Holy cow. I actually uploaded a chapter right on my deadline! I may actually succeed in my new years resolution! I even had a good excuse to take a while in making it in the form of family problems and I still made it on time!

Also, From here on out I am going to do something that I have seen on a lot of the fanfics I like. And that is make a review reply section!

So, let's get started...

LeCrazyWaffle: Well, as you can see. She is quite clearly on a pacifist run. Before making this, I kinda joked that if Tomoko where to ever fallen into the underground, she would go through it as a pacifist. Not because she's a caring person, but because she's too much of a wimp to actually kill anything even with the inherent advantage humans have over monsters in a fight. Probably will bring up issues when I get to the Asgore and Omega Flowey fight. But hopefully character development will help fix some of that by then. Also, to me. Tomoko comes off as the type of person who claims she could totally kill someone in a fight without so much as a second thought, but if actually put in a situation where she had to take another's life, she wouldn't go through with it. Also, although I don't have a exact idea of what to with the Toriel fight, I do have planned all of their interactions before it. Which may influence the way it will play out.

QueenOfNerds713: I have no intentions of stopping this. I am very familiar with how frustrating it is when a creator cancels a fanfic that I have fallen in love with. And the last thing I want to do is share that feeling with my readers. Which is why I made it my new years resolution to work on this at least once a day.

As for Papyrus and Undyne... I'm a bit unsure of how to handle Papyru's and Tomokos relationship. Just know that their "date" will be the perfect fusion between Undertale's quirky and witty sense of humor and Watamote's cringey (In the best way possible) and awkward sense of humor. And any pervert tendencies Tomoko shows to Undyne will be largely unintentional. Undyne to me comes of as the type of person that would cause Tomoko to act as if she was walking on eggshells around. Not that that behavior would do her any good do to how clumsy, both physically and socially, she is. Just look at how she acts around delinqu- I mean Yoshida in the manga.

Guest #1: Nice to hear that I managed to nail Tomoko's personality. Getting character's characterization right was always a big deal to me when came to the fanfics I read. And one of the things that worried me about this one was messing that up. Her personality would probably change a bit as the story goes on, but that's to be expected do to character development. which brings me to...

Server lock: Funny thing. I wasn't sure about what to do with the Napstablook fight before reading your review. As that was the thing that was distracting me form making chapter 3 a while back. I was unsure about whether or not I wanted to go with making Napstablook a travel companion as quite a few fanfics, 2 of which I'm fallowing, uses that idea already. And I kinda don't want to come off as copying. But I wanted to do something special with the Napstablook fight do to the fact that both of them have some things in common. Hopefully their interaction with each other meets both yours and the other readers satisfaction.

And back to the topic of character development. I always believed that being a fanfiction does NOT exclude a story from having the necessities needed to make it engaging. That includes having characters change and develop their personalities as they venture through a story. One of the things I always crave from crossovers is having both worlds involved rubbing off on each other. You know, making the themes, humor, tendencies, etc. Of both of them mix with and effect the other. And that is what I plan to do with this crossover. Throughout the story, you will see Watamote's style of awkward, cringecomedy humor rub off and effect the Undertale world in the form of Tomoko interacting with it's characters. From being weirded and creeped out by Tomoko's strange tendencies and behavior to awkward misunderstanding coming form misinterpreting Tomoko's actions and choice of words. At the same time, the Undertale world will rub off on Tomoko mainly in the form of character development. With her learning about it through her encounters with it's inhabitants. And taking in some of it's messages and values along the way. Resulting in her coming out of it a different person from who she was coming in. Will she still be awkward and weird? Maybe. She's still going to be recognizably Tomoko by the end of it. But maybe just a bit more nicer and social as well. Sorry for the wall of text. Hopefully you all have an idea about what I have planned for this story now.

And finally

Guest #2: Ohohoh! I have plenty planned for how she'll interact with sans.

But all of that aside. Here is the next cringey installment of INMFIGSITU!

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Yea. That acronym doesn't really roll of the tongue...


CH.5

Because I'm not popular, I'll befriend a ghost!

"Uuugghhh."

Tomoko groaned as she walked down the halls. feeling like a zombie do to her exhaustion.

'Dammit! I still feel tired after that break. I just want to find a bed, or hell, even just a rather soft pile of leaves (It ain't like the're in short supply here after all) and take a nice, long nap.'

Tomoko complained to herself as she marched down the lavender brick halls. When she collapsed after her battle with the moldsmals. She took the opportunity to simply lay there and recuperate after her tiring ordeal in the last room. She rested for something between 10 to 20 minutes before deciding it was time to get up and continue her trek through the ruins. She wanted to rest longer or even fall asleep but...

'But I doubt that would be a good idea. After all, this place is crawling with monsters. If I just fall asleep in the first convenient place I find, I would practically be asking for them to come attack me. I can't afford to drop my guard for even a second here. So for now, I'll just have to press on until I can find a safe place to rest.' She thought to herself as she walked the halls.

As she did so, she noticed something on the wall to her left. It was a chute like the 2 in the room with the weak floor.

"What's this for?" She said as she studied the opening in the wall.

After looking at it for a while, she went back to walking down the hall only to see it opened up to a new room on the right. As she walked into the room, she looked out to see a sight that filled her with dread... And irritation.

"...Oh boy."

The room was huge! But that wasn't the problem with it. The problem was the fact that the entire floor of the room was sagging, dark, and cracked. Like the floor in the room a while back. As well, the room had a turn that bent to the left. creating a corner that hid quite a lot of it from sight.

"How the HELL am I going to get through this!?" the teen shouted in frustration at the sight of the room.

'Okay. Calm down. You can solve this.' She took a deep breath as she began to study the room. 'If this is anything like the other room a while back, there should be another room underneath this one that you'll fall into when the floor gives way. As well, there should also be a staircase that attaches to that chute in the hall I just came from.' Tomoko glances down the hall to look at said chute.

'Maybe the solution is down below? But that means I'll have to fall down to get through here. And I really didn't like doing that the first time!' The frustrated teen sighed. Why did these puzzles have to be so physically taxing?

Nevertheless, Tomoko steeled her nerves and hesitantly made her first step onto the weak floor. She heard it crack and crumble beneath her foot as she put more of her weight on it. In spite of that, she continued pressing her foot onto the floor until she was practically standing on one leg. Surprised to see the floor holding her weight, she proceeded to put her other foot on it as well. She heard the floor creak more. But it succeeded in supporting her weight.

"Huh. It's actually supporting me. I guess-"

Suddenly, the floor gave out underneath her as she began to walk forward. Plunging her into the room below.

Just like before, Tomoko landed face down into a pile of red leaves on the floor. For a while, she just laid there motionless. Arms spread out and face buried in the leaves. Until she let out a exasperated and muffled sigh.

"...Why."

After voicing her tired and rhetorical response to her situation. Tomoko then began to get up to study the room she fell into. As expected, the room's shape mirrored the one above. Piles of red leaves cover the ground in various piles all over. To her left was a hallway that presumably led to the stairwell that will take her back up. While on the left wall in front of her, there was another stone manuscript.

"Yes! A possible clue on how to get through the room above." Tomoko then walked straight towards the manuscript to read it's contents. Paying the leaf piles no mind.

[Please don't step on the leaves.]

'...Well it's a little late for that.' Tomoko thought as she looked at the path she took to the manuscript. Stomping over a pile of leaves along the way.

'Wait. Why shouldn't I step on the leaves?' Tomoko looked over the room she was in. Now that she thought about it, there is something strange about the way the leaf piles where spread around the room. Almost like...

'It's a path! The leaves mark out a zigzagged path through the room. That must mean that the floor above the path is stable. Ha! I'm so smart!' Tomoko praised herself in figuring out the solution to the puzzle.

After looking over the room one more time to memorize the pattern, she walked back to the hallway that presumably lead to the stairwell. Already ignoring the manuscript's message as she walked straight over a few leaf piles on her way out. As she guessed, there was in fact a stairwell in the hallway. after climbing it and sliding out of the chute (as well as making sure she didn't land on a monster this time). She walked back to the damaged floor. Now feeling confident that she can cross it.

'I hope I'm right on this one.' The teen thought as she looked over at the hole in the floor she fell through earlier.

After a moment of hesitation, she repeated what she did last time. Only this time she stepped on the floor that should be above the exposed floor below. She notes that although it did creak when she stepped on it. It didn't do it as much or as loudly as it did before. Only when she put her full weight on it. Even jumping a little bit to confirm that it could support her, did she allowed herself to breath a sigh of relief.

'Yes! I was right. Now, just fallow the path that you memorized.' Tomoko told herself as she began to walk down the cracked floor. Being careful to not step on the floor that should be above the red leaves.

After making it around corner, she spots another manuscript on the left wall with a small pile of red leaves underneath it. Probably even right above the one in the room below. Seeing that it was approachable as the path touched the wall there, she fallowed the path around the room until she reached it and read it.

[Didn't you read the sign downstairs?]

At first confused by it's message, she remembered what the manuscript below said. Then looked underneath her feet to see she was standing on the pile of red leaves.

"...Oh. Heh, it's a joke."

With nothing more to add to it, she continued down the unseen path until she reached the doorway at the other end of the room.

"Hay, that wasn't so bad!" She said as she started walking down the hallway. "Maybe I can get used to this place."

As she said that, she arrived to the room at the end of the short hallway. The sight that met her made her once bright mood sour.

"Or, maybe not..."

Near the end of the room was a river that separated the exit from the rest of it. A single wooden bridge with retractable spikes coming out of it served as the only means of crossing it. But that wasn't what upset Tomoko about the room. No, that honor belonged to the not 1, not 2, but 3 rock pushing puzzles that sat right in front of her.

'3!? All at once? I knew that there would be more of them from the wording of that manuscript. But all at the same time!?' "GAAAHHHH!" She screamed in frustration at the thought of moving more rocks.

*Sigh* "Let's get this over with..." She decided to start with the left most rock. After spending a bit of time preparing for the ordeal, she began to push it with all her strength...


'I should have never skipped P.E as much as I did...'

13 minutes later, Tomoko laid on the ground. Panting and out of breath. Her entire body was sore and aching. 2 of the rocks where on their pressure plates. leaving one more for her to push before she could finally continue.

*Pant* "M-maybe I-" *pant* "Should have listen to-" *wheeze* "Toriel, and waited for her-" *cough* "To finish what ever it was she-" *sigh* "Needed to do..." Tomoko said between breaths. Questioning if she really should have stayed in that hallway someways back.

'...No. If I did stay, Flowey would have done something to me. Heck, he's probably still fallowing me right now. Which is all the more reason to continue moving forward.'

With that, Tomoko slowly began to stand up. Once she was confident that she wouldn't collapse back down on the floor, she steadily walked over to the third rock. *Sigh* "just one last rock..."

However, the moment she started pushing on the large stone. A voice called out from somewhere.

"WHOA there, pardner!"

Tomoko jumped when she heard the voice. Looking around to see where it came from.

"W-w-who said that!?" She said as she looked frantically for the voice's source.

"Me. That's who. And who said you could push me around?" It was then that Tomoko looked in front of her and realized that the voice was coming from the rock.

'...Wha?'

Tomoko was so taken aback by the bizarreness of a rock talking to her that she couldn't even figure out how to respond to it.

"Hum, mumb?"

She just stared wide eyed at the sapient stone before her. Mumbling incoherently as her mouth and brain ceased to work.

"HMM? What's that? Could ya care to speak up?" The grey rock asked her. Oblivious to the teen's mental BSOD. "Why where you pushin' me?"

"I was just... Trying to get you forward..." Tomoko said in monotone. Her brain running on autopilot.

"So you're ASKIN' me to move over?" Tomoko nodded yes. Still staring wide eyed. "Okay, just for you, pumpkin."

Suddenly, the rock started to slide forward by it's self a few feet. It was also here that Tomoko's brain finally snapped back to reality.

'Wait. Hold on. Why is the rock talking? Is it a monster? Is it some sort of trick by Flowey? Is the exhaustion finally getting to me? Have I gone insane? Did I fall asleep when I collapsed on the ground earlier and this is a dream? Did I fall asleep when I fell into the mountain earlier and all of this is a dream? Am I dead and this is some sort of weird version of hell or purgatory? Did I hit my head when I collapsed and I'm now hallucinating? WHY IS THERE A TALKING ROCK!?-' "Hay! You still there?" The rock snapped Tomoko out of her rapid fire questioning. Finally bringing her back to the outside world.

'... I can question what the fresh, actual hell is going on later. For now, I just have to... Roll with it.' The confused teen told herself. Realizing that at this rate her mind would break all over again.

"Y-yea. I-I'm still here." Tomoko replied. Forcing herself to ignore the surrealness that is having a conversation with a talking rock.

It was also here that Tomoko noticed that the rock moved forward a few feet from where it was earlier. Not realizing she had actually asked it to move while she was in her stupor. 'did it move by it's self without me noticing?'

Now remembering what she was doing before. She now had to deal with the fact that she needs to get the talking rock onto the pressure plate behind it. A task that was probably more complicated thanks to the whole "talking" part.

"U-um. Excuse m-me." she asked the rock.

"HMM?"

"Could you m-move a bit..." Her sentence trailed off as the rock interrupted her.

"You want me to move some more?" The stone sounded a bit exasperated.

"U-um. Y-yea..."

"Alrighty, how's this?"

The rock Did move. However, it was to the left instead of forward.

('Seriously?') "U-um." Tomoko asked again.

"HMM?"

"I-I kinda wanted y-you to move th-that way..." She pointed forward at the pressure plate.

"That was the wrong direction? Okay, think I got it." To her delight. The rock not only moved back onto the path, but also all the way onto the pressure plate as well. causing the spikes on the bridge to sink down.

('Heh. That was easier then I thought.') "Th-thank you." She thanked the rock (as weird as it felt) as she walked pass to the bridge.

however, just as she was about to set foot on it. The spike suddenly shot back up! Tomoko screeched in fright and jumped back from almost getting impaled ('THE HELL!?'). She looked back at the rock only to find it had moved off the pressure plate.

'Stupid God damn rock almost got me KILLED!'The apprehension and confusion she felt towards the rock disappeared and was replaced with intense anger. She looked over at the rock with her arms crossed. Pointing a angry glare at it. "Ahem."

"HMM?" The rock responded. Seemingly unaware of her feelings towards it right now.

Tomoko simply pointed at the pressure plate in front of it. Still trying to bore holes in the annoying stone with her eyes.

"...You wanted me to STAY there? You're giving me a real workout." The rock responded callously. Ether uncaring or unaware of Tomoko's current emotions.

None the less. The rock did move back onto the pressure plate. Causing the spikes to sink back into the bridge. Tomoko walked back to it before stopping. She looked back to the rock with a glare to make sure it wasn't going to move off the pressure plate again. Seeing it was going to stay in place this time, she briskly but carefully walked across the bridge. Once she made it to the other side, she glanced to the rock one more time. Feeling nothing but bitter annoyance at the sapient stone.

'You should be turned into gravel you worthless over sized pebble! I rather go back to pushing normal, non-talking rocks than have to deal with you again.' The teen mentally cursed the rock before walking through the doorway. Wanting to put this experience behind her as soon as possible.


As Tomoko walked down the hall, her anger over the talking rock cooled down. Allowing her to properly go over the encounter and realize how bizarre it actually was.

'I still have difficulty believing that actually happened. First a floating dummy with noclip and now a talking rock? Seriously? What other ridiculous things am I going to run into down here? Wait, what's this?'

She halts her brooding as she walks into a new part of the ruins the hallway led to. It wasn't a new room per se. More like a wider section of the hallway. But it did have something seemingly of interest in it. At the right corner furthest from her there was a table with something yellow on it. While on the left wall nearest to her was what looked like a small hole in it. It was much to small too fit anything other then her arm into. But she did entertain the thought that it may have a mouse living in there. A thought that was confirmed when she herd a small shuffling sound and a squeak coming from it. She walked over to the hole and squatted down to look at it.

"Hay. There's actually a little mouse in there! Maybe it's a monster too?" She said as she got down on her hands and knees. Pressing her head against the ground so she could look inside. "H-hello?"

She kind of felt silly trying to talk to a mouse. But considering she just had a conversation with a rock not too long ago, a talking rodent would be down right normal here by comparison.

But alas, no reply, not even another squeak, came. Feeling mildly disappointed, she got back up to a standing position. '...Well, if it's worth anything. This means there are at least some normal creatures here besides myself.'

Tomoko then looked to the table on the other side of the hallway before walking over to it to see what the object on it was.

"It's... Cheese?" The teen observed. "Why is there cheese here? Is it for the mouse?"

It seemed odd that there would be a table with cheese on it out for a normal, non-monster mouse. Then again, there was little about this place that wasn't odd in some way. All the same, thinking about the mouse one day getting up to the table and eating the cheese made her feel really motivated for some reason. A feeling that strikes her as odd ('Why would the thought of a mouse eating cheese make me so exited? Ugh. What is up with this place!'). She went to pick the cheese up. Hope that putting it in front of the mouse hole may do something about her sudden burst of determination. Probably even be the solution to some sort of unseen puzzle. Only to find that it was stuck to the table. As well as find that it was quite hard also. Upon closer inspection, she found it was actually rather old. With a notable amount mold growth on it. 'Welp, guess giving it to the mouse isn't an option. Hope it likes blue cheese.'

Realizing there wasn't much else she could do. Tomoko continued walking down the hall. When she finally arrived at the next room, she sees something quite different from what she encountered before. The room itself was completely empty. No traps, puzzles, or anything in it. What was note worthy however is what was directly in front of her. The room seemed to narrow in the middle. Dividing it in two. The empty part she was in right now and the other part that presumably had something of interest past the narrow bit. A pile of red leaves sat right in the narrow part and resting in that pile was the thing that taken her notice when she first walked in. A white, semi transparent mass. It was when she approached the mass that she realize what it was. And the find left her feeling quite a bit spooked.

"A-a ghost!"

Indeed. Laying down in the leaf pile right in front of her was what looked like a classic bed sheet ghost. It looked to be about 4 feet tall if it were upright. It also seemed to have a face.

'They have ghost down here too? Actually, I kinda already knew that with that creepy kid from my dream. But what about this one? Is it the ghost of one of the other humans that fell down here? Is it a type of monster? Is it the ghost of a monster? I mean, that creepy kid looked pretty normal besides the eyes. So maybe human ghosts look like they do in life while monster ghosts look like bed sheet ghosts? Wait a minute. Why is it lying down?' It was with that observation that she noticed a sound coming from it.

"zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz..."

"It's... Sleeping?" She realized as she hears the specter's snoring.

'Ghost can sleep? Well, you are supposed to "rest in peace" when you die. But I never thought ghost could literally go to sleep. Then again, I didn't really know much of anything about what ghost could and couldn't do. As I was kinda on the fence about whether or not ghost were real before this whole underground adventure thing. I mean, I know most ghost videos on the internet are fake. But there is a few that are very convincing. And I know I herd a unexplained noise or 2 that was most definitely not caused by ether my brother or my parents back home. Pretty sure I seen something lurking around at night with the lights off too.'

While Tomoko was thinking about her debatable past encounters with the supernatural. The supposedly sleeping ghost before her slowly opened one eye halfway to look at her before quickly closing it shut again and resuming it's snoring. Completely unnoticed to her ('why hasn't she left yet?' *Sniff* '...and why does she smell?').

'But back on topic. How do I get around this ghost without waking it up? I really, really don't want to know how a undead monster may fight. Especially with how low my health is right now. Maybe I can pass through it?' She lifted her foot and carefully pressed it against the ghost. Much to her disappointment (and the not-actually-sleeping ghost's annoyance), her foot did succeed in touching it.

'Well, there goes that plan. I guess it kinda makes sense. If it was intangible it would probably fall through the floor. At least it didn't wake up. Maybe if I just walk over it?' She pressed her hands against ether side of the narrow bit as she lifted her leg over the ghost. It seemed to be going well... Except for the fact that Tomoko's other leg was standing on a small bunch of leaves. Once her raised foot reached a certain threshold over the ghost. Her grounded foot slipped on the leaves. The action made her lose her grip on the narrow passage and resulted in her falling face first towards the ghost!

As she was falling forwards. A single thought passed through her head.

'This was inevitable. Wasn't it...'

She landed right on top of the ghost. Her face smashing against it's. It's eyes shot open in shock. Being quite surprised by the human's out of the blue action. In response, the ghost immediately turned intangible and floated up. Resulting in Tomoko falling down a second time into the pile of red leaves. The teen quickly sat up and scooted back on her behind. Fully aware that she had just awakened the spirit, she quickly turned her head every which way to see where it went, before finally looking up to see the ghost floating above her. It looked down at her with a sad, sorrowful look on it's face. Suddenly a familiar feeling overtook her as her cracked soul came out of her chest and the battle box appeared around the 2 of them.

'...Shit.'

Quickly getting up to a standing position. Tomoko prepared herself for the coming fight.

[Here comes Napstablook.]

'Napstablook huh? That's a strange name.' Tomoko thought as the message gave her the spirit's name. Before turning her mind back to more pressing matters. 'I-I wonder what kind of attacks he's got. Hands of the dead that rise from the floor to attack? Smaller spirits that he summons to attack my soul directly? He is a ghost. So shouldn't his attacks be especially damaging to my soul?' *Gulp* 'What have I gotten myself into?' She thought with fright about the up coming battle.

[Napstablook - ATK 10 DEF 10 *This monster doesn't seem to have a sense of humor...]

'Double 10!? That's higher then any of the other monsters I fought with down here so far. What is he supposed to be? A boss? A mini boss? Did I just walk into a boss/mini boss fight with low heath? I'm dead. I am so dead.' Tomoko's dread increased farther as the message revealed the monster's stats to her. His flavor text wasn't that reassuring ether. As it implied he wasn't much for joking around.

"oh, I'm REAL funny." Napstablook suddenly said.

'Wait. Did he just... Read that message too?'

Tomoko didn't didn't have much time to think about if other creatures besides her can read those messages in her mind. As Napstablook started doing something that caught her by surprise. 'Is he... Crying?'

Indeed. Napstablook seemed to be crying large, over sized tears from his eyes. These tears, after leaving his eyes, started raining down on the ground below him. Some spreading out a bit before hitting the ground. One of the tears hit her shoulder. She looked to it. At first not thinking much of it. Until she noticed steam and a sizzling sound coming from it. She then noticed the clothing seemed to be dissolving before a sudden burning pain started coming from her shoulder. Tomoko jumped and started grabbing the burning spot as she let out small shrieks of pain. She then felt a familiar pain in her chest and noticed her soul started flashing. Becoming a little more cracked then it was before. She then made it a priority to dodge the other tears to the best of her abilities.

'Acid tears!? Not what I was expecting. But no less terrifying.' She thought as she noticed the ground the tears landed on also seemed to be melting and steaming.

[Napstablook is wishing they weren't here.]

'That makes 2 of us!'

Eventually, Napstablook stopped crying. Allowing Tomoko a chance to do something.

'Okay. How do I pacify this guy? Well, he's crying. So he's clearly upset about something. Maybe about me landing on him? Doesn't seem like something worth crying over. Unless it really hurt. But isn't he a ghost? I thought ghost can't be hurt by physical means. Whatever. I guess it's worth going with that right now.' Tomoko stood there. Thinking about what could be bothering the ghost.

Finally deciding on what to do, Tomoko looked up to Napstablook and began to speak in a nervous, shaky voice. "H-hay. Um. S-sorry about l-landing on you. A-and waking you up. It w-was an ac-accident. I-I was, um, j-just trying to g-get around you wi-without b-bothering you."

Napstablook widened his eyes a little. Surprised that the human went to such lengths to not be a bother to him. "...it's okay. it was my fault really. i shouldn't have been sleeping there anyway."

[Napstablook looks just a little bit better.]

And true to the message, Napstablook did look slightly happier then he did a while ago. His mouth turned into the slightest shadow of a grin.

Tomoko was quite glad at first. Being relieved about how easy it was to pacify the spirit. That was until she noticed the battle box was still out. As well as noticed that Napstablook started crying again.

'Of course it wouldn't be that easy.' Tomoko began to dodge the tears again. Noting how much harder it was compared to the past monsters she faced. 'Well, he did have higher stats then the others.' After a while of dodging. The "Attack" finished.

Tomoko then went to thinking about what else she could do to get out of this. 'Maybe if I gave him a gift? Like one of the candies!' Tomoko reached into her pocket to grab a piece of the monster candy she got a while back. Once she found the piece, she held it up to the ghost floating above her.

"H-hay! Would y-you like so-some candy..." Tomoko said in a shaky voice. A rather creepy grin was plastered on her face as she looked at Napstablook.

'Don't say it like That! You sounds like you're trying to lure him into the back of a white van!'

Thankfully, the creepy way she offered it to him in seemed to have gone over his head ('Maybe it had something to do with him being a ghost?'). He looked down to the piece of candy. Then looked to the side before saying. "Thanks. But i already had gotten a piece of candy here today. i appreciate the offer though."

[Your offer of candy seems to have improved Napstablook's mood again.]

Tomoko was a bit disappointing that didn't work. But was also a bit glad her actions was having some effect on him at least. Knowing he was going to attack again, Tomoko readied herself to dodge the tears. However, she wasn't prepared for what actually happened. Instead of tears, a ghostly message appeared in the air before her.

[REALLY NOT FEELING UP TO IT RIGHT NOW. SORRY.]

She just stood there staring at the massage. Not quite sure what to make of it. It gave off a strange, otherworldly smell that she had never actually smelled before ('What is that? Is this what ectoplasm smells like?'). The message floated there for a while before finally disappearing. Realizing Napstablook functionally gave up his turn to attack, Tomoko began to gain more confidence that she could actually make it through this.

'I'm actually getting through to him. I may come out of this alive! But what else could I do? Well, he still seems depressed about something. Maybe if I just... Just ask?' The thought made Tomoko feel uncomfortable. She isn't used to asking what other people's problems were. Hell, she isn't used to talking to other people period. It was something that was way outside her comfort zone. But, as her short time down here in the underground has shown. She's needs to start being more social if she wants to leave here alive. So, she gathered her determination, and prepared to do what was the most difficult thing she has ever done. Ask someone about their problems.

"E-e-excuse m-me." She began. Already sweating and blushing profusely. "B-but... Are y-you al-alright? Y-yo-you s-seem..." ('I really should of thought about how I'll word this better.') "K-kind of s-s-sad ab-b-bout s-someth-thing."

By the time she finished her sentence, her face was beet red and drenched in sweat. Asking someone else about their issues is something that really took a drain on her emotional and mental state.

Napstablook was taken aback by the human's question. He couldn't even remember the last time someone asked him what's wrong.

"...it's nothing too important really. i kind of been this way for a long time. all the people that i use to know have left to do their own thing. and I don't have anyone else to talk to anymore. i'm not mad. i'm happy most of them are living their own dreams. i just... feel lonely is all." Napstablook told her in a defeated tone.

Tomoko couldn't help but feel a bit of sympathy towards the ghost. Knowing what it feels like not having anyone to talk to. But more importantly, she now knows what she needs to do to make him happy (And by extension, end this fight). After channeling the last of her mental stamina, she then prepared to ask one more thing of Napstablook.

"Um, i-if you d-don't mind m-me asking. W-w-would I d-do? I mean, w-would you l-li-like t-to, um, h-hang ou-out with me f-for a wh-while? I o-only really h-had one per-person help m-me out here a-and I d-don't know wh-where s-she went. It would b-be nice to h-have some-someone else H-help me th-through h-here." Tomoko nervously asked Napstablook. Herself constantly avoiding eye contact and blushing heavily the whole time out of embarrassment. "S-so, what d-do you say?"

"...you really want to hang out with me?" Napstablook lowered himself to the ground as he asked that. Stopping when he was about eye level with Tomoko. It was the first time in a long time someone asked him if he wanted to hang out.

"Y-yea! I c-could really u-use some help. A-and besides, i-it might b-be fun..." Tomoko grabbed her left arm and looked to the side as she said that. Still quite flustered about doing something so bold for her. Though on the inside, she was also jumping for joy that it actually worked.

"thank you... hay. do you want to see a trick?" Napstablook suddenly asked her out of the blue.

"W-what is it?" Tomoko asked. Being rather unsure of what kind of "trick" the ghost was planning.

"let me try..." Suddenly, Napstablook started crying again. At first Tomoko stepped away nervously. Aware of his tear's acidic properties. That was until they started falling up instead of down and began to collect right above his head. She was a bit unsure of what was going on until she noticed the shape they where forming into. A rather stylish top hat! "i call it "dapper blook". do you like it..."

[Napstablook eagerly awaits your response.]

Tomoko was quite surprised that he could do something like that with his tears. ('Then again, he is a ghost.') It was a admittedly neat trick. And not wanting to disappoint her newly made friend, she gave a honest response. "T-that's actually p-pretty cool!"

"oh gee..." Napstablook looked pretty touched be Tomoko's response. Even shedding a tear hit the ground with a sizzle.

Suddenly, Tomoko's soul returned to her body and the battle box disappeared around her. She also noticed that a victory message didn't appear in her head this time.

"i usually come to the ruins because there's nobody around... but today i met somebody nice... ... oh, i'm rambling again. i'll get out of your way." Napstablook's comment made Tomoko blush quite a bit. Not use to being called pleasant things like that. True to his word, Napstablook moved to the side. Phasing into the wall a bit as he did so. Allowing Tomoko to pass ('Couldn't he just turn intangible and let me walk through him?').

"my name is Napstablook by the way... you wouldn't mind if i asked for your's. would you?" She already knew his name thanks to the messages. But thought it was polite that he introduced himself formally anyway. So she only thought it was fair to obliged his request.

"M-my name i-is Tomoko. T-Tomoko Kuroki."

"tomoko. that's a nice name. oh... you should probably eat that monster candy by the way. your soul looks quite low on HP." Napstablook told Tomoko. Showing some concern for his new found friend.

"O-okay... Wait. These... Are health items?" She asked Napstablook. Now just realizing what he just said.

"yea... you eat them and they heal your soul. why do you ask? what did you thought they do?" He asked Tomoko.

Said teen started sweating and blushing again now that she realized the candy's actual function. As well as how dumb she probably looked after she first ate one.

"U-um. Uuhhh. I th-thought they w-where just n-normal candy. Heh heh..." Tomoko lied. Not wanting to look like an idiot in front of her new friend.

'S-so they don't give you magical powers, huh. So I was messing around and getting hurt for nothing...' To say she was embarrassed about how much time and health she was wasting trying to practice her "magical powers" was a understatement.

"also, if you don't mind me asking... what's that smell?" Napstablook's next question snapped her out of her thoughts.

"What smell?"

"well, i don't want to sound rude. especially to a new friend. but you kind of smell like, i don't know, ammonia? why is that? it's quite strong."

At first Tomoko wasn't sure what he was talking about. That is until she smelled herself and noticed the smell as well. Then, she remembered.

'Oh, yea... I, wet myself. Back at my encounter with Flowey... Heh. Guess I forgot about it in my rush to get away from him a second time and got used to the smell. Wait. All those other monsters. The way they acted around me. Did they? Oh no...' Tomoko paled as she looked down at her pants. Although it was drier now, there was still a noticeable wet spot on her crotch. The knowledge that she was walking around the ruins smelling like piss! With a wet spot on her crotch! Multiplied her already intense feeling of embarrassment a thousandfold. She was practically on the verge of a mental breakdown! Her blood red face, profuse sweating, strained smile, and small drops of tears forming in her eyes made Napstablook feel quite worried that he may have said something wrong.

"um, tomoko. are you okay?" He asked in concern for his new found friend.

"I-I-I'm fine! J-j-just d-did-dn't no-notice i-i-is all. A-as f-for the s-s-smell, i-it's a l-long story... J-j-just kn-know I need a s-sh-sho-shower a-as soon a-as p-p-poss-s-sable." Napstablook noticed that she seemed to be stuttering more then she was earlier. But decided not to mention it.

None the less. Tomoko did her best to straighten herself out and maintain what little dignity she had left. With her new friend in tow, she prepared herself to continue her journey through the underground. Now more determined then ever to find Toriel again. If only to use her shower...


Congratulations Tomoko! You just got your first party member! Also, considering that I manage to upload this one on time. Let try and see if we can upload 2 chapters by the end of next month! Ambitious? Maybe. But hay! A guy can dream, can't he?