overgrowth by sociopathic Archangel part to frisk wakes up in the morning
thankful that none of the villagers have tried to kill them yet they're cold and give frisk hard stares but that
something frisk can deal with they're used to it they trudge out of Snowden with flowey in their arms shivering in the cold
there weren't any clothes in the shop and asking if they had any in stock at all just gave them a curt no so out in
the cold with only the clothes on their back it was there's something light red in the distance obscured by the falling
snow that was starting to get harsher and frisk mildly panics that it's papyrus when they get a little closer
and see the stature is shorter and there's the golden glint of the save star frisks shoulders sag sans is
sitting at a sentry station chin in one hand as he leans out the window didn't think you'd be up for going this far he
says frisk shrugs he snorts thought you'd want to stay in Snowden you know
warmth safety food pap only goes there every now and then and if you're lucky
you'll never run into him frisked shakes their head and points up out sans stares
at them for a few seconds before shaking his own head you're really set on that huh the little pinpricks of light in his
sockets flickered to the flowers that are covering one side of frisks head and he hums there's lots of puzzles traps up
ahead he says PAP set him up you get past him fast enough you might be able
to get out of Snowden before he comes back frisk turns to the path up ahead and nods to themselves
flowey touches one leaf to one of their hands holding his boot pot the human smiles Adam before they turn back to
sands thank you they incline their head downwards slightly before continuing
their walk forward the last thing they see of sands before they pass this station is his mildly surprised look and
the last they hear is this tiny laugh in the words nobody has ever said that before it takes them at least half an
hour to get through the first trap several minds in the snow that electrocuted the wait on it instead of
exploding and half of that was spent playing guess which spot to hit with flowey frisk threw rocks at a few
areas while we extended a few vines to reach the ground for anything and then frisk would walk agonizingly slow for
fear of setting something off the EXO puzzle was easier if it weren't for the fact that if they got something wrong
the ground would crack and when they reset the puzzle the crack was still there and they needed to solve it before
the ground caved in an hour after that they meet two hooded figures dogs frisk
realizes that snarl threats and swing their axes at the human without abandon frisk gives up trying to pet them and
instead runs ahead right into papyrus the skeleton seems a little shocked to
see them glancing at the flowers at the side of their head before he frowns human is all he says before frisk feels
their soul being pulled out of their body and into a battlefield and there's a huge bone cutting through it they're
back and Snowden in we need to hurry flowey says as soon as frisk bothers to
open their eyes if we hurry we can get past him we know how to solve the traps now frisk hums
frisk they push themselves up into a sitting position frisk you want to get
out right he asks frisk hesitates but nods sands
is still there in a sentry station chin and hand and looking as bored as he's looked since they first met him he says
the same things and frisk thanks him again this time sands just laughs that's
when frisk knows something's wrong they passed the electric trap the EXO trap
and outrun dog a me and dog Reza frisk had learned their names when they called out to each other to catch the human
before it dodged and swerved to somewhere else with time to spare the next trap was a bunch of spikes with
the switch hidden somewhere in the snow and they'd only solved that because of frisks exhausted and frustrated stomping
and fly was attempts to feel the ground in trees with his vines for any niches they run into papyrus again this time
frist dodges immediately which throws the skeleton off guard for a few great job frisk flowey whispers frisk
spares papyrus rounds deeper and calls up several bones to materialize in thin
air again and launches them at the human frisk dodge is one two ducks at the
third that passes them by a hair's width but something pierces their leg from behind and they fall to the snow with a
cry flowey has dropped any skids a few feet in the snow first twists their body
and looks at their leg pinned to the ground by a bone and sees several more hovering in the air poised to hit them
the first bone hits frisks back narrowly missing their spine and frisked arches
the motion making them scream harder the second hits their arm and the third cuts
through their soul the last stabs through the back of their head frisk
shoots up immediately in bed and Pat's the back of their head feeling for any wounds there of course there's nothing
but they think they can feel the Phantom's sting of something breaking their skull open there's something cold
they're colder and softer and thinner but wider than hair strands frisk tugs a
little and winces another flower so far the things have only taken their left
forearm in the left side of their face but the back had just sprouted one another one flowey asks in a small voice
they nod when they reach sansa sentry station frisk speaks first how long does
it take for papyrus to come back to Snowden sans looks at them questioningly and flowey is the same he should be in
waterfall right now sand starts Undine usually checks the second half of waterfall so depending on what he's
thinking he makes rounds in a few hours never goes into town unless he needs it though like what
frisk tilts their head to the side sleep san says we need sleep sometimes food
frisk makes a face you eat he snorts of
course we do he says would be a shame to pass up on real B's frisk frowns and
confusion sans leans back of it wait he squints
much as a skeleton can which isn't a lot you never went to grill bees frisk
shakes their head flowey nudges their stomach frisk what are you doing we'll get caught by papyrus at this rate
it's okay they whisper back you stayed in Snowden for a while and you didn't go
to grill bees sans actually looks offended breakfast frisk shakes their
head again cheese sands hops off his seat and then steps out of the station
you planning on starving yourself out of your sugar didn't have time frisk says turning to the path had to
hurry he throws the path a look that flashes into a sneer before facing the human again expression lacks come on
he says walking towards them we're going to grill bees sans reaches down to take
frisks hand and the moment bone touches skin frisk draws back immediately eyes
wide and breathing hard they focus on sanz's hand there's nothing there he's
not holding anything and the sleeve of his jacket is riding up a little so that they could see there really wasn't
anything there nothing that was going to kill them Sanz raises a non-existent
eyebrow again frisk swallows and closes their eyes it takes a few minutes to
breathe normally again they nod and fall in step behind sands as they head to grill bees but they don't touch hands
Grill bees is just like the rest of the shops in Snowden although significantly warmer frisk
relaxes against their own will and flowey shakes off a few snowflakes that have gotten on his leaves and petals
immediately leaning forward urge frisked towards the source of heat the other patrons give sands a glance and then
return to their own business they don't even spare frisk a look which is favorable at the moment the source of
heat turns out to be the bartender and from how sans dresses him the owner of the establishment grill bees entire head
is a ball of flame with glasses and frisk doesn't know how that works or how his clothes haven't burned off Sanz
orders them two trays of fries when frisked shoves on what they prefer grill B hands them a bottle of mustard much to
the human surprise and Sanz holds it out to them Mustard's frisked eyes the bottle looks
at the fries then shakes their head sans grin gets wider if that is possible well
more for me he proceeds to drown his fries and mustard and fly we lets out a
small disgusted noise from where he's placed on the seat next to frisk frisk mechanically turns to their own fries
and eats forcing themselves not to look at sans as he decides that his fries have been mustard eyes de nuff and then
drinks the mustard straight out of the bottle frisk looks around for ketchup instead and really seems to notice them since he
grabs the bottle from the Far Away end at the bar and hands it over to the human thank you frisk says that seems to
take grill be it back for a few seconds before his flames glow a little brighter frisk takes that as a good sign
sans had reacted similarly whenever they thanked him was no one polite around
these areas the fries are actually pretty good the last they'd eaten had been in the ruins and they died at least two times
since then so it's been over 24 hours frisk stomach clenches a bit when they start eating too fast and flowey taps
their side with a leaf and tells them to slow down they nod and take small bites out of their fries until their stomach
settles sans has already finished half of his tray and doesn't look too bothered by the disgusting amount of
mustard on it foods good yeah he asks frisk nods told you'd be ashamed
to pass up on grill B's he says no one else makes better fries out here of
course this is the only restaurant Snowden so whenever you remember to eat I guess you'll be stopping by here frisk
pauses mid pick up a fry they shake their head not staying hmm sans looks at
them the same way whenever they say that out frisk repeats once again they
clenched their other hand we are getting out we sans leans forward a bit to look at
flowey you and your little flower hmm frisk nods they turn back to him what
about you don't you want to get out too huh sans returns to eating his fries
sure do sweet why do you think we're on a hunt for humans frisk tilts their head in
confusion sans waves a hand finish your food sweetheart sans says that papyrus
would be by Snowden by now although whether he's going to enter the town or not is unsure so frisk goes back to
staying in the end they're actually running low on gold the end a little overpriced in their opinion but it's
either that or freezing the snow and risk dying again the flowers are getting too annoying especially with half of
frisks vision gone so it's not worth it they set out the next day instead they
get past the traps once again outrun dog a me and dog IRISA and then proceed to solve several more
traps without papyrus disrupting their progress thank God flowey breeds as they
finished the latest trap a bridge with several weapons hanging above it dog included the weapons dropped the
moment they stepped onto the bridge and it was by sheer luck that frisk had run fast enough to get to the end and fly we
grab the ledge by his vines to get them to the other side and look ahead up the path there's a raging blizzard that's
obscuring their vision and there are no other places to go the bridge is destroyed so they can't return to
Snowden frisk coughs weakly and squints trying to make out anything out of the
whirlwind of snow nothing behind them as a gaping chasm that leads to nowhere so
they've got no choice frisk runs into the blizzard headfirst one hand around flowey and the other shielding their
good eye the faster they get out the better their boots are starting to sink into the white slosh at their feet
dragging them down but the human pulls their legs up and trudges on I see
something flowey yells and frisk holds them closer still trying to run after a
few minutes the snow starts to lessen and frisk runs easier although they keep one of their hands up flowey suddenly
hisses [ _ ] frisk digs their heels into the ground and skids to a stop bringing
their hand down so they can see it's easy to see what flowey caught sight of now that the snow was clearing papyrus
is standing red cape in stark contrast against the snow but sans is standing right next to it too
hands in his pockets with the lazy grin he always has frisk clenches their fists
so they really did come papyrus says frisk lowers their head
with the realization that sans might have ratted them out a glare at the shorter skeleton who just shrugs papyrus
kills them easily once again although less painfully since the moment frisk is hid they stumble letting the skeleton
land a few hits that kill them quickly they wake up and Snowden again they
hadn't saved often frisk rolls over and goes back to sleep even as flowey calls their name they
can't remember how to feel determined anymore there's a new flower by their right temple it's two days later that
frisk actually gets up and ventures out of Snowden there's no use asking sands about papyrus since the information is
doubtful but when sands speaks frisk listens anyway it would be rude before
they leave they say thank you again why do you keep saying that flowey mumbles sans fists clenches they
pass by Hey frisk frowns that was another pattern break usually people
said the same thing whenever frisk got pulled back to a save point but then again sans hops off the seat and steps
out of the station frisk turns to face him his face is set in a deep scowl head
tilted downward so that his eye sockets are shadowed what's your deal huh he
asks what's with this sugary sweet stick you've got going on frisk frowns and
further confusion do you think you can get out of here just by being good to everyone several bones are materializing
out of thin air behind sans frisk takes a step back but red magic laps around
their ankles working its way up their body until frisk is lifted into the air and flyweight is dropped into the snow
frisk frisk flails around uselessly still continuing to drift upward or are
you trying to just let us think you're good he asks and then at the last moment
you kill us when we're most vulnerable help frisk tips forward and reaches down
to flowey sands raises his other hand and flowey is coated in magic in one second and thrown onto the trunk of a
pine tree the next frisk gasps and horror flowey let me tell you kid if that's
what you're aiming for then that's not going to work sands moves his hand again and the bones
begin to pose towards frisk and if it's the other way around didn't anybody ever
tell you in this world the bones all flew towards the human frisk screws
their eyes shut it's kill or be killed
they shoot out of the bed screaming bloody murder frisk flower uses his vines to drag
himself off the desk and onto frisks bed the human puts their hands to their mouths hunching over as they sob their
shoulders shake with the effort and hot tears stream from their only remaining I frisk it's okay now flowey says we're
back it's not okay frisk yells throwing their hands down onto the bed making the
foam jump with the effort of the slap it was never okay I they take a shaky
breath and exhale in short Huff's I came down here to and now they wiped their
eye furiously I'm confused they say and I don't know what to do
frisks voice breaks at the last syllable and they let their face fall into their hands
flowey lowers his head and shame me to frisk if there is anything frisk has
ever learned is that just because you are hurting doesn't mean you have to hurt others too people do not deserve to
be hurt and so if the world isn't pain a simple act of kindness can sometimes be
enough for Prevot three days after they wake up and Snowden with a new flower at their neck
they march down the same path to Sansa sentry station again sans
bored as always but frisk has suspicions they let the conversation go as usual
and of course say thank you sans flinches his eyes flickered a
frisks face to the flower at their neck and then to flowey whose glowering at
him what he breathes thank you frisk repeats and in turns to continue on
their journey never looking back this time they don't outrun dog of me and dog
IRISA and instead end up getting ripped to pieces they wake up with another
flower on the right cheek too close to their good eye for comfort sans isn't looking at them he's staring
at the snow instead looking deep in thought and troubled Gilbey's frisk
offers instead of the usual spiel that starts sands out of his reverie huh
he says dumbly frisk motions back to Snowden yeah sure they left flowey at
the end today said that they weren't planning on getting out of Snowden just yet but just wanted to stretch their
legs the flower was understandably skeptical and then apologized ashamed
that he doubted frisk the only person in the whole underground who'd shown him kindness so far sans looks distracted
the whole way to the restaurant he doesn't say anything frisk notes that he hasn't used pet
names in a while either they ordered two trays of fries again and frisk hands sans the mustard much to his confusion
and asks grill B for the ketchup says thank you again the bartender looks
happy after where's your flower friend sans asks in he hums hmm you stayin in
Snowden frisk shakes their head no and points up like they always do out sans
size you're really set on that aren't you it takes a while before the answer a
sad smile creeps on frisks face as they idly drag a piece of their food along a
spot of ketchup only thing I know how to do from how the lights in his eyes dim
snorts frisk thinks sands understands when they set out and end up running
into papyrus and sans again frisk just shakes their head sadly and braces for
their sole to be pulled out of their body the battle starts frisk dodges
papyruses attack while flowey watches their back and warns them the skeleton gets fed up and throws flowey to the
side with his magic frisk reaches out a hand as if to grab their friend and that's the distraction papyrus needs to
ram a femur into their arm effectively breaking and nailing it to the ground taking frisk along with it frisky yelps
and squirms they grab the femur and pull but it's lodged too deep and their arm
is barely hanging on to the rest of their body by a thin layer of skin this entire thing sans stands and watches at
the side he watches as the human doesn't give him that hateful look they did when they first experienced this and how they
cry out to their fallen friend and how his brother breaks their arm and then their legs with his attacks frisk is
breathing hard red blood dripping from their mouths staining the flowers at their neck and their clothes along with
the snow underneath them the dyed slush looks like wings pinned beneath their body the human soul is infront of
papyrus pulsing weakly help frisk rasps looking up for a brief
moment their eyes flicker too sans please papyrus calls up another femur
and stabs them straight through the chest
didn't work frisk mumbles as they wake up for the whatever the [ _ ] run it is time flowey
sighs from the desk I'm sorry yeah frisk says me too it becomes a pattern
for the next few runs frisk goes out find sands they talk they solve the
traps which are getting easier and easier the more they work on them they meet papyrus and sans sometimes they
almost get past sometimes they get killed straight away all the same papyrus kills them sans watches always
watches the right side of frisks neck and cheek are already covered in flowers
there's always a new one with every death and frisk has long worked out that their death counts they mark their
failures stay determined the voice at the back of their head whispers every
time they fall asleep you are the hope of humans and monsters frisk hopes to
heaven and hell that it'll be enough to keep them grounded and determined to get out to see the Sun again to be safe from
this hellhole once they agree with flowey that frisk find another way to get them out of Snowden maybe another
route or maybe being diplomatic that had worked with Torrio maybe if frisk was
determined enough and lasted long enough papyrus would let them go too and then they could go back for flowey that
proves to be hard during the first try since frisk falls from the bridge without flowey to grab onto the cliff
and hoist them up that is an unnecessary death that gains
them a flower beside the right I frisk shifts unevenly and touches the bloom it
doesn't hurt but it's annoying they never try it again sometimes sans greets them and sometimes
he looks deep in thought and on those days frisk offers to take him to grill bees and stops by the end to leave
flower there no use bringing him around when they weren't making progress and the end was warm why we like the warmth
better than the snow why'd you offer sans asks them on one occasion when the
flowers have covered their left palm and leave only the fingers peeking out you looked sad frisk admits what's it to you
des no frisk shrugs wanted to help sans
gives them a strange look frisk chuckles when the flowers have taken over three
of their left fingers sans is the one who offers grill bees first apropos of nothing
he didn't look sad didn't look bored just hopped off his seat and held out a
hand frisk of course doesn't touch it but he doesn't look offended frisk
passes hand the mustard and he passes them the ketchup frisk still thanks grill bee when they're served why do you
do that sans asks when the bartender walks away a little brighter frisk points to themselves and tilts their
head yeah you honey he says frisk thinks over how to string
their words together as they place the ketchup bottle down on the bar be polite they say people don't deserve to be you
shouldn't be rude to people for nothing doesn't mean you have to be polite all the time sans says you don't even know
anybody here you could just leave it as it is and talk to no one can be rude
frisk says don't want to don't have to huh sans eyes them for a second and then
raises his bottle of mustard Cheers frisk giggles for the first time in such
a long time down here and raises their own bottle of ketchup Cheers
the next time they go to grill B's frisks left hand has gone numb with the flowers sans notices and doesn't hold
out his hand this time frisk smiles to themselves can I ask you
something he says once both of their fries are smothered with their preferred condiments you already did huh sans Huff sound good
naturedly he waves a hand towards them what's with the you know flowers yeah
frisk lifts their left arm although it's like lifting a sleeping limb you can't feel it when you try to move it static
runs through your veins tell you later you're staying in Snowden honey no frisk
says going out want to come that's the first time they've offered in sans
actually throws his head back and laughs going out up frisk points upward with
their right hand before papyrus can pull their soul out to battle the skeleton stops bringing up his magic and
confusion and sans watches intrigued when I come frisk asks the pinpricks of
sans eyes sockets shrink and papyrus stops stunned then he cackles the only
ones who are going up are us papyrus says as bones shimmer into existence
behind him and we'll be doing that with your soul frisks eyes go wide there too
surprised to move their feet in the first bone slams into their gut bursting through their backs stained with red
blood trickles down their chin as they cough
seven human souls flowey explains once they're back in Snowden seven human souls in King özgür
becomes a god powerful enough to break through the barrier and get us all out he shifts they've gotten six Souls I
imagine you know exactly how frisked nods they just need one more one more
and they'll be out flowey says he sighs and looks away I know I should be happy
about all this but once they're out they're going to lay waste to humanity and that's not something I can live with
knowing I probably could have helped he shakes his head and laughs bitterly
whatever I'm pretty useless anyway frisk reaches out and touches a pedal there's
a flower above their eyebrow now and their eye is nearly covered no they say
your friend you're here you count your helping flowey stills before he breaks
down crying frisk hugs the pot closer to their chest and lets him frisk wanders
by sand station too late intent on another grill be visit just to cool down from getting killed again and instead
papyrus catches them talking well in the process of actually starting to talk
sands was going to wave maybe the one to offer this time but the stomp of boots
makes them both freeze and papyrus catches them and what appears to be mid conversation a human is here he starts
and you're not even bothering to catch them sands says nothing and lowers his
hand where are you trying to befriend them brother papyrus asks sands leans back in his
chair no frisk says I was trying to befriend him both brothers heads swivel towards
them thank God flowey wasn't here to see this he'd be shrieking at them for being so stupid
papyrus Tut's and then turns to sands capture them then sands blinks slow what
capture them papyrus repeats what sans
asks louder this time his brother Huff's they want a friend
don't they he says and good friends show friends how things work in the neighborhood frisk clenches their fists
they look at sans but he's staring at his brother and sweat is breaking out on his forehead
papyrus sighs are you actually too lazy to do it he snorts fine then I'll take
care of the human I don't know why you're still a sentry but I guess it has something to do with you riding off my
success papyrus sans says but his brother doesn't listen I'm always the
one who does everything here even when the opportunity presents itself you act all kind and useless fine I'll do it
frisk closes their eyes and defeat papyrus looks at sans and they stare
each other down for a few seconds before papyrus smiles and takes a step back he
[ _ ] a brow and gestures towards the human who's slightly shaking all yours
brother sans stiffly gets out of his seat out of the station and walks in
front of frisk frisk doesn't open their eyes and bow their head they hear
something wet tear before there's a blast of light behind their eyelids and they're consumed by fire grill beasts
they still offer sans looks shaken the light in his eyes wavering but he
manages a shaky yeah papyrus doesn't catch them this time and they have their
meal in peace so I've got a question for you sans starts frisk wipes their hand on a
napkin and listens do you think that even the worst person can change that
everyone can be a good person if they just try there's a flower beside frisks
eye and they know they are one death away from being blind they smile a genuine one yes I'm telling
you this may not be a bad thing I'll tell you what's a bad thing frisk hears them through the blizzard
before they see them that's new flowey mutters Wow he always remembers the
iterations that's what keeps frisk sane most of the time you fraternizing with
the enemy frisk drops their hand to see papyrus jabbing a gloved hand into sans chest
the shorter skeleton staggers backwards but takes a step back to steady himself and holds his ground I am NOT
fraternizing I am saying that we think this through he says he you can't think
sans all you do all day is sit at your post and sleep and eat and be useless
that's enough papyrus sans growls oh look he knows how to talk back they're
fighting flowey whispers and turns to frisk frisk maybe we can run they shake
their head papyrus will notice they say not yet if I die I might go blind can't
risk that sans and papyrus are still yelling at each other frisk shivers in the cold and waits for
them to notice that they're here when they do papyrus grins speak of the devil
he summons his bones to attack and frisk swallows but then sans marches over
towards them the bones disappear what are you doing to spite and show you I'm
not useless sans grabs frisks good arm and the human flinches on instinct I'm
taking them to as gore the human freezes a deep growl rumbles and papyruses
throat no watch me sans bites back the
ground pulls from beneath them and frisk stumbles back flowey extends binds to take root in the ground but touch
nothing as light explodes around them in one second and disappears in the next when they blink
in front of a sentry stations similar to the one in Snowden but there's no snow around save for the roof on the small
building there's a bright blue flower at the side frisk nearly falls back and
sans grabs the sleeve of their other arm to steady them you all right there sweetheart
frisk pulls away quickly careful not to drop flowey sans lets them go and holds
up his hands easy there you you frisk hasn't
hyperventilated in a long time they thought they were doing so well but they're back to having their chests too
tight and taking in short breaths here taking me to King has car flowey extends
a few vines towards sans ready to defend if need be the skeleton spares the flower a glance
but looks back to frisks only visible eye would you believe me if I said I
lied to my brother honey he asks frisk frowns why he was going to kill you he
says had to make use of what I had to get you out of there don't think he's gonna chase us now except for if he
wants to dust me he laughs I reckon he's always wanted to do that but I don't go
down easy unbelievable flowey briefs frisk frowns further you they look at
his held up hands and the expression on his face you're helping me you said that
you believed everyone could be a good person right he shrugs like he always does um trying he slowly lowers his
hands and holds one out frisk eyes it wearily it's a minute or
two before they hold out the left one and put it in sands he wraps his bony fingers around their flowered covered
ones and starts walking towards what looks to be a waterfall frisk isn't dead
nor are they dying they got past papyrus they smiled to themselves determined