Conduit Tale-An Undertale Fanfiction Novel

Chapter 40: Dad Took Care of It

"Those were some long hours," Papyrus said. "But, Undyne says she'll fix them though. Probably soon."

"Yeah, she should be bringing Frisky home." Sans took a bite out of the burger Papyrus had bought from Snowdout. "This is pretty good."

"This is just one random thing! There's so much over there," Papyrus insisted. "It's a wonderful time for Monsters and Balancers. Just not humans." Papyrus bit into his own burger. "Speaking of humans? How are you doing with the manifestation?"

"It's not easy." Sans shook his head as he took another bite of his burger. "Tongue is one thing. A little translucent skin, I can do that. Full manifestation though? I don't think I can do it. Three months, six months. I can't figure it out."

"But we can," Papyrus reminded him. "It's been done. It is supposed to be tough, but, even a few minutes of full manifestation would help with the practice."

"I can't do anything for a few minutes or a few seconds." Sans groaned and put down his burger. "Thanks, Papyrus. I just don't feel so hungry."

"What?!" Papyrus put his own burger down. "Sans! You're always hungry. Are you okay?"

"She won't let me see her." Sans shook his head. "I don't think she's scared of me anymore. But."

"Poor, poor, Sansy," Flowey teased. "Don't worry! It'll make sense when you see her."

"Well, I don't care. I don't care if she looks weird underneath," Sans insisted. "I don't care if she'll feel weird. I just." He scooted the chair back. "She's not Monster. It makes it harder."

"I know she's not." Papyrus picked his burger back up. "But you're good friends. Isn't that enough?"

"Not enough to figure this out." Sans tried to pick the burger back up. It tasted so different and good. "I focus on my foot, and then I move to my arm, and then I lose the foot. And I can't even get past translucent blue. Everything's just translucent blue."

"Well? I'm sorry." Papyrus gulped. "I guess. If it were that easy, no Skeletons would have gotten tossed into the mountain."

"I've got a lot of power though. I've got a lot." Sans felt himself pushing down on his teeth. "But it doesn't make a difference if I can't figure this out. I need a full manifestation, Papyrus, and I can't do it. I've even read the books that say it's possible, but I just can't."

"Well? Maybe you should focus on . . ." Papyrus shook his head. "I don't know. If you don't have it down in three months, Sans, um."

"I know." Sans backed away from the table. "Not an option. Frisky is spooked enough with me. I doubt she'll feel comfortable with me climbing on her with King Asgore and Queen Toriel watching and helping. That's just not an option. Especially if it's the first time I get a body for her. That'd be tough on both of us."

"Yes. I know. A body will be really different." Papyrus crinkled his burger wrapper as he took his last bites. "Skeletons used to master it though, I suppose? And you must have known in the past. How else did you ever have Chance?"

Sans shrugged. "Yeah, I know. But, I don't know. At least it's not painful, that's a good thing. I heard some Monsters even like it. When I asked about it, it even made Dogamy and Dogaressa go nuts." He scratched his skull. "I just kind of left that display. Hope they aren't too mad."

"Yes. Although some actually hate it," Papyrus warned him. "Others say it is kind of painful, but those are usually very incompatible Monsters. Huge size differences. You are about the same size, so it probably won't be too bad?"