Now I know what you're thinking.
XWolf, bro, what the hell are you doin'?! You've still got DoubleTale, JAS, and DeathTaLe to work on! Why on earth are you starting this spin off now?!
*Hysterical sobbing* I can't stooooop! I have a problem!
Okay, but the idea struck me, and it's like all I can think about now. I think you'll like it if you read DoubleTale. If not, well, you might still like it, but I'd recommend reading at least the first... I dunno, seven chapters of DoubleTale? Nineteen if your up for it, and all of them if you wanna be really thorough.
Note: This will NOT just follow the storyline of DoubleTale with mixed up characters. That's Doubleshift you're lookin' for. This'll be a bit different.
Disclaimer: I do not Undertale. I do, however, own DoubleTale.
Golden petals and blinding light. That's what they woke up to that morning.
Sitting up, they rubbed their head.
"I'm... I'm still alive?" They muttered to themselves.
Not only were they alive, they were pretty much unharmed.
Way too uninjured for a fall from that height.
Sighing, they dusted themselves off, closing their eyes before continuing forward, stepping from the flower bed and stretching, shaking off their ache before continuing into the next room, their eyes widening.
Well, slightly. They were still pretty squinted.
"Greetings! You must be a human. Wowie, you must be so very confused. Don't worry, I, Flowey, will be glad to help you."
They looked down, seeing a red soul appear on their chest.
"That there is your soul. The very culmination of your being. Your soul starts weak, but it will become stronger the more LV you get." Flowey said.
"What's LV? Why, LOVE, of course!" Flowey said, and they smiled lightly at his words. They found his presence reassuring.
""You want some LOVE, don't you?" Flowey asked, petals appearing floating around him.
"Down here, LOVE is spread through little white... Friendliness pellets." Flowey glanced to the side, grinning.
"Catch as many as you can, human!"
They smiled, reaching out for one of the pellets.
Their eyes widened, feeling it tear through their palm before another tore across their cheek, one slashing across their leg and making them fall back, eyes widening in pain.
Flowey laughed, grinning wickedly.
"You IDIOT. Did you really think I was going to help someone as weak as you? Down here, it's KILL OR BE KILLED!"
"Honestly, who would pass up a chance like this?"
The human gulped, pellets surrounding them.
Tears in the corner of their... Kinda eyes? Slits? Meh.
"Die." Flowey said, just before a bolt of lightning slammed into the side of his face, sending him rocketing back through the air.
"What a creep. Torturing such a poor, innocent child..." The lizard woman walked from the shadows, a few sparks still coming off of her hand as she lowered it.
"Are you alright, m-my child..?" She began sweating almost nervously when she said that.
O-oh gosh, is calling them my child gonna be weird...?
She smiled, relieved by the smile the child wore.
"I'm Alphys. Caretaker of the Ruins. Which is, uh... Where you are now." She smiled, holding her hands in front of her and out at the child, a green light coming from them and overtaking the child, their wounds healing.
"I'm... I'm Frisk." The child said as Alphys took their hand, helping them up.
"That's a nice name." Alphys complimented somewhat awkwardly, but Frisk smiled anyway.
"I come here everyday to make sure nobody's fallen through that big hole... You're the first one to come here in awhile, you know?" Alphys glanced back at Frisk, who listened with interest as they walked on to he next room.
"The ruins are kinda riddled with puzzles." Alphys said, looking to Frisk.
"... Get it? Riddled? Puzzles?" Alphys asked, beginning to sweat nervously as Frisk didn't immediately laugh.
"O-oh!" Frisk began laughing as they understood.
*that was a good one.
Frisk looked down at the text box that appeared with minor confusion, though Alphys paid it no mind.
Almost like she couldn't see it...
Alphys stepped on a few tiles, opening a door and leading Frisk through.
"When you encounter a monster, t-they might try to hurt you. Now, it's never g-good to hurt people, and Monsters can be pretty fragile so... Even self defense is a bad idea. You just gotta... Dodge and talk it out, is all! Eheheh... A-a little hair brained, I know..." Alphys scratched the back of her head.
"B-but don't worry! I'll come quickly and s-stop whoever's trying to hurt you, okay?" Alphys said, and Frisk nodded, walking by a dummy.
As they continued, a frog jumped out between Alphys and Frisk, standing its ground before Frisk and giving an attempt at a menacing glare.
*froggit's tryin' real hard to be scary.
Four buttons appeared before Frisk, and they looked at them skeptically, eventually pressing ACT.
*Compliment.
"You have really nice eyes, Froggit!" Frisk smiled, and Froggit blushed, flattered despite not understanding what they said.
Alphys loomed over Froggit suddenly, and Froggit gulped, quickly hopping away.
"See? It actually works." Alphys smiled, and Frisk smiled as well.
They continued for awhile, when Alphys stopped, starring nervously at the spikes there.
"T-this is another puzzle but... I-it's a little too dangerous. Y-you don't mind holding my-"
Frisk grabbed Alphys' hand, startling her.
"O-oh, okay. Good." Alphys smiled confidently, walking forward a certain way, the spikes going down and Alphys leading Frisk over them.
"Alright, we made it." Alphys said, Frisk letting go of her hand.
They continued for awhile, when Alphys stopped.
"H-hey, um... I need to go do something. You wouldn't mind staying here for awhile, would you?" Alphys asked, nervous.
"Hm... No, I'll be fine!" Frisk smiled to reassure her, and Alphys sighed in relief.
"Okay, I'll be back soon! D-don't go ahead, okay? There's still some stuff I need to explain to you about the Ruins..." Alphys glanced to the side.
"O-oh, here!" Alphys handed Frisk a phone.
"I hope you don't mind that it's a little... Low tech." Alphys glanced to the side, but Frisk just smiled once again, making her smile.
"Just call me if anything happens, okay?" Alphys said, and Frisk nodded before she left.
Frisk sat down, humming to themselves.
They looked in the direction Alphys had went, hearing what sounded like very distant sobbing.
They stood, worried as they began walking.
They continued through the Ruins.
*same ol' same ol'.
The text box confused them a little, but they continued anyway, eyes widening to find what was making the sobbing noise.
A large... Goat man? Just... frowning and drinking tea with tears streaming down his face.
"Um... Are you okay?" Frisk asked, stepping closer.
His eyes widened, and he jumped slightly.
"N-no, stay back! I don't... I don't want to hurt you..." He looked to the side, frowning.
Frisk frowned with worry.
"The last human that fell here, I... I hurt them. I thought I was doing what was right, but Tori..." He began sobbing like a big, fuzzy baby.
Frisk frowned, patting him on the shoulder comfortingly.
"I'm Frisk." They said as he leaned against them like a child would lean against a comforting parent.
"I-... I'm Asgore..." He said, looking away.
"That's a nice name." They smiled. "You know... If you feel this bad about it, then you didn't realize what you were doing. And you won't do it again, right?" Frisk smiled as Asgore nodded, sniffling.
"I knew you were harmless." Frisk said, patting Asgore's head.
The two ended up sitting there for a little while, drinking tea and talking.
"Thanks, Frisk... I needed to hear that." Asgore smiled, standing.
"I'll get out of your way now. Goodbye." Asgore lumbered away into the Ruins.
Frisk stood, proud of themselves before continuing through the Ruins.
Buying a spider donut and waving at the little spider on the web, Frisk continued through the Ruins.
They came to a large tree, eyes widening as their phone went off.
"O-oh I hope I didn't make them wait too long..." Alphys paced nervously before she was startled by the sound of the phone going off, spotting Frisk and sighing.
"Frisk, are you alright?" Alphys asked worriedly, and Frisk nodded, Alphys surprised by the lack of scratches on them.
"I just did what you said when I encountered a monster." Frisk smiled. "I talked it out, and I think I helped some people through a lot of stuff."
"T-that's great!" Alphys said, smiling.
"Well, I guess we should go inside." Alphys said, walking in, Frisk following.
"I-I'm cooking up some Instant Noodles, but they aren't quite ready so..." Alphys looked nervously to the side. "W-why don't I just show you your room?"
Frisk smiled, and Alphys took their hand, leading them down a hallway and to a door.
"This'll be your room." Alphys said, putting a hand on Frisk's head and rustling their hair, making them smile.
"... Wait, do I hear some boiling over?! U-uh... Make yourself at home!" Alphys said, rushing in the other direction.
Frisk stepped into their new room, looking around.
Old toys, shoes in random sizes...
They laid down, thinking.
This was a great place, but... No, they had to leave.
They yawned, eyes feeling heavy.
Okay, maybe after a nap.
Frisk blinked once or twice, sitting up and looking over, seeing a cup of noodles sitting in the center of the room.
They smiled sadly, picking up the bowl of noodles before it disappeared into their inventory, much like that ribbon and toy knife had.
They stepped out of the room, walking into the living room, where they found Alphys watching an anime on her old looking TV.
"Oh, uh... Hey Frisk!" Alphys said, somewhat embarrassed to be found watching anime.
"Um... Miss Alphys..." Frisk glanced to the side. "How do I get home?"
Alphys flinched.
"But... This is your home now." Alphys said, looking somewhat disheartened.
"Alphys, I... I need to get home." Frisk looked down.
"Would you um... Would you like to hear an anime fact?" Alphys desperately tried to change the subject.
"I would like to go home. I have to get back."
"Did... D-did you know L's real name is Lawliet? Interesting..." Alphys looked to the side, sweating nervously.
"Alphys."
"... Wait here." Alphys stood, walking past Frisk, who followed after her despite her orders.
Alphys walked down the stair case, Frisk following after her as they reaching a long hallway.
"Up ahead is the exit to the Ruins." Alphys said, not looking back at Frisk as she continued forward.
"I am going to destroy it."
"What? No, you can't!" Frisk said, having to jog to keep up with Alphys fast pace.
"You wanna leave so bad..?" Alphys stopped in front of the door, hands clenching into fists as her back faced Frisk.
"Then prove it. Prove to me that you're strong enough to survive out there!"
A red soul appeared on Frisk's chest, and they frowned as Alphys stared down at them, frowning.
They jumped back, electricity blasting the ground where they once were, Alphys throwing one hand forward and sending a bolt of lighting slamming into Frisk, making them cry out as they were sent flying back through the air, hitting the ground and struggling to their feet.
"Alphys, this... This isn't you!" Frisk said, panting as they struggled to their feet.
"..." Alphys's eyes were covered by shadow as she threw one hand forward, Frisk jumping back as lighting exploded down onto the ground where they once were.
"I'm not gonna hurt you!" Frisk said. "Because I know you don't wanna hurt me!"
"E-... Either fight me, or go back upstairs!" Alphys demanded, a bolt shooting from her hand at Frisk, who moved their head to the side, feeling it blast over their shoulder.
"I said I won't attack." Frisk said, standing tall and staring down Alphys, who shook.
"P-please... If you keep going... UNDYNE will..." She clenched her eyes shut.
"I won't let another human die!" She said, sending one more burst of electricity, Frisk taking the blast to the chest and being thrown back through the air, slamming into the wall and sliding down it, head hanging limp.
Alphys gasped, running close and kneeling down.
"Frisk! A-are you alright?" She asked, her eyes widening at a sudden motion.
She looked down, a stick inches from her throat.
"I could've killed you." Frisk said, ignoring their injuries. "But I won't. Because you're my friend." Frisk smiled, and Alphys' eyes widened.
"Eheheh... Pretty pathetic, huh..?" Alphys sat back, sighing as she looked down.
"I can't even protect one kid..."
Frisk hugged Alphys, making her eyes widen, before closing as she returned the embrace.
"I'll be fine. I can spare all the monsters, I promise." Frisk said, feeling a few tears hit their shirt.
"... Okay, I understand... You have to get home. The Ruins is no place for you to grow. I-I don't even have enough anime to teach you enough about life..."
Frisk resisted the urge to snerk at that statement, instead patting Alphys on the back.
"Okay, okay... You can go." Alphys stood. "Just, please... Frisk, please be safe. Promise me you won't die out there." Alphys begged, and Frisk nodded with DETERMINATION.
Alphys took a deep breath, walking past Frisk and leaving them to enter the rest of the underground.
She stopped, looking back at Frisk one last time and smiling.
They were going to do it. Deep down, somewhere in there, she knew.
Alphys continued down the hall, and Frisk sighed once she was out of ear shot.
"Okay..." They took a deep breath, grunting as they pushed open the heavy doors.
They were caught off guard by the cold, jumping slightly and sinking down into their collar, pulling their sleeves up over their hands.
They began walking down the path in the snow, glad that the trees blocked any kind of wind. It wasn't really that could, now that they had gotten used to it.
What they hadn't gotten used to was the eerie silence.
They looked around nervously, feeling that they were being watched.
They looked ahead, yelping slightly as their foot touched a tough looking branch, startling them.
They laughed at themselves, shaking their head and stepping over the branch.
They walked past it, their back to it.
They jumped, a snap echoing through the forest and making them spin around.
The branch was snapped into pieces, as if it was nothing.
They gulped, beginning to sweat nervously as they picked up the pace.
They heard the snow crunch behind them, spinning around at lightning speed.
Nothing was there.
"Nope nope nope nope!" They bolted forward, not looking over their shoulder as they ran, kicking up snow.
They skidded to a stop, seeing a gap in the ground.
Not a large one, but they weren't thinking rationally.
They stood up straight, gulping in fear as the footsteps slowly came closer and closer.
"Human."
Their eyes widened.
"Don'tcha know how to greet a new friendo?"
Frisk began shivering.
"Turn around and shake my hand."
They turned around slowly, the shadow of the trees blocking this person from view as one hand hand reached out to them.
They took their hand, shaking it.
Their eyes widened, feeling something drench their hand, looking down to see black fluid dripping to the ground.
"Whoops. Forgot I accidentally broke a pen in that hand." He grinned, glancing to the side as the light shifted, revealing his appearance.
Bags under his eyes, wearing a dark blue sweatshirt with three red lines across it, smirking lightly.
He looked... Human? Frisk wasn't sure of they were put at ease or unsettled by that.
"You can call me Cter. I'm a sentry 'round these parts." He pulled his hand back, the ink on it just... Going back up his sleeve..?
Was he human..?
"Man, I haven't seen a human since like... Earlier today?" Cter looked to be thinking, glancing to the side.
"Anywho, I'm supposed to capture you. But that would require like... I dunno, a minimal amount of effort?" He shrugged. "Not really feelin' it."
"Now, my uh... Coworker, Chara, they actually take this job seriously. What a scrub, amirite?" Cter nudged Frisk, and they laughed lightly, smiling.
"But don't worry, they're squishy like you and me." Cter said, poking one of his cheeks in for a moment and succeeding in making Frisk laugh again.
"They probably won't hurt ya, don't worry. They don't do that kinda stuff nowadays." Cter said, placing his hands in his pockets after handing Frisk a wet nap to clean the ink off their hand.
"Actually, shizzle bizzle, that's them up there." Cter looked past Frisk for a moment.
"I got an idea. You mind helping me cure my boredom for a bit? I usually screw around with them when I'm bored, but I've been runnin' outta ideas lately. But you being here has given me a few." Cter grinned maniacally.
Frisk laughed lightly. "Yeah sure, that could be fun."
"Glad ya think so." Cter said, hunching slightly as he walked past them, jumping the incredibly small crack in the ground.
Frisk jumped over it as well, not believing they'd thought it was too wide earlier.
"I'm Frisk by the way." Frisk said as they followed after Cter, who nodded.
"Coolio hoolio." Cter said, not looking over his shoulder as he hunched forward while walking.
"Here they come." Cter said, stopping as they entered a small break in the trees, a wooden sentry station sitting in the corner and a lamp shaped like Frisk sitting in the center of the area.
"Quick, behind that conveniently shaped lamp." Cter said, lifting one hand from his pocket and pointing to the lamp shaped just like them.
Frisk quickly hid behind the lamp, watching as another human walked into the area, wearing a green coat with one yellow stripe going through it.
"Cter, why are you just standing there?" They asked before Cter could greet them.
"Eh, I just thought that lamp looked really cool. Wanted to stare at it." Cter shrugged.
"Lamp-" Chara's eyes widened, easily spotting Frisk from the angle they were at, Frisk sweating nervously.
"Cter, there's another human behind that lamp." They said, staring with semi wide eyes at Frisk.
"What? Nah, it's just part'a the lamp." Cter waved a hand dismissively.
"What- no, what? Are you being serious right now?!" Chara snapped at Cter.
"Woah, just take it easy man." Cter rose both hands, telling them to calm down.
"Cter there is a human RIGHT there!" Chara pointed to Frisk. "For once can you take your job seriously?!"
"I think you've been working too hard brosky." Cter shook his head. "You're seeing humans again."
Frisk couldn't help but begin giggling, making Chara angrier.
"They are GIGGLING right now! Do you honestly expect me to believe that there isn't someone there?!"
"You gotta go get some rest. You're worrying me."
"Wipe that sh!t eating grin off your face!" They snapped, only succeeding in making Cter laugh.
"... I'm gonna go on ahead. When you're done making your stupid, overly complicated and dangerous jokes, come up and meet me." They glared, stomping off in the other direction and grumbling angrily as they did so.
"Alright, that one was pretty great." Cter laughed to himself as he wiped a tear from his eye. "You can come out now."
"Well, you should probably get a move on. Gotta get to Undyne and... Well uh... Better you than me." Cter shrugged, and Frisk wasn't sure what he meant.
"Uh... Okay." Frisk began walking the same way that Chara went.
"Hey, wait." Cter rose one hand, making Frisk stop and look over their shoulder at him.
"Chara works pretty hard on their puzzles. Became kind of a hobby of theirs. I think they think capturing a human will help make up for... Well. Could you uh... Play along for awhile? They've been kinda down lately." Cter said, and Frisk was slightly surprised by the lack of... Anything humorous in his words.
"Sure." Frisk smiled, and Cter smiled lightly in return.
"Thanks a billion. I'll see ya up ahead." Cter walked in the other direction, and Frisk looked slightly confused by this before shrugging, continuing on.
They came to a glowing star, recognizing it from the Ruins and pressing it.
*the convenience of that lamp still fills you with DETERMINATION.
They continued forward, stopping at a box and deciding to open it, grabbing the Tough Glove from inside.
Frisk continued on, spotting two humans up ahead.
"So as I was saying about Monster Kid-" Chara stopped, hearing Frisk's feet crunch the snow and looking over to them.
"See, Cter? Other. Human." They pointed at Frisk.
"What? Duder, that's a rock." Cter said, arching a brow at Chara as Frisk looked over their shoulder at the rock behind them.
"IN FRONT. OF. THE ROCK." They said, a vain on their forehead popping out in anger as they loomed over Cter, who gulped, shrinking under their glare.
"O-okay, geeze... Take it easy." Cter said, glancing to the side.
"You!" Chara looked back to Frisk. "Be ready! I'm gonna stop you, capture you, and ship you off to Undyne. Then... Then everyone will stop giving me those looks, Monster Kid will let me join the Royal Guard, and I'll finally be able to... Er, it... It doesn't matter! Continue, only if you dare!"
"..."
"That was cheesy." Cter glanced over at Chara, who groaned.
Chara continued on.
"Don't worry bud, I'll keep an eye out for ya." Cter winked his right eye shut, staring at Frisk with that left for a moment before continuing ahead.
Frisk continued ahead, eyes narrowing with DETERMINATION.
They stopped at a box just like the last sentry station, looking inside to find things like chocolate bar wrappers and a bag of other chocolate things sitting under the bar stool in front of the station's counter.
Thinking back, they decided to go back and check Cter's sentry station.
Crumpled up pieces of paper? They unfolded one, finding... A terrible drawing. It was so disproportionate and unaligned... Frisk had no idea what it was supposed to be.
They reached over the counter, grabbing the notebook under the stool there and flipping to a random page.
The handwriting was poor but, when the words were deciphered, it was... Amazing. A notebook long story that made Frisk sit there and read until they realized they had an objective and forced themselves to put the book down.
They walked back, walking by a station without thinking, a dog like monster suddenly bursting from it.
"MOVING!" He exclaimed, Frisk's soul appearing once more as they yelped in surprise.
*doggo needs to lay off the dog treats.
Frisk didn't move, and Doggo's eyes narrowed.
Where the..? I coulda swore..." He scratched his head and Frisk had a realization.
Doggo turned around, looking behind him, Frisk crept closer, reaching up and petting behind his ear.
"What?! I've been pet?! Pet by something not moving?!"
Frisk crept by Doggo as he had his mental break down.
"Oh yeah, prolly trolley shoulda warned ya about blue attacks." Cter said, leaning against a tree as Frisk walked by.
"Blue attack?" Frisk asked curiously.
"See, blue attacks are easy. Just don't move, and they can't hit you." Cter shrugged.
"Think of it like a stop sign. When you see a stop sign, you stop, dontcha? Aight, well stop signs are red, so just think of it like a blue stop sign."
"... Um... Thanks?" Frisk said, somewhat confused.
"Heh. No prob." Cter closed his eyes, smirking lightly.
Frisk slid across the ice, wobbling slightly before reaching the end of the ice, continuing forward.
Walking down that path, they realized that Chara and Cter were both standing ahead.
"Eh- wha- but- how?" Frisk looked between where Cter had been and where he was now.
"Don't you take anything seriously? You know humans can be dangerous, and yet you just-"
"Alright, just deactivate try hard mode and take a chill pill." Cter cut Chara off, only succeeding in irritating them more.
As they were about to explode, Cter pointed to Frisk, and Chara's eyes widened.
"Human!" They regained their composure.
"You won't be getting any further! Cter and I have set up plenty of traps and puzzles to catch you." Chara smirked.
"Take one more step, and you'll see what I mean."
"Wait aren't you supposed to give them the orb fir-" Cter was cut off, Frisk stepping onto the square of flatted snow in front of them.
Cter was lit up in electricity, his eyes widening as his hair stuck up.
Chara burst into laughter as Cter's eyes narrowed, frowning as steam rose up from his singed hair.
"That's for trying to convince me they were a lamp!" Chara said, and Cter sighed.
"Yeah, fair enough." He shrugged, laughing lightly at their prank and pulling the orb from his pocket, throwing it onto the snow.
"Alright, let's go." Chara said, walking in the other direction.
"Hey, thanks." Cter said as Frisk walked across the maze zap free.
"Chara seems like they're having fun." Cter smiled lightly, glancing back in the direction that they went.
"Haven't gotten stung back by them like that in awhile..." Cter closed his eyes for a moment.
"Anyway." He reopened his eyes, losing that air of care he wore for a moment.
"Next puzzle's one'a mine. Hope you're ready." Cter smirked, closing his eyes as he walked back in the direction Chara went.
Frisk smiled lightly, nodding and walking after him.
They bought something from the sad ice cream man, eating the Nice Cream bar and smiling as they walked forward, saying aw to the little message on the wrapper.
"Y'know, I've been thinking about selling treats too." Cter said, startling Frisk.
"Oh yeah?" Frisk said with interest.
"Yeah. 5 G for iced fire." Cter grinned, glancing to the side.
"Iced fire?" They asked in confusion.
"5 G." Cter winked his right eye shut.
"Okay, fine. I wanna see this." Frisk smirked, pulling out a bag of gold coins and digging through it.
"Did I say 5 G? I meant 50 G." Cter grinned.
"... Okay?" Frisk reached for more.
"500, I meant."
Frisk's eyes narrowed further somehow. "... Fine."
"Sorry again, I actually meant 5000 G." Cter said, shrugging.
"Fine." Frisk smirked in challenge.
"50000, that's my last offer." Cter said, and Frisk still kept that DETERMINED look, and by that I mean their face was just three lines.
Frisk held out their bag that they held money in, opening their other hand.
"... I don't have any fire." Cter grinned, glancing to the side.
Frisk sighed, pinching the bridge of their nose and laughing lightly, continuing away.
Frisk found there way into the next room, seeing Chara and Cter standing at the other end of it.
"There you are!" Chara smirked. "You'll surely be-... Cter, where's your puzzle?" Chara's eyes narrowed as they looked over at Cter, who shrugged.
"Wait, this one was supposed to be my puzzle? Diddly darn." Cter snapped his fingers in defeat.
"Eh-" Chara rose one hand to say something, when they stopped, shaking for a moment before groaning, running their hand down their face in irritation.
"I'm... I'm going ahead." They looked down, shaking their head and waving a hand at Cter dismissively, leaving the area.
"Well, that was fun." Cter said as Frisk gave them a look that said 'Are you serious with all this crap you've been doing?'
Or... Something like that.
"Bye the way, you know that big ol' striped coat Chara's been wearing? Heh, when we first moved here, they refused to buy a coat or use one'a mine, they were real prideful like that. So they kept wearing a shirt that looked just like that while they bought a buncha materials, and then they made that coat themselves."
"Man, I remember walking into their room and finding them with a buncha holes punched in their hands from trying to knit and with a buncha tape and glue stuck to them." Cter laughed, shaking his head.
"Needless to say, making clothes isn't their strong suit. But they figured it out eventually." Cter shrugged.
Frisk smiled at the story, continuing on.
They stepped over where the spikes once were, Chara looking to them in surprise.
"What the- Did Cter tell you how that puzzle works?" They asked, eyes narrowing.
"No." Frisk shook their head.
"Hm... Alright, it's an easy puzzle anyway..." They watched Frisk skeptically as they entered the next room.
Frisk followed after them.
"Cter passed out with a tub of ice cream on our couch once." Chara rolled their eyes as the story came to mind. "How depressing."
"Could you imagine what that guy's life would be like if I wasn't around? He'd be a worse mess than he already is, that's for sure." They crossed their arms.
"Anyway, I think Cter screwed up this puzzle on purpose. Rearranged the snow or something in attempt to irritate me." Chara's eyes narrowed.
Frisk's eyes widened as they spotted a switch on a tree, walking over to it and pressing it.
They then walked over, stepping on the floor panel and making the spikes across the room go down.
"... Wow, you're good." Chara nodded. "Alright, I'll see you at the next one." They continued ahead, walking past Cter, who seemed to have been sleeping against the spikes, startled by them falling.
"So, ya figured it out without my help, eh?" Cter rubbed his head as he stood again, Frisk walking near.
"That's cool. It's not like I wanted to nap or anything." Cter said sarcastically.
Frisk continued by, seeing the other humans once again ahead of them at the other end of a floor of grey tiles.
"There's no way anyone can get by this puzzle, it was made by Doctor Mettaton!" Chara assured.
"The instructions are way too long, you won't remember them anyway. So here we go!" Chara pulled a lever on a rectangular machine next to them.
The tiles flashed, eventually forming a straight path that, from Chara's dropped jaw and Cter's hysterical laughter, Frisk guessed was completely safe.
"What are the odds?!" Cter laughed hysterically, falling into the snow and holding his stomach, tears building in the corners of his eyes as Chara just walked away, still baffled.
"Aw man..." Cter continued laughing lightly, wiping a tear from his eye.
"Hey, once Chara tried to cook something, you know?" Cter looked to Frisk as they walked by.
"It was like... Spaghetti? Y'know that thing that requires boiling water and that's it? Sweet Jesus... Needless to say, we order from Gaster's most'a the time." Cter shook his head, and Frisk continued past him, laughing lightly at the story.
Frisk noted a small detour, walking down it to find what seemed to be a snow Chara and a... Pile of snow with the word Cter written on it in blue marker.
Frisk shook their head at those two's antics, continuing on.
The bridge creaked lightly under Frisk's feet as they walked over it, seeing Chara and Cter standing at the end of it.
"Human!"
"My name is Frisk."
"Frisk!" Chara corrected themselves. "This is my final trap! If you can get by this, then you must be terrifyingly strong!" They tried their best hero impression, only succeeding in amusing Cter.
Chars was about to press button, when they paused.
"Uh... And the hold up is happening why?" Cter glanced over at them.
"Hold up? What hold up?! I... I'm about to press it, gimme a minute!"
"..."
"You're not gonna press the button, are ya?" Cter arched a brow at them, hands in his jean pockets.
"Well... I just don't think this is the right way to end this, is all!" Chara said, looking over to Cter with minor irritation.
"Suuuure." Cter rolled his eyes, smirking before they punched him in the shoulder.
"Ow..." Cter rubbed his shoulder, laughing lightly.
"Well... Don't think this means you're off the hook." Chara looked to Frisk.
"I'll have a great trap set for you at the end of Snowdin!" Chara said, continuing onward.
"Huh. Wow. You must've really made 'em enjoy themselves." Cter said as Frisk made it all the way down the bridge.
"I mean, this last one was like their master piece." Cter said. "I coulda swore they were dying to use it."
"Welp, either way, I appreciate you playing along and cheering them up. They'll be a lot more fun to mess with when they aren't depressed." Cter joked, glancing to the side.
"See ya around." Cter continued onward, Frisk smiling at his gratitude before continuing onward into Snowdin.
*the sight of such a friendly town fills you with DETERMINATION
See what I meant by a little different? I've always kinda wondered what Cter as just one of the characters in Undertale would be like.
And for no reason in particular, a few days, ideas for him in Sans' roll and other people in different roles kinda started to bombard me, and I thought this might be fun.
But this won't just be the exact some Undertale with some different dialogue and different characters in different places. There will be changes and differences.
So... I uh, I hope you enjoyed this. Because I've kinda already finished another chapter and a half, so... It'd suck if that went to waste.
So review if you liked it, okay? It'd help a lot.
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