After hopping out of Sans hood, Woona waved bye to him before continuing to the next forested section of the snowy cliffs she found herself clambering across. There she found Sans and Papyrus waiting for her on the opposite side of a flattened field of snow, where a piece of paper lay. She blinked in surprise, spinning around to where she'd just left Sans, wondering how he could have gotten ahead of her so fast.
He does that, Chara informed her blandly. Get used to it.
How do you know so much anyway? Woona demanded, confused.
Because someone who's dealt with them all in many ways before often came to my grave to complain about them, Chara replied. He didn't need to use the door.
Before Woona could inquire of him further, Papyrus started speaking in his enthusiastic voice. "HUMAN!!! I HOPE YOU'RE READY FOR..." He paused, seeming surprised by something. "SANS!! WHERE'S THE PUZZLE?!!"
"it's right there," Sans replied reasonably. "on the ground. trust me, there's no way she can get past this one."
"Challenge accepted!" Woona proclaimed, rushing forward to pick up the paper. She discovered it was a Word Search. While not exactly difficult normally, it was written in monster runes, which she wasn't fluent with when reading backwards, so she once more was forced to fall back on careful decoding...only to pause as she got to a certain word. "This puzzle's rigged!" she proclaimed angrily. "There's no correct solution for 'giasfclfebrehber'!" She blinked, stunned. "How the hay did I just pronounce that?"
"see?" Sans stated proudly. "told you she couldn't get past it!"
"BUT WHAT'S TO STOP HER FROM JUST LEAVING IT THERE AND WALKING AROUND IT?" Papyrus demanded angrily.
"That'd be cheating!" Woona complained.
Alternatively you could change the 'U' in the top row to an 'E', Chara offered. Since all puzzles are required to have proper solutions, and that 'U' isn't used in any word, you can claim it's correcting a typo caused by printing error.
Woona blinked for a time. "Oh yeah..." Picking up the pencil, she made the correction. "Finished!" she proclaimed happily, walking up to the pair.
"whoops," Sans admitted sheepishly. "i knew i should have used today's crossword instead."
"BAH!" Papyrus dismissed the assertion, pausing only momentarily in confusion over Sans and Woona bursting into laughter. "CROSSWORD!? I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU SAID THAT! IN MY OPINION, JUNIOR JUMBLE IS EASILY THE HARDEST!"
"what?" Sans demanded, shocked. "really, dude? that easy peasy word scramble? that's for baby bones."
"UN. BELIEVABLE. HUMAN! SOLVE THIS DISPUTE FOR US!"
"I prefer crosswords," Woona replied readily. "At least then the letters are in word order."
"HA! HA! YES!!" Papyrus crowed happily. "YOU MUST BE VERY SMART, HUMAN, AND ALL HUMANS IF YOU ARE A TYPICAL EXAMPLE OF HUMANITY! NYEH HEH HEH!" With that triumphant laugh, he dashed away.
Sans chuckled happily. "thanks for doing so much to make my brother happy," he told Woona. "but you really find crosswords easier than junior jumble?"
"I'm still learning to read monster runes," Woona explained. "It's easier to translate them in my head forward or down than up, sideways, and diagonal."
Sans rubbed his chin. "huh. hadn't thought about that." He chuckled. "then again, yesterday pap got stumped trying to 'solve' the horoscope."
Giggling, Woona made her way on. There, she found another table near a mouse hole. On the table was a plate of delicious looking but ice cold spaghetti. On another table nearby was a microwave. A note sat nearby, revealing to Woona that this was a 'trap' for her set by Papyrus...which would have been more effective if the pasta were still hot.
As she moved to the next area, she entered a FIGHT with a dog in armor, walking on its hind legs, and holding a sword and shield. The name above its health bar identified it as a 'Lesser Dog'. Woona eagerly hopped to its shoulder to pet it, making it all the more excited as its head lifted upward...its neck extending?
Grinning eagerly, Woona sat on the Lesser Dog's head and vigorously pet him, shooting upward into the sky as she giggled.
She rode the Lesser Dog's head into the sky...and eventually back down to ground level, on the other side of a set of spikes that had blocked her path. As the FIGHT lines dissolved, the Lesser Dog returned to normal and barked happily, dashing off after giving her some gold.
On the other side of the spikes, she encountered a pair of dogs that smelled the Lesser Dog all over her, deeming her not a threat...but Woona decided to pet them anyway to befriend them. They seemed to be amazed that dogs could pet other dogs.
The next puzzle she came across involved pressure switches under blue 'X's on the ground, which the sign said she was to turn into red 'O's by stepping on them before stepping on the switch. She knew she'd have to throw the switch with her magic, but she decided to attempt the pressure switch...only to find she didn't weigh enough to trigger it. "...SANS!" she called out.
"did you need something?" Sans asked from right behind her.
She let out a startled yelp as she leapt into the air, only to land in Sans' arms. "...I don't weigh enough to trigger the pressure switches..."
Grinning, Sans set her down on the pressure switch. He then slipped a bone into the pocket of the apron she was wearing as a cape. The 'X' turned into an 'O'.
Woona gasped happily. "Thank you, Sans!" She squealed, levitating herself up to kiss him on the cheek. She raced around to turn the other X into an O before activating the switch.
Rushing forward, she found a stunned Papyrus on the opposite side of the spikes she'd just lowered. "WHAT?" he demanded, stunned. "HOW DID YOU AVOID MY TRAP?"
"The spaghetti had gone cold and inedible, and it was stuck to the table so I couldn't get it into the microwave...which was unplugged so it couldn't reheat it anyway," Woona explained succinctly.
"CURSES!" Papyrus proclaimed. "I'LL GET YOU NEXT TIME, HUMAN! NEXT TIME! NYEH HEH HEH HEH HEH!"
"With fresh made pasghetti?" Woona asked eagerly. "It looked delicious, and it was torture that I couldn't eat it..."
Papyrus' grin visibly widened. "FRET NOT, TINY HUMAN! I SHALL MAKE YOU A PLATE OF SPAGHETTI BIG ENOUGH FOR YOU TO SWIM IN WHILE YOU EAT!"
"so a normal size plate then?" Sans joked.
"NYEH!" Papyrus sneered back playfully as he dashed off.
Woona eagerly pursued, the mental image of so much delicious pasta awaiting her filling her mouth with drool, and her soul with DETERMINATION.
Mom's Spaghetti.
It wasn't a good idea to read this chapter on an empty stomach
My god, these three are just too cute.
Great, now I have diabeetus from how cute that was. Tats, QUIT DOING THIS TO ME!
6907837 Pap's spaghetti
My friend, I have some much faith in you. Go forth and continue to be awesome.
According to sans, Papyrus' spaghetti isn't that edible even when freshly cooked.
While I don't get that last line, I have to say... I'm a little sad. Now, I'm not saying that this is bad or anything; it's actually kind of interesting to look at a less-than-honorable Frisk who's out and about. It's just... well... I always thought there'd be some sort of After the Fact sort of dealio where they'd get up to a bunch of Undertale nonsense. You know, balancing stuff on their heads, kissing reticent Charas, witnessing Sans ruthlessly take down PTA's (Or... Science Fairs?)...? Now it just seems like this is one of those sudden reveals where it's like "Hey, this isn't an AU... it's the FUTURE!!!"... or maybe this is just referencing the one of the past 6, who knows? What we don't know... is what the last bit of Chara's dialogue means.
{Tatsurou: Hey, don't blame me that you don't get references half the time.}
Don't worry, I'm blaming myself.
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Actually, Chara was referring to Flowey. He can go in and out of the Ruins at will, and he states in genocide that he went through getting to know everyone, resetting everything over and over until he had done everything. He also states that Sans caused him more than his fair share of resets.
6907837 His palms are sweaty
At least Chara... Worded the problem correctly here.
Looks like Papyrus managed to... Table the spaghetti.
Seems that someone pulled the plug on that trap.
Who knew that dogs would... Stick their necks out for our little Woona? Then again, it wasn't such a stretch to think so.
6908053
No, the 'He' he's talking about is Flowey. The "He doesn't need to use the door" was a clue to the identity of the person he'd overheard ranting about Sans and the others. Who else would go to Chara's grave to talk about that?
6908063 But what door is being referenced here? The door to the ruins?... Also, sorry for all the rants.
6908053 I'm guessing the "he" who doesn't have to use a door who complains at Chara's grave about Sans is probably Flowey. Sans has forced him to reset a few times before Frisk showed up.
6908021 Mom's Spaghetti.
Ah new chapter to go with my morning pick me up, it fills me with DETERMINATION.
(Has nothing to do with this chapter but.)
(Morning pick me up)
6908068
Precisely, the door that only opens from the inside, so no one who leaves the ruins can get back inside...except Flowey.
Another enjoyable chapter. Great job.
6907837
His cape is sweaty
Knees weak
Bones are heavy
It's under his hat already
Aged spaghetti
6908129 Ahh, OK. I wonder how some of these conversations went.
Ah, Woona... wait until you taste his spaghetti.
Also, d'aw!
6908249
While funny, they weren't conversations. Since Flowey has no soul, he can't summon Chara, so he was just ranting at the grave while Chara listened silently.
6908271 Dang it, I KNEW I should have went with that one!... Then again, it didn't really go anywhere, so I have no regrets.
6908271 But once again, sorry for bothering you with my... not-so-smart-itude. Sometimes I get something in my head and I go on and on and on about it so I won't have to go through something weird... but as it sometimes turns out, the case may be that I had the wrong idea the whole time. So again, sorry.
6908298
It's no problem.
6908299 Phew, crisis averted.
But you know, while I was on YouTube thinking for material to use, I discovered another EarthBound fan-game out... and it ISN'T Mother 4! It's called Cognitive Dissonance, and it's a midquel between 1 and 2, and it's supposed to have the Megalovania theme in it. It's also supposed to explain how Giygas went all coocoo for Cocoa Puffs. I'm going to give it a shot myself.
I want Woona to stay with Papyrus instead of Toriel.
6908319
I'll check it out at some point.
6908391 This is golden.
6908391 Pony in a box? Woona in food!
6908021 knees weak,
6908492 arms are heavy
6908552 there's vomit on his sweater already,
6908492 arms are sweaty ( ps derp and I have a small fever )
690849 ps derp derp and my cofing is herting my throat
NYEH!
That is all, you may carry on now.
Huh. That's a clever explanation as to why Woona prefers Crosswords puzzles over Junior Jumble.
Alternate title of the chapter: "Woona the Clever Pony".
Now I'm hungry for spaghetti.
Papyrus knows to use the vegetarian variety, right?
6908553
I buckin LOVE spaghetti!!!
You know it taste better if you add Tomato and BBQ sauce with a pinch of salt. Seriously, try it out! It's delicious!
Anyways great chapter, as always.
Also, I was wondering tat when woona goes to Snowdin and fights Papy. Would she run out of health and get captured? Only to run away and get captured again, and again, u til Papy basically gives up and let's wonna go? Just wondering
6908746
I have my own plan to handle the Woona/Pap "FIGHT".
This fic is too adorable!! I love the way you wrote for Chara, and I can sense future character development but seriously, this is a great fic, keep up the great work!!
I have a sneaking alicorn amulet shaped suspicion about something. I believe you know what I mean. You write very well and at a rapid pace, I am glad that you are around and part of this community. Keep up the great work and don't let Papy down!
It seems these puzzles have avoided a SPIKE in difficulty for Woona. But they still seem to be maintaining a lot of PRESSURE. It seems like Floweys potential is BLOSSOMING. ICY what you did there snow drake. This is so much PUN.
... Help. I need a cure for not being funny.
6908114
.............. What?
"Tem go 2 carnivl!"
.............. I repeat, 'what?'
6909475
At least you didn't try any chemistry jokes, 'cuz all the good ones argon.
6909850 I'm sure if I tried I could figure ATRA-ZINE ger!
6909862
Sorry that I don't have any good puns to reply with. I can only think them up periodically.