Determination (Charisk) [OUTDATED]

24 - DEJA VU

[FRISK POV]

     "WELL, I-IVE BEEN READING SOME BOOKS, AND I WONDERED IF YOU WANT TO HANG OUT... OR SOMETHING..." His voice trailed off.
     "Papyrus I have a boyfriend."
     "T-THATS NOT WHAT I MEANT... I JUST, NEED TO ASK YOU SOMETHING... IN PERSON. AS A FRIEND! YEAH! FRIENDS ASK EACH OTHER STUFF ALL THE TIME!" He was acting weird, but he sounds almost scared.
"Alright Papyrus, on my way."
*Click* I checked my backpack, water, Snail book, anti-psychotics... Alright, time to go.
     I walked outside into a large area of Hotland, just outside of Alphys's lab. I SAVEd and turned when I heard a peculiar sound. Running water. In Hotland, water evaporates almost instantly, as do cups, so running water shouldn't even be a thing. Nevertheless, I walked towards the sound and, to my surprise, there was a river! With a ferry! There was a hooded figure atop a wooden boat in the middle of a boiling river. Typical Underground. The Riverperson turned to me.
"Tra la la, the water is boiling today." He patted the carving of a dog on his boat. "That means it's good luck." I stepped onto the boat. "Where would you like to go?"
"Snowdin, please." I almost lost my balance when the dog-boat stood atop the surface of the water and took off running. The ride was quite relaxing. As we passed various crystals that bathe the walls of Waterfall, the river person spoke up.
"Tra la la, it's bad luck to trust in red magic." Weird. The rest of the ride was kept in silence. Usually, it would be an awkward situation to be in, but the quiet felt soothing. All of the stress from my action-packed stay in the Underground melted away into the water passing by. Before I knew it, we had already stopped at the dock North of Snowdin town. "Tra la la, his minds aren't all connected." The boat dog sank back into the water and fell asleep.
     "Th-Thanks?" I stepped off, and stumbles my way to the Font brothers household. Stupid sea-legs.
. . .

I knocked on the door once and was suddenly in the living room. Not the weirdest thing that happened today. I made my way up to Papyrus's room and knocked on his door. Not even a second later I was greeted by the tall skeleton.
     "HELLO HUMAN. PLEASE, COME IN."
     "Ok Paps, what is the mystery question you have for me?"
     "I... UH... HAD SOME DEJA VU, AND IM NOT SURE IF IT WAS A DREAM, AND, UH..."
     "Papyrus, you can tell me."
     "YOU KILLED A... LOT... OF PEOPLE AND..." He started freaking out. "A-AND OBVIOUSLY IT WASNT TRUE BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE STILL THERE! AND IM.... STILL HERE... SO IT CANT BE TRUE, RIGHT?" He knows. You have to kill him, I, have to kill him you have to you can't just let him live— no. You are not me. I can stop you. Do not talk to me. I put one of my patches on and took a deep breath.
     "Papyrus..." He was starting to shake so hard I could here his bones rattling. "Paps, I would never do that to you. To anyone. It was probably just a nightmare or something. It's okay."
     "YEAH... YEAH! IM FAR TOO GREAT AND LOVABLE TO BE KILLED. THIS IS A DECISIVE VICTORY FOR THE GREAT PAPYRUS! NYEH HEH HEH! JUST, UH, DONT TELL ANYONE THAT I HAD A NIGHTMARE... PLEASE."
     "Well of course! The Great Papyrus is far too Great to have any kind of dream with malicious intent."
     "EXACTLY! SEE HUMAN, YOU'RE LEARNING! NYEH HEH HEH!"
     "Yeah... Nightmare." I gave him a big hug.
"AND HUMAN... IF YOU DID DO ANYTHING LIKE THAT.... I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I WOULD FORGIVE YOU." He hugged me back.
"... Thank you."

Snail Fact #21
Snails make great household pets and are friendly with children.