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One finished tour and a couple of cakes later, you had returned to your apartment after dropping Kris off at home and calling Toriel with a stream of apologies and excuses of 'Kris was staying longer to study with a friend'. Your apartment wasn't far from their house, so the drive wasn't a problem and you often came over for dinner and to bond with your sibling.
You sat in bed, ever so grateful that it was a Friday and you didn't have any real work for tomorrow and flicked through random apps on your phone until you fell asleep.
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You dreamt of.. Ralsei in a Mercedes-Benz. For.. some reason?
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Yawning and rubbing sleep from your eyes, you slowly get up and abandon your phone for a while on your bedside table in favour of wandering around your small kitchen in search of something to eat. Damn. You wish you could have more of that cake from last night..
Hold on.
Last night!? What the hell even was that?? It couldn't have been some sort of freakish fever dream right?? You raised a hand to your forehead... nope.. you felt fine.
After throwing together a breakfast of some stupidly sweet cereal and milk in a bowl, you wandered back to bed and stared at the ceiling for a bit. The crunch of cereal was the only sound that filled the room as you pondered whether or not what happened yesterday was real.
Bzzzz
Your phone vibrated on the table beside you, tearing you from your mini-crisis.
You reached for your phone and lazily scrolled through some notifications, but not before scowling at your (now empty) bowl of cereal as if it held all of your problems. That was when you found it. A new notification from Kris.
K: "[Name], can I sleep over at yours today?"
That was.. sudden. Nothing out of the ordinary, Kris would come over sometimes to play board games or Toriel would ask you to 'babysit' for a bit if she was going out or needed to do something, but this seemed different. Your mind wandered without permission to last nights adventures in the dark world.. this may be your chance to find out whether all this madness actually happened or not. Or maybe... YOU were the one eating the chalk and have gone batshit crazy. Who knows?
You: "Of course, but is something wrong? Everything's fine with mum right? Not enough pie for you or what? XD"
K: "No, its fine. I'm bringing Susie though"
They didn't leave much room for argument.
You: "Want me to find some board games or something for you kids? I'm sure I can find something fun for you guys."
K: "Ive got something in mind already, dont bother."
Toriel embraced you in a large fuzzy hug before she left after dropping off Kris (and Susie who they'd picked up on the way) .
"Now, be good you two!"
"We will." Susie replied. Something about her seemed different around Toriel. She seemed more at ease, which warmed your heart a little.
You waved Toriel goodbye, before turning back to Kris and Susie once she had driven back down the street.
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"YOU WANT TO WHAT??"
Susie burst out laughing, to which you scowled at her, although there was no real anger in it.
"It'll be fine, no one ever notices."
"you... YOU'VE DONE THIS BEFORE???"
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And with that, You, Susie and Kris are back at the school building on a god damned SATURDAY trying to sneak into the storage closet/insane other world. What happened to your life?? At least this was confirmation that last night wasn't a dream.
"I swear if I loose my job because of you two I'm gonna freak out."
"Relax! We'll be fine, i told you we've done this before." Susie chuckled, opening the door to the building with no resistance. Do they not lock this place??
"I still can't believe this.." You sighed, but followed on anyway, shutting the door behind you quietly.
The three of you toward the closet, your steps seeming deafeningly loud in the silent school. You're buzzing with excitement and nerves as Susie opens the double doors to the supposed 'storage closet'. The darkness from inside seems to spead out into the corridor.. how had you not noticed that when you first opened it? You swallowed nervously, waiting for someone to move, before Kris gestured for you to go first.
"I uh.. do i just?-"
You walked up to the door, and kept going as though to step into the closet, and immediately stumbled, falling through the 'floor' as though you'd missed a step while going down the stairs, into that very same void with a fading
"WOAAAHH-!"
You thought you could hear Susie's loud raspy laugh as you fell.
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Ralsei rushed up to you as soon as he saw you, a joyful expression on his face as usual.
"[Name]! I'm glad you tagged along, I actually have a surprise for you!"
He said, before greeting Susie and Kris.
A surprise? That was sudden, hopefully it wasn't something weird.. You could never be sure with this strange world.
"That's really sweet Ralsei, can I see?"
Susie grinned as though she already guessed what it was.
"Oh if its what i think it is, you'll love it." She chuckled.
Okay.. now you were a little scared.
"Oh i sure hope so!!" Ralsei clapped his paws together happily, before rushing off toward the main castle. You follow behind with only slight hesitation, Susie and Kris beside you the whole time. He leads you past Susie and Kris' rooms which you have now come to recognise, to another door beside it.
Ralsei opens the door and does a sort of shy version of jazz hands.. jazz paws? whatever.
"I uhm.. made you a room! You dont have to use it of course.. but if you feel like coming back here.. you'll have a room to stay in!"
"Woah.." You say, as you step into the room. Its perfect, Your favourite colour can be seen around the room, as well as other accented colours that pair well with it. There's posters with things you like, and a neatly made bed. Hell, there's even a wardrobe!
..You throw yourself onto the bed. It's heavenly.
"Ralsei this is perfect! How did you.. wow. just wow."
Ralsei smiles sheepishly, while Susie grins at you from the door, before walking in and having a look around herself.
"Well.. Kris mentioned their sibling a couple of times.. and I suppose otherwise I went off of what I knew about you from when i showed you around yesterday." Ralsei continued,
"So, if you ever want to stay here for a while- or maybe even make some friends here- I figured it'd be a good idea!"
You got up off the bed and swept Ralsei into a hug, thanking him profusely.
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After letting go of the sweet ball of fluff that was Ralsei, Kris and Susie returned to their rooms, with Ralsei also leaving to make more cakes for all of you. As gratefull as you were, you wanted to explore a little on your own and figured that you'd be back by the time the cakes were ready. So, with that, you began to wander around the castle, until you decided you had gotten bored and left the castle entirely to go outside.
A beacon of light flashes in front of you barely moments after you leave the castle.
"GEH HAHA HA HA!! THE WORME IS BACKETH FOR MORE!! THOU JUSTE COULDNTST STAY AWAY FROM ME, COULD THOU?"
Oh god it was the blue guy. His name was Rouxls right..?
"Yeah.. keep telling yourself that.. I'm guessing you've got another easy puzzle for me?" You challenge, although he seems to disregard your sassy remark.
"Since thou seemst like a worthye opponenteth," oh great so he sees you as a rival.
"i haveth created a NEW, BETTERE PUZZLE FOR THOU!!"
he spreads his arms dramatically once more, presenting a.. chess game!?
You stared in disbelief for a second.
"That's not a puzzle."
"I- WELL I BET THOU CANTST BEAT ME AT CHESS!!" His tone was defensive, and yknow what.. it might be funny to humour this guy... and beat him in chess just once.
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A while later, Rouxls yells "AHA! CHECK MATETH!!"
WHAT.
You lost..
TO THE GUY WHO CANT EVEN MAKE PUZZLES PROPPERLY.
Damn.. you hadn't played chess in ages but you hadn't thought you were THAT bad... You stare at him in shock for a moment, before he gets up, still laughing to himself.
"UNTILL WE MEETETH AGAIN, OH RIVALETH OF MINE!"
And hes gone. You groan, flipping the board and sending a couple of pieces flying before sighing and heading back to the castle. If anything was going to make you feel better, it was cakes from Ralsei... and maybe beating that guys ass in this messed up puzzle rivalry.
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Its the next night when it hits you, Kris and Susie have already left from their little 'sleepover' and your staring at an unsolved rubik's cube sat on your desk.. If he makes puzzles that easy, he'd probably struggle with a rubik's cube.. right? That'd be insanely funny.
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You vow to give Rouxls a rubik's cube the next time you see him.