Guiltale

Chapter Two: Puzzling ver. 1

Chara simply sighed as I opened the door for her, earning a confused look from the Froggit on the other side. Wait, are the eyes of a Froggit the ones on top or the ones below? Could it be the worst option, that they both are...

Before I could further question the intricacies of Froggit anatomy, my phone rang.

"Hello? This is Toriel."

"Yeah?" I said, not expecting such a call.

"You have not left the room, have you? There are a few puzzles ahead that I have yet to explain."

"Uh,"

"It would be dangerous to try to solve them by yourself."

"I know you feel-"

"Be good, alright?"

Click...

Chara sighed. "She's pretty overbearing sometimes, huh? She always seems to call at the wrong – or, I guess, the right – times."

"Hmm. You have a point there."

I looked back at the room when suddenly the Froggit caught my eye – it seemed to be bouncing in a way to grab my attention. I went over to it like it wanted.

"Ribbit, ribbit. (Excuse me, human.)" for some reason, I understood that it was saying something. Chara was already flummoxed out for today, or else she might have screamed. Instead, she just turned her back and pretended to look at the beautiful view of a small room full of leaves.

"...yes, zer?" I responded. I could hear Chara's psychic attacks already...

"(I have some advice for you about battling monsters. If you ACT a certain way or FIGHT until you almost defeat them..." the froglike creature paused for dramatic effect, "They might not want to battle you anymore.
"If a monster does not want to fight you, please... use some MERCY, human.) Ribbit."

I thought for a moment about the sincerity of what this slightly ridiculous creature was saying. This wasn't something to laugh about.

"... I will, I promise."

Chara laughed as she flew back to me. "You really giving out promises all over the place, huh? Or is that just some kind of weird trait?"

I shrugged, ignoring her. "Thank you for telling me." I directed this statement at the Froggit with a nod, which he returned. Looking around, I saw there was a room to my left.

"Guess we'll do this one at a time – I'm not too fond of lists, but that's the best way to search every room!" with confidence, I turned directly into the room and saw-

"...Just a bowl of candy?!" Chara yelled with frustration.

It was a fancy room with water flowing down channels on the sides and decorated with vines and a single, solitary column-shaped table. On the table there was a huge bowl – a bowl filled to the brim with candy in colorful wrappers.

"Huh," Chara said, knuckle to her mouth, "I think this is the bowl dad used to use on All Hallows Eve. Wonder what it's doing here?"

"I dunno. Though I guess there's no way I would though, huh?" I said, approaching the stand. There was a note that simply said 'Take one' on the table. "Hmm, maybe I'll just help myself to one or two..."

"I think that sounds like a good idea," Chara said as I reached for the bowl. "Monster food isn't going to feel the same as human food though, so be prepared for that."

Once I'd grabbed my first piece, Chara got excited again. "Grace, Grace, there's another block of text!" I tried again to see what she could, but to no avail.