I'm Touta Konoe - an immortal. I'm kind of a vampire, and kind of not - it's... complicated. I was made as part of an experimental cloning program to produce a wizard with the power to absorb magic, and to dispel it. It kind of succeeded, I can manage it if I focus. Jeez, when I put it that way I sound like a real freak.

But I can't beat the guy I was made to beat - me and my friends fought him, when he tried to kidnap me, and we had no chance. One of my pals tried to teleport me away, and they tried to stop it, or something, I'm not really sure - and something went wrong. I ended up in a world that wasn't my own, some alternate dimension or universe or something. It's a little bit like the Earth I know, but everything was all wrong.

And there I was stuck, looking for a way out. But I found a lead - I learned of a mountain where ancient magical powers sealed away horrific monsters thousands of years ago. A mountain nobody comes back from. Mount Ebott. Ain't much, but interdimensional travel is hard - this is the best lead I've got. Maybe some horrific monster has some ancient artifact, or some mystical power, and they can send me home? No harm in checking, right?

I looked around the mountain and the only interesting thing I found was a cavern with a big hole in it. "Nowhere to go but down," I said to myself, and I jumped into the hole.

It was a pretty deep hole - the fall might have killed a normal person. I landed in a cave with some columns and a patch of flowers, growing under a lonely spot formed by the distant light from above. I walked around the flowers, saying to the patch, "Stay strong." It just felt appropriate, with those flowers there, struggling to keep existing in a world that seemed so hostile to them, with the light they needed so far away.

I walked along, and soon I walked into a big, dark cavern with another spot of light - occupied by a single flower. That had a face. And greeted me with a "Howdy!"

"Hi," I responded.

"I'm Flowey the flower!" it continued, "Hmm, You're new to the underground, arent'cha?"

"Hey, Flowey," I responded, "Yup."

"Golly, you must be so confused. Someone ought to teach you how things work around here. Guess little old me will have to do! Ready? Here we go!"

"Okay," I said.

"See that... uh... there's no heart. Do you have a soul?" The flower asked.

"I'm pretty sure I do," I responded, shrugging. "Maybe not? How would I know if I didn't?"

"Well, it's fine," the flower said. "Anyway, you're weak now, but you can get strong if you get lots of LV. LV stands for LOVE, of course! You want some LOVE, don't you?"

"Aww, sure!"

"Down here, LOVE is shared through... Little white... 'friendliness pellets.'" A handful of white seeds rose up around the flower, hovering in the air. "Are you ready? Get as many as you can!"

The seeds flew at me, and I snatched them all out of the air. "Huh. LOVE feels tingly," I said. "almost hurts. So, what do I do with it? Like... eat it?"

"Uh... uh... yeah! You should eat the friendliness pellets!"

I threw one into my mouth, crunching down on it. "Tastes tingly. And a bit like unsalted sunflower seeds. But I need to show my LOVE too, right?" I flicked my wrist, tossing one of the pellets back at him.

"Howdy! I'm Flowey the flower! You look new to the underground, so I'm going to tell you about sharing LOVE!"

"Hey, Flowey," I responded, "Sounds like fun."

"Down here, LOVE is shared through... Little white... 'friendliness pellets.'" white seeds started to rise up from the flower, tens and tens of them, "Just... give me a moment... to get a whole lot of LOVE ready for you!"

"Okay," I say. "Take your time. Hey, do you know of any big magical portals that might be down here? Like... to other places, maybe? Or something like that?"

"Oh, yeah, I'll tell you all about them after I'm done sharing all this LOVE! I want you to catch every single one of these pellets, okay?" He said. "Don't miss even one!"

By now there were hundreds of little pellets hovering in the air. "Challenge accepted!" I said, taking a stance. He threw them, and, one by one, I snatched them out of the air, tossing each to the side to grab the next as the torrent of pellets flew at me. "Whew!" I say once I'd cleared the air of them. "They're tingly. My fingers actually kind of hurt!"

"Oh, yeah, I'll tell you all about them after I'm done sharing all this LOVE! I want you to catch every single one of these pellets, okay?" He said. "Don't miss even one - and you have to hold them all at once, you can't drop them!"

By now there were hundreds of little pellets hovering in the air. "Wow, that seems hard... no, I think I have an idea," I said, pulling out my hula hoop and setting it up around my body. It swung gently around my body as I focused myself with Revolution - uh, that's my name for the technique I use to rotate the magic around in my body and sort it out. As the pellets flew at me, I put my left hand forth, scooping every pellet into a sphere of magic that formed before my hand. Once the last was gone, I crushed the sphere, absorbing the power into my body. "Ah, I thought so - friendliness pellets are made of magic after all! I can hold as many as I need to!"

The flower stared at me.

"Oh, yeah, I'll tell you all about them after I'm done sharing all this LOVE! I want you to catch every single one of these bullets... er, pellets, okay?" He said. "Don't miss even one - and you have to hold them all at once, you can't drop them!"

By now there were hundreds of little... pellets... hovering in the air, all around me. I pulled out my hula hoop, focusing myself with Revolution. "I can do that," I say. As the pellets flew at me, my left hand dashed forward, grabbing one after another and drawing them into my body using Magia Erebea.

"Howdy! I'm Flowey the flower!" the talking flower said, while white seeds started to materialize all about me. "What brings you down here?"

"I'm from a different universe," I said, "and I'm looking for a way to get home. Like, a spell, or a magical portal, or something."

"How nice!" the flower said. "Shame you won't make it - because YOU'LL BE DEAD!" the white seeds hurtled towards me, from all directions, as a clear attack.

I whipped out my hula hoop in an instant, focusing my power in my right fist and using my Magic Can

"Howdy! I'm Flowey the flower!" the talking flower said, "and I'm here to help humans like you get through the underground, to the magical portal at the end!"

"Really? Score!" I yelled out. "That's awesome! I can't believe my luck! Thanks, Flowey, I'm Touta."

"Good to meet you, Touta," the flower said, smiling. "You need to be careful though, the underground is full of monsters that will want to kill you!"

"Goodness, is that a human?" Another voice asked. A kindly-looking humanoid goat wearing a tabard approached, speaking in a soft and motherly voice. "Are you hurt? I can heal you."

"Ugh, Seriously?" the flower groaned.

"Good to meet you, Touta," the flower said, smiling. "You need to be careful though, some monsters will want to kill you! I'll talk to you more later... when you need me." He ducked into the ground, vanishing.