Determination (Charisk) [OUTDATED]

81 - SPIDER'S DEN

"Charolette?" Muffet put her hands together.

"Alright, dearie, it's time for some introductions!"

"The one upstairs is Aranea, the second oldest. This is Athena," The gray-haired girl. She had misty eyes and really pale (faintly purple) skin, as well as a white cane. She was obviously blind. "Natalie," her hair was long, silky, and a deep brown.  Her fangs were slightly longer than the others'. "This is Aragog Jr, named after my late husband Aragog." He was the young boy with brown spiky hair. He wore a silk scarf that covered his mouth. "Little Peter." He was only slightly younger than Aragog Jr. He also had brown hair, but his was much like his older sisters, rather than like his brother. "And the youngest two," Two girls that couldn't be older than 5 hid behind Aranea's legs. "Itsy and Bitsy. They're twins."

     "It's very nice to meet you all." Natalie pointed to Chara.

     "Izzat your boyfriend?"

     "Yep. Your mom beat him up pretty good, so he's resting. It's best we let him sleep.

     "Well," Muffet stood up. "I'm going to make some pastries. Come along children, why don't you join me in the kitchen, and let them have some alone time. The younger children cheered as they moved into the other room.

     I looked down at Chara, then up to the spiral staircase. I took Chara's jacket out of my phone storage and laid it over him like a blanket. He looked so peaceful. I moved his head onto a pillow and made my way upstairs.

     The only door that was closed was presumably Aranea's.  I knocked.

     "Who is it?" A bitter voice asked from within.

     "Your mom wanted me to talk to you."

     "We have nothing to discuss!"

     "... May I come in? Please?"

     "... Fine." I opened the door. The small walls were covered floor to ceiling in Royal Guard posters. Heroic poses of Undyne and other important members. A small desk displaying many ornate weapons and action figures of many Royal Guardsman (including Papyrus, for some reason) sat in the corner. Aranea was on her bed, clutching a pillow.

     "Impressive. You must really want to be in the Royal Guard."

     "Just die already, human, save us all the trouble, let us free." She spoke with venom in her voice.

     "You know I met Undyne once." Her eyes lit up for a second before shaking away the thought.

     "You must have ran away like a coward to avoid capture."

     "Oh I did. Several times, in fact. But once I was actually a guest in her home, and we got talking, we realized that we had a lot in common."

     "Really?"

     "We both have the same drive. The same Determination to help people. To protect our loved ones. We both have a formidable fighting spirit, and both share a love of cooking."

     "Cooking? Like the Great Papyrus?" Her pillow lowered slightly. Huh. Papyrus has actual fans. I'm sure he'd be overjoyed.

     "You know Papyrus?"

     "Of course! He may not be in the Royal Guard yet, but he is the best chef in the whole underground, and no one can withstand his special attack! Not to mention his battle body is the pinnacle of fashion!"

     "He shattered my arm, back at the beginning of my journey through the Underground."

     "It must have been an honor."

     "Well... We're friends, now."

     "Are the rumors true?! Is the Great Papyrus really training with Undyne?!"

     "Yeah. Undyne also taught me how to fight, too."

     "Holy. Shit."

     "The point im trying to make, Aranea, is that while humans wronged you in the past, im here to make amends. To fix all of it. Not simply by dying and allowing the monsters to be annihilated in a war, but to help you all get your freedom back. The surface is a scary world, I was treated worse that dirt up there. But monsters have so much compassion and hope, I'm hoping that with all of your help, I can show humanity compassion as well."

     "Well... im sure... maybe not... all of humanity is that bad..."

     "You don't say?" She looked away.

     "Wh-Whatever! Im going back downstairs." As we walked down the spiral staircase, we were greeted by the scream of both small children, and my boyfriend. The little kids were running around, asking a lot of questions, jumping on him, etc. he looked at me as if to say 'Please get me out of here.'

"Alrighty, kids!" They all looked towards me. "I think it's time to leave him alone for a few minutes, I've got to talk to him outside."

"Aww..."

"It'll only be a few." We shut the door behind us.

"Do I even need to ask?" Chara asked.

"Listen, their clans were separated, and they were going to use the bounty from my SOUL to rumored them."

"Frisk—"

"They were starving, Chara—"

"Frisk... You just can't help helping people, can you?"

"I... Not really..." He wrapped his arm around me.

"Not many people would do, what you did."

"And... why is that?"

"How much money did you give them?"

"Well..."

"Frisk?"

"You see, the thing is..."

"Frisk."

"Th-three thousand...ish." Chara's mouth was agape.

"3000??? You could buy, like, 100 cinnamon bunnies with that!"

"... I couldn't let them go hungry, Chara."

"No, I get that, it's just... wow."

"... I'm going to go tell Muffet that we're leaving, soon."

. . .

"Snail Fact #72: The Snails are victorious."

"What are you going on about?"

"This book that Ms. Toriel gave me, 72 Uses for Snails—"

"By Crispy Wokinslow, I know the one."

"Well I finally reached the end..."

"And?"

"I don't know, now I don't have anything to read during our adventure."

"Well, I'm full of fun facts, maybe I could entertain you on the road, I'm only your boyfriend, after all." He wrapped his arm around me.

     "...That'd be nice... Just one thing."

     "Hm?"

     "I don't really get the ending of the book..."

     "Well, first off, you have to understand that this guy was... . . . .  .  ."

Chara Fact #1
I've never seen a can of silly string.