Skylar looked to Erion and she held back a chuckle at the notion that he should've turned down Mettaton's volume. After he told the group that he would stay on the surface, she nodded and answered "Alright,". Now that she thought about it, he had that look of recognition, just as Sans seemed to have, right after she saved that Temmie. Maybe he would be able to tell her if she needed to LOAD if anything happened on the surface. Before she could say anything about that, Celes stated that she would come along as well. Skylar nodded to Celes and answered "Thank you," She appreciated that the stranger wanted to help find Frisk. Her healing abilities would definitely help.

She looked to Papyrus and Sans as Papyrus spoke and she couldn't help but smile at his response to Sans' joke. She listened to his response to Sans's attempt to get him to stay on the surface (yes, she knew what he was up to. ...Yes, she was guilty of trying to use the same tactic on Frisk years ago). Skylar had to say, it was one of the most spectacular backfires and most heartwarming responses she had seen and heard! Her eyes teared up a bit, and she wiped the tears away and she couldn't help but let out a happy "Awww!" She couldn't help but think as to how lucky Frisk was to have Papyrus as a friend. In a way, hearing that filled her with determination.
Sans sighed silently and discreetly so Papyrus wouldn't be able to tell. So his attempt didn't work...Well, he couldn't think of another way to deter him. So he simply answered lazily "OK,".

Though, speaking of Undyne, she suddenly appeared out of the forest. Sans answered David when he asked (both him and Skylar ignored the fact that David misspoke, so they wouldn't embarrass the poor guy), "Oh, That's just Undyne. Captain of the Royal Guard. Before we were freed, she was supposed to capture humans..."
Skylar greeted Undyne "Oh! Hey Undyne. Alphys must've called you too, huh? We were just about to head to the Underground..." Skylar didn't comment on the fact that there was no need for Undyne to suplex boulders.

Mettaton continued holding his arms out, completely still, not moving any body parts at all. "ARE WE GOING DARLINGS?" He said, frustrated.

Asgore stood alone, leaning against his trident. He was deep in thought, the humans needed someone to defend them if a bad monster attacked them, otherwise they stood no chance, which meant it was his job to do. Asgore grinded his teeth, he wanted to find Frisk, he wanted to help them, but... Immediately he was interrupted by Papyrus, not seeing Sans' warning glance, he responded to his over-enthusiastic skeleton bluntly but kindly

"Oh, Papyrus, I don't really need a new captain, I still have Undy-" Immediately he was interrupted by a loud yell to his right. Asgore leapt into the air, only to see who it was. "Her."

Chen looked in the mirror and sighed. He threw on his jacket and pulled his bandanna from his neck to his mouth in a attempt to hide his identity. It was time. After a quick check of his backpack, he headed out of his home towards Mt. Ebott to find FRISK. That infernal little brat had destroyed his plans, but now they were the key to them. Oh how he loathed that little thing. 'That doesn't matter now though. Now I need to find him.' As he walked through the woods to Mt. Ebott he contemplated how he was going to find Frisk. The underground is a pretty big place after all. It was when he stepped out of the forest that he saw them. A large group of monsters, one of them being A BOSS MONSTER. Chen's eyes widened. That was his goal. Right there, a few yards away, and he couldn't do a thing about it. However, it would appear as if they were heading underground. This was his chance. 'Let's put on a good show.' He pulled down his bandanna and put on a friendly smile and a casual walk.

"Yo! Are you guys heading out to the underground too?" Chen called out as he came out of hiding and walked towards them. "I was just heading in to document interesting things for an school assignment and I realized that I might get lost without some monsters to guide me. Luckily for me, I just found you guys! Ain't it crazy how life is sometimes?" Chen had a wide smile on his face and he rubbed the back of his head.

Undyne was quick to cool herself upon sight of her king. The boulder in her hands was quickly set down before the inevitability of it breaking within her grasp happened. Though she never said it to anyone, even Alphys, Undyne saw Asgore like a father figure. Since she was a monster kid, she had been trained by Asgore to become stronger and better. Most of her time was spent training, even back then, and when she finally knocked him to the ground, it didn't feel as good as she thought it would. The rush of victory wasn't there, only the knowledge that she had just hit King Asgore, a giant, fuzzy pushover. That made her feel guilty, somehow. Of course, she felt glad that she could beat him, but the reality of actually beating him did not settle well with her. Even after that, as she got stronger, her mind always wandered back to the same, horrible thought.

'I could kill Asgore if need be.'

She wouldn't ever do it, though. She was physically incapable of doing so. There was no way on the entirety of the earth that she'd do something like that.

"Hey... King Asgore!" She had to pause and stop herself before the word even escaped her mouth. She wouldn't have so many people, especially her friends, hear that word coming out of her mouth and directed at Asgore. "So I'm not the only one going back to look for Frisk, that's good. I CAN'T JUST LEAVE MY BEST BUD AND BOSS TO BE CAPTURED OR HURT BY WHOEVER FUHUHU!" She laughed haughtily before launching one of her spears at the ground. "LET'S GO AND GET FRISK!"

The taller skeleton didn’t catch the tears, but he did catch the ‘awww’...of course she would be touched, she knew that she would soon be reunited with her sibling, now that Papyrus had proudly promised as such. Hearing the king’s response after a tick, Papyrus froze, before turning to look over at Sans with a tear in his bulging eyes, ”NOO HOO HOO~! SANS! THE KING IS SO HEART BROKEN BY MY REJECTION, THAT HE REGRESSED TO A TIME BEFORE HE KNEW HE WANTED THE GREAT PAPYRUS AS CAPTAIN OF THE ROYAL GUARD! THIS IS TOO SAD!” Turning to back to the rest of the group, still holding the flower pot in his arms, he finally noticed…

His expression brightened up some at yet another familiar face, a red mitten covered hand was raised in greeting as he gave her one look and understood that she would play along with the delusion…for the sake of their king, “HELLO UNDYNE…CAPTAIN OF THE ROYAL GUARD…!” Wink, wink wink wink, right at Undyne. For a moment, the skeleton wondered why he didn’t connect the occasional tremors and smashing sounds with her boulder suplexes, but that thought was dismissed as he looked at the sight before him.

A great number of people had come to help save their friend that grew a grin back onto his face…heck, after a moment, his eyes were all big and sparkly when he realized that the rescue of his cool and very great best friend was most certainly at hand. Even now, another human was coming along! Hearing the boy’s explanation as to why he was out here, Papyrus slid close with his free hand on his chest, “HEADING DOWN TO DOCUMENT INTERESTING THINGS, YOU SAY? THEN, YOU ARE MOST FORTUNATE, HUMAN! TO HAVE COME ACROSS THE GREAT PAPYRUS! THERE IS NO COOLER SKELETON BETTER AT PUZZLES THAN I! NO SKELETON MORE KNOWLEGABLE OF THE UNDERGROUND THAN…WELL, MY BROTHER HAS THOSE SHORTCUTS…” For a moment, he stopped to stroke his chin thoughtfully. But that, too, passed.

His hand up in the air as he grinned innocently, speaking with that loud enthusiasm, “WE HAVE ALL CONGREGATED HERE TO FIND THE VERY GREAT HUMAN AMBASSADOR (BEST FRIEND OF PAPYRUS) FRISK! BUT...THERE IS NO REASON WE CANNOT GIVE YOU A BRIEF, BUT STILL WELL-BAKED TOUR OF THE PLACES AS WE PASS ON THROUGH, RIGHT?” His offer to help with no ask of anything in return, he eventually looked along the rest of them, his eyes settled on Skylar and Sans. Wowie, was his brother extra attentive today! Papyrus' smile seemed to widened some, his eyes almost going bit and sparkly again.

A couple of new folks joined our group, the first of whom just seemed to appear out of nowhere, claim to have a school assignment in the summer, and supposedly be trying to find 'something interesting' in the underground. Since the barrier broke, the underground has been pretty much picked clean both from monsters moving their possessions above-ground, and from humans seeking money, or answers during the six months that we've been up here... yeah, there wasn't really anything down there of interest at all, save for, possibly, Frisk. That being said, I decided to say nothing, but... perhaps keep an eye on him due to his flimsy excuse for joining us, and the fact that he was stalking us from the forest. Well, actually that was a lie, I didn't say anything about this, but I did say "So, welcome to our search party... whoever you are," The next guest was more entertaining as she was Undyne who finally made her way here, and started talking pretty much directly to Asgore... at least, I assumed from the conversation that she was named Undyne, and apparently held the position of captain of the royal guard. "Hey, Undyne, but, um, Mettaton's right, we should probably get a move on, we're not going to find Frisk by just standing around, are we? Here, I'll move the first one who probably wants to head underground," I then flew up to Skylar, picked her up, and started heading down the hole, all while making sure that we weren't just letting gravity do the work, as much as my wings begged me to let gravity do the work. I took this opportunity to whisper to Skylar "Hey... I think the hooded guy might not be on the up and up... school's out, and the underground has been picked clean, heck, half of it's already in a museum somewhere," After landing, I let go of her, and flew back up to the surface, waiting for the rest of everyone to head down... just in case I could help any more than I already have.

Erion listened to what everyone was saying, on who was going underground and who was going to stay on the surface, probably with that big boss monster. Unfortunately, it seemed like everyone wanted to go down there. And with what he heard... that guy was actually a king? Well, guess the status of king here was not as important as saving a friend. He looked as Celes stayed near Mettaton, ready to move down to the cave.... her old home. Celes though about it. She would probably be able to see how the nature down survived in her absence, although it would not be the same without everyone else. She smiles softly as she looked at everyone in the group.
"Well... I am ready to go." she says, but then noticing the new human that arrived. Something about him..... just felt really off right now? She didn't know what was making it so. It was a gut feeling that told her to keep a eye out. It was probably just her imagination with how she didn't trust humans that much. Erion on his side just looked at the man and sighed softly. That excuse was weak... but with how many people were going underground... Something though told him that he should say something about it. But he didn't. He just stood there waiting for everyone to move down there.

Chen continued to smile, meanwhile on the inside he was struggling not to vomit. 'Oh god, who is this idiot? He's so loud and obnoxious! Whatever, at least I know these guys are looking for Frisk. They'll be useful, maybe I can even use one of them as a hostage.' Chen quickly scanned the group and nodded. 'Probably not though. They're all very strong, I can't take on this many monsters at once. Not even with my DETERMINATION'

Chen quickly turned his focus back to Papyrus and nodded vigorously. "Wow! Thank you so much Mr. Papyrus! You're so kind and brave! Searching for your friend in this long forgotten realm! And yet you still take the time to guide a poor lost soul like me. I can't imagine anyone being that generous." Chen absolutely piled on the praise as he took on a somewhat awestruck stance. "My name is Chen! It's a pleasure to meet you!" Chen walked towards the entrance and looked at the bird monster. "Excuse me sir? Could you possibly help me down? If not it's okay, I brought climbing gear-" He motioned towards his backpack "-but I thought that maybe I could catch a ride with you, since you were offering." Chen was nothing but polite during this entire conversation. Chen wanted to skin this bird alive.

Sans wanted to smack his face at the fact that Asgore didn't catch on. But he managed to withhold that action (or he was just too lazy to do so right now), and he answered Papyrus, "Well then, I guess that means he has a...baaaaad memory?" Skylar couldn't help but laugh at the pun, and Sans grinned widely.

However, the joviality in that grin faded quickly when a certain person appeared.

Skylar and Sans looked to see a new person came into the picture. A boy with a manly bandana and a saccharine exterior appeared and said that he wanted to join them in order to learn more about the Underground for school. Flowey who was still in Papyrus's hands, seemed to have that look of recognition, before its mouth contorted into a small, devilish grin.

Sans stared at Chen silently not letting his emotions show, while Skylar answered with a hesitant and polite smile on her face, "Ye-Yeah, life's pretty strange," She couldn't say why exactly, but she had a feeling that this person was dangerous...A feeling of deja vu, perhaps? Considering what happened earlier, she wouldn't put the feeling past it.
Sans and Skylar looked to Undyne and Papyrus when they spoke up. The shorter skeleton chuckled, "Sure, I don't see why not, bro. The more, the merrier,"

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Skylar wasn't sure why Sans agreed, but she wanted to speak up and give a reason as to why this guy shouldn't come. But she never did get the chance. David brought up a valid point, flew up to her, and helped her down. She held onto David (making sure that it was tight enough so that she didn't fall, but not tight enough to hurt the poor guy). When he whispered to her, she nodded and she answered him, whispering just as David did, when he was done talking, "I'm glad I'm not the only one who got that feeling! Something about him is really off. We'll have to keep an eye on him," She then realized something and she introduced herself before David landed, "My name is Skylar,"

After David landed, Skylar watched as he flew back up, and she mumbled "I better stay here and wait for the others," She noticed that she was standing amongst a patch of yellow flowers. They seemed to have been well taken care of. She also noticed among the yellow flowers, was a small light. She reached her hand out towards the light out of curiosity, and after a brief flash and a feeling of determination, the light had disappeared.

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Sans noticed how different Chen's behavior towards Papyrus was in comparison to Frisk's and Skylar's when they first met him. He held back a derisive snort, and ignored Flowey as it shouted towards David and Skylar "You all know you're going to die, right?!" He wanted to throw Flowey using his blue magic, but he didn't want to do so in front of Papyrus and the others.

When David came back and Chen asked the bird monster, Sans spoke to the kid casually with a shrug, his hands in his pockets, "Huh, you're quite prepared...and determined to do that assignment, aren't ya?" He shrugged and continued "I'm sure you can hitch a ride with Mettaton, kid. I think our bird friend here, will...egret carrying another person down while they're tired," He then turned and said "I'll meet you guys down below," He walked into the trees and disappeared, only to reappear at the bottom of the hole, with Skylar.

He looked to said girl, and he noticed that she was looking towards the entrance of the ruins. He asked "'Sup kiddo?" Skylar mumbled quietly, "I hear noises ahead...Listen..." Sans remained silent and he heard what Skylar was talking about. There were people ahead, and they were talking. But they were too far away to tell if it was Frisk or not...

"ALRIGHT, I'M DONE WAITING, HURRY UP AND JUMP INTO MY ARMS!" Mettaton threw his arms around, pointing at the group angrily, he placed his hands on his hips and waited.

Asgore looked at the robot, and nodded. He turned to the rest of the group, and decided that now was the time for a speech, the group needed a morale boost, and Asgore knew how to provide that.
"Howdy everyone! I'd just like to say how glad I am to get your help, it has been far too long since we saw Frisk last, and if you are all as dedicated and determined as I hope you are, than we will find them sooner than any of you will believe, however, I have a feeling that there are those among you who do not believe in our mission." As he said this, he looked around, seeing if anyone made a movement that signified that Asgore was telling the truth, nobody did, so Asgore continued.
"To those people, I'd have to ask for your trust, as we all know how important Frisk is to monster-kind, and humankind alike, and without your help, we stand no chance at finding them." He frowned and lowered his head, but then smiled and raised it again as he began the next sentence.
"Even if that is the case, I will not stop until all of my friends are safe, whether you join or not! I will find my...son?...daughter?...Uh, anyways, I won't stop until they're found, and we all know how committed I am, so join with me! Save Frisk, and bring monster-kind and humankind together in a way never seen before, we will be heroes! No matter what happens, stay determined! And we will succeed!"
Asgore then raised his trident to the sky triumphantly, it reflecting the sunlight to the crowd, as if it was radiating from Asgore himself.

Celes on her side jumped into Mettaton's back, ready to go now, ready to go and get down to her old home again. As she waited as she was going down, she breath deeply. Her old home... This would be nostalgic. But there is something else... That human that was lost down there... Frisk was it? Well, hearing what Asgore said, it seemed no one even knew his or her gender. Anyway... she waited before arriving in the cave with Mettaton and probably a couple others, before walking to Skylar and David. She whispers.
"That... other guy... I don't know why but he gives me the creeps..." she then says shivering. She would need to be careful...

Meanwhile at the surface, Erion looked as the people went downwards. He breath deeply after hearing Asgore's speach and smile softly.
"Spoken like a true leader... even if one part of it was... off. I guess no one even knows the gender of Frisk? I mean.... kinda weird." he then says softly before looking towards the hole and shaking his head.
"I hope David will be ok... and everyone else. I just... don't know..." he says, his fencing sword well holstered at his side. It might be best to take care that this guy that stays at the surface end up safe... he probably was really worried about that kid also, so he probably was going to wait until the group comes back.

I smile at Sans' joke, and respond with "Yeah, guess you're right, Sans. Sorry buddy, but I'm gonna have to take a break. I hear Mettaton doesn't get tired, though,", and while I had a plan for actually lowering the new guy into the hole, I then recalled the fact that Skylar got on my back to get down there, rather than having me pick her up with my arms. Yeah, I guess he's right, trying to pick him up when I let Skylar ride me would make him suspicious of me, and letting him ride me would give him the perfect opportunity to back-stab me. I thought as I headed over to Asgore. Once his speech was over, I ended up whispering to him "Hey, Asgore, got any spare soul jars? I don't want to accidentally absorb either Skylar's, or the new guy's soul if anything happens to them, and heck, if I do bring back the jar, maybe Alphys could give them a new body, after all, she made Mettaton and put a soul in him, right?" I then waited for his response while looking over who might stay and who might go. It was obvious that the younger boss monster would go, and we couldn't keep Papyrus or Undyne from going down there if we tried. Mettaton would probably end up going down there, as that's where most of the drama would be... as for Sans... I had no real idea. It seemed like he could just come and go as he pleased with how he seemed to move. I almost wanted to head down there, but I'd really need at least one soul jar, just in case, before I do. Of course, the real reason for the jar was just to prevent the hooded fellow from reviving, or doing whatever it is humans do when they die and come back, but I couldn't let him, or really anyone else know what I was planning.

Chen grinned and shrugged. "I suppose so. If he dropped me it would've been pretty hawkward." He grimaced on the inside. That pun was so awful, he felt hurt by it. 'He will be the first to die. But in all seriousness, the short skeleton appears to be dangerous. He has power, you can tell by his stance. It's of a man(?) with no worries. Not even when he's heading into certain death.'

Chen walked over to Mettaton and tilted his head in confusion. "So... how will we do this exactly?" Chen motioned towards Celes with his head and shrugged. "I'm just asking because it appears as if you already have a passenger." He finished his statement by making himself look as humble as possible. A quick glance around said bad things about his standing here. People were beginning to suspect something was up already. He would have to split off from the group fast once he got into the underground. There's no telling what might happen otherwise.

With the joke from his brother aimed at the king, Papyrus stomped his red boot in an irritated manner. His brother really could not hold back the jokes for a single moment, but, the taller skeleton couldn’t complain. Sans was putting some effort into this, if some squinted enough, and really that was all he could ask for.

"Wow! Thank you so much Mr. Papyrus! You're so kind and brave! Searching for your friend in this long forgotten realm! And yet you still take the time to guide a poor lost soul like me. I can't imagine anyone being that generous. My name is Chen! It's a pleasure to meet you!"

A big smile on his skull, he didn’t know what to say…of course the Great Papyrus would be recognized as being very kind and brave, right off the bat by the strange human! Of course!

Though, noticing a shift from the flower, he turned the pot slightly and caught a…a smile? There was…there was something about it and their new human friend that bothered him, some sweat dripping down his skull after a moment, but it was a smile…so, it couldn’t be all that bad, right? Flowey was even speaking to them again! That brightened up the skeleton’s already optimistic mood some.

One thing did bother the very great and cool skeleton, however, and that was the confusion over Frisk’s gender. On their date, Papyrus did show the small child the door to his room, with its various signs. ‘(NO GIRLS ALLOWED!) (NO BOYS ALLOWED!)’ The skeleton had pointed those out first, to the child, and in turn the child pointed to the last sigh. ‘(PAPYRUS ALLOWED.)’

Frisk’s gender was Papyrus; it was hard to refute that logic.

Well, there would perhaps be some time later to explain this all later, with Frisk helping to explain. Not catching any of the tension from the others, at all, the boot resumed it’s stomping at that bird pun, ”BROTHER, HOW MANY TIMES DO I NEED TO TELL YOU...?!” But the shorter skeleton had already walked off, and their new human companion had a new pun for him to grit his teeth at. Finally throwing his mitts up in defeat, Papyrus took a few long steps back from the hole, unraveling the scarf from his neck and securing it on the plant…taking a running start, the skeleton jumped into the hole--!

Though plummeting was expected, the skeleton did not at all fall like the bunch of bones he was, as if gravity had decided to take it easy on the younger of the skeleton brothers. ‘NYEH HEH HEH’s echoing all the way down as his legs moved as if walking on air, Papyrus held onto the pot and flower carefully, as it off-set his balance some. Applying blue magic to the object in his hands mid-fall, it seemed to balance out somewhat, and easily he landed boots first in the flowers.

Letting his vision adjust back to the darkness in a way only a skeleton could, his eyes briefly glowed for a moment before realizing he had to catch up with the other two, who had already gone up ahead. Unraveling his bright red scarf off of the plant and back around his neck, checking Flowey a moment, Papyrus laughed brightly as he made his way along, “AND HOW ARE YOU, FLOWEY? I, THE GREAT PAPYRUS, HAVE LANDED JUST FINE. BUT YOU HAVE NOT BEEN TOO JOSTLED BY MY GREAT MAGNIFICENCE…NOR THE ACTUALLY JUMP, AHEM…HAVE YOU?”

Sans

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Sans peered at the entrance of the ruins, curious as to what could be speaking. It would be best to wait for the others, though. He heard a chorus of NYEH HEH HEHs down the pit, and watched as his brother landed perfectly. Nonchalantly, Sans muttered "Nice job, pap. That was pretty cool," and looked back at the entrance to the ruins. He began to walk towards them, and realized that it would be much quieter and safer if he just teleported... but people were just talkin', right? How big of a fuss would they get in if someone happened to walk at them? Sans pondered these questions as he walked, and looked into the ruins' doors...

Undyne stayed with the group heading back down into the undergroud, many thoughts filling her mind as she went with them. Frisk and her may have been besties, and Undyne may have been employed as their bodyguard, but there was one person that she was devoted to above all, even more than the father figure in her life.

And that person made a freaky love robot.

Why Alphys.

Why did you have to make a weird freaky love robot who pretends to almost kill Frisk and why does that crazy weird freaky love robot insist that it's creation was meant to impress the king in a long shot of getting him attracted to her. He wasn't even her type, and even with Alphys' glasses, she could miss the point of something or not realize that the STRONGEST COOLEST FISH LADY MONSTER WAS KINDA INTO HER AND THAT HER COOL LEATHER JACKET WAS PICKED OUT JUST TO IMPRESS HER AND SHE HAS A SUPER COOL ENERGY SPEAR AND A GREEN ATTACK FOR CRYING OUT LOUD NO NEED FOR BLUE STOP SIGN BUSINESS OR ANYTHING.

Undyne was building herself up, and she needed to release some steam. Throwing spears left and right wouldn't have done anything but cave them in, so she just had to cool herself for now until she could find room to vent.

Alphys

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Alphys was getting ready in Undyne's apartment for the search of Frisk... after wiping off her face from her sobbing session because of Mettaton's uncalled for jab, of course. She put on her best lab coat, her glasses, and grabbed her super-laser-gun-of-science, even though it would have been AWESOME to take her replica katana, and headed off. Packing the laser gun full of charges, and carrying surplus in her lab coat pockets, she pulled out her phone to track where Mettaton was. After a second, she walked northwest to Ebott forest, and headed to the cave of Mt. Ebott. She ran towards the group, getting about 25 feet and then suddenly running out of breath. She practically crawled the next 5 feet and took deep breaths and looked at the group. "S-sorry for being late, guys! So... *huff* are we gonna... *puff* search the forest or the cave?" Alphys asked before peering down the pit and seeing Undyne, Sans, Papyrus, and a few others already down there. "Oh... *huff* The forest, then?" Alphys asked with a fake smile, kinda wishing she could have gone down and at least gotten more stuff from the lab on the quest through the underground.

Underground Search Party-Entrance and Ruins

Skylar looked back when she heard a shout from the plant, "What?! WAIT NO-" familiar laugh and she saw that Papyrus just jumped down the hole with Flowey in his arms. She could hear Flowey scream in fright and (most likely) anger, as the both of them fell. The flower was panting heavily from the fright once the both of them landed. After Papyrus asked, Flowey was about to shout at the skeleton, but held it back when he noticed that Sans was nearby. The flower wasn't about to risk his life just to insult the other skeleton, so the flower grumbled incoherently in response. Skylar could hear an occasional "Idiot..." under the flower's breath if she strained her ears. Soon enough, the others came down the hole and landed among the yellow flowers.

Skylar's and Flowey's attention turned back to the entrance of the ruins when the voices seemed to grow louder with laughter. ...And it didn't sound like the good kind of laughter. She said to the skeleton brothers and flower, "I don't know about you, but that doesn't sound good. Let's get going!" She hurried off through the entrance of the ruins.

Through the entrance, the sight she saw was much different than what Frisk had described to her. There were the musty structures, but they were covered in ribbons, they were colored in bright pastel colors, and there were crayon drawings all over the walls. The leaves were also nowhere to be seen. She reached center of the foyer to look at the overhead structure with the two stairs on opposite sides of each other. There, a girl...two girls? Someone with one body, and two heads, wearing a pastel blue dress, was standing there, and they were giggling,
"Sister! Perhaps we should give this Froggit a second head too!"
"That sounds like a great idea, Sister. That is a new thing that we can try!"

Skylar could see a Froggit back away from the Sisters and it croaked desperately "Ribbit, Ribbit! Ribbit! (No, please. I've played your games, like you wanted, just let me go! Mercy!)" It may not have understood what the sisters actually wanted to do to it, but it knew that it wasn't good. Skylar called out to the sisters "HEY! Leave that Froggit alone!" The sisters turned to face Skylar, showing that the both heads looked very similar, showing that they're twins. As the twins were distracted by Skylar, the Froggit hopped away as fast as it could. The twins smiled happily and the first one cheered "Wilma! We have a new guest! And it's another human!"
"I can see that dear Beatrice! How exciting! We have a new friend to play with!" Wilma answered calmly,

The two waved their hands at the ground. Before Skylar knew it, she sank down into the ground, as though it was quicksand. As she sank she let out a surprised "WOAH!" She stopped sinking when she was ankle deep and the ground became solid stone again. Skylar tried to yank her feet out of the solid ground, but she was having a hard time doing so. She gulped as she looked to the sisters as they sang "Let's see if you can escape~! Isn't this a fun game~?"

Skylar muttered an "Uh oh..." as she desperately struggled.

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Surface Group-Hole to the Underground in the Forest

After the rest of the Search Party had gone and Alphys had arrived, a loud noise echoed in the distance within the forest. It sounded as though there had been a rock slide...and it sounded as though it was at the other entrance to the Underground, the one that was closer to Asgore's throne room when they were in the Underground. Birds could be seen flying away from their perches in the trees due to the noise. The bats nearby screeched at the sound, starting to panic again. They took off from their perches and flew away from the forest and into town. They do not seem to be ready to attack like before. Instead the bats seemed as though they just wanted to get as far away from the mountain as their little wings could carry them.

Patting the side of the flower pot, offering a cheery smile, he wagged a finger as if giving an important lecture, "NYEH HEH HEH! I WOULD NOT BE SO CARELESS AS TO POSSIBLY DAMAGE YOUR PRISON-HOME IN THE JUMP, FLOWEY! AS A GUARD, IT IS NOT ONLY MY JOB TO WATCH YOU, BUT TO WATCH OVER YOU!"

Finally beginning his own trailing along, catching up at a polite pace, as to not jostle his flowery friend…following behind his brother and his human friend Skye, keeping a polite distance and patiently waiting a moment, he missed the initial interaction with the as he came up…just in time to see over San's head at what looked to be Skye sinking into the ground, traces of magic in the air, enough to be distracted from the twins for a moment.

"WHAT IS THIS?!" Debating on whether or not a bone attack slowly rising up under the teen’s feet would remedy this situation, or worsen it…he made his way close and caught sight of the colorful streamers, drawings, and then squinted at what looked to be a...two headed human? Monster? Well, that didn’t matter too much at the moment. If they were a human, they couldn't possibly have used magic to trap the human girl...and if they were a monster, surely they would realize that they have made a mistake, and rectify it immediately.

Holding a hand up, a big smile on his face, "GREETINGS, I AM THE VERY GREAT AND VERY COOL PAPYRUS! I WILL REGALE YOU ABOUT MY MANY POINTS OF GREATNESS, LATER. FIRST, I MUST HELP OUT MY FRIEND HERE…I’M SURE YOU UNDERSTAND! NOW, IF YOU'LL EXCUSE ME!" Conjuring a bone with one particularly pointed edge, he held it up in his free hand, examined the point, and slowly brought it to the ground that had swallowed his friend’s feet, carefully starting his attempt at chipping away at the stone without jostling the flower pot on his other arm.

Not really making any real progress, the taller skeleton took a moment to look around at the people nearby, "WORRY NOT! FOR I, THE GREAT PAPYRUS...WILL REPAIR THE FLOORS AFTER MY FRIEND HAS BEEN FREED. THIS, UH, MAY TAKE A WHILE..."

Mettaton flew down, maneuvering carefully, to avoid the sides and actually land without a dent, which he managed to do, he offloaded his passsengers, looking around quietly.
"WHAT A FILMING SPOT! I'LL HAVE TO GET THIS!" He pulled a camera from... somewhere, and bagan to record, rolling forwards slowly.

He entered a room, and jumped back upon seeing the scene. A two headed monster, torturing a froggit, and they had his friend! How unpleasing, this wouldn't sit well with viewers.
"HELLO THERE, I THINK YOU DON'T REALIZE, BUT I AM METTATON, YES, I KNOEW YOU WANT MY AUTOGRAPH, BUT HOW ABOUT YOU STOP THIS MADNESS IMMEDIATELY! OR I WILL BE FORCED TO REMOVE YOU FROM THE FILMING AREA!" He crossed his arms, tapping a finger on his metallic arm.

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As the land shook, Asgore's eyes opened, his yellow beard blowing back into his face. His face tightened, and he pulled out his trident, shooting it out from his cape.
"Whoever you are, I'd advise that you stop where you are and identify yourself." he said calmly, crouching into a defensive posture, pointing the spear in the direction of the disturbance. He knew that someone had to have done that, the land didn't just shift without a reason... right?

"Everyone! On your toes, I don't like this." He called out, his face turning into a grimace, wondering what would happen next.