"Why Chara?" Flowey asked us as we apparoched him in the next room. "Weren't you the one who taught me the one absolute truth of this world?" He asked in genuine confusion.
"Kill or Be Killed. Yeah, I know, Flowey. How could I forget? It was the rule that we've followed all this time." I responded, taking on Chara's red glowing eyes.
"Then...why? Why aren't you gaining any LOVE? As you are now, you and your stolen Soul won't be strong enough to destroy this timeline." Flowey shook his head as if in thought. "What are you playing at? You seriously can't be sparing a few lives NOW." He hissed at the word "spare".
The golden flower then cracked a sinister smile as if coming to a conclusion. "Oh, I get it. You're just biding your time, huh? I get that. You just want to see what it'd be like to play the nice guy before resetting and killing them all over again." Flowey laughed cruely at this. "Well hurry it up wouldja, Chara? The world won't erase itself, ya know?" He huffed with an impatient scowl. "Don't tell me that you've gotten cold feet."
Raising our brow, I looked at Flowey in annoyance. "Didn't you say the world was fine the way it was? That you changed your mind about all this?" I shot right back at him.
Flowey suddenly recoiled in fear, trembling and eyeing the Toy Knife in our pocket anxiously. "C-Chara, I-I..." He tried to rebuttle.
"Just because I'm not killing anyone this time, don't assume I've gone soft already. Do you know how many timelines this Soul and I have consumed? How many times that we've turned this world into dust?" I continued without giving Flowey a word in, fiddling with the Toy Knife in our hands, smiling devilishly. "Five timelines, Flowey." We took a step towards the flower, smiling Chara's wide slitted grin as our shadow stretched far behind us. "Can you even comprehend what someone can do with that much LV?" I chuckled darkly as the flower trembled in fear.
"So tell me little weed," I continued, flipping the knife in our fingers and a stream of black ichor trickled down our eyes and mouth. "Since when were you in charge?!" I gave the golden flower a sadistic laugh, our crimson red eyes glowing menicingly bright.
"C-Come on, C-C-Chara, I would n-never tell you w-what to do, honestly. I was j-just c-curious about why you weren't killing anyone." Flowey stuttered in terror, shrinking down in submission.
I scoffed and raised a brow to Flowey. "Do you take me for a mindless killing machine? That I would just abandon a Genocide run and simply keep killing?" I challenged his excuse, causing him to shrink down even further.
"Frisk, give the poor guy a break. Can you go through one run without terrorizing the flower?" Chara spoke up in protest.
"Tch, fine Chara. Only because you asked." I relented with a sigh.
Snorting, I gave Flowey another glare before moving on, leaving him shaking there. Wiping off the black tar from our face, We continued through the double doors.
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Immediately opening the doors, we were met with a gust of chillingly frigid air. Luckily Chara's sweater was much heavier than mine, so the cold wasn't as bad as the other times.
Sighing, Chara and I walked down the long and narrow forested path. "You ready to meet the Comedian again, Partner?" I asked Chara as we stepped over the long heavy branch that shattered behind us, causing us to whip around,
"Of course not. That guy has always rubbed me the wrong way. Also, I could never forgive him after he killed us so many times." Chara snorted, crossing her arms to her transparent chest.
We came to the bridge with the gate, where we heard the heavy footfalls of the Comedian behind us. "human...don't you know how to greet an old pal..?" We flinched at his words, expecting the worst. "turn around and shake my hand..."
Sighing, we turned around and took the Comedian's bony hand and was immediately greeted by the sound of air rushing out of a balloon, a whoopee cushion. "hehe, the ol whoopee cushion in the and trick, works every time." Chuckling, the Comedian took off his whoopee cushion and put it inside his jacket. "hey, you're both human, right? that's hilarious. i'm sans, sans the skeleton. i'm actually supposed to be on watch for humans right now. but, ya know, i really don't care about catching anyone." His eyes went blank for a moment. "Dirty brother killers however..." His eye flashed blue menacingly, chilling us to the bone.
Right away, the pinpricks in his eyes returned and he chuckled, shaking his head. "naw, i'm just pulling your leg, kids. now my brother, papyrus...he's a human hunting FANATIC. hey, actually, i think that's him right over there. i have an idea. go on through this gate thingy. yeah, go right through. my bro made the bars to wide to stop anyone." He laughed softly and we followed the Comedian through the barred gate.
"Let's play along this time, Chara. Who knows, maybe it'll be fun." I suggested to her. Chara only grunted and sighed with a shrug.
She really doesn't like Sans, huh?
"quick, behind that conveniently-shaped lamp." Sans gestured towards the lamp ahead of us. Taking a reluctant Chara by the hand, we rushed over and hid behind the lamp.
Sure enough, the tall skeleton that we used to dub "the Loud One", spotted the Comedian and marched over to us.
"sup bro." Sans lazily waved his brother over.
"YOU KNOW WHAT'S -UP- BROTHER!" The shrill shouting voice pierced through the cold air. "IT'S BEEN EIGHT DAYS AND YOU STILL HAVEN'T...RECALIBRATED...YOUR...PUZZLES! YOU JUST HANG AROUND OUTSIDE YOUR STATION!" The Loud One reprimanded his brother. "WHAT ARE YOU EVEN DOING?!"
"staring at this lamp. it's pretty cool, you wanna take a look?" Sans gestured to the lamp we hid behind with a chuckle. Chara and I held our breath, staring daggers at the Comedian.
The Loud One stamped his foot in frustration."NO! I DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THAT! WHAT IF A HUMAN COMES THROUGH HERE!? I WANT TO BE READY!" Papyrus shouted, his voice echoing throughout the forest. "I WILL BE THE ONE! I MUST BE THE ONE! I WILL CAPTURE A HUMAN!" The Loud One posed heroically, just in time for a gust of icy wind to blow his cape around. "THEN, I, THE GREAT PAPYRUS...WILL GET ALL THE THINGS I UTTERLY DESIRE. RESPECT, RECOGNITION! I WILL FINALLY BE ABLE TO JOIN THE ROYAL GUARD! PEOPLE WILL ASK TO BE MY..."FRIEND"?" He trailed off in a small voice.
So...he just want's a friend...now I really feel bad about killing him all those times before...
"I WILL BATHE IN A SHOWER OF KISSES EVERY MORNING!" Nevermind, this guy's full of himself.
"hmm, maybe this lamp will help." Sans, I swear to God, if you sell us out...
"SANS! YOU'RE NOT HELPING! YOU LAZYBONES! ALL YOU DO IS SIT AROUND AND BOONDOGGLE!" Wait, is 'boondoggle' even a word? "YOU GET LAZIER AND LAZIER EVERYDAY!" Papyrus shrieked in fustration.
"hey, take it easy. i've gotten a ton of work done today." Sans' grin only grew wider at this, and I grimaced at what was about to happen. "a skele-ton" He said with a wink. I softly groaned at the Comedian's pun, Chara joining in with me.
"SANS!" Papyrus shrieked in irritation.
"c'mon bro, you're smiling." The Comedian flashed a sly grin at his brother.
"I AM, AND I HATE IT!" Papyrus let out a sigh, which was still pretty loud. "WHY DOES SOMEONE AS GREAT AS ME...HAVE TO DO SO MUCH TO GET SOME RECOGNITION..."
"wow, sounds like you're really working yourself..." He said, preparing for another joke. "down to the bone." Chara had to cover my mouth from groaning out loud.
"UGH! I WILL ATTEND TO MY PUZZLES. AS FOR YOUR WORK..." Wait...he isn't gonna...
"PUT A LITTLE MORE...BACKBONE INTO IT! NYEHEHEHEHEH!" The Loud One exclaimed proudly before swaggering off, before turning around one last time. "HEH!"
Alright, I'll admit, that one was actually pretty good.
"okay, you can come out now." Sighing in relief, we stepped out from the lamp and glanced at the Comedian before moving on.
"actually, hey, can you do me a favor? i was thinking, Papyrus seems a little down lately. he's never seen a human before and seeing one might just make his day. don't worry, we both know how harmless he is." I flinched, glancing behind us to see Sans' empty eyes. "yeah, we both know that you two are the ones we gotta worry about, ain't that right, kiddos?" Sans chuckled grimly before closing his eyes. "i'll be up ahead. see you guys later." The Comedian turned around and walked the opposite direction.
"Chara...I think the Comedian remember the last reset..." I finally said with a shaky breath.
