Undertale: Resurrected

Chapter Seventeen: Toriel's Errand

Toriel had just about had it with Frisk at this point, what with his arguing and paranoid nature when it came to dealing with Child Protective Services. She supposed she couldn't blame him though, what with his experiences with the social workers; even if she knew little of it, the monster figured that something bad must have happened in order to make him so tense, not to mention his own responsibilities as a student and even an ambassador had to be weighing down on him. Honestly, she had no idea why Asgore had even offered to nominate a twelve year old of all people to be the Ambassador of Monsterkind. What had he been thinking, pushing such responsibilities onto Frisk like that?! But nonetheless, she could do nothing about that for the time being. She had other things to attend to after all.

         Pulling up to a parking space, the monster then parked her vehicle before exiting it, only to examine the home before her: Alphys and Undynes' home. She felt bad about requesting everyone meet here, but it happened to be the home everyone could drive to without wasting so much gas, save for her own home of course. But she wasn't inviting more monsters into her home when they were potential murderers.

         Walking up to the front door, she then gave it a knock, only for the door to quickly open to reveal a familiar yellow monster. "O-Oh-! Hello Queen Toriel-!"

         "No need to be so formal, Alphys. Please, just call me Toriel," the monster replied, only to ask, "May I come in?"

         "Of course-!" The lizard monster then skittered out of the way quickly, only to say, "E-Everyone's in the living room- I'll show you- U-unless you don't want me to!"

         "Thank you, and please do." The goat woman then proceeded to give the smaller monster an encouraging smile before following her into the living room, where a few different monsters sat. These monsters were quickly recognized as former Royal Guards, from the K9 Unit to the forces stationed in Hotland. Even Gerson was present, but that was understandable; he had been one of the old Waterfall guards after all.

         The second Undyne took notice of Toriel's presence, the monster's expression soured as she leaned back in her chair. "So I killed two of the kids. Just gonna throw that out there." A blunt statement, but a truthful one. And sadly, Toriel was not prepared for such a thing, as revealed by her shocked expression, though it quickly vanished as she angrily narrowed her eyes.

         "...Of course. I'm not surprised considering how brash you are, and trained by Asgore, no less."

         "Don't talk about Asgore like that when he's the reason we gained our freedom in the first place!" Undyne snarled, her clawed hands digging into the chair she was sitting in. Already, they were off to a great start.

         "I will talk about Asgore however I like, now which of my children did you slaughter?" While Toriel was trying to keep her voice level, it was clear that she was already upset; the tone in her voice as well as the glint in her eyes and tense shoulders said it all, and Undyne's hostility wasn't helping. "Did you feel anything when you killed them? Any of you? Which of you killed my children in cold blood?"

         "Toriel." Quickly, Gerson stepped in, his voice and overall expression serious. "I understand you want answers, but this isn't helpin' anyone. If ya want to resolve these issues, you can't just start blamin' everyone who upsets you. You know why Asgore made that law."

         It was clear that Toriel didn't appreciate Gerson's little lecture, and after a pause, she spoke again. "Even after what happened to my children, there is still no reason to kill children. It doesn't matter what the cause is. The taking of innocent lives will never be justified."