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[dating start!]
Things are quiet for a bit.
It at least gives me the time needed to calm down from my internal freak out.
Had that gotten any worse, a certain annoying third wheel would be chiming in with his hateful comments of douchebaggery.
I don't need the demon's opinions right now.
I need to focus.
This is a date I don't want to go overboard with.
But what happens now?
I'm alone somewhere in Waterfall with Sans and have no clue what he has planned.
I do trust him, but I would feel a bit better knowing what I should expect.
"so...anything on your mind?"
"Huh? Oh, nothing at the moment. Why?"
"you seemed to be spacing out again."
"Heh...Sorry."
"nah, it's fine. i expected as much."
"And what does that mean?"
"well, you do look out of this world."
I nearly laugh so hard that ketchup threatens to shoot out my nose, this reaction pleases Sans to no end.
"Oh my god..."
"hehehe...you okay?"
"It almost came out my nose! *snort*"
Now he doubles over in laughter as I blush with embarrassment...I can't believe I snorted!
As he rolls in joy, I hide behind my hands, this is ridiculous, but I suppose it could be worse.
"*snickers* hey...no hiding."
He pries my hands away and my blush gets worse.
"come on. it was cute. no reason to hide."
That smile of his.
So true, pleasing, and sweet...I can't help but smile back.
"there we go. now i can see you."
"Has anyone ever told you that your eyes are clear like the ocean?"
"uh...not that i can think of. why?"
"Because I can sea straight into your soul."
He blushes and my smile grows.
Perhaps we have a new game to play?
"Then again, I could just be seeing stars."
I point up and his eyes follow, the crystals in the rocky sky shining brightly.
"a long time ago, monsters would whisper their wishes to the stars in the sky. if you hoped with all your heart, your wish would come true. now, all we have are these sparkling stones on the ceiling..."
Great, yet another reason to feel like shit about selling and collecting gems...I was stealing wishes.
"want to make a wish?"
"No wish of mine is worthy of those stars. I made my living on gems like those. Trading away wishes for coin. I disgust myself."
"you didn't know. you were just doing what you needed to get by. don't be so hard on yourself."
I sigh and flop back on the ground, staring up at the sparkling ceiling feeling like trash.
He just looks at me concerned, thinking of ways to fix this...maybe a distraction?
"have you ever wondered what a star is?"
"What?"
He lays beside me, hands in his pockets and looking up in thoughtful repose.
"a star is a fixed light point in the night sky that is a large, remote incandescent body like the sun. some comparing them to diamonds, twinkling like lights that you almost feel that you can reach sometimes. but in actuality, a star is a luminous sphere of plasma held together by its own gravity. the nearest star to the planet is..."
"The sun. Many other stars are visible to the naked eye from Earth during the night, appearing as a multitude of fixed luminous points in the sky due to their immense distance from Earth. However, most of the stars in the Universe, including all stars outside our galaxy, the Milky Way, are invisible to the naked eye from Earth. Indeed, most are invisible from Earth even through the most powerful telescopes. Tragically, even these visible stars go mostly unseen by the majority of the world due to artificial light pollution. It's gotten so bad that it is estimated that as many as eighty percent of all the people alive today have never even glimpsed the Milky Way. I, myself, have never seen it, even on the most cloudless of nights. Heh, when a massive power outage struck in the 1990s, city residents reportedly called the cops to report strange clouds hovering overhead; but they were really seeing the Milky Way for the first time. Simply sad."
"geez...that's a bummer."
"There are ways to fix it. All that light is shining upwards and being wasted. If there was a way to make sure it was cast downwards where it's needed, then yeah, the sky would be cleared up a ton better. Not to mention cutting back on usage. Dimmers would also help. And maybe set timers. Empty stores that are closed for the day don't need to keep their lights on all night, no one is going to be there. I mean, it's common sense!"
"easy girl. i'm sure humanity will figure it out eventually."
"Eventually is too long. Eventually takes too much time. Eventually lets a wound fester till it's too late to heal. Eventually leaves a scar that won't go away. Eventually lets the world suffer for the sake of fucking connivance! And the sick thing is that the problems can be answered but no one is willing to put in the effort because it's too hard or some other pathetically moronic excuse!"
"hey!"
He snaps and it was like a pause, I even stop breathing.
"please..."
He rolls to his side and holds me in the power of his gaze.
"calm down. it's okay. it's all going to be okay."
Why do I believe you?
Why do I always believe you no matter what you say?
Why without question do I always know you're right Sans?
"now breathe."
Oh right, I was holding that.
"Sorry I went off like that."
"it's fine. i just...wasn't expecting such..."
"Anger?"
"passion."
I scoff.
"If you call my hatred for my own kind passion, I guess fine by me."
"no, here me out. you really care about the planet. you feel bad for what's going on. you speak with your heart. if that ain't passion, i don't know what is."
"I guess that's true."
[BEEP-BEEP]
"Is that...?"
"yeah, it's me."
He pulls out his phone and reads for a moment before texting back.
"Who was it?"
"pap. just checking in on us. making sure i'm on my best behavior and reminding me to make sure you're happy."
"Awww...Papy is so sweet."
"you know he loves you right?"
"I know. He's made that fact pretty clear. Honestly, it feels really good to be cared for that strongly."
"do you love him?"
"Not exactly the best line of dialog for your date. Talking about Papyrus I mean."
"but that's what i want to know. do you love my bro?"
This is serious, I can't half-ass this.
I turn over and look at him as he looks my way.
"I love Papyrus as much as you love him. I would do anything to ensure he's happy. I will fight any foe. Go through hell and back if it means he'd smile. So yes. I love him...But you know I care about you too."
"i do."
"Do you want me to go further into that too?"
"nah. i can see everything i need to know in those pretty marbles of yours. 'cause you know the saying...the eyes are the windows to the soul."
I blush and he smirks with cocky pride.
Okay punny bones, two can play the teasing game, and this is my turf.
"I think you've got something in your eye."
"oh?"
"Oh never mind, it's just a sparkle."
He blushes lightly and snickers as I give a 'game on' look.
"so, hehehe, we really doing this?"
"You tell me Romeo."
"okay juliet, but don't say i didn't warn you. things might get heated."
"It's a good thing we're so cool then."
We both sit up and keep our selves facing each other, eye contact will either make or break this game.
"Who starts?"
"i believe in chivalry. so after you my lady."
"Very well...*ahem* It is easier to describe the taste of water than my feelings for you."
"if a star fell for every time i thought of you, the sky would be empty."
"If I had a rose for every time I thought of you, I would be walking through gardens forever."
"hey, you're pretty and i'm cute. together we'd be pretty cute."
"God gave us two ears, two eyes, two legs and two hands, but he only gave us one heart. And he wanted me to find you and tell you, you are the second one."
That gets to him a moment but he's not so easily rattled.
"i wish i was one of your tears. so i could be born in your eyes, live by running down your cheek, and die on your lips."
That made me flinch, he had feeling behind it and it hit like a real blow.
This is a real battle of the teases.
Sorry Mettaton, I found my true rival.
"If I had to choose between breathing and loving you...I'd take my last breath to say 'I Love You'."
He feigns being struck and grips his chest with a smirk.
"my life is so sad and lonely. wanna know why?"
"Why?"
"because you're not in it."
Now I grip my chest and pound my fist into the quilt we sit on.
"Mario is Red. Sonic is blue. Press start to join and be my player 2."
His face nearly glows blue and his smile is verging waving into something.
"it's not my fault i fell in love. you are the one that tripped me."
If my cheeks get any redder I'll overheat and pass out.
"I'll put a tear drop in the ocean. When you find it, that is when I'll stop loving you."
His smile breaks to a flat line and he leans forward on his hands like he's on his last leg, sweat beginning to dot his skull.
"if i were a stop light, i'd turn red every time you passed by, just so i could stare at you a bit longer."
I'm on the verge of crumbling, almost panting like we're really fighting.
I...I don't think I can win this...and I don't think I care if I do.
"have...*pant* have you had enough?"
"Not even...*cough* Not even close."
"really? ...then maybe...we should take it up a level."
"Oh...How so?"
There's a gleam in his eyes that has this odd vibe in them.
"well...how do you feel about dirty jokes?"
Careful Lynn...this could be a trap...proceed with extreme caution.
"Dirty jokes are fine. But to keep them from getting too outrageous, maybe we should keep them to a fixed theme."
"something you have in mind?"
Thinking...thinking...oh!
This should get him good.
"How about something we both know...bones."
His eyes flicker for a second as he looks a bit nervous.
"y-you sure about that?"
"Heh, what's the matter Sansy? You're not spineless, are you?"
That might have been too much, it gives him new resolve and he grins at me.
"the human body has two hundred and five bones in it, right?"
Weird segue that is, a bit random and incorrect.
"At birth we have two hundred and seventy, but some fuse so the number shrinks to two hundred and six with age. You left a bone out in that count."
His grin widens evilly.
"yeah...mine~."
Smack is how that felt and I cover my mouth to stifle the shocked laughter.
"what's the matter lynn? i thought you could handle this. or is the bone zone too much for you~?"
I hold up a finger in the 'give me a minute' pose and settle down while fanning my heated face.
"you okay now?"
"Okay...I have one...You ready?"
"hit me with your best shot."
"Alright...So you know I have a skeleton inside me, right?"
"yeah?"
"Wanna help me find out what it would feel like to have two~?"
His face turns completely blue and his eyes disappear, just black holes of shock.
"Sans? Was that too much?"
He doesn't say a word, just stares at me with those empty eyes, it's a bit unnerving.
[BEEP-BEEP]
"Sweety?"
"one more...i can only take one more."
"Aren't you going to answer that?"
"it can wait...one more, then we can end it."
"I think I'm at that point too."
Mainly because I don't want to break you punny bones.
"baby...your bone structure is giving my 'bone' structure."
[You feel soul burst into flames...not literally though.]
My soul appears, flaring dark pink, it's glow lighting up his face and highlighting his serious expression.
"I think my name should be Osteoporosis. Because I believe I'm giving you a serious bone condition."
Both a tease and a real observation.
He's shaking with his head down, gripping the quilt like it's the only thing he can hold onto so not to lose it.
I've seen him like this before, that night we danced...the night he kissed me.
"Sans. It's okay. I'm right here. Just relax..."
I place my hands over his to try to comfort him but this backfires on me, he slips his hands out from mine and grabs my wrists as he looks up at me, left eye blazing bright along with his exposed soul.
"lynsie..."
Oh shit...usage of my name is never a good thing.
"Y-yeah?"
"i need you."
I need an adult!
[BEEP-BEEP]
"Sans..."
"please...just...let me have this one moment with you."
Oh my god!
What does he want?!
A kiss?
Skeletal feel?
Soul play?
What do you want from me Sans?!
[BEEP-BEEP]
"You should get that."
"don't change the subject!"
His torn voice makes me flinch and his face softens in response.
"i'm sorry. i didn't mean to snap. it's just...i really...i want to share this feeling with you."
"W-what is it you want to do exactly?"
[BEEP-BEEP]
"do you trust me?"
"Y-yes..."
He lets my wrists go and brings his hands up to my face, carefully caressing the skin before gently holing my head in his palms.
[BEEP-BEEP]
"close your eyes for me."
"But I..."
"please..."
[BEEP-BEEP]
"Will this hurt?"
"no...i'll be gentle, i promise."
[BEEP-BEEP]
"...O-okay..."
[BEEP-BEEP]
Against my better judgment and how badly I'm trembling I close my eyes.
"thank you sweetheart..."
That has my eyes snap open and witness him leaning in for a kiss with his eyes shut, his left eye glowing with the same intensity as my blushing cheeks.
"SANS!"
That makes us both look off to the side to see Papyrus charging like a mad bull.
"Oh..."
"shit!"
Papyrus tackles Sans and I'm sent flying back into the grass, hitting my head on a well hidden rock...lights out for me.
"WHAT THE HECK WERE YOU DOING?!"
"get off me!"
"NOT TILL YOU EXPLAIN YOURSELF!"
"let me go papyrus!"
"DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU WERE DOING?! YOU WERE GOING TO DO A VERY STUPID THING!"
"i don't care!"
"WELL WHAT ABOUT HER?! DON'T YOU CARE ABOUT LYNSIE?!"
"of course i do!"
"THEN WHY WERE YOU SCARING HER INTO DOING THAT?!"
That got to Sans, making him cease in his struggling and calming down Papyrus at the same time.
"she...she was scared?"
"...YOU COULDN'T TELL?"
"no...i...i didn't mean to...ah crap! i messed up! i messed up big time!"
"SANS, CALM DOWN."
That wasn't really helping the now panicking skeleton, but it at least set him back to his normal state, his eyes were their natural pinpricks and his soul faded back into him.
"she hates me! i just know it! i can't believe i was gonna...i think i'm going to be sick!"
"BROTHER...SHE DOESN'T HATE YOU."
"how do you know?!"
"BECAUSE...I DO HATE TO ADMIT THIS, BUT, YOU MADE THE SAME ERROR I DID. YOU LET THE FEELINGS TAKE OVER. AND IF SHE'S ABLE TO FORGIVE ME, THEN I KNOW SHE'D FORGIVE YOU."
"pap..."
"STILL...I BELIEVE IN YOU! YOU CAN DO A LITTLE BETTER! EVEN IF YOU DON'T THINK SO! I PROMISE! NOW GO TO HER AND SAY YOU'RE SORRY BEFORE THIS MAKES YOU ACT LIKE A BIGGER FOOL!"
Those words...those words were normally uttered during a Genocide time line, but now they held new meaning...it made Sans's smile slowly creep back to his face.
"you know what...you're absolutely right. if i just explain myself and apologize, we'll be okay again."
"THERE WE GO. GOOD AS NEW."
Papyrus then thwacked Sans in the back of the head.
"ow! what was that for?"
"THAT, WAS FOR NOT ANSWERING YOUR PHONE WHEN I'M TRYING TO REACH YOU! I WAS THIS CLOSE TO THROWING MY PHONE AT YOU JUST TO GET YOUR ATTENTION, BUT I DIDN'T WANT TO RISK HITTING HER!"
"so tackling me was plan b?"
"WELL IT WORKED DIDN'T IT? RIGHT LYN..."
Turning around for confirmation didn't lead to positive results, the human wasn't in sight.
"LYNSIE?"
"where'd she go?"
"I DON'T KNOW. SHE WAS HERE A MOMENT AGO."
"you don't think she ran away, do you?"
It doesn't take long before a random shoe sticking out of the tall grass gets their attention and this only gets worse when the find her.
Body laying limp, head cocked to a painful angle from a rock, said rock and under her head swam in a pool of warm red that stood out greatly to the blue tones of Waterfall.
"L-LYNSIE...?"
"we gotta go, now!"
Papyrus gathered the girl as carefully as possible and once things were ready, Sans teleported the three of them to their home.
To think this date started out so well too and now it teeters on the edge of disaster...In more ways than one.
It's dark, such a cold and unnerving dark, not like the dark of Gaster's void, that dark is more sad than anything else...no...this is bad...very bad...
{Greetings, sister dear.}
Ah fuck me!
{Oh no you don't. Rudeness here will not be tolerated. I will not be ignored!}
I feel something collide with my face and amazingly I taste blood.
I focus to locate what hit me, even try my magic, that's when something weird comes into my sight.
A small red heart outline, like the soul is hollow, missing it's life...this is too much like Gaster and yet not enough like Gaster for my liking.
{Welcome to my special hell, freak. Allow me to introduce myself.}
I hear faint footsteps drawing ever closer, random blows hit me and I can't tell where the flip they're coming from, then I freeze stiff when a hand rests almost too kindly on my shoulder.
{My name is Chara. And you are going to be my new best friend.}
God his voice is so chilling here.
He shoves me and I spin around to see what this demon looks like.
Chara looks about my age and seems to be wearing a lime and cream colored striped shirt and red-oxide pants with matching shoes, he's as pale as me and even has the same hair color, though his hair reaches to his a bit past his shoulders, his eyes are a piercing brown with red swirls, his cheeks are dimpled a lavender rose, and his face is framed by a vacant smile that displays an unusually sunny disposition in contrast to what I know is anything but a good thing...this is the demon brat?
But he's...cute.
Oh my god no!
So much no!
"You're the...I thought you were the first child and died as such? You look..."
{Like you? Guess I could enlighten you a bit. After all...It's not like you're leaving anytime soon.}
I so don't like the sound of that.
{While it's true, I did die as a kid. But that was my human past, my identity. I can keep that much of myself at least even now. Yet as a demon, I'm not limited to age or time like you mortals are. I can take on the same as my host. So take a good look sis...This is what I could've been in another life.}
"To a point at least. It's been how long since you fell? You'd probably be dead by now if you were still human."
{Like I said, I'm not limited like you. I'm better.}
"If you call being a spiritual parasite better, than go for it dude."
He sneers, making his eyes redder with hate.
{Mocking me isn't really the smartest thing to do in your current situation.}
"Do I really look stupid enough to mock a demon on his own turf?"
{Yes.}
"Touché. But honestly, I have no reason to tick you off. That'll only hurt me. That would go against basic survival instincts."
{And not fighting monsters that try to kill you is obeying such instincts?}
"Heh...Damn it man, quit poking holes in my logic."
He smirks creepily.
{Is this amusing to you? That I point out your stupidity and ridicule you.}
"If you can't laugh at yourself, life's going to seem a whole lot longer than you'd like. Then what do you do? So I chose to laugh, you know? I'm not saying I don't cry, but in-between those tears, I laugh. Even if it's for the dumbest of reasons. A laugh here or there does wonders for the soul."
{Is that why you humor that crappy comedian and his shitty jokes?}
I flinch.
"He's a very punny guy. You probably don't get the jokes because you lack a funny-bone."
{Or Sans isn't funny.}
. . .
"Take that back."
His smirk grows, he struck a nerve and knows it.
{Sans is not funny. In fact, he's so unfunny, that his jokes are the reason his brother...}
"Shut your lying pie-hole you douche! You wouldn't know funny if it bit your ass!"
His face lights up with chuckles.
{Heheh...I can't believe that worked. You're so predictable.}
"And you're a pompous tool."
{Careful little sister. That mouth of yours is close to writing a check you can't cash. I'd stop if I were you.}
I just glare at him and he smiles.
{Good girl. So you are capable of listening.}
I flip the bird and he grabs my offending finger harshly.
{So cute. You're definitely more entertaining than Frisk. All this pent up spite and rage. It's delicious.}
Oh great, he's one of those 'I feed on your hatred' demons, what a cliché.
"How original. What's your goal again? Kill everything and destroy it all? You're such a character trope it isn't even laughable at this point."
{How's this for laughable?}
[SNAP]
He twists my finger like a bottle cap and now it's flipping myself off in dislocation.
{Now that's funny.}
Honestly I'd find this funny too if adrenaline wasn't pumping to numb the pain.
My face twitches a few times in pain tics as he begins to laugh.
So the demon is into dark humor...go figure.
"You know something...Even people who are good for nothing have the capacity to bring a smile to your face, for instance when you push them down the stairs."
That takes him by surprise.
{What was that now?}
"Why are orphans unable to play baseball?"
{Uh...Why?}
"They've never known what home is."
He's stunned for a moment, but that turns into loud delighted laughter.
Nothing beats hate like joy, even if it is dark as hell.
"What's brown and very bad for your dental health?"
{Heheheh...What?}
"A baseball bat."
His laugh is so darn spooky, but it's good cover for twisting my finger back around.
"Give a man a match, and he'll be warm for a few hours. Set him on fire, and he will be warm for the rest of his life."
I can't tell if it's the darkness or the demon himself, but his laughter begins to echo hauntingly, truly spine melting with it's level of 'abandon all hope ye who enters here and heard this' horror.
"If you think things couldn't possibly get any worse, you simply lack imagination."
{Stop...Hahahaha...It's too much...Hehehehe...}
That wasn't much, but it probably weakened him a bit, got to make sure to control my temper better.
{Okay...Now you're funny.}
"I try."
{Hmmm...You know something...If I didn't know any better, I'd think you were better me up.}
"I couldn't do that. You're not toasted yet."
{...And just like that, I want to punch you in the face.}
"Mind if I ask two questions for a moment?"
{Is one of them 'will I leave you alone'?}
"No. Because I know that's a pointless thing to ask at this point."
{Clever girl.}
"First up...How long do you plan on keeping me here?"
{Well to be honest, that depends on you.}
I tilt my head confused and he grins.
{You don't know how you got here, do you?}
"Not really."
{Touch the back of your head.}
Curious, I do as he says and shiver at the wetness I feel, my eyes widening when I see the blood on my hands.
{You must have hit something at just the right angle. A hard head like you doesn't get hurt so easily.}
"It doesn't hurt or I would've noticed sooner. Could be a nasty gash. Yay for being unconscious and not feeling anything!"
{Amen to that sister.}
I'm surprised that didn't make him burst into flames and return to hell.
{So, while I'm still chatty, what's your other question?}
"...Why are you like this?"
He becomes perplexed, like I asked to see a unicorn ride dolphin, but his composure returns just fine.
{It's been a long time since I heard that question come my way. I think it was first asked by Asriel when I was still part of the family.}
"Even now, you still are family. Maybe the black sheep among goats, but family all the same."
He stomps on my foot and the sound of crunching hurts even my teeth, no clue how that lines up but does.
{Crack another bad pun and that won't be the last part of you I break. Understand?}
I nod and he backs off.
{I fell a long time ago, for less than happy reasons.}
"...Suicide?"
He doesn't say anything or emotes, neither confirming or denying this.
{When I fell, it was Asriel who found me. He brought me to his parents and I was healed. Toriel and Asgore took me in as a second child and was treated with respect equal to their biological. Asriel and I became best friends. Monsters spoke of how I filled the Underground with hope. It's a lot of pressure to put on a kid mind you.}
"I hear you loud and clear there man."
{But I figured, monsters weren't all that bad. The people of my village spoke of monsters as, well, monsters. Murderous beasts that ripped the flesh from your bones and drank gallons of blood like water. Yet, these monsters, they were nothing like the stories I heard about. They cared about each other even more than humans do. I thought, even if it was a lie...That I might actually be happy here with them.}
This is starting to sound vaguely familiar.
{The more I grew to love my family, the more I grew to LOVE humanity. They were the reason I fell down. The reason the monsters were trapped. They were the reason for all the world's problems. My hatred grew. A seed came to life and became a sprout. But it wasn't ready to blossom, not quite yet. Then came a particular point in time. Asriel and I were trying to do a nice thing for Asgore. Bake him a pie. Just like Toriel does. But we were out of butter. So being children we were like 'I know! Let's use buttercups. They're pretty much the same thing.' Oh how wrong we were.}
"Dude! Buttercup poisoning is an awful thing."
{I know. Asgore was stuck in bed for a week. His symptoms were mild. Abdominal cramps. Pain. Swelling. Salivation. And vomiting. But this incident watered my seedling enough to make it bud. I laughed it off as a plan came to me. I could make the world a better place if I got rid of all the humans.}
Dear lord, I've had that thought too.
{I shared a more 'friendly' version of my plan with Asriel. I'd kill myself so that he could take my soul. We'd then gain power and be able to cross the barrier. We'd then take six more souls and free the monsters. Big hooray! Saved the day. Happy ending. But that wasn't all I was going to do. I wasn't going to let monsters come back to a world of trash. No. I was going to clean house. Wipe the slate clean. A fresh restart if you would call it.}
"Genocide."
He smiles with pure delight.
{That's right. Though to be fair, I was planning on leaving a few humans alive. Those who shared a respect in monsters and weren't complete garbage. I'd keep them alive, have them reintroduce the monsters to the world as it was, maybe even offer them as pets. But yes. I was going to drop the global human population to a very small number before letting a single monster out. I would be a supreme being and rule over all as such. It was my destiny after all. Asgore would always tell me I was the future of humans and monsters. I was determined to prove him right.}
No...don't listen!
This can't be happening!
He senses my mental struggle and begins to casually circle me, sizing up his prey.
{So we did as plan. I consumed way more buttercups than what happened to Asgore. Oh boy, let me tell you, that was a shit storm of pain. Blistering. Bloody diarrhea. Ulceration. Kidney irritation and damage. The whole nine yards of dying. They were so worried about me. Asriel's trust was weakening. Asgore grew depressed. Toriel went full mother, as you know how that goes. She made me so many pies! Almost made dying a bit sweeter. To further push my softer goal to ease Asriel, I let it slip that I wanted to see the flowers of my village one more time before I meet my maker. Asriel stayed by my side right till the end. The moment I died, the pain stopped. Everything stopped. And the flower of my hate bloomed.}
This story...Why does it feel so familiar...Like I know this already.
Well I do, others told me it, but that was their version, this was his account.
The real deal.
{I was now dead. My soul exposed. Asriel followed the plan and absorbed me into himself, he didn't want me to disappear. But his worry made his resolve weak enough for me to assume more control over our new body. I picked up my dead body, never looked back, and crossed the barrier. Honestly...I did want to see those flowers again. They were like a glimmer of light in a dark world to me. So I brought my body there. A fine place if any for my old self to rest. But we were spotted. The villagers thought we were a beast that killed a helpless human child. They attacked us. I was ready to let my hate out and use full power to annihilate them, but Asriel refused. He thought if we just explained what has happening, they'd stop, this was pointless. They damaged our form too greatly. We had to flee despite my rage.}
Stop it...stop telling me this...why does this feel like a memory!
{Ever the cry baby, Asriel brought us and the body back into the mountain, hoping mommy and daddy could make it all better. We made it as far as the garden before our body lost its physical form. We crumbled to dust among the flowers just as Toriel and Asgore reached the room. I can still see the look on their faces. Such hopelessness. Pain. Loss. Sorrow. Regret. And my personal favorite, anger. Asriel, while weak and pathetic, he managed to linger in his dust till the whole Flowey thing happened. I on the hand, I refused to except that this was my fate. I refused that fate would do this to me. I refused to die!}
He comes to stop behind me and leans in, his mouth by my ear.
{I became something more than I was that day. I changed into something that can still fulfill my goals. I can't die. I can't go away. I am the demon that comes when people call its name. And normally, that person who calls my name is Frisk. But not this time. No...I have someone better now. You aren't like her. She just did whatever she felt like doing based on her mood. Whether being helpful or all out slaughter. Or if she was feeling particularly twisted, she'd kill some and let others live. Can you imagine it? A little girl covered in dust brings monster to the surface, but wait, some friends are missing. There's Sans, but no Papyrus. Toriel but no Asgore. Or Papyrus but no Sans. Or Asgore but no Toriel. Napstablook but no Mettaton. I may be a heartless demon, but even I am not that sick.}
"Stop it. Quit telling me these things!"
I'm trembling now and he loves it.
{What's the matter sis? Not enjoying story time? Or is it something else? Has it hit you yet? The terrifying realization that's been lingering on you since you came here. You and I are the same.}
I jerk away from him but he grabs me, forcing my arms behind me and keeping my back to his chest.
"Let go!"
{Then say my name.}
"Go to hell!"
{I'm already there sweetheart.}
I flinch and he takes advantage of it.
{I want to thank you, Lynsie. Your power awakened me from death. My 'human soul'. My 'determination'. They were not mine, but YOURS. At first, I was so confused. Our plan had failed, hadn't it? So why was I brought back to life? Then it hit me...You. You aren't like Frisk. You aren't a puppet. You grew up just like me. You've seen the things humanity has done. You know what it's like up there and that the world would be better off if humans were gone. With your guidance, I realized the purpose of my reincarnation. Power.}
He roughly nuzzles into my neck and I squirm to make it stop.
{I can give you unimaginable power. Together, we can eradicated the enemy and became the ultimate. HP. ATK. DEF. GOLD. EXP. LV. Every time a number increases, that feeling that comes with it...That's me. You've felt it too. I know you have.}
"Stop it!"
{Now, now. Don't fight this. It's inevitable. You've called out into the abyss long ago, and now, I'm answering your call. I'm your one constant in an ever changing world. Together we can reached the absolute. I'll never leave you. We'll be together forever. And all you have to do is open your mouth and let my name escape your lips. Say my name...}
He keeps his hold on me with one arm and uses his free hand to force me to look at him, really invading my face's personal space.
{Say Chara, and the universe is yours.}
[You contemplate Chara's offer.]
He...he makes good points...as much as I hate to admit it, the demon speaks truth.
But it's only half truths.
I do hate humanity, that much is true, but to end so many lives, to stain my hands in bloodshed...
That I can not do.
Besides that, it's never a wise thing to make deals with devils.
It never ends well.
[But you refused.]
"I will never say your name."
{Really? Still you would deny me. Look what I'm offering you. Your dreams. The power to move the heavens and control time itself. I ask for so little. Do I not? Just fear me. LOVE me. Do as I ask, and I shall be your slave. Speak my name Lynsie. Speak it and let our pact begin. Let us see that humanity knows the price for making us suffer.}
"As tempting as that sounds dear brother, it's not in me to bring the pain that you seek."
{That's why you could leave that to me. You don't have to life a finger.}
"But you'd be using my body. My soul. My determination. I will not allow myself to be used. Never have. Never will!"
He looks disappointed in a annoyed way.
{I'm being nice here. I'm offering you the choice. A partnership. Equality.}
"The price isn't worth the payout."
{...How pathetic. You're as stubborn as the goats that raise you.}
"Takes one to know one dear brother."
{You will make the right choice and be mine. You just need time to think things over. So I'll be generous and give you that time. But when the time comes and you refuse me then, well...}
His eyes go fully red and the whites in them go black.
{You'll be dead where you stand.}
I stiffen up like a corpse as he reverts to normal, cheeky smile and all.
{Lighten up sis. It's not like I'm going to kill you. At least...Not here. Not now.}
"Will you cut it out with the creepy shit and let me go already!"
{Dumbass, I already told you, it's up to you to leave. But who knows when you'll regain consciousness. So in the meantime, it's just you and me. I think we should get to know each other better. And I want to play a game with my toy of a sister.}
I know I'm going to regret this.
"What's the game?"
He grins madly.
{How long can I make Lynsie scream!}
He lunges his face down and sinks his teeth into my neck violently, blood gushing as I roar out into the nothingness.
[You called for help.]
[. . .]
[But nobody came.]