Indeterminate

Chapter 5: The Papyrus Fanclub

A/N: Updates won't be as frequent, due to a mix of me wanting to make stuff that isn't as rushed, and school. I'll be a trying a different writing style this chapter, let me know if this is more preferable than the dialogue format I was using previously. If people like it way more, I might edit some previous chapters. We'll see. Happy reading!

The 4 outsiders hid behind their respective conveniently shaped lamp upon Sans' recommendation. The sound of crunching snow drew closer and closer, until a familiar skeleton appeared in front of Chara, Sans and Asriel. Like Sans his outfit was the same as it always had been, his so called "battle body". The only difference was the light orange Deltarune badge affixed prominently to his scarf.

"Nyeh heh heh! Well if it isn't the-" Before Papyrus could even finish, Chara ran over and pounced on him in elation.

"PAPYRUS! I've missed you so, so much!" After the nightmare she had yesterday, she couldn't be happier to see him.

"Of course you'd miss me! It's been 2 days since we last spoke. Any longer and you would have died from Papyrus deprivation!" He exclaimed. Chara and Papyrus got up from the ground and brushed the snow off of themselves.

"Sup bro." Sans said, casually walking up to his younger brother.

"Sans! Where have you been? And what's with these lamps? You don't need 4!" Papyrus yelled. "And you still haven't set up your puzzles!"

"Just thought I'd decorate the place." He said, pointing to the drab area around them. All that was here besides the snow were the weird lamps and his sentry station/hot dog stand. "People will be so enamored by them that they'll never progress."

Chara was a bit confused upon hearing about his puzzles. [He shouldn't know about the arrival of Kris, so why would he need to capture anyone?]

"Uh, who exactly are we using these puzzles on?" Chara asked

"You! Who else?" Papyrus said. "I'll prove that I can make a puzzle even you can't defeat! And then, I'll become even more popular!"

"Oh by the way," Sans whispered. "You, Papyrus and I are pretty close in this timeline. He's constantly failing at trying to defeat you with his puzzles."

"I heard that last part!" Papyrus said, yelling at his brother.

[I guess some things never change.] Chara thought to herself.

"Puzzles? I love puzzles, I'm great at getting stuck in mazes!"

"Heh, you got that right."

"Guys! Be quiet!"

To Ralsei's dismay, Susie and Lancer whispered loudly to each other, catching everyone's attention.

"Who's there?" Papyrus said, looking around.

"Oops. Looks like the jig is up." Susie came out from behind the lamp.

"I'm always jiggy!" Lancer and the others did the same.

"Whaaaat!? New challengers!?" Papyrus exclaimed, surprised by the newcomers. "Attention! I, the great Papyrus challenge you all to..."

His voice trailed off when he saw Kris. His eyes shifted back and forth, from him to Chara. And then to Asriel and Ralsei.

"I'm seeing double!?" Papyrus said, taken aback. "What is the meaning of this? You never told me you guys had twins!"

Chara remembered that Sans personally did not want Papyrus to be too involved in what was happening behind the scenes, so she decided to lie her way through this.