Game SAVEd
Wha….?
Game SAVEd.
What was….
….Game RESET.
Why….what?
Wasn't she on the surface?
Why was the world back the way it was?
….why couldn't anyone else seem to remember….?
Game SAVEd.
She left.
Game LOADed.
She was back at her house.
She left again.
Game SAVEd.
What's happening here?
She didn't even know.
—
Game LOADed.
This was getting annoying.
kid's loaded five times and they're not even to snowdin….how bad is this kid?!
Game SAVEd.
Oh thank god.
He didn't even notice Undyne storming up to him.
Even if he had, he couldn't have anticipated what she said.
"DO YOU KNOW WHY THE WORLD KEEPS FRIGGIN RESETING ITSELF?!"
wait, what?!
Despite himself, he answered.
"yeah. yeah, i do."
"Good. NOW FRIGGIN TELL ME."
good lord.
"hope you have some time. it's a long story."
"If the world just resets itself, then trust me. We have all the time in the world."
"not if they're doing what i think they are."
—
"….so this is all a stupid prank?"
"when did i ever say that?"
"Never. I'm just hoping against hope."
She didn't know what to think.
Game SAVEd.
"….they saved? The hell does that mean?"
"essentially, it means they saved their progress. even if we killed them, they'd just come back, fine as before."
"So we can't kill them?"
"that's the gist of it."
Game SAVEd.
"Good lord. How many saves can they do?!"
"as long as they have a SAVE point, infinite saves. no matter what."
"….that seems stupid. Who designed those things?! There's no challenge! What do they even do, anyway?!" She was yelling. "BESIDES save their damn progress!"
"it heals them."
"….well shit."
She let out a long sigh.
This madness is probably never going to end.
"i should get back. paps is expecting me."
She gave him a half-hearted grin. "Kay. See ya later, punk."
Undyne fled.
—
He ran back to Snowdin.
Game SAVEd.
"paps?"
the house. check the house.
He opened the door.
Papyrus greeted him, like always.
"HELLO BROTHER! WHY ARE YOU IN SUCH A HURRY?"
He sighed, more out of relief than anything else.
"you stayed here. good."
"OF COURSE I DID! YOU DID TELL ME TO." Papyrus seemed confused.
"I STILL DON'T QUITE UNDERSTAND WHY, BUT I ASSUME YOU HAD A REASON."
Papyrus paused, as if considering something, but soon regained his previous attitude.
"THE REST OF THE TOWN WENT OFF WITH ALPHYS! SHE SAID THAT THEY SHOULD GO HIDE."
Another pause.
"SHE WANTED ME TO COME, TOO, BUT I TOLD HER THAT YOU TOLD ME TO STAY HERE. THE BLOBS STAYED, TOO, SO IT WASN'T TOO LONELY!"
"sorry i wasn't here, bro. i had to do my patrol."
alphys did her job on time. good.
"you probably should have gone with her, though. it's not exactly safe here."
He expected him to be hard-headed, as usual.
He did not expect Papyrus to nod, and run out the door, yelling something about how he'd wait at the lab.
He sighed.
glad he's listening, even if it is very sudden.
god, i hope he never loses that innocence….
i don't want him to be like me.
Game SAVEd.
—
He wasn't sure why Sans was so paranoid, but if the surface and the sudden resetting of the world had taught him anything, it was that his brother was usually right when it came to the human.
ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO HIDING.
He knew most of his "friends" (they weren't his friends yet, he had to remind himself of this many times when the timeline, as Sans had called it, had reset) found him childish at best, annoying at worst.
I HAVE NO IDEA WHY THEY THOUGHT THAT WAS A SECRET.
Truth be told, he didn't like being this way.
It just couldn't be helped.
IT'S JUST HOW I WORK….THAT AND I DON'T WANT SANS TO THINK THAT I'VE LOST SOMETHING.
He did wonder why it was only now he could remember the timelines, and why he hadn't been able to before (he knew his brother remembered all of them, from the times last timeline where Sans had woken up crying and he'd gone over to comfort him), but at least now he could be a better brother.
I DON'T KNOW WHY I THOUGHT THAT HITTING HIM WITH A BONE WAS THE ANSWER LAST TIME, BUT I NEARLY KILLED HIM.
NOT DOING THAT AGAIN.
He stopped when he nearly crashed into the lab's wall.
OH HEY. I'M HERE.
….I WONDER HOW ALPHYS IS GOING TO REACT.
He didn't dwell on that for too long, choosing to knock on the door instead.
—
how is paps gonna react when he realizes?
He sighed.
Game SAVEd.
The kid was really making strides. They'd be in Snowdin in less than fifteen minutes.
probably because they killed everyone.
i can feel it.
He teleported.
i'll take paps' place. they'll kill me, not him. he'll be safe.
he'll be happier without a drag like me anyway.
—
The kid smirked at him.
He simply stared back.
Game SAVEd.
And then the fight started.
Right. The blasters. Middle, down, middle, down.
One turn down.
Fifteen or so left to go.
—
He fell asleep earlier this time.
Well, can't say no to free EXP.
But what's to say we can't have some….fun….first?
They grabbed him, and before he could react, stabbed his left eye.
The shriek could be heard in the Quiche Room.
—
dammit.
that hurt. a lot. more than it should have.
He had a hand over his eye.
can't use my magic….
The kid was laughing.
i'm screwed.
Game SAVEd.
wait. they can do that in battle?!
—
"So, comedian. How's it feel now that you're utterly helpless?!"
He didn't reply.
They didn't expect him to.
He couldn't use his magic now that they'd stabbed his left eye.
They knew there was a point to doing all that research on him.
The only thing I don't understand is why it was him standing here and not Papyrus.
Oh well. One less thing to worry about in the end.
They laughed.
Then they stabbed him in the other eye.
They absentmindedly noted that he didn't scream as loud this time.
Or maybe they were just partially deafened by the first one.
—
He couldn't see anything.
friggin hell.
He didn't even see the blow when it did come.
The only thing he could think was papyrus is safe. he's fine. you finished your job.
Then he crumbled to dust.
—
He could just feel that something was off.
Contrary to what most people seemed to believe, he was not as naive as he seemed.
HE'S HURT. OR SOMETHING.
OH GOD, I HOPE HE'S NOT DEAD.
Alphys had been…surprised when he'd shown up.
She'd just ushered him into the True Lab (god, were those Amalgamates creepy….) and had him sit with the others.
THEY THINK I CAN'T HEAR THEM….
He didn't care anymore.
—
They moved on, donning Sans' jacket just to torment Alphys even further (they knew she was watching them, she always was).
Undyne's next.
—
She couldn't believe it.
Sans is dead. They killed him so easily.
They tortured him.
They're gonna fucking PAY.
She grinned, quickly putting her armor on.
Wonder how long they'll last against me?
—
He jumped around, chatting about Undyne.
God, I hate this kid. He has practically NO redeeming values.
Stupid kid doesn't know what's coming.
They turned. "Do you want to see her even sooner?"
"HOLY HECK YES!"
They grinned. "I know how. Turn around."
He did.
Slash
Game SAVEd.
The kid was bleeding dust out of the slash on his back. "Wh….what?"
"She'll come now that I'm going to kill you."
"B….but….I don't want….to d….die…."
"Too bad. Because I lied about you getting to see her."
Slash
He exploded into dust.
Your LOVE has increased.
Game SAVEd.
—
She started running when she realized the game had been saved.
Fuck fuck fuck fuck
She got there too late.
The kid was already gone.
There was a pile of dust on the floor.
They killed Kid, didn't they….
And then she started crying.
I can't take this anymore….
Determination was flooding through her.
THEY WON'T GET AWAY WITH THIS
—
They'd killed everyone.
Well, everyone that stupid lizard (this time they were definitely going to track her down and kill her) hadn't evacuated.
Stupid Temmies practically FLUNG themselves at me.
And that stray Jerry was just ASKING for it, the asshole.
They approached the bridge.
And then Undyne quite literally jumped out in front of them, yelling, "YOU WILL NOT PASS!"
They snickered. "You sound like Papyrus. Stupid and weird."
They soon realized that it was not a good idea to provoke Undyne when she was already pissed.
—
"YOU WILL NOT PASS!"
The kid snickered. "You sound like Papyrus. Stupid and weird."
She growled.
HOW DARE THEY! HE IS NOT STUPID!
He may be a little weird, but he's most definitely not stupid.
She suddenly grinned. "If it's a battle you want…."
The kid was shrinking. Huh. I didn't know humans shrank.
"….then it's a battle you'll get! NGAAAHHHHHHHH!"
The battle commenced.
Game SAVEd.
—
They shivered.
She can be scary. But she's not in Undying form yet, so that's something.
Slash
Undyne fell to her knees.
—
She stared down at the slash in her chest.
How….they're so….
Powerful.
She gritted her teeth. No.
For the future of this world….
For Alphys, for Asgore, for Sans, for Kid, even for friggin JERRY….
For Papyrus….
I WILL NOT LET THIS WORLD DIE!
There was a surge of power. It felt like she was being ripped to pieces, yet something was holding her together.
She stood, feeling so god damn powerful, like she could conquer anything….
"YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TRY HARDER THAN THAT!"
—
They shook.
I just screwed up massively didn't I
They took a deep breath, repeating Don't panic in their head, over and over, until it had lost all meaning.
Game SAVEd.
—
She slashed at them.
Somehow, they dodged, and slashed at her.
Miss
They gaped. What?! But that never happens, unless I do it on purpose, or I'm battling Sans!
Undyne grinned at them. "Surprised?"
They gritted their teeth and tried again.
Miss
Miss
Miss
HIT!
They grinned.
The grin didn't last long.
Well shit.
Game SAVEd.
—
How resilient IS this kid?!
They'd dodged every spear she'd sent their way, saved several times mid-battle (how, she didn't know), and tried to kill her out of turn.
Stupid kid, breaking all the friggin rules….
Well, if they're allowed to do that, I will too!
—
Things were going great until Undyne started attacking them from the menu.
Now they had to save every few seconds.
Stupid Undyne, taking a friggin page from Sans….
Game SAVEd.
—
They'd been battling for two hours now.
She was down to a few HP, twenty at most.
One hit, and she was dead.
I can't let that happen.
She saw the hit coming.
She did not expect it to be aimed at her good eye.
Slash
Miss
Thank god for good dodging skills.
"That was a dirty trick, you little brat." She grinned, baring sharp, yellow teeth. "But you're gonna have to try harder than that!"
She didn't see it coming.
Slash
HIT
She fell to her knees.
"Nghh….I should have expected that, I guess….heh…." She sighed. "Dammit….even this form….wasn't enough?" Her form was wavering. She didn't have much time. "Alphys….Papyrus….Asgore….I'm sorry….I failed you…." One last chance to confess. "Alphys….I'll miss you…."
Not enough time to say what I want to say.
Why do I have to go now?
Why couldn't we just stay on the god damn surface?
WHY?
She crumbled to dust.
—
They grinned.
They were exhausted, but it was worth it.
"How's it feel, Alphys? To feel helpless, like you can't help anyone?" They laughed out loud. "Maybe this time you'll actually have the guts to stand up to me!"
They grinned, laughing at the suggestion. "But no. I know you won't. Because you're a fucking COWARD. You'll just sit there, watching on your computers. Waiting for me to kill them all!"
They noticed a spear out of the corner of their eye, picking it up. This will be much more useful than these stupid shoes.
They walked away.
Game SAVEd.
—
She felt like crying.
I….I'm a coward. I always have been. It's always been Undyne that's the brave one…never me.
Maybe that should change.
Maybe I should try standing up to them.
Maybe for once in my friggin life, I shouldn't be a useless drag.
She stood.
I've made my choice.
I think Undyne kept her spare armor somewhere around here.
—
They walked down the path to the lab.
As usual, it was empty, though Mettaton was there at first.
He ran away, as usual.
But they couldn't shake the feeling that something was off.
—
She ran around warning the people in Hotland (not wearing the armor yet; it was too hot for that).
Muffet refused, saying that the child hadn't hurt any spiders. Surely they wouldn't hurt her.
I'm not so sure.
Many of the lesser monsters refused, saying that they'd protect their world till their last breath.
Mettaon, being Mettaton, refused, saying that his battle body would protect him.
Friggin Mettaton….
She sighed.
So many stayed.
I failed.
Again.
She eventually made her way to where Mettaton usually waited.
I told him to wait in the hotel.
He can battle there.
I hope the battle body holds up.
I don't know what I'd do without him….
—
They did not expect to fight Mettaton in the MTT Hotel.
Thankfully I already exhausted the kill counter. That could have ruined my run.
They didn't expect a new kill counter for the CORE.
Welp.
This is new.
They definitely didn't expect Alphys to be waiting where Mettaton usually was.
Game SAVEd.
—
She stood before the brat.
Heh. Undyne's attitude's rubbed off on me….
"You said I was a coward."
The kid grinned. "I did."
"You were right."
The kid seemed surprised, but continued their habit of taunting their enemy. "So run away, coward."
"….no. I won't….no, I CAN'T let you keep doing this." She paused. "I'm going to do what Undyne should have had the chance to do."
The kid smirked. "You can't. You're not Undyne. You're just a friggin COWARD, Alphys."
She ignored them. "I'm going to save the world." Another pause. "And if I can't, I'll at least have given Papyrus some time to get out of here. Given Asgore some time to prepare."
The kid seemed to growl. "Bring it, lizard lady."
She grinned, feeling a sudden burst of confidence. "You asked for it, brat, not me. Remember that….when you're dead!"
—
They growled, slashing at her.
Alphys barely dodged, and sent a large wave of lightening bolts at them.
Frick. How do I dodge this?
They got hit by some of them.
Dammit. Need to SAVE.
Game SAVEd.
—
She got hit.
She fell to her knees.
"At least….I bought some….time f-for….Papyrus…."
She looked up.
The kid was smirking, saying something she couldn't hear.
"Undyne….I'm sorry….I couldn't save the world….for you…."
The kid was laughing. She still couldn't hear it.
"B-but….I might have….bought Papyrus enough time….f-for him to do it…."
The brat was probably gloating. She didn't want to hear that, anyway….
"Undyne….I…."
What did it matter?
Nobody was going to hear it.
"I love you…."
She crumbled to dust.
—
They sighed.
It didn't matter. She died in one hit anyway.
Still….that took way longer than I would have liked it to take.
Friggin coward.
Game SAVEd.
—
He stood in the Judgement Hall.
WHY DID SHE TRY TO STAND UP TO THE HUMAN? IT COULDN'T BE JUST BECAUSE SHE WANTED TO BUY ME SOME TIME.
He wished she hadn't.
He wished his brother wasn't dead.
He wished the world hadn't fucking reset and they'd been put right back to fucking square one.
He wished the human had never come.
ALL I WANT IS FOR MY BROTHER TO BE ALIVE AGAIN.
WHY DID ANY OF THIS HAVE TO HAPPEN?
The human came in.
—
They walked in.
Heh. Another fucking coward. He's stupid, too. No matter what Undyne said.
He probably doesn't even know his lazy asshole of a brother is dead.
He probably thinks his brother is lazing around in Snowdin.
All thoughts of that were derailed when he started speaking.
—
He walked in front of the human.
"HUMAN."
He felt….something….stirring deep inside him.
"YOU FINALLY CAME."
AFTER ALL YOU'VE DONE, YOU FINALLY CAME.
"DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'VE DONE?" Did they? Could it have been a mistake? Did they think they were supposed to do it? "WAS IT A MISTAKE? IF IT WAS, IT'S NOT TOO LATE TO GO BACK. TO RESET."
The human laughed. "Oh, Papyrus. You're so stupid."
They grinned at him. "Don't you understand? This was my intention. To break you, and your friends."
"I FIGURED."
There was no hope for this kid.
"BUT WHY, I DON'T UNDERSTAND. CARE TO ENLIGHTEN ME?"
The human (demon, he reminded himself; only a demon would do such a thing) laughed. "Don't you get it?"
He froze.
THAT VOICE.
"YOU WERE NEVER IN CONTROL."
WHY ARE THEY USING THAT VOICE….
"And you needed to know that you are HELPLESS to stop me. You needed to learn that I am the GOD of this world."
THEY'RE GOING TO KILL ME. Not so much a question, or even a fear, as it was a fact.
"But you guys are so damn resilient. I'm surprised."
I WON'T EVER SEE SANS AGAIN.
"I would have thought YOU, at least, would have given up long ago."
He spoke.
"NO. I HAVE NOT, NOR WILL I EVER, GIVE UP."
What was this feeling? Determination, maybe?
"YOU….YOU'RE NOT A HUMAN."
No.
"YOU'RE A DEMON."
It was something different.
"I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO KILL ME."
But what?
"I KNOW I'M NEVER GOING TO SEE SANS AGAIN."
It wasn't bravery.
Couldn't be. He was scared to death.
"BUT THE LEAST I CAN DO IS BUY SOME TIME. SO THAT ASGORE CAN ABSORB THE SOULS."
The kid grinned. "You're a fucking COWARD. Just like the others."
"IF YOU TAKE ANOTHER STEP….WELL, TO QUOTE MY BROTHER, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A BAD TIME."
The demon-child took a step forward. "Bring it."
Game SAVEd.
—
They stepped forward.
Papyrus stepped forward as well, sending forward a wave of bones.
Almost like the ones on the pacifist run.
Almost.
They were much faster, for one.
For another, half of them were orange.
They moved forward, then stopped.
Woah. Frick. Nearly killed myself on that.
They were back at the menu.
Game SAVEd.
"BRAT….NO, DEMON."
They looked up. "Yes, coward?"
"….WILL YOU RESET? AFTER THIS?"
"Nope."
Papyrus seemed to deflate.
"Chara's gonna do it for me."
—
CHARA.
Where was that name from?
Why did it seem so….familiar….to him?
WHY WILL THEY BE THE ONE RESETTING?
DOES IT MATTER?
He shook his head, clearing it. "PREPARE TO DIE, HUMAN."
"No….you should." The demon's smile grew.
WELL. TIME FOR PLAN B.
Game SAVEd.
—
They snarled at him. "YOU CAN'T DEFEAT ME!"
Papyrus visibly flinched back, throwing another wave of bones at them.
He stopped for a second. "….I TRUSTED YOU ONCE."
"You shouldn't have."
They made sure Flowey was hiding, before leaning forward and whispering, "After all, I'm the GOD of this world…."
Slash
Miss
"Heh…."
Slash
Miss
"Don't you get it?"
Slash
Miss
"This is all just a bad dream…."
Slash
HIT
Papyrus stumbled backward, attempting to stay upright.
"That didn't kill you?!"
They shook their head. "Well, as I was saying, this is all a bad dream."
Slash
Miss
"AND YOU'RE NEVER WAKING UP."
Game SAVEd.
—
He couldn't (wouldn't) believe it.
The flower couldn't be telling the truth. The child wasn't coming.
Besides, even if they were, Papyrus would stop them.
So he did the only thing he could think of.
He offered the flower some tea.
—
He couldn't believe it.
The king is a friggin idiot.
The demon-child was coming, and he refused to do anything but offer him some tea.
Isn't that like cannibalism?
He just glared and left.
This isn't worth dying over. I'll go warn the smiley lamppost.
Game SAVEd.
—
He couldn't die.
THE WORLD IS DEPENDING ON ME….
Out of the corner of his eye, he noticed….a vine?
WHAT?
Whip
Smack
The demon-child (he'd started calling them that in his head) fell for a second, before turning.
"Flower. I thought you ran off, you coward."
He was….marginally surprised.
I DIDN'T EXPECT HIM TO COME BACK.
Flowey sighed. "Yeah, yeah, demon-child. Keep calling me a coward all ya friggin want." The living flower turned to him. "Why don'tcha run along, Smiley Lamppost. Asgore needs ya."
He shook his head. "I'M GOING TO FIGHT TO MY LAST BREATH."
Flowey shrugged. Somehow. "Suit yourself."
The demon-child turned to Flowey.
Slash
HIT
Flowey stumbled backward, vines extended into a shield-like thing. "What the hell?!"
The demon-child laughed, grinning like a maniac (the maniac they were). "You don't get it either."
They aimed at him.
Slash
He barely managed to dodge. OH SHIT.
"You're going to die here."
They aimed at Flowey again.
Slash
It hit the shield. He could see that it still hurt Flowey.
"Then I'll make Chara," Flowey flinched at the name. "erase the world for me."
Another aim at him.
Slash
It hit him hard. He fell to the ground, trying to right himself.
"And then…."
Slash
Aimed at him again. He scrambled out of the way. Barely.
"I'll do it all over again." The demon laughed. "YOU'RE NEVER GETTING OUT OF THIS NIGHTMARE."
Slash
This time it hit him.
He felt the hit hard.
I'M DYING.
"CARRY ON FOR ME, ASGORE."
He didn't say anything else.
There was nothing to say.
He crumbled to dust.
—
He gritted his teeth.
Well shit. I'm screwed.
He disappeared into the ground. I'll strike after they reach Asgore.
Stupid king should have listened. If he hasn't absorbed the SOULs by now, he's a friggin idiot.
He popped up behind the throne.
Just in time to see the demon-child enter.
Game SAVEd.
—
He stood before the human.
"Oh, hello. Would you like some tea?"
He didn't expect the blow.
Or the blow taking off all of his HP in one hit.
"….what?" The human grinned, almost like they were trying to look innocent.
Almost.
"You….you are….the flower….must have been right….heh…."
He crumbled to dust.
—
He was so friggin angry.
He didn't even TRY to put up a fight! He just wanted to talk!
And give them tea!
IT'S NOT EVEN GOOD TEA!
FRIGGIN IDIOT!
He let out a sigh. The kid's gonna find me sooner or later. I should go look for the SOULs.
He didn't notice the demon-child absorbing Asgore's SOUL.
Why would he? It wasn't like it hadn't happened before.
—
They knew something was up when Flowey didn't absorb Asgore's SOUL.
Or when he just didn't appear at all.
But they had another SOUL now. Two in as many weeks. Wow.
Game SAVEd.
—
Now, where did the old fool keep them….
He really couldn't blame Smiley Lamppost for up and dusting.
After all, his brother was dead. Possibly permanently. Though I really doubt it.
The demon-child has too much fun with him.
I pity him. Poor guy gets killed every other RESET, and he remembers them all. Even through the True Resets.
Even I don't remember True Resets. Most of the time.
Dunno what's different this time.
He sighed, looking back at the few monster SOULs he'd collected. Demon-child won't get these.
Not that I would let them get to Smiley Lamppost's SOUL anyway. And he told me to get Undyne's SOUL. And then I figured I may as well get Alphys' SOUL.
Those damn star-struck lovers. Too bad that the peace had to be broken by little demon-child.
I sort of wish I'd gone up to the surface with Frisk and the others. It's been a long time since I've seen it.
I haven't seen it since….No. Don't think about that.
Game SAVEd.
—
They walked down the hall. "Ah, the barrier. Been a while, huh?"
They heard an odd pinging sound. "Yeah, it's been a while since you were here, huh, demon-child?"
They turned sharply. "Flowey?!"
The flower popped up. "That's my name!" He laughed. "Guess you never thought about the consequences of resets, huh?"
They growled. "You weren't supposed to remember! Not through a true reset!"
"Huh. Guess Smiley Trashbag wasn't supposed to remember either, huh? But he did. He remembered every single one of your resets. Honestly, you're trashier than him." Oh, that was low. "And he was pretty trashy."
There was a pause, and then he said, "I think you better stop where you are."
They stepped forward. "Nope."
Flowey grinned. "I guess you don't mind me doing this, then."
The human SOULs levitated out of their containers.
They grinned. "They're just going to disobey you again!"
"No."
They looked up in surprise.
"They're not going to disobey me again." He laughed again. Wow, he was sure laughing a lot. "This time….well, this time we have an….agreement."
"And what's that?"
"Well, if they don't disobey…." He sighed. "I'll reset after killing you. They know what you did."
"This is all banking on you being able to kill me."
"True." His expression was….terrifying. "But I've got something for that, too!"
The entire world went black.
—
He grinned. Good. The SOULs kept their end of the deal up.
I really do intend to keep my end, as well.
"Heh. What, cat got your tongue, demon?"
The demon just looked at him blankly.
"Don't you remember me? Or are you as idiotic as you are evil?"
They still had a blank expression.
"It's me, your worst nightmare…."
He grinned, showing fangs. The monster SOULs did the trick, I think.
"ASRIEL DREEMURR."
Game SAVEd.
—
They shivered. I remember this guy. He's terrifying.
He's not invincible, though. Just like anything, he can be killed.
All I have to do is knock him down.
They suddenly laughed. "Ah, the irony. This time you're the hero, huh? Instead of the one trying to kill everything?"
Asriel frowned. "What?"
"See, it's ironic."
"I didn't want to kill everything last time. I just wanted to keep Chara around." A pause. "Even though she was never there in the first place." He scowled at that. "It was you. It's always you."
"Of course it is." They laughed again. "And that's the irony. I never intended to let monsters enjoy their freedom. I always intended to snatch it away at the last moment. Therefore, you had every right to stop me. But you didn't. And now there's nothing you can do, except stall for time."
Asriel just shook his head. "You're delusional."
"Never said I wasn't."
Game SAVEd.
—
She wanted to scream, to yell, to tell Asriel not to fight that demon.
Friggin void….
She at least wanted to help.
He's not as strong as he was in pacifist. Not as many SOULs. He's gonna get himself killed.
What would I do without my little brother?
Probably nothing. Exactly what I do anyway.
But….at the same time….
What WOULD I do?
Game SAVEd.
—
He growled low. "Enough. Reset, or I'll do it for you."
The demon grinned. "No. You can't reset unless I'm dead."
"Then I guess I'll have to kill you."
The entire bullet board filled with bones, with barely enough space to dodge.
"Hey! You can't do that! That's Smiley Lamppost's attack!"
"I certainly can."
The demon growled, dodging another. How good ARE they?! "You can't! Unless you have his SOUL!"
"Maybe I do."
They shook their head. "There's no way you did. He's dead. You can't bring someone back from the dead."
"I didn't say I brought him back from the dead. I simply said I might have his SOUL."
"You can't have it! It shattered!"
He grinned. "Did it, now?"
"And besides, just it wouldn't be enough to sustain your true form! You'd need at least a hundred! If not more!"
He paused. They've got a point. Technically, I shouldn't be able to sustain this on just three SOULs and then the human SOULs.
….so why can I?
The demon tried to take advantage of his distraction and stab him, only to get caught in a blue attack jail. "Stop trying to stab me. It's not your turn, and I'm thinking."
The demon did not appreciate this. "LET ME OUT, YOU BASTARD!"
"I said I'm thinking, now shut your friggin mouth!"
"LET ME OUTTTTTT!"
"No. Now shut up."
Game SAVEd.
He released the demon from the blue jail and put them in a white jail. "Happy?"
"NO."
"Well, it's all you're getting." He smirked, showing his fangs. "You should be happy you're even getting that."
The demon just growled.
—
They growled. Friggin Asriel, putting me here….wait.
His turn can't last forever, right? Even if it can, he can't keep this attack up forever.
Asriel turned back to them. "Are you going to stop trying to stab me? Because I really don't appreciate it."
They growled again, lashing out. Ok, ow. Stupid jail thingy.
He laughed. "See? Can't get out. Stop trying to stab me. You're only gonna hurt yourself."
They lashed out again. He's right. But I can try.
"I said stop. Much as I hate you, you're not supposed to purposefully hit the walls of it. You'll kill yourself." He grinned, showing off large fangs. "I kinda want that honor for myself."
They threw their knife at him, smacking him in the face with the blade.
"….ow." He winced. "That hurt."
They grinned. Proof he doesn't have infinite DEF, like last time. I'll bet he doesn't have infinite HP or ATK, either.
Now I just have to wear him down….how many knives do I have?
….I'm out of knives. Great.
Well, I'll just use what I have. The knife actually did a lot of damage.
—
The little bastard was throwing things at him.
They'd thrown a knife first (he knew it was Chara's knife; they'd taken it from New Home). That….had hurt more than it should have.
Then they'd thrown a stick at him.
Predictably, that did absolutely nothing except make him confused.
Then they'd thrown some other random stuff at him, to similar results.
Then they'd thrown the locket at him.
He'd caught it in midair. They don't need to have this. Especially if they're just gonna throw it at me.
Don't cry. Don't cry. Friggin don't cry. Chara's in a better place now.
….well, actually, pretty much anywhere is better than here. But still.
He sighed. "Stop throwing things at me."
They responded by throwing something at him.
Ow. Frick this, I'm just gonna kill them.
Wait, why didn't I do that before?!
….I'm an idiot.
He growled as they threw yet another thing at him. How much crap do they have?!
He turned. "Frick you."
Crack
SHATTER
Friggin finally.
Game LOADed.
He gritted his teeth and turned. "You. Have got. To be kidding me. DIDN'T I JUST FRIGGIN KILL YOU?!"
Crack
SHATTER
Game LOADed.
"Stop LOADing already!"
Crack
SHATTER
Game LOADed
"Just let me RESET!"
Crack
SHATTER
Game LOADed.
"I just want everyone to be alive again!"
Crack
SHATTER
Game LOADed.
"So STOP being so god damn persistent!"
Crack
SHATTER
Game LOADed.
"I just want them all to be alive again. To live their lives in peace."
Crack
SHATTER
Game LOADed.
"But they can't. Not with you around."
Crack
SHATTER
Game LOADed.
"So just die already! Let me RESET!"
Crack
SHATTER
Game LOADed.
"I….I just want to see my parents again. I want to see Chara."
Crack
SHATTER
Game LOADed.
"I know I'll never see her again, but…."
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SHATTER
Game LOADed.
"Maybe if I RESET, it'll all start over."
Crack
SHATTER
Game LOADed.
"Maybe if I RESET, you'll just do it again. And again. And again."
Crack
SHATTER
Game LOADed.
"Maybe this is futile. Maybe this endless cycle of death and hopelessness will never end."
Crack
SHATTER
Game LOADed.
"Doesn't mean I'll stop trying to end it though."
Crack
SHATTER
Game LOADed.
"So….just give up. Let me RESET."
Crack
SHATTER
Game LOADed.
"And stop being so damn PERSISTENT! I just want to make things right!"
Crack
SHATTER
Game LOADed.
"You're not Frisk. Or Chara. I know that much."
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SHATTER
Game LOADed.
"Neither one of them would ever do this. They'd try to stop this, if they were here."
Crack
SHATTER
Game LOADed.
"No, you're not them."
Crack
SHATTER
Game LOADed.
"You're a demon."
Crack
SHATTER
Game LOADed.
"You'll never give up trying to kill me."
Crack
SHATTER
Game LOADed.
"I know that I'm running on borrowed time. Sooner or later, you're gonna get lucky and hit me."
Crack
SHATTER
Game LOADed.
"Sooner or later, I'll end up like Undyne. Like Alphys. Like Papyrus."
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Game LOADed.
"I'll be dead. Dust. Just a bunch of free EXP."
Crack
SHATTER
Game LOADed.
"….but who's to say that I wasn't running off of borrowed time anyway?"
Crack
SHATTER
Game LOADed.
"I did a lot of terrible stuff as a flower. Stuff I'd rather not mention."
Crack
SHATTER
Game LOADed.
"I'm sure that if Smiley Trashbag ever got his hands on me, I'd be dead in an instant."
Crack
SHATTER
Game LOADed.
"The guy's pretty good at holding grudges. I'll give him that."
Crack
SHATTER
Game LOADed.
"In fact, I bet that if he ever saw you again, he'd kill you in an instant."
Crack
SHATTER
Game LOADed.
"Hell, he'd probably kill Frisk if he ever saw them again."
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SHATTER
Game LOADed.
"Not because they did anything wrong. Not because he's angry at them."
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Game LOADed.
"More because he'd think it was you. You look exactly like them, did you know that?"
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SHATTER
Game LOADed.
"….heh. This is getting tiring. Just give up already."
Crack
SHATTER
Game LOADed.
"…please?"
Crack
SHATTER
Game LOADed.
"Just let us live our lives in peace."
He paused for a second. Damn. When they load….it's not a full load. I'm tired from all those attacks, and they're tired from being hit by them.
He didn't see it coming.
Slash
HIT
He glanced up. "….heh. Guess I should have expected that. Do me a favor and leave Chara alone, eh?"
He managed to stand up. "Well, guess I'll see you around. Later."
He crumbled to dust.
—
I did it.
That was the only thing they could think as they stood before Asriel's dust.
Friggin FINALLY.
The entire screen went black.
And then a voice. "Heh. You've been busy, huh?"
They turned.
"It's me, Chara."
—
She stood before the demon.
I wish Asriel hadn't fought this thing. He wouldn't be dead right now if he'd just….
No. Don't cry in front of them.
She shook her head, clearing her thoughts. "You're not the correct fallen child. Hell if I know where they are. Never met them in my life."
The demon growled at her. "Where'd you come from?!"
"Simple. I came from the surface. Like all humans."
"But where….?"
"Stop asking me personal questions. I do not wish to answer them." She shook her head again. I must not murder them while they're talking. That would make me just as bad as them.
Even if they throughly deserve it.
"So. Human." She sighed. "Perhaps you thought this would fix everything. Perhaps you thought that by killing everyone, you could get out of here. Or maybe you just wanted to kill everyone. Again, hell if I know."
The demon grinned. "It's the last one."
"Shush. I didn't ask you to answer." She gritted her teeth. Don't kill them. Don't kill them. Don't kill them.
"Now, since you killed everyone, I assume you wish to erase this world."
The demon nodded eagerly.
She knew what she had to do. "Well, here are my last words to you." The demon leaned forward. "Fuck you." She grinned, taking the opportunity to aim.
Slash
HIT
"Bye bye~" She said, watching as the demon fell to the ground.
The world went black.