Long ago, two races ruled over earth: Humans and Monsters. One day, war broke out between the two races. After a long battle, the humans were victorious. They sealed the Monsters underground with a magic spell.
Many Years Later…
Top of Mount Ebott, Morning…
A young man of 15 stood at the top of the mountain. His Red eyes were lifeless and dull while his short brown hair was choppily cut. As if it had recently been cut by a knife. He wore blue jeans, a blue shirt, and magenta jacket.
All three articles of clothing were pretty much rags. Around his waist he had a sheathed kendo sword. The sheathe and sword seemed almost new especially in comparison to the rest of him. He also had a raged, green backpack on his back.
Behind him there was a large city bathed in the morning light of the sun; however, the young man was not focused on this spectacular sight. He was instead looking at the deep, dark hole that lies before him. Without any hesitation, he turned around and fell into the hole.
The young man closed his eyes and managed a smile. "Finally, the pain will stop."
?
The young man opened his eyes and found himself staring at the blue sky above. He registered that he felt no pain and wondered if this was the afterlife before moving his right sleeve up only to see the scars. He pinched his skin and registered pain.
The young man sighed and sat up noticing that he was in a dark cave atop a square bed of sun flowers and chalked his survival up to them breaking his fall. The young man got up and looked around. There was an archway across the room and rock walls everywhere else.
Instead of pressing on, he simply walked to the backwall and sat against it with that same, dead expression he had above. If he couldn't end it by jumping down the hole, starvation was the next best option.
"Hey idiot, mind telling why you jumped down here and disrupted my slumber?" He had heard some girl.
The young man turned his head and saw a young woman who looked to be about his age. She had shoulder length, brown hair, white skin, and red eyes. She wore a green sweatshirt with blue jeans, and tennis shoes.
If the young man could feel, he'd have thought she was pretty. Beautiful even. Although, there was another issue besides the fact that he didn't have feelings. It was the fact that the young woman was transparent.
"It's official." He sighed. "I've gone crazy."
The young woman only got angrier. "Hey idiot, didn't anyone ever tell you it's rude to keep a woman waiting? Why did you jump down here and interrupt my slumber?"
The young man looked at her. "Do you really want to know?"
The woman groaned. "If I didn't want to know, why would I ask? I'm clearly mad and wish to know why I feel this way."
The young man still thought himself crazy, but he figured talking to himself was as good a way as any to pass the time until he starved. Hey, what better way to pass the time then reminding himself what led him to jump?
He leaned back against the rock and looked at the darkness of the only way forward. "I wanted to stop the scars that grow every day I continue to breathe." The girl blinked in shock as she looked at the young man in a new light. "My parents abused me."
He rolled up his sleeves revealing his scars. "It only got worse when my big brother left. Lance is two years older, and my parents emancipated him. He promised he'd be back for me, but that was a year ago. Everyone at school makes fun of me.
Some of the older guys regularly beat me up. The teachers do nothing to stop it. Only plus side is that I've become good at running and dodging. I don't even have a single friend. Just yesterday, my parents forced my emancipation and kicked me out.
I usually get by thanks to anime, but it didn't work like it usually does. Ultimately, the thought of ending it felt like the only way to make the pain stop. I'd heard the legends of Mt. Ebott and figured a place where children vanish suited my needs."
The young man looked to the sky above with no emotion and didn't say another word.
The girl blinked a few times before sighing. "You know what, forget it. I'm not mad at you. Anyways, my name is Chara."
"Frisk." The young man simply stated.
Chara stood up. "Alight, get up sad sack."
Frisk yawned. "You know, I didn't think my imagination could create something that insults me. Ah well, guess it's just another symptom of my life."
Chara stomped her feet, but it didn't make a sound due to her ghostly nature. "Is that what you think? I'm not a figment of your imagination idiot." She walked over to the flower bed. "I was buried here. I'm one of those kids you were talking about."
Frisk looked at her with no emotion. "Guess if monsters are real, nothing should be out of the question."
He looked at the ground not saying anything more.
Chara stormed over. "I said get up. You're going to get moving or I will continue to annoy you. Unlike you, I don't need rest, food, or water to do it."
"Point taken." Frisk sighed before standing. "What do I have to do to get rid of you?"
"How am I supposed to know? This a first for me. Maybe if you make your way through the underground, you'll find an answer. Either way, I'm not letting you stay around here to mope about, so get moving." Chara ordered.
Frisk stuck his hands in his jacket. "Fine, I'm moving. I'm moving." He walked forward with Chara next to him. "Imagination or real person… whatever this is… She's bossy."
He walked through the archway.
Underground
Frisk turned a corner and walked into a room only to stop in front of a sunflower with a face. He thought it was a monster and likely would have reacted to it if his emotions were in working order. He looked at Chara and noticed she seemed uneasy.
He was about to speak until he heard Chara in his head. "Don't talk to me aloud idiot. Only you can see and hear me. If you want to talk, do so with your mind like earlier. Now, don't trust the flower, alright?"
"Why not?" Frisk asked.
"Just trust me and don't ask questions."Chara ordered.
Frisk at least knew there was no way Chara could have heard all his thoughts back in the previous room, so he figured he could have privacy by thinking about whether he wanted Chara to hear his thoughts or not.
Before Frisk could speak with Chara further, the flower started talking. "Howdy! I'm Flowey. Flowey the Flower! Hmmm… You're new to the underground, aren't ta'? Golly, you must be so confused.
Someone ought to teach you how things work around here! I guess little old me will have to do. Ready? Here we go!" Frisk noticed that a red, two-dimensional heart appeared from within his chest. "See that heart? That is your SOUL.
The very culmination of your being! Your soul starts off weak, but it can grow strong once you gain a lot of LV. What's LV stand for? LOVE naturally. You want some LOVE, don't you? Don't worry, I'll share some with you."
Flowey winked and produced some white pellets.
Chara spoke up. "Frisk do not touch those pellets."
Frisk heard the words but didn't turn to look at her.
Flowey continued. "Down here LOVE is shared through… Little white 'friendliness pellets'. Are you ready? Move around and get as many as you can."
Flowey shot the pellets at Frisk. He decided to take them figuring this was about as good an outcome as starving to death or dying from the fall would have been. Once the pellets hit him, Frisk fell to his knees from the pain.
Chara clenched her fist. "Frisk you idiot! I told you not to do that! Why!?"
"I already told you Chara. I want to die. I don't want to feel as I do anymore. Whatever's waiting for me on the other side can't be worse than what I've already endured with the short life I've lived." Frisk thought.
Chara was rendered speechless as Flowey's face became evil looking. "You idiot! In this world, it's kill or be killed. Why would ANYONE pass up an opportunity like this!?" Flowey surrounded Frisk with those pellets. "DIE!"
The pellets closed in on him as the flower laughed.
Frisk closed his eyes with a small smile. "Everything will be over soon."
Chara, knowing she couldn't do anything due to her status, merely shouted, "Frisk! You idiot!"
Frisk opened his eyes as the pellets vanished and his body, as well as his clothing, became good as new. He looked at Flowey as a fireball appeared knocking him away. In his place a two-legged, white goat lady in purple and white robes.
Chara smiled gratefully. "Mom."
The goat lady smiled kindly at Frisk. "What a terrible creature, torturing such a poor innocent youth. I am Toriel caretaker of the RUINS. I pass through this place every day to see if anyone has fallen.
You are the first Human to come down here in a long time. Come! I will guide you through the catacombs." Frisk stood up. "This way." She walked through another archway at the opposite end of the room.
Once Toriel was through the doorway, Chara came to stand in front of Frisk glaring at him. "You are never to do that again! You hear me! You will live even if I need to scream it at the top of my lungs every time you encounter a monster!"
"Why should I care? In fact, why do you care? The way I see it, my life ends. you're free to rest again or whatever, and I'm finally free of this life. It's a win-win." Frisk thought at her.
Chara growled at him. "You won't kill yourself because you're now my friend. You wouldn't want to abandon your friend to feel miserable because you died, now would you?"
Frisk was surprised. "You want to be my friend?" Now he was feeling something, and it was anger. "Why would you possibly want to be my friend!? We just met mere minutes ago, and all I've wanted is to kill myself. What could you possibly use to justify ever being my friend?"
Chara walked forward as tears began to form in her eyes. "Because I was like you." Frisk was shocked. "My family abused me physically, emotionally, and mentally. I had no friends. Eventually, I wanted it all to end and tried to do what you did.
The only difference is, I had someone nicer come to my rescue. He took me to his family, and they took me in. I was given a life and spent many happy years with them. Now, I may not be him; however, I can honor him by doing what he did."
She let the tears fall. "Please, don't kill yourself because I will honestly break down if you still do it after everything, I've said. I want you to live so that one day you can find happiness like I had. I truly mean that you idiot."
Frisk reached out a hand and attempted to put it on Chara's cheek. To his genuine surprise, it worked. That said, he was more surprised by the fact that he was crying.
He gave her what he hoped was a reassuring smile. "I guess today is just not my day." He removed his hand and walked past her. "Let's go."
He walked through the next archway as Chara touched her right check. She soon shook her head and wiped away the tears before following.
RUINS
Frisk walked into the next room to find Toriel waiting for him. "There you… My child, did you hurt yourself. I see that you are crying."
"Don't worry about it." Frisk wiped his eyes. "I've just never had anyone be so nice to me before. Thank you for healing me and fixing my clothes."
Toriel and Chara had been nicer to Frisk than anyone else besides Lance.
Toriel nodded accepting the answer. "Ah, well I'm glad I could help you my child." She turned. "Please, follow me."
She walked off and Frisk followed. His gaze was quickly drawn to a shiny, yellow object between two sets of stairs leading up. He walked up to it as Chara caught up to him.
"Hey, uh Chara… what is this?" Frisk asked figuring she'd know.
"I suppose it does make sense that you could see these given your soul color matches what mine was." Frisk wondered what she meant but decided to ask about it later. "It's a save point. Only we can see it, and it'll safely bring you back to this point if you die."
Frisk nodded and reached his hand towards the object. He stopped his hand just above it before remembering the conversation he just had with Chara. He touched the object.
"It's done." Chara nodded. "You've saved this point in time and will be sent back here if you die. Keep in mind, I do not want that to happen unless you can't prevent it. Don't make me feel bad idiot."
Frisk nodded. "I'll keep that in mind Chara."
He then walked up the left stairs to the same level as Toriel and followed her into the next room which contained a sealed door, six buttons on the floor, a lever to the right of the door, and a sign to the left.
Toriel spoke up. "Welcome to your new home, innocent one. Allow me to educate you in the operation of the RUINS." She walked across two buttons, up, and then across two more before pulling the lever opening the door.
"The ruins are full of puzzles. Ancient fusions between diversion and door keys. One must solve them to move from room to room. Please, adjust yourself to the sight of them." She then walked through the now open door.
"She's right Frisk. These puzzles will be everywhere down here. If you're unsure how to solve them, don't guess. Ask me, and I'll help you." Chara stated now seeming just as uneasy as she did with the flower.
Frisk contemplated asking what seemed to be upsetting Chara but decided that could wait until they were in a safer place.
He decided to check out the sign before progressing. "Only the fearless may proceed. Brave ones, foolish ones. Both walk not the middle road." Frisk nodded. "Interesting."
Chara looked at him. "Do you understand what it means?"
"Not really." Frisk admitted. "It's just interesting."
Chara said, "It's a warning. Look, down here you're going to meet all sorts of Monsters, but all of them are good. A lot of them have just been affected by what I did. Please, don't kill them. Promise me this, and I will tell you my story once we're somewhere safe."
Frisk nodded. "That's an easy enough promise to make since I don't like to hurt others. I couldn't imagine what killing someone would be like."
Frisk walked through the door and Chara followed. They entered a room with water ducts and a sign on the wall.
Toriel stood before them. "To make progress here, you'll need to trigger several switches. Do not worry for I have labeled the ones you need to flip."
She then walked down the path.
"I know what you're thinking Frisk but trust me when I say that sign off the road just tells you to stay on the path." Chara stated guessing that's what his next action would be."
Frisk nodded before crossing a bridge. He noticed a switch labeled with arrows pointing to it, so he pulled it before crossing another bridge where he found two switches. One was labeled like the first while Toriel stood before some spikes in the ground.
Frisk pulled the labeled switch causing the spikes to come down and make the goat monster happy. "Splendid! I am proud of you. Let us move to the next room." Frisk followed her to a room with a dummy. "As a human living in the Underground, Monsters may attack you.
You will need to be prepared for this situation; however, worry not! The process is simple. When you encounter a Monster, strike up a friendly conversation. Monsters are all good at heart and merely need to be treated well. They will respond in kind. Practice talking with the dummy."
Frisk shrugged and walked up to the dummy. "Hey, my name's Frisk, and I have no intention of hurting you."
Toriel smiled. "You did well my child."
Frisk followed her as Chara, who still seemed uneasy, spoke up. "Yeah, you did good Frisk."
He walked down the stairs and into the room only to be confronted by a green frog on two legs. Toriel stood off to the side to observe.
"Chara, what do I do?" Frisk questioned.
"It's a Froggit. You must compliment it, and even if it won't understand you, you'll be able to spare it. Then, it will leave you alone." Chara stated.
Frisk nodded. "Froggit you are a very lovely shade of green." Froggit was flattered even though he didn't understand. "Now I'm sparing you."
Froggit walked away and Toriel beamed. "Very good my child. Now continue to follow me." They walked on coming to a floor made of spikes surrounded by deep water. "This is another puzzle/ Just follow after me child, and you will see it is not that hard."
Frisk nodded. "Right."
They walked four to the right, all the way up, three to the right, all the way down, five to the right, all the way up, and the final two to the right.
Toriel led the way into the next room. "Puzzles may seem like quite the challenge, but they are harmless once you learn their secrets." They started walking down a long hallway. "You have been doing well my child. Hm, child do you prefer cinnamon or butterscotch?"
"I wouldn't really know." Frisk shook his head. "My parents weren't big on sweets."
"Not big on sweets!?" Toriel questioned in shock. "All good children should be rewarded with something sweat."
Frisk just shrugged not wanting to talk about his parents. "I guess my parents didn't believe as you do Toriel."
Toriel was thoughtful as they reached the end of the hall. "My child, I am sorry, but I must attend to some business. Please remain here." Toriel handed Frisk a cell phone. "That phone already has my number. If you have need of anything, call me. Be good, alright?"
She ran off into the next room as Frisk stared at the phone.
"You should continue down the path yourself." Chara stated.
Frisk looked at her. "Why?"
Chara replied, "It'll make things easier on her if you arrive at her home while she's off running errands. I believe you can make it through the rest of the RUINS yourself. Of course, you're welcome to stand around like an idiot."
"Fair points, but why do you keep calling me an idiot?" Frisk asked.
"I grew attached to it." Chara shrugged. "What do you expect when you did so many idiotic things right when we met?"
"That's…" Frisk sighed. "…fair, but do you mind using a different word. That flower at the beginning already seems to like the word idiot, and since you can't tell him it's your word…"
"Fine, get a move on moron." Chara stated with crossed arms.
Frisk shrugged. "Better."
He started walking.
RUINS
Frisk and Chara entered the next room with two ways to go. Left led to what looked like a single room while right seemed to be the way that led onward. Frisk decided to check out the room first. There were water ducts on either side and a pedestal containing a bowl of candy ahead.
Frisk approached it and read a sign at the bottom. "Take one."
"That's known as Monster Candy. Basically, any food made by a monster is imbued with some form of healing magic. That candy isn't going to do much, but any food item could prevent you from having to load." Chara explained.
Frisk nodded as he took off his bag and opened one of the smaller flaps. He grabbed one of the candies and threw it in before putting the bag back on.
Inventory:
1 Monster Candy.
"Alright, good to go." Frisk stated.
He left the room and noticed another save point atop some leaves. He walked over and touched it before pressing on with Chara. He got to the end of the room when another monster approached him meekly. It looked like a cross between a bug, angel, and solid ghost.
"It's called a Whimsum." Chara provided the name.
Frisk waved as he said. "Hey…"
The Whimsum burst into tears and flew away from Frisk.
"They're very sensitive." Chara explained.
Frisk shrugged and moved onto the next room which contained a floor that looked as if it'd fall given the slightest amount of pressure.
"This one is a tricky puzzle because the whole floor isn't unstable. It's only made to look that way, and there is a path through; however, I want you to step on the path to the left and fall below." Chara stated.
"Why would I do that?" Frisk asked.
"Back when I was alive, I'd hide little stashes of money from my allowance in various places. Provided I hid them well enough, there'll be chances for you to acquire Gold. Gold is used to buy things." Chara explained.
Frisk nodded. "Alright."
He stepped on the path to the far left and fell below landing feet first on some leaves.
Chara followed him drifting down to his side. "Down here, you can also see the path by the leaves. First, stick your hands directly below you and see if there's a pouch." Frisk did as he was told and pulled out a brown, leather pouch. "That contains 30g."
Frisk looked at the pouch before looking to Chara. "Chara, are you sure you want me to have this?"
Chara sighed and shook her head. "Moron, I'm dead. A dead person has no need for money. As far as I'm considered, any nest egg I direct you to is yours. After all, you'll need it."
"Thank you. Chara." Frisk slipped it into his bag as he looked at the leaves memorizing the path. "Alright, let's go."
30g
Inventory:
1 Monster Candy
He walked back up a ladder to the top floor and followed the path to the end with Chara. When he got there, he was confronted by a small, green, and square slime. It moved around but did not attack him.
"This is a Modsmal." Chara stated. "It's not going to harm you so long as you don't harm it."
Frisk nodded before walking into the next room. It had three pressure plates on the ground, three rocks, and a spike trap blocking his way.
"You probably see what to do here, but you should know that rock on the left is sentient." Chara explained.
Frisk nodded and pushed the first two rocks onto the pressure plates before coming to stand before the final rock. "Excuse me, would you mind moving down to the pressure plate and staying on it long enough for me to get over the trap. I promise, I won't take long."
"Well, aren't you a polite one pardner. I certainly do not mind doing you a favor since you asked unlike most." The rock stated before moving onto the plate.
The spikes came down and Frisk ran over before waving at the rock. "Thank you."
He walked into a small room with a mouse hole, cheese on a table, and another save point. He touched the save point before hearing squeaks coming from the hole, yet no mice emerged. He walked up to the table and noticed the cheese was stuck to it.
"Sorry little guy. Looks like if you want the cheese, you'll have to get it yourself." Frisk thought before walking on.
In the next room he saw a ghost lying on the ground. He would have originally said sleeping, but no one repeated 'ZZZZZZ' unless they were faking it.
"Hey Chara, can this ghost see you?" Frisk asked.
"No. I'm a special case." Chara stated. "Also, his name is Napstablook."
Frisk nodded before crouching next to the ghost. "Excuse me, but I need to get by, and you're blocking the way. While I could walk through you, I'd rather not."
Napstablook got up seeming rather surprised. "Oh, so few people ask me to move. Normally, they'd walk through me. I usually come to the RUINS because there's no one around, but today I met somebody nice."
Frisk cleared his throat. "Yeah, you didn't quite answer my question. Mind moving for me?"
"I'm sorry." Napstablook suddenly realized what he'd been doing. "I was rambling again. I'll get out of your way."
He vanished allowing Frisk and Chara to continue onto the next part of the room. Up seemed to lead on while going straight led into what looked like a bake sale. There didn't seem to be a way forward from there.
He shrugged and walked into the bake sale where he was shocked to see spiders manning stalls. There were four stalls each selling a different item. Cider, bread, cake, or donuts. They all looked amazing. He walked up to the donuts hoping spiders in the Underground didn't bite.
The spider looked at him and spoke with a salesman like attitude. "Welcome to the spider bake sale. Just 7g's for one donut."
Even if this donut looked like it'd be the best Frisk ever had, the price was too high. "I'll give you 10g for 2."
"No can do. Two is set at 14g" the spider stated.
"I'll do 12g." Frisk stated.
"13g. "The spider returned.
Frisk shrugged. "Guess I'm leaving."
"Alright, I'll take 12g." The spider quickly stated.
Frisk turned back around. "10g."
"11g."
"10g."
"11g."
Frisk pulled out the pouch and counted out 10g exactly. "10g. Take it or leave it."
The spider conceded upon seeing the gold. "Alright, 10g for 2 daunts." Frisk placed the gold on the counter. "I'll wrap them up for long term travel."
Chara stared at Frisk dumbfounded. "How did you do that? Those spiders would never budge once for me or… for me when I tried. I was a pretty important person when I was alive."
"Whenever I didn't want to go home, which was often, I'd wander about the city. Often, I'd find myself at this traders' market. You had farmers selling their produce as well as locals selling practically anything you could imagine.
Anyways, you tend to pick up a few tricks for getting better deals at places like this. One of them is that you go in with no emotion. If the seller can't read you, they can't turn the deal around. As you know, it's easy for me to do so." Frisk explained.
Chara frowned. "Right…"
The spider presented two wrapped, pink frosted donuts. After paying, Frisk put them in his bag and left the room.
20g
Inventory:
1 Monster Candy
2 Spider Donuts
He walked into the room upwards to find a hallway then bent to the right putting him in a room with a sign, six spots to fall through, and spikes at the end. "There's just one switch."
Chara said, "Don't worry, I'll find the switch. You just eat one of those donuts to keep your strength up."
Chara phased through the nearest cracked ground before Frisk could say anything. He shrugged and grabbed a donut out of his bag. After the first bite, he could in fact say it was the best donut he'd ever had. The frosting melted in your mouth and the donut was soft.
20g
Inventory:
1 Monster Candy
1 Spider Donut
As he ate the donut, Chara moved from place to place.
She then walked up to Frisk. "The switch is in the top middle. There's also that same ghost from before in the bottom middle, a Vegetoid on the bottom right, and a ribbon to the top left. The others are empty."
"What's a Vegetoid?" Frisk asked. "What's this about a ribbon?"
"A monster carrot that likes to give out vegetables to people." Chara explained. "As for the Ribbon… It's best explained later."
Frisk nodded. "Then I'll collect it for now."
He moved onto the cracked ground and fell through. Frisk found a faded, red ribbon which he immediately put in his backpack before climbing back up a nearby later.
20g
Inventory:
1 Monster Candy
1 Spider Donut
Faded Ribbon
He then fell down the hole to the far right where he was confronted by a carrot monster that began chucking vegetables at him.
Vegetoid said, "Eat your greens."
Frisk dodged them and managed to grab one before munching on it. "Not bad. Got a few more?"
Vegetoid smiled and tossed a few more carrots. "You are a good human."
He then burrowed into the ground and Frisk climbed back up to the top before falling down the hole with the ghost he met before. "Napstablook, are you okay?"
Napstablook looked at him. "I fell down a hole, and I can't get up."
"Aren't you a ghost?" Frisk asked.
Napstablook stood and would have blushed if he were capable of that. "That's right…"
He vanished once more.
"Huh, the underground is filled with strange monsters, but they do seem nicer than the humans I've met." Frisk thought before climbing back up.
He then fell down the top right, flipped the switch, and climbed up making the spikes retract into the ground.
It was at this point that Chara spoke up. "So, do you know about the ribbon…"
Frisk looked at his bag before turning to Chara. "We'll talk about it once we alone at Toriel's. I know this may sound odd, but I trust you Chara. You haven't led me astray in the short time we've known each other, so I'll reserve judgement until we've talked."
Chara nodded. "Alright." They entered the next room which contained a sign, pillars, and already retracted spikes. "This next puzzle is rather tedious, so I'll just help you along. The current set of spikes is down.
Hit the blue switch upon entering the next room, then the red switch, and yellow in the rooms after. Trust me, if you didn't know what to do, there's a chance you could fall into multiple holes."
Frisk nodded and did as Chara said eventually ending up with two ways to go and no clear indication of which led onward. "If you head up, you should reach Toriel's house. Though there may be something to the left."
Frisk decided to check left first only to find a large, dancing bug on two legs. "Cha Cha Cha." He looked at Frisk and smiled. "In unison now." Frisk shrugged and danced with the bug for a bit. "Yeah! You can really move! Cha Cha Cha!"
He then left the room.
"That was a Migosp, and as you saw, they really like to dance." Chara explained. "As such, they'll enjoy it when others dance with them."
Frisk nodded before noticing a toy knife behind where Migosp had been standing. He walked over and grabbed it.
20g
Inventory:
1 Monster Candy
1 Spider Donut
Faded Ribbon
Toy Knife
He took a few practice swings with it. "Huh, it's well made for a toy, but not as good as my Kendo Sword. Still, best to save it like the ribbon. I doubt this belonged to a monster."
He put it in his bag before leaving the room with Chara who he noticed seemed uneasy as they started to walk up towards Toriel's home.
JakeGetsFrisky:Great first chapter, can't wait for more of this tsundere Chara. I wonder if you'll keep writing this story after the Underground or if you'll just leave the ending to the reader. Oh well I guess we'll find out eventually
Quillion9000:I see no reason to lie or attempt to mislead here. We all know Frisk will make it out, but that's not the point. it's never the point of anything really. It's always about the journey with most fanfictions and how entertaining the author can make them. So, I will say that I do have intentions of continuing past the Underground. Weather it's in this story or I'm a sequel is still undecided.