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W.D. Gaster.

Skeleton.

First born of Calibri & Lucida.

First grandchild to Semi.

Elder sibling to Sans and Papyrus.

Top scientist to the Royal Family.

Creator of the CORE.

Tragic victim of circumstance.

Scattered across Space and Time.

Lost and forgotten to all but a few.

A shell of his former self.

Trapped in a place where he sees all and knows of many things.

This man who I've come to know in my unconsciousness as both a cruel researcher of truth and gentle soul of faith.

This man...Now looks upon me in utter confusion.

Then again, we only seem to meet when my consciousness leaves my body to travel into the VOID.

Yet, we both know I'm not sleeping.

This is real.

The door to the VOID is open.

" โœก ๐Ÿ’งโœ‹ ๐Ÿ“ฌ๐Ÿ“ฌ๐Ÿ“ฌ โœŒ โœก ๐Ÿ“ฌ๐Ÿ“ฌ๐Ÿ“ฌ โœ‹๐Ÿ’ง โ„ โœ‹๐Ÿ’ง โœž ๐Ÿ“ฌ๐Ÿ“ฌ๐Ÿ“ฌโœ†" (LYNSIE...HOW ARE YOU...HOW IS THIS EVEN...)

All I do is smile at his dumbfoundness.

"Wow...I think that's twice now that the great Gaster doesn't know something. Heh...Rather funny. Don't you think so, G?"

I muster up a little laugh before coughing up static blood and my metaphorical brains out, forcing me to fall to all fours...I forgot my blood does that in the room.

This is of course most alarming to him as he rushes to me.

"โœก โœ‹ โ„ โœ‹โ„ ๐Ÿ‘Žโœก ๐Ÿ“ฌ๐Ÿ“ฌ๐Ÿ“ฌโœ‹ โ„ โ„ โœŒ โœก ๐Ÿ’ง โœŒ ๐Ÿ‘Ž โ„ โœ‹ โœŒ ๐Ÿ‘Ž โœก โœโœ†" (YOUR FIGHT WITH UNDYNE...I THOUGHT PAPYRUS AND TORIEL HEALED YOU?)

"*coughing* My ribs...They didn't...*gasps* Wouldn't touch me there..."

" โœŒโ„โœ โœกโœ ๐Ÿ“ฌ๐Ÿ“ฌ๐Ÿ“ฌ ๐Ÿ“ช โœ‹ โ„๐Ÿ“ฌ โœก โœŒ ๐Ÿ˜ โœŒ ๐Ÿ‘Ž โœก โœŒ ๐Ÿ‘ ๐Ÿ’งโ„" (WHAT? WHY? ...OH, RIGHT. YOUR AWKWARDLY LARGE CHEST.)

I can't help but laugh weakly at that but it only makes it worse...but hey, he's not wrong, I miss being able to see my feet when I look down.

"๐Ÿ‘Ž โ„ โœก โ„ โ„ ๐Ÿ‘Žโœ‹๐Ÿ’ง ๐Ÿ‘Ž โ„ โœŒ ๐Ÿ’ฃ โ„๐Ÿ’ง โœŒ โœก โ„ ๐Ÿ“ฌ โœก โœŒ โœ‹ ๐Ÿ‘ ๐Ÿ‘Žโœ‹โ„โœ‹ โ„ โ„โœŒ๐Ÿ˜ ๐Ÿ’ฃ ๐Ÿ‘ŽโœŒ๐Ÿ’ฃโœŒ โœŒ๐Ÿ’ง โœ‹๐Ÿ’ง๐Ÿ“ฌ" (DO TRY NOT TO DISLODGE THE FRAGMENTS ANY FURTHER. YOU ARE IN NO CONDITION TO TAKE MORE DAMAGE AS IS.)

"Then don't make me laugh...*coughs* That was funny."

He smiles, taking my coolness such under pain as a good sign that I'm not as bad as it looks, before making me lay down on my back.

" ๐Ÿ“ช โœ‹ ๐Ÿ‘Ž โœก โ„ ๐Ÿ‘ โœŒโ„ โœ‹โ„ ๐Ÿ’ฃ ๐Ÿ‘ ๐Ÿ’ฃ โ„ โœก โœ‹ โœ‹ ๐Ÿ’ฃ โœ‹ โ„ ๐Ÿ˜ โœก โœŒ โœ‹โœž ๐Ÿ“ฌ ๐Ÿ‘Ž โœก ๐Ÿ‘ ๐Ÿ’ฃ โœก" (NOW, I NEED YOU TO COOPERATE WITH ME COMPLETELY IF I'M GOING TO KEEP YOU ALIVE. DO YOU COMPLY?)

Well now, this just got real.

"Sure, whatever. Just...*wince* Do what you gotta do to fix this."

"โœž โœก " (VERY WELL.)

He pulls up my shirt up, exposing me, and making me very fidgety with embarrassment.

"โœˆ โœ‹โ„ ๐Ÿ’ฃ โœžโœ‹ ๐Ÿ“ฌ โœ‹ ๐Ÿ‘Ž โ„ ๐Ÿ’ง ๐Ÿ’งโ„ ๐Ÿ‘ŒโœŒ๐Ÿ‘Ž โœ‹โ„ โœ‹๐Ÿ’ง โœŒ ๐Ÿ‘Ž โ„ ๐Ÿ’ฃ โœž โ„ ๐Ÿ‘Œ ๐Ÿ’ง๐Ÿ“ฌ ๐Ÿ’งโ„ ๐Ÿ‘Œ ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ˜โœก โœ‹ ๐Ÿ‘Ž โ„ ๐Ÿ‘Ž โ„ ๐Ÿ’ฃ โœž โ„ ๐Ÿ‘Œ โœŒ" (QUIT MOVING. I NEED TO SEE JUST HOW BAD IT IS AND WHERE TO MOVE THE BONES. JUST BE LUCKY I DON'T NEED TO REMOVE THE BRA.)

That makes me freeze up and he uses that moment to retrain me so my squirming with multiple hands.

"โ„ โœŒโ„ ๐Ÿ‘Ž ๐Ÿ“ฌ ๐Ÿ‘Œ โ„ โœŒ โœ‹ ๐Ÿ“ฌ๐Ÿ“ฌ๐Ÿ“ฌโœ‹ ๐Ÿ’ฃโœŒโœก ๐Ÿ‘Ž ๐Ÿ’ง ๐Ÿ’ฃ โœŒ๐Ÿ’ง๐Ÿ’งโœ‹๐Ÿ’งโ„โœŒ ๐Ÿ‘ " (THAT'LL DO. BUT HEALING...I MAY NEED SOME ASSISTANCE.)

From the doorway, 4 shadows slither in, form a crescent around my head, and then take form as the gray shade monsters...the followers of Gaster.

"โœก ๐Ÿ“ช ๐Ÿ‘ ๐Ÿ‘Ž โœ‹โ„ โœŒ๐Ÿ‘Ž๐Ÿ’ฃโœ‹ โœ‹๐Ÿ’งโ„ โœ‹ โœŒ โœ‹ ๐Ÿ’ฃโœŒ โœ‹๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ“ฌ โœŒ ๐Ÿ‘Ž ๐Ÿ‘Ž โ„ ๐Ÿ’งโ„ ๐Ÿ“ฌ ๐Ÿ’ฃโœŒโ„โ„ ๐Ÿ‘ŒโœŒ๐Ÿ‘Ž โœก โ„ ๐Ÿ’ง๐Ÿ‘ โœŒ๐Ÿ’ฃโœ‹ โ„๐Ÿ’ง" (YOU FOUR, PROCEED WITH ADMINISTERING HEALING MAGIC. AND DON'T STOP. NO MATTER HOW BADLY THE SCREAMING GETS.)

"Wait, what do you mea-Aaaaaah!?"

Using his primary hands, Gaster goes about focusing his make into manipulating the misplaced bones and putting them back into their proper place before fusing them whole.

This of course, is super incredibly painful as all fucking hell!

Feeling each bone shard sliding across organ, muscle, and bodily tissue.

It's great he's being so careful, but dear god in heaven, it is like eating a clock...very time consuming.

But this does eventually end.

After all the screaming, rather creative swearing, and attempts at struggling, it's over.

I am but a worn out mess on the ground.

"โ„ ๐Ÿ“ฌ โœ‹ โ„ โœŒ ๐Ÿ‘ŽโœŒ๐Ÿ’ฃโœŒ โœ‹๐Ÿ’ง โœŒโœ‹ ๐Ÿ‘Ž๐Ÿ“ฌ โœก โœ‹๐Ÿ’ง โœŒ ๐Ÿ’ง โœ‹๐Ÿ’ง ๐Ÿ‘Ž๐Ÿ“ฌ โœŒ โ„ โœŒ โœก โ„ ๐Ÿ‘Œ ๐Ÿ’ฃ๐Ÿ’ง โ„ โœ‹ โ„ โœŒ๐Ÿ’ง ๐Ÿ‘โœŒ ๐Ÿ’ง ๐Ÿ‘Ž โ„ โœก " (THERE. INTERNAL DAMAGE IS REPAIRED. YOUR HP IS ALSO REPLENISHED. ARE THERE ANY OTHER PROBLEMS THE FIGHT HAS CAUSED TO YOU?)

I'm too out of breath to bother with talking, so I just make my soul come out.

Even in its normal state, the crack in my soul makes the color glitch and flux in a strange manner.

This pulls in Gaster's intrigue.

" โœŒ๐Ÿ’ง๐Ÿ‘โœ‹ โœŒโ„โœ‹ ๐Ÿ“ฌ๐Ÿ“ฌ๐Ÿ“ฌโœ‹ โ„ โ„ โœก โœŒ ๐Ÿ’ฃโœŒ โœก ๐Ÿ’งโ„โœŒโ„ ๐Ÿ’ง ๐Ÿ’ฃ ๐Ÿ‘Ž ๐Ÿ’ง ๐Ÿ’ฃ โœŒ๐Ÿ’ง " (FASCINATING...I THOUGHT YOUR ANOMALY STATE SEEMED OFF FOR SOME REASON.)

He takes hold of my soul and inspects the crack.

" ๐Ÿ’ฃ๐Ÿ’ฃ๐Ÿ’ฃ๐Ÿ“ฌ๐Ÿ“ฌ๐Ÿ“ฌ ๐Ÿ“ช โœ‹ โœž โ„ ๐Ÿ‘Ž ๐Ÿ’ง โœŒ ๐Ÿ‘Ž ๐Ÿ‘ŒโœŒ๐Ÿ‘Ž ๐Ÿ’ง๐Ÿ“ฌ โœ‹๐Ÿ‘ ๐Ÿ‘Ž โœก โœŒ โ„ โ„ โœŒ โœ‹ ๐Ÿ’งโ„" (HMMM...WELL, I'VE GOT GOOD NEWS AND BAD NEWS. WHICH DO YOU WANT TO HEAR FIRST?)

I expected as much.

"*sigh*...Good."

"โœŒ โœ‹ โ„๐Ÿ“ฌ โ„ ๐Ÿ‘Ž ๐Ÿ’ง โœ‹๐Ÿ’ง โ„ โœ‹๐Ÿ’ง โœ‹๐Ÿ’ง โ„ โœŒ๐Ÿ’ง ๐Ÿ‘ŒโœŒ๐Ÿ‘Ž โœŒ๐Ÿ’ง โœ‹โ„ ๐Ÿ’ง ๐Ÿ’ฃ๐Ÿ’ง โœŒ ๐Ÿ‘Ž ๐Ÿ‘โœŒ ๐Ÿ‘Œ โœŒ ๐Ÿ‘Ž" (ALRIGHT. THE GOOD NEWS IS THIS ISN'T AS BAD AS IT SEEMS AND CAN BE HEALED.)

"That's...A big relief really. So what's the bad?"

"โ„ ๐Ÿ‘ŒโœŒ๐Ÿ‘Ž ๐Ÿ’ง โœ‹๐Ÿ’ง โœ‹ ๐Ÿ‘โœŒ โ„ โœ‹โœ  โœ‹โ„๐Ÿ“ฌ โ„ โœŒโ„ โœŒ๐Ÿ’งโ„๐Ÿ“ฌ โœ‹ โœก ๐Ÿ‘โœŒ โ„ โ„ โœŒ๐Ÿ‘Œ โœ‹ โ„ โœŒ ๐Ÿ‘Ž๐Ÿ“ช โœŒ โœก๐Ÿ’ง ๐Ÿ‘โœŒ โœŒโœ‹ โ„ โœ‹๐Ÿ’ง โœ‹โ„ ๐Ÿ’ฃโœก โ„ ๐Ÿ’ง๐Ÿ“ฌ โ„ โœŒโ„ ๐Ÿ’ง โœŒโ„ โœŒ๐Ÿ’งโ„ โ„ โœ‹ โœ‹ โœ‹๐Ÿ˜ โœŒ๐Ÿ‘Œ โ„ โ„โœŒ๐Ÿ˜โœ‹ โœž โ„ โœŒ๐Ÿ‘Œ๐Ÿ“ฌ ๐Ÿ’ง ๐Ÿ˜ โ„ โœž โœกโ„ โœ‹ ๐Ÿ’ฃโœ‹ " (THE BAD NEWS IS I CAN'T FIX IT. NOT HERE AT LEAST. IF YOU CAN GET TO LAB IN HOTLAND, ALPHYS CAN REPAIR THIS WITH MY NOTES. THAT'S AT LEAST ONE THING I LIKE ABOUT HER TAKING OVER THE LAB. SHE KEPT EVERYTHING OF MINE.)

I force myself to sit up, making him and the others move back a bit.

"Hold on...What makes you think YOU can't do anything?"

I point towards the door.

"It's open now. Right outside that door is Waterfall. Don't you see? You can leave this place."

That makes him look and the expression he gets, it's like, I'm not entirely sure how to describe it.

Joy?

Relief?

Hope?

Life?

What ever it is, the emotion is so strong that he drops my soul, which I catch so it doesn't break, and he steps towards the doorway, his eyes watering.

"โœ‹ ๐Ÿ‘โœŒ ๐Ÿ“ฌ๐Ÿ“ฌ๐Ÿ“ฌ โœŒโœž โœ ๐Ÿ‘โœŒ โœŒ โœก โœŒโœž โ„ โœ‹๐Ÿ’ง ๐Ÿ‘ŽโœŒ๐Ÿ’ฃ โœŒ๐Ÿ‘Œ โœž โœ‹๐Ÿ‘Žโœ ๐Ÿ‘โœŒ โœ‹๐Ÿ“ฌ๐Ÿ“ฌ๐Ÿ“ฌ๐Ÿ‘โœŒ โœ‹ โœ‹ โœŒ โœก๐Ÿ“ฌ๐Ÿ“ฌ๐Ÿ“ฌ ๐Ÿ’ฃ โœโœ†" (I CAN...LEAVE? CAN REALLY LEAVE THIS DAMNABLE VOID? CAN I...CAN I FINALLY...GO HOME?)

Reabsorbing my soul and pulling my shirt back down, I catch up to him as he pauses right at the opening.

He's hesitant, hands quivering, doubt probably racing in his mind.

Poor guy.

I step out into Waterfall and hold out my hand to him.

"They're waiting for you. Don't you think they've waiting long enough to have their big brother come home?"

Gaster looks at my hand and then at me.

He reaches out to me...but then something happens.

As his hand exits the zone of Void room, his hand fades away, yet when he pulls back its there again.

This does not bode well.

"โœ‹ ๐Ÿ’ง ๐Ÿ“ฌ๐Ÿ“ฌ๐Ÿ“ฌโœ‹ ๐Ÿ’ง ๐Ÿ‘Ž โœž ๐Ÿ’งโœŒ โ„ โœ‹๐Ÿ’ง" (I SEE...I SHOULD'VE FORESAW THIS.)

"What?"

"โœ‹ ๐Ÿ‘โœŒ โ„ โœŒโœž โ„ โœ‹๐Ÿ’ง ๐Ÿ’ฃ โœ‹โ„ โ„ โœŒ ๐Ÿ’ง " (I CAN NOT LEAVE THIS ROOM WITHOUT A SOUL.)

Ah fuck a rubber duck!

" โœ‹ ๐Ÿ’ฃโœก โœŒ ๐Ÿ“ช ๐Ÿ’ฃโœก ๐Ÿ’ง โœŒ๐Ÿ’ง โœŒ โ„ ๐Ÿ‘Ž โœŒ ๐Ÿ‘Ž ๐Ÿ’ฃโœก ๐Ÿ‘Œ โœ‹ ๐Ÿ’ง๐Ÿ‘โœŒโ„โ„ ๐Ÿ‘Ž โœŒ๐Ÿ‘ ๐Ÿ’ง๐Ÿ’ง โ„ โœ‹ โœ‹ โœ‹โ„โœก๐Ÿ“ฌ โ„ โœ‹๐Ÿ’ง ๐Ÿ’ฃ๐Ÿ“ฌ๐Ÿ“ฌ๐Ÿ“ฌโ„ โœ‹๐Ÿ’ง ๐Ÿ‘Œ ๐Ÿ‘Žโœก๐Ÿ“ฌ๐Ÿ“ฌ๐Ÿ“ฌโœ‹โ„ ๐Ÿ’ง โ„ ๐Ÿ’ฃ โœŒ โ„ โ„ ๐Ÿ‘Œ โœ‹ โ„ โœŒโ„ โœŒ ๐Ÿ’ฃ๐Ÿ“ฌ โœ‹ ๐Ÿ’ฃ โ„ ๐Ÿ“ฌ โœŒ ๐Ÿ‘Ž โœ‹ โ„ โœŒโ„ ๐Ÿ’ง โ„ ๐Ÿ‘โœŒ๐Ÿ’ง ๐Ÿ“ฌ๐Ÿ“ฌ๐Ÿ“ฌโ„ โœ‹โ„ โœ‹๐Ÿ’ง ๐Ÿ‘ โœŒโ„ โ„ โœŒโ„ โœ‹ ๐Ÿ‘โœŒ โœž โœŒโœž โ„ โœž โœ‹๐Ÿ‘Ž" (IN MY FALL, MY SOUL WAS ALTERED AND MY BEING SCATTERED ACROSS THE INFINITY. THIS ROOM...THIS BODY...IT'S NOT MEANT TO BE IN THAT REALM. I'M NOT WHOLE. AND IF THAT'S THE CASE...THEN IT IS CRUEL FATE THAT I CAN NEVER LEAVE THE VOID.)

[You refuse to accept that.]

"So you're just giving up? I thought as a man of science, the word impossible was just another word for challenge? After all the time lines you've seen, all the knowledge in your head. Are you really telling me that from all of that, your hope is gone?"

He gives me a pity smile.

"โœก โœŒ ๐Ÿ’งโ„ โœ‹๐Ÿ˜ โ„ ๐Ÿ’ฃ๐Ÿ“ฌ โ„ โœก โœŒ โœŒโœก๐Ÿ’ง ๐Ÿ˜ โœŒโ„ โœ‹ ๐Ÿ‘Ž ๐Ÿ‘Ž โ„ โœŒ ๐Ÿ“ฌ ๐Ÿ‘Œ โ„ ๐Ÿ‘Ž๐Ÿ’ง๐Ÿ“ช ๐Ÿ’ฃโœŒโ„โ„ ๐Ÿ‘ โœŒ โœ‹ โ„ โœก ๐Ÿ’ฃโœŒโœก ๐Ÿ‘Œ ๐Ÿ“ช โœŒ โ„ โœŒ๐Ÿ‘Œ โ„ โœ‹โœ  โ„ โœ‹๐Ÿ’ง๐Ÿ“ฌ โœ‹โ„ โ„ โœŒ ๐Ÿ’ง ๐Ÿ“ช โœ‹ ๐Ÿ’ฃ โ„ โœŒ ๐Ÿ‘Ž" (YOU ARE JUST LIKE THEM. THEY ALWAYS KNEW WHAT I NEEDED TO HEAR. BUT WORDS, NO MATTER HOW ENCOURAGING THEY MAY BE, ARE NOT ABLE TO FIX THIS. WITHOUT A SOUL, I'M TRAPPED.)

"And who said you don't have one?"

A small gasp leaves him.

"What is the law of conservation of energy? Come on, you should know this easy question."

"โœ‹ โœก๐Ÿ’งโœ‹๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ’ง๐Ÿ“ช โ„ โœŒ ๐Ÿ‘ ๐Ÿ’ง โœžโœŒโ„โœ‹ โœก ๐Ÿ’งโ„โœŒโ„ ๐Ÿ’ง โ„ โœŒโ„ โ„ โ„ โ„โœŒ โœก โœŒ โœ‹๐Ÿ’ง โœŒโ„ ๐Ÿ‘Ž ๐Ÿ’งโœก๐Ÿ’งโ„ ๐Ÿ’ฃ ๐Ÿ’ฃโœŒโœ‹ ๐Ÿ’ง ๐Ÿ‘ ๐Ÿ’งโ„โœŒ โ„๐Ÿ“ฌ โœ‹โ„ โœ‹๐Ÿ’ง ๐Ÿ’งโœŒโœ‹๐Ÿ‘Ž โ„ ๐Ÿ‘Œ ๐Ÿ‘ ๐Ÿ’ง โœž ๐Ÿ‘Ž โœž โ„โœ‹๐Ÿ’ฃ ๐Ÿ“ฌ โœก ๐Ÿ‘โœŒ โœ‹โ„ ๐Ÿ‘Œ ๐Ÿ‘ โœŒโ„ ๐Ÿ‘Ž ๐Ÿ‘Ž ๐Ÿ’งโ„ โœก ๐Ÿ‘Ž โœŒโ„ ๐Ÿ“ช โœ‹โ„ โ„ โœŒ ๐Ÿ’ง ๐Ÿ’ฃ๐Ÿ’ง ๐Ÿ’ฃ ๐Ÿ’ฃ โ„ โœŒ โ„ " (IN PHYSICS, THE LAW OF CONSERVATION OF ENERGY STATES THAT THE TOTAL ENERGY OF AN ISOLATED SYSTEM REMAINS CONSTANT. IT IS SAID TO BE CONSERVED OVER TIME. ENERGY CAN NEITHER BE CREATED NOR DESTROYED; RATHER, IT TRANSFORMS FROM ONE FORM TO ANOTHER.)

I smirk as realization hits him like a ton of gold bricks.

"โœ‹โ„ โ„ โœŒ ๐Ÿ’ง ๐Ÿ’ฃ๐Ÿ’ง ๐Ÿ’ฃ ๐Ÿ’ฃ โ„ โœŒ โ„ ๐Ÿ“ฌ๐Ÿ“ฌ๐Ÿ“ฌโ„ โœŒโ„ ๐Ÿ’ฃ โœŒ ๐Ÿ’ง๐Ÿ“ฌ๐Ÿ“ฌ๐Ÿ“ฌโœ†" (IT TRANSFORMS FROM ONE FORM TO ANOTHER...THAT MEANS...)

"In the grand scheme of things, we are composed of three parts. Mind, body, and soul. What you told me of your fall and the entry logs I found in the True Lab. That all got me thinking...What if the reason you're not complete is not because your soul was destroyed into the ether of existence? What if it simply took another shape? A shape you can't see because it too is incomplete."

"โœก ๐Ÿ“ฌ๐Ÿ“ฌ๐Ÿ“ฌโœก โœ‹ ๐Ÿ‘Ž โ„ ๐Ÿ“ฌ๐Ÿ“ฌ๐Ÿ“ฌ ๐Ÿ‘ ๐Ÿ‘Ž โœ‹ ๐Ÿ‘Œ ๐Ÿ’ง ๐Ÿ‘Œ โœ‹ ๐Ÿ‘Ž โ„ โ„ โœŒ โœ‹ โ„ โœ‹๐Ÿ’ง ๐Ÿ’ง โœโœโœ†" (YOU...YOU FIGURED OUT HOW...HOW COULD I BE SO BLIND NOT TO REALIZE THIS SOONER?!)

"When you spend most nights alone with your thoughts and can recall things really easily, you'd be amazed at the connections a bunch of random lines can make. Case in point...I know who and what your missing parts are. In fact..."

I pull out my phone.

"I have one right here in my inventory."

His eyes widen.

" โœ  โœŒโœ‹ โœโœ†" (EXPLAIN!)

"Of course...But time isn't really our friend here. The others are waiting for us. So let's make this interesting."

I stroll back into the room.

"You need a soul to leave the room and I intend to fix all the wrongs done to this world. We need each other. So...I want you to fuse with me."

This gets the whole room in a state of shock.

"โœก โœŒ โ„ ๐Ÿ’ฃ โ„ ๐Ÿ’ง โœ‹โ„ โœก โœ ๐Ÿ‘Œ โ„ โ„ โœŒโ„ โœ‹ ๐Ÿ’ง โ„ โœ‹ โœโœ†" (YOU WANT ME TO FUSE WITH YOU? BUT THAT WILL RESULT IN...)

"No, it won't. Monster and Human fusion only resulted that way because the two souls became one. You currently lack a soul, so your form would just be joining mine. And as an incomplete fusion, you'll be able to separate from me when needed. Such as when you reunite with the other parts."

"โ„ โœŒโ„๐Ÿ“ฌ๐Ÿ“ฌ๐Ÿ“ฌโ„ โœŒโ„ ๐Ÿ‘Ž ๐Ÿ’ง ๐Ÿ’ฃโœŒ๐Ÿ˜ ๐Ÿ’ง ๐Ÿ’ง โœ‹ ๐Ÿ’ง ๐Ÿ’ง ๐Ÿ“ฌ ๐Ÿ‘Œ โ„ ๐Ÿ‘Ž โ„ ๐Ÿ’ฃ ๐Ÿ’ฃ โ„ โœ‹๐Ÿ’ง โœก โ„ ๐Ÿ’งโœ‹๐Ÿ’ง โœก ๐Ÿ’ง โœŒ ๐Ÿ‘Ž โ„ โœ‹๐Ÿ’ง โœ‹ ๐Ÿ‘ โœก โœŒโœž " (THAT...THAT DOES MAKE SENSE I SUPPOSE. BUT DO TELL ME MORE OF THIS HYPOTHESIS OF YOURS AND THIS PIECE YOU HAVE.)

"Fine. But I'm giving you the simple version because we've spent enough time here. Like I stated before, we are comprised of three main parts. Mind, body, and soul. My reasoning is that you were split into three beings comprised of these parts. You here, are the BODY. You are a shell of the former true self before the fall. This would explain why out of the three, you have a shape that most is like a true being. During my adventures in the Underground, I believe I have found the beings that make up SOUL and MIND. In the True Lab, I encountered something called a Memory Head. At first glance, it could be mistaken for an amalgamate. But this thing...It knew too much. It could bring out my soul and trigger anomaly state. I believe it to be your MIND and it seems to have placed itself in my inventory under the item name: Bad Memory."

"โœŒ ๐Ÿ‘Ž โœŒโ„ โœŒ๐Ÿ‘Œ โ„ ๐Ÿ’ง " (AND WHAT ABOUT SOUL?)

"This one was more tricky but it was telling me what it was this whole time...I believe the Riverperson is your SOUL."

"โœก โœŒ๐Ÿ’ง โœ‹ โ„ โœŒโ„ โœ‹๐Ÿ’ง๐Ÿ“ฌ๐Ÿ“ฌ๐Ÿ“ฌโœโœ†" (YOUR REASONING FOR THAT IS...?)

"It's a being that knows things it shouldn't. It seems genderless. It makes the same 'tra la la' that your mother did. By the way, Semi is doing well."

"โœ‹ ๐Ÿ’งโœŒ ๐Ÿ“ฌ โ„ โœŒ ๐Ÿ˜ โœก โ„ โœŒโ„" (I SAW. THANK YOU FOR THAT.)

"You're very welcomed. But my biggest clue is, it's a being that knows who you are and you aren't able to see. And that's odd seeing as you can see everyone."

My evidence is very damming, there's no denying it.

"โœ‹ ๐Ÿ‘โœŒ โ„ ๐Ÿ‘Œ ๐Ÿ˜ โœก โ„ ๐Ÿ“ฌ โœŒ ๐Ÿ‘Ž โœ‹ โ„โœŒ๐Ÿ˜ โœ‹โ„ โœก โœŒ ๐Ÿ‘Œ โœ‹ โœ‹ โœŒ โ„ โœ‹๐Ÿ’ง โœ‹โœž ๐Ÿ’ง โ„ โ„ โœŒ โœŒ๐Ÿ‘ ๐Ÿ“ช ๐Ÿ’ง โœ‹ โœŒ๐Ÿ’ง โœก โœŒโœž โ„ ๐Ÿ’ฃ ๐Ÿ’ฃ โœก โœŒ๐Ÿ‘Ž โœŒ โœŒ๐Ÿ‘Žโœก" (I CAN'T REBUKE YOU THERE. AND I TAKE IT YOU PLAN ON BRINGING ALONG THIS RIVERPERSON TO THE PALACE, SEEING AS YOU HAVE THE MEMORY HEAD ALREADY?)

"That's the idea. My guess is if the three of you are together in the same space, then the time energy linking you all will force reforming. Restoring you to your original self...W.D. Gaster. Oh, uh, what does the W.D. stand for?"

" โœ‹ ๐Ÿ‘Žโœ‹ ๐Ÿ“ฌ โœ‹ โœก โœŒโœž โ„ โ„โœ‹๐Ÿ‘ ๐Ÿ“ช ๐Ÿ’ง๐Ÿ˜ โ„ ๐Ÿ’ง โ„โœŒ๐Ÿ˜ โ„ ๐Ÿ‘Œ โœ‹ โœŒ๐Ÿ’ฃ ๐Ÿ‘Ž โœŒ โ„ โ„โœก ๐Ÿ’ง โ„ โœ โ„ โ„๐Ÿ’ง" (WINGDING. IF YOU HAVEN'T NOTICE, WE SKELETONS TAKE TO BEING NAMED AFTER TYPES OF TEXT FONTS.)

The vacant 'I feel stupid' look I get makes him snicker.

Honestly, it never occurred to me that their names were font styles...That's rather cool.

A very unique thing that makes skeletons even more awesome.

"โœŒ โœก โœŒโœก๐Ÿ“ฌ๐Ÿ“ฌ๐Ÿ“ฌโœ‹โ„ ๐Ÿ‘Ž ๐Ÿ’ง ๐Ÿ’ฃ โ„ ๐Ÿ’ง โ„ โœŒ โ„ โ„โœ‹ โœ‹โœž โ„ ๐Ÿ’ฃ โœŒ๐Ÿ‘Œ โ„ โ„ โœ‹๐Ÿ’ง๐Ÿ“ฌ ๐Ÿ’ง ๐Ÿ“ช โœ‹โ„โ„ ๐Ÿ“ช โœ‹ ๐Ÿ’ฃ โ„ ๐Ÿ’งโ„โœ‹ โœก โœ‹ โ„ โœ‹๐Ÿ’ง ๐Ÿ’ฃโœ‹๐Ÿ’ง๐Ÿ’งโœ‹ โœก ๐Ÿ’ง๐Ÿ“ฌ ๐Ÿ’ฃโœŒโœก ๐Ÿ’ฃโœก ๐Ÿ‘ ๐Ÿ’ฃ โœŒ๐Ÿ’ง โœŒ๐Ÿ‘Ž๐Ÿ‘Ž ๐Ÿ‘Ž โœŒ๐Ÿ’ง๐Ÿ’งโœ‹๐Ÿ’งโ„โœŒ ๐Ÿ‘ โœ‹ โœก โœˆ ๐Ÿ’งโ„ โ„ โœ‹โœ  โ„ โœ‹๐Ÿ’ง โ„โœ‹๐Ÿ’ฃ โœ‹ โœŒ ๐Ÿ‘Ž โœŒ โ„ โœŒโ„ โœ‹โ„ ๐Ÿ‘Ž๐Ÿ’ง" (ANYWAY...IT WOULD SEEM THERE'S NOT ANOTHER OPTION GIVEN TO ME ABOUT THIS. SO, LITTLE ONE, I'M TRUSTING YOU IN THIS MISSION OF YOURS. MAY MY POWER COME AS ADDED ASSISTANCE IN YOUR QUEST TO FIX THIS TIME LINE AND ALL THAT IT HOLDS.)

He concentrates and a static upside down heart outline appears on the center of his chest.

"Have faith my friend. I make you this promise...I will give us all, and I mean ALL of us, a real happy ending. And I never break my promises."

I bring my glitchy soul back out.

"One more thing...Do you remember the promise I asked of you? That if for some reason I fall and you know who takes my body for his own...I want you to kill me without hesitation."

"โœ‹ ๐Ÿ’ฃ ๐Ÿ’ฃ๐Ÿ‘Œ ๐Ÿ“ฌ โœŒ ๐Ÿ‘Ž โœž โ„ โœ‹ ๐Ÿ‘Ž ๐Ÿ‘Œโ„ โœก ๐Ÿ‘Ž ๐Ÿ’งโœŒโœก ๐Ÿ‘ โœŒ โœŒ ๐Ÿ’ง โœŒ๐Ÿ’ฃ โœŒ โ„ โœŒโœž โœ‹๐Ÿ‘Žโœ‹ โœ‹โ„ โ„ โœ‹๐Ÿ’ง ๐Ÿ“ช โœ‹ โœ‹ ๐Ÿ‘ โ„โœ‹ โ„ ๐Ÿ˜ ๐Ÿ’ฃโœก ๐Ÿ‘Ž โ„ โœก ๐Ÿ“ฌ ๐Ÿ‘Œ โ„๐Ÿ“ฌ๐Ÿ“ฌ๐Ÿ“ฌโœ†" (I REMEMBER. AND EVEN THOUGH I DOUBT YOU'D SAY CHARA'S NAME AFTER AVOIDING IT FOR THIS LONG, I WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP MY WORD TO YOU. BUT...)

"But?"

"โœก โœŒ ๐Ÿ’งโ„ ๐Ÿ“ฌ โœก โœž ๐Ÿ‘ ๐Ÿ’ฃ โ„ ๐Ÿ‘Ž๐Ÿ‘Ž๐Ÿ’ง โœž โ„ โœก โœŒ โœŒ๐Ÿ’งโ„ ๐Ÿ’ฃโœ‹๐Ÿ‘โœŒ โœก โœŒ โœŒโœ‹ ๐Ÿ’งโ„ โœก ๐Ÿ“ฌ โœ‹ โœ‹ ๐Ÿ‘Ž ๐Ÿ’ฃโœก ๐Ÿ‘Ž โ„ ๐Ÿ’ฃโœ‹๐Ÿ’ง ๐Ÿ“ช ๐Ÿ‘Œ โ„ โœ‹ โœŒ โ„ โ„ โœ‹โœž โœก โœŒ ๐Ÿ’ง โ„โœ‹ ๐Ÿ‘ โœŒ ๐Ÿ‘ " (YOU ARE STRONG. YOU OVERCOME THE ODDS EVEN WHEN THEY ARE ASTRONOMICALLY AGAINST YOU. I WILL HOLD UP MY END OF THE PROMISE, BUT I WANT TO GIVE YOU A SPORTING CHANCE.)

"You really think I can fight against a demon that can destroy and then recreate the very universe?"

"โœ‹ โœŒ โ„ โ„ ๐Ÿ’งโœŒโœก โœก ๐Ÿ’ง๐Ÿ“ฌ โ„ ๐Ÿ‘ŒโœŒ๐Ÿ‘Œโœ‹ โœ‹โ„โœก โœก ๐Ÿ‘Ž โœŒโ„โœ‹ ๐Ÿ’ง ๐Ÿ‘ โœŒ ๐Ÿ‘Œ โœ‹ โœ‹๐Ÿ’ง โœ‹ โœก โœ‹๐Ÿ˜ โœก๐Ÿ“ฌ ๐Ÿ‘Œ โ„๐Ÿ“ช โœŒ โ„ โœŒโ„๐Ÿ‘ โœ‹ โœก โ„ โœ‹๐Ÿ’ง ๐Ÿ“ช ๐Ÿ’ง โœ‹ โœž โœกโ„ โœ‹ โœก โœž ๐Ÿ‘Œ โ„ โœŒ ๐Ÿ‘Ž ๐Ÿ‘Ž ๐Ÿ“ฌ โœ‹ ๐Ÿ‘โœŒ โ„ ๐Ÿ‘Œ โ„ โ„ ๐Ÿ‘Œ โœ‹ โœž โœ‹ โœก " (I WANT TO SAY YES. THE PROBABILITY OF YOU DEFEATING SUCH A BEING IS HIGHLY UNLIKELY. BUT, AFTER WATCHING YOU THIS LONG, SEEING EVERYTHING YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH AND DONE. I CAN'T HELP BUT TO BELIEVE IN YOU.)

Awww...That's so sweet of him to say.

"Thank you. That...That means a lot to hear you say that. But still...What if I fail?"

"โœ‹ โ„ โœŒโ„ ๐Ÿ’ง โ„ ๐Ÿ‘โœŒ๐Ÿ’ง โœŒ ๐Ÿ‘Ž โœก ๐Ÿ‘Ž ๐Ÿ’ฃ โ„ โœ‹ โ„ โœž ๐Ÿ“ช โœ‹ โœŒ โ„ โœก โ„ ๐Ÿ’งโœŒโœก โœŒ ๐Ÿ‘ ๐Ÿ‘Ž ๐Ÿ‘Ž โ„ โœŒโ„ โœ‹ โœ‹ ๐Ÿ‘Ž ๐Ÿ’งโ„โœŒ ๐Ÿ‘Ž โ„ ๐Ÿ‘ ๐Ÿ’ฃ โ„" (IF THAT'S THE CASE AND YOU NEED ME TO INTERVENE, I WANT YOU TO SAY A CODE WORD THAT I WILL UNDERSTAND TO COME OUT.)

"And what code word is that?"

" โœ‹ ๐Ÿ‘Žโœ‹ ๐Ÿ“ฌโœ†" (WINGDING.)

I nearly slap myself...You are no better than your brother when it comes to code words.

"Got it. Hopefully I won't need to say."

"โœ‹ ๐Ÿ’ง โ„ " (I HOPE SO TOO.)

With our souls out, we take each other by the hand as energy engulfs us in blinding light and the two figures come together into one.

When the light fades, I stand there.

But it's a me that's different.

Appearance wise, not all that much has changed.

My clothing has repaired itself and altered.

My shirt is the same all be it for a thicker white rimmed collar, the Delta Rune is still there, but now my blue jeans have become black and so have my sneakers.

Body wise, only 2 things have happened.

The first are circular marks are on the back of my hands and palms.

The other are the cracks in his skull, one going down from his left eye the other going up from his right eye now mark my face as they did his.

I feel a bit taller, but that's just wishful thinking.

Looking down at my soul, it's still glitching, yet now his static outline frames it.

In a way, it's like he's holding, keeping it safe...Have no fear my friend, we shall fix this.

"Doctor?"

I almost forgot about those 4.

"Are you still there doctor?"

I nod and trigger into this glitchy SAFE MODE anomaly state much to their confusion.

"You อ˜fฬขoฬทรนr hอœaฬกvฬจeอ  อขbeฬ•en foฬดrฬกฤฃottอenฬต lฬตonฬ•g enอ oอughฬ"

"Doctor?"

"Anomaly?"

"I อmeฬตanฬถt ฬwฬดhฬกat Iอ saiฬทd.ฬข I ฬงwillฬต fฬงiอžxฬจ ฬดwฬตhฬatฬธ isอž ฬจwroอnอœg ฬธaล„d ฬ€givอกeอข usฬ• ฬ›alฬ›lฬจ ฬงa rอŸeอaฤบ haอppyอ˜ ฬตeฬ›ndiอ˜ng.ฬ อขYoอurอ sอ˜ beginsฬ€ ฬขnฬ•owอก!"

I slam my hands onto the ground and they right through, exposing the strange black void covered in patterns of zeros and ones.

Tapping into such rare data fills me with power.

Power that I use to manipulate into something else.

"Mฬธissiฬขngฬข ฬถcoอœแธ‘e deฬทtฬดecฬ€teอŸdฬข.อœ.า‰.Reaอกrอขrฬ•aฬดnา‰giอ˜ngอ อžaฬถndฬด ลŸtฬถabอขiอœliอขziฬงngฬต..อœ.ฬ€Rฬ€estoฬถrฬทingอž อ˜lฬขosฬดt code...ฬ›"

The floor under them gives way like water, sinking them like stones and keeping them under for a bit.

"Rฬถecoอveา‰ry อกcอœoฬดmpอžlา‰ete.ฬธ.."

This action is reversed and they are returned to this level on solid ground, showing that they are no longer gray fleeting shades, but fully complete beings.

"Rอกesอขtฬกoฬถrฬ›aฬ›tiฬทoฬงnฬถ ฬ›cฬจoฬธmpleฬขtา‰eฬด.ฬท Welcอขoฬกmอœศฉ bอžaอ˜cอŸkอŸ อŸtอŸoอœ reฬตaฬถlอžรญtฬ›แปณ ฬถmy fอ˜rอieฬขnอกdฬsอŸ."

In complete surprise and joy, they look over themselves as I go back to normal.

"Thank you Doctor!"

"Thank you Anomaly!"

I giggle and wave them to come along.

They do so and the room crumbles behind them.

I let them leave before me to ensure they get out and when in the clear, I remove the crystal I jammed and shut the door.

Doing this seems to remove whatever was separating this area from all as shouts of 'I found her!' hit our ears and just as others reach us, the door implodes in on itself...never to return I hope.

"You four may do as you wish now. You are free to live your lives once more."

They just look at me.

"We follow the Doctor."

"We'll follow you."

"Very well. Just not so closely. Otherwise you might be seen in not a good light. Case in point, I suggest you hide now. Otherwise Toriel and the brothers will want harsh answers. Understood?"

Wow, Gaster's mannerisms are mixed with mine too.

But they obey and flee into the area up ahead for safety.

This is going to awkward G, but I hope interacting with your brothers doesn't complicate our current relationship.

"My child!"

Toriel comes running and I'm in a strangle like embrace in seconds...I keep forgetting how fast she is.

"Lynsie! I was so worried! You just vanished and I was scared you were...you were...My child, what has happened to your face?"

"Mother, I shall explain everything as best I can. But I'm not sure this will be handled well by the boys."

Not sure what I mean, she merely says some words of comfort before taking me to where the group was.

A search party had gone out and scoured the close by marsh, so calling them back with good news was easy.

However, some of the Snowdin monsters that had joined along as well as the small bunch of Waterfall took all this mystery and danger as a ill omen, so they went back home which was fine with us.

Now it's just us.

Sans, Papyrus, Toriel, and I...though the Followers keep near, but out of sight.

[One really long and confusing explanation later]

"...And thus, here I am. Or to be more accurate, here we are."

"so...gaster is a part of you now."

"This fusion is temporary. Once the rest of his missing portions have come together in one location, they will fuse back into their true being. Leaving myself to be returned to my normal self."

"THIS IS A LITTLE STRANGE. OUR BROTHER AND GIRLFRIEND ARE THE SAME PERSON."

"Again, it's only temporary. Please do not treat me any differently than before."

"You do understand, my child. Fusion is what brought about the death of my sons."

"Yes mother, but it was not the fusion that killed them. It was humans that saw Asriel as a killer that brought about his death. I don't intend to leave to the surface. I can't go through the barrier anyway. A human and monster soul is needed, all I have is a human soul. Gaster did not have one. Hence the need to fuse to bring him into this plane of existence."

"that still has my skull itching. if the door to the void only appeared when you were sleeping, how and why did it show up here in waterfall?"

"I am still understanding that myself. Based on my time in the Void and looking over time line after time line, I think I have a possible hypothesis. As Frisk went about killing and causing the world to be ended then be remade, this chaos through the balance of the universe out of it's normal cosmic sync. Each time she went through the world, each reset created alternate events. The Void Room shifted further away. Only at random did it ever come here long enough for Frisk to find me. Though I'd not make contact with such a child."

"FRISK FOUND YOU AS WELL?"

"It wasn't easy for her to do. She would have to trigger certain things. Things that tampered with the world's F.U.N. value."

"F.U.N.? What is that?"

"so you managed to prove multiverse time lines? bravo."

"This one helped greatly in that research. Our late night talks of the sciences were highly enlightening. You've done well in teaching her Toriel."

"Um...Thank you?"

Toriel found this a little unnerving.

One voice came out of the human, but it was like two people took turns speaking from time to time.

"F.U.N. stands for Functional Universe Number. After a reset, the past world just ends and a new one where things continue is made. If my calculations are correct...Frisk has created over a million time lines."

This sends a very chilly vibe through us all.

"A...A MILLION?"

"i knew this was going on for ages. but i didn't figure the number was so high."

"Luckily, Frisk finally caused enough trouble that the universe couldn't handle it anymore. In our universe entropy is rule while order is expected. But it has always been balanced in an even flow. Frisk disrupted the balance and now...Who really knows where she ended up. But the result of her removal has been a much needed thing. Since this time line doesn't have Frisk, the Anomaly has been correcting the errors and restoring things even beyond what is seen in a typical good ending."

"that's true. nothing was able to restore the amalgamates before."

"These corrections will continue. I plan on fixing everything. And these corrections were what drew the door onto this level. Like a cosmic pull of sorts. Well...That is my theory anyway."

"All of this...It's so...I'm not sure how to put it into words."

"Impossible comes to mind. Yet that isn't really good. Only someone with a tragic lack of imagination would use such a vulgar word. We deal with magic and things that are on par with GOD. We live in the world of 'impossible'."

"true..."

Sans stretches a bit and looks at me before looking ahead to the next area.

"if this is the case, we should probably get to asgore sooner rather than later."

"AGREED. THEN WE CAN GET YOU TWO SEPARATED AND THINGS WILL GO BACK TO NORMAL."

"Yes. I want my daughter back."

Wow...This makes me feel like shit.

It's like they don't see me as I am but what I've become.

I understand it, but still, I did this for a reason towards a greater good.

Great, now I'm insecure about myself.

"My child..."

Toriel offers me her hand with a warm smile.

"Let us keep going."

Or maybe these downer thoughts are all in my head and they can see my beyond the fusion.

"Yeah...Let's keep going together."

I take her hand and the journey continues.

From this point the path forks, one way leads to where the little bird that carries others is and the other is the marsh where Sans took me on our date.

At first they wanted to go to the path with the bird, but my senses pick up damaged code down the marsh path, so we head that way.

I love how everything glows in this place.

The trees, the flowers, the mushrooms, and even the very water.

It's all so beautiful...I see why Sans picked this area for such romance.

At the end of the marsh's path, we find another wall plaque that continues the story of the war.

[The power to take their SOULs. This is the power that the humans feared.]

I guess with enough magic anything is possible.

But was this really something to fear?

Monsters never were aggressive, never wicked, never evil or bad.

So why fear that these sweet and innocent beings would turn on humanity like that?

Oh how I wish I could reverse this.

To right this most terrible wrong.

But the past is the past.

All we can do is keep going.

The next area is just water surrounding the path.

Simple and easy enough to get by...but then that large shadow from before swims by as a tentacles pop out on either side of the path.

"Uh...Anyone else see that?"

"it's just another monster. nothing to worry about."

"DO YOU THINK IT'S FREINDLY?"

"I would hope so."

Suddenly this bulbous head pops up that looks like an onion but this cephalopod monster's most distinguishing feature is its eyes...they are like that of a 'onii-chan' type character straight out a manga.

Alphys would die seeing it.

"Hey...there...Noticed you were...Here...I'm Onionsan! Onionsan, y'hear!"

Oh my god...This octopus is ripped right out a Japanese hentia or something!

"NICE TO MEET YOU ONIONSAN. I AM THE GREAT PAPYRUS. THIS IS MY BROTHER SANS..."

"yo."

"THE HUMAN LYNSIE..."

"Howdy."

"AND THE QUEEN."

"Greetings."

"Nice to meet you all! So you're visiting Waterfall, huh! It's great here, huh! You love it, huh! Yeah! Me too! It's my Big Favorite."

He's not really giving us time to answer him.

"Even though, the water's getting so shallow here...I, have to sit down all the time, but...He-hey! That's OK! It beats moving to the city! And living in a crowded aquarium! Like all my friends did! And the aquarium's full, a-anyway, so, even if I wanted to, I..."

Poor thing...All alone...He's just a big guy in a small pond.

"That's okay though, y'hear! Asgore's gonna fix everything, y'hear! I'm gonna get out of here and live in the ocean! Y'hear!"

Don't give up hope you big loveable goofball!

"Hey...there...That's the end of this room. I'll see you around! Have a good time! In Waterfallllllllllllllllllllllllllllll..."

He slowly sinks back into the water and swims off.

As soon as Onionsan is gone, Sans and Toriel burst into laughter.

Papyrus and I just feel confused by all that as we enter into the next area.

There I find the source of the damage code.

A few monsters are gathered around an amalgamate, I remember this one...Lemon Bread.

"So is that...What is called an Amalgamate?"

"yeah. it's the result of fallen down monsters being injected with too much determination."

"Since there's not enough physical mass to support the Determination, the body becomes unstable. Losing form. To keep from dying, they came together and became, well, something else."

"That's so sad. And you can fix them?"

"SHE CAN. I SAW IT MYSELF."

"so far she's fixed two of them. in total, restoring twenty one monsters back to the way they were."

"And that count will increase yet again right now."

"not so fast sweetheart."

"THAT ONE OVER THERE IS SHYREN. SHE IS INCREDIBLY BASHFUL. YOU DON'T WANT TO SCARE HER."

Papyrus points to the female fish-like monster, her head resembles an angler fish while her body kind of looks like a scaly sea slug of sorts.

"actually bro, i'm more concerned about him."

Sans points to a male centaur like monster, a brown muscular merhorse or rather a sea horse with a long winding powerful green eel tail that has amazing biceps and a twelve-pack of abdominal muscles.

This makes Papyrus sneer.

"OH, RIGHT. AARON...THAT CREEP."

I snicker at this.

So this is the protective 'no one touches my girlfriend' side of these boys...Very cute.

"Is that boy a problem?"

"let's just say, he likes girls a bit too much."

"HE'S A KNOWN WOMANIZER."

"Oh you don't say."

Now Toriel is on the ball with them, which is rather adorable, but I can't let that alter my work as I approach them, getting Lemon Bread's attention.

"You!"

"Nice too see you again too Lemon. You smell lovely today."

It chuckles as Shyren and Aaron stare at me.

"So you must be the human my bro's been talking about. Shame how he didn't mention how cute you were."

And so that begins.

Shyren just looks at the floor, trying not to make eye contact with me, but then her body points its chest up to her head before saying easing words to calm her down.

The heck?

"Do forgive Shyren. She's not used to being around so many people."

"Uh...That's fine."

So does that mean the 'body' is a separate entity from her while her 'head' is her entire body?

"You look confused, allow me to clear that up. I am Shyren's agent. When we are together it creates the illusion that we're one monster."

"That...That's actually rather fascinating."

Yep, theory confirmed true!

"As you can see, Lemon Bread is part of our siblings as well. Shyren's sister and my own. Arron's brother also makes up their form, along with, what was it again sir?"

"Moldbygg. So it's gender is pretty even out. But enough of that. What are you doing later on cutie?"

I ignore the flirts, hoping that will help ease the two skeletons that are currently building up some rage towards the seahorse.

"So there's four in here. That will make this a lot easier to repair."

That gets their attention big time.

"You can fix me?"

I smile and give thumbs up.

"Never fear, the freaky human is here to help."

"Wait...Now I remember. You're the one that the dogs and Snowdrake was talking about. You restored their family members back to normal."

"That was I, yes."

"Babe...If you can bring back my brother, that would be like the most epic thing ever!"

"Dude...Don't call me babe. Okay? Great...Now, before I do anything, I must say this. Restoring them isn't pretty. In fact, it can be painful. If that is too much..."

"I want it done!"

I nearly jump at its eagerness.

"Are you completely sure?"

Lemon Bread nods and I look at its siblings.

"If this is what you want, we'll support you."

"I got your back bro."

"Very well...For safety reasons, may you please stand back about, oh, five or ten feet? Each time I do this is different so I'm not sure how this will happen and I wouldn't want others to get hurt."

Shyren, her agent, and Aaron do as I request, stepping back to a safe distance.

"Okay Lemon...You ready?"

"I am."

With that, I summon out my soul and enter SAFE MODE again.

"Coฬ•mmฬกeฬดncอŸiฬดnอขgอข daฬธtaฬง scanอ ...ฬธ"

I have to be honest, I'm nervous about doing this while my soul is damaged.

I'm only hoping that, because of the low about of souls that make up this amalgamate and what power Gaster is giving me, I'll be able to pull this off without complications.

"Sฬถฤ‡ฬทaฬถnอ˜ cอขoอกmplฤ™te.ฬจ.ฬ›.Aอmaฬ•lgฬถamฬธaอ˜tรฉ, อขfiฬ›ฤบe namฬดeอ ฬLอœEอ˜MอŸON BRอร‰ADฬธ. Fourฬท cรณrฬธeฬ• codฬ€eลŸ ฬถdฬ€รจtectedฬข. Pอœล—ฬทocอ eา‰eฬตdฬถiฬกnอžg wรญtฬ•h ล•ฬesฬกtฬ€รณraฬงtฬถioฬขn.ฬข.ฬ€.อ "

Lemon Bread, much like the other Amalgamates I've worked on, is stricken with internal pain, making it twitch and contort wildly as it howls out in a nerve-racking indistinguishable sound.

Suddenly it stops moving...before its head falls off.

The head then splits into two parts and then body falls before doing the same, making four parts.

Such a horrifying scene.

Toriel has to hold her mouth in fear of what might escape her.

Shyren and her agent are in complete terror.

Aaron appears ready to cry.

While Sans and Papyrus know better so they are unphased by it.

The lumps of flesh begin pulsating in a strange melody of repulsive squishing, growing in size while also taking on new shapes.

One by one, they take on forms that are more recognizable.

One looks like Shyren, one looks like her agent, one looks like Aaron, lastly one like a Moldbygg, which is like other mold monsters except it stands upright and has an eye in the center of the top of it.

"Reอœcฬทovฬ€eฬกล•yฬ• ฬทcoฬขmpletอ˜e.อž"

My soul flickers out and I stumble a bit, I really need to get this fixed.

"My child? Are you alright?"

"Yeah...Just a bit spent is all. I'll be fine."

"You look fine to me babe."

If this were an anime, I'd have an annoyed mark throb on my head right now.

"Look, buddy. I'm being nice here. Stop calling me babe."

"Then can I call you babe instead? My little brother isn't half as toned as me~."

Oh god, now there's two of them.

"Let me put this in ways you both will understand...Boys!"

Sans and Papyrus come up behind me, looming in shadows like grim reapers.

"everything okay sweetheart?"

"I CERTAINLY HOPE THESE TWO ARE NOT TROUBLING OUR GIRLFRIEND. ARE THEY?"

"Girlfriend?!"

They utter at the same time.

That statement, plus the bone brothers glowing eyes, make the sea horses pale and quiver.

"No my sweeties, these two are not bothering me. In fact...they were just leaving...Right?"

I add my own menacing look to the mix and it shakes them to the core.

[You tell Aaron and his brother to go away...They agree.]

"I-I dunno about you bro, but they're spookin' me out!"

"If you're so scared, why do you keep winking?"

"These are winks of fear!"

"Is this our punishment for being creepy?"

"Please...stop...I'll never creep again!"

"Forget it. I'm outta here!"

"Bro! Wait! Don't leave me! Wahhhhh!"

They gallop away faster than a pissed off Toriel and it's rather funny.

Never would I have thought I'd ever scare off boys that were hitting on me, or that I'd enjoy it so much.

"Human..."

Oh right, the group of sisters are still here.

"Thank you for giving us our sisters back. We were happy to have them back even as an Amalgamate. But like this...Thank you truly."

Such gratitude warms my heart.

"No thanks are necessary. I just like helping others when I can."

"it's what she does."

"AND SHE DOES IT WELL TOO."

"*giggles* In any case, we thank you all the same."

" ... ... toot ... "

" ... ... hum hum ... "

So they can't talk but make cute music sounds...This could work.

"*whistles tune*"

Shyren and her sister perk up.

" si re, si re si mi si mi "

" Do ray me fa so la ti do "

" Si Fa Si Fa So Fa So Mi Re Re "

" Do ti la so fa me ray do "

" Mi So Mi So Mi Si Mi La Si So "

This starts up a small bit of song between the three of us.

Shyren hums very faintly while her sister taps a little beat with her fins.

[You hum a funky tune. Shyren and her sister follow your melody.]

Toriel smiles, seeing her daughter shine through the fusion that I've become.

Papyrus snaps his fingers along to the tunes, finding the music very delightful.

Sans sees this as a fun moment and chats up the agents as other monsters are lured in by the songs.

[You hum some more. Monsters are drawn to the music.]

Pretty soon, this becomes more than a simple sing session between music lovers, this goes crazy.

[Suddenly, it's a concert...Sans is selling tickets made of toilet paper.]

Maybe its just the magic in their voices, but it id doing more than call to others monsters, it's freeing my soul, making me groove out, and letting me feel like there is nothing else in this world but the music.

[You wave your arms wildly. The crowd eats it up.]

Now I know how Mettaton must feel like.

To stand upon the stage and bare yourself to others.

To feel the rush, the very thrill, it's electric.

[You hum some more. The seats are sold out. You feel like a rock star.]

Shyren and her sister are filled with such confidence from it all.

They get louder as the crowd roars with excitement.

[The crowd tosses clothing. It's a storm of socks.]

Such energy...the passion...it's intoxicating!

[You give a smile and a little wink. The crowd goes wild!]

If you're able to see this Mettaton, eat your heart out, because this is one show that's going where none have gone before.

[Shyren and her sister toot aggressively.]

And yet...I have this feeling...

[You hum some more. But the constant attention...The tours...The groupies...It's all...]

This isn't me, as fun as it is, this isn't the path meant for me.

[Shyren and her sister think about their future.]

So even they can feel it, the differences in our drives that plays out each note in this song of ours.

[You both have your own journeys to embark on. You hum a farewell song.]

Picking up on this, the sisters join me in making this a song to remember.

[Shyren and her sister toot a final time.]

In a epic final outro that has the audience hooked with baited breath, the last notes leave us and we bow out in good grace.

[A hooded figure watches the commotion from afar.]

Alerted, I look out into the crowd, but with the audience dispersing, I see nothing and then no one.

"Human, that was great."

"You should join the group and make this a trio."

I smile polity but shake my head.

"A lovely offer, but it's something not meant for me. Maybe some day. Just not now."

"Well, the option is always there if you want it."

The agent hands me a card and the sisters take their very happy leave.

"heh, you really hit all the high notes sweetheart."

"THAT WAS A WONDERFUL SHOW INDEED! AN I SHOULD KNOW. I AM THE GREAT PAPYRUS AFTER ALL."

"You did wonderfully my child."

"Thank you all. Heh...Not sure what came over me, but it was fun none the less."

Nice that a bit of normalcy has come out of what was a very weird time.

I can't wait to do this again.

Maybe Asgore would like a song or two?

Maybe...Oh look!

Another wall plaque!

[The northern room hides a great treasure.]

...Heck yeah!

Side quest me up baby!