Re: ~Crossover Chronicles (Thread 5)~

by **Stealthy** Sun Jan 15, 2017 11:31 pm

Link saw Sans and waved, grunting a friendly greeting.

Torsolus saw the direction Link looked and turned....and the familiar, friendly, portly skeletal man stood in the door. "SANS!!!" Torsolus hopped up from the table so fast, he almost knocked the chair over. As he sprinted toward the door, the water he'd drunk could be faintly heard sloshing around inside him. He ran over like he wanted to give Sans a big hug, then restrained himself to give a nearly shoulder-dislocating two-handed handshake instead.

"OH MY GOLLY!! IT'S SO GOOD TO SEE YOU! AHHHH SO NICE YOU COULD COME, YES, SO NICE! SO, SO NICE! AhahahahaaAAAAAA!!" He backed up, squeaked, and hopped up and down on the floor a couple times. "YUP WE'VE BEEN FIGHT-FREE! I mean, there was a friendly spat outside of town a minute ago, but no worries! Any serious injuries have been MARROWLY AVOIDED!!!11" Torsolus laughed and skipped back to the table so fast he tripped and fell smack on his face. He bounced back up a second later.

by Guest Sun Jan 15, 2017 11:38 pm

Ember softly squawked in surprise at everyone's enthusiastic greetings at the skeletal creature standing in the doorway. She tilted her large head in confusion as she merely blinked in awe and confusion at him. She'd never seen anything like him before!! He was....mystically awesome looking.

Politely, Ember gestured the skeleton man to an empty spot at their table with a slightly anxious smile on her graceful face.

by **Swallowfeather** Mon Jan 16, 2017 2:04 am

Cookie had just been taking a sip of her nearly-finished grape juice when, suddenly, Sans walked through the door. The surprise of this resulted in her reflexively performing a spit-take, spraying droplets of juice all over the place. "SaaaaAAAAAANS?!?! ... EEEEEEEE-... YEEP!!" As she leaped out of her chair to begin running towards him, she knocked it over, stumbled, and belly-flopped onto the floor. However, she simply got up again as if nothing happened, obviously unhurt, and scurried towards him. "I-it's been forever! ... Like... Like a... a jawfully long time," she snickered gleefully as she managed to come up with a pun on the spot.

"Oh! Sa-...!" Suddenly, Robin found himself interrupted, flinching and shielding himself with his arms as Cookie's storm of droplets flew through the air. "Eughhhh...! ... Ehh... H-hello, Sans," he greeted as he straightened up again, glancing down at his sleeves periodically as he hid his flusterment behind an awkward, forced grin.

Marie groaned loudly in disgust as she was assaulted by a cloud of grape juice drops, then, slightly covered in juice, sighed deeply when she heard the puns flying around. "You... apparently know this guy?" she asked the others somewhat flatly, pausing to wipe some juice off of her cheek, then observing the character she'd never seen before.

by **Jewelsky** Mon Jan 16, 2017 8:55 am

Sans was slightly overwhelmed by all the attention he was getting, but not so much that he wasn't enjoying his welcome. He, of course, did laugh at the terrible puns eagerly presented to him by Cookie and Torsolus.
* i didn't think you'd all be so happy to see me.
all except one, he noted, observing Flint's cold gaze—and then, he noticed Marie. make that two . . . looks like, if anyone's gonna cause trouble, it'll be them.
* well, for those who don't know, i'm sans. sans the skeleton.
* just your average pun-loving guy.
* met these guys for a bit earlier, just as an introduction.
* this time, i might be sticking around a little longer.
He strolled up to the counter of the bar, grabbing a ketchup bottle.

by **Tornadostorm** Mon Jan 16, 2017 10:09 am

Flint yelped and covered his face with his sleeves when Cookie spat juice everywhere. But he didn't have much time to show her his reaction to this before she was up and dashing over to Sans. Flint watched her run across the floor, he watched her fall, and get up like nothing happened. He then glanced at Sans, a softer gaze not laced with confusion this time, and finally (I think) greeting him verbally. "Hello Sans. Seems the group's been pretty bonely without you. Heh." He forced down a smirk as he glanced around the group. Noting their general excitement and enthusiasm over Sans. Flint understood why.

Mintpaw didn't know what was coming, and being so close to Cookie (sitting on the table next to Cookie and her's plates) didn't help. She made a startled yowl when the grape juice pelted her, jumping in the air with her back arched and slightly purple fur fluffed she looked around wildly, even more overwhelmed by the loud noise of the chair falling moments later. It took all her willpower not to back away from the chaos. She made a little gasp when she heard Cookie fall, but made no attempt to looin that direction. She calmed down slightly when she heard the flying puns resume. If even Flint was calm enough, was HAPPY enough to crack a joke, (without snark that is) then all must be ok, despite the noise, and now a nose that couldn't work properly sense being overwhelmed with the scent of grapes.

by **Jewelsky** Mon Jan 16, 2017 10:37 am

* bonely! nice one, kid!
* maybe i've been a bit of a bad influence . . .
Sans chuckled a bit, relaxing a little more, as much of Flint's perceived hostility had disappeared. Of course, he was still somewhat on edge—but as long as the group had a secretive skeleton and his Gaster Blasters to protect them, they'd probably be okay.
He wasn't sure why Mintpaw was panicking so much, though. He hadn't even paid attention to the grape juice until just then; the enthusiasm of the adventurers was about all he could process at once. Casually, he flicked a few drops off of his face, then took a sip of ketchup.

by Guest Mon Jan 16, 2017 12:49 pm

Ember shut her eyes, seemingly disappearing within the black feathery mask, and drew her head back a little as sprinkles of grape juice blotted her radiating feathers, shaking her front eagle half lightly. She ruffled her wings and nearly arose from her spot when Cookie almost face-planted, but let out a little sigh when she was clearly alright. The hippogriff smirked at the punderful puns that were being thrown one after the other, but was bewildered at the same time regarding this...this... Sanstastic sight, Ember mentally joined the pun party.

Leaning towards Marie, Ember whispered, "Wha.....Wha d'you think he wants?" Clearly wary at this sudden skeletal sight, she nervously swished her shimmering tail up and down, sending small clouds of dust away. She was very suspicious of the burst of newcomers in the town.

by **Mistystar** Mon Jan 16, 2017 3:11 pm

"WaaAH!" Pit shouted in surprise as he was pelted by a mist of grape juice, his now-purple-flecked wing feathers ruffling. His attention was quickly brought elsewhere, however, at the sight of the familiar skeleton entering the building. "Heeeeey! SANS!" he greeted with excitement, hopping out of his seat and trotting along after Cookie. He briefly paused with a gasp when his friend stumbled and fell, but noting that she seemed perfectly fine upon rising back to her feet, continued approaching Sans. "Heheh, yeah!" he agreed with Cookie's words, chuckling as the puns already began to fly around. "So great to spine-ally see you again...!" he added with a wide, amused grin.

"Ngh...!" Lucina pulled back, shielding her face with an arm as some of Cookie's grape juice flew towards her. Slowly lowering her arm back down when the spray had settled, she let out a slight, flustered sigh and momentarily examined her clothing.
Suddenly realizing what had caused the commotion, Lucina raised her head back up and, surely enough, saw Sans once again standing before the group. "A-ah, Sans...! Hello..." she spoke up in greeting, forcing a small, somewhat embarrassed smile as she attempted to regain her composure.

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Callie/Leaf's PoV wrote:
Clefairy squeaked in shock, rushing to and hugging her trainer's leg.
Leaf gasped upon seeing the figure, but stood tall by Callie's side. Ready to protect Clefairy, as well as their new friend, she reached for something on her belt...

Oddly, but thankfully, the knight simply kept walking right past them, almost as if it didn't even notice them. It continued walking until it was once again out of sight.

By now, something else seemed to be on Leaf's mind. As it turned out, what she had been reaching for a moment ago wasn't there. She looked quite distressed, acting as if she had misplaced something extremely important.

Callie kept very still as she observed the mysterious knight, her expression somewhat expectant as she awaited a response. "Ehh...? W-wait! Where are you-..." she trailed off, looking somewhat baffled as it simply moved right past them without a word.
"Huh... That was kinda weird," the Inkling commented, her head slowly slanting to one side with a puzzled look. Turning to see Leaf's response to the situation, she noticed the young girl looking quite distressed. "Uh... Leaf...? Something wrong?" she questioned concernedly.

by **Swallowfeather** Mon Jan 16, 2017 4:51 pm

Marie had relaxed a little by now after hearing Sans introduce himself. He actually didn't seem so bad, necessarily; save for the puns, which she wasn't particularly a fan of. Still, even they almost brought a smile to her face. She almost lost herself in wistful thought for a moment before quickly returning to present reality. "I dunno," she responded to Ember, "buuut... he actually seems like a pretty normal guy. Other than the whole skeleton thing." Of course, at this moment, she noticed what he was currently drinking. "... Wait, is that ketchup...?"

Cookie giggled a bit when she saw Sans begin to drink ketchup, and even harder when she heard Marie's reaction; just after she had finished commenting on how "normal" he seemed, too. "Hehe...! I'm looking forward to doing a little adventuring with you, Sans!" she told him cheerily. "Mmm... Welp! I'm gonna check out the gift shop," she announced to the group as a whole. "I wanna see some of the cool stuff that Link's already paid for!" she remarked with a laugh, referencing how the girl behind the bar reacted to Link's Rupee payment earlier. Then, after giving Link a brief thumbs-up, she scurried off to browse.

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Leaf's breath was trembling, and she appeared to be on the verge of tears. "... Th-they're not here," she whispered shakily, her gaze blankly frozen and directed towards the forest floor. In this moment, everything felt unsettling and strange, as if she were slipping into a strange sort of nightmarish daydream.

"Fairy...?" Clefairy stared concernedly up at Leaf, as well as the empty place on her belt. She, too, seemed rather distressed.

by **Tornadostorm** Mon Jan 16, 2017 5:01 pm

Flint glanced at Sans drinking Ketchup "Wha... Seriously man what on earth..?" he took a second to read the label, yep. Ketchup.

He then took a moment to check his new sweater for grape juice stains, There were a few droplets here and there, but nothing too horrendous. Flint sight in minor disappointment anyway, he had just gotten this thing.

Mintpaw of course, was oblivious to the ketchup, or it's meaning as something weird. So she just took the last few bites of her chicken, and glanced around the confused/grossed out members with her own confusion at their reactions.

by **Jewelsky** Mon Jan 16, 2017 5:15 pm

After laughing even more at Pit's pun, Sans added with a wink,
* man, you guys are bone-a fide good at this pun thing!
He then turned his attention to Cookie. already paid for? the skeleton wondered. guess it would make sense for someone with such a high LV to have so much cash on 'em. He was considering joining her to check the gift shop out when he heard Flint's expression of shock.
* hey, this stuff's good for you. you might want to try it.
* after all, it would help you ketchup to my level.
He slightly widened his grin, taking another gulp from the ketchup bottle before he spoke again.
* think I'm gonna join cookie over there.
* something in that shop might be worth buying, if i'm lucky.
Then, he ambled over to the gift shop, making sure to bring the ketchup along with him.

by **Stealthy** Mon Jan 16, 2017 6:05 pm

"AYYYYYYYY!" Torsolus made finger guns at Sans' pun, and then saw him drink ketchup like it was a cocktail. "Oh! Hehe! Uhh.....we should have a drinking contest sometime!"

The girl behind the bar perked up at the newcomer's strange habit. "Excuse me, sir? That's not...." she winced. Then groaned. Then shook. Then sighed. Then slumped. "Yknow what? Go right ahead. Just leave some for other customers."

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by Guest Mon Jan 16, 2017 7:37 pm

The strong muscles in Ember's body gradually relaxed at Marie's words and the stern expression on her face melted into neutrality. Ehhh, he doesn't seem like a threat, anyway...she smirked at him as he chugged the bottle of ketchup. The hippogriff stood up and opened her wings, flexing the stiffness out of them, accidentally knocking over her empty plate on the ground. "Whoops!" She gripped it in her powerful beak and placed it back on the table with a clatter as a rosy hue illuminated her cheeks. "Hey guys, I think I'll join Cookie and Sans at the gift shop; my legs could use the stretch," she announced after they both disappeared within it. "And...enjoy yourself, but...not too much, heh!" She laughed her last remark at Torsolus as he began drinking.

With a flick of her tail, she trotted after the two into the shop, sending a gentle breeze in the bar girl's direction.

by **Jewelsky** Mon Jan 16, 2017 9:22 pm

Sans' head comically peeked over.
* ah, don't worry! i'll return your ketchup bottle.
* grillby just washed 'em out, and everything was fine.
His heart sunk a little bit—he truly missed being at Grillby's. Sure, this bar was reminiscent of the old place, but nothing could compare to the warmth and familiarity it had always held to him. He couldn't let himself get all bogged down on the thought, though.
* and yeah. a drinking contest sounds pretty swell.
He returned the finger guns and ducked back into the gift shop.
Most of the items he saw were articles of clothing—he didn't feel up to changing out of his extremely comfortable outfit anytime soon. However, something that looked like falling snowflakes instantly caught the corner of his eye. The object of interest appeared to be a cheap little snowglobe. As cheesy as it was, Sans felt that he needed something to remind him of home, and that snow, real or fake, would do just the trick. He slipped the snowglobe into his pocket and continued to browse the shop's wares, oblivious to Ember's presence.

by **Mistystar** Tue Jan 17, 2017 4:12 pm

When Pit saw Sans gulping down ketchup from a bottle, his eyes widened with a look of amazement. "Ketchup! Why didn't I think of that...?!" he commented, pausing for a moment as he stared towards the bar with a thoughtful look. "Hmm... I wonder if they've got another bottle to spare..." he wondered aloud, legitimately interested in trying this for himself.

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"They...?" Callie echoed, seeing just how distressed Leaf seemed over the current situation. "What are "they"?" she proceeded to ask in a worriedly puzzled tone, momentarily glancing at the similarly unsettled Clefairy.

by **Stealthy** Tue Jan 17, 2017 4:51 pm

The girl behind the bar pulled out a bottle of ketchup for Pit. "Just....don't get your mouth all over the opening." Torsolus sheepishly approached her. "Ooh! Can I.....?" She stuck another ketchup bottle on the counter without looking.

Torsolus took both bottles and slugged back the one in his right hand....then quickly snorted it up. He struggled to resist spitting it all over the floor, making comical snorting and gagging motions instead. "Here," he eked out, handing the other ketchup bottle to Pit. "It's.....shtrong! H'cush meem...*chmm chmm!!*..I hafftho go tho he baffrum." He set his own ketchup bottle on the counter and excused himself.

by **Tornadostorm** Tue Jan 17, 2017 5:47 pm

Flint's ears perked and he looked over at Torsolus and Pit "You guys seriously wanna try that too?" Flint got his answer, when Torsolus started coughing and sputtering. He gave a very cynically satisfied smile as Torsolus ran off past him to the bathroom.

Mintpaw gasped as she heard Torsolus start coughing and gagging "Uhh. Tor-Torsolus... Ar-are you ok???" She asked softly, unsure if he needed some Yew to help him.

by **Stealthy** Tue Jan 17, 2017 7:48 pm

"Yup! Fine....just gotta wash out shum, hehe.....*sputter*....'glue'."

Link shot him a confused look, but the door to the men's room was already closed. So the hero just giggled quietly to himself.

The girl behind the bar gave a shocked expression(the most emotive she'd been all day) and quickly double-checked one of the ketchup bottles.

by **Mistystar** Wed Jan 18, 2017 1:27 pm

"Hah, perfect! Thanks!" Pit grinned and eagerly grabbed the bottle of ketchup when it was handed to him. "Alright...! Here goes," he announced, popping the lid open as he moved the bottle up to his mouth. "Mph...!?" he mumbled while in the process of gulping down his first mouthful, partly due to the condiment's intensity, but also in response to Torsolus' reaction.

Lucina felt her eyes widen with concerned surprise as Torsolus rose from his seat and suddenly ran off to the restroom. Then, as she glanced back at the rest of the group, her baffled expression increased at the sight of Pit almost casually taking another sip from his bottle.

"Hoo...!" Pit exclaimed, momentarily cut off by a cough. "T-Torsolus is right; this stuff is STRONG!" he remarked. "But, y'know, it's actually kinda delicious at the same time!"

by **Tornadostorm** Wed Jan 18, 2017 2:18 pm

Flint groaned in disgust, putting his head in his hands and shaking it. "Wooooww..." was all he could muster

Mintpaw gave half concerned 'mew' at Torsolus "Are... Are you sure?" She called after him. "If.. If it it... uh really is... glue.. you might.." She sighed, having mentally defeated herself without a word from Torsolus. She sat down once again, (she had stood when Torsolus walked past her) "Uhh.. I could... come with you, if you want..." She sniffed around for fear scent, from Torsolus, Pit, or anyone else. She struggled to ignore her own.

by **Stealthy** Wed Jan 18, 2017 2:34 pm

Torsolus peeked his still partially ketchuppy head out the door.

•_• ... 0<>0 "OKAY!" And he darted back in, leaving the door cracked open for her.

Link got up from his meal to wander through the ceiling-less, but still surprisingly intact gift shop. He looked at things that might serve as useful weapons or puzzle-solving ware.

by **Tornadostorm** Wed Jan 18, 2017 2:42 pm

Mintpaw's ears perked, and she leapt off the table with a loud thud. Her nose flared as she followed Torsolus' scent around as to not run into anything as she walked through the cracked door. Once inside, she felt her nose around until it touched the counter, she reared on her hind legs, and touched her paw to the top of the counter so she could judge the distance, and jumped up, scrambling to pull herself up the rest of the way, then turned to face Torsolus, and promptly miss-stepped and tripped into the sink with a startled gasp. Pulling herself back before she fell all the way in, and let her nose flare, taking in all the scents around her and trying to conjure an image from it. Her nose was overwhelmed with cleaning supplies, and the ketchup on Torsolus' face, so she couldn't paint a good picture, but judging by the smell of the ketchup "is.. is it really that bad..? It's uh.. just some sort of plant, mostly watery, doesn't smell sour, and salt..." She gently shook her head "uhh, nevermind... are you ok?"

by **Stealthy** Wed Jan 18, 2017 4:56 pm

"Aww, I'm just fine. It's not bad at all! Really!" Torsolus' voice responded clearly and calmly, between spitting and sputtering. "I just drank it too fast, is all. Wrong pipe. And it made a big mess." A splattering sound, like water being dumped out, followed by drain gurgling, followed by running water from the faucet. "Thing is, ketchup is a condiment. You put a little on your food to make it taste better. You're not supposed to drink it in a big gulp! Sans made it look so good though, haha!" More spitting and sputtering, and some gargling.

"Ok, I'm going to cough really hard for a minute. Just a warning. I promise I'm just fine." This was followed by the sound of water filling something up, the faucet turning off, and then loud, violent, scary, guttural hacking for several seconds. When it subsided, Torsolus spoke clearly once more. "Ahhh. Thanks for keeping me company, Mintpaw. You're a great friend." The sound of a paper towel being ripped off and, presumably, his face being wiped dry.

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On.

Off.

On.

Off.

An astonished smile lit up Link's face as he played with a cigarette lighter.

by Guest Wed Jan 18, 2017 5:49 pm

Ember slowed her gait to a walk when she reached the end of the bar and shook her head with joy. The gift shop was one of her favorite places in the town, where the items changed day to day from dull knickknacks to sparkling potions.

Pale pink beads hung from the walls of the ceiling-less gift shop, the mystical swirling substances inside of them softly pulsing silver at Ember's arrival. Obviously used to their presence, Ember clicked her way across the granite flooring towards a stand of necklaces.

With a quick glance, she observed some amulets carved into dragons, trees, cats, bears, and much more, the metal aged from around the medieval times. The hippogriff curiously sniffed a particular pendant that was molded into an elegant reddish-gold flame. Its scent was...familiar? She was utterly puzzled and swished her shimmering tail from side to side as she tried to recall anything. Nope. Eyeing it pensively, she gently lifted the necklace up from the stand with her beak and placed it around her neck. A strange warm feeling enveloped her insides as memories from centuries ago flashed in her vision: Her mother teaching her how to fly, the multiple portals she went through, hunting adventures she went with her family...

Ember gasped and stumbled backwards as she snapped open her eyes, her wings half opening in alarm. She lift the amulet off her chest with her claw. Is it dark magic? Nah, it wouldn't be here if it was. But what about those memories? But they aren't bad ones... It smells familiar anyways...Maybe one day I'll know why, but not today. Her decision made, she left the necklace around her feathery neck and walked over to Cookie and Link to see what they were looking at.

by **Tornadostorm** Wed Jan 18, 2017 9:55 pm

Mintpaw waited in general silence while he cleaned himself off. When she heard the water stop, she nosed forward a Juniper Berry "It's uh.. Good for stomach aches... if the..Ketchup... You did drink upsets your stomach..." She gave a weak smile to match her voice, and gently rested a paw on the rolling shiny red berry.
"Take it with you, and um.. Eat it if you start to fe-feel unwell."

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