Short dream tonight, roomie woke me up looking for something. To be fair, it's distinctly possible that I could fall asleep on top of something, so he was totally warranted in getting me up to check. No gifts tonight unfortunately. Not cool, dreams. I want stuff.
So in the dreams, I'm part of the royal guard, right? Well, our main job is to keep on the lookout for humans to take to Asgore, so we can get the souls, right? Turns out, not a lot of humans make their way into the Underground, so we have a lot of time to kill. I spend most of my time practicing my jokes, and there's this big door that goes to the old ruins. Great place for practicing knock knock jokes. I figure, y'know, since they're ruins, no one's going to be there to be bothered/catch me slacking off. Well. One day, I do the whole 'knock knock' thing and someone answers. Caught me a little off guard. So I hit her with the old 'dishes' joke and I've never heard someone laugh so hard. I kept telling them and she laughed at every single one. Best audience I've ever had. Really knows how to make a guy feel appreciated. And then she gets me with this one.
KNock knock!
Who's there?
Old lady.
Old lady who?
Oh, I did not know you could yodel!
Floored me. This woman is something else. We told each other jokes for hours. Most fun I've had in a while. But I had to leave, skele-Pap needs his bedtime story too, and she told me to come and visit her again. So I did. A lot. It was our thing, telling each other bad jokes. But one day she wasn't laughing as much as usual, and then she asked me something strange. She asked me to protect any human that comes through the door.
Now, I'm a sentry for the royal guard. I'm supposed to be on the lookout for humans, to capture them and take them to Asgore to, y'know, further our 'escape from the Underground' quest thing. Protecting humans and keeping them safe is not in my job description. But how could I say no to someone who loves bad jokes as much as this lady does? So I promised. I don't normally make promises 'cause you have to keep them, but hey. First time for everything. Plus, humans are so rare, I figure I'm never gonna see one.
A little while later, me and Pap went to a costume party. We made him something he's calling his 'battle body' and he hasn't taken it off since. My brother's so awesome.