Hide and Seek

"UNDYNE, I'VE WANTED TO ASK YOU THIS SINCE I MET YOU." Papyrus said. "BUT WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR EYE?"

"My eye?" Undyne touched her eyepatch, then knew what he was talking about. "Oh. Fishing accident."

Papyrus squinted in suspicion. "A... FISHING ACCIDENT?"

"Yeah." she replied, not knowing what was wrong with it. She said it slowly for him to comprehend. "I go fishing."

"BUT... YOU'RE A FISH." he stated skeptically.

"With sharp teeth and a big mouth, giving me the advantage to eat smaller fish viciously. Like a shark." Undyne explained slowly, not seeing why Papyrus didn't get it. To prove her point, she showed her sharp teeth. "Sometimes the bones of my victims get stuck in between them, and I have to use a fork to get it out. If you're thinking about cannibalism, it's not really that since I'm not eating fish people. I'm eating smaller fish that aren't my own species. It's how life works."

"OH." Papyrus said, weirded out by how normal that explanation sounded. "BUT, WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR EYE?"

"Fishing accident." Undyne answered.

"YEAH. I KNOW. WHAT HAPPENED?"

"You just said you know."

"OH NO... OH NO." He shook his head, eyes glued to his master. "YOU'RE TURNING INTO SANS." Papyrus took her by the shoulders and violently shook her. "DON'T."

Undyne swatted his mittens away. "Okay! There was a giant sharktopus and I was really, really confident that I'd defeat it. Turns out, that sharktopus was bait for a World Turtle."

"A... A WORLD TURTLE?" Papyrus repeated.

"Yeah... I got caught with a giant island-sized turtle." Undyne said.

"BUT... WORLD TURTLE?" he said bewilderedly. "UNDYNE, WE'RE IN THE UNDERGROUND." he reminded. "THERE'S NO ROOM FOR WORLD TURTLES."

"But I swear... it was a giant turtle. A big one. The tip of its shell spanned an island. And I got caught on its beak and looked into the eyes of death." Undyne shivered. "I... I don't go out that much anymore."

"OUT? UNDYNE, WHAT? WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? ARE YOU SAYING YOU HAD A WAY TO THE SURFACE?" Papyrus inquired.

"Not to the surface..." she replied shadily.

Sans stepped out of the laboratory, peeking his skull out for any sign of Chara. Then, he tip-toed his way to the entrance of Snowdin. Quietly, he walked down the bridge, went south and found the remains of some decoration kids put on a deer. He went to the giant, locked door, entering the temple.

"wait." he stopped himself. "why didn't i just shortcut my way in and out?"

He shrugged and continued walking through the four flower buds that sprouted in the ground. He took his shovel out and began digging out one of the flowers. He dug out an inch of soil before wiping sweat off his brow and taking a rest.

A white dog seemed to appear out of nowhere, barking and yapping at him.

"hmm." Sans told the dog. "had a ruff day?"

The white dog hopped around and peed on the gravesite that Sans was digging up. Fortunately, Sans didn't really mind about a dog peeing on the dirt of Gaster's coffin. Except, Gaster would have problems with this.

After the dog peed, he said, "SANS, GO TO WORK."

Sans stared at the dog boredly. "why didn't you possess me?" he retorted.

The dog stared back. It scratched its ear with its hind leg. "I UHHH CAN'T."

"why?"

"I CAN ONLY ACCESS THIS DOG. IT SEEMS TO BE EMPTY, SOULLESS, AND MADE ONLY AS A HOST FOR ETHEREAL ENTITIES TO POSSESS." the dog barked. "LIKE SOME HIGHER-UP SOUL OR SOME KIND OF GOD MADE THIS BODY JUST TO POSSESS IT IN THE REAL WORLD."

"that's... weird and oddly specific to note." Sans replied.

"I KNOW RIGHT? THE SOUL INHABITING THIS DOG BEFORE ME HAD SOME WEIRD MEMORY ABOUT PHONES, BONES, CODING, MUSIC, AND A JEWEL DEEP IN A CAVERN OR SOMETHING." the dog said, "I WANT TO TAKE THEM."

Sans squinted at the dog. "uh-huh. fur real?"

"YES. FOR REAL. I CAN'T SHAKE THE FEELING OFF." the dog yapped as it stuck its tongue out.

"well then. since you're back-bone. i don't think you need your skeleton body anymore. so."

"NO WAIT. THIS DOG IS NOT USEFUL. ALL I CAN DO IS SPEAK TO YOU AND CONTROL THIS DOG'S URGES TO BARK TO A COMPUTER."

"what am i sup-paws-ed to do about it?" Sans asked.

"GET MY BODY BACK, YOU NUMBSKULL!" the dog got up and left the room. "NOOO! TURN BACK, DOGGY! TURN BACK!"

Gaster's shouts faded away as the dog walked to some unknown place.

Sans continued to laze around in the cavern, not using his otherworldly powers out of habit.

"~I've walked a hundred miles~down a broken road~and in my mind i carry~such a heavy load~" Chara hummed, singing with a cranky voice. "~the voices in my head~I think are not my own~but I will reap the seeds~that my hands have sown~"

As they walked down the hall to Toriel's house, Napstablook appeared into their sight.

"That was a sick beat." Napstablook remarked.

"Yeah." Realizing it was Napstablook they were talking to, they suddenly got on their knees and pleaded to the ghost. "Can you do me a favor and rat out all the monsters for me? I'll spare you in return. Please."

"You can't kill ghosts." Napstablook reminded.

"You wanna bet?" Chara took their stick branch out aggressively.

"It's illogical." Napstablook said.

Chara shrieked and swatted the ghost with a stick. It went through him. Chara's eyes widened and immediately dashed under some cover to hide from his tears. Their Level Of ViolencE was still at one, so their HoPe wasn't that high.

Napstablook sullenly faded away, humming the beat to Chara's song.

"Wait a minute..." Chara got out of their spot. "...that ghost just stole my song! YOU CAN'T STEAL MY SONG! IT'S MINE! IT LITERALLY HAS MY NAME ON IT! THE COPYRIGHT POLICE WILL GET YOU!"

They shook a fist at the air. The air responded with, "I'm a ghost."

"DAMN YOU, NAPSTABLOOOOOOOK!"

A/N: People really like this. Here's some more one-hour writing. I hope you like it.