Undertale Food Service
Chapter 3
"Ugh, when are we going to have a chance to have fun, paint, and draw?" I said to myself as the teacher was giving us information about random things.
"Sounds like she's speaking gibberish." my seatmate, Ariel said to me. "Don't we learn this in first grade or second grade, not Kindergarten?"
"It used to. The Underground School District implemented stricter standards for their students called Common Core a couple years ago by a 10-9 vote in the Senate. The Common Core standards almost failed in the House of Representatives and the Congress, by one vote.
They wanted everyone to go to college prepared. That's why they passed it."
"Can't you change it? Can't we do art?"
"I'm afraid the law's the law now. As for the arts, the Common Core standards says that the arts aren't important and as a result, they are removed from the standards. It's up to the schools to decide whether to remove it or not. Sadly, we sadly realized we didn't have enough money to keep it alive, so we removed it. The high school and middle school in the Underground still have art and band programs."
"They're lucky…..right Ariel?"
"Yeah. They are. By the way, nice to meet you, I'm Ariel, your classmate."
"Frisk, nice to meet you."
"Let's be friends, shall we?"
"Sure. So, how are you, Frisk?"
"I'm great, Ariel. I hope you're doing good."
"I am, thanks for asking."
While everyone else listening to their teacher lecturing, we talked and listened to each other all day. Ms. Smiley, our teacher noticed their friendship. She shrugged it off with a smile, and let us go.
The recess bell rang and everyone was having fun and playing around. I was playing on the playground, alongside my new friends Ariel and Martha. Martha Turner is Ariel's best friend and they've been friends since Preschool. Recently, she befriended me, after Ariel told her.
"Hey, Frisk! How are you doing today?"
"I'm doing really well, Martha." I said as they were playing.
Ariel, Martha, and I played on the playground for the next 20 minutes. After recess was over, it was back to normal learning time. Ms. Smiley presented worksheets to the class about counting to 100. For me, it was a lot of numbers to remember, since I was so young. But, I had determination on my mind!
Hours of learning later came lunch, where a delicious meal was served to us. For lunch, we had a hamburger with french fries, ketchup, lettuce, tomato, and peaches. On the side was either 1% low-fat or chocolate milk. I decided to take the chocolate milk, which was the preference of much of the Kindergarteners.
"Wait! That just gave me an idea!" I thought to myself. "I can start a fast-food restaurant with my friends, Chara, Papyrus, and Sans! We all can help the Underground economy! All I gotta do is ask them!"
But there was one problem….. in the Underground, businesses need a license in order to start up. That's because they need to make sure the employees are working in sanitary conditions and that restaurants are taking extra steps to prevent food contamination and food poisoning. Any restaurant that serves raw fish and meat products also needs to get the Protein License, which is integrated with the license. This certifies or allows the company to work with and serve food containing raw fish or meat. Food goes through really strict quality and safety standards here. If they don't comply, their businesses are shut down by the government. As a result, we have the lowest numbers of food poisonings in the world. The probability of someone getting food poisoning here is slim to none.
Since I was adopted by Toriel, she has been preparing me for when I get older or start my own business, whatever comes first. Toriel has always been making sure that when I cook food, I avoid getting the food contaminated or even worse, cross-contaminated, which can get a person very sick. Sometimes, I like to help out in my new mother's baking "business".
School officially ended 5 hours after lunch. Toriel, of course took me home from school. When I got home, I started planning for the business I wanted to start up. I later saw my step-sister, Chara going into my room. She wanted to talk to me about starting the fast-food restaurant.
"Frisk, I'd love to work for your business. What's it going to be called?"
"Undertale Food Service. I wanted to serve burgers, fries, and milkshakes."
"You'd get a lot of customers that way."
"Why?"
"Frisk, the fast food industry is very competitive over here. Right now, there's another burger restaurant in the Underground named Skele-a-Burger and it's a popular destination for foodies. According to the Under Travel Magazine, they're the Underground's favorite fast food restaurant. If we find ways to advertise and market, we can easily compete and defeat
Undertale Food Service's competitor, Skele-a-Burger out of the throne."
"Great idea, Chara. Tomorrow, we shall talk to Sans and Papyrus about the idea."
"I don't know if Papyrus wants to join our team because of his love for spaghetti. But, Sans definitely likes ketchup, so he's definitely going to be involved."
"Mhmmm…. Frisk. Definitely."
"Let's do it."
Chara decided to join with me to start a business in the Underground. But, before I go there, I want to talk about how my parents died, since I know so many skeleton boys and skeleton girls were wondering. On to the next chapter.