A drop here, a drop there (a one-shots/snippet book)

Just Passing Through (Prototype/Undertale)

But then it dissolved into dust.

Energy flowed into Alex's being, but no memories came, and his biomass remained as it was.

".... The hell?"

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"Please, mister. If you continue on from here...they... King Asgore, will kill you!" Toriel pleaded as she stood in front of the way out of the Ruins.

"I doubt it, lady."

She looked pained as she closed her eyes. "Then I have no choice. Prove to me, prove to me you are strong enough to survive!" Eyes snapping open, flames ignited from her hands, washing her determined expression with yellow light.

He felt that pressure from his chest again, but again it faded.

"You... You have no soul."

Alex tilted his head, an inhuman gesture of a predator considering its prey, cold blue eyes flashing. "Yes."

Fire puttered out as the boss monster took a step back, unnerved. "You are not human, are you?"

He smiled grimly. "No, I'm not."

Toriel let him go after that, eyes resigned. The Ruins must've been really lonely for her to feel disappointed that a viral abomination like Alex was leaving. Alex appreciated her concern, but he must get back to Dana.

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"Come out. I know you're there."

Chuckling from the direction where Alex was glaring into the forest outside the Ruins. Even if monsters seem to be made from something different from flesh and bone, they still have a higher temperature from their surroundings, so he was able to pick out the one watching him with his thermal vision.

Then the monster appeared out of thin air in front of him, and Alex almost took a step back.

Okay. Teleportation.

It was a skeleton. Alex made an effort not to react in any way, even though the scientists in the back of his head was screaming at the impossibility of it. Well, all the voices, not just the scientists, are screaming at the impossibility of what was standing in front of him.

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Consuming for information was out,  he only got a mild energy boost at each kill and nothing else, and even that was temporary, so Alex figured he'll have to get information by talking to the inhabitants.

Sans, the teleporting skeleton, was able to determine that he wasn't human. After telling the virus that his job was to capture humans so he didn't have to fight Alex, the skeleton decided to show him around the place. The wary and confused glances sent his way was a bit annoying though. Alex haven't even killed anyone in front of the skeleton, so he had no idea what he was wary for.

Sans had asked him if Alex was a type of monster that just looked human.

Alex's reply was, "You could say that."

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The virus stared at the plate of spaghetti in front of him. According to Papyrus, it was a "WELCOME TO THE UNDERGROUND, FELLOW MONSTER! NYEH HEH HEH!" present. Alex really should get going, but the tall skeleton is staring at him like an eager puppy and Sans is somehow managing to look like he was raising an eyebrow.

He sighed, and released a feeder tendril, ignoring the sounds of surprise the two monsters made. Damn, he'd gotten soft.

As expected, it dissolved into energy once he covered it with biomass. Papyrus' eyes sparkled at him.