The Blue Soul

“H… he does? Must be hard for everyone to keep order then…” She pouted, shaking her head, before having a thought

“Wait… so if he lets people do whatever he wants, that means he could j-just let us leave… right?” She asked sheepishly, tilting her head, her smile and energy from having a laugh at the king’s expense never wavering too much.

“Th… those are really bad names, they’re not even cool…!” The girl couldn’t help but laugh incredulously a bit more. “Least Snowdin is a pun…” Pun town names were better, before blinking.

“A-ah, of course there’s guards…” Now her expression softened a bit in worry as she looked down. “Maybe I can help you figure out a plan for that later…” She wanted to visit all of the Underground, presumably for a way out, and just to see everything before leaving, but Hotland being guarded would definitely make things a bit harder…

With a nod of her own, the Human girl followed the other carefully, being sure to not wander off and get lost.

“I-I see, that’s interesting… so the Monsters get some of our garbage…? I wonder if there’s any trash to us that’s a treasure to them…” After all, maybe some of the things she’d been forced to throw out every now and then eventually made it here… “Do you have a TV to watch and play them on though…?”

“It also helps a lot...a couple Monsters have figured out I’m human, but they’re choosing to ignore that...as for leaving...mmph. There’s one small issue with that...the entire Underground is sealed under a barrier. Nothing can pass though it from this side of it...except in two situations.”

She thought about it for a few moments, drawing upon her own experiences and knowledge gleamed so far. She had wisened to the nature of the Underground, and was happy to share what she could.

“If a being had both a Human Soul, and a Monster Soul at once, they could walk though it, as if it wasn’t there at all. And according to some myths my sister has told me about, should a Monster possess seven or more Human Souls at once, they could just flat out destroy the barrier, and everyone could just leave...which leads to the real problem.”

Continuing to lead her friend though the caverns, the air was now starting to get chilled to it, as they drew closer and closer to their destination.

“King Asgore has six, supposedly. One more, and he would be able to break the barrier, but...he’s also declared war on humanity and honestly, it sounds like he’d be ‘completely invincible’ with seven. My group of friends have been trying to figure out a way to get close enough to assess the situation more...maybe another way out exists...anyways, onto happier subjects!”

She shuffles her sack of goodies a bit, before bringing it around and opening it up. There’s various board games and other stuff within...books, mostly.

She kept going on for a little while, it was a little clear she had trouble finding a way to stop once she started going…! The girl would certainly appreciate her compatriot’s patience, for sure!

“This place has a king…? W-well, I’m glad that means there’s order here, f-from what I heard I thought it’d be a lawless wasteland…!” Like those movies her cousins were always watching… 

[ * You take note of the other parts of the Underground… it’ll certainly help later! ]

“Ah-… ahaha, wow, the King really isn’t good at naming things…!” She let out a genuine giggle, a small smile forming across her face. “I hope I can visit those places without worry soon…” She said, nodding her head…

Before her face beamed at the possibility of seeing amphibians, that certainly wasn’t terrible, if she had any stress, seeing a small green friend would be sure to banish her anxiety! 

And as if on queue, Alexis offered to travel with her, the girl began nodding vigorously. Though she wasn’t too good at interacting with people… she’d certainly feel safer around someone else! “I-I would like, yeah!“ She happily said.

“Y-you seem to know the way around here easily, so you should lead i s’ppose…!”

“Well, from what I heard the King just sort of...lets people do whatever, it sounds like.”

It seemed Alexis was able to keep up just fine in the conversation, letting out a giggle of her own a few moments after her new friend did. Friendship certainly had its way to take the edge off in a hurry.

“Yeah, his naming is...awful. Home, Snowdin, Waterfall, Hotland, New Home...but I guess it makes it really easy to guess what’s at those spots based on their names! As for visiting Hotland...mmph. The way’s guarded sometimes and I haven’t figured out the timing to get past.”

The ballerina did seem nervous for a few moments, but soon resumed her cheerful look. Upon the comment of knowing her way around, she nodded, walking along.

[ * You give a wide smile and a chuckle…! You don’t remember the last time someone liked your name…]

“Th-thank you, your name is lovely too…!” She said, slowly rising to her feet, stumbling for a bit, before catching herself on a wall and taking a breath, she still seemed a little exhausted, but at least could walk.

“Waterfall…?” The Human looked at a nearby waterfall. “How original…” She shook her head afterwards. “I bet there is… sometimes you can find a frog in the water… f-frogs are really cute” Never was allowed to keep one though…

“Sn-snowdin… is that what all that white stuff I was running past was…?” Why didn’t she stop there…? Strange.

‘W-well, if you’re going back there, I could go with you…! I’m not really sure I’m going myself!” She rubbed the back of her head nervously. “Like I said I kinda wasn’t thinking straight… th-that’s bad in a dangerous place like this, isn’t it?”

She nervously laughed. “O-or we can stay here… e-either works…” 

Alexis continued to listen to her new friend as she spoke...it was uncommon enough to bump into a fellow human around here, so she was going to enjoy every moment of it.

“Yeah...from what I heard, the King of the Monsters isn’t...very good at naming things. Past Waterfall is Hotland...not too hard to guess what that place is like, and past that is New Home...and yeah, Snowdin has snow. Not sure how, given we’re underground...and yeah, sometimes I see frogs around here. Waterfall’s a pretty great place!”

The girl looked up at the stranger… a girl with a tutu… was she a kind of dancer…? Either way, her smile put the child at ease, she let out a sigh and looked up at them…

!!! 

[ * You take the bottle of water gently…]

“Th-thank you…” She said sheepishly before taking the cap off, and taking a few small swigs, gulping the liquid down, she let out a sigh of relief, before returning it to the stranger. Now, The girl at least didn’t look like she was about to pass out from exhaustion!

[ * You feel rejuvenated! ]

Mathilde was no longer breathing heavily, and looked way, way more at ease. Once more taking a sigh, she dusted herself off, but remained seated, feeling a fair bit safer than before, at the least

“Y-yeah, they kinda tried to hurt me…” Stupid flower, she said, blowing a bit of air at her stray hair hanging over her face. The scarfed human shook her head, before getting up to her feet.

“H-hello, Alexis…! It’s nice to meet you, I’m—!”

[ * You tell her your name is Mathilde! ]

“It’s a pleasure… so… u-um…” She went down to looking at her feet, it seemed some anxiety was beginning to kick ink.

“I know I’m underground but… where exactly am I…?”

Alexis continued to smile...though she was keeping a eye out. The mention of that certain flower had the girl on edge, just in case they came this way. The comment that the flower tried to hurt her new friend was justification enough to keep a look out.

“Mathilde...that’s a nice name! Anyways...this is Waterfall. Pretty damp and dark here...but there’s neat stuff! I was working my way back to Snowdin when I heard you.”

[ * You’re standing still… and suddenly…]

The girls (Not visible) eyes shot wide open… A… A Human! A smile came across her face as her visible concern and worry went away, someone found her, and they weren’t a monster… that flower was wrong, there were other people down here!

“H-hello… y-yes, I’m fine, just… really exhausted…” She explained, letting out a really big sigh of relief. 

“I’ve been running for hours and you’re the first human I’ve seen down here…” She explained.  “I’m just relieved that flower was wrong about there only being m-monsters down here…”

The newcomer wasn’t as surprised to see a fellow Human, walking on over. The ballerina was smiling softly...to her, this was just another chance at friendship. She reached into her pack and after a few moments, pulled out a bottle of water, offering it to the girl.

“Here, take this, you look like you need it!”

It was hard to keep her excitement in check at this point, but not wanting to spook someone already seemingly on edge, restrained herself. She did frown a bit at the mention of a ‘flower’, but her smile returned in short order.

“Mmmph. Don’t mind them any. They’re a troublemaker for sure.”

Doesn’t sound like she has much good to say about a certain flower, at least...

[ *You’re still audibly hyperventilating, you really wore yourself out… ]

The girl in blue’s heavy breathes also echoed through the caverns, making it a tiny bit easier to triangulate her position. After catching her breath, she repeated it.

“C-come on… is anyone here? I know that thing said there’s monsters down here but there’s gotta be some people here… right…?”

…

[ * You hear the sound of footsteps ]

Hearing someone come closer, she gasped, raising her voice to try and help whoever that was to have an easier time of finding her

“O-over here!” She yelped

@rabbitandtherose​

The echoing sounds quickly helped Alexis in narrowing down where she heard that voice...she was used to the caverns, in her own way, and soon enough, arrived in the same part of Waterfall as...a human? That was a rarity for sure.

“Hey there! You alright?”

@integrity-dancer

[ * You’ve been running for a while since getting startled by that talking flower, how far you ran and how you’ve even gotten so far is a mystery . ]

Doubling over to catch her breath, and eventually falling over, taking deep breaths, the girl realized she managed to run into a very damp, wet, place. Lots of water…. well, at least it wasn’t snowy…

Looking around nervously, she raised her voice sheepishly “H-… Hello?” Maybe someone here could help her…

Deeper into the wet caverns, a young girl was skipping along, humming a tune. The dark caves of Waterfall had her on edge, but she tried to keep herself calm. It was a good day after all, with tons of goodies found at the garbage dump.

*[Looks like this video log is just a few minutes after the last one ended.]

*[Another video, picking up right after the first it seems. It looks like Alexis has gotten some of the goodies from the event on display in the background, including a white t-shirt with blue paw prints and the walkie-talkie from earlier.]

*[A tired, but happy looking Alexis pops up on screen. She’s wearing a black hoodie with a single blue pawprint on it. You get a distinct feeling this is going to be a long one.]

Penny clicked on her controller, stopping the die on screen and getting a five. I t looked like she’d be going second in their game. She sat back waiting for Alexis to take her go, fiddling with the controller in her hands as she did. 

Penny took a seat next to Alexis, picking up one of the controllers giving it a slight inspection. She looked rather doubtful about it working but upon seeing Alexis and Emma selecting characters already, she gave it a try.

She moved over the different characters trying to decide which one she wanted, finally choosing Princess Daisy. “Alright then let’s play!”