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4 ~ Only the Beginning

"You want to know how I met Sans and Papyrus?"

Looking up at Asgore's furry face, you nod. You're holding your notebook and pencil.

"Hm. Well, let's see. Papyrus, I had not met personally until the Barrier was broken. But Sans... let's see..."

Asgore paused a moment, thinking. This is a little surprising. You had expected that he wouldn't have met either of the brothers until the Barrier was broken. But apparently not?

Very surprising indeed.

"Ah!" Asgore smiles. "I remember. It was right after the fourth Soul had fallen into the Underground. Sans had--" he cuts himself off suddenly, hesitating. Then he shakes his head. "Well, I suppose you already know. You would have had to pass by him to get to me, right? Yes, Sans had fought the fourth human to fall into the Underground. I did not actually meet him then, really, he passed out immediately after. But later, I went to see him about offering him the position as Judge, which, as I'm sure you saw, he accepted."

You scribble a few notes into you notebook.

•S fought 4th
•A.D gave S job

And then you realize something. Asgore had been hesitant to tell you this.

"Wait," you ask, "was no one supposed to know about this?"

Asgore nods a little, sheepishly. "When I offered him the position, his only condition was that I not tell anyone. Really, I do not think anyone actually knows about it, but you and me."

"Not even Papyrus?"

Asgore shakes his head. "He specifically did not want Papyrus to know."

You frown a little, and write that in your notebook.

•S's job secret to P. Why?

But, having asked Asgore your question, you head home to consult again with your sidekick-detective.

Flowey still disapproves the idea of investigating like this, but he seems okay with just talking things over with you.

You show him all your notes.

•S scares F Something happened?
•F says S can "do things he shouldn't be able to"
•A found S unconscious, hurt in Watfall. S thought he knew A, and last RS? Delusion?
•S fought 4th
•A.D gave S job
•S's job secret to P. Why?

"A.D?" He asks.

"Because I was already using A for Alphys. So A.D is Asgore Dreemur."

"Hm. What's the '4th' and 'job'?"

"The fourth human to fall, and Sans' job as Judge."

Flowey thinks it over for a moment. Then, "Well. You still haven't found out anything, really. So it's not too late to quit."

You give him a look.

"Aaaaand you're not going to take my advice, are you?"

"Nope."

He sighs.

"Anyway. We need to get more information. The shopkeeper rabbit says they just kinda showed up in town, and nobody else really knows where they came from. Maybe... Maybe I should just ask Sans?"

"What?!" Flowey screeches. "Are you INSANE?! He'd KILL you!"

"I doubt that."

"Frisk. Listen to me. Do. Not. Do. It."

You look at Flowey for a minute. He actually almost looks afraid. "... Fine. What about Papyrus?"

Flowey protests, but you can tell he really can't come up with a good argument.

"Papyrus it is!"

Luckily, when you call Papyrus on the phone, he tells you he's in town at the moment. That's good, since the brothers' house is up on Mt. Ebbot, and Toriel won't let you walk there yourself. But since he's in town, Papyrus offers to take you out for nicecream. You, of course, accept.

Not twenty minutes later, you and he are walking through the park, nicecreams in hand.

"So, Frisk!" Papyrus smiles at you. Even with two years since you met him, he still has a good foot and a half on you. "What did you want to ask me?"

"Well." You hesitate a moment, Flowey's warnings echoing in your head. "I was just wondering..."

"Yeah?"

"Where did you and Sans live before Snowdin?"

Papyrus frowns thoughtfully. "Hm. Well, we lived in New Home!"

"Where?"

Papyrus shrugs a little. "A hotel, I think. I was very small, smaller than you, even! I don't remember it that well!"

"You lived in a hotel?"

Papyrus nods. "Yes! See, back then, Sans was doing everything! He had jobs to pay for the hotel room, and he was raising me, and I think that a room was just cheaper than getting an actual house or apartment."

"Woah. Sans actually had a job!?"

"Two jobs! He sold hotdogs in New Home, and had that comedy act at the resort! But I think that was before Mettaton bought it."

You think back to your time at the MTT resort. You can remember seeing Sans' name on the advertised list of upcoming acts.

"So how did he pay for the house in Snowdin?" You know this. He got a job as Judge, and that paid really well. But you want to see what Papyrus says.

He just shrugs a little. "I think that he got a really big raise when Mettaton took over the resort."

That's not likely, you know. You've spoken to Burgerpants. Mettaton pays his employees the bare minimum. But you say nothing of that to Papyrus.

When you get home, you add a few more notes to your notebook.

•S and P lived in NH. Hotel room?
•S worked hard. 2 jobs (h'dogs/jokes)
moved to Sno when P was very small
•confirmed- P does NOT know about S's job.

"So," you say to Flowey, "what do we know? Let's start from the beginning."

"Let's not." He replies. "I have a better idea. Instead, let's not start at all!"

You ignore him. "Sans and Papyrus are in a hotel room. Papyrus is very little, and Sans is apparently old enough to be raising Papyrus himself, and have two jobs?"

You add another question to your notebook.

•what's the age gap between S and P?

Then you continue. "So at some point, Sans fights the fourth fallen human. And does he win? Kill them? Either way, Asgore is impressed. He offers Sans a job as Judge. And... Sans takes it, but he doesn't want Papyrus to know about it. Why?" You pause for a moment, but no answer presents itself. The Judge is a higher position than Captain of the Royal Guard. So why wouldn't Sans want to surprise Papyrus with that? It would certainly change Papyrus's mind about him being lazy!

It just doesn't make sense.

You keep going. "So, sometime around then, they move to Snowdin... and sometime between then and when I fell Sans gets knocked unconscious, Alphys finds him, and he thinks they worked together with the last Royal Scientist." You look at Flowey. "Who was the last Royal Scientist, anyway? How would Sans know them?"

Flowey somehow manages to shrug nonchalantly and uninterestedly, despite not having shoulders to shrug. You, meanwhile add yet another note to your notebook.

•Did S know last RS? Who was RS? How did S know RS?

"Moving on, then, the brothers live in Snowdin, Papyrus meets Undyne, Sans meets Toriel, and the rest of the Souls fall into the Underground."

"Sounds about right." Flowey responds. "Congratulations! You figured out where they're from! Now can you just drop it and stop messing around with the smiley trashbag?"

You shake your head. It's true that you know more about the brothers, now, but you still have questions. Like why does Sans not want Papyrus to know about his job? How did the brothers end up in a hotel room? Where did they come from before that?

Who was their dad, and why can't they remember him?

No, Detective Frisk, you tell yourself, this investigation is just beginning.

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A/N

So I think Frisk is, like, 10-almost-11ish here. But, you also have to consider all the experiences they had and things they learned through all the resets and stuff. So, mentally, they're more like 12.

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