appear to have any intention of using it. Sans quietly sighed, the first glance trial was over, time for the field test.
The human walked over a very tough branch, as she passed it, Sans caused the branch to break and see what happened when she gets startled. The human quickly turned, hand slightly twitching towards the gun, but it seemed as if she was fighting off the instinct. It's possible she has had need of it before.
*What the hell was that?*
(No idea, let's just keep moving, this place is creepy)
The human wandered off and got to the start of the bridge.
Mixed Pov focus now
Frisk had made it to the start of the bridge when she heard a noise behind her, followed by a voice
" Human. Don't you know how to greet a new pal?" The voice startled Frisk, She felt frozen in place " Turn around, and Shake My Hand." Frisk did so and was greeted with a wet fart noise. Sans watched as her expression turned from shock to laughter. It was a healthy, loud laugh.
"AH HAHAHAHAHA oh man, that was brilliant."
"ah the good old whoopie cushion in the hand trick, it's always funny. anyways you're a human right?" Frisk was still recovering from the sudden prank, so she merely nodded (He got you good partner!) "that's hilarious. i'm sans. sans the skeleton."
"I'm Frisk, nice to meet you Mr. Skele PUN!" Sans let out a soft chuckle
"Heh, nice one. Anyhow im actually supposed to be looking for humans right now, but you know….i don't really feel like capturing anybody." Frisk seemed to relax a bit " but my brother, papyrus…."
(wait they are named after fonts?)
*And this one is sans, a comedian...so comic sans!*
(Oh my god. Thats amazing.)
"He's a human hunting FANATIC. In fact, i think i see him over there. I have an idea, follow me through this gate thingy, my bro made the bars to wide to stop anyone." He and Frisk walked past the bridge " quick behind the sentry station." Papyrus showed up right as Frisk concealed herself. She managed to get a good look, a tall skeleton wearing some strange sort of armor and a scarf. Unlike his brother Papyrus was tall and lanky, with an actual bottom jaw in contrast to Sans' closed mouth and constant grin.
(begin playing nyeh heh heh from the Ost!)
"sup bro."
"YOU KNOW WHAT 'SUP' BROTHER! IT'S BEEN EIGHT DAYS SINCE YOU. RECALLIBRATED. YOUR. PUZZLES! YOU JUST STAND AROUND OUTSIDE YOUR STATION!WHAT ARE YOU EVEN DOING?!"
*Oh my god he sounds like skeletor, if he does the laugh im done for, and we will get caught."
(Wait how do you know about that?) * parents let me watch archived cartoons from way back when, apparently they were also passed down a very long time.* Frisk turned her attention back towards the brothers.
"just lookin at my sentry station, it's really cool. do you wanna look?"
"NO! I DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THAT! WHAT IF A HUMAN COMES THROUGH HERE?! I HAVE TO BE READY! I WILL BE THE ONE, I MUST BE THE ONE! I WILL CAPTURE A HUMAN!" Papyrus struck a pose "THEN I, THE GREAT PAPYRUS, WILL GET ALL THE THINGS THAT I UTTERLY DESERVE! RESPECT... RECOGNITION! I'LL FINALLY BE ABLE TO JOIN THE ROYAL GUARD! PEOPLE WILL ASK TO BE MY 'FRIEND?'
Both Frisk and Chara think their silent aaaaws *He just wants a friend, and to get his dream job.* ( too bad for him we gotta stay uncaptured)
"I WILL BATHE IN A SHOWER OF KISSES EVERY MORNING!"
"hm….maybe the sentry station will help you."
"SANS YOU ARE NOT HELPING, YOU LAZYBONES! ALL YOU DO IS SIT AND BOONDOGGLE!"
(The hell is boondoggle?) *No freaking clue*
"YOU GET LAZIER AND LAZIER EVERYDAY!"
"hey, take it easy, i've got a TON of work done today…."
*oh my god*
"a skele TON." A far off rimshot could be heard, and Frisk struggled to contain her laughter.
"SANS!"
"C'mon, you're smiling."
"I AM AND I HATE IT!" With a sigh Papyrus continues " WHY DOES SOMEONE AS GREAT AS ME, HAVE TO WORK SO HARD JUST TO GET A LITTLE RECOGNITION?"
"Wow, it really sounds like you're working yourself…"
(Are you serious?) *He's going for it!*
"down to the bone!" Yet another far away rimshot sounds, Frisk is biting on her knuckle to stop from letting out a giggle.
"UGH! I WILL ATTEND TO MY PUZZLES, AND AS FOR YOUR WORK. PUT A LITTLE MORE….BACKBONE INTO IT! NYEHEHEHEHEHEHHEHEHEH!...HEH!." and with that final heh Papyrus was gone, and Frisk rolled out from behind the sentry station laughing and holding her sides.
"PHHHHHHT AHAHAHAHAHA oh my god that was great! Holy crap you two, ahahahahahaha!" Frisk started crying from her laughter, which was music to Sans' lack of ears. It was clear that she was not a threat as of now, despite the LV, but he'll be the judge of THAT later down the road, if this human makes it. Once Frisk calmed down and got up Sans spoke.
"Hey frisk, before ya go, could you do me a favor? You see my bro's been pretty down lately, he has never seen a human before and seeing one just might make his day. Don't worry though, he's not dangerous, even when he tires to be."
"Sure!"
"Thanks a million, i'll be up ahead." Sans proceeded to walk the opposite direction and disappear (How did he do that?) *No idea, but hey let's get going, I want to see what these two have in store for us.* (Yeah, sounds fun.). In the next area there was another strange golden star. Frisk avoided these in the Ruins, but since they seemed to be anywhere Frisk decided to touch it. As she did so she could feel something welling up inside of her
( The amount of fun you experienced as the brothers bantered, fills you with determination) *What did I just do?* (Oh you saved, meaning if you die you'll just start back here.) *Neat, let's try not to do that* (Agreed.) The two continued, and after sparing a Snowdrake, saw Sans and Papyrus standing in the path again, apparently in the middle of a conversation. (Here we go!) *This is going to be great*
"SO AS I WAS SAYING ABOUT UNDYNE…" Papyrus looked at Frisk while Sans looked from Frisk to Papyrus, the two kept turning, and went so fast they were spinning. (How the hell?!) Eventually they stopped, looking away from Frisk.
"OH MY GOD, IS THAT A HUMAN?"
"Uh….actually i think that's a rock."
"OH"
"but hey, what's that in front of the rock?" Papyrus tu8rned once more and looked streight at Frisk who waved.
"OH MY GOD!" Papyrus leaned over to whisper to Sans "(IS-IS THAT A HUMAN?)"
"(yes)"
"OH MY GOD! SANS! I FINALLY DID IT! UNDYNE WILL….IM GONNA...I'LL BE….POPULAR! POPULAR….POPULAR!" Papyrus paused "*AHEM* HUMAN! YOU WILL NOT GET PAST THIS AREA! FOR I THE GREAT PAPYRUS WILL STOP YOU! I WILL THEN CAPTURE YOU! YOU WILL BE DELIVERED TO THE CAPITAL! THEN…..THEN! IM NOT SURE WHAT'S NEXT."
*Boy he sure seems determined*
"IN ANY CASE, CONTINUE, ONLY IF YOU DARE! NYEH HEHEHEHEHEH!" Papyrus then promptly ran off to his first puzzle.
Sans turned to Frisk " well that went well, don't sweat it kid. I'll keep an eyesocket out for ya."
And before Frisk could object to being called kid Sans was gone *Hate it when older people do that to me, though I get that for all I know he could be 100 years old*
(Yeah, let's go see what the first puzzle is.) Frisk made her way through part of the forest passing by Papyrus' sentry station, where Chara reads the note imitating Papyrus' voice
("YOU OBSERVE THE WELL CRAFTED SENTRY STATION.)
*Chara oh my god.*
("WHO COULD HAVE BUILT THIS, YOU PONDER…I BET IT WAS THAT VERY FAMOUS ROYAL GUARDSMAN! NOTE: NOT YET A VERY FAMOUS ROYAL GUARDSMAN." Oh my god this is adorable.)
*I kinda want him to succeed….but I really don't want to be captured soooo….sorry Papyrus.* Frisk continued on, passing a sign that read "Absolutely no moving!" She walked passed it only for a dog to rise up from behind his sentry station.
"Did something move? Was it my imagination? I can only see moving things. If something WAS moving, For example, a human." Doggo's eyes darted, staring right into Frisk's eyes "I'll make sure it NEVER moves again!." The world went black as a battle started ( doggo blocks the way!)
Frisk decided to check Doggo, though she saw the pet option.
(Doggo: ATK: 13 DEF: 7. Easily excited by movement. Hobbies include: Squirrels.) *Chara seriously, haha* (I'm dead serious) *Ok that pun had to be intentional*
"Don't move an inch!" Doggo's attack arrived, a blue knife swinging vertically, taking up the whole box top to bottom.
*There's no way to dodge it….I may as well be standing still.* Frisk did just that, standing her ground, budging not an inch as the blade passed harmlessly through her.
*Woah that actually worked!* (Holy cow! Alright, time for a stealth pet!) Frisk agreed and pet Doggo.
(Doggo has been pet)
"What? I've been pet!" Doggo began freaking out as another blue knife passed harmlessly through Frisk, who selected the spare option.
(YOU WON! You gained 0 EXP and 30 Gold.)
"S-S-S-Something pet me! Something that wasn't moving! I'm going to need more dog treats for this." Frisk watched Doggo slide back under his station. As she followed the path she noticed a few burnt dog treats
(Someone's been smoking dog treats.)
*I wonder if that actually does anything* (I don't know…) Eventually Frisk passed Sans who waved them over.
"Hey Sans!"
"sup, got a tip for ya. my brother has a very special attack. if you see a blue attack, don't move and it won't hurt you, here's an easy way to keep it in mind. If you see a red stop sign you stop right? Stop signs are red, so imagine blue stop signs instead. Just remember, blue stop signs"
Frisk chuckled "Alright, I'll remember that, Doggo though already gave me a pretty good idea of what Blue attacks are."
"Oh yeah, nicely done by the way."
"Thanks!.
"Welp, my bro will be up ahead, seeya there." Frisk nodded and decided to take the north path, leading to a snowman who wanted her to take a piece of him around the underground. She placed it in her inventory and made her way, only to be stopped by lesser dog.
(Lesser dog appears, AND HE'S FREAKING ADORABLE OH MY GOD! Here I have a few suggestions, check the ACT menu.)
Frisk did so, all of the options were pet, or check.
*Oh boy I wonder what I should do.* Frisk decided to check
(Lesser dog: ATK: 12 DEF: 2. Wields a stone dogger made of pomo-granite.)
*phhhht ahahahah nice.* After dodging an attack Frisk selected pet
( You barely raise your hand and he's already getting excited.) Frisk pet again
(You lightly touch the dog, it's already over excited.) Frisk selected pet a few more times earing various responses leading up to
(There's no end to this madness! Seriously Frisk I think we pet enough.) Frisk sighed
*Fiiiiiine* Frisk spared Lesser dog, earning 7 gold and no EXP. She walked over to the next area and Saw Sans and Papyrus standing on the other side of what looked to be a different colored square patch of snow, once again walking in on a conversation.
"YOU'RE SO LAZY! YOU WERE NAPPING ALL NIGHT!"
" i think that's called….sleeping."
"EXCUSES EXCUSES!" Papyrus turned noticing Frisk " OH-HO! THE HUMAN ARRIVES! IN ORDER TO STOP YOU...MY BROTHER AND I HAVE CREATED SOME PUZZLES! I THINK YOU WILL FIND THIS ONE…..QUITE SHOCKING! FOR YOU SEE…..THIS IS THE INVISIBLE ELECTRICITY MAZE!"
*Oh that seems dangerous*
"WHEN YOU TOUCH THE WALLS OF THIS MAZE, THIS ORB WILL ADMINISTER A HEARTY ZAP! SOUND LIKE FUN? BECAUSE THE AMOUNT OF FUN YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE…..IS ACTUALLY RATHER SMALL I THINK. OKAY YOU CAN GO AHEAD NOW!"
Frisk took a few steps, when suddenly the orb zapped Papyrus, Frisk did her best to hold in her laughter while Chara was cackling (Oh my god, he was supposed to give that to us!) however Frisk noticed something, Just as the shock hit Papyrus moved his hand over a certain raised part of the orb, THEN suddenly getting shocked before Frisk could actually get to the maze portion. After the zap she could have sworn she saw him press something. (Frisk what do you think he did?) *I don't know, that was a powerful shock, I wonder if he lowered it for us.*
" SANS! WHAT DID YOU DO?!"
"i think the human has to hold the orb."
"OH OKAY!" Papyrus proceeded to walk through the maze, leaving a perfectly followable path.
(You can't be serious.)
*Oh he is….i guess we WILL get past this one.*
"HOLD THIS PLEASE!" Papyrus handed Frisk the orb and walked back to the other side, and Frisk followed the pathway, accidentally slipping into one of the walls, only getting a slight shock *He did lower it…* Frisk made it though, earning a smile from Papyrus.
"INCREDIBLE! YOU SLIPPERY SNAIL! YOU SOLVED IT SO EASILY….TOO EASILY! HOWEVER, THE NEXT PUZZLE WILL NOT BE EASY, IT WAS MADE BY MY BROTHER, SANS! IT WILL SURELY LEAVE YOU CONFOUNDED, I KNOW I AM! NYEH HEH HEH HEH HEH!"
Frisk found his personality funny, and infectious. Looking forward to the next puzzle she walked up to Sans.
"hey, thanks….my brother seems like he's having fun. by the way did you see that weird outfit he's wearing?"
"Yeah."
" we made that a few weeks ago for a costume party, and he hasn't taken it off since. Keeps calling it his 'battle body'. man. isn't my brother cool."
Frisk smiled "He's really nice." Sans' smile seemed to widen a little as Frisk made her way. He sighed inwardly "she really doesn't seem that bad…..where did that LV come from then? Had to have been on the surface." shaking off the thought he took a shortcut to the next area.
Frisk made it to the next area Papyrus and Sans were standing, in the middle was a pice of paper.
"HUMAN! I HOPE YOU'RE READY FOR….! SANS! WHERE'S THE PUZZLE?!"
"its right there, on the ground. trust me, there's no way they can get past this one."
Frisk walked over and looked at the paper that happened to be a word search (Looks like everything is here except for that one above hot, it's close but one letter is wrong) Frisk put the paper down and walked towards the brothers.
"SANS! THAT DIDN'T DO ANYTHING!"
" woops, knew i should have used the crossword instead."
"CROSS WORD? I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU JUST SAID THAT! IN MY OPINION JUNIOR JUMBLE IS EASILY THE HARDEST!"
"seriously , dude? that easy peasy word scramble? that's for baby bones."
"UN. BELIEVABLE! HUMAN! SOLVE THIS DISPUTE, JUNIOR JUMBLE, OR CROSSWORD!"
Frisk took a minute to think. With her, scrambles were always easy, the word was there, she just had to find it. "Cross words are definitely more difficult."
"YOU TWO ARE WEIRD! CROSSWORDS ARE SO EASY! I JUST FILL IN ALL THE BOXES WITH THE LETTER Z, BECAUSE EVERY TIME I LOOK AT A CROSSWORD…..ALL I CAN DO IS SNORE! NYEH HEH HEH HEH HEH!" Frisk giggled as Papyrus once again rushed ahead. She walked over to Sans once more, who was rubbing the back of his skull.
"papyrus…..finds difficulty in interesting places. yesterday he tried to 'solve' the horoscope."
(Papyrus no….) *Pfft oh man.*
Frisk walked to the next area where a plate of frozen spaghetti rested on the table, and behind it was another mouse hole, and in front was a save point.
(Knowing that one day the mouse will find a way to heat up the spaghetti, fills you with determination!) * Really Chara?* (Yes you are determined dang it!) file saved.
Authors note: Another fun fact! Their reactions are pretty much mine when I had my first playthrough, at least some of them anyway. I was pretty observant in mine, like recognising that the game was telling me to run from Undyne when i was red,or that i would have to spare toriel repeatedly so i could win w/o fighting.
