Reckoning Tale-An Undertale Fanfiction Novel

Chapter 15: Asriel Joins the Fun

fun level 74 Original MC Sans and Frisk

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Barrier from the Outside . . . 

King Asgore wasn't very far away from her in front of that barrier, and yet because of it, it didn't even feel like she was anywhere close to home. She touched it. 

"It looks the same on the outside." Sans touched it too. "Hey, Caleb, does this open the same way as the inside?" 

"You mean sacrificing seven human souls?" Caleb asked. "Well, yes, but we are trying to work on a peaceful solution. Besides, we don't need another reckoning happening. I've worked hard to get into a position to make sure it doesn't." 

"Naw, I meant the peaceful way," Sans said. "You're the boss, right? You know the other way?" 

"What, the . . . the monster-baby combination?" Caleb asked. "You know about that?" 

"Yeah, my father has the original documents," Frisk said. 

"Oh. Well, I don't have access to who is monster and who isn't. Unless they are on my own crew here, I can't tell which is which any better than you can," Caleb said, gesturing to Sans. "And, getting a monster before it's first use of magic so small, it's so delicate and fragile. Even if I knew someone, they would never bring it near here." 

"A monster before it's first use of magic?" That was why it had to be a baby?  

"It's not just 50/50 human monster," Sans said back to him. "No magic used at all?" He started counting on his bony fingers. "Yeah. Yeah, a monster would kill you. That's only three days old." 

Three days old? Frisk looked back at Caleb. "That wasn't in the papers." 

"Not everything is always disclosed. Our ancestors . . . really didn't believe a whole lot in the monsters. Obviously, they believed some . . . but not a whole lot." Caleb gestured to the barrier.  

"Okay." Frisk looked around her. "It's about two on a Tuesday. I see machinery around here, but where is everyone?" 

"Oh, well, you see." Caleb moved his hands around. "Not many residents can really work in a place where a barrier is at if they aren't monster, or know about monsters. That means I only have a limited crew, and they only work on the weekends." 

Weekends? "Two days a week?" Frisk asked. "With my father, mother, and everyone down there? You're just . . ." A weekend job? 

"Well, no one has a huge amount of dedication to it, Frisk," Caleb said. "But, it's nice to hear you were adopted." 

"Yeah," Sans interrupted. "It's not Frisk Cross anymore, it's Princess Frisk Dreemurr. So, uh, if we are done seeing how much you're not working right now?" Sans waved his bony hand around like Caleb did when he was explaining things. "It'd be great if you just tell us where the hole is now." 

"Well, if people were working, monster," Caleb said, "then you'd be in the way right now and couldn't really see it, could you?" 

"Well, human," Sans came back at him, "the barrier is the same on the outside as it is on the inside. So, how's about showing us something different?" 

"Different? Okay." Caleb nodded toward Frisk. "I'll show you something different." 

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Frisk's Previous Home . . . 

Frisk stared at the block her old home was on. Why were they heading this way?