It's been a few days, a few weeks maybe. It's hard to quantify time when you have the power to reset it. Either way, it's time for a new adventure. But something odd happens as I start to reset the world. A yellow flower emerges from the ground. Flowey.
"Hi," he says. He pauses for a moment there, looking at you. "Seems as if everyone is perfectly happy. Monsters have returned to the surface, peace and prosperity will rule across the land." He smiles, as reassuring as you've ever seen him, though with a hint of worry in his eyes. "Take a deep breath… There's nothing left to worry about." He looks down, losing his smile. "Well… There is one thing. One threat left, one being to erase everything. Everything everyone's worked so hard for." He looks up. "You know who I'm talking about, don't you?"
Of course… He's talking about me.
"That's right, I'm talking about YOU," he continues. "You… you still have the power to erase everything. Toriel, Sans, Papyrus, Undyne, Alphys… If you so choose, everyone will be ripped from this timeline, and sent back to before all this happened." He was afraid. "Nobody will remember anything. You'll be able to do anything you want." He stopped, as though trying to find the right words. I grow impatient. "That power… I know that power," he laments. "That's the power you were fighting to stop, wasn't it? The power I wanted to use, but now the idea of resetting everything… I…," he stammers. "I don't think I could do it all again… not after all that." He looks at me nervously. "So please, just let them go… let Frisk be happy. Let Frisk live their life."
I am unmoved by his begging. I paid ten dollars for this power, and this world is in my hands now, not his… not that he has hands at the moment.
"But… if I can't change your mind, if you DO erase everything… You have to erase my memories, too."
Erase his memories? This intrigues me… is it a new choice? A way to get a new story path? Do I unlock something new if I refuse?
"I'm sorry," Flowey continues, a bit of sad laughter in his voice. "You've probably heard this a hundred times already, haven't you…" Well not yet, though I'm impressed by how well he knows me. "Well, that's all… See you later. Chara." And with that, he disappears underground.
And now I'm left with a choice.
Reset timeline?
*Yes No
Reset Flowey?
Yes *No
He reappears, looking panicked for a moment. "Ha, you, uh… Hit the wrong button, pal. Here, lets try that again."
Reset Flowey?
Yes *No
Flowey looks down at the choice I made. "No, no, no… Golly, you're having a hard time… uh… OH. You're used to four choices aren't you? Okay… Okay here, lets try this."
Reset Flowey?
Yes Yes Yes *No
"Stop it!" he shouts. "…You… You're just used to picking the last choice because that's the one for mercy… yes that's it. Here, this should help!"
Reset Flowey?
*No Yes Yes Yes
Flowey was silent for a minute. "You… you're only doing this because I asked you not to… aren'tcha? …This is just a new game for you… it's something new to alleviate your boredom. …Please, pal, you can't do this. This might just be a game for you but… It isn't for me." Tears fill his eyes. "Please don't do this… please… I can't stand not having a soul again, I can't stand being empty again after feeling so much love… You can't just do this to me. Just answer one more time."
Reset Flowey?
Yes *No
He looks at the choice, then looks at me. "Okay… okay, friend. I don't know why you're trying to make me suffer but…" he trails off, laughing to himself as he disapears. "Ha… what am I saying? I know why. I know why."
And with that, I'm asked to name the fallen child. Chara. The true name. And the journey begins.
AN: I tried to post this earlier and... yeah that did not turn out well at all. I have absolutely no idea what happened. It's fixed now. Sorry to anyone who saw that train wreck. Guess that's what I get for trying to quickly crosspost from Ao3.