Chapter 44 - Trapped In A Box
"Heyyyyy Dad..."
Bean knocked gently on the box.
"You wanna just hop on out and help us at all?" She asked, flicking the box again.
There was no response.
Papyrus sighed, leaning down onto his arms. She had been at this for at least an hour. Just knocking on the box, trying to coax her Father to exit from the box.
At least it made sense why they needed him, and it gave Papyrus a sense of how he was able to do what he had done before. If this guy was a demon, like they implied, then it made a little bit of sense.
"I have some lollipops, and the Frisk lad is at college so you can go and finish them off!" Bean said, poking the box again. "And we can go out and eat some ice cream, oh, and I have to show you this one body I finished. I managed to pull out their intestines and wrap it around their-"
"Please, I know you want your Dad out, but I don't think he's going to be coming out," Papyrus said.
Bean stared at him for a moment before she continued. "-neck and then I hung them from their ceiling fan. I was busy putting in the candy when their kid walked in, so I gave them a lollipop and sent them on their way. The kid called the police, though, and little old me had to scatter like the red sea when Toby Fox parted the water."
"Do you believe in Toby Fox? I didn't think you guys would be very religious, in the god aspect," Papyrus asked her.
"Duh, how else would I be here?" Bean asked, smiling back wide. "If I'm the anti christ-"
"Which she definitely is," Silky hummed from her spot, also analyzing the box.
"-Then there has to be a god for me to overthrow!" Bean giggled, "It makes no sense for me to be here if the legendary Toby Fox doesn't exist."
"I guess that makes sense," Papyrus sighed, "I mean, I wasn't the most religious person but every monster believes in Toby Fox somewhat."
"We may not agree with everything he has to say, and we may be on our way to hell both now and when we die," Silky said, tilting the box to the side. "But my Father was very knowledgeable in religious matters, so he made sure to teach us in that field. He made us aware of their existence, but nothing more. After all, religion is up to our choosing, not our parents. He simply told us the facts and proven evidence and let us decide if we wished to become a follower of Toby Fox or not. And would you please repeat what had happened the day of the attack, Bean?"
"Well, it was a stormy night-"
"It was a sunny afternoon, Bean."
"Fine!" Bean shot Silky a look. "It was a sunny afternoon, and some demon proxies decided to pop up out of the bushes and say a hello. Wayne, of course, fought bravely."
"I-I'm pretty sure I uh, screamed," Wayne said, "Um, did I? Do I have memory problems?"
Addy leaned up on her toes and gave Wayne a pat on the head, her skeleton brother leaning into the contact. At least Addy was somewhat confident now, Wayne was just always a wreck.
"My Dad, one of my many Daddy-o's, decided to be nice and save some of our other parents into his box so he could teleport them safely. Safety is dumb, I believe we should just give children a pistol when they turn 13 and shove them onto the street. Oh, imagine if I hosted a real life fortnite drop with children! It'd be the only way I'd ever support fortnite, of course, because of the blood and guts. Also, Papyrus, did you know your most vulnerable spot is on your neck? I could just reach over with this here knife and just stab you right there."
Bean gave her Uncle another large grin, head tilting to the side.
"I... please stop talking about how easy I am to kill," Papyrus said, hand covering his neck as he leaned a little away from Bean.
"I mean, I could talk about Undyne," Bean said, "All I have to do is just flick her and she could drop in one hit, Toriel and Asgore too. Maybe Undyne could put a fight up afterwards, sure, but that's funny!"
"Put up a fight afterwards?" Papyrus asked.
Bean leaned forward a little, causing Papyrus to lean back more in fear.
"You know nothing of this world, little skeleton," She giggled, looking up at him with more confidence than he could ever muster.
"Ah, I found it," Silky announced, breaking the two from their conversation.
The white haired girl held up the underside of the box, revealing a faintly glowing rune on the bottom. It looked to be glowing overtop of the material, as if it wasn't connected with the box.
"You said he was hit by some type of staff, correct?" Silky asked Bean.
"Heh, yeah," Bean giggled, playing with a random yoyo in her hands that hadn't been there two seconds before.
"And you said this appeared on his box and he hasn't been able to leave since?"
"Yeah, it looks like that stuff Tondra drew."
Silky brushed a piece of hair out of her blank face, tilting the box more. "Then this is a sealing rune, likely. I doubted he would have been staying there out of sheer depression, after all, he had been trapped in there before. At least a few of our parents are in there with him so he doesn't get lonely, and he can still see us out here at least. But that does eliminate him as a viable option, for traveling into the afterlife."
"Here, we can send Papyrus in there to scout for us!"
The poor skeleton barely had time to react before an ax was being held just an inch from his face. Silky had managed to reach out and grab the weapon before Bean managed to hurt their Uncle, pulling it out of her hands and setting it onto the counter next to them.
"Laughing Jack was our best option to travel down to the afterlife, but since he isn't an option, we'll have to move onto his child," She said, looking over at Bean.
"I am very special," Bean commented to Papyrus, tapping her fingers against her chin. "You aren't."
"We're serial killers, we're all special," Leonie said from the living room.
"We've finished the circle now, though," Hoodie said, straightening up from the floor. "If we can't use Laughing Jack, we might as well try with Bean."
"Let's go to heaven!" Bean giggled, sticking up her arms and kicking her stool away from the counter to fall backwards on the kitchen floor.
"Is she al- what about heaven?" Papyrus asked, standing up to peer over the counter.
"She's fine," Silky answered for her sister, "And we'll have to go to heaven in order to travel to hell. Go down to heaven, travel from there to purgatory, and enter hell through purgatory."
"I thought we were going to use Laughing Jack to go straight to hell," Papyrus said, "I thought if we used a demon we'd be going to hell."
"If Tondra was still alive, then we would have," Silky said, "But we don't have any demons with us, so we will have to go to heaven instead."
"I don't understand," Papyrus said, his voice weak. "I thought Laughing Jack was a demon, and Bean was part demon. Are you saying he was actually..."
Bean suddenly jumped up from the floor and slammed her hands against the counter, her intensely happy face meeting Papyrus'.
"I'm an angel," Bean said, sharp teeth widening. "B*tch."
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