Time is unknown in the Underground. without the sun and moon most monsters lost not only warmth, but a prospect of reality. which is why Dr. Aster is so infuriated that his earlier predictions were so wrong.
To his best possible estimates, it was about two years since they sealed underground.
A year after a dreadful discovery...
His frustration was cut short by the sound of snapping fingers. He barely remember that he requested a meeting with the king and the aging captain. He set up this meeting at the king's home to tell them what he learned a year ago.
The turtle snapped his fingers again, only making the doctor grunt in silence.
"Well, did you tell us to watch you think or...?" Gerson's attempt to lighten to the situation backfired as Aster eyes went out. "That bad?" The turtle continued just now realizing the weight of the imminent problem.
Asgore's eyes put a comforting hand on Aster and Gerson's shoulders. "Well, whatever happens we can solve it. Whatever the problem actually is anyway." The goat king's smile almost perfectly hides his insecurities.
Aster almost inwardly scoffs at such a feeble mask. It's a wonder how is he is the king. "Do you remember the blizzard in the next area? The one that should go away in about ten years?" The goat and turtle nodded, Gerson learned of the area as to prevent two certain guards from knowing. "Well, my calculations were, far off and I'm sugarcoating it." He saw the goat king flinch ever so mildly.
"Then how long would it actually take!?" The king asked in urgency, slightly afraid of what would happen to his subjects.
"Long enough for your son to be older then you, your highness." The gasps between the two animal certified the disbelief and panic the doctor predicted.
Gerson approached the doctor, not with anger but suspicion. "You're a smart monster, wingding, so I know you had this knowledge beforehand didn't you!?" The stares between the both of them were intense in Asgore's eyes. "I know you aren't one for sharing, but this is intense! Why didn't you tell us earlier!?" The suspicion did evolve into passive anger as Aster expected
The tension grew so fast that Asgore tapped the ground with his trident. That meant that this had gotten too far, too quickly. "Aster, Gerson, stop!" The king's face turned serious enough for both to bow their heads. The face then melted back into a kind and understanding tone. "I assume you have a new solution for us Aster?"
Aster nodded towards the king, but with a more grim frown. "King Asgore, to accelerate the blizzard is impossible; except." Aster trailed off the inevitable outcome, he struggled now to come up with a new solution.
Asgore leaned to try to listen. "Except what, if it saves monsters I'm all ears." Asgore could use all the help he needs, in a span of the last two years the population had boomed. it would eventually come to overcrowding unless that blizzard is gone.
Aster thought thought for the briefest of seconds. "I use a new experimental monster magic." The two animals leaned into the skeleton's solution. "As you kniw, monster magic goes into two types, inherited and experimental." Aster's hand glowed a silver white or clear color. "This is my magic type, I can control time to a limited degree." He snapped his magic infused hand and Gerson had suddenly stopped in place. "Stopping a monster's existence in time without errors is no easy feat. To control the blizzard I need the power of a soul or put myself in a coma." The turtle resumed his time space continuum as Aster was sweating bullets. It's hard being a monster type that has low stamina as Aster clearly shows.
Asgore frowns from this complex problem. A human wouldn't even be allowed near the mountain for hundreds of years. He also doesn't want to abuse a subject and friend like this. "Aster, I'm going to ask this as a friend and not a king. Are you willing to cast it?" There was silence between the party of three.
Then the doctor spoke. "I will, but there will be consequences for this." The seriousness of the doctor's tone sent chills of both the captain and the king.
Asgore solemnly nodded. "If it saves my kingdom for overpopulation, I don't care. I will bear the pain of my decision." The doctor nodded from the answer and retreated to the next area for the spell prep.
The captain's face spilled concern. "King Fluffybuns, are you sure this is wise?" The turtle only watched as the king stood up with a frown.
"It may not be the wisest thing, but i feel its the right thing to do for my people." The last occupant hindered on those words for only a moment before leaving himself.
(A/N: It as been way too long and I apologize for it. For the majority of my writing has been on my school ipad, which has been taken away due to summer vacation. Thankfully after a long time, my mother let me borrow her laptop to give this chapter to you guys. its short, but ill make sure to do more of it tomorrow, maybe)