Sans huffed as he looked at his jar of souls. He was running out of food. He was going to have to go hunting again. He grabbed his hood and pulled it well over his skull, hiding his face as he teleported out of his room and down the stairs. "Going out?" Masky asked from the doorway leading to the kitchen. " yep. going grocery shopping." Masky nodded slowly as Sans stepped out into the night. It was rather chilly, he could see his breath and the wind wasn't helping any. "winter's coming.."
"So it is." A voice replied from behind him. Sans looked back to see EJ following him out. "you going shopping too?" EJ tilted his head. It was hard to see expressions when he's constantly wearing a mask. "If that's what you call it, yes. I'm running out." Sans went to nod, but that wouldn't have been much help. "me too... hey eyeless, how about we team up for the night? i know you hate me and all, but at least not all those humans would be going to waste. EJ hesitated. He HAD been curious about Sans hunts for quite some time. "Just tonight.."

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The demon and the skeleton walked side by side as Sans searched for victims with Lv. "So it really can't be just anyone?" EJ asked as Sans walked away from ANOTHER potential food source. "not with this curse, it's gotta be a wicked soul." EJ readjusted his mask. "And what about souls indirectly involved. The ones who did all the work, but didn't pull the trigger and what not?" Sans chuckled lowly. "those... are the hardest souls to find. they may just get to roam free for good. i'm a judge, but i can't prove 'em guilty." EJ sighed. "A crying shame." Sans had to agree. "there's one. got a decent amount of lv too."
"Lv?" EJ asked as the duo stalked their first victim. "uh-huh. it's short for l.o.v.e. l.o.v.e is an acronym. it stands for level of violence. the higher your lv is the easier it is to hurt others... the harder it is to be hurt." Sans explained as if he'd said it a million times. And honestly, he had. "And it's the Lv that you look for when judging who you'll kill?"
" yep. that and their exp. that too, is an acronym. it stands for execution points. after gaining a certain amount of exp, your lv increases." Sans disappeared only to reappear behind the human and stabbed him in the neck while also turning the soul blue, making a pulling motion as he contained it in a soul jar.

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EJ had to admit that he was having fun with the skeleton. Plus he was the first Moonshadow to 'see' the Underground as they dumped bodies in the magma pools. He had to say, it was his first time smelling burning flesh. "This is Hotland, hm? And you all just lived in this?" Sans waved it off. "nah, nah. hotland was never my home." EJ tilted his head again. "Where is that then? Hotland is the only location you'd ever mentioned." Sans looked to the demon. "ya wanna tour? i can show you the locations of the underground, if you want." EJ hesitated then nodded. Sans smiled. "cool. take my hand and we can start from the beginning." When EJ didn't, Sans just rolled his eyelights and grabbed his arm, bringing him to the beginning... the Ruins. He showed EJ all the puzzles and explained what monsters lived here. Jack listened with curiosity.

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Soon Sans was pushing open the doors to the Ruins. "welcome to snowdin forest." EJ flinched, clearly surprised with the biting cold. "Snow..? How..?" Sans chuckled. "magic. the underground is so infused with the stuff that every location is affected. that's how we have plant life, weather patterns, all that stuff that the surface would have... plus more."
"What does that mean?" Sans chuckled. "you'll see." They walked through the forest solving puzzles before finally making it to town. "this is my hometown of snowdin. you've got the shop, the inn next door, grillby’s -man i loved that place- the librarby, and my place at the far end." EJ 'looked' at Sans. "You lived here!? It's fucking COLD!" Sans shrugged. "i'm a skeleton. it all goes right through me." Both couldn't help but laugh as their trek continued. EJ felt the place warming up. "We are changing locations?"
"entering waterfall. the most beautiful place in the underground." EJ could hear the rush of water, the swish of plant life as as they continued walking, a whisper. "We're free! We're free!"

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EJ jolted and tried to locate the sound. Sans laughed. "relax. it's just an echo flower."
"Echo flower?" Sans chuckled again. "yep. it repeats everything you say. i'll show you an example." Sans leaned into the Echo Flower and whispered into it. "ok now touch it again." EJ felt his fingers brush against the pedal. "thanks buddy, i'm having a great time." The flower repeated Sans' words. EJ blinked. "That... is really cool.."
"yeah it is.." Sans agreed. "let's keep moving." They made it back to Hotland where Sans showed EJ the lab and they went through the C.O.R.E. Sans didn't say much about either. Then they made it to the city of New Home. "this is where most monsters, including the king, lived. we will be going through his castle to exit the underground." Sans explained. "Huh... it's so big yet so small at the same time.."
"yeah. but i miss it. here everybody knew everybody. not out there." EJ agreed. "Thanks for the tour. We should 'shop' together again sometime."
"i think i'd like that." Finally. Progress.