The Path We Walk

Ch.16 Kareoke and Movies

  We look into the living room to see everyone was running around with food and pillows. The room was decorated with balloons and streamers. There was a banner hung up that read "WELCOME TO THE FAMILY!" in red writing. The others seemed to notice us. They smiled.

  "Glad you could make it to the party. We were just setting up for karaoke. Hope your ready to sing your soul out!" Killer tells me.

  "What is all this?" I ask.

  "Well, we try to throw parties everytime we get a new member. It can be hard to find things to celebrate for us, so we do so at every opportunity." Dust answers.

  Just then Cross comes running through holding a bar of chocolate. "MY PRECIOUS!" He screams, hissing. Error comes running behind him.

  "GiVe Me BaCk My ChOcOlAtE, CrOsS!" Error screeches.

  "CROSS! GIVE ERROR THE CHOCOLATE I GAVE HIM! IT WAS A PRESENT!" I hear Blue say as he comes out of the kitchen. I tense, but remember that it was common for Blue to be friends with the Bad Sanses in multiverses.

  I look to Nightmare. He nods his head to me, so I relax. Blue comes over to me. "HELLO AGAIN, NEW FRIEND. LET ME PROPERLY INTRODUCE MYSELF. I'M BLUE, IDENTIFY MALE, PRONOUNS ARE HE/HIM. IT IS WONDERFUL TO MEET YOU!" He tells me.

  "Good to meet you to under better circumstances. My name is Aster. I'm bi-gender. She/her. Hope we can get to know each other better." I tell him. He smiles wide at me.

  Everyone starts to take seats around the living room. "Ugh, what's all the racket? I was sleeping!" The now awake flower cries.

  "You missed everything! We did intros and got the rundown!" Lus criticized.

  "Why don't you and Ama catch him up on names and pronouns. We can tell him the rest later." I tell the spirit. Ama nods their head.

  I set Dil on a side table. The three children start to talk. I turn to the others. Dust looks at me and cries, "Holy Shit!"

  I look around to see what he was looking at. The some of the others look at me in surprise. I tilt my head confused. "What? Do I have something on my face?" I ask.

  "How long has your soul been like that?!" Cross asks me.

  "The whole time. You just couldn't see it because of me holding Dil." I answer.

  "I THOUGHT YOU WERE A BIT STOIC, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW YOU DIDN'T HAVE EMOTIONS!" Blue says in shock.

  "What does it matter. I'm still the same person you meet. I just have a condition that Nightmare is helping me with. I am perfectly capable of caring, it's why my soul is orange. I just can't feel positive or negative emotions." I tell them.

  "That Is True. You Were The One Who Wanted To Cuddle Me. If You Were Unable To Care You Would Have Just Ignored Me." Cinnamon says as they walk in with two large bowls of popcorn. He sits down in a bean bag and motions me over. I go and sit with him. Grabbing some popcorn from the bowl. Horror just watches us.

  "Ya! It doesn't matter either way. Aster is one of us now! So let's get this party rolling!" Killer says putting on a song lyrics on the TV. He starts to sing.

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Killer in the Mirror
By
Set It Off

Look out, they're closing in on you now.

Wake up, or you'll wake up six feet down.

Nobody's got your back in this town.