01-27-2017, 06:59 AM
"Hey, Undyne!" Jeremy called with a raised voice to grab the fish-woman's attention.
"What is it now?"
"What's that thing off in the distance? It's tiny."
Undyne narrowed her eyes and looked in the direction where Jeremy was pointing her to. Her fish-eye wasn't a big help in seeing things far away but this thing, whatever it was, was tall enough that she could see it. "No idea... but it's the only thing in this crazy white place that I can see so we should head there." They adjusted the direction of their Tetsumas to head straight for whatever that something was.
Thanks to the high speeds of their mounts the object (which was in fact a Nexus Gate, only that Undyne and Jeremy obviously didn't realize that yet) rapidly came closer. But with it...
"... there's people near that thing", Undyne remarked as they came close. No doubt had the armed individuals noticed them too, but they weren't acting yet.
"Yeah, I see them", replied Jeremy. "What of it?"
"They're wearing armor and carrying weapons. Hence, they're probably guarding something." She balled her fist. She had her spears of course, but not her armor. That put her at a disadvantage... the feline on the other hand just shrugged, along the lines of "The worst that they could do is kill us, so I've got nothing to lose anyway."
Undyne spurred the horse on a bit and bared her teeth. "Well, let's see if they know anything."
As they came close enough to be within earshot the guardmen tightened their grip around their weapons, but one of them spoke up in a forcedly cheerful tone: "Hail, Primes. Welcome to the gate of Camelot, home to the... Kingdom under leadership of his Majesty, King Aragorn..." When he noticed Undyne's and Jeremy's distinct non-human features his speech turned from welcoming to cool. Undyne on the other hand slowed her horse while taking a deep breath through her gills. Human smell. Regardless, perhaps she could wrest a little information from them.
"Hail... uh, Primes!" Probably that was the title for someone who lived in this land? Just like the people of Waterfall were called Waterfall Dwellers. Judging from the raised eyebrow of the man before her it was not the right word though. "I was hoping that you could tell me what this place is."
"The Nexus. The verse that links the other verses together", the guard replied simply.
"Oookay. And you spoke something about a gate of Camelot, is that..."
"... the big structure behind us. It's a portal leading to the verse Camelot."
At this point Undyne went and assumed that by "verse" this human meant 'universe' and was just abbreviating it. She had already suspected that this structure would be the gate. It looked just like the portals that she had seen in "Slayer no Gokaru". Except that in that anime the portals were made by a man in mid-air, and they disappeared again after a few seconds. "So there's seven other verses that all have their gates that we can find if we keep traveling through this Nexus verse?"
"Exactly. I would however advise against going to Coruscant,which is on the opposite side of this gate. It's a dystopian dictatorship that opposes us, the only truly good and just group of the Omniverse, at every turn. People like you would probably just end up on their dissection table."
"I know how to fight", Undyne replied with a grin that exposed her rows of pointed teeth. Jeremy was shivering behind her with the most dramatic fake smile in his repertoire. 'I'm just trying to survive here, let's get out before they put us on THEIR dissection table', his face said.
The other soldiers looked at each other and chuckled, visibly making fun of her. The one looking at her said: "If you want to go get yourself killed, I won't stop you. I'm just giving you advice, fish-face."
Undyne's spear whizzed past his cheek, leaving a cut just barely deep enough to draw a little blood, and dug itself into the ground between the legs of one of the men, whose face drained of all color. "That was for the chuckling and the 'fish-face' remark. It's clear that we're not welcome here, so we'll just be on our way then", she said, still grinning. As the spear dissipated to raw magic she turned her horse and Jeremy scrambled to follow her and get away as rapidly as possible. They turned towards the left and returned to travel speeds.
"I guess that Frisk really was an exception, then", Undyne said more to herself than to Jeremy, but the feline heard her anyway. "All humans are bad after all."
"What is it now?"
"What's that thing off in the distance? It's tiny."
Undyne narrowed her eyes and looked in the direction where Jeremy was pointing her to. Her fish-eye wasn't a big help in seeing things far away but this thing, whatever it was, was tall enough that she could see it. "No idea... but it's the only thing in this crazy white place that I can see so we should head there." They adjusted the direction of their Tetsumas to head straight for whatever that something was.
Thanks to the high speeds of their mounts the object (which was in fact a Nexus Gate, only that Undyne and Jeremy obviously didn't realize that yet) rapidly came closer. But with it...
"... there's people near that thing", Undyne remarked as they came close. No doubt had the armed individuals noticed them too, but they weren't acting yet.
"Yeah, I see them", replied Jeremy. "What of it?"
"They're wearing armor and carrying weapons. Hence, they're probably guarding something." She balled her fist. She had her spears of course, but not her armor. That put her at a disadvantage... the feline on the other hand just shrugged, along the lines of "The worst that they could do is kill us, so I've got nothing to lose anyway."
Undyne spurred the horse on a bit and bared her teeth. "Well, let's see if they know anything."
As they came close enough to be within earshot the guardmen tightened their grip around their weapons, but one of them spoke up in a forcedly cheerful tone: "Hail, Primes. Welcome to the gate of Camelot, home to the... Kingdom under leadership of his Majesty, King Aragorn..." When he noticed Undyne's and Jeremy's distinct non-human features his speech turned from welcoming to cool. Undyne on the other hand slowed her horse while taking a deep breath through her gills. Human smell. Regardless, perhaps she could wrest a little information from them.
"Hail... uh, Primes!" Probably that was the title for someone who lived in this land? Just like the people of Waterfall were called Waterfall Dwellers. Judging from the raised eyebrow of the man before her it was not the right word though. "I was hoping that you could tell me what this place is."
"The Nexus. The verse that links the other verses together", the guard replied simply.
"Oookay. And you spoke something about a gate of Camelot, is that..."
"... the big structure behind us. It's a portal leading to the verse Camelot."
At this point Undyne went and assumed that by "verse" this human meant 'universe' and was just abbreviating it. She had already suspected that this structure would be the gate. It looked just like the portals that she had seen in "Slayer no Gokaru". Except that in that anime the portals were made by a man in mid-air, and they disappeared again after a few seconds. "So there's seven other verses that all have their gates that we can find if we keep traveling through this Nexus verse?"
"Exactly. I would however advise against going to Coruscant,which is on the opposite side of this gate. It's a dystopian dictatorship that opposes us, the only truly good and just group of the Omniverse, at every turn. People like you would probably just end up on their dissection table."
"I know how to fight", Undyne replied with a grin that exposed her rows of pointed teeth. Jeremy was shivering behind her with the most dramatic fake smile in his repertoire. 'I'm just trying to survive here, let's get out before they put us on THEIR dissection table', his face said.
The other soldiers looked at each other and chuckled, visibly making fun of her. The one looking at her said: "If you want to go get yourself killed, I won't stop you. I'm just giving you advice, fish-face."
Undyne's spear whizzed past his cheek, leaving a cut just barely deep enough to draw a little blood, and dug itself into the ground between the legs of one of the men, whose face drained of all color. "That was for the chuckling and the 'fish-face' remark. It's clear that we're not welcome here, so we'll just be on our way then", she said, still grinning. As the spear dissipated to raw magic she turned her horse and Jeremy scrambled to follow her and get away as rapidly as possible. They turned towards the left and returned to travel speeds.
"I guess that Frisk really was an exception, then", Undyne said more to herself than to Jeremy, but the feline heard her anyway. "All humans are bad after all."
"(Note to self: insert quote & picture once I find stuff)"
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