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- >You face down Toriel, as she begins to turn to dust.
- >You're heartbroken - you didn't want to fight her!
- >You didn't want to hurt her!
- >You wanted to prove you were tough enough to get home, but, but, you didn't want this!
- >You wanted her to live, to spare her, but her name wasn't yellow!
- >No!
- >You reach forward, grabbing her softly crumbling body.
- >Hot tears run down your cheeks onto her dust.
- >You are DETERMINED.
- >DETERMINED to not...
- >(Your tears mix with her dust)
- >let..
- >(Her body becomes lighter, the smell of ash in your nostrils)
- >her...
- >(The slurry splatters across your chest as her form collapses)
- >DIE!
- >(Your arms hug through the space her body was, hugging yourself as you feel SOMETHING pass INTO you)
- >...
- ---
- >sans approaches the kid from behind.
- >He's grinning.
- >Perfect set up for a prank.
- "D O N ' T Y O U K N O W H O W T O G R E E T A N E W F R I E N D ?"
- >He sneaks up behind the child, whoopie cushion in hand, internally giggling at the kids reaction.
- >...but something's off.
- >The kid has...white fur?
- >Long ears?
- >They turn around, regarding sans with a matronly look.
- >"Don't you know not to approach children from behind?" they say, a voice semi-recognisable, "It is not very polite."
- >That voice...!
- >No...
- >"kn-knock, knock," says sans, sweat gathering at his forehead.
- >The kid instantly brightens.
- >Oh no, no, no, no
- >"Who is there?" SHE replies, entranced.
- >Oh god above kid, what did you DO!?
- ---
- >You are THE GREAT PAPYRUS!
- >You have been searching all over Snowdin looking for your idle, lazy, slothful excuse for a brother, sans.
- >Where IS that blue-hoodied hooligan?
- >He has to reset his traps!
- >After all, if he doesn't set the traps, then a human might get past them.
- >And if THAT happens, then how will Papyrus get into the Royal guard then!?
- >How will Papyrus be able to stop sans from punning all day and make something of himself?
- >How will he get popularity and kisses from lovely robot celebrities?
- >How will he get Undyne's respect!?
- >How will he get crowned 'Coolest Skeleton Ever'!?
- >Such things are unthinkable!
- >Furiously tapping your foot, you think near the empty guard post as to where your sneaky slothful sibling has hidden himself to no doubt nap!
- >You hear a yelp of noise further down the path.
- >What ho!? Is that!
- > A HUMAN!?
- >...no, it's a rock.
- >BUT.
- >Beyond that rock you hear the familiar grumblings of your brother!
- >You pirruoette and dance away towards your no-doubt-fell-asleep-and-got-buried-in-snow brother!
- >Elegantly, you land and pose, to observe a curious sight.
- >Your brother is rambling most uncharacteristically as he violently shakes a mini-clone of Asgore.
- >You delicately sweep in and grab sans, holding his body high above your head, while he thrashes like an imputent toddler.
- >"SANS!" you yell, amazed, "I AM IMPRESSED THAT YOU'VE TRIED TO MAKE A FRIEND, BUT I FEAR THAT YOUR TECHNIQUE IS LACKING!"
- >sans breifly freezes, eyes looking at you nervously.
- >"pap," he says, full of concern, "pap, listen to me, you have to get away from it!"
- >Ah.
- >It's quite clear what is happening!
- >"FEAR NOT, BRRROTHER!" you say, cheerfully, "SOMETIMES EMBARRASSING THINGS HAPPEN WHEN YOU MAKE FRIENDS! BUT THESE THINGS ARE NOT AN EXCUSE TO RUN AWAY! IF I RAN AWAY THE FIRST TIME MY EMERGENCY SPAGHETTI FELL OUT OF MY BATTLE BODY IN FRONT OF UNDYNE, I WOULDN'T BE WHERE I AM TODAY!"
- >You sling your startled miscreant brother under your arm.
- >"AND NOW WE MUST PUSH THROUGH YOUR EMBARRASMENT AT NOT BEING A GOOD FRIEND MAKER, AND MAKE FRIENDS, STARTING WITH..."
- >You turn to the left (the best direction), finger pointing.
- >Befriending a rock?
- >Nah, sans already has one of those.
- >He needs new horizons!
- >You turn some more.
- >A tree?
- >Pfft, sans would make non-stop bark puns no doubt!
- >You turn some more.
- >Snow?
- >How does on even befriend SNOW that is not in the form of a snowman!?
- >You turn some more.
- >And your outstretched pointy digit comes into contact with a thoroughly confused goat kid's nose.
- >"...THIS MINI-ASGORE!"
- >The goat blinks, a look of mortification coming over it's face.
- >"Mini...Asgore?" it says, confused and slightly upset.
- >No doubt put off by sans' embarrassing behaviour.
- >Your brother thrashes under your arm.
- >"bro, srsly, bro, stop," he whines petulently, "it'll...eat us, bro!"
- >"NYEH HEH HEH!" you nyeh heh heh, "YOU ARE SUCH A SILLY BAG OF BONES SANS! HOW CAN SUCH A TINY ADORABLE KING-COPY EAT US! THE ONLY THING THAT IS GETTING EATEN..."
- >With a flourish of your free hand, you reveal a steaming plate of emergency spaghetti.
- >"...IS THIS EMERGENCY SPAGHETTI, MADE BY A TRUE, GENUINE SPAGHETOR!"
- >You leap over to the mini-Asgore.
- >You stand tall, a plate of the Best Food in one hand, held aloft.
- >Your brother flops angrily under your other arm.
- >You smile widely as your scarf dances in the breeze.
- >"GREETINGS! I AM THE GREAT PAPYRUS, SOON TO BE ROYAL GUARDSMAN AND HUMAN HUNTER!"
- >You heft your brother under your arm.
- >"THIS IS MY LAZY BONES BROTHER, SANS! UNFORTUNATELY, HE'S MISBEHAVING RIGHT NOW, BUT I'M SURE HE MEANS WELL! FOR NOW, I WILL TAKE CHARGE OF THIS FRIENDSHIP, AND SAIL US TOWARDS HAPPINESS!"
- >You offer the plate.
- >"WHAT IS YOUR NAME, SOON-TO-BE-FUTURE-BEST-FRIEND-OF-SANS?" you ask, politely.
- >The Tinygore looks at you amused as they take the plate.
- >"My name is Tori-...my name is Fri-..."
- >The goat seems profoundly confunded.
- >Just like you are when exposed to a particularly puzzling puzzle!
- >"FEAR NOT, TINYGORE!" you say, "I, TOO, SOMETIMES HAVE REMEMBERING MY NAME! JUST YESTERDAY I SPELT IT PYPARUS INSTEAD OF PAPYRUS!"
- >You lean in to conspiratorially whisper, but then think the Tinygore might not hear you and decide to yell anyway
- >"I FEAR THAT I WON'T RECIEVE MY LATEST SHIPMENT OF TRAPS MONTHLY!" you cry.
- >You lean back.
- >"PERHAPS SOME DEEP AND INVIGORATING PUZZLING WILL HELP YOU REMEMBER! AND IT JUST SO HAPPENS..."
- >You hold up a startled sans before you.
- >"...THAT SANS HERE NEEDS TO RECALIBRATE HIS PUZZLES!" you say, mildly upset, "WHICH HE WILL DO RIGHT NOW!"
- >You put the grumpy skeleton under your arm.
- >"WHY DON'T YOU COME ALONG, LITTLE GORE, AND TEST YOUR METTLE AGAINST OUR HUMAN-DECIEVING TRAPS! I MEAN," you add, hastily, "I KNOW YOU ARE NOT A HUMAN, LITTLE GORE, BUT YOU CAN STILL TEST YOUR METTLE AGAINST I, THE GREAT TRAPMASTER PAPYRUS!"
- >Mini-Asgore looks at you dubiously.
- >No doubt that such an offer to hang out with your awesome is something even this poor little goat-kid can even comprehend!
- >But then, they smile happily.
- >"I would very much like that, Great Papyrus," she says, "although while I am uncertain of my own name..."
- >A dark look passes over her little face.
- >"...I DEFINITELY don't think it's Asgore," she grinds out.
- >"OF COURSE!" you chirp, "WE CAN SAFELY SCRATCH THAT NAME OFF THE LIST OF POSSIBLE MINI-NOT-ASGORE NAMES!"
- >You turn, striding off towards the next puzzle.
- >You hear the little goat slurping up your spaghetti behind you, making your heart soar.
- >A new friend!
- >You can't believe it!
- >Maybe this is the turning point for you!
- >With this new friend's help, you might be able to come up with the trap that catches the next human!
- >Unseen to you, your brother takes two digits to his eyes.
- >Then back to the goat kid.
- >The goat kid tries to hide how much this hurts them.
- >As does everything else.
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