Okay, this chapter was really hard to write and I don't know why... But I did work hard on it and I tried to make things realistic. At the moment, the story is very similar to Frisk's, but it will start to change here in a chapter or two. Enjoy!
Ps. Divergent strabismus means the opposite of cross eyed if you didn't know...
"Welcome to the ruins, Alexis." The teenage girl looked up in awe at the beautiful structure in front of her.
"It's beautiful..." she breathed.
"I'm glad you like it. Follow me and I will show you how the ruins operate," the kind goat woman beamed. The two walked up different flights of stairs that both lead up to the magnificent entrance.
Toriel lead the way in and stopped in the first room. "Most rooms will have puzzles in them, but I will teach you how to go through them." Alexis looked around to see only six buttons on the floor, a door straight ahead, a lever to the right of it, and a sign to the left. "I will go through this puzzle for you. I would not want you getting hurt my dear."
"How would I get hurt?" the girl asked.
"There are things in the room that may be unseen now, but would appear if the puzzle were to be done incorrectly." Alexis nodded in response.
Toriel walked across four of the buttons and pulled the lever. The door then opened and the tall monster went through. Alexis looked back down the hallway that she had come from.
Is this what I'll have to live through for the rest of my life? Are these ruins the only place that I can call home now? I mean, life on the surface sucked, but at least I knew how things worked. And nobody wanted me dead up there...
"Alexis?" Toriel had come back through the doorway, wondering what the young girl was doing. "Are you okay? I'm sorry if this is too much to take in. I know that you are tired my dear. I will do all of the puzzles today and we can go over them another day if we need to." The girl smiled up at the tall monster in front of her.
"That sounds great," she replied lazily. The teenager really was quite tired and she longed for her bed back on the surface.
I'll never see it again, will I? Nor the rest of my stuff. No more markers, or paints. Just a pen and a notebook. I guess it's better than nothing.
The kind goat woman and the tired human slowly made their way through each room in the ruins.
As the monster completed them, Alexis got out her notebook and scribbled small, sloppy notes about each room to help her in the future.
As they walked on, the girl noticed the monster was actually rather tall compared to a human. She realized that Toriel had to be at least eight feet tall, considering she herself was 5'5'' and the monster in front of her had over two feet on her.
I wonder what the average monster height is... The young girl's mind began to drift even more while coming up with new questions about the creatures living below the mountain.
She thought about asking Toriel many of her questions, but never brought any of them up due to her lack of sleep and sudden shyness.
All of a sudden, Toriel turned around and faced the fallen human.
"We are finally here. I will show you to your room so you can finally get some rest."
"Thank you so much Toriel. I really appreciate it." The duo proceeded to enter the house. Alexis stared in awe once more at the beautiful sights that the ruins held.
The goat woman then lead the girl to the right, where a long hallway was waiting. They stopped at the first door and Toriel opened it, then stepped back.
"This is your room Alexis. Please make yourself comfortable. Feel free to look around and take whatever you think you may need. I'll either be in the next room down the hallway or on the other side of the house. Good night my dear." The monster then walked down the hallway and entered the next room.
I'm assuming that's her room. I wonder what's at the end of the hallway... Alexis shook away her curious thoughts and entered the room, shutting the door behind her. Why does she have a children's bedroom?
The curious girl looked around the room. She found stuffed... monsters?, an assortment of different shoes, and stripped jumpers that were meant for someone much smaller than herself.
Does Toriel had a child? Did she use to have a child? Alexis then sat of the bed and pulled her bag off and dug out her supplies. She put on her glasses and opened her notebook.
Shoot. My notebook has a tear on the back... How did I not notice that earlier when I was with Toriel? I wonder if it happened whenever I fell or... when else could it have happened?
The teenager then pulled out her pen and started to doodle.
As time progressed, Alexis's drawing was taking the shape of the goat woman. It was a rough sketch, but still clear enough to represent the monster.
She turned the page and started to draw a monster that she had seen poking around a corner in the ruins earlier.
It had appeared to have been afraid of Toriel because once the taller female had moved on, it come out into the open. But Alexis had only gotten a glance before she had to move on.
It was easy to remember though because it highly resembled the toads that the girl had seen on the surface.
The one thing that truly stuck out about them other than their large size, was that they were white. They also appeared to be divergent strabismus along with having a pronounced frown.
I can't even imagine what other creatures live down here... Do they all look similar to animals or plants above ground? Once she finished her second drawing, she remember her first monster encounter.
Ugh... That stupid petaled freak... But she drew the creature anyway so that it would be recorded. Once she finished her third drawing, the girl finally laid down and drifted off into a pleasant slumber.