Underearth/Book 1/Chapter 12

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Just as Papyrus finished his sentence, a burst of air created an air bubble clear of fog around them. Afterwards, Papyrus's eyes began to glow red. While they were glowing, bones began protruded from the ground and rushing towards Frisk, who nimbly dodged them.

"Papyrus, I'm gonna be honest. I don't like you, I find you very annoying, but even so, I don't hate you. Please, I don't want to fight you!"

"SO YOU WON'T FIGHT..."

"Yes, exactly."

"THEN LET'S SEE IF YOU CAN HANDLE MY FABLED 'BLUE ATTACK'!"

As he said that, his eyes began glowing a light-blue color as light-blue bones erupted from the ground and raced towards Frisk. Frisk held his breath and stopped moving as much as he could. The bones phased right through him without damaging him in the slightest. When they'd all passed, Frisk let out a sigh of relief. As he let out the sigh, it suddenly became difficult to stand and he collapsed to the ground, face first. While he was laying there, a bone came by and hit him full on. Needless to say, it hurt. Frisk, with difficulty, brought his head up to see what had happened. When he saw Papyrus, his eyes were glowing a deep blue color, the same color Sans's eyes were glowing back at the Gauntlet.

"HARD TO STAND? THAT'S MY ATTACK! NYEH HEH HEH HEH HEH HEH HEH HEH HEH!!!

Frisk finally managed to stand up. It felt like he was twice as heavy than before. More bones came hurling at Frisk, who attempted to dodge them, but found himself more sluggish than before. With difficulty, he did manage to dodge them all.

"I CAN ALMOST TASTE MY POPULARITY!!! 'PAPYRUS: HEAD OF THE ROYAL GUARD'!"

*That's his goal!?*

"PAPYRUS: UNPARALELLED SPAGHETTORE!"

As Papyrus was monologuing, bones continued being summoned and launched at Frisk, who kept dodging and occasionally getting hit.

"UNDYNE WILL BE REALLY PROUD OF ME!!! THE KING WILL TRIM A HEDGE IN THE SHAPE OF MY SMILE!!!"

*Goodness he has high, self-centered ambitions.*

"MY BROTHER WILL... WELL, HE WON'T CHANGE VERY MUCH. I'LL HAVE LOTS OF ADMIRERS!!! BUT... HOW WILL I KNOW IF PEOPLE SINCERELY LIKE ME??? SOMEONE LIKE YOU IS REALLY RARE... I DON'T THINK THEY'LL LET YOU GO..."

*You don't say, genius!*

"AFTER YOU'RE CAPTURED AND SENT AWAY."

Papyrus was beginning to get distracted from the battle.

"URGH... WHO CARES!!! GIVE UP!!! GIVE UP OR FACE MY... SPECIAL ATTACK!!! YEAH!!! VERY SOON I WILL USE MY SPECIAL ATTACK!"

Frisk was beginning to feel exhausted. He couldn't go on for much longer.

"NOT TOO LONG AND I WILL USE THAT SPECIAL ATTACK!!!"

Frisk collapsed on the ground.

"THIS IS YOUR LAST CHANCE TO GIVE UP BEFORE I USE MY SPECIAL ATTACK!!!"

"You... just gonna keep talking... or are you gonna... do something?"

Papyrus grew a slight bit irritated.

"BEHOLD! MY SPECIAL ATTACK!!!"

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Nothing happened.

Both Frisk and Papyrus looked around. Nothing but fog.

"W-WHERE IS IT?"

They both looked every-which-way for a few minutes before Papyrus just let out a sigh.

"WELL, SINCE I APPEAR TO BE UNABLE TO CAST MY SPECIAL ATTACK RIGHT NOW, HERE IS AN ABSOLUTELY NORMAL ATTACK..."

As he said that, his head slumped down in disappointment and Frisk stood up. Papyrus then raised his arm, bringing up many, many, thousands of bones that all began to rush towards Frisk. He tried to back up, but when he touched the wall of fog, it prevented him from leaving.

"THERE IS NO ESCAPE! YOU MUST FACE MY ATTACK!!!"

Frisk took a deep breath, then ran towards the bone-field. When he nearly reached it, he jumped with all his might over the field. As Frisk continued forward, he didn't lose any height to his jump, and managed to jump over every single bone thrown at him. Papyrus just gawked at what he'd just seen before regaining his composure.

"WELL! IT'S CLEAR... YOU CAN'T... DEFEAT ME!!!" As Papyrus spoke, he was huffing through his words as though he was out of breath."YEAH!!! I CAN SEE YOU SHAKING IN YOUR BOOTS!!! THEREFORE I, THE GREAT PAPYRUS, ELECT TO GRANT YOU PITY!!! I WILL SPARE YOU HUMAN!!! NOW'S YOUR CHANCE TO ACCEPT MY MERCY."

Frisk, who was now feeling back to his old weight, approached Papyrus.

"Alright, fine. I accept."

As Frisk accepted Papyrus's mercy, there was a small explosion-like sound as the bubble around them expanded until all the fog was completely gone.

"NYOO HOO HOO... I CAN'T EVEN STOP SOMEONE AS WEAK AS YOU... UNDYNE IS GOING TO BE DISAPPOINTED IN ME. I'LL NEVER JOIN THE ROYAL GUARD... AND... MY FRIEND QUANTITY WILL REMAIN STAGNANT!"

Frisk thought for a moment then let out a sigh.

"Hey Papyrus, I'll be your friend."

Papyrus bolted straight around.

"REALLY!? YOU WANT TO BE FRIENDS WITH ME??? WELL THEN... I GUESS... I GUESS I CAN MAKE AN ALLOWANCE FOR YOU!"

*I'm so going to regret this later, aren't I.*

"WOW!!! I HAVE FRIENDS!!! AND WHO KNEW THAT ALL I NEEDED TO MAKE THEM WAS TO GIVE PEOPLE AWFUL PUZZLES AND THEN FIGHT THEM??? YOU TAUGHT ME A LOT, HUMAN. I HEARBY GRANT YOU PERMISSION TO PASS THROUGH, AND I'LL GIVE YOU DIRECTIONS TO THE SURFACE! CONTINUE FORWARD UNTIL YOU REACH THE END OF THE CAVERN. FROM THERE, YOU'LL NEED TO SCALE A MOUNTAIN UP TO ELYSIUM, AND CROSS THE BARRIER. THAT'S THE MAGICAL SEAL TRAPPING US ALL UNDERGROUND. ANYTHING CAN ENTER THROUGH IT, BUT NOTHING CAN EXIT EXCEPT SOMEONE WITH A POWERFUL SOUL, LIKE YOU!!! THAT'S WHY THE KING WANTS TO ACQUIRE A HUMAN. HE WANTS TO OPEN THE BARRIER WITH SOUL POWER. THEN US MONSTERS CAN RETURN TO THE SURFACE!"

*Well isn't that just great.*

"OH, I ALMOST FORGOT TO TELL YOU... TO REACH THE EXIT, YOU WILL HAVE TO PASS THROUGH ELYSIUM, AKA THE DREEMURR PALACE! THE KING OF ALL MONSTERS... HE IS... WELL... HE'S A BIG FUZZY PUSHOVER!!! EVERYBODY LOVES THAT GUY. I AM CERTAIN IF YOU JUST SAY 'EXCUSE ME MISTER DREEMURR... CAN I PLEASE GO HOME?' HE'LL GUIDE YOU RIGHT TO THE BARRIER HIMSELF! ANYWAY!!! THAT'S ENOUGH TALKING!!! I'LL BE BACK HOME BEING A COOL FRIEND!!! FEEL FREE TO COME BY AND HANG OUT!!!"

And with that, Papyrus ran back into Snowdin Town. Frisk just stood there, contemplating what he'd just learned. To escape this place and enact justice upon *him*, he had to face down the King of all Monsters. This hopefully wouldn't be a problem, but he had to prepare just in case it would. With that in mind, Frisk continued into the cavern mouth that lay open in front of him.