Hildatale

Part 4 - The Puzzle Master

Hilda- If the next puzzle is made by Sans, how bad can it be?

PAPYRUS- HUMAN!!!

Hilda enters a clearing with Papyrus and Sans on the other end.

P- I HOPE YOU'RE READY FOR... 

Papyrus notices the lack of puzzles.

P- SANS!! WHERE'S THE PUZZLE!!!

sans- it's right there. on the ground. trust me. there's no way they can get past this one.

Hilda approaches a sheet of paper on the ground. She picks it up and sees a jumble of letters and words written on the bottom.

H- A word search?

s- that's the one.

Hilda realizes that there is no pencil, and she forgot one at home. She walks toward Papyrus.

P- SANS!!! THAT DIDN'T DO ANYTHING!

H- Actually, I was wondering if you had a pencil or anything. I'd like to solve this.

P- YOU... WANT... YOU WANT TO SOLVE IT?!?! WOWIE!!! I FINALLY FOUND SOMEONE WITH MY APPRECIATION FOR PUZZLES!! *AHEM* AS THE ONE TASKED WITH CAPTURING YOU, IT WOULD BE UNWISE TO ASSIST YOU AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER!! APPROACH ME AFTER I CAPTURE YOU, THEN MAYBE I CAN PROVIDE YOU WITH THE TOOLS TO SOLVE THIS PUZZLE!! (IF I CAN FIND ONE.)

H- Oh. Later then.

P- YES! LATER! IN THE MEAN TIME, I MUST PREPARE THE NEXT PUZZLE THAT DOESN'T REQUIRE A PENCIL!! MAYBE YOU CAN LEARN A THING OR TWO, SANS. NYEH! HEH! HEH HEH!

Papyrus leaves.

H- Did you actually forget to provide a pencil?

s- to be honest, i didn't even think about it. most people would just walk right past it, or put it back down after looking at it a little. but you actually want to solve it. gotta say, i was not expecting that. thanks for making my brother feel better.

H- You're welcome, I guess. I love puzzles, and I'm a little disappointed that I can't solve this one.

s- also, i have a pencil. i just didn't put it with the puzzle.

H- What?! Why didn't you say so?

s- you didn't ask.

Sans hands over an unsharpened pencil to Hilda. Hilda takes it and examines it.

H- ...It's not even sharpened.

s- whoops. that kinda makes it pointless.

*rim-shot*

H- *hands pencil back* Never mind. I'll just get one later.

In the next area, Hilda finds a table. On it is a plate of spaghetti next to a microwave, which has every button say spaghetti. She checks the plate and sees that the pasta is frozen. She tries to put it in the microwave, but it is stuck to the table.

H- Ugh! Who put this here?

She sees a note that is written by Papyrus.

HUMAN/HILDA !! PLEASE ENJOY THIS SPAGHETTI. (LITTLE DO YOU KNOW THAT THIS SPAGHETTI IS A TRAP... DESIGNED TO ENTICE YOU!!! YOU'LL BE SO BUSY EATING IT... THAT YOU WON'T REALIZE THAT YOU AREN'T PROGRESSING!!! THOROUGHLY JAPED AGAIN BY THE GREAT PAPYRUS!!!) NYEH-HEH-HEH, PAPYRUS

H- Why am I not surprised?

Just as Hilda was leaving, she spots a mouse hole.

H- Perhaps the mouse might find a way to heat the spaghetti.