The underneath is a network of sewers and cold basement levels, filled with the stench of mildew and death. You hear sounds - at a distance, and nearby. Like many legs in the dripping water, like soft voices echoing down the halls.
More notably, no matter how you got here, you can't seem to get back out. However you arrived, it's a one-way entry, and there seems to be strong magical warding stopping anything from leaving.
Are these the dungeons? Or was your arrival here a mistake?
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Sans starts to stand up as Reira approaches, not really wanting to advertise his injury more than necessary. Thankfully, Roman is happy to support him as he does so.
"Hey kiddo, glad to see you made it in one piece," he says, speaking more casually than he feels. "Julien had alerted us that something was taking you two, and I popped out to see what was happening... Guess the Prince didn't appreciate that, huh?"
"M...mmhn.... Yeah, they were wolves..." She glances at her arm, before bringing it back to her side. "...They didn't hurt me though, and we're okay now.... ...but the lady said all of the food he has is going to rot in a few hours..."
Another bite, if you excuse her. "...So 'm trying to eat as much as I can before it can't be eaten anymore, because we have to find a way out still."
Priorities. As it is. "...I can bring you back to them though..! ....And Julien has other things in his 'inventory', like bandages and things!" Hopefully, 'and things' can cover whatever....is making him hurt.
She's not sure. Regardless. "....You saw the Prince in the stables..?"
It's all useful information, and Sans stashes it away until later. Things are a bit overwhelming at the moment, as it is. He doesn't really get what is meant by all the food rotting, but he'll probably ask Julien about that instead of the little kid.
Instead he'll answer her question, first.
"Yeah. I saw you get dumped in the hole, and the Prince showed up before I could do anything about it. Then I guess he... stung me? Some kind of tail thing. I didn't really think a skeleton could get stung, but these faeries will always find a way, huh?"
The levity he tries to phrase it with is entirely out of place. That entire encounter was extremely troubling.
Rotting, poisoning....as far as Curse described, it's going to make people sick first, and then become entirely inedible, which she's pretty sure means it goes rotten and molds away.
Strangely, she doesn't seem surprised about a skeleton being stung by something, though. "Well.... ....You're not just a skeleton like what things have inside right? ....You're an 'alive' skeleton. ...so probably a lot of things that don't normally hurt bones could happen, it seems," she adds, worry still evident on her face. The levity isn't just out of place in the air, but in her head-if anything, she's probably not reading too much amusement at all. It's no doubt there, but....
...Well, the situation is sour after all, and both of them seem more than aware of that much. "....You can walk okay, right?" she asks, glancing to her duel monster. "....Film Magician could help, but you were really far from where I was..."
Well, that went right over her head. But that's fine. He's only vaguely familiar with Reira as a relatively new recruit, but he can recognize that she is pretty young, and perhaps a bit too literal for her own good.
Maybe he'll explain to her what a joke is later.
"I got a couple tricks up my sleeve," he says, with a lopsided, skeletal grin. His hand is resting on Roman for support, but he raises the other one to give his claws a performative click - suddenly, the three of them were teleport to the bend of the tunnel that Reira and Roman had just come around from.
"I can speed things up a bit... you two just gotta show me the way to move."
"....Yeah?" she knows that idiom at least, so they're not totally lost. But as the portal opens up she jumps, gasping in absolute amazement. It takes a second or two to react with words-but when she does, she nods furiously, and glances around at the bend to make sure she doesn't de-orient herself.
"Um..!! ...We have to turn left, over there," she explains, once she's sure of where they are again.
Sans will follow her direction, jumping the three of them forward a hallway at a time, always moving them in the direction they are facing to avoid disorientation. It's basically like popping around on Google Street View - fast forwarding through the part where you have to walk through grimy water, and where Sans has to put any strain on his increasingly sore spine.
If Reira's directions hold true, soon enough they'll be back in the area Reira started, though Sans is feeling unnaturally worn out from the effort of teleporting.
The weariness shows-they make it eventually, but by the time they're there, Reira finds herself wondering if she should share any of what she has to eat.
...Actually that's not a bad idea, and she breaks off the end of the chocolate she was biting before offering it over. ".....You're tired," she observes quietly, chewing her lip.
"Yeah," he admits, with a half chuckle as if to tease her for the obviousness of the observation. It's completely without bitterness, though - he honestly is just feeling tired as hell.
"Dunno what the Prince has going on power wise, but my spine is killing me, and flexing my magic is taking more out of me than usual." He might as well be straight forward about his symptoms. There's probably nothing anyone can do, but this is a situation where lying about it isn't going to help.
He takes the chocolate she offers and just kind of drops it into his jaw, as is his way. It proceeds to vanish mysteriously into his body in a way only achievable through ineffable magic.
"If magic is like running a lot, we should probably just walk for a while while we're here," she notes, grimacing. "....but I guess we have to find out how to find a way out before we walk to too many places anyway." At the very least, it seems a little silly to go wandering down here.
She points, in any case, to their 'destination'. "...This is where we're staying... ....I hope Julien and the lady are still there. ...She said she used to be a butler, but she broke a rule, and now the Prince stole her 'true name'." These things feel important to know. "....So the name she made for down here doesn't work right." Also Important.
This is...worrying. She can sense that lack of focus-that feeling of exhaustion, just at the edges, where such things become emotion. And it fills her with some dread, the girl biting her lip. "....Y...yeah. ....The ones that break the rules, that's what the lady said....
"....Umnh...." Reira swallows. "A...are you going to make it?" He can lie down once they're in Curse's little place right?
That....that would help, right, she asks herself, holding her hands close.
"Yeah, sure, kid," he manages, perking up enough to wink at her with half of his angel eyes. "Just one more go."
And, with that, he teleports the two of them to where Reira's instructions end. He can see the entrance, at least, and a bit of the shabby interior. He settles down onto his knees at that point, resting his head against Roman's side.
"WUAH-!" One more go? That's all she has time to think of, and then they're there. The girl immediately tenses, and looks to Sans in fright. "N-No, but you're all tired..!!" ...Though it's too late to complain now, so all she can do is quiet down. Breathe. Nod.
"....Yeah. ...This is where we've been staying... ...I don't know if the lady is here right now. She might be somewhere else... ...It's an okay place. It's a little like what my home was, but..." She pauses, tilting her head in thought. "....Home didn't have nice people. So it's nicer here."
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"Hey kiddo, glad to see you made it in one piece," he says, speaking more casually than he feels. "Julien had alerted us that something was taking you two, and I popped out to see what was happening... Guess the Prince didn't appreciate that, huh?"
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Another bite, if you excuse her. "...So 'm trying to eat as much as I can before it can't be eaten anymore, because we have to find a way out still."
Priorities. As it is. "...I can bring you back to them though..! ....And Julien has other things in his 'inventory', like bandages and things!" Hopefully, 'and things' can cover whatever....is making him hurt.
She's not sure. Regardless. "....You saw the Prince in the stables..?"
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Instead he'll answer her question, first.
"Yeah. I saw you get dumped in the hole, and the Prince showed up before I could do anything about it. Then I guess he... stung me? Some kind of tail thing. I didn't really think a skeleton could get stung, but these faeries will always find a way, huh?"
The levity he tries to phrase it with is entirely out of place. That entire encounter was extremely troubling.
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Strangely, she doesn't seem surprised about a skeleton being stung by something, though. "Well.... ....You're not just a skeleton like what things have inside right? ....You're an 'alive' skeleton. ...so probably a lot of things that don't normally hurt bones could happen, it seems," she adds, worry still evident on her face. The levity isn't just out of place in the air, but in her head-if anything, she's probably not reading too much amusement at all. It's no doubt there, but....
...Well, the situation is sour after all, and both of them seem more than aware of that much. "....You can walk okay, right?" she asks, glancing to her duel monster. "....Film Magician could help, but you were really far from where I was..."
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Maybe he'll explain to her what a joke is later.
"I got a couple tricks up my sleeve," he says, with a lopsided, skeletal grin. His hand is resting on Roman for support, but he raises the other one to give his claws a performative click - suddenly, the three of them were teleport to the bend of the tunnel that Reira and Roman had just come around from.
"I can speed things up a bit... you two just gotta show me the way to move."
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"Um..!! ...We have to turn left, over there," she explains, once she's sure of where they are again.
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If Reira's directions hold true, soon enough they'll be back in the area Reira started, though Sans is feeling unnaturally worn out from the effort of teleporting.
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...Actually that's not a bad idea, and she breaks off the end of the chocolate she was biting before offering it over. ".....You're tired," she observes quietly, chewing her lip.
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"Dunno what the Prince has going on power wise, but my spine is killing me, and flexing my magic is taking more out of me than usual." He might as well be straight forward about his symptoms. There's probably nothing anyone can do, but this is a situation where lying about it isn't going to help.
He takes the chocolate she offers and just kind of drops it into his jaw, as is his way. It proceeds to vanish mysteriously into his body in a way only achievable through ineffable magic.
"Thanks."
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She points, in any case, to their 'destination'. "...This is where we're staying... ....I hope Julien and the lady are still there. ...She said she used to be a butler, but she broke a rule, and now the Prince stole her 'true name'." These things feel important to know. "....So the name she made for down here doesn't work right." Also Important.
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The ache in his spine is making it really hard to focus, so he just keeps himself supported on Roman and keeps trudging forward.
"So, he puts his own people down here, too," Sans muses. "Pretty sick stuff."
Roman rumbles and whines, bumping their head against him as their master starts looking faint again.
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"....Umnh...." Reira swallows. "A...are you going to make it?" He can lie down once they're in Curse's little place right?
That....that would help, right, she asks herself, holding her hands close.
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And, with that, he teleports the two of them to where Reira's instructions end. He can see the entrance, at least, and a bit of the shabby interior. He settles down onto his knees at that point, resting his head against Roman's side.
"This the place?"
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"....Yeah. ...This is where we've been staying... ...I don't know if the lady is here right now. She might be somewhere else... ...It's an okay place. It's a little like what my home was, but..." She pauses, tilting her head in thought. "....Home didn't have nice people. So it's nicer here."