secrecy (undertale)

5

Frisk made sure everyone knew what to do. They had collected some dust from the surface to use as fake monster dust. When one of them 'died' they would go to the lab with Alphys and watch on the cameras.

Frisk checked their LV and HP. She remembered what Sans had told her before.

"No matter how many resets you do, your LOVE will never be clean again."

Turns out he was right. Frisk's LV was still 20, hp 92. They sighed.
*here goes nothing...

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Sans woke up, the feeling of dread hanging over his head. He looked around and realised he was back his room in Snowdin.

'I'm impressed...' he thought 'so close to 30.... And I haven't broken yet. Wonder how much longer it'll be...'

Sans had to hold back tears. 'Don't be a babybones Sans! *sigh* wonder what run it'll be this time..'

He got out of his bed and threw his hoodie on, dragging his feet to the door.

"Mornin' Paps.."
"GOOD MORNING BROTHER! FOR ONCE YOUR UP EARLY!"
"Yeah, Don't wanna be late for work"

Papyrus looked at him, confused
"ARE YOU FEELING OK BROTHER? YOU USUALLY HATE WORKING."
"I'm fine, I just.... I have a feeling that a human will show up today."

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At the ruins:

*ok mom so here's what you need to do. I'm going to put some of the fake dust on my jumper and on the floor. When Alphys rings you to let you know that Papyrus is at the lab, that's when you can go. Be careful so Sans won't see you.

"Alright my child. Are you sure about this? It seems a little... Extreme.."

*I'm sure. Trust me, it'll work.

"... If you say so..."

Frisk nodded and left through the ruin's door. They knew that Sans wouldn't be there- he stopped coming after the 10th reset.

They walked over to where she was meeting Papyrus. Sans had told Papyus that he would be patrolling in waterfall, when in reality, he was hiding somewhere, watching. Frisk made sure Papyrus knew this.

"HUMAN! I FEAR THAT YOUR LIFE IS GOING DOWN A DANGEROUS PATH. BUT WORRY NOT! I, THE GREAT PAPYRUS SHALL GUIDE YOU! IS THAT A HUG OF ACCEPTANCE? WOWIE!"

Frisk lunged forward, pretending to stab Papyrus while secretly throwing the fake dust into the air.

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At the lab:

"O-ok, Toriel and Papyrus, t-this has gone well s-so far." Alphys muttered as the two entered the lab.

They watched on one of the cameras as Sans came out from behind a tree, his expression blank, and picked up Papyrus' scarf.

"I still feel bad about this... Wait.. Is he.... Laughing?" Toriel and the rest were shocked.

"Heheheheh, kid, you really think this bothers me any more! Pfft, hahahah! Y'know, I've told a lot of jokes, but this is the best one yet!" Sans said whilst wrapping the scarf around his neck.

"SANS.... DOESN'T CARE ABOUT ME?"
Papyrus said, almost in tears

"O-oh Papyrus of c-course he cares about y-you! W-we don't know w-whats going on yet, B-but he's y-your brother! There's no way h- he wouldn't c-care about you!"

"... RIGHT. RIGHT. YOUR RIGHT. I KNOW HE CARES ABOUT ME! I AM THE GREAT PAPYRUS AFTER ALL! NYEH HEH HEH!"

Both Toriel and Alphys were very confused, but most of all they were concerned. 'You really think this bothers me any more?' how many times had this happened? They exchanged worried glances as they turned their attention to the screen again.

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Back in Snowdin:

"I... I have to think about this. I know from previous timelines that fighting won't work. Though I'm an idiot, so I'm going to anyway. But I need to do something... Different." Sans thought for a moment.

"I could call Ink... Nah... He's probably busy with his own problems. I guess I could try and finish the DT extractor 2.0 in my lab... The chances are slim but... No... I can't finish it in time. Well, whatever else I do will be reset. There's no point." at those words, he became more aware of the self inflicted cuts on his arms.

"I'm glad Pap never found out about these... He'd be worried sick..." he muttered

"Ugh, there's no point! Gaster why'd you create me?" he looked at the bandages on his right hand that was covering the subject plate.

'Subject 5A-N5, W.D.G'

He flinched at the memories of his creator, Gaster. He tried to forget about that as quickly as possible.

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Back at the lab:

"BROTHER... WHAT ARE YOU HIDING?"