Knighttale

Enter Void

It's nearly midnight, the moonlight filtering through the windows and trees. Sans wakes up shuddering from his bad dream and the cold. He steps out of his room, quietly going to the kitchen to get a glass of water when he notices Knight's nail missing from beside the door. "out again?" he mutters, thinking of how they've seemingly gone out every night. He considers going back to bed but stops. Something feels....different tonight.

He decides to write a quick note to Papyrus reading "If I'm not back when you wake, I'm just out on a walk through the woods. - Sans"

He grabs his jacket, heading out and following his gut feeling.

They stand looking down into a cavern, seeing if they can jump down. They pause, placing a Dream Portal before jumping down. They snap out their Monarch Wings right before hitting the ground, softening the landing on the flowers. They pause before looking around, seeing and following a trail of a dark, bubbling thick liquid.

Sans comes across the faintly glowing Dream Marker and looks around it some, seeing if there's anything nearby. "Another one of these? What even is it from?" he mutters to himself, seeing the cavern "Geez, I forgot how close we are to the Underground" Noticing the flattened look of the flowers, he crouches, spotting the dark liquid. He thinks back on when Knight got cut on something, getting worried "..Did they fall? I hope they're ok.." He teleports down, following the trail.

Little Knight walks through the Ruins, nail ready just in case of any threats. They stop at a pattern falling pattern, hearing the crackling of leaves ahead.

A tall vessel, wearing a tattered and too-small cloak, climbs onto solid ground from a hole in the puzzle. It tilts its head, seemingly looking around and moving while clicking. It suddenly dashes at Knight and strikes at them with its chipped blade. Knight blocks the strike and reacts with a slash of their own, forcing the vessel back a pace. it initially looks ready to attack again, but suddenly stops, darting back and dropping into the leaves below. A few tense moments pass, the Knight standing ready.

Sans catches up at this point, looking at Little Knight's readied blade and the trail ending with a bit of pooling at spots "Are..you ok?" he asks, concern clear in his voice.

"Stay alert." they sign, walking to the edge of the hole, looking in. Sans follows, looking as well with an expression of concern and confusion.

"What did you see? I'm not seeing anything down there."  

"Another vessel," they sign, "--- dropped down a minute before you arrived."

"Huh...Well, they're gone now. Let's go home kiddo, it's late." They nod, stepping away from the ledge. They put away their Pure Nail, taking out the Dreamnail in its place. They sign "Teleport" before using the nail to do so.

"What d-huh." He looks at the spot Knight was, watching the glowing fade before teleporting home himself, sitting on the couch as Knight opens the door "Hey kiddo." He says as they set their nail down by the door. They nod to him, walking to their room, and sitting on their bed.

Sans sits there, thinking quietly of the past days since Little Kight had shown up and that night.

"They seemed...quick to go to attacking...even though that would have been their family....hmm....." he ends up falling asleep eventually, the sky lighting up slowly.