[ * The child is confused by these hairless monsters (?) ]
[ Most kids like to play around in the snow. Some kids didn’t enjoy bundling up in thick, stiff layers to be able to withstand the temperature. For skeletons, this was hardly an issue, since they were more resilient to extreme temperatures. Sans took advantage of his perk often, taking his little brother out to make snow sculptures of each other or to simply lay in the cold, white blanket that was the ground. ]
[ Today, their playtime was interrupted. The older brother heard someone’s crunching footsteps from beyond the trees, and he quickly assumed it to be one of those annoying guard dogs that liked to scold him for being in areas he isn’t supposed to even play in. He shushed his little brother before picking up a stick near his feet, holding it like a sword in front of him. ]
what slowly emerges from the sea of trees is a bit too small to be a guard anything, much less a guard dog. they’re trembling as they trudge through the ankle-deep snow, head hanging and hands pressed against their mouth --- though it’s hard to tell whether that’s because they’re woefully underdressed for the current climate or because of the huffing laughter, sparked by a horrendous ‘so bad it’s good’ pun they heard from a passing comedian, they’re desperately trying to stifle.
it’s not long before the ‘i am trying so hard to not laugh please end my suffering’ trembles become ‘i am so cold please end my suffering’ shivers. it’s only then that they lift their head up, eyes roving over the stark, white horizon to find---?
a monster, maybe? are? skeleton monsters? a thing?? eyes wide and heart pounding with the absolute need to know, they move until only a few feet remain between them and their new discovery. oh! uh. make that discoveries.
they either don’t register or are unfazed by the less than welcoming stance he’s adopted, because their wave is unapologetically manic. (the smile that creeps onto their face as their hands burst into a flurry of frenzied activity is, thankfully, not.)
❛ you!! you, skeleton, you! look human, but--- m-o-n-s-t-e-r?
yes? yes?? ❜