Neon Tears

Chapter 16

-Council HQ Lounge-

Fresh 404 sighs as he steps through his portal looking around the lounge for someone that looks likely to be ready to go.

It didn't take long for those that were around earlier to notice he was back without Geno and Reaper.  Alter was the one to stand up and walk over to them.  "Kid is everything alright."

"Yes, Alter uncle Geno is fine just recovering from a healing session with Lady Vita.  Reaper is fussing over him.  I need to pick up a council member, preferably one of the sturdier ones."  Fresh 404 smiled at Alter.

Alter chuckles, waving him over to a table in the corner with a lot of half asleep skeletons.  "Are you ever going to keep a companion for more than an hour or two?"

"Eventually mostly we are picking the ones that are convenient.  We will likely eventually have a schedule."  Fresh 404 frowns lightly.  "Stay out of your AU, it is due to reset."

Alter gives them a thoughtful look then nods.  "Thanks for the warning.  Blackberry is the most likely to be awake and have eaten."

Fresh 404 scans the room and finds the FellSwap Sans setting in a corner wearing half circle glasses with gold frames and reading a book about trap theory.  "We will have to introduce him to Rose."  They pat Alter on the back before heading over to Blackberry.

Alter sighs and heads to the kitchen to make tomato pie.  "The kid is right, some risks are just not worth it."

Fresh 404 slid into the seat across from Blackberry, "hello FellSwap Sans #0 also known as Blackberry."

Sighing Blackberry put a bookmark in his book and closed it looking at Fresh 404 over the tops of his glasses.  "I take it you have yet again managed to somehow lose your council companion?"

Fresh 404 shrugs, "we repaired some of his code and got him the first healing session of many with Lady Vita.  He is resting.  We can't claim to be benign. We very much do feel malice towards many on the council but at the same time we have been given the responsibility for a multiverse that we very much care about.  So we will take care of the council when we can.  We are not obligated to make it comfortable."

"You are very frank about your feelings and intentions?"  Blackberry puts his book in his inventory taking off his glasses.

"Would anyone believe us if we tried to obfuscate?  We don't see the point in hiding the truth you all already know." Fresh 404 shrugs watching him.

"True but your methods are remarkably calm; it makes you terrifying especially to the over thinking types."  Putting away his glasses, Blackberry stands.  "Let's get this over with."

Standing with a stretch Fresh 404 opens a portal.  "At our age would anyone take us seriously if we couldn't remain calm? What we have to do is hard enough without being treated like we are too young and emotional to know what is happening." No more was said as they walked through the portal and it snapped closed leaving those who had watched uneasy.

-MedicalTale #0-

Blackberry looked around when they stepped out in a hospital waiting room surprised, but trying not to show it.

Fresh 404 doesn't even pause as he steps through the portal instead heading straight to the nurses station.  "Hello, can you please direct us to the room of the HorrorTale brothers? We got a call that Papyrus woke up."

The nurse, a rather cute dog monster, laid his ears back.  "You would be looking for the high security ward."  He points to the left.  "Down that hall first right down one floor check in at the security desk."