Literal Hell
We made it to the Green Room before I can even notice where we went. ‘Green room’ is another fucking pun. It’s a literal garden with a throne in the middle of it. These monsters are really working the innocence thing little too hard. It’s disgusting. Like something right out of a children’s educational show, sappy and full of shitty puns.
“HUMAN PLEASE TAKE A SEAT ANYWHERE! WE WILL BE HERE AWHILE.” Toll yelled at me.
I just glared at it. I moved to the throne and sat it is with a defiant smirk. Both skeletons didn’t seem to mind my choice of seat. Smol just shrugged and sat on the floor near you as did Toll. Toll went off on a banter on spaghetti or something as Smol antagonized him with shitty puns.
I sat there in silence. This was literal hell for me I don’t know now if what I was going to do was worth it anymore. What if my parent saw the broadcast and were freaking out. They were agents the monsters as much as I was but they still wanted a future for me. I was going somewhere in life too. I was going to college for computers and I already had my CNA certification. I was the top of my class and had a job as a nurse at a children’s pediatric. Though all of that was fine and dandy but my relationships? Friends? A god damn boyfriend at that? Well they were all fake. My “boyfriend” had been cheating on me from the start and my god damn friend’s helped him do it. I was with him for 10 god damn years and had no clue…My parents still wanted me to marry the jerk and I disappointed them when I said no. They haven’t talked to me since. All because I didn’t want to be in a crappy relationship. I really didn’t want to think of all that right now. I need aspirin and… no I need straight up vodka for this. On and on the skeletons went until, sweat merciful mother, the queen came to relieve me from my hell.
“Thank you both for watching her as we finished.” The queen said.
“no problem Tori. She didn’t let out a peep anyway.”
The queen turned her attention to you “Speaking of, Lady Becca, as Monarch of the Underground, you are here by arrested until farther notice.” What? “With the press still asking questions of me and King Asgore, we are hard pressed to question you sooner rather than later. But later it must be.” It sighed. “Sans, Papyrus, I must ask you both to take her to your home in Snowdin and keep her there. Undyn will be there when she can. Once talks are done, Asgore and I shall come later then her, to talk with Lady Becca.” Deeper into the depths of hell. I don’t know if I should be scared or… nevermind.
“OF COURSE, LADY TORIEL! I SHALL BE THE BEST HOST FOR THE PRISONER!” Toll shouted.
“tori…” Smoll did not look happy.
“I know Sans. But right now I cannot do anything about this right now.”
“right…. She will have to stay in our shed. alright Pap? no exceptions.” It said to its brother sternly. Toll nodded.
“uh, excuse me?! Don’t I have a say?!” I asked annoyed.
“no.” “No.”
“I have to go back and finish the conference. Thank you Sans,” The queen smiled warmly at Toll. “Papyrus.”
Toll made a flourishing bow to the queen while Smoll nodded while the queen made her exit. Smoll turned to face me making a face. Well fuck you too, not like I want to be in this shit situation. It walked over to me and went around me. I felt a tug on my cuffs and something tingly on them.
“sit.” My legs gave out from the pressure on my cuffs and I fell on my butt. “stay.” It chuckled.
“Fuck you!” I used my hands to rub oy butt.
“LANGUAGE!” Toll squeaked.
“what he said…” it gave you a glare. It came closer to me and shoved something into my hands. It was a pad of paper and a pen. “i figured you would like to send a message to your family, all things considered.”
I looked back at the pad and pen. Who the hell would even care where I was or what I was doing…? Oh! i snached them out of its hands and jotted down a address and a short message. God I hope he weren’t too mad at me… I’ve been so stupid lately. That last fight was pretty bad…
“U-uh, here. The address is on the back.” I said and it took it. looking it over it glanced back at me and turned to Toll.
“bro, i need to go talk to undine for a minute. why don’t you take her to the river person and o’ll catch up as soon as i’m done.”
“ALRIGHT, BROTHER! COME HUMAN!” The feeling on my cuffs changed a bit and suddenly I had some mobility. I lifted myself up but stayed where I was.
“Absolutely not. Hell can’t take me yet!” I stood my ground.
“paps just take her. you know the trick i taught you…” Smoll toothy grin lifted on one side in a smirk.
“AH, YES, OF COURSE!” suddenly my cuffs were pushing me forward towards a door I haven’t been through yet. “WE WILL SEE YOU SOON BR—“ We both looked back at Smoll but it was nowhere to be seen. Toll grumbled and used its magic to push me to follow it.
Toll took me down a couple of elevators and out into… holy fucking shit this place really was hell. I stepped off of the elevator and was blasted right in the face with HEAT. As a reaction I closed my eyes to protect them from the heat once I knew that I’d be fine I opened them. Shit. As I looked around I saw lava and god… so this is how I die huh? Being dragged into hell by a skeleton. a literal death reaper… I looked at Toll as he walked ahead of me… this idiot couldn’t hurt a fly, I don’t think I have to worry about this one. But the other one… that one is too short to be a threat… right?
“HUMAN WE ARE HERE!” I jumped at the sound of Tolls voice.
“Can you not yell?! You scared me to hell!” I smirked.
“NOT YOU TOO! ARRRG!” it through its arms up into the air and stomped over to a… river? What? I looked back to see the lava still flowing behind me. I can’t even anymore. Anyway, puns seemed to bother this one. I keep that information for later use.
Toll stopped at the river’s edge and lifted a… hand? Up to it’s…. Teeth…? Fucking hell. And whistled out a tune. Doo dee doo! For a while nothing happened I glanced at the skeleton and wondered what we were waiting for. Some kind of magical unicorn dolphin? Kraken? Wale? In no way am I riding inside a whale’s mouth like some kind of Pinocchio. I was about to say something when I spotted a boat coming closer. It was too foggy to see who was driving but as it got closer it didn’t matter if I couldn’t see or not. Whoever it was it was cloaked in a hooded cape. It stood at the back of the boat unmoving. It docked and toll moved closer to talk to it.
“GOOD DAY RIVER PERSON! WE NEED TO GET TO SNOWDIN.” It said.
“Tra la la, good day, Papyrus. Of course, hop in.” A sing song voice came from the hooded figure.
“Nopenopenope” Is all I said as I started to turn around and walk away.
I yelped as I felt my feet lift off of the ground. Another tug and I was back on my feet in the boat.
“NOW HUMAN, I AM IN CHARGE OF YOU UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. PLEASE DO NOT RUN AWAY AND GET YOURSELF LOST!” the skeleton got in the boat too.
“Tra la la. Off we go.”
With a jerk the boat started to move. I sighed now a literal Greek mythology came true. A river person who ferried the dead to their final resting place was taking me to mine. Guess I should just give up. I sighed.
“aw don’t tell me you mist me that much.”
“DO YoU mAke NOISE?!” I jumped in my seat rocking the boat a bit.
“woah. I don’t know you that much to rock the boat just yet.” It gave me a shit eating grin.
“FFF-“
“tra la la. One should not talk if one does not have anything good to say, tra la la~”
I looked at the river person and then at Smoll. “No.”
It just looked at me delighted and amused in my disgust for it.
“Here we are, tra la la~”
I looked to where we were docking and suddenly I felt cold. Is that snow? Toll and Smoll stepped off of the boat and I heard the distinct crunch of the snow. I stepped off too, too curious to give any opposition. I felt the sinking of my boots in the snow and its crunch. I leaned down and scooped some in my hand. It started melting and was distinctly cold. I missed the snow. I used to live in the north east in Connecticut. I absolutely loved the fall and winter months. Bundling up and sitting with hot coco. Or even shoveling the drive way. I know that last one is a stretch but I loved shoveling. It had this peacefulness and the naborhood would help each other out. I smiled as I rolled the snow into a snow ball and threw it up catching it again. I dropped it again before my hands got too cold. I was grinning.
“huh. didn’t know you could do that.”
I forgot where I was and looked up at the monsters staring at me. I looked away dropping my grin real quick.
“aw don’t let us ruin your good mood.” It jeered art me.
“COME HUMAN, WE ARE ALMOST THERE!” Toll said seeming more excited now that I seemed to like the place.
As we walked I noticed this place seemed like a Christmas town. There was a Christmas tree and everything. Warm lights spilled onto the snowy path from homes and store fronts, making the place that much more charming. Oh! This house even has Christmas lights out!.... wait. What? No! This is a monster village! It’s the middle of summer too! This is all magic! Fake!
“SANS IT SEEMS THE HUMAN MAY BE HAVING AN INTERNAL BATTLE WITH HERSELF.”
“I know, it’s funny watching her face change so much” it chuckled. “Becca, earth to Becca.” I jumped at my name and looked at who was calling me. “this is where you’ll be staying.” It motioned to a rickety old shack. I looked back at it with a ‘you’re kidding right?’ face. It just walked up and opened the door beckoning me in. I stood where I was refusing to move. “either you go in or I make you.” Nope, not moving. “fine.” It raised its hand and I feel my soul tingle. He made a motion towards him. I felt my soul being pulled and saw where I was being dragged. I dug my heels into the snow trying not to move. “look lady i can pull harder but i don’t want to hurt you. ether let it happen or walk in yourself. the third option wont be as accommodating.” He seemed serious about what he said.
He looked menacing even if he was smaller them his supposed brother. I begrudgingly complied and walked in past him. I looked around. There was bars on the right side of the room. But they looked too spread apart to keep anything in. whelp. This is going to be easy. I looked inside the supposed prison and saw a dog bed and dog bowl…? What the actual-
“I SHALL PREPARE SOME OF MY WELCOME SPAGHETTI FOR THE NEW HUMAN!” Toll pranced out and disappeared around the corner. Smoll moved in the shack and looked around himself.
“not much, I know. I’ll come back later with blankets and some, er, real food.” It walked over to the dog bowl and picked it up. “your obesely not dogging for this bowl. I’ll put it outside for the real dogs.”
“dogs? Like that Lesser Dog thing?” I asked, ignoring its pun.
It flinched and glared at me. “Lesser Dog is not a thing… but yes and no. there’s also Annoying Dog who comes by a lot to annoy my brother. I feed him so he would come back more often.” It grin grew wider at the thought. It glanced at me and saw me watching it. “so uh, despite the look this place it pretty secure. No one can get in or out. So I wouldn’t try anything if I were you.” This asshole. “ i’ll be right back. “ it moved to the door and began to shut it behind it. “don’t miss me.” it said and gave a wink before shutting it.
I ignored that comment for the moment as I listened for a distinct sound of the lock on the door. But nothing came. I was mentally screaming as I moved to the door and turned the knob, pushing on the door. I didn’t budge. I hate magic… I turned back to my new prison and looked closer. There were two windows that were broken. The floor was wooden with some planks torn out. The walls had seen better day too. This had to be the worst prison. So many ways to get out it’s not even funny. And I don’t plan on staying in a shack with no heat.
This is going to be fun.