A/N: YEY FOR CHARA
On that note, let's get on with the story!
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They woke up at the flowers.
That's odd….I could have sworn we were at the surface!
What happened?
You blacked out.
They rolled their eyes. Thanks for being oh-so-helpful, Chara.
Anytime, Frisk. Now, shall we get going? I have a little brother to see.
Actually, I want to confirm that yes, he still exists, and no, he's not dead.
I assume you mean Flowey.
They heard Chara sigh. Of course I mean Flowey.
What was that about me blacking out? And him not existing, and being dead?
I'll tell you after I confirm that my genocidal little brother is still alive.
Fiiiiine…
They walked forward, secretly worried about him as well.
If Chara says there's a chance he doesn't even exist….what happened while I was out….?
—
He was kind of worried about the fact that he wasn't a flower anymore.
Well, at least I'm not dead….that's something.
He was sitting on the green patch where he usually popped up, considering his options.
I could try and find out who reset the whole thing.
I could probably throw myself into the CORE and end this loop.
Or I could just sit here and wait.
Laziness won out. He sat there until the kid showed up.
—
They stared at Asriel, who was….literally just sitting on the ground, picking grass for no particular reason.
"How are you not a flower?" The question popped out before they could think of anything else.
He shrugged. "Absolutely no idea whatsoever."
"Asriel, that's not helpful…." He seemed a bit shocked by the fact that Chara was speaking through them.
I've told you not to do that.
It's just Asriel. It's not like it'll have any real consequences.
They sighed. "Sorry bout that…."
He shrugged. "Not the oddest thing that's happened, even just in the space of this month. I mean, there's been a genocidal human who literally looks exactly like you, Alphys actually stopped being a scaredy-cat to fight said human, and it turns out that three monster SOULs that were actually legitimately collected throughout said human's murder spree and the six human SOULs is enough to make me go Hyperdeath."
There was a loud silence.
"So, yeah. Not the craziest thing." Asriel finally added.
There was another long pause, then they finally said, "Um….when you say they looked exactly like me…."
He caught on. "Oh. Yeah. Sans is probably going to kill you a lot."
A lot.
"….frick."
Asriel just nodded. "I should go. Apparently I was actually dead this time, and I guess I'm kind of like Chara? Only, uh, I don't have to stay in your head, I guess….but I'm not sure if other people can see me, and I don't want to freak Mom out." He walked off to….somewhere.
….how does he know that? I didn't know that….
Loop memories.
What?
I'll explain everything when we get to Mom's house.
Ok….
They set off with a set goal. And no understanding of what either one of the two ghosts had said whatsoever.
—
To put it mildly, he was extremely confused.
WASN'T I DEAD?
DOES IT EVEN MATTER ANYMORE, IF I'M NOT DEAD?
….IS FRISK BACK?
He quickly realized that none of those questions could actually be answered, and that if he kept thinking about them, he was going to be late for training.
I'LL THINK ABOUT THEM LATER.
—
Toriel had come, just like always. She'd led them through the ruins (after they'd SAVEd), and eventually left them in a room.
They'd solved all the puzzles from memory (sometimes forgetting that, say, one rock needed to be asked to move, or that they couldn't just walk across the floor when it was cracked), and made it through fairly quickly.
And then Napstablook happened.
He was just as sad as always, but he said something odd this time.
"there's someone standing behind you, did you know that?"
They'd turned.
Napstablook had vanished when they turned around again.
The oddest part was that there had been nobody there.
Eventually they made it to the old house. Toriel came out, said the whole spiel about how they were hurt and she would heal them, and went inside.
They SAVEd real quick and followed her, eager to get both an explanation and some pie.
Toriel's pie was really good.
After she'd showed them their room (again), they sat down on the bed. "Ok. Explain. Now."
They heard Chara sigh. No way I'm getting out of it now, huh?
"Nope. Friggin explain."
Fine. Where do you want me to start?
"With what happened when I blacked out."
….you sure you wanna hear that first? It's kind of….disturbing.
"Fine. The loop memories, then."
Well, loop memories are kind of like regular memories. If anything changes, you can rely on them.
Well, me and Asriel can. And Sans. You don't have loop memories, since you always fall down here through the hole.
And I'm not sure if the others remember what happened when you blacked out. I hope the RESET memories went away. That timeline was awful and I never want to see that demon again.
"So, are you ever going to tell me what happened, or….?"
Well….um….
They sighed. "It's fine. I can wait a little longer."
When Chara spoke again, she sounded relieved. I'm kinda glad. I don't really wanna talk about it.
"I get it." They paused, a few memories of their surface life, before they fell down, flooding through their head. "I don't really wanna taco bout what happened before I fell down here."
YOU DID NOT JUST MAKE THAT PUN.
"You breader believe it." They grinned evilly. "Dew you have a problem with that? Are my puns too corny for you?"
FRISK NO.
"Frisk yes. I have an active imaginuttion and I'm nut afraid to use it. You can't get any pun pasta me."
FRISK STOP IT.
"Nut right now. I'm too eggcited to stop."
FRISK.
"You misunderstand. I don't carrot all what you think of my puns. You could call it…."
NO. FRISK. NO. STOP. BAD FRISK.
"….my punishmint for you, for not telling me about these things lentil now."
BAD FRISK. NO MORE PUNS.
"Alright. I'll stop."
Thank you.
"….for now." They grinned. "We will continue this war wheater."
AAAAARRRRGHHHHH.
They lay down and went to sleep, Chara muttering curses under her breath as they did.
—
Meanwhile, in between the code….
The Annoying Dog stretched, wagging it's tail.
Bark bark. This is a time skip!
Bark bark bark!
—
They woke up from the strangest dream they had ever had.
Why was that dog talking about time skips? It's not like we're in one of Alphys' fanfictions.
They yawned loudly, checking the clock. Morning to you too, Chara. Have pun last night?
NO. BAD FRISK. WE ARE NOT DOING THIS AT SEVEN AM IN THE FRIGGIN MORNING.
I'm kidding. That comment was ingest.
You're hopeless. Chara went silent.
Come back! It's no pun without you!
They waited a few more minutes.
Dangit.
They grabbed the slice of pie lying of the floor and took off toward the living room. Gotta find Toriel.
—
Evidently Toriel was in the basement.
Frisk didn't even trigger it….maybe she just wanted to seal up the exit.
Wouldn't blame her. Not after last time.
She let out a sigh. Frisk, I know you can hear me.
What's it to you? I thought you hated my puns.
I do.
So why are you back?
Because. Now shut up and stop her from destroying the exit.
Fine. Ass.
She felt Frisk start moving toward Toriel.
"You want to leave so badly?"
A nod.
"Hmph. You are just like the others."
Frisk shook their head. "I'm totally not like the others. Totally."
Toriel ignored the comment. "There is only one solution to this."
Frisk nodded.
"Pro-"
Frisk proceeded to interrupt. "PIE! THE SOLUTION IS PIE!"
The look on Toriel's face was somewhere between confusion and amusement. "….uh, no. The solution is not pie. Though I will gladly give you more if you wish for more."
"IT IS PIE! IT'S TOTALLY PIE! PIE FIXES EVERYTHING!"
Silence.
You're an idiot.
Am not! Pie DOES fix everything!
I stand uncorrected.
—
Such a naïve child….Asgore would have their head in an instant if I allowed them to leave.
She shook her head. "The solution is not pie."
"IT IS PIE! IT IS!"
"I admire your perseverance, but it is not pie."
The human tilted their head. "Why?"
"…." She had no good answer for that. This seemed to encourage the human to press their point.
"If you don't have a valid reason the answer is not pie, then maybe you shouldn't deny it so much!"
She sighed. "You are very stubborn. Let us see if you are as good at battling as you are at proving your point.
Bink!
—
They sighed as the battle interface came up. I hate battling Goat Mom. And the answer was pie. It was.
It really wasn't.
HOW DO YOU KNOW?!
It makes no sense.
Frick you.
They ignored whatever response Chara had to that, and pressed the Mercy button.
Mercy: Spare
Toriel didn't have anything to say to their sparing.
They concentrated on running straight into the fireballs.
—
She blinked.
Are they….trying to get hit?!
This is a very strange human.
—
They finished running into every single fireball they could. Wow. Down to 6 HP on the first turn. That's a new record.
Good thing I know her tricks. I don't have to waste food.
Mercy: Spare
"….what are you doing?"
They grinned. "TRYING TO GET MY PIE!"
There was a sigh from Toriel. "My child….I have told you pie is not the answer."
"PIE IS THE ANSWER! IT IS!"
Toriel just shook her head.
They concentrated on running into the fireballs again.
—
Around ten turns later….
"Fight me or run away!"
"Not until you admit I'm right!"
She sighed. They're really still doing this? Really?
Frisk. Pie isn't the answer.
IT IS.
IT IS AND I'M GONNA SHOW GOAT MOM I'M RIGHT.
Suit yourself. She cut off the connection again.
Not her fault if they got killed.
—
They knew this was the last turn before the no-attacks turn. If I'm gonna get the pie, I have to get it now.
They approached Toriel. "….can I have some pie?"
Toriel nodded, handing them a piece. "You still may not go out."
"But I wanna see Sans!"
Wrong answer.
Toriel seemed shocked. "How do you know of Sans?" She shook it off fairly quickly, though. "No matter. You shall not pass."
Great. Of all the times for Goat Mom to block me….
….were you seriously doing this just to get some more pie?
Yeah. Why?
….seriously?!
…..Uh, yeah….
You could have just ASKED her!
They shrugged. I also did this because I wanna see Dunkle Sans.
….I'm not entirely sure that's a good idea. Chara sounded uncertain. What happened when you blacked out….it kinda hit him hard.
They sighed. Let's get this over with.
—
Meanwhile between the code….
A black cat sits on the code.
"Yes, this another time skip. Yes, the author is a lazy butt in this chapter/book. Friggin deal with it."
It paused. "Meow."
—
Toriel was gone. So was the pie on the counter. "FRIGGIN DAMN IT!"
Aren't you the one who battled her?
"Shut up."
They went back the way they came. I can't wait to see Sans….
Asriel was once again sitting where Flowey would be. "Did you seriously battle Mom just to get some pie?"
"….maybe?"
He shook his head. "You can be really stupid sometimes…."
He faded away, letting them pass through.
Odd. Not entirely unexpected.
They went through the gate.
Snowdin Forest was just as ominous as last time. Possibly more so.
It's almost as if everyone's fled. But why?
They continued forward, toward the Big, Heavy Stick, as they'd dubbed it.
They inspected it.
It's too heavy to pick up. As you know very well.
They inspected it again.
I told you it's too heavy to pick up. Chara sounded a little nervous.
Again.
Stop friggin looking at the stick. Just get a move on.
Again.
YOU CAN'T PICK IT UP. WHY WOULD YOU EVEN WANT ANOTHER USELESS STICK.
Again.
….fine. Go ahead and try and pick it up. See if I care.
They attempted to pick it up.
….huh. It's rooted to the ground. Must be a tree root.
Again.
….you're seriously just wasting time trying to pick this up?
Again.
Stop it. Get a move on.
Again.
Ugh. Whatever. See if I care.
They stood up. Nah, you're right. It's too heavy, and besides, it's rooted to the ground.
...now you agree with me? Are you just being stubborn for the sake of being stubborn?
Maaaaybe.
Whatever. Chara went silent.
They walked forward.
Snap
They jumped, despite not being very surprised. Maybe it was just the fact that it had been almost completely silent just a few minutes before.
They kept walking.
Rustle
Jeezum, Sans. You're pretty loud.
They reached the gate.
"human ."
They jumped a little at Sans' voice, but reassured themselves that there was nothing to worry about.
"don't you know how to greet an old pal?"
There was a sudden feeling of dread at his tone.
"turn around and shake my hand."
They did so.
Bink!
"Wait, wait, what the heck?!" They did not expect to be put into a battle with Sans! I didn't sign up for this, god dammit!
Sans was facing away from them. "it's a beautiful day outside."
Another chill. Jeez, he can be scary.
"birds are singing, flowers are blooming…."
But he wouldn't hurt me.
"on days like these, kids like you…."
….right?
He turned around, his left eye flashing light blue and yellow. His right eye wasn't even there.
"….Should be burning in hell."
Their SOUL turned blue, and they hit the ground. Ow.
Bones suddenly shot up from the bottom of the bullet board, piercing their SOUL before they could jump properly. OW.
Wait, what's sapping my health so fast?
Their SOUL turned red again, and then a bone attack not unlike Icecap's ice path attack came toward them.
Frick. I was never good at that one.
They dodged a few, but hit most of them.
Crack
SHATTER
Well that was….not entirely unexpected. Do better next time, kay?