#burrowtale

Burrowtale Sans - Drawn by @babbleroe [[Papyrus]]'s older brother Known as Reappo / Po

Design - 6'3' - Different outfits for staying in the Burrow and going out on missions to the original underground. Because of the gas, when him and Papyrus go out to the Underground, they have to try and cover as much of their bodies as possible. Even though the gas wouldn't fully make them sick, it would cause their bones to deteriorate if they were out for too long. Going outside, he would wear a sweater, jacket, gloves, long pants and boots. The neck of the sweater would come up as a mask covering half of his face, and then he would have a set of goggles over his eyes. Casual would be a mix of the original and the work outfit, with a sweater, a sleeveless jacket, long pants and boots. He normally keeps his hood up and pulled over his face to mainly cover the right side, but when its down, it can be seen that his right eye socket has gotten a good bit larger than the other one, with the inside edges being deteriorated. The glow in that eye is more of a copper color because, to try and stop the deterioration, Gaster put a coating of copper on the inside of Sans' eye.

"What have I done.." Gaster was almost frozen for a moment before suddenly grabbing his desk chair and slamming it against the chamber, immediately shattering the glass. He used his magic to grab Chrys, lifting her up with his extra hands and carrying her out of the lab, which he sealed off to go through a sort of magical cleaning that would get rid of the gas. He brought her over to his actual office, laying her on his desk before calling Reappo. "I need you to come to the lab, now.. Its Chrys-" He couldn't even finish his sentence before Reappo suddenly blipped into existence beside him

"What happened?!" Reap shouted as he rushed to Chrystals side, immediately moving to pick her up.. But he was stopped by Gaster, who put an arm out to stop him

"You can't touch her right now.. She's covered with the toxin-" His was cut off by his arm being pushed out of the way

Reap glared up at Gaster, his pupils glowing blue in their sockets "What did you do to her..?" His voice was low as he spoke, obviously upset

Gaster sighed as he took a step back "I didn't do anything.. She agreed to do the testing. I wanted to see if she was truly immune, or if it was only targeting one part of her soul.. The mechanism that filtered the gas into the chamber must have poured all of it in there at once, I couldn't stop it-"

"You put her in a fuckin container with the shit that's been killing us?! And you just waited until she passed out to get her out?!" Reappos hands balled into fists as he glared at Gaster "I'm gonna take her to Alphys.. I swear to Asgore, if she doesn't wake up.. I'll throw your dust into the Core myself" He turned, picking up Chrystal carefully and leaving the office

Gaster reached out towards Reap, going to stop him… And was met with a flurry of glowing blue bones shooting towards him. Most of them just pushed him back, but.. One was a direct hit, cracking open his skull above his left eye from the force. He winced, holding his head as he leaned back against the wall.. Deciding to just let Reappo leave.

Reappo immediately just warped to Alphys' lab in the Oasis, and after doing his best to explain what happened, Alphys had Reappo lay her on one of the examination tables and told him to wait in her office while she worked. About an hour later, she came back to her office, looking tired. She explained that she'd been able to get Chrystals breathing stable again… but with how much gas she'd inhaled.. it got to her soul, and had began to cover her lungs. Her throat was extremely irritated as well, most likely from coughing. Reappo could take her home, but she needed to stay in bed resting for a few days… That wasn't really an issue though, as Chrystal didn't wake up for 2 weeks. Alphys had to setup an IV of water and a magic equivalent to food for sustenance, and after the first week she'd noticed that the skin on Chrystals chest had started to darken.. Seemingly from the toxin in her lungs.

It had been a couple weeks since the Monsters were all forced further underground into The Burrow. The monsters worked together to make it their new home, most working on digging out the new areas, while the monsters who didn't really need to breathe focused on going back up to the Underground for recon and collections. Chrystal, though she did need to breathe, wasn't immediately affected by the toxin… So she stayed up there longer than the others, just trying to make sure everyone got down to The Burrow safely.

Today, Chrystal was supposed to be meeting Gaster at the new lab that had been made for.. research. He had a bad habit of not really talking much about his projects, and given his work in the past… She was a bit worried about what he had planned. She knew he was doing research on the toxin, but.. that was it. Maybe he'd found out what it was? Maybe even a cure?

"How… that's not right, how is this..? Damn.. Why.. Why isn't this working..? This.. mixed with the.. no, it's.. but.. how..? I don't.. why can't I understand this.. what.. what isn't working..? Why is this.. happening.."

When Chrys got to the lab, she hesitated a second before stepping in and calling out "Gaster! I'm here!" There was no response until she'd walked down the hall towards his main work area, where she saw him standing at a table with papers and small vials scattered across it, hunched over and holding his head. "Uh.. Gaster..?" He immediately stood straight up and turned, looking at Chrys over his small circular glasses.

"Ah… Chrystal, welcome. My apologies, I didn't hear you come in.. Come, sit down" Gaster moved over to a large glass cylinder, looking almost like a giant test tube, and motioned to a chair and desk that sat beside it.

Chrystal sat down, looking over at the test tube in confusion for a moment before looking up at Gaster "So… What were you needing me to do today? Did you figure out more about the gas?"

Gaster nodded slowly "I have.. I've found that the main component is a flower from the surface.. Lilies. I borrowed a few books about surface flora from Doctor Alphys, and I found that Lilies are extremely toxic towards normal animals. I believe that's why it was used… They were trying to kill us." His hands balled into fists as he looked down at the papers scattered across the desk, his pupils glowing purple in their sockets.

"You really think so…? So.. Do you think that's why it doesn't really affect me?" Chrystals ears perked up as she listened to him "I mean.. I guess I had a couple coughing fits these past few days while being up there.."

Gaster seemed intrigued by this, using his magic to grab one of the many notebooks and pens that were scattered across his lab. The floating hands zipped across the room, almost as if looking for a notebook that wasn't already completely filled with notes, and after a few seconds they came back and floated in-front of him, with one hand holding the notebook and the other holding a pen. "Oh, is that so? That was.. actually why I asked you to come here today. I managed to contain a large amount of the toxin, both so I could research it… And test it. I have this chamber wired directly to the container with the gas, and I was wanting you to step inside so we could see if you really are immune"

Chrys tensed at his request "But.. We already know I'm immune, right? I can go up there and still breathe.. I dunno, what if something happens?" Her ears flattened against her head as she held her tail, petting it softly as she looked up at him… Her fur had started to bristle from anxiousness.

Another one of Gasters floating hands zipped over and opened up the test chamber as he spoke "I assure you, nothing will go wrong.. And in the unlikely chance that it does, I will turn off the machine and remove you from it. And.. I'm aware that as of right now, it seems you're immune… However, I want to see why. While you are in the chamber, your soul will be pulled out of you… And as we've done a few times before, I'll be pulling apart your human and monster souls to see if the gas targets either of them"

Chrys hesitated, looking down as she thought about it… Would this really be safe? Maybe.. if they found that she was really just completely immune, she could help actually make a cure for the toxin.. she.. she could bring Toriel back.. She had to try.. She nodded gently to herself as she stood up "Alright.. I just have to stand in there, right?"

Gaster stepped back so that he wasn't between Chrys and the chamber, nodding "Yes, that's all. It shouldn't take too long either.. And I'll need you to tell me if you feel anything. A cough, a headache, stomach upset.. anything"

"Alright.. " She nodded gently as she walked over to the chamber, taking a deep breath before stepping in, still holding her tail and petting it softly to try and calm her nerves

Gaster closed the chamber, which locked with a quiet whirring sound, before stepping back and watching Chrys through the glass. "Alright Chrystal, I'm going to pull your soul out now. I'll pour the gas in in small amounts as to not overwhelm your system"

She just stood there, still holding her tail as she watched her soul slowly being pulled out, floating in-front of her. It glowed light purple, though as Gaster worked to pull it apart, the separate colors could be seen.. Chrys shuddered as the feeling of her soul being tugged gave her chills, her fur bristling as she just focused on keeping her breathing slow and steady. After a few seconds, she could begin to smell the sweet scent of the gas.. it was faint for a moment, before quickly becoming overpowering. She covered her nose and mouth with her hand, coughing as she watched her soul slowly getting covered by the black dust of the toxin. "G-Gaster!"

Gaster stood still, just watching her as the gas was filtered into the chamber. "Stay calm, Chrystal. Working yourself up will make it harder to breathe.." He wrote as he watched her soul and her reactions, glancing up at the gauge at the top of the chamber that showed how much gas had been let in.. It didn't look like it was stopping

She tried to calm down and take a deep breath.. that was not the best idea. As she inhaled, she was immediately cut off by a coughing fit, her whole body shaking as she hunched over, holding her chest "C-Cant.. b.. b-breathe.." She could barely get the words out between coughs..

As she hunched over, Gaster sighed before going to open the chamber… But it wouldn't open. It looked like the lock was jammed, it wasn't supposed to open unless the gas had been filtered back out of the chamber… and the mechanism for that didn't look to be working correctly. It wasn't pulling the gas back out..