Revolution Tale Chapter 4 pt 2
4 (continued)
The night drew closely around the manor, dark and deep. Out there in the inky black where people were divided, you could almost taste the discontentment on the air. The cold stuck to skin and bone alike, leaving no doubt in the minds of the affected that a change would have to come. Whether naturally or by force was the only question left to answer. The night creped up the stone side of the house, looking for a way in, a way to carry its negative air to the people who resided within. But up on the second floor it was forced to shrink away from a bright light, and the sound of children laughing. Seven children to be exact, all brought from different corners of the world to live as siblings under one roof.
The oldest was named Theodore who wore purple, then came Azelie in dark blue, and Cara in green. After that are Chun-hei and Fernando in yellow and orange respectively.Finally the two youngest, Lueam in light blue and then Frisk, who you know already.
They all laughed and clapped for Frisk, who had just finished a performance to inform the other children of their day. Frisk bowed dramatically, and giggled. It had been a long day filled with adventure and new friends, and while it had been nice to see more of the world it was also comforting to be back in the nursery with their siblings. All thoughts of sadness and worry from earlier that evening had gone, replaced with the excitement of what tomorrow would bring.
“What is all this noise?” Nanny aksed from the door. She shifted a pitcher and basin in her arms skillfully, shutting the nursery door behind her with her foot. “Not having fun without me I hope.” She smiled warmly.
“Nanny!” Chorused four of the seven children. Fernando and Chun-hei jumped to their feet and ran over to her, Azelie, Cara, and Luam, close behind. Frisk and Theodore stayed behind on the beds, watching from a distance.
“Frisk was telling us about what happened today!” Chun-hei hopped along behind Nanny.
“Is it true?” Azelie chimed in.
Nanny reached her destination, a table opposite the bed
where Frisk sat. “Is what true?”She asked, putting a towel into the basin and pouring the warmed water from the pitcher over it.
“Did the monster save frisk?”
Nanny set the pitcher to the side, “yes, I suppose he did
Strange as it seems.” She said her voice, soft and confused. It was odd to her that a monster would go out of its way to protect a child, it was contrary to what the professor had told her, and the professor was never wrong. She shook her head slightly to clear it, “Frisk come over here please.”
Frisk hopped down off the bed, doing as instructed.
“You missed bathtime, so a quick wipe down will have to do.” She picked up the toddler and set them down in a chair, ringing out the towel and wiping the childs face. “Huh…you're practically clean, how odd. It’s like you already had a bath today.”
“Does that mean that monsters aren't really bad guys?” Cara aked from the other side of the table, Luam was beside her, just his eyes peeking up over the edge.
“What has the professor told you?” Nanny put the rag back
into the bowel, there was no point in cleaning a clean child.
“Monsters want to kill all humans,” They all recited, a montra they all had memorized.
“But frisk said they are going to be friends with the monster.” Chun-hei countered.
“They also said all the monsters are nice. So are they bad guys or not?” Cara added. Beside her Luam signed. “And Luam wants to know if that means we can be friends with them too.” Cara translated.
“It's not as simple as that.”
From behind them came the voice of Theodore, one simple command. “Explain”
Nanny sighed. She knew now that Theodore was invested there was no way she would get out of the conversation. Once he had the desire to know something, nothing could stop him till he had an answer.
“Listen my dears.” She sat down, placing Frisk in her lap, “The only thing you need to know is what the General tells you. He has everything under control, he knows what's best. All these thoughts on good or bad don't matter in the end.”
“But what about Frisk making friends with the monsters?” Fernando looked to Chun-hei and she nodded, “Yah, what about the general saying Frisk should be friends with them?”
“He has given Frisk a very important mission, even if it doesn't make sense, it's what he has decided. So it's what will be done. Alright?’
“Yes nanny.” The five of them coursed, Frisk and Theodore remaining silent.
“Good, let's get you all into bed.” She got to her feet as the children whined. “Now now, I let you stay up until Frisk got back. It's late. Time to sleep.”
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Grillbys pub was full of life and noise despite the late hour. From inside the light glowed warmly, inviting monsters off the streets for a bit of company and good food. It was a ramshackle building, like the others surrounding it, but on the outside was a nicely curved wooden sign stating its name proudly. It was probably the nicest looking bit of architecture in the slum, making the pub all the more inviting.
“FWAHAHAHAHA!” Undyne's laugh bellowed above the rest of the noise. “SANS!? A NANNY!?”
“go ahead, laugh at my pain.” Sans grumbled, he was leaning over the bar, resting his boney cheek on its smooth polished surface. The coolness of the wood felt nice on his bruises. The candy had upped his hp, but it hasn't completely healed his injuries. He made a mental note to talk to Alphys, the recipe would need to be tweaked some.
“Oh man.” Undyne wiped a tear from her eye, “what an image. You walk around with a little human on your heels, the spitting image of a mother hen.”
Between them Papyrus was hiding his amused grin behind a mug of sarsaparilla.
“it can't be that odd of an idea, i mean i did practically raise this guy.” Sans wrapped his arm around Papyrus shoulders, “he turned out pretty okay.”
“YOU MEAN GREAT,” Papyrus corrected.
“no one grater.” Sans amended. Grillby set a plate down on the bar in front of Sans, then held out a fork. “geeze grills, i only asked for a tomato, you didn't have to go cut it up and plate it.”
“Last time I gave you a whole tomato when you bit into it you squirted juice everywhere.” Grillby held out the fork again.
Sans took it, “you’ll have to fork-give me for that. It
was overly ripe.” He skewered a wedge of tomato, “besides i’ve gotten kind of used to bein’ covered in tomato.”
“WELL I HAVE NOT, AND WE JUST GOT YOU CLEAN, SO YOU BETTER BE CAREFUL.”
Sans held his fork with his pinky out, then daintily took a small bite of his food, finishing off his act by dabbing his mouth with a napkin.
“STOP IT” Papyrus said, swatting the brim of Sans’ hat so it fell into his eyes, Sans laughed.
“When’s the kid gonna show up?” Undyne asked. Sans
paused, thinking back to the conversation. Did the General say anything about timing?
“uh…tomorrow.”
“I know, but what time tomorrow?”
Sans Shrugged. “he didn't really say.” He took his hat off
and ran a hand over his skull. “actually, with all the talkin’ he did, he didn't say much.”
“So you don’t know anything? That doesn't give us much to start with.”
“i wouldn't say i don't know anything. i know that the professor didn't seem to like me very mu-wate.” Sans squinted suspiciously at Undyne. “what do you mean ‘not much to start with’?”
“For the plan.”
“what plan?”
“We trick the kid into giving us information on the enemy.”
Now it was Sans’ turn to look amused. “what?”
“You gain the kids' trust, then trick them into giving up information. It's a simple plan.”
Sans laughed, “information? from a toddler?”
“Yes.”
“a simple plan? no. a plan made by a simpleton…” Sans shrugged, and trailed off, eating more of his fruit.
“What was that you just called me?” Undine got up from her stool, her grip on the bar made the wood creak.
Grillby laid his hand atop hers, causing her to hiss and pull her hand away. She shook it to cool it off, then glared over at Grillby. He pointed at a sign behind him that read
‘No fighting!
‘Cool off or get burned.’
“If you break my bar I'll drag you up the mountain to chop me down a new tree to replace it. And you,” He turned to Sans, and glared, sparks flying from atop his head. Sans stopped snickering and put on a serious face.
“sorry grills, i’ll behave.”
Grillby walked away to a new patron, not taking his gaze from Sans, pointing a finger at him accusatory.
The three friends sat in silence for a little bit. Undyne taking deep breaths trying to convince herself that taking Sans outside to dust him wasn't actually a great idea.
“Okay, as I was saying. You are going to gain the brats trust, then when it likes you, you get it to spill the beans.”
“alright, let me know how that works out for ya’.” Sans hopped down off his stool. “i'm goin’ ta’ bed.” He yawned.
“Oh no you dont.” Undyne quickly overtook him with her long strides, blocking his way out. “We still have to go talk to Asgore.”
Sans let out an annoyed moan, “haven’t i been interrogated enough for one day? can we do this tomorrow?”
“COME NOW SANS.” Papyrus placed a hand on his brother's shoulder. “ASGORE WAS KIND ENOUGH TO WAIT UNTILL NOW TO TALK TO YOU SO YOU COULD EAT AND CLEAN UP. LET'S NOT MAKE HIM WAIT ANY MORE.”
Finally, Sans nodded in agreement. “fine. lets goat-ell asgore what i’ve been up to then.”
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