Alright. I believe it's stable enough by now.

* looks like it.
* but now, what if there's a reset?

Naaah. You're all on break time for now, remember? No one's getting at any other's throats and no one's forgetting anything. So why won't you just try to chill and have fun while it still lasts, uh?

* maybe because all this is just everything BUT okay?
* just YOU being here, is… ugh. i'm really wondering why i haven't just blasted you as soon as you told me you were the one behind all this mess.

I love you too, Sansy~ =)

* … (sigh)
* i have a question though. how exactly did you build it this fast? i mean, how could you build it that stable this fast?

Let's just say I have my ways ;)
Which is also why you didn't manage to blast me when you tried. It's really cool being, you know, the one who WRITES fate. You can't do ANYTHING against me =)

* … anyway.
* so. we're really doing this, uh, "Q&A" thingy? i hope you remember the conditions, though.

Ugh. YES. No face to face, you'll just be texting using either the Undernet or the regular Net, depending on the occasion. Thanks to the machine I just magically temporarily rebuilt, we'll be able to connect both systems for the time of those sessions. So you guys can all keep texting with your regular former accounts and usernames or whatever.
Seriously though, why not some field trip? You'd really feel like having some vacation right now, don't you? Is it just because of your numerous fans out there? Oh, I didn't know you could be that shy, Sansy~

* remember why i didn't simply try to directly contact the developer to begin with? … his name's toby, right? anyway. you guess it could've been kinda helpful to directly get him.
* but i didn't. and that's exactly for the same reason that i'm one hundred percent convinced that this thing right now is the perfect example of a bad idea.

… Alright. Yours wanting to keep a low profile and avoid becoming world-wide famous in Molly's world and get everyone else into trouble or whatever. I can respect that.
But uh, did I mention the guys you're gonna talk to are not from her world either?

* i don't care. this one is just pretty much the same as hers.
* and there's also just the fact that magic's unstable in her place and we'd die within minutes there. but that's just detail.

Heh. Right.

* there's another thing that's been bugging me all this time, though. why now? didn't you say you wanted to work all day for your chemistry test and that you couldn't come before 8pm or something?

The test is next Saturday, I have all darn week to work on this. Plus I've just had four hours of a very annoying physics exam this morning that required me to wake up at five o'clock and I'm just not feeling up to this right now.
And it's my freaking birthday, for Pete's sake. I do whatever I want.

* huh. alright, boss.

Anyways. I'll go see if the others are online. Maybe at least THEY will be more enthusiastic.

[16:23] LutiasKokopelli: So. Are you guys all ready? ;D
[16:23] StrongFish91: YEAH!
[16:23] definitelynotsans: absolutely not.
[16:24] CoolSkeleton95: SO IT'S TRUE? WE'RE ALL POPULAR HERE? WOWIE!
[16:24] ALPHYS: I guess?
[16:24] Pineapplup: Sure, why not :/
[16:24] CoolSkeleton95: HEY, WHO IS THAT? ARE THERE SOME PINEAPPLE MONSTERS IN THE CAST?
[16:25] Pineapplup: uh, no. It's just always been my most common alias on the net, especially on TVF. Either way I'm just Dawn. The human.
[16:25] CoolSkeleton95: DO HUMANS SMELL LIKE PINEAPPLE? WHY IS YOUR HANDLE PINEAPPLE? WHAT'S A PINEAPPLE?!
[16:25] Pineapplup: Uuuuuuh… Guys, help?
[16:26] definitelynotsans: i'll tell ya later, bro. for now, we're all gonna have more than enough questions on our own, so uh… let's keep this for later.
[16:26] CoolSkeleton95: OH. OKAY.
[16:27] LutiasKokopelli: Alright guys, brace yourselves! The questions are starting! \o/

— Behind the Scenes —
(Questions about the author and the fiction's origins)

Question 1

Out of curiosity, what was it like learning English? I am wondering because I want to compare it to my experience taking French lessons. I personally am quite curious about the similarities and differences between different regions, cultures, so on and so forth.

Well, first of all, in France we start to learn foreign languages really soon— I started learning English when I was what, seven maybe? I'll turn nineteen on Saturday, so you could say I've been practicing the language for a while (and writing fics IS one incredibly good and fast way to improve).
I have to say, you probably noticed but French is way harder to learn than English. Not because English would be a poorer language or anything— on the contrary, the English vocabulary is like ten times wider than the French one, I think? It's just that whereas the difficulty in learning English in general is to well, memorize thousands of words and expressions (like those damn phrasal verbs), this difficulty still remains, well, manageable: the fact is, you can write (some poor, but understandable) English while not knowing more than two hundreds recurrent words or something: because the grammar is actually very easy to learn, and there are very few difficulties with that. At least, if you compare with French.

The difficulty with French lies within its GRAMMAR. Which means, the very way to structure the core of every single sentence of your speech. There are like six modes, a dozen tenses, there is no definite order of the words in your sentence so you can literally write ten times the same sentence with all the exact same words without writing ten times the same thing; and I'm not even talking about the way you have to make your adjectives (even sometimes participial verbs) agree with your nouns, even when sometimes there can be a whole sentence separating them from the nouns they belong to (poetry, what a marvelous thing).
No wonder we have that many spelling tests, even until the beginning of high school sometimes.

So in my opinion:

English is rather easy to learn at first thanks to its rather simple grammar: future doesn't even technically exist as a tense, there are only three forms you have to learn for each verb, and since English is a verbal language— really, speech becomes about natural rather early (especially if you, well, watch series and all, of course).
Yet it becomes harder as the lessons go and you have to further improve your grasp over all the subtleties between different words: while in French we LOVE to describe things with long phrases and descriptions with a lot of nouns and adjectives everywhere, English often has just one word to describe the whole exact idea— one word that, well, technically can't be translated in French by one single word— or if it can, then it will be a very general one: 'glimmer', 'spark', 'light', 'glare'— you can all translate them by "lumière" ("light") in French; "éclat" ("spark") at best, when it's relevant. Instead of "He kicked the door open", in French we can only say: "He opened the door by hitting it with his foot." That's some rough translation, but that's the idea.

In French, on the other hand— in order to actually speak naturally this language, you first need to know about most of those fifteen-to-twenty tenses (to be honest, I gave up counting them precisely because I just didn't know whether I should consider infinitive, imperative and participles as tenses or not). There are not that many words to learn (at least when you compare with the large English vocabulary), but the problem remains in the very structure of building up your sentences. You can still find a way to walk around the problem if you don't know the translation for one English word; in the worst cases you end up sounding silly by trying to resort to silly words in order to awkwardly try to describe the idea of what you have in mind, but at least you're never completely stuck (even if you will sound like a complete dork if the word in question is a very simple one). In French, if you don't remember how to conjugate your verb in the present subjunctive, you are doomed. Seriously.

Then again, I love both languages, for what they're worth— both can express very different things with two complementary and very different approaches; causality is reversed from one language to the other, many subtleties like these help to understand another view over things… and, well, that's one of those ways of reasoning that trained me to eventually always try to flip the problems the other way around and see if the answers come any easier. Now that's become the most common logic I use in my plots, and it always leads to… rather unexpected outcomes, sometimes. And usually really fascinating ones, actually. I love learning new languages, even if it's just learning about just some details like that, because by learning this you learn much more than just a language: you're also training your whole brain into thinking differently.
That's why I decided to learn Chinese in high school. I'm so disappointed I had to drop it for my preparatory years, because that was an utterly fascinating experience.

Question 2

Who's Dawn?

I'm going to take this question as "Where does the character come from?" — Because it's true that building that character really took a while, to be honest.
At first, I actually had pretty much nothing planned for Molly. You know what? Until (I,4), she actually didn't even have a name to begin with— I had tried to give her one of course, but I just couldn't find any that I could be satisfied with and, well, I just didn't think that was important anyway. Sans' machine was supposed to bring some really completely random person; it could really have been anyone, and it just happened to be Molly because she just happened to start playing at the wrong time. So at first, really, the only thing I had fully settled about her was her necrophobia— because I wanted this psychological awkward relationship between them to build. As if things weren't difficult enough between them, with Sans being still technically a kidnapper and Dawn being technically his victim. I love the Sans~Dawn relationship and I love writing about it, just because of how messed up and awkward it is for both of them :p

Anyways. I really started to build some real character and a real personality for her starting from (I,4). I actually needed her to have at least some personal opinions over the game, if only her favorite characters, music and so on. I believe it was at that time that I decided to give her this passion over music and her piano skills, too. I mean, not everyone can guess just like that a theme's exact notes and sing them correctly. Maybe Dawn sucks at singing, but she still got the notes' names right.

Does she have "perfect pitch", though? Well, she's been playing the piano for a very long time and one of her favorite hobbies is to get her favorite songs and try to find them on her piano without having to look for the sheet, so this is some very good training to at least come rather "close" to having it, in a way. She now can recognize approximately most notes if she concentrates enough and has a reference (like her piano) nearby. On the other hand, she is completely unable to tell whether or not an instrument/singer is on tune or not— well, unless it's openly obvious even to people who have never ever learned music to begin with that the one singing/playing is completely tone-deaf themselves.
So to make things clear: no, she doesn't. She's got some experience and she somewhat "trains" to get close to this result, but there's nothing extraordinary with that.
In the case of Alphys' theme and It's Raining Somewhere Else, it's just because she has already tried to play them before and remembers the notes.

As Sans stated in (II,4b), Dawn really loves music; that might be the only thing she fully and deeply enjoys doing without struggling too much. To the point that sometimes she even tried to write some songs; they don't sound that incredible and she feels very shy about them, though. She never told anyone about them and usually her sheets are well-hidden in some drawer in her room. She probably doesn't plan on anyone ever discovering them. Even Lys. Especially Lys.

The "Molly the Mole" issue came very quickly, actually. The truth is, I always had the name "Molly Wentworth" in mind for her— I have no idea where that came from, but I just had it in mind since the very beginning. But because of that silly nickname, I just didn't want to call her that, and for three whole scenes I ended up not giving her a name at all. It's just when I made some research, went through multiple name generators and eventually found "Dawn" that I reached a compromise. Because "Dawn Wentworth" just sounds silly.
At this time though, the whole backstory behind the name wasn't there yet— it was far from being that detailed, I mean. Lys didn't even exist yet at that time.

Speaking of Lys and all of Molly's other friends— around the end of Act I, I eventually thought that Dawn still had to have some other Undertale fans who told her about the game and eventually made her play. It wasn't like she had been mentioning them since the very beginning, after all.
At first, Molly was supposed indeed to have started the Hard Mode completely by accident— and as I had mentioned by then, that little part was due to some random self-deprecation because, well, that's how things happened for me. A friend of mine had been talking to me about Undertale for weeks, I made some research and watched the walkthroughs and wikia pages, eventually watched some fanarts/comics and read fanfiction, and eventually fell in love with the universe— all that while I had not even got the game myself. I still refused to play because I DO am ridiculously bad at playing videogames in general (sometimes amazing my friends because I am so bad at doing it that I sometimes really get some… rather unexpected outcomes), but after a while my friend just offered me the game in that "Now you don't have any excuses left, you HAVE to play it" mischievous grin of hers. And the very first time I played, let's just say it quickly ended this way:

LK: Hey, how am I supposed to spare Astigmatisms again?
VV: Wait, you're already in the CORE?!
LK: Eh? No, I'm still in the Ruins. Why?
VV: …
VV: Quit the game. QUIT THE GAME XD

So yes. At first Molly's case was supposed to look a little like mine. Until I ended up giving her a much more interesting and justified reason to play on that Run. At first, Dawn was supposed to be some kind of younger, dumber, clumsier version of me; like some self-deprecating self-insert that didn't want to admit it was one. But thankfully, over the time, I managed to give her some independence with her own backstory and her own psychology. I still could relate to her a little when I reminisce what I was like at her age, but that feeling started to fade as the story went on. She kept my issues, gained a few more, got some new skills (drumming, for example) and most importantly, a new perspective and way to deal with things. I'm mocking her a lot, but she's actually much more pragmatic (and less clumsy) than I am. Even if it doesn't show because of her (im)maturity.
So well, along with all that, now the main gang currently counts nine characters: Molly, Amaryllis, Steven, Jocelyn, and five others that should be introduced maybe at some point, why not. I can totally depict each of them if you ask, but they still remain rather secondary characters and they're not even in the Underground, so we shouldn't hear that much from them anyway… It really was more for the sake of expanding the universe, that's all.

About Dawn's psychology as it is now… The one trait there is to remember about her character, the one key to understand her behavior as much as, overall, her relationship with Lys (and by extension, the one she is currently developing with Sans), is that Molly has always been a follower. One thing she shares with Alphys that you had probably guessed by now, is that both characters have (for completely different reasons though) a very low self-esteem.
Molly never had a lot of friends— for a very long time, Lys was practically her only friend, and it's only thanks to her discovering Undertale and one little Undertale-dedicated forum on the Internet called The Temmie Village (named TVF for short), that the rest of the gang formed and included them. Steven is its founder and administrator by the way, and Lys became a moderator a few weeks after she joined the community. The forum was young at the time and it still isn't a very famous one, but most of the first members to join it became very close friends afterwards. They actually enjoy the atmosphere of the group as it is and would not really wish the forum to expand "too much" paradoxically; the community spirit is what they care the most about.

Already when Molly met Lys for the first time, the girl gave some pretty spectacular impression; and her general character didn't really help. Already as a kid, she was proud as a peacock; and even if she does care about Molly and her friends, she still has some rather strong ego— though she has grown up a little and noticed that, and has since then always tried to hide and deny it (in vain, especially when she meets a certain other figure in the gang who is just as strongminded as her). Now, Lys rather tries to be the "protective big sister" kind within the gang, since in a way it somewhat helps hiding that big strong pride of hers behind a wall of kindness and altruism, that she genuinely wishes to be sincere and generous. Especially towards Dawn.
But the truth is, from the very start— they have never been standing as equals at all.
It's still rather hard to fully understand how they really became friends for now with just (II,5b)… But some more info should arrive upon the next scenes. When they arrive.

In any ways, Lys' impact on Molly's life remains deeply significant not only about their relationship and Molly's discovering of Undertale; this game isn't the only thing Lys brought to Dawn's life, and it probably won't be the last— I mean, if they ever meet again, of course.
Dawn's alleged hobby for science? She simply admired Lys' confidence and good grades, and Lys would eventually start to teach her some of her personal interests. Since fourth grade, both kids shared the childhood dream of becoming inseparable brilliant scientists and discovering anything and everything. Now that they're in high school, one's carrier seems pretty much settled; the other's is… more uncertain.

The one field Dawn still has the upper hand on between the two is music. Ever since she heard that Lys' singing voice was lovely (at least, so she thinks), her ultimate goal in life has been to teach her music and solfege— because uh, sadly, Lys is completely tone-deaf.
… This is still a work in progress. At this point, Lys can't even read a music sheet.

Question 3

… Now that I look again, is "Molly" supposed to be a play-off of the "Anomaly"? :P

Haha, nice observation! But surprisingly enough, that's entirely untrue. I had not even thought of that until I had been told about this, and honestly that could have been a really good reason for me to want to name her, if I had thought of this. Since, well, it did take me a while to actually FIND a proper name for her.
As I said in the question right above, until (I,4) she didn't even have any. She hardly had any really interesting backstory to her phobia at all. By the time I was just secretly referring to her by the 'codename' "Patience", the color of her Soul.

But as I said, I just… went with it. "Molly Wentworth" eventually just popped out of nowhere after a while and that was the first name to ever come to my mind when I thought about that character. At first I didn't like that name, but eventually I changed my mind and just felt like "Actually, that completely suits her 8D"

I had more trouble finding out the "Dawn" part though, but I guess the "Pokémon" argument got me in the end when I randomly came across that name after some research. Yes, THAT ONE, out of all things.
Thankfully I later found some better reason for me to pick this as her middle name: the "Down the Hole"—"Dawn the Mole" pun. Because I'm such a dorky jerk and proud of it :D

I think that the reason I went with "Molly" is just because I guess when she was born, her parents thought she was so cute and adorable and everything and… well, I guess she forgot how to grow up, anyway. I don't know, "Molly" sounds in my mind as some name that stands mostly for cute and childishly innocent little girls— so in a way… That was exactly what I needed. I don't know that's just a very silly feeling but I can't get it out of my head somehow.
(Molly, if you read this, I'm sorry)

And, uh, remember. English isn't my first language and it takes me hours to just find Sans' puns, when they're not merely the fandom's classics (and my puns already suck in French anyway. I honestly feel ashamed whenever I make Sans tell a pun because he just doesn't deserve telling such lame ones. Sans is supposed to be a real comedian :c). So unless I had been very lucky and found that one just like that, I would never go that far xD

Question 4

Did Sans' hand heal?
(Question asked at the end of Act I)

This question was asked a long time ago, but just because it led me to further explain the whereabouts of how and why I brought this issue during all Act I to begin with, I'll still paste the answer I had given at the time:

First off, yep, obviously his hand got to heal thanks to the Reset (as you might have probably noticed in Act II anyway). Everything in the Underground is restored to the exact state it was in at the date of the Reset, so unless Sans already was somewhat disabled at this time, this should also just as well 'disappear' with the Reset — and Sans even counted on that fact to think that it "doesn't matter, my hand'll be back as soon as i'm done anyway." That, uh, just didn't really work out the way he had expected it.

The whole story, now: I never purposefully intended to get Sans to become partly disabled in the first place (let alone if it were merely and solely for "ZE FEELZ"), and that's the main reason why I deliberately avoided explaining it in the details or describe the state his hand was in, or whatever (besides, I'm just not really good at writing descriptions of Eldritch abominations or whatever anyway). I only did this in the first place because that was the most logical outcome, and because I couldn't find for him any other way to kidnap a Player effectively— not for lack of trying. There simply was no other solution for Sans than to grab Dawn by the collar of her shirt and directly drag her in his shortcut within the approximate 5~10 seconds he could afford.
This also somewhat explains why she doesn't fully remember that part, at least when she wakes up in (I,1) and (I,2): both the surprise from the 'jump-scare' and her natural necrophobia made this moment much more traumatizing than usual, to the extent that in her case, her brain simply decided to pretty much 'erase' the memory and bury it in her subconscious, at least at the beginning. Freud really makes things handy at times hahaha.

By the way, it's kind of obvious and Sans already mentioned that in (II,5b) anyway, but the reason his machine would only respond when the Player is about to begin a new game was because by doing so, he had a 100% confirmation that his prey would necessarily be there to press the 'Enter' key, and thus would have to be right in front of the screen to do so, around one foot away from it — making them an easy target since the computer (the origin of the signal his machine would detect and use to calculate the coordinates) would be the place to settle his shortcut. By doing this, Sans only had to just grab the person on the other side, and pull. Easy and fast trick.

And as you had pretty much guessed it, the lack of stability magic has in Molly's world was what caused it all. For those who still want to know what it's supposed to look like, I see it as slightly similar to the way the amalgamates melted in the first place — hence Sans' highly sarcastic retort about determination in (I,3). Though it's still… not really the same process. Pretty much the opposite, to be fair. "Determination" has a much weaker influence in Molly's world, and since I consider it to be the one interaction vector that can maintain magic together, that explains both why Dawn's Soul holds much more Determination than normal (otherwise it just couldn't keep itself together either and would probably disintegrate within minutes), and why any magical thing/person with a lower average of Determination within their structure would suffer great damage upon entering her world.
(And before you ask, yes, I consider that even normal monsters DO hold Determination. Their Soul's Determination is still worth around 0.001 kMS after all, remember? It's just that since a normal human's Soul is worth 12 kMS, well, that's much easier to just approximate by saying that they don't have any. Though that's still technically very wrong to say this, since without those 0.001 kMS they'd be dusted within seconds.)
Amalgamates, though? I guess they could have a chance. Depends on how much they've got.

Question 5

Well, let's see exactly how Ms. Molly interacts with Game Over Resets/loads. Back to the basement, or is her physical location resistant?
(Question asked after (II,2))

I thought Sans had made that clear enough in (II,1), but apparently that was not the case; so here is some little more detailed explanation about it.

Whether it would be a Reset or a Reload of any sorts, or in general pretty much anything turning around random time shenanigans occurring in Undertale, Molly is, simply, not affected; and each time will happen the exact same thing: she will simply stay exactly where she is, and instead just see the surroundings change around her, the people/objects (dis)appear and such.
You could see this as some kind of time-based shortcut, I guess: Sans' shortcuts is teleportation through space while time doesn't change at all, Molly's "resistance" to Resets would be teleportation through time while space (as in "spatial location") doesn't change. For her at least. Everything's relative after all.

I could maybe have done something about locking her in the basement each time (and make her lying down and fall from the couch that isn't there anymore every single time, MUAHAHA), but I didn't do so for two main reasons:

Firstly, because it didn't make sense for me at all. If Molly were affected by the Resets and were supposed to reappear in the spot she was standing at the new time reached by the Reset/Reload, then she would technically just vanish since she technically didn't even exist yet at that time, in that universe. And uh, that would have been slightly stupid I guess. If only because Sans would have probably just given up already and resigned to just stick to the script and do over, having learned his lesson that messing with things he doesn't entirely understand is not a good idea. And the story would have ended on a rather tragic and boring note.

And second because… how should I put this…
… Isn't locking her in some overly safe place a little too easy, when the major danger right now is about anyone ever getting their hands on her Soul? I mean, yeah she would get really upset and frustrated upon having to rely on Sans' "freeing" her each time, but… you have to admit, that solution would have been actually very helpful and/or handy for him, actually. And Murphy doesn't approve :p

Question 6

Honestly, I'm confused about one thing soul wise. Does soul power affect HP, and if so how much influence does it have? My personal headcanon so far is that the average ingame human has 20 HP. Which upon further thought is probably false seeing as the only example I have is Frisk/Chara and they have an influence from the Player… Soooo yeah I'm at a standstill. Hope I get some answers later on.
(Question asked after (II,3))

You know what? You got me good there, and you're the very first reader to ask me an actual "spoilery" question. Well, it's not actual spoiler in and of itself, but… Heheh. That was… close. Thus why it's kinda tricky to answer this directly.

The thing is, I leave hints and lots of foreshadowing everywhere about ALL of those spoilery questions. I actually think of my plots that they're very predictable, so any moment I'm wondering whether or not anyone will actually see that hint over there and then start thinking about it and then whoops my bad they figured it all out because hey they're not stupid you dork you played with fire and you got burned.
This never happened before in any of my stories, but I'm sure it's more because of the readers' not going to look for those hints rather than me being "that good" at hiding/"encrypting" them. So well… Maybe someday someone will actually start to dig seriously and discover something before I decided it was time to surface it openly?

To answer your question honestly, though: I actually didn't think that one through. At all. Because I kinda had a reason not to bother thinking it through, I suppose?
The thing is, I see an "Outsider"'s Soul as some kind of bigger and more powerful Soul than a regular Human's— about 3.5 times bigger. The Outsiders themselves don't see any difference and are not necessarily stronger in any way; besides, thanks to Dawn's being human, her relative excess of Determination won't melt her like the Amalgamates (Why wouldn't her Soul melt, though? I do have an answer to this little problem… but the explanation kinda requires to do some pseudo-physics in a four-dimensional system (as a first approximation, no less. And by four dimensions I mean four spatial dimensions, I'm not counting time). So that's, uh, tricky). It's just that, as Dawn said, that makes it a "bigger target"; which is much more of a drawback rather than anything, in the end.
On the other hand, when it comes to beings able to manipulate magic, it's different. A monster absorbing two of those Souls would gain the same power as if they had absorbed seven normal Human Souls, thus become a God: which is why Sans is so fearful of Dawn dying and getting her Soul taken or absorbed by pretty much anyone in the Underground, as it was stated multiple times. He doesn't particularly LIKE her or anything, it's just mostly because of that if he's always sticking with her. Well, he does care about her as some friendly pal/little dorky irresponsible kid he has to watch over/human pet to babysit , too, but well. He definitely wouldn't be so overprotective if her Soul weren't such a ticking bombshell all the time.

Now, how would it affect her HP? It really depends on what you call HP. Some people call it "Hope", but in "reality", well, it's rather tricky to modelize. The fact is, in this story's metaphysics, what we commonly call "Determination" is not actual determination, in the way that it's not an actual feeling. If you know anything about quantum physics, you could consider this fiction's "Determination" as the equivalent of some kind of "magic boson"— let's say, some very specific "particle" that vehicles one specific kind of "energy" and thus causes one specific kind of interaction between other particles. The similar way that photons, the "particles" that "constitute" light, are bosons for the electromagnetic interaction. SO YES I DO KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT BUT THIS IS STILL VERY COMPLICATED TO EXPLAIN. I mean, I guess I could explain it, but then again, it'd require at least a dozen more pages explaining the basics of quantum physics and how I was inspired by this in order to somewhat recreate some other system for all this magic stuff.
Yes I actually tried to explain MAGIC with SCIENCE. I TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY UPON MY AWFUL HERESY AND I REGRET NOTHING.
(Though I will admit this is really dumb and very frustratingly difficult to accomplish.)

So, back to the question. If you consider that Determination is what makes the base of HP, then she could actually have 70 HP at LV 1, mathematically. But that… doesn't seem right.
On the other hand, if you consider that Determination has nothing to do with it, Dawn's Soul is otherwise pretty normal, if any maybe slightly stronger (which could explain some of her rather quick and irrational mood swings, I guess. But that's also mostly just her being weird). And in that case, she'd get to keep the 20HP classic, maybe 25~30 at most, if this were a videogame.

But here comes the problem: this is not a videogame— it's a fanfiction. And one thing you have to know here is that I never think with statistics when it comes down to fights. Dawn does, but it's kinda tricky to fit that kind of stats when the world I'm writing about doesn't feel so "pixel-y" anymore. I read a lot of fics in which there are random magical flying bars and numbers above people and monsters saying what their stats are, telling their LV or whatever— but in this fic, it's just not how it works. The same way as to why no Undertale character actually knows anything about the Undertale OST.
I want this Underground to look as realistic as it could possibly be— I mean, there has to be a reason if Sans is one of the very first persons to ever find out that they live within a videogame, right? If there really are such statistics, either those stats are invisible to everyone – thus leaving them blissfully unaware of the truth –, or the characters are just completely stupid. Guess which option was my favorite.

Anyways. I did say that was a kinda tricky and somewhat spoilery question, didn't I? So don't worry, you will get some definite answer… someday. The story won't answer YOUR question specifically and it's much more like a consequence of something else, so maybe I'll tell about that more specifically later on when needed. But the plot kinda should explain all this a little better… eventually.
… Unless my meaningless rambling already made you put two and two together? Heh.

Question 7

Why didn't Sans go for people who typed in "Chara" as the name…? Those people are probably more likely to be starting a genocide run… Screw it, I'll just leave it at "Sans didn't think of that at the time", it's much easier.
(Question asked after (II,3))

Hahaha. The problem with that is, I disagree with you on that one. As a matter of fact, many players (including me) call the Fallen Human "Chara" no matter the run they are about to do; and most of them don't actually do a Genocide run in the end. People don't just decide to call the Fallen Human "Chara" because they are about to do a Genocide run, but just because they think/know that's the right name and, I don't know, think it fits more maybe? And when I look at the Let's Plays, no Genocider I found actually named them "Chara", so… welp.

To be honest though, it is just as tricky to explain why Sans chose "Frisk" as a trigger, because his reasoning is just as biased.
Even though Sans here seems to know quite a lot of things about what is going on in Dawn's world, that is very wrong (and should I add "dangerous", maybe?) to assume that he knows everything about the game and/or the fandom. Heck, he didn't even know that the game mentioned Gaster at all! And judging by his attitude upon reading Jocelyn's text, that is something important for him and he would have made some research about it if he had thought about it. The fact is, he really didn't have that much time to think about any of this before Dawn came: he needed at the time to act quickly before any Reset would come and waste this unique opportunity. So no matter how essential some details are, he still hasn't come to look for them— even if he would have done it a long time ago, if given the opportunity.

The risk with choosing "Chara" as a trigger is that this action doesn't bring anything to the game; and once that you have chosen the "Chara" name, you can't change it until you finish either a True Pacifist or a Genocide. The "Frisk" run is on the opposite a "one-go" run, if I may put it this way. It is a very unique run, that not that many Players will attempt to start— at least, so Sans thinks.
Who would be potentially bound to call the Fallen Human "Chara"? Pretty much any Player that knows a little about the fandom and wants their story to seem "canon", even though that can't tell anything about which run(s) they had been on before nor which one they will do this time; maybe hey, some of them actually had just heard about the game and characters before, heard of Chara, and then put that name the very first time they played just because they know they will get the message "The True Name", because that IS the good answer? Most people like to get the "right" answer to the questions they're asked, even when there is no particular reward upon answering correctly. It's just about "psychology", I guess.
Really, a majority of Players of all sorts could input the name "Chara" for pretty much any reason, exactly because that name doesn't change anything to the actual game.

But now, who would ever choose to play on "Hard Mode"? This time there are much fewer targets, and (at least in Sans' opinion) their purposes are much more specific: they want "something more" to the game. They have already completed the game before, probably multiple times, probably in many different ways (and, as a maybe, the "Genocide run"— Sans' estimated average is 60~80% of the targets now available, even though I think this figure is still "a little" optimistic), and now they seek some actual challenge, "because the game was too easy for them." And probably in Sans' mind of someone who just heard of some "Hard Mode" but actually has no idea what it is like, it's because even his own boss fight would not be enough to bring them some interesting challenge?
At this point, Sans has already been defeated countless times before, and he remembers what it is like— it would be natural from him to think that the "Hard Mode" is just some kind of bonus for those who defeated him so many times he wasn't even that threatening anymore and even the "Genocide Run" isn't a challenge anymore to them… I don't know if that makes sense.

But in the end, what Sans cared most about was not necessarily a Player who would have done the Genocide; he wanted to get someone who would already know and love the game to some extent, so that he wouldn't have to explain too much. The last thing he would have wished would be to get someone that would have just started a game for the very first time and wouldn't even know ANYTHING about the whereabouts and characters, and that he would have to introduce the whole game's metaphysics to them BESIDES facing a probably even more traumatizing than ever "freaking out" phase from his target. What little patience he still had at that point wouldn't have survived half as long under such conditions.
So… Good thing that Dawn at least got that right, I guess. Maybe she never actually played, but she still has known the fandom for around six months by that time, thanks to her friends— just as a reminder, it was indicated if you looked at the date on Jocelyn's texts in (II,5a), but Dawn was kidnapped on Sunday, May 1st, 2016.

Anyway. I understand your point and pretty much disagree with Sans' point of view, actually; it's just that from what little perspective he has of Dawn's world, mixed with his own prejudices and his lack of time to properly think, this seemed to him like the safest way to get the best odds for what he wanted.
I guess the only thing he didn't predict is that my third main rule upon writing plots is Murphy's Law?

Question 8

A plot point you haven't touched on yet is how a magic-less world becomes connected to a magical one in the first place. If they can figure that out they'll have a better chance of finding a way to break the connection and letting Undertale run its course without threat of Resets; and possibly give Dawn an ultimatum as I'd imagine breaking the connection means no way back to her world ever even if Sans built another machine. I hope this is something you'll be addressing in future chapters as I'm greatly enjoying your story and the world building you've accomplished.
(Question asked after (II,5b))

First off, as you might have guessed, this indeed is a spoilery question.
Even though, well, I had planned to… let's say, at least bring up the problem in the next chapter. In the most trollesque ironical misleading way I could possibly afford because I'm such a jerk, of course, but still.
When it comes out, if the Act II Finale leaves you all completely lost as to what you should believe or not (and/or are just stuck in the same place as before and just think that [SPOILERS] completely went off the rails), well, let's just say that I reached my goal o/
But, uh, I'm getting a little ahead of myself here. Let's start first with what we already know. Because trust me, we have gathered a LOT of hints, by now. We could already start with this as a beginning.

How is Molly's world connected to Sans'? Actually, some explanations are mentioned in (I,2) mostly, even though I do admit that they are (voluntarily) very rare and vague. But if you do try to gather everything we already know by now… Some things might become clearer. Why is Molly's Soul bigger in the first place? Go back to (I,5), Sans gives all the details on that (oh, and, yes, that is relevant to your question).
Now, another question is: would Molly's world really need magic for this "connection" to even exist? Apparently, for some reason the answer is no. Remember how Sans' machine works? Shortcuts (and through the detection of faraway photons flux when he only uses it to access the Internet/telephonic networks, but that is not the relevant part here). And according to (II,5a)… Sans' shortcuts are actually not relying on his magic, and (II,5b) clarifies that they are probably not a natural ability of his.
What if I told you that Sans' machine would have worked even if there had been no connection at all to begin with?
Well, Sans still needed to locate the right universe of course: I'm somewhat taking here the "infinite multiverse" concept, so there really are a LOT of other worlds around Molly's and Sans'; it's just that we needn't hear about them in this story. So THAT's where the "connection" helped him to find the right one so easily among that huge messy multidimensional cluster. But if Sans wanted to reach a completely different universe, he could use the exact same system and it would work EXACTLY the same way: all he has to do is play a little with the coordinates. And, uh, probably fix that energy problem, since the CORE has its limits of course.
He could totally go take some vacation in another random magical dimension if he felt like it. It's just that, well, he wants to fix the problem, not escape from it.

Remember what Sans' plan really was. I never said he was trying to BREAK the connection: he only wants to stop the Resets by making a machine more powerful than what allegedly created this "connection" in the first place. Would his blackmail still work if, anyway, once his goal would be achieved, he wouldn't be able to send Molly back and keep his word? Was Sans a liar since the beginning? In my opinion, this would be an insult towards the character if that were the case. Just so you know: so far, Sans has never lied— never about things that really mattered, anyway. Maybe he was withholding information when he felt like this was for the greater good, and maybe sometimes he told things that weren't true— because he believed they were true nonetheless. But he never blatantly lied in order to voluntarily deceive people.
(… Well, except for the basement's lights and Papyrus' phone, I guess. But as far as I'm concerned those are the only exceptions. And even if I ever missed any— they can't have any real relevance to the plot.)

For further details, I'd also recommend you to read back the end of (I,5), when Sans is trying to mess with the game's code and see whether or not Molly's name appeared in it. I wonder what Sans was trying to prove this way… Well, guess it's a shame the Reset happened coincidentally just in the wrong time.

So, uh, about your question. The fact is, if you came back to the earlier chapters and read between the lines, I DID touch on that topic a little before, and I… somewhat keep talking about it. But, well, those are just some random hidden words here and there, some disguised comments in the middle of something that is completely irrelevant… Know that I love to leave some foreshadowing here and there, but that what I like most is hiding them in the most unexpected places (like the titles. What REALLY is that thing Sans should NOT find out about?), to make sure that only the ones that really want to look for the hints and think about it seriously can possibly figure out what REALLY is going on.
Hey, here's one: what was that one thing I said about the chapters being named "Acts" and "Scenes" just as in a play? That plays are supposed to host an audience? Heheh. Let's just say, the audience in question is… not necessarily YOU, the readers.
Oh, and, just know that the audience is not as silent as you would expect it. There's always some stupid cynical guy in the back of the theater to comment everything as skeptically as possible, sending tropes and blatant random critics with their mouth full of popcorn.
Keep in mind what I said in the introduction of the very first chapter: never take ANYTHING for granted. And... That includes the narration. The narration is FAR from being as trustworthy and objective as you would think at first. I did say that I never lied, but… I never said that the characters themselves were not lying— whether they do it on purpose or not. Hey, what did I say in the very last chapter, again?

"Not a liar— no, she was always saying the truth. But not always the whole truth, because sometimes she just had not dug deep enough before seeing some grave emergency and telling everyone everything.
Lies are for bad people. But she was not lying if she didn't know, right? It wasn't her fault…"

In conclusion: alongside foreshadowing, withholding information is one of my favorite tricks. Make one of the main characters think something, and automatically 95% of the readers will think the same thing until proven otherwise. And, I guess, remain blind to all the evidence that is spread around right under their noses?
I'd suggest you to be careful about what I say… and what I say the CHARACTERS say. Here is surely my most important tip.

— The Characters —

[16:31] CoolSkeleton95: SO, ARE WE GETTING STARTED?!
[16:31] LutiasKokopelli: Heheheh. Eager as always, uh?
[16:31] LutiasKokopelli: Hey, why is Undyne offline?! Alphys, she was with you, right? Where is she?
[16:32] ALPHYS: She's gone to her training. She said she was getting bored because this was taking too long.
[16:32] LutiasKokopelli: … Never mind.
[16:32] Pineapplup: No offense, but after all that rambling I'm sure most readers either ran away or fell asleep too. Seriously, did anyone tell you that you write WAY too much?
[16:32] LutiasKokopelli: What can I say. I guess some people need some SPACE to talk and deliver everything they have on their mind? Probably because they like to hear themselves talk, too.
[16:32] definitelynotsans: and YOU'RE the one saying that? seriously?
[16:33] LutiasKokopelli: … Let's just get started.

Question 9

Hey Papyrus, what's your favorite food?

[16:33] Pineapplup: Well… It has to be spaghetti, right?
[16:33] CoolSkeleton95: WHAT? NO, NO.
[16:33] definitelynotsans: … Ooh boy. brace yourselves, guys.
[16:34] Pineapplup: Uh? Why that, Sans? Is there something wrong about that question?
[16:34] ALPHYS: Uuh… I have to… go to the bathroom. Yeah. See you later, guys!
[16:34] Pineapplup: What? What the heck is going on here?!
[16:34] CoolSkeleton95: ACTUALLY IT'S PRETTY SIMPLE.
[16:35] CoolSkeleton95: I DO APPRECIATE FUSILI, BUT THEY'RE WAY TOO LONG AND THE BUCATI ONES JUST WON'T DO, THEY'RE JUST FAR TOO TWISTED AND ZITI ARE VERY THICK FOR THE LONG PASTA TYPE SO IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO COOK THEM SO THAT THEY WILL EVER BE TENDER ENOUGH. YOU CAN NEVER FIND THE TIME AND PATIENCE TO LET THE PASTA ABSORB ALL THE WATER TILL ITS CORE SO THE RESULT IS USUALLY PITIFUL.
[16:36] Pineapplup: … WOW.
[16:36] definitelynotsans: heh. quite impressive, uh?
[16:36] Pineapplup: Yeah. I had no idea he actually knew THAT much about the stuff.
[16:36] Pineapplup: Oh my God your brother is so awesome.
[16:36] definitelynotsans: i know, right?
[16:37] CoolSkeleton95: MACCHERONCINI AND BUCATINI ARE SOME RATHER APPROPRIATE COMPROMISES, BUT IT STILL TAKES LONGER FOR THEM TO BE COOKED PROPERLY. CAPELLINI ON THE OTHER HAND ARE VERY THIN AND FRAGILE SO YOU REALLY HAVE TO BE CAREFUL BECAUSE IT OFTEN IS A MATTER OF SECONDS BETWEEN THEM BEING COLD AND THEM BEING RIGHT AFTER THAT COMPLETELY OVERCOOKED.
[16:37] Pineapplup: But then, if in theory he actually knows exactly how to do it right… What is it that makes him, uh… reach such unexpected outcomes?
[16:37] definitelynotsans: beats me.
[16:38] CoolSkeleton95: BUT WHAT I LIKE MOST IS THAT OATMEAL I USUALLY HAVE FOR BREAKFAST.
[16:38] Pineapplup: …
[16:39] Pineapplup: Seriously?

Question 10

To Sans: Did you know that you get a lot of cool fanart? Have you thought of that yet?

[16:42] definitelynotsans: …
[16:42] definitelynotsans: i haven't thought about it.
[16:42] definitelynotsans: and i DON'T want to think about it.
[16:42] LutiasKokopelli: Hehehe, you liar :p
[16:43] ALPHYS: Uh…
[16:43] ALPHYS: Sans?
[16:43] Pineapplup: Alphys. DON'T.
[16:44] ALPHYS: Did you ever take a look at Dawn's wallpaper? :P
[16:44] Pineapplup: ALPHYS I SAID NO

[16:44] ALPHYS: [Alphys has sent a digital rosy overly cute fanart of Asgore hugging hypothetical babybones versions of Sans and Papyrus.]

[16:45] Pineapplup: Oh for the love of
[16:45] definitelynotsans: …
[16:46] definitelynotsans: i'm just gonna pretend this never happened.
[16:46] Pineapplup: I promise I'll change it, Sans. I'm really sorry about that…
[16:46] definitelynotsans: kid.
[16:47] definitelynotsans: This
[16:47] definitelynotsans: Never
[16:47] definitelynotsans: Happened.
[16:49] Pineapplup: … understood.

Question 11

You've pulled a real person (Dawn) into the fictional world of Undertale. Do you ever intend to do the opposite— allowing the Undertale characters to interact directly with the real world?

[16:53] LutiasKokopelli: Hahaha. That would be pretty funny indeed, but I don't think that's ever going to happen here. What with magic being unstable in the "real" world as you call it and all.
[16:53] ALPHYS: Yes… If Sans' observations are to be trusted, Determination is much weaker in that other world. So, uuh, our magical structure would never be able to survive that. I guess it would only be a matter of minutes before we… well. You get the idea.
[16:54] definitelynotsans: and even if that WERE possible, i'd never do that, personally.
[16:54] LutiasKokopelli: Ha! What a joke!
[16:54] LutiasKokopelli: Should I remind you that you technically did that before already?
[16:54] definitelynotsans: that was different.
[16:55] LutiasKokopelli: Sure you weren't PHYSICALLY there, but you've been using that machine of yours for a lot of things, actually. Like sneaking your non-existent nose in places you shouldn't have.
[16:55] definitelynotsans: why would you even care? are there some things on their network that you wouldn't want me to find out about?
[16:55] LutiasKokopelli: Well, OF COURSE there are. That's what you commonly call SPOILERS.
[16:56] definitelynotsans: oh yeah. your story's about the kid and i investigating over this universe's mysteries, and you'll do anything to prevent me from finding some clues on the internet or whatever. is your "mystery" really so obvious to solve?
[16:56] definitelynotsans: and here i thought you were GOOD at making actual puzzling cases? turns out they're so difficult to crack just because you're so desperate to withhold the information because you'd actually need very little proof to crack it, huh.
[16:57] LutiasKokopelli: Shut up.
[16:57] LutiasKokopelli: Just shut up.

Question 12

What is the ratio of Undertale time to real time? Is it a 1:1 correspondence, or does one universe experience more than one second per second relative to the other?

[17:01] definitelynotsans: well… that's a little more complicated than that, actually.
[17:01] definitelynotsans: you ever heard of the concept of "relativity"? how time and space are actually warped depending on some interactions?
[17:01] definitelynotsans: let's say that's, uh, pretty much the same here.
[17:02] Pineapplup: Woah, what? What does that mean?
[17:02] Pineapplup: I think Lys told me about that thing once. I didn't get a thing, but if I remember, it's about time not passing the same way if you're moving fast or not?
[17:02] definitelynotsans: uh… not really. she must've lost you around the change of inertial frame references part, i guess? anyway.
[17:03] ALPHYS: It's mostly because of the gravitational interaction. When very strong masses are gathered around one point, they actually warp the time-space continuum and… well, one of the results you could get is that in that special location, time is slowed down.
[17:03] ALPHYS: In the case of black holes theoretically, it means that in the center of a black hole, time has completely stopped? But, uh, that's just maths. "Perfection" just doesn't exist in concrete cases anyway.
[17:03] Pineapplup: So what? Is this world's time passing faster or slower?
[17:03] Pineapplup: Usually a typical game lasts around six hours, but it was already eleven when Frisk came out of the Ruins, so…
[17:03] definitelynotsans: six hours? hm. that'd be tough already to walk the entire way through the underground within only one day. but i guess that it makes more sense that it shouldn't take that long from the game's pov. the game'd probably be boring if it was that long.
[17:04] definitelynotsans: but honestly i don't know. i guess i can try to look at the figures, but i'd probably need the players' pov to really know. and, uh, that's not really possible.
[17:04] definitelynotsans: let's just say that my father and i have, uh, detected some very strong activity in the void. the space between tridimensional universes like ours, i mean.
[17:04] Pineapplup: Yeah, I got that. You kinda hear that word a lot in the fandom for some reason. Because of, uh, fan theories and all. A lot of fanfictions use it for their metaphysical stuff and all.
[17:04] definitelynotsans: … anyway. so let's just say that the void is fluctuating, and that it has an impact on the way time passes in our worlds, too. following a completely independent and random pattern.
[17:04] Pineapplup: … Ooh.
[17:06] Pineapplup: But wait
[17:07] Pineapplup: You mean that if you ever brought me home, I could actually end up like thousands of years later or something? Or even in the PAST?!
[17:07] definitelynotsans: of course not! those fluctuations don't have an impact THAT strong, really. besides, uh, you can't reverse causality either. there's no way for you to ever come back BEFORE you left.
[17:07] definitelynotsans: if anything, maybe the time lapse difference would be that of a few days, at most. depending on how much time passes since the day you came. the longer you stay here, the larger the uncertainty margin will become of course.
[17:08] definitelynotsans: but for that time lapse to just reach ONE year, you'd have to stay here for at least a few decades here, maybe even a century. really kid, you think i would've ever brought anyone here if there was such risk?
[17:08] Pineapplup: … oh. alright.
[17:08] Pineapplup: Sorry.
[17:11] LutiasKokopelli: Though you DID end up in a situation in which she can't get home, smart guy. :p
[17:11] definitelynotsans: and who's at fault?
[17:12] LutiasKokopelli: Hm. Fate, I guess?
[17:12] definitelynotsans: since when are you referring to yourself by the third person?

Question 13

Why doesn't Dawn just go face Frisk herself? It can't be that dangerous for her; humans attacking humans rely on physical laws instead of killing intent, right?

[17:16] Pineapplup: Hey, that's true! I read a lot of fics where humans were affected by attacks the same way as monsters, but THIS does actually make a lot more sense.
[17:16] Pineapplup: Well, Frisk IS a kid, after all. Next Reset I guess I could totally try to kick their butt myself :p
[17:16] definitelynotsans: Nope, you're not.
[17:17] Pineapplup: … Why did I see this coming?
[17:17] definitelynotsans: look, kid. theoretically, that COULD work. maybe their attacks won't do any real damage, because you're both humans.
[17:17] definitelynotsans: but maybe something else could happen. because you are BOTH anomalies. in your own ways.
[17:17] Pineapplup: Does that REALLY matter that much…? :v
[17:17] definitelynotsans: i'm not sure how that game works, but i think that whenever the player is supposed to do some damage, the game will probably make sure that it DOES some damage.
[17:18] definitelynotsans: on the other hand, you're not part of it. so maybe that means you have, like, an infinite defense or something, at least towards the game's actions.
[17:18] Pineapplup: Well, then that's just perfect, right?
[17:18] definitelynotsans: … or maybe that could mean you don't have any defense AT ALL, and that you could be killed in only one hit.
[17:18] definitelynotsans: it's just like that idea about injecting you some determination you talked about this morning. then again, maybe your soul will handle it perfectly and you'll be fine. or maybe you'll turn out just like… you know.
[17:18] definitelynotsans: well, there's only one way to find out which theory's the good one. wanna go try this out next time?
[17:19] Pineapplup: …
[17:19] Pineapplup: nope. so much nope.
[17:20] definitelynotsans: heh. figured as much.
[17:20] Pineapplup: alright.
[17:20] Pineapplup: ALRIGHT. You got me, I'm not gonna face them. Alright.
[17:23] Pineapplup: So… what's the strategy for tomorrow, then? We trap Papyrus at home with an anime marathon?
[17:23] definitelynotsans: dunno. that sounds like a rather good plan, actually.

Question 14

Well, if Sans knows about Resets, then what is a True Reset?
Also, maybe Sans should lose his memory or something?

[17:29] definitelynotsans: … sorry, what?
[17:29] Pineapplup: Hm. It's true that in the game, it kinda does look like you're one of the guys who remember the LESS about the Resets. I was actually very surprised when you told me you could remember everything.
[17:29] Pineapplup: And even the True Resets?
[17:30] definitelynotsans: never heard of that thing. is there supposed to be a difference with the regular resets?
[17:30] Pineapplup: … Woah, are you kidding? You don't even NOTICE anything different?!
[17:31] Pineapplup: The TR is supposed to happen at the end of the, uh, happy ending. When you're on the Surface and there is a Reset after that. Apparently, that's the only Reset that directly MAKES the characters forget… They even talk about openly erasing FRISK's memories or something, if I remember correctly.
[17:31] definitelynotsans: … heh.
[17:31] definitelynotsans: for all i remember, the only time we've been on the surface, it was the time i saved my memory with the time machine. after that, there's been an awful lot of resets and many different outcomes, but i've never seen the surface again.
[17:32] Pineapplup: Uh. That's weird. I mean, there HAS to be someone out there playing a Pacifist at some point, right? I mean, statistically, not ALL Players are genociders. Most of them aren't, actually. I think.
[17:32] definitelynotsans: good point.
[17:33] definitelynotsans: who knows… maybe you're right and i DO forget about them… actually that'd explain why the only time on the surface i remember was the first one. i specifically saved that one so i can't forget about it, and regular resets or reloads won't make me forget either.
[17:33] definitelynotsans: but now, if that TRUE reset you're talking about is stronger than a regular one…
[17:33] definitelynotsans: actually, that'd explain a LOT of things. i do feel like there are still a lot of things i can't remember for some reason, so if all of these actually happened during a "pacifist" timeline… that'd explain why i forgot about them.
[17:34] definitelynotsans: looks like you just helped me solve one of my biggest problems, kid. not that i like the answer, but… well. thanks, i guess.
[17:34] Pineapplup: Uh… You're welcome?
[17:35] Pineapplup: But wait, Sans.
[17:35] definitelynotsans: yeah?
[17:35] Pineapplup: Now I HAVE to know what happened in that first timeline. How did you do that? How does… "saving" your memory even work? Could you tell me?
[17:36] definitelynotsans: uh…
[17:36] definitelynotsans: that's a VERY long story. maybe i'll tell you sometime.
[17:36] definitelynotsans: maybe.
[17:37] Pineapplup: … That means "no", right?

Question 15

Will Gaster ever be a character in this story, specifically as someone who interacts with Dawn?

[17:43] LutiasKokopelli: Ugh. Why would that reader ever think that?
[17:43] definitelynotsans: because dawn and grillby made me mention him. in stories you NEVER mention a character during more than two seconds if they're not gonna appear at some point. that's pretty much a rule at writing. what's that called, again? a chekhov's gun? that's the most obvious type of foreshadowing, anyway.
[17:45] Pineapplup: Wait. Does that mean then that I'm gonna see Lys and Joss too?
[17:45] definitelynotsans: heh. who knows. we've got Miss Destiny here after all, and it sounds like she's already pretty good at making the improbable happen. so maybe you WILL see them.
[17:46] definitelynotsans: not in the underground, though. i'm NOT bringing any of your friends here.
[17:46] Pineapplup: Aww :c
[17:47] LutiasKokopelli: But seriously, THAT guy? He doesn't even EXIST anymore. He can't do anything. So YOU ever meeting him? Ha. Fat chance.
[17:47] definitelynotsans: what were the odds for finding a player with less than 42kMS as a soul power, again?
[17:48] LutiasKokopelli: …
[17:48] LutiasKokopelli: I'm not gonna answer that question.

Question 16

Will Toby Fox ever become relevant? What is his relationship to the Annoying Dog?

[17:54] definitelynotsans: absolutely NOT.
[17:54] LutiasKokopelli: Oh, how can you be so sure, Sansy? Is it just because you DON'T want to involve him into this?
[17:55] definitelynotsans: … well, unless YOU mess things up again, of course. but why would you do that? i thought you said sometime before that you weren't at ease with involving REAL people into your stories, and that it was exactly because of this that you had to resort to building your own OCs.
[17:55] LutiasKokopelli: It still doesn't change the fact that… some things can't always be averted :p
[17:55] definitelynotsans: …
[17:55] definitelynotsans: i really have no idea how to interpret that emote.
[17:57] Pineapplup: But, wait.
[17:57] Pineapplup: You mean that I… technically don't exist?
[17:57] LutiasKokopelli: HAHAHA. Honestly, what were you expecting?
[17:58] LutiasKokopelli: It could've been ANYONE in your place. You're just some random useless character I needed in order to fill in for the plot. You're nothing more than just that.
[17:58] Pineapplup: …
[18:01] Pineapplup: I need a moment.
[18:02] Pineapplup: Sans, do you mind if I liquidate the whole chocolate stock in the kitchen?
[18:02] definitelynotsans: knock yourself out.

Question 17

Now I'm curious. Did Dawn really ever dream of pink mutant rabbits?
Did anyone else ever dream of pink mutant rabbits?

[18:06] Pineapplup: …
[18:06] Pineapplup: Why did you have to give that question as an example in your freaking introduction?
[18:06] LutiasKokopelli: Because that's just a very legitimate question just like any other. Don't you agree?
[18:06] Pineapplup: …
[18:06] Pineapplup: Anyway, the answer is no.
[18:07] Pineapplup: Not that I remember of, at least. You're supposed to forget about most of the dreams you're having, anyway. And I'm sure everyone has had creepy dreams at least ONCE in their lives.
[18:08] Pineapplup: The others, now… I honestly don't know, but I don't think they'd answer to that anyway.
[18:08] CoolSkeleton95: OH, I DO DREAM OF PINK RABBITS SOMETIMES!
[18:09] CoolSkeleton95: THE ONES FROM FLUFFY BUNNY.
[18:09] CoolSkeleton95: BUT WHAT'S A MUTANT ANYWAY?

Question 18

To the Current Player: MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA ur in trouble

[18:13] definitelynotsans: heh… i wouldn't say that. they really did CAUSE us trouble, though.
[18:13] definitelynotsans: anyway, i'll make sure to let them know.
[18:14] definitelynotsans: i mean, uh. if we EVER find out who that freak was, anyway.
[18:15] LutiasKokopelli: Yeah. It will be rather tough to find them among… how many people play that game anyway?
[18:15] Pineapplup: Thousands of people maybe? I don't know. But there's an awful lot of fans, that's for sure ._.

Question 19

To Dawn: Reasons You are not a Mole by A not-mole person. 1. Moles don't have phones.

[18:21] Pineapplup: Uh… Thanks? I guess?
[18:23] Pineapplup: I mean, even if the mole thing is just metaphorical or something…
[18:23] CoolSkeleton95: DO METAPHORICAL MOLES GET METAPHORICAL PHONES, THEN?
[18:24] definitelynotsans: dunno. how do you figure this out, bro?
[18:24] CoolSkeleton95: WELL…
[18:24] CoolSkeleton95: IF METAPHORICAL MOLES DIDN'T HAVE METAPHORICAL PHONES…
[18:25] CoolSkeleton95: THEN THEY WOULDN'T BE ON THE METAPHORICAL UNDERNET.
[18:25] CoolSkeleton95: SO THEY COULDN'T MAKE THEMSELVES METAPHORICALLY KNOWN BY ANYONE AND WE WOULD NOT BE TALKING ABOUT THEM SINCE WE WOULD NOT BE KNOWING ABOUT THEM.
[18:26] Pineapplup: …
[18:27] Pineapplup: I'm confused. What were we talking about again? o_o

Question 20

To The Great Papyrus: How do you cook spaghetti? It tastes divine!

[18:32] CoolSkeleton95: WOW, REALLY? WOWIE!
[18:32] LutiasKokopelli: They can't possibly have even TASTED your spaghetti yet. Whoever that guy is, they're lying.
[18:32] CoolSkeleton95: WHAT? BUT WHY WOULD THEY LIE ABOUT SUCH THING?
[18:33] LutiasKokopelli: Just think for a while. They're living in ANOTHER WORLD and you NEVER met. How do you want that guy to have ever had the chance to taste your spaghetti in the first place?
[18:33] definitelynotsans: missy. Don't.
[18:33] Pineapplup: Uuh…
[18:34] LutiasKokopelli: Really? That guy was probably just trying to make you feel better.
[18:34] CoolSkeleton95: FEELING BETTER ABOUT WHAT? I'M NOT FEELING PARTICULARLY BAD.
[18:34] Pineapplup: No no no. That's because I told them, Paps. They'll never have the chance to ever experience your MARVELOUS cooking skills, but they are so eager to taste it, they're asking for your recipe so that they could try it at home.
[18:35] CoolSkeleton95: YOU DID THAT?! NYEHEHEH, THANK YOU, HUMAN! I DIDN'T KNOW YOU LIKED IT SO MUCH. I WILL GO COOK SOME MORE FOR TOMORROW'S BREAKFAST, THEN!
[18:35] LutiasKokopelli: Wait, but the session is not over yet!
[18:35] Pineapplup: … He's already offline.
[18:35] LutiasKokopelli: UGH. Whatever.
[18:36] Pineapplup: Sans, is that bad that I'm suddenly feeling GOOD about getting a Reset tonight?
[18:36] definitelynotsans: heh… can't say i disagree.
[18:36] definitelynotsans: by the way. that was a nice save, kid. you really ARE good at lying when you really want to.
[18:36] Pineapplup: Well… That was for the greater good.
[18:37] definitelynotsans: hey. missy.
[18:37] LutiasKokopelli: Yes?
[18:37] definitelynotsans: i'd like to see you after this. alone.
[18:37] Pineapplup: Oh hoho.
[18:38] Pineapplup: Megalovania time :p
[18:38] definitelynotsans: "megalovania"? what's that?
[18:38] Pineapplup: …
[18:39] Pineapplup: UUUUUH…
[18:40] Pineapplup: That's, uh. That track. In Hotland. From earlier.
[18:40] definitelynotsans: oh, you mean THAT one you've been begging me not to sing all along after that?
[18:40] Pineapplup: … Yes. THAT one.
[18:40] definitelynotsans: seriously, i don't see why you hate it. it's really cool. and it's not like anyone here could recognize it or anything.
[18:41] definitelynotsans: besides, why would you have it in your phone if you hated it anyway?
[18:41] Pineapplup: YES THAT TRACK IS AWESOME I KNOW BUT JUST PLEASE NO NOT YOU YOU CAN'T
[18:41] Pineapplup: FOR THE LOVE OF EVERYTHING THAT'S HOLY JUST NO
[18:42] definitelynotsans: … heheh.
[18:42] definitelynotsans: so there REALLY is something about that one, uh? something you won't tell me for some reason.
[18:42] Pineapplup: PLEASE. Trust me. That's just… YOU of all people just CAN'T sing that. You just CAN"T. NOT YOU. YOU JUST CAN'T LIKE IT PLEASE JUST SO MUCH NOPE!
[18:42] definitelynotsans: what? does it debunk some myth or something?
[18:43] Pineapplup: Let's rather say "desacralizing the most meaningful psychological tensions in the whole game aside from breaking half of the fandom's memes"?
[18:43] definitelynotsans: wow.
[18:43] definitelynotsans: and here, look. the world's still standing after all.
[18:44] definitelynotsans: … well, for most of us at least.
[18:44] Pineapplup: Eh?
[18:44] definitelynotsans: i'm talking about missy here. don't think that distraction got me that out of my mind.
[18:45] LutiasKokopelli: …
[18:45] LutiasKokopelli: I'd love to see you try~ =)

Question 21

So when are you launching Grillby into the sun?

[18:50] LutiasKokopelli: Hmm, I never thought of that one. But here's an idea, if I ever get bored :p
[18:50] definitelynotsans: are you serious?
[18:51] LutiasKokopelli: Well, you can still wonder. Could the Sun consume a FIRE elemental?
[18:52] ALPHYS: Uh, what?
[18:52] ALPHYS: The sun is the nuclear fusion of hydrogen and deuterium into helium, while regular fire is just the combustion of alkanes by dioxygen. There's no relevance to that question.
[18:52] ALPHYS: I mean, of course Grillby would, uh… n-not survive this.
[18:53] ALPHYS: … especially if you count the sun's gravitational force that'd probably compress him to
[18:53] ALPHYS: … I-I'm just gonna stop here. You get the scheme.
[18:54] LutiasKokopelli: Ugh. Just when you were about to get to the interesting part.
[18:54] definitelynotsans: and i thought YOU were currently studying at a… how do you call it? a "preparatory class for high scientific school"? a supposedly "good one", no less?
[18:55] LutiasKokopelli: … I just wanted to see if you were listening.
[18:57] LutiasKokopelli: Anyways, we'd need to get him to the Surface first, if we want this to have any chance to happen at all.
[18:57] definitelynotsans: yeah.
[18:57] definitelynotsans: and that's the point. no one wants this to happen. really, what the hell?

Question 22

Is there still a way for Dawn to get out of Undertale and back to her world? Or is she gonna be there forever? Personally I'm not sure I would go back cause UNDERTALE.

[19:02] definitelynotsans: honestly? i don't know. what took me the most time to build in that machine was actually the algorithms and the research. i redid multiple times all the calculations over and over at first, i mean. since i, uh, didn't really believe it. and i also wanted to make sure that what i was about to build wouldn't just, well, blow up to my face.
[19:03] definitelynotsans: but now…? my computer's been saving things. that's how i could keep the photos of the previous timelines for example. i can't save the physical photos, it's just that the computer saved them numerically. i only printed them at the last moment.
[19:03] definitelynotsans: so if it DID save dawn's coordinates and all the math… technically i'd only need to rebuild the physical thing. that would still take me roughly a week if i do the same as last time. which, uh, is probably not an option. we're probably not gonna get a week-long vacation before a while. really, that month-long pause? that's a miracle and i have no idea where that came from. maybe it was just the easy way out and Miss Destiny here just decided that a miracle would happen because otherwise her plot couldn't possibly work.
[19:04] LutiasKokopelli: Well aren't you being condescending here.
[19:04] definitelynotsans: i'm just guessing one possibility among others. one that must be the most probable one.
[19:04] LutiasKokopelli: Such confidence in my plotting skills. I'm flattered, Sansy.
[19:04] definitelynotsans: you're not welcome.
[19:06] Pineapplup: But wait, Sans. I thought it'd require one whole month to build your thing! And now all you'd really need would be one week?
[19:06] Pineapplup: I know you monsters are fast builders, but still. WOW.
[19:06] definitelynotsans: heh. yeah, magic really is handy when it comes to that, i guess.
[19:07] definitelynotsans: anyway. i guess i COULD make up something within a few hours if i knew exactly what to do and where to gather the stuff, but… i don't think that'd be safe. i'd probably just rush things and merely load the overheating process in order to temporarily maintain the shortcut, but THAT would be dangerous for real. i already messed up the core last time EVEN with the security measures, so without them…
[19:07] Pineapplup: I could end up like your father or something?
[19:07] definitelynotsans: long story short, YES. along with a lot of other potential risks.
[19:08] Pineapplup: So… I basically AM stuck here.
[19:08] CoolSkeleton95: BUT, AREN'T YOU ENJOYING IT HERE? YOU SEEMED VERY HAPPY THIS AFTERNOON.
[19:09] Pineapplup: Well… I'd definitely be enjoying myself much more if it weren't for those #/ $* Resets.
[19:10] Pineapplup: … Wait. You're back? Didn't you say you were cooking?
[19:10] CoolSkeleton95: WELL…
[19:10] CoolSkeleton95: I WAS COOKING INDEED. I WAS PREPARING THE PAN OF WATER.
[19:10] Pineapplup: So… What happened?
[19:10] CoolSkeleton95: THE WATER CAUGHT FIRE.
[19:10] CoolSkeleton95: ALSO MOST OF THE HOUSE.
[19:11] definitelynotsans: … uh. bro.
[19:11] definitelynotsans: where did you get that water from?
[19:11] CoolSkeleton95: THERE WAS THAT ONE LITTLE BOTTLE IN THE CLOSET. IT WAS REALLY WELL HIDDEN FOR SOME REASON.
[19:12] definitelynotsans: …
[19:12] definitelynotsans: never mind.
[19:13] Pineapplup: Sans, what was a bottle of VODKA doing in your kitchen? O_o
[19:13] definitelynotsans: … you don't wanna know.
[19:14] Pineapplup: … Also, shouldn't we be worrying over something right now?
[19:14] definitelynotsans: like the house being on fire?
[19:14] definitelynotsans: nah.
[19:15] definitelynotsans: the basement's very well isolated. we're safe.
[19:16] definitelynotsans: and then there's just gonna be the reset. so who cares?
[19:16] Pineapplup: Hahaha.
[19:17] Pineapplup: I can't believe I'm saying this, but yeah. Sometimes Resets ARE handy. I guess.
[19:18] definitelynotsans: heheh.
[19:18] definitelynotsans: you're already fed up just after the first one?
[19:18] Pineapplup: I honestly have no idea how you've managed to keep your sanity for so long, Sans. I'm just DONE. I can't believe tomorrow we're gonna have to redo EVERYTHING from the start.
[19:19] definitelynotsans: at least now we know what we must NOT do, for the next times. and we've got a functional cell phone each, now. i actually have a good feeling about tomorrow.
[19:19] Pineapplup: If you say so…
[19:20] Pineapplup: But I still can't believe you've survived all this time. How did you do it?
[19:20] definitelynotsans: heh…
[19:20] definitelynotsans: pretty simple, really.
[19:21] definitelynotsans: in my case… even giving up wasn't an option.
[19:21] Pineapplup: … ouch.
[19:22] LutiasKokopelli: Ooh snap. That sure is a shame, really.
[19:22] definitelynotsans: you… ugh. i'm not even gonna ask.
[19:23] LutiasKokopelli: What? Why am I doing this? Why am I so cruel with you? Oh Sansy, you should know by now. That's the one rule in fanfics.
[19:24] LutiasKokopelli: The more you love a character, the more you make it suffer~ =)
[19:24] definitelynotsans: you do realize that your work just can't keep going like that forever, right?
[19:24] LutiasKokopelli: What do you mean?
[19:25] definitelynotsans: if you always keep resetting over and over. the readers will get bored too, after a while.
[19:25] LutiasKokopelli: Of course they will. Heck, if this just keeps going forever, I will get bored too.
[19:26] definitelynotsans: then why? what are you trying to achieve with this?
[19:26] LutiasKokopelli: The question is not to know whether or not they will get bored, Sansy.
[19:26] LutiasKokopelli: The question is to know WHEN they will start to get bored.
[19:26] LutiasKokopelli: And how much the plot will have developed by that time =)
[19:26] definitelynotsans: what you're saying is…
[19:27] LutiasKokopelli: We all need to move on eventually. And get to the more… interesting part.
[19:27] definitelynotsans: so the resets WILL end at some point.
[19:28] LutiasKokopelli: Hmm… Yes. =)

— Conclusion —

[19:34] LutiasKokopelli: Well, it looks like all questions have been answered for now. I guess you can all have a break~
[19:34] definitelynotsans: you mean that MORE are coming?
[19:34] LutiasKokopelli: Who knows. Maybe. We've been having fun, haven't we? I say we should do it again sometime.
[19:34] LutiasKokopelli: But for the time being, you're free to go. Until next time~

Hey guys! :D Are you ready for the… Wait.
They're already gone? Everyone…?

Why did they start the session early…? Behind my back, no less? They could at least have told me! But— I warned them I had to further study my molecular orbitals and that I couldn't possibly make it before eight! They ditched me those jerks… :(

Ugh. Well, at least it seems they've already answered it all. Makes my job easier, I guess? I hardly just had to slightly correct my old answers to the previous reviews in the end. And add some other insignificant stuff.

Welp. I'll just publish this and go back to work. Those energetic diagrams won't trace themselves after all.
I'll go read their stuff later.