"SANS! SOMEONE ON THE PHONE WANTS TO TALK TO YOU!" Papyrus shouted from the kitchen.
"Alright." I sighed, turning off the tv and getting up. My "brother" handed me the phone as soon as I entered the room, "Yo." It was a short response, but it was good enough.
"H-hey! It's Alphys." The nervous, female voice went off.
"Oh hey!" I laughed, rubbing the back of my head with my empty hand, "Long time no see!... How'd you get this number?"
"Y-you gave it to me."
"I did?"
"Yeah." She let out an irritated sigh, "I-I've been trying to text you, but you haven't picked up."
I watched the box mounted on the wall, a spiral cord connecting it to me, "Yeah. This is a landline. Sorry."
"Oh."
Silence...
"D-do you like anime?" She broke the tension between us.
"Never seen it." I sighed, leaning my back against the wall.
"I-I think you would like it, if you'd like to come over some time."
I held my free hand in front of me, "Um... that might end up being some time from now."
"Why would it?" She went quiet for a moment, "I-I-I'm not bothering you too much, a-am I?"
"No, no. Not at all." I let out a hesitant laugh, "I'm just... I..." I let out a sigh, my back sliding down the wall, "I'm sorry. I'm just learning how to use magic a little late and I don't want to end up destroying your house."
"I-I'm sure it's not that bad."
"You don't know the half of it." My head rolled up to the ceiling, "I tore the cabinets off the wall, earlier this week. I was stretching my arms. For all I know, I could sneeze and your whole house could crumble."
Another moment of silence.
"I might have something for that, if you'd like me to help." She offered, her words echoing in my head.
"And how do you propose you'll do that?"
"M-my science fair project a couple years ago was to study the development patterns of magic in children." She let out a hesitant laugh, "M-most children s-start of with weak magic and it grows with them, b-but some of them start strong and it gets stronger when they grow older." The sound of digging through draws could be heard through the line, "What helped me win that fair was a little thing I developed. I-it helps stabilize the early developments of magic. Th-the power behind it wears off at the same rate it takes for the wearer to learn."
"You actually made something like that?" I let out a chuckle, the microwave falling off the countertop with a bone sticking out of it, "I'll be at your place as soon as I can."
"By-" I hung up before she could finish the word, heading to the door.
"Where're you going?" Papyrus questioned me, seating himself onto the couch.
"Out." I sighed, pulling my jacket close, "I'll be back. I promise.
He gave me a nod before I left the building, closing the door behind me.
"A-alright." She sighed, stepping back, "Take a shot."
I watched my jacket in front of me, raising my hand. It followed, not flying out of control, this time. It went left, then right, then reached the ceiling, then the floor with the unbelievable speed I'd put it under, "Well," I laughed, then magic fizzling out as I directed my attention to the band around my bicep (over my sweater, of course. I'm not blowing my cover for magic control, "it's a pretty big step back to normalcy."
"I s-still don't understand." She laughed, tapping her pen against her clipboard, "Magic has n-never manifested in someone older than ten."
"Well then, I guess I'm a special case." I chuckled, picking up my jacket and holding it close.
"Perhaps so." Her eyes widened only slightly, a friendly smile against her face, "Y-you wanna come inside and w-watch some anime?"
"Gladly." I laughed, following her into her lovely abode.
It had been a couple of hours until I realized I had to go home. I said my goodbyes, left the house, and started my journey.
I must've been really exhausted by then. As far as my memory goes, it was one minute I was in the middle of Hotland, and then the next I was at my doorstep. I guess this is a mystery to solve another day.