Minus Determination (Continued)

Chapter Three

(Posted September 4, 2021)

It had been three years since a girl disappeared in the mountains. Rumor was that there were monsters in the heart of Mt. Ebott, the tallest mountain in the world. Clarissa was the only one brave enough to venture nearby. 

People had blocked off the mountain, warning everyone to stay away. Clarissa refused to think that the girl died. She had to save the child. So, she went to the mountain with nothing but a bandana and what she called her 'tough gloves.' 

She found herself gazing into a dark chasm. She grinned, knowing the challenge before her. She stepped backwards a little bit, then with a running start, jumped into the mountain. Clarissa felt herself fall. She waited for a short while. She looked down just as she landed in a patch of flowers. 

Clarissa groaned and tried to get up. She looked at her health bar. 23/30. She loeoked around until her sight unblurred. A fuzzy white and purple shape suddenly morphed into a goatly abomonation. 

Clarissa screamed as she looked at the pair of sharp shears in the furry monster's hands. She found herself in a battle with the white goat. Clarissa pressed the FIGHT button in a panic. The monster took some damage. "Child, my na-" The goat began. Clarissa slammed the FLEE button. 

Clarissa ran through the ruins, avoiding all the monsters as best she could, the white furry chasing after her. Clarissa hesitated as she saw a toy knife nearby. She kicked it away and she sped off into a quaint little house. She looked back as the goat thing ran into the garden. Clarissa yelped and threw herself down the stairs. 

She raced down a narrow hallway. She shoved open the door and into a small grassy area. A buttercup flower with a face on it was there. "This is bound to be interesting," The flower mused. Then it erupted into horrible laughter. Clarissa scoffed and stepped on the plant, making her way to a cold snowy place. 

She heard human like laughter through the blizzard. Shivering, she walked towards it to two kids. They were bundled up in scarves, hats, coats, gloves, and boots. She couldn't see their faces very well.

"BROTHER! WHO IS THIS?" The slightly shorter child asked.

"i think that's just a human," The other replied. 

"HUMAN, I AM THE GREAT PAPYRUS, FUTURE ROYAL GUARDSMAN!" The short kid declared.

"i'm sans. future royal sleeper," the taller one said nonchalantly. 

"SANS! THAT IS NOT A REAL JOB!!!" Papyrus shouted. Sans shrugged. "Okay then..." Clarissa answered, deciding approaching them wasn't a good idea.  She began to bypass them.

"HUMAN, WAIT!" Papyrus called. Clarissa turned around, only to be hit in the face by a bone. She got up, realizing she was in a battle with the brothers. She didn't want to hurt these kids, but she was also curious. She hit CHECK on Papyrus' name. 

PAPYRUS- ATK 6 DEF 9

A skeleton with big dreams. 

Clarissa gasped. These kids were undead things?! Papyrus sent a barrage of bones at her she attempted to dodge, but her attack grazed her HP to 12/30. She tried to attack Sans, but he dodged?

"look, kid, it takes a lot of spine to try to attack my brother and me," Sans began, "so i'll let you off with a slap on the wrist." Sans walked over and slapped her on the wrist. Clarissa blinked and looked at her HP. 30/30. She looked up to see Sans winking. 

"SANS! MY FUTURE CAREER IS AT STAKE!!!" Papyrus yelled, "AND YOU ARE MAKING PUNS!?" 

"yep," Sans replied with a mellow tone in his voice. Papyrus scowled and sent a complex pattern of bones at Clarissa. She tried to avoid the attacks, but she was cut down to 6/30 HP. "Scre wyou fricking dreams!" Clarissa yelled as she pounded the FIGHT button. She punched Papyrus in the face.  Papyrus went unconcious.

Sans' expression darkened. His eyes went pitch black. "you've got a lot of nerve doing that, kid," He said as his both his eyes flickered blue and yellow. Clarissa stepped back. Sans closed his eyes as a dozen Gaster Blasters appeared. "so, you're really asking for a bad time."

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