Lost and Found

Bones Celebration

Sans felt... happy. He was home. His Uha was here, learning from the clan. He was teaching Papyrus the basics of their language. His bro had much to learn, but he had hundreds of years to teach him. They should seriously celebrate. They had a tine again, new members to the clan, Amiri was nearly done rewriting their history and had also been logging in what had happened to Sans. His return to the Earth and the angel that brought him back home to his clan. "i should host a bones celebration." Sans muttered decisively. There was no specific reason for a Bones Celebration. It was really just a random party that Tines would hold on occasion so the clan could relax and have fun, and since Sans felt they had much to celebrate now, a Bones Celebration sounded perfect. Besides, it was a great way to show Papyrus how a Skeleton clan parties. Sans still had to get preparation started if they were gonna be enjoying the night. "i'll need to cook up something special for the dinner, collect the ingredients for the alcohol, get a band together, chop wood for the bonfire..." Did he even have a traditional dancing uniform?

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"amiri is in charge while i'm gone!" Sans informed his clanmates as he bounced onto Fright's back. The blaster shifted in her stance to help keep Sans on her. "BE CAREFUL OUT THERE, BROTHER..." Sans nodded. "we will. you focus on bonding with your blaster and learning skeleton customs. i recommend the kitchen, i have them cooking up something special for tonight, but they are missing some stuff which is one of the reasons i'm heading out." Sans explained. "SPECIAL? WHAT THE OCCASION?"
"you'll see." Sans smirked as Fright started to sprint out the camp to hunt and collect fire wood. Sans already had some Skeletons making the drinks for tonight's festivities. "alright... let's go with elk." Fright lowered her muzzle to the ground as the hunt began. It took a few hours to catch scent of what they wanted. With a bark, Fright chased the scent into the valley to where a herd grazed. "ready when you are, don't try to hunt something beyond your capacity again.." Sans requested quietly. Fright huffed as she lunged to scatter her prey. The elk scattered alright, Fright choosing one in which to give chase and separate from the herd.

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The elk wasn't horribly damaged, a bone to the leg, one to the chest, and teeth marks around the neck. "take this one home, i'll try to find something else." Sans and Fright separated as the Blaster scooped the animal up in her jaws. Sans followed tracks back to the valley before following another set of tracks. It didn't talk long for him to spear another elk through with Blue magic and bones. Now he just needed fire wood. Simple enough, he was surrounded by it. Sans got to work on gathering and drying wood that would make for good kindling. He had a couple bundles ready for transport when Fright got back. "mind carrying this? i think a couple more bundles and we will be set for the night." Fright left Sans to it, snatching up the other elk to carry home. "rude.." He shook his head. She'd be back. She always came back. He continued to search and bundle wood until she did return before using his magic to get it on her back and tie it down. "k, let's get home now, eh?" Sans touched her and took a shortcut.

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Many Skeletons were starting to realize what their Tine was planning and eagerly jumped in to help in whatever he needed, taking the wood to a decent burning spot so the encampment wouldn't burn down and getting the meat to the kitchen for cooking. Many were already dressing the children in celebration clothes and one of the females was making Sans and Papyrus both dance clothes for the party. "WHAT IS GOING ON?" Papyrus certainly noticed when the others seemed to get excited. "party. there's gonna be a party tonight and they are all preparing for it." Sans replied as he came with his and his brothers attire. "you're gonna wanna wear this tonight, by the way." Papyrus grabbed it from Sans. "WHAT IS IT?" Sans chuckled. "put it on and find out." Sans disappeared as Papyrus screeched. "YOU KNOW I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE NATIVE TONGUE!!!" He huffed as he looked at the weird uniform. He missed home. He missed his friends. But Sans was happy here and wanted to show Papyrus his home. Papyrus would stay for now and learn, like he wanted to since he learned of his brothers past, then they could go home. Together.

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As soon as everything was ready, the Bones Celebration started. The music played and food and drinks were served. Skeletons danced with their riyoos or uhamas. Children ran around and played and Sans watched with pride and joy. His clan was happy! Well... most of them... Papyrus, he could tell, was having difficulty transitioning into Skeleton life. He desperately wanted to live here with Papyrus, but... he wasn't sure that was gonna happen. He couldn't just leave his clan either. They needed their Tine... A purple glow caught his attention as he looked up at Amiri. "Would you like to dance with me, my Tine?" She offered. Sans smiled a little. "yeah... sounds great! let's dance!" Sans took her hand and led her among his other dancing clanmates as a new song started. He could think about what to do tomorrow, for now things were supposed to be fun and stress free.

Out of curiosity, if you were Sans would you choose the clan you were raised in or the child you raised?