A smile remained plastered on your face as you watched Toriel gently place a piece of pie in what you can only assume to be the middle of Frisk's new bedroom. Poor kid had been through a lot, pie was just what they needed to wake up to. You felt protective of the kid after being with them for so much. Then the gentle goat monster closed the door and that….that was it. A damp stinging could be felt on the edge of your eyes but no one else was around so you don't mind letting the lingering emotion continue. What a game, you thought, before feeling a slightly pang of regret that it was now over.

Who knew that such a simple little thing, that had barely lasted twelve hours could have such a powerful to effect on you. Even three days later your head is filled with nothing but Undertale. Sitting at your computer you look over at the little icon of Frisk looking out on your desktop. There wasn't much left to do today, and tomorrow would be free, so maybe you could hop back into the game and try out the 'No mercy' run you had been hearing about. But...you're not sure if you would be able to go through with it.

You remember killing Toriel that first time. It had been an accident. Nothing else was working so you had thought you would just have to hit her a few times and then she would let you past but your last hit had been too strong, it had delt too much damage...watching her death had, in the end made you see this game as something different. You felt for these characters. You felt bad, really bad. A quick reset had followed of course. Eventually finding out how to get past the sweet motherly monster without hurting her, that had been a high point, a proud feeling of achievement...until Flowey had popped up.

It had been a shock to see a character remember what you had done, even after undoing it, and it had made you feel dirty, Like a child hiding a mistake they had made. Like you had cheated. So you ended up working harder than ever to make sure not to hurt anyone. Even if Undyne and Mettaton frustrated you to no end when you had first faced them. It had been worth it.

Getting to the end the first time had been amazing. Just when you had thought you had seen all the tricks Undertale could pull on you Omega Flowey shows up and blows you away...in both senses of the word. But the actual ending, it didn't feel right. It had been an empty victory. So of course you had jumped right back in. The date with Alphys had been adorable and the lab...good grief that had given you the chills. It had taken three tries to pluck up enough courage to get their key out of the bathtub.

And then it all seemed to end in no time at all. It was one hell of an emotional rollercoaster, and some of the music still caused your eyes to prickle with tears just from re listening to it, but what do you do now?

Steeling your resolve you boot up the game again. One more play through. You didn't have the stomach for a 'no mercy' run but you were sure there were a few secrets you had not found your first time. Like the secret Lab Sans had behind his house. But the game didn't give you a chance because Flowey just had to showed up again and god dammit did he make you feel bad for wanting to rip away everyone's happy ending just so you could relive a few moments for some 'friends' you had barely known for a day.

You do decide to play through the goodbye once more, this time making sure to go round the whole Underground and say your final goodbyes. It was nice to see the amalgamates back with their families, as well as how happy everyone was to be going to the surface. You wish everyone luck, though judging by the end credit scenes everything works out fine.

And so, once again, you are left smiling as the door to Frisk's room is closed. You had made them all happy, you had given them the ending they needed and they deserved...so why did you feel no closure? Deciding to dive into others areas of the fandom you discover a wealth of fan-fictions and youtube videos. It was great being able to enjoy theories and story ideas but there was still that lingering feeling you just could not shake. You always wanted more and yet you also wanted to close the door to Undertale, to move onto other things, yet for some reason it kept nagging you. It wasn't even the need to play the game again. You just wanted to...to say goodbye, to say thank you.

Sitting at your desk, the screen in front of you, you open up the notepad and start typing. The words you have wanted to say to each of the characters flow onto the page like a dam breaking, thanking them, wishing them luck. Even adding a pun or two brings a smile to your face when you think how much Sans would enjoy them and the frustration it would case Papyrus. You say how much you hope that they each get to achieve their dreams and you say sorry for what you put Frisk through. It felt good to get it all out, it felt like actual closure.

You wonder if you should sign the letter or maybe just type 'From the Player'. You could even type 'From an Angel' which would work well, though it felt a little pretentious. In the end you realized you already knew what to type and smile as the words form on the screen.

'From the legendary fart master.'

It was perfect. And it was done.

A week later however you find yourself coming back to the letter. It was just sitting there on your desktop. Wasn't there anyway to send it? Maybe you could send it to Toby Fox as a way to show how much this game and the characters meant to you, how much they had affected you. But you assume the poor guy had more than enough messages and posts sent his way from random fans, you would just be adding a drop of water to an ocean.

There had to be another way to finally put this all to rest. You were so close to being able to move on. Digging around on the net you manage to find away to edit the game, just a little. It wasn't too hard to tag the note document to the torn notebook since it was already an ingame item but that effort it took to 'send' your letter, it felt right. It felt like proper closure, that you could finally move on.

At long last you could move onto other games and focus on other things, it was liberating. So much so that it was nearly a year later before you had any real thought about Undertale other than the occasional video or fic.

Your mouse hovers over the Undertale icon before moving back to the letter you had 'sent'. Opening it up for nostalgia's sake, you find yourself smiling as you re-read and re-feel all the emotions and memories you put down on the page. It was still there, the mark the game had left on you. But when you get to the bottom you stop. You rub your eyes, sure that you must be tired or something but the words don't change. Just below the last line is a word. Just one. Comprised of only two letters yet it makes you feel like the world has just dropped out from under your feet…

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