Blue
He knew he messed up for sneaking out of the house but he didn't think his brother would be so mad. Red and Papy kicked him out of the house. Even after apologizing for being reckless. But he must have struck a nerve as Papy sent him to help in the old house.
A part of him was happy to be back as he walked up the steps. It's been a few weeks. Blue had to remind himself to enter the backdoor. But upon opening the door, it helped remind him why he worked so hard to get a place of their own. The house was crowded with them. With access to a few rooms, it was hard to find space. He could see a few new faces and others that he recognized.
"Bluuuuuue welcome back! Also, do you have any spare ketchup" a happy monster waved an empty bottle?
"Uhhh for the last time no more drink puns!" A familiar skeleton could be seen stirring soup. Occasionally, pushing off a Sans to make space for bowls. Only for another Sans to pop back as he was done arranging the utensils. And again continuing the process as he started to shove them off again.
"Aww wine not?"
Blue could hardly hold his laugh as Edgy dropped that monster on the floor. Before mumbling to himself. He could only assume it was one of his many swears. Blue was, unfortunately, able to make out most of his words.
"Disgustingly sinful. Puns are like porn. You do it alone. Away from Asgore's eyes"
Blue patted the angry monster in reassurance. It was clear that Edge had reached his limit. Any more and he would start shoving them into the pantry. With the number of new faces. The place seemed filled with more of him than he could remember. Edgy didn't push him away but frowned a bit in confusion.
"I DUNNO WHAT'S WORSE, THEM OR MY BROTHER BEING GONE SO LONG. WILL YOU QUIT IT DUMBASS." He continued stirring as the spoon crunched under the pressure. " HOW HARD IS IT TO PICK UP MILK?"
So Red never told his brother that he came to visit. Red must have forgotten. Lucky for him, Blue is amazing at conversations and will smooth this over.
"He's watching my little bro while I offer to help. You know how those two get along"
"Fine. But he needs to tell me. Ever since we got here he just …..can't seem to listen to any of my instructions" Edge shook in frustration before letting out a deep sigh. " It sucks adjusting but it's worse when I'm the only one trying.
Blue couldnt be sure if he knew the answer to that. But he figured they just needed to talk it out. But he couldn't tell that to lord edgy at this time. He didn't want to be chewed out for giving him advice.
"Red just needs some time" Blue grinned but Edge didn't seem convinced.
Red for the most part accepted their situation but wasn't fully ready to change with it.
The problem wasn't Edge. It was Red who needed to initiate the conversation. And that was another problem altogether. The guy didn't listen unless it was his idea. And if Blue said anything it would be seen as disrespectful in Red's eyes. As he's witnessed with Papyrus.
When Papyrus first offered him advice the conversation didn't go well. Red's response was far from pleasant. It was a good thing that Vanilla was there.
Blue needed to be careful. Red was the older brother and as such should be a good example for his little brother. If blue buts in then what's to stop Red from teaching Papy bad manners? Edgy will have to talk it out with Red.
"Don't worry Edgy, this takes time and he will come around." He could recall that it took them a year to adjust and even now he's still adjusting. Luckily, one of the others was nice enough to show him the ropes. "Just make some time for the two of you to talk it out"
"FINE. Also, it's Edge, not Edgy. If you call me that again. I'll make YOU deal with the Sans in the living room. And they are in the middle of a terrible condiment war"
Blue shuddered before nodding. Some of them he can handle but a room full of them was a 5 papyrus job. It's a miracle origina- I mean Cinnamon could handle all of them.
"Where is cinnamon?"
"HE'S ON VACATION. SO I'M IN CHARGE OF THIS MESS. I WOULDN'T NEED HELP IF IT WASN'T FOR THESE IDIOTS MAKING A MESS!"
The monsters stopped mid-shenanigan at Edgy's voice. He glared at everyone as they hurried away. Edgy wasn't a very patient monster. Blue could recall the nasty punishments he would unleash on them if they pushed him over the edge.
"Well, it can't be all bad. You have me, tango, operator, smiley, and chief. You can rely on us!"
" Yea one of them is still in heat. Don't ask. But everyone else has their hands full with violence and Lust" Edgy added as he turned off the stove and placed the soup on the counter
"VIOLENT?"
"And lust. Their names describe them perfectly. They are vanilla's recent screw-ups. He's… something. It's just a mess" Edgy growled as he beckoned Blue to follow him to the basement.
The place looked the same, it was dark but their eyes adjusted quickly. He could see familiar faces. They seemed to be chatting happily before leaving as they saw him. Blue kept smiling as he looked around.
He was one of the lucky ones. Some Sans came with their brother, others weren't so lucky. Rarely, could they adjust without their brother. So the look of envy and disgust was understandable… It didn't hurt any less.
The basement was huge but there were more rooms down here than he could remember. Renovations? He could see the biggest door had a stack piling up of cold sandwiches on the floor. But the bottles of ketchup were empty. Guess vanilla wanted to be efficient.
"VANILLA HAS BEEN A HEADACHE FOR ALL OF US. I'VE BEEN TELLING CINNAMON TO DRAG HIM OUT AND LET THE REST TAKE A TURN AT IT INSTEAD OF SEEING ANOTHER FAILURE" Edgy grumbled as he guided them over to a room. It looked painted in yellow and black caution. A few doors had similar symbols. The one Edge was standing next to looked battered. There were bits of splinters on the floor as if someone was dragged inside.
"HE'S A LOST CAUSE BUT YOU CAN HELP ME WITH THESE TWO"
Edgy pulled out a key and opened the door. Blue could see two familiar faces. The first was Tango snoozing in the corner. As he huddled closer to the wall. He was enveloped in blankets. While the other one looked like his lazy counterpart, he was busy watching tv.
"Sup Bruh. Did you get the heat too?" The monster waved as he looked over at them. Flashing a lazy smile and patting a seat next to him.
"JUST UNTIL RECENTLY. BUT I'M ALL GOOD, Epic!" he gave him a thumbs up and the monster nodded as he focused back on the tv.
"bruhh… did you know ice cubes float in their own blood"
"OOO DIDNT KNOW THAT!"
"DON'T. DON'T COURAGE HIM!"
"Bruh why is there a D in fridge but not in refrigerabruh"
wait what? Refrigerator?
"SO I WAS SAYING. TANGO HAS BEEN HERE FOR A WEEK AND-"
"BRUHH… If I'm 99lb and I ate a pound of cookies would I be 1% cookie?"
"EPIC, DON'T MAKE ME KEEP YOU HERE FOR ANOTHER WEEK"
Epic didn't bat his eye lights at the threat. Just chuckled as he scratched at his ankle.
"If two vegans are fighting would it still be called beef?"
"OH, MY ASGORE!"
Blue moved closer to see epic fumbling with something latched on his ankle. A silver chain with a heavy bell was strapped to his leg.
"AS I WAS SAYING! THANKS TO LUST, WE HAVE KEPT MOST HEAT CASES CONTAINED. EXCEPT FOR THESE TWO ESCAPE ARTISTS. I TRUST YOU TO WATCH THEM." Edge passed him a remote. "I NEED TIME TO BUY SOME PAINKILLERS"
Blue inspected the remote. He remembered they had a similar gadget but normally it was to keep the person in a barrier. But this one seemed a bit more advanced. He could make out the blue button to release and the Green one to shock.
"Use this if Tango tries to escape and call me if anything happens. I'll be back in a bit."
Blue smiled as he saw Edge pull out his phone and started calling someone. Blue took his leave and went back to the kitchen and got 3 bowls of soup for the guys. He wouldn't mind catching up with Epic.
Once he got back Epic flashed him a smile as he turned off the tv.
"Tango the warden is gone"
The once-sleeping monster shot out and grabbed a bowl. Like clockwork, he was scarfing the food down. What surprised Blue was Tango's eye lights were tints of bright orange. Tango ignored the looks as he hummed in joy at the soup.
"Soup my yummy friend. Epic you were two seconds away from having me slap you with your nonsense"
Epic chuckled.
"Bruh, I had to pull a gamer move for him to leave. Scoff" Epic crossed his arms in disapproval.
Blue looked at the two. The two seemed to continue to bicker as this raised more questions. He waved at them to get their attention. Both seemed to be lost in each other's feud. That he wasn't sure if he should walk out. Tango finally noticed him as he had begun to drum with his fingers.
"So how ya been?" Tango asked.
"Magnificent! How about you?"
"Ok. Not a fan of quarantine, but could be worse. Me and Epic are mild cases."
"Mild? You're on stage 3. I don't see why Epic is here. Besides causing Edge migraines. He's perfectly fine"
"Look again Bruh!"
Blue looked over at the door. Epic chuckled as he pointed at his eyes. He couldn't see any symptoms but soon saw Epic's eyes turn to hearts in seconds.
"How's that for anime eyes!? Ghibli here I come!"
Tango rushed to shut the door. Fuming at Epic's blunder before showing his trick. Tango held a finger to his lips, he blinked a few times and the color was back to white.
"WHAT?!"
"This isn't a punishment. It's to keep us safe from the baddies." Epic pointed at the room next door. "Bruh, get on my level also good news the machine works!"
Blue could feel his mouth drop at the news. Tango shook his head before settling with a half sigh.
"What epic means it turns on but it doesn't work right. What did sans say … it operates like an mp3 player only it's forever on shuffle and with a low battery. So until he can fix that we aren't getting any more luck" tango lifted his hand up "And before you say why isn't anyone helping? Easy we all keep coming up with the same conclusions and keep running in circles. So Sans made it apparent it's his problem to save us the headache."
That's amazing news! Not so much the shuffle sounds like they need more power but dont have the funds for it yet. He can't wait to tell Papy.
"Amazing! in no time we will have a way back!"
"Bruh you should tell him about the others"
The others? Oh right! Violent and lust. They weren't in this universe when he left the main house.
" So lately Sans keeps testing if he can keep the machine on long enough to see what kind of universe it is but it keeps pulling more of us in the process. That's why space is scarce nowadays. We suspect that Vanilla isn't making the same mistake on purpose. I think someone is sabotaging the machine."
Tango added in.
"Cross told me that he could hear the machine working. But before he could go to tell me, he heard an eerie sound and it would go silent again. I went to check it out and almost got caught but he was right"
Blue looked at them both. A part of his stomach dropped at the news. Why mess with the machine? When it gets fixed, they could go home. Vanilla wouldn't have to share his house and they would all be back in their own universe. Blue still wasn't sure what to say. Epic added in.
"Vanilla might not be working alone and just keeping it secret. We have a few monsters in mind. But we aren't sure… What's their motive?" Epic was dressed as a detective as he used a rubber chicken as a magnifying glass. "We are missing an important clue"
Blue could understand. He enjoyed this world but he did miss his friends. Something isn't adding up.
Epic and Tango looked at him.
"Okay, but why are you hiding here? Shouldn't you be telling everyone this to figure it out?" Blue asked.
"Easier said than done" Tango huffed
"Lately, I've been having too many close calls. Random waxed floors whenever I do my dance practice, being pushed down the steps. And finding ketchup inside hot sauce bottles. That last one might be a prank."
Blue watched as Tango fell back onto the bed in frustration. As he pointed at Epic.
"I was able to tell Epic because we were quarantined together."
Well, this was a problem. If someone was tampering with the machine they would need evidence. If only he had his phone. He could leave it to record but the problem is getting inside. That's it!
"What if we didn't need to sneak in?" Blue asked as the other monsters looked at him confused. Blue continued.
"Epic, do you happen to have a laptop with you?"
The skeleton whistled innocently as he pulled a laptop from behind the tv. Blue could tell it was stolen as the background was cinnamon posing.
"Epic, can you show us the settings?" His buddy fumbled with the laptop as he passed it over to him.
"What's on your mind Blue?" Tango asked as Blue checked if the thing had a wireless response. Bingo!
"Tango, was there a specific time the machine would go off?" Blue passed it back to Epic. "Do you think you can hack into Vanilla's phone from here?"
Epic gasped as he started to tap away on the keyboard like a madman. Tango grinned.
"Around 3 am. If we hack into his camera and recorder we can monitor him without him knowing"
Blue nodded. Even if they can get a hold of his recorder. They can listen in on what's going on. Possibly find out who's causing the problem.
Blue started up a movie while they waited for the computer to hook up to Vanilla's phone. Blue updated them on what the surface has been like for him. Making sure to fill them in on his friend count (so far two and 100 potential friends).
"Glad twerking is out of style. I don't think that style of dance is for me" tango sighed with ease. "do you think our world is waiting for us or is it moving without us?"
Blue looked at him confused.
"Our different dimensions are close in space, but without touching or overlapping. They are vibrating at different frequencies and it is possible to go from one to another by the one who possesses the knowledge to do so. So time will be different in each dimension. Where it's only been a few minutes but it could be days in another dimension. Or does it stay frozen because it lacks a component?"
"Oh no. Tangos on a tangent~" Epic sang.
Blue wasn't sure how to answer. The universe is complex and adding in that it was somehow possible to enter certain ones is incredible. So time could be relative. Blue signaled Epic, he was better at explaining this. He could explain memes.
"The bruh-universe is simply an ocean. And the machine is a crane having the power to pick up fish or release them. We the fish can be released back with only the memory of the crane but ok, returning to their area to keep the ecosystem safe."
Blue wasn't sure what to say. The universe was complex but Epic was right for the most part. Even if the answer seemed a bit vague. It seemed to satisfy Tango.
"Bruhsome! I hacked into his phone. Let's see what we can uncover"
They all looked in anticipation. Only to see a lot of white furs. The phone angle wasn't the best but they can hear slight snoring as the screen would vibrate a bit. So either Toby the dog took the phone or vanilla slept on carpet flooring.
They would have to check on it later but it seemed like they wouldn't get their answers tonight. Blue could tell the two weren't thrilled with the results. As they called it a night. At least they would update him on any changes. And Blue promises to talk to Edge and stay safe without pretending to be sick.
As Blue drove home he couldn't escape the thought of the multiverse. He never thought about it before. But is it wrong for them to stick around? Or once they leave will everyone forget about them?
Blue turned into the driveway. As he made sure to keep a happy smile for his brother. He didn't want to worry him with his ideas. Not sure if he was still mad at him. He opened the door to see Papy watching cartoons. The place looked the same as he left it. He figured it would be a bit messy with Red here.
"Where's Red?"
"He left just a bit ago. You worried he would break something?"
"N-not exactly!"
Blue tried to play it cool. But Blue knows Red enough to expect something would happen. Before he could say anything. Papy pointed at a wall. An indent of a fist on the wall with a frame over it.
" He did that for being a sore loser. But it's a work of art now"
They both chuckled. Red always left something behind. Guess Blue didn't have anything to worry about.
" Hey Blue. If you look closer at the print you could see his bare knuckles" Blue went over to inspect it and he was right. The monster had left a bit of a crack around the edges. Blue would have to use Wall Redo. A few bottles will do the trick.
He turned over to catch a glimpse of something moving before a T-shirt hit his face. He pulled it out to find his brother grinning as he leaned against a door.
" I found your fav shirt."*yawn*" It's been a long day, let's get some sleep". Papy kept yawning as he pushed him up the stairs.
"Awww I wanted to hear about your day. You're right, we can talk in the morning over breakfast. Gnight"
"you too Blue"
Guess the poor guy was tuckered out. He should get some sleep, maybe he can convince his coworkers that it was a 24 hr flu. Blue's heard people get those.
Papy ----------------
Let out a sigh of relief. Guess honey was right for Red to leave something behind. He looked over to see honey walking out and into their doorway. Papy waved through the window and mouthed the word magic. Her face grew red as she rolled her eyes and continue to walk away. Oh, she was never going to live that one down.
Papy couldn't help but try to hold back a chuckle. Thinking back to the party…
"How about we burn one of the parked cars and push it down a hill? It's a nice distraction. We end the party on a high note" Red suggested.
He and honey looked at Red for a second before going back to list out ideas for prizes. Ignoring Red's occasional lethal idea.
" How about a ping pong set? Stores should still be open. We buy one" honey added.
"We can't afford to spend more. Are there alternatives to prizes?"
Honey seemed to ponder as she swayed back and forth.
"Prizes could be as small as giving them food like a nice pie or even an act like throwing a pie at someone's face… that's it!" Honey looked at us as if we would catch on. Looking over to Red and he seemed to catch on.
"We can offer them a big cake by the dessert table."
Oh, that's perfect. He looked over to the table next to the cream pies. No one has touched it.
"I can grab it and give it to the person" before he could. She stops him.
"Well, I was thinking we could use the pies to hit someone's face with it."
Papy couldn't help but glance over at Red. They need to buckle down. And in unison, they said no. Before she could have a chance to list her reason, Red cut her off.
"That's a waste of food. Tsk tsk tsk… You should be ashamed of yourself" papy nodded in agreement.
Exasperated honey adds in.
"Fine! How about magic?! Does it seem to be the answer to everything?! You guys could make the winner float or summon some bones as gifts. Or better make explosions in the sky with magic"
Papy couldn't help but be speechless. She said that. Oh no. She's done it now. He looked over at Red. And he could see the gears turning. He wasn't gonna make it easy on her. Papy knew what he had to do.
"Papy, I'm shocked! To think your girl was racist. Man, I thought you had better taste than that."
"Wait what?"
The look on her face as she grew pale. Oh, and they aren't done yet. He tried to hold back his smile and try to channel it into a frown.
"I'm shocked, a food waster and now this. I thought I knew her. But to see she was secretly a monster racist I dunno… That's a real deal breaker" he shook his head.
Her face turned to surprise as she immediately tried to apologize. Shaking her head and trying to apologize faster. Papy nodded at Red. As both belched out in laughter.
Once she heard that her cheeks grew red as she began to pout. He couldn't help but laugh harder at her expression.
"uh, you're both terrible!"
"Oh we know" Papy should thank her. Now they don't feel anxious about the problem anymore.
"Ah, that was good. That's your fault for trying to pick a fight." Red teased as honey stared daggers at him.
"Stop joking around. We still have a problem"
"shhh, your just mad we called you out. You call it a problem, I call it a solution"
Red teleported out. Leaving you two. Honey looked confused. Guest, he should fill her in on what he's thinking.
"You're right. A Fireworks show would be a good idea. It was so simple we should have come up with it" He grabbed onto his sleeve. " I'm glad you're here. And sorry about teaming up on you. But it was funny"
"yea, just as funny as a skeleton cleaning a whole house up by himself" honey offers you finger guns as she makes her way closer to the stage.
Looking back, Papy was surprised she kept her word.