S1-128
An expedition
11:32 AM
05/15/3272
Yionus's moon, Zuter - IMC testing site Echo-918
Chamber 137
Music
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption - Briefing Room & Ambience Theme
It was time. Rocco sent out a call for City Hawk 723 to come to the World Gate. Error Sans and Ink Sans were waiting in dimension 1 while the rest of the Fireteam arrived at the testing facility.
"I suppose it's time to get a few things on record. Dimension 1... wasn't as empty as we initially thought." Michael opened the portal, allowing Error Sans and Ink Sans to come through.
Samus aimed her R-97 Compact SMG at the skeletons. "What in the Frontier...?!"
At the same time, Mark-18 readied his R-101 Carbine. "Unknown entities, identify yourself! Now!"
"City Hawk 723, meet the ones who call themselves 'Error Sans' and 'Ink Sans'." Michael gestured to the skeletons.
"I am Error Sans. It is an honor to be in the presence of a truly powerful force of good."
"So this is City Hawk 723? To be honest, I didn't know what to expect. I'm Ink Sans. Now, who are all of you?"
Hesitantly, the Fireteam decided to stand down.
"I'm Samus Aran."
"I'm Jenny; Michael and Samus's daughter."
"Dane Smithsonian, at your service."
"My designation is Spyglass unit #826591740-A. I am the Vice Admiral of the IMC. You may call me Spyglass."
"My name is Jack Cooper."
"I'm Sarah Briggs."
"Name's Mark-18."
"I'm Hayden-10."
"The name is Tanner-21."
11:57 AM
05/15/3272
With the information exchanged and recorded, Michael opened the portal to the new world. "Let's do this."
Dimension 9
UNKNOWN
Music
Metroid Prime - Puzzle Theme
Upon arrival, City Hawk 723 put down a locator arch for the portal site.
"What is this place?" Mark-18 asked.
"Welcome to a world known as Undertale." Error Sans replied.
"Let's take a good look around the area." Michael ordered.
"We're kinda late in a pacifist timeline, and the underground is completely abandoned. We won't see any monsters down here." Ink Sans stated.
It looked as if there was an ancient door nearby, half the size of an apartment building, and it was left open.
Once they left the hall, then went through a large snowy expanse, City Hawk 723 came across what looked like a small village. "Welcome to Snowdin." Error Sans stated.
Dimension 9 - Undertale
Planet Earth (?) - Mt Ebott
Snowdin Town
Music
Undertale - Snowdin Town
The village was blanketed in snow, hence the name SNOWdin. First off, there was a shop next to an inn. The Fireteam entered the shop, finding it totally empty, same with the next-door inn.
There was, of course, a mini fridge in the shop, containing what looked like a popsicle with two sticks in it. Michael took the frozen treat out, seeing the two popsicle sticks. "A popsicle, huh?"
"Actually, that's a bisicle." Error Sans stated.
"Bicycle? This isn't a bike!"
Error Sans facepalmed, seemingly irritated. "'Bi' means 'two'! That's two popsicles in one! Work it out!"
Taking it into consideration, Michael proceeded to break it in half, sharing it with Samus.
There was a little igloo outside, and a sign next to it.
Don't want to walk to the other side of town? Try the undersnow tunnels! They're efficiently laid out.
Further along was a bar. The sign read: GRILLBY'S.
Music
Undertale - sans.
"{This place has seen better days, that's for sure.}"
"Hmm... Might as well look around." It was at that point that the Shadow picked up a bottle. Someone didn't finish their drink. He drank some of the liquid.
Music
none
The Shadow immediately spit it back out, grasping his spinal neck in pure disgust. "⍜⊑ G⍜⎅, ⏁⊑⏃⏁ ⎎⍀⟒⏃K⟟⋏G ⏚⎍⍀⋏⌇!" He then put the bottle back on the table. "OK, that seriously burned my... Well, I don't really have a throat, but... You get what I mean!" The Shadow turned around, seeing the strange look on Michael's face.
Music
Undertale - sans.
"What?"
"That stuff's probably been left sitting out for over ten years." Michael replied.
"...true."
"I'm surprised it hasn't eaten away at the bottle's interior after all that time." Jenny stated.
Music
Undertale - Snowdin Town
Back outside, Samus headed to an area behind the rest of the small town. There was nothing of note... except for a small hut that was seemingly producing large ice cubes the size of Incendiary Trap gas canisters.
On the other route, the rest of the group investigated another building, but with a sign that read 'LIBRARBY'. Apparently, the sign was misspelled. It was a library.
Spyglass stayed behind to gather information while Jack, Sarah, and the Exo brothers went to a house on the end of the town path, and another igloo was nearby. Mark-18 went into the igloo, suddenly getting blown through a tunnel, then dumped out the first one. He went back in, ending up where he started. "They weren't kidding about the tunnel. That was quick."
The Exos waited for the rest of the Fireteam, and the two Sanses, to regroup with them.
Michael took a hold of the doorknob and tried to open the door, but it seemed stuck. "I think it's-" Error Sans was interrupted by the sound of the doorknob breaking, twisted out of the door by the strength of Michael's prosthetic limb.
Music
none
Michael looked at it for a bit before tossing the broken knob away. The lock was broken, so the door slowly drifted open, allowing entry.
"...locked. OK, that works too."
Music
Undertale - sans.
The light switch was right next to the door, so they could see the... emptied out interior. A few sprinkles littered one corner of the living room while a bunch of old sticky notes lay in another.
SANS! PLEASE PICK UP YOUR SOCK!
ok.
DON'T PUT IT BACK DOWN! MOVE IT!
ok.
YOU MOVED IT TWO INCHES! MOVE IT TO YOUR ROOM!
ok.
AND DON'T BRING IT BACK!
ok.
IT'S STILL HERE!
didn't you just say not to bring it back to my room?
FORGET IT!
The sticky notes were mentioning a sock, but there was no sock in the room. In fact, there was no furniture either.
In the kitchen area was... the tallest sink in the world? "...I'm not even going to ask." Michael just decided to go with it.
"Has anyone seen Spyglass?" Hayden-10 asked.
Just then, Spyglass came in. "I just left the local library. All information has been recorded. Michael, please hand me the Dimension Key." Without question or hesitation, Michael did as instructed. With the Dimension Key in hand, Spyglass turned to leave.
"Why did you give him the Dimension Key?" Ink Sans questioned.
"Spyglass has no connection to the IMC database when he's in another dimension, so he's using the Key to return to our world and store the information. He'll be back."
While they waited for the Vice Admiral to return, the group investigated the rest of the house.
"This was Papyrus's room." Error Sans stated.
"This room belongs to bamboo?" Sarah asked.
"I was thinking sugar cane, but bamboo is another word for it." Jack replied.
"Oh lord..." Error Sans was getting annoyed.
Over in the other room, the Exos looked around. "This was the room that belonged to Sans."
"You?"
"Mark, I think he means the original."
"Hayden's right."
"It... smells in here."
"Yeah, you're right, Tanner."
"{Smells worse than those chemicals moving through the machines on the Cabal ship that crashed into the Dreadnaught.}"
"It's not like I know what they smell like. You told us to keep our helmets on." Mark-18 had a point.
Music
Undertale - Snowdin Town
Once the search was over, the Fireteam went back outside, seeing Spyglass on his return trip, with the Dimension Key in his hands. "All information has been stored. I have also taken the liberty of bringing along Motes of Light. I theorize that a single Mote of Light is enough to allow for a single resurrection within other dimensions." The Motes were spread to the other members of the Fireteam, stored by the Ghosts.
They continued on, leaving Snowdin and entering some new area.
Dimension 9 - Undertale
Planet Earth (?) - Mt Ebott
Waterfall
Music
Undertale - Waterfall
"Waterfall..."
"Yeah, there's a waterfall right over there." Jenny stated, pointing to the water rushing down the wall.
"No, this area is called Waterfall." Ink Sans replied.
"I see."
"What's that?" Hayden-10 wondered.
There was a suspended wooden path nearby, with some strange luminescent flower-like plant at the end. "An Echo Flower. Go and listen to it, but don't talk near it, or you'll basically overwrite the memorized speech." Error Sans stated.
Spyglass then went across the bridge, approached the Echo Flower, and recorded the voice that was coming from it. "I swore I saw something... Behind that rushing water..."
At this, Spyglass made an incredible jump, landing in the water across the gap. Behind the waterfall was an empty room, which was confirmed to be empty by his Ghost's analysis. "{Nothing here. Let's keep moving.}"
The Fireteam went past a random patch of tall grass, then came across another gap in the terrain, which Spyglass easily jumped. "Not everyone has the jumping capabilities of a Spectre!" Jenny complained.
"Noted." With that, he jumped back.
A sign was nearby.
When four Bridge Seeds align in the water, they will sprout.
There were four strange plants close by, which were most likely these 'Bridge Seeds' the sign labeled. Once they were lined up across the gap, the plants seemingly shifted their form, creating a stable bridge in mere moments.
A sign was stranded in a nearby pool of water, and Rocco floated over to read it.
Congratulations! You failed the puzzle!
"{Sorry to disappoint you, whoever made this sign, but we didn't even try your puzzle yet!}"
"Who're you talking to?" Sarah asked.
"{This sign just said we failed a puzzle.}"
"Let's find the puzzle so we don't fail it."
Beyond the Bridge Seeds was another sign, hung up next to what looked like a bell.
If an error is made, the Bell Blossom can call Bridge Seeds back to where they started.
There was, of course, a gap where the Bridge Seeds were needed, but Michael had other plans. He used his powers to shift the terrain, creating a bridge made from the ground itself.
"Hang on. There's another area nearby." Dane picked up the Bridge Seeds, then used them to form a bridge at the other corner of the room.
Spyglass headed to the newly connected room, recording another Echo Flower memory. "I just wasn't ready for the responsibility."
"{Eugh... There's an old quiche under the bench.}"
"Disgusting."
Once the Fireteam regrouped, they headed further into the area, recording ancient history and Echo Flower memories. Up ahead was an old telescope covered in cobwebs. A doorway was left open in a nearby wall, allowing recorded history, a long wooden bridge, then more tall grass, and a... piece of cheese preserved in a strange crystal?
Either way, the Echo Flower nearby had another vocal memory, but it was... a mouse squeak.
Another dusty telescope, and another sign with ancient glyphs was in a side room, but painted over with... twenty-one flavors of ice cream?
Michael looked at his helmet's dimension timer, seeing how much time they had left before the conflicting realities would begin tearing them apart from the inside at the atomic level.
6:39:38
They had been there for twenty minutes.
Further along was more of Waterfall, but the water was... glowing?
Echo Flower memories recorded left and right, none of them overwritten.
Up ahead was more written history, recorded by Spyglass.
A nearby piano, and a suspicious wall Michael decided to investigate. With one strike, the Pilot punched straight through the wall, revealing a strange red sphere. "Rocco, think we should take a sample?"
"{You got it.}" The sphere vanished, picked up by the Ghost.
Further along was a statue holding an umbrella in its lap. A music box could be heard from the statue.
Ink Sans then spoke up."We'll go on ahead. You guys take your time." He and Error Sans headed onward.
Eventually, City Hawk 723 advanced onward, passing through a rainy path, then a large ridge that... overlooked a distant castle?
Climbing over a ledge, the Fireteam pressed forward, recording more history as they went along.
At the end of a long and wavy bridge, some of the planks appeared to have been broken. Remembering his Titan's advice from a long time ago, Jack jumped off the bridge.
"JACK, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" Michael didn't know why Jack jumped.
Just then, his voice was heard over the radio. "JumpKits can take the fall." Remembering about the JumpKits, the rest of City Hawk 723 jumped down after him.
Way under the bridge-mania was what looked like a waterlogged junkyard.
In one of the rooms up ahead was what remained of an old knife, the metal of the blade having long since rusted over and broken apart. There were three houses up ahead. Two of them looked abandoned, while the third, which looked like a big fish, was... on fire?
"OK, how long does fire burn in this dimension?!" Even Hayden-10 was confused.
12:21 PM
05/15/3272
Music
Undertale - Temmie Village
Signs of life... FINALLY! Although, what they found was... not what they had in mind. What... the heck... were they even looking at here?! Michael sure as heck didn't know! "Not... even... going... to... ask." Not wanting to waste anymore time in... whatever that was ~shudder~, City Hawk 723 hightailed it out of there, continuing on through Waterfall.
Music
Undertale - Waterfall
After getting through a strange... 'maze', they saw another Echo Flower, then recorded the memory. "You aren't gonna tell my parents about this, are you?"
Further up, more Echo Flower memories for Spyglass to record and store back at the testing site.
A sign was beyond them.
However... There is a prophecy. The Angel... The One Who Has Seen The Surface... They will return. And the underground will go empty.
"Any idea what that means?" Tanner-21 asked.
"Well, this place has been abandoned, except for those... whatever those were back there." Michael shuddered, not wanting to know what they saw.
"{Those were more of those cat-dog hybrid things the World Gate downloaded the other day.}"
Eventually, they came across a more... modern sign, but it appeared to be broken, the display was glitching up all over the screen.
WELCOME TO HOTLAND!
Dimension 9 - Undertale
Planet Earth (?) - Mt Ebott
Hotland
Music
Undertale - Another Medium
"Are we in some subterranean volcano site? It's almost as hot as thermite in here!" Michael said, feeling the heat.
Up ahead was a busted water cooler, followed up by an abandoned lab. Inside was... nothing. What a surprise... Except for the fact that there was an open door next to a hole broken through the wall.
City Hawk 723 went back out the way they came, seeing an elevator. Upon entry, Rocco interfaced with the elevator's systems, managing to acquire a destination. The elevator started moving, then stopped at a new place.
City Hawk 723 exited the elevator, reaching some strange building, and it wasn't hot anymore.
Dimension 9 - Undertale
Planet Earth (?) - Mt Ebott
Abandoned resort
Music
Undertale - Hotel
"This dimension sure is... interesting." Dane stated.
"I know. I'm not sure how exactly this came into being, but... it's here." Michael replied.
Shortly after entering, they went through the backdoor, entering another area.
Dimension 9 - Undertale
Planet Earth (?) - Mt Ebott
Thermo-nuclear power plant
Music
Undertale - Core
City Hawk 723 immediately headed into an elevator, then went through another room, reaching... another elevator. The ride was... a bit long.
Dimension 9 - Undertale
Planet Earth (?) - Mt Ebott
UNKNOWN
Music: none
There was an old elevator, and Rocco got it to work. As they rode it, City Hawk 723 had time to talk while they waited.
"Where do you think our extra-dimensional allies went?" Dane wondered.
Michael shrugged. "Who knows?"
"Yeah, things can get a bit... confusing." The Shadow added.
"I've been thinking about that seven hour time limit. What if it only affects living organic beings? Artificial constructs might end up being immune, and thus capable of staying in another dimension indefinitely."
Sarah nodded her head. "That is an... interesting theory."
Eventually, they arrived at their destination, which was just outside of a church-like hallway.
Music
Undertale - The Choice
There they were. Ink Sans and Error Sans.
"Took them long enough."
"We're almost there, guys."
"I almost feel... at peace here." Jack said, feeling relaxed.
Ink Sans chuckled. "Who wouldn't? C'mon."
"Hold up. Is this Earth?" Michael wondered.
Error Sans turned to him. "Yes. It's Earth."
Music
none
After leaving the hallway and going through a grey path, City Hawk 723 and the Sanses arrived at a garden of golden flowers. Michael picked one and held it out to Samus. "You dork. We're already a family!"
On the other side of the garden was a dark passageway, leading to some massive and empty chamber. "According to the information I recorded, this room was once the location of a powerful wall of energy simply known as 'the Barrier'. The reason for its absence is unknown."
"You'll learn soon enough, Spyglass." Error Sans replied.
12:37 PM
05/15/3272
Dimension 9 - Undertale
Planet Earth - Mt Ebott
The surface
After a while, they managed to make their way out from under the ground. In the distance was a large town.
"You guys wait here. Error and I will get the group together." With that, Error Sans and Ink Sans left, and City Hawk 723 had to sit and wait for whoever those two were bringing over.
1:29 PM
05/15/3272
Music
Super Mario Sunshine - Sirena Beach
As the Fireteam waited, Michael noticed something hooked on the Shadow's leg. Some strange weapon of sorts. "Hey, Death? What is that?"
"Huh? Oh, this? Heh... Get this; I had to carve out Oryx's very heart before adding him to my Taken, or else I couldn't get this weapon made."
Before Michael could ask further about the weapon, a group of what he can only assume to be these 'monsters' the two Sanses were talking about approached them. "Well, here they are."
The group consisted of some fishlike humanoid, a strange dinosaur-looking individual, three skeletal beings and goat-like humanoid creatures, some glorified robot, and... a regular human being? One of the skeletal beings heavily resembled the two Sanses, but was, like them, drastically different.
"So who are these guys?" Dane asked.
Music
Super Mario Sunshine - Bianco Hills
"Allow me to introduce them. These are Undyne, Alphys, Sans, Papyrus, Gaster, Toriel, Asgore, Asriel, Mettaton, and Frisk." Ink Sans introduced the new group to the Fireteam.
"Visitors from another world? Fascinating." The one called 'Gaster' stated.
Mettaton seemed to contemplate this for a moment. "Well, they seem alright with me."
"I... don't know what to think of this." This Sans was confused.
"Greetings! I am the great Papyrus! How may we help you?"
"I think we should introduce ourselves now. My name is Michael W Johnson. These are Samus Aran, Jenny Aran-Johnson, Dane Smithsonian, Spyglass, Jack Cooper, Sarah Briggs, Mark-18, Hayden-10, Tanner-21, and the Shadow. We are City Hawk 723."
It was then that Rocco appeared. "{And I'm Rocco, Michael's Ghost.}"
"'Ghost'?" Alphys wondered.
Ink Sans replied with an explanation. "In their world, these Ghosts originated from this mysterious spherical entity known as the Traveler. They seek out their Guardian companions from the ancient dead, and resurrect them, pulling their souls back to the land of the living, thus bringing their companions back to life."
"Incredible...!" Gaster was practically speechless.
"The portal which was opened by Michael's machine, designated as the World Gate, led us to a large door underground. A location known as 'Snowdin' was on the other side. We made our way from there to where we stand now." Spyglass detailed.
2:32 PM
05/15/3272
After an excessive amount of explanation, the groups reached an understanding. "I think I understand now." Michael nodded. "Spyglass?"
"Information recorded."
"So the portal brought us to what you simply call the Ruins, huh?"
"That's right, Jack." Asgore answered.
"Why don't we show you where it is?" Dane offered.
"That would be interesting." Sans was OK with it.
3:47 PM
05/15/3272
Dimension 9 - Undertale
Planet Earth - Mt Ebott
The Ruins
Music
Super Mario Sunshine - Hotel Delfino
Once they reached the door to the Ruins, City Hawk 723 showed the group the arch which acted as a marker for the portal's location. "So, here it is." Michael gestured to the arch.
"You seem... trustworthy." Sans stated.
"There will be a time where we will return here. Don't worry about a thing." Michael said with assured confidence
"I look forward to learning more about your world in the future." Gaster added.
"Maybe we could give you a tour, but it'll have to be less than seven hours." Samus concluded.
Curious, Asgore asked his question. "Why?"
"If you spend more than seven hours in another world, it seems as if the conflicting realities begin to tear you apart from within, dismantling your entire atomic structure." Error Sans replied.
"Exactly." Michael, being the one to discover this, seconded the answer.
Yionus's moon, Zuter - IMC testing site Echo-918
Chamber 137
Music
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption - Briefing Room & Ambience Theme
Once the Fireteam went back through, Michael closed the portal. The two different Sanses had their own means of getting back to their worlds, but couldn't reach this one on their own as it was not within their multiverse, and therefore out of their reach.
"Maybe it's something different."
"What do you mean, Jenny?" Samus asked.
"What if the seven hour counter only takes effect when a being from a world made of matter enters a world made of data, and vice versa?"
"That is a reasonable theory." Spyglass replied.
"It only makes sense... The first time I found out about the timer was within that timeless void, which was Error Sans's world." Michael stated.
This one took a while.
I recently found out about a new expansion for Destiny 2, which will go live on the 8th of May this year. It's called 'Warmind'.
And the Shadow has the Touch of Malice! Holy heck!
See you next time.