"heya...is anyone there...? well...just calling to say that you made a snowman really happy, you know? heh...guess i should say something else too, huh?"

The skeleton on the other end let out a puff of a sigh.

"so...it's been a while...things have gotten a little different since you left. for starters, the queen returned, and is now ruling over the underground. her first order of business was to enstate a new policy...all of the humans who fall down here from now on will be treated not as enemies, but as friends...it's really for the best. the human SOULs the king gathered, um...seem to have disappeared. so, uh, that plan ain't happenin' any time soon. but even though people are heartbroken over the king, and things are looking pretty grim for our freedom...the queen's doing everything she can to keep our hopes up. so, uh, hey. if we're not givin' up down here, then you don't give up wherever you are, okay? who knows how long it'll take...but we will find a way to get out of here."

And then another voice came.

"SANS! WHO ARE YOU TALKING TOO!?"

"oh, nobody."

"WHAT!? NOBODY...!? CAN I TALK TO THEM, TOO?"

"here. knock yourself out."

"WAIT A SECOND...I RECOGNIZE THIS NUMBER! HEY! HUMAN! HOW ARE YOU DOING? I'M DOING FINE! HEH...WELL...BESIDES ONE THING. THE QUEEN DISBANDED THE ROYAL GUARD, SINCE WE DON'T HAVE TO FIGHT HUMANS ANYMORE...WOW! I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT TO DO WITH MY LIFE...BUT! THAT'S OKAY! BECAUSE I'M STILL WORKING HARD! EVEN IF IT'S ON NOTHING AT ALL! SO DON'T FEEL BAD! PAPYRUS IS FINE! NYEH HEH HEH! HEH...EH...UNDYNE IS THE ONE WHO'S GOT IT BAD! SHE LOST HER HOUSE...AND THEN SHE LOST HER JOB. IT WAS SAD. BUT WE'RE TAKING GOOD CARE OF HER! SHE LIVES ON OUR COUCH NOW! IT'S LIKE A SLEEPOVER EVERY NIGHT! A SLEEPOVER THERE'S NO ESCAPE FROM! OH, AND WE GOT HER A NEW JOB, TOO. SANS HIRED HER AT HIS ILLEGAL HOTDOG STAND...SHE HATES WORKING THERE! BUT SHE MAKES A MEAN HOTDOG...AH...HUMAN, I DON'T QUITE KNOW HOW TO PUT THIS, BUT...SHE, UM, REALLY HATES YOU NOW. EVEN MORE THAN SHE EVER HAS. IT'S BECAUSE SHE MADE FRIENDS WITH YOU, AND THEN...SHE SAID THAT YOU KILLED SOMEONE? THAT'S A MIGHT HARD TO BELIEVE, BUT...SUPPOSEDLY IT MADE ASGORE DISAPPEAR...AND IT MADE DR. ALPHYS DISAPPEAR, TOO. SHE'S NOT VERY HAPPY...SHE KEEPS SAYING THINGS LIKE...'I COULDN'T PROTECT HER,' AND 'IT'S ALL MY FAULT.' IT'S, EH, HARD TO GET HER TO DO ANYTHING NOW. I EVEN SUGGESTED THAT WE TRY TO GET REVENGE ON YOU...YOU KNOW, SO I COULD SEE YOU AGAIN! BUT SHE JUST LOOKED UP AT ME AND SAID THAT...REVENGE WON'T BRING ANYBODY BACK. I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU DID, BUT...DO YOU THINK YOU COULD BRING HER FRIENDS BACK, IF YOU ARE THE ONE WHO MADE THEM DISAPPEAR? PLEASE...UNDYNE'S NOT DOING VERY WELL. ERM...THAT'S ALL. THE PHONE'S ALMOST DEAD...GOODBYE, HUMAN."

*click...

Frisk was speechless; all of this horrible loss, just because she'd mistakenly killed Mettaton during their fight. She hadn't meant it; she was confused and desperate. She thought it was the only way out at the time...But looking back, she realized just how stupid she'd been.

And what was worse now, she didn't think she could SAVE and RESET anymore. Flowey had stolen that power for himself when he absorbed the six human SOULs, and now she'd been out of the Underground for almost a full month, with Flowey free to use the powers for himself once again.

There was nothing she could do now, so she just flicked her cellphone shut and made her way back to the village. Now having gotten that message, she didn't think she would be returning to sit atop Mt. Ebott anytime soon.