A Den Tale

Above Bones

Frisk, while walking, tries to reflect and think about some things he has experienced and gone through, thinking about what Den said, and about how far he has come, but, without realizing it, he ends up moving away from the city where they were, entering the middle of icy forest near Snowdin.

A heavy fog surrounds Frisk, who can barely see a few meters in front of him, Frisk soon stops, noticing that he was clearly no longer in the city of monsters.

Frisk: Hmm... I went too far away... better come back, before I really get lost here...

Frisk walks the same way he came, but he soon notices that he is not getting anywhere, concluding the obvious.

Frisk: Eeh... I got lost... But what is this fog anyway? I don't remember there being this fog when we got here...

Walking for a few more meters, following random directions, Frisk finally seems to find something, a silhouette, of what appears to be a person, further ahead in the fog, the figure seems to stare at Frisk, as if it was already waiting for her.

Frisk: Uh... noises.. I hear.. a voice?!
W-Who's there?!

???: Human....

The fog gradually dissipates, improving Frisk's vision, revealing that the figure was actually him.

Papyrus: ME! THE GREAT PAPYRUS!

Frisk remains motionless, frozen by surprise

Papyrus: HUMAN! IT TOOK YOU A LONG TIME TO SOLVE THOSE PUZZLES, THIS JUST PROVES HOW I, THE GREAT PAPYRUS, AM THE BEST AT WHAT I DO!

Papyrus speaks proudly, as if showing off to someone

Papyrus: BUT THAT'S NOT THE CASE NOW! BECAUSE THIS IS THE END OF THE LINE FOR YOU HUMANS! THE ROYAL GUARD IS BEHIND YOU, AND THEY BEGGED, FOR ME! THE GREAT PAPYRUS! CAPTURE YOU! NYEHEHEHEHEHE!

Frisk feels Snowdin's cold slowly disappearing, and soon his soul is exposed, thus beginning another confrontation

Frisk is paralyzed by fear, watching the skeleton move blue bones from the ground, only having time to put their hands in front of their face, trying to defend themselves from a possible impact.

Frisk: Hey! Calm! I DO NOT WANT TO FIGHT!

The bones hit with all their force against Frisk... but he remains motionless, as if he hadn't even felt anything.

Frisk: ...?

Papyrus: NYE... BEGINNER'S LUCK, TRY TO DODGE THIS!

Frisk remains motionless, as he sees more bones being moved against him, however, this time white, the impact is felt by Frisk, even motionless, who falls back, trying to understand what happened.

Frisk: I ALREADY TOLD YOU! I WILL NOT FIGHT!

Papyrus: HUMANS ARE REALLY WEIRD... AH! I ALMOST FORGOTTEN!

Papyrus makes a small movement with his arm, and soon the color of Frisk's soul is changed, becoming a Dark Blue soul, the soul soon falls to the ground, it's almost as if it had real weight, Frisk can no longer make his soul "to float"

Papyrus: I IMAGINE THE PRIZES I CAN WIN AFTER CAPTURING YOU HUMANS... THE GREAT PAPYRUS IS GOING TO BE THE COOLEST GUY IN THE WHOLE UNDERGROUND! NYEHEHEHE!

More bones are moved against Frisk, this time he dodges by jumping over the bones, avoiding touching them, but soon the jumps are no longer enough to dodge, a huge blue bone is moved against Frisk, who tries to dodge, but it's right, this time, hitting him.

Frisk: Oof... I thought these bones were intangible...

Papyrus: IMAGINE THE AMOUNT OF FRIENDS I WOULD HAVE, JUST THINK! "THE GREAT PAPYRUS, THE KEY TO BREAKING THE BARRIER"! NYEHEHE!