Authortale: DETERMINATION and IMAGINATION

by Copytailor

Ever since the first Author, Toby Fox, released Undertale, countless others have created their own universes in his image. On your long journey through these universes you have arrived here, in a new world to conquer. There are many challenges ahead, and the darkness is watching your every step. To prevail, you will need DETERMINATION and IMAGINATION. But beware, don't read to far.

1. Introduction

Once Upon a time only humans ruled over the world.

One day a group of people grew unsatisfied with the world they inhabited and began to search for something new.

They began to daydream of worlds beyond the rules of reality and through the power of IMAGINATION these worlds became real.

They became known as the creators.

Ever since then the human race has been dreaming.

Some shared their stories with others through books, games and other forms of media.

They had near unlimited power in the worlds they created as they dictated every little detail of their dreams.

Some dreams were of love and hope while others were of hate and despair and everything imaginable in between.

Even with the power they had over their dreams even the greatest of the creators were still simple humans.

Their time was limited and they could not control their worlds forever

In the end, like all humans, they died.

Inspired by their stories the next generation would rise to take their place. To dream like their predecessors and become creators themselves. The beginning of a new age.

While some creators continued to craft their own stories some couldn't let go of the stories of old. They didn't want to dream about something new but instead of what would have happened if...

That way an original dream would go on to spawn many diverted paths and to sprout many different realities.

Alternate Universes.

AUs, if you will.

One day a creator named Toby Fox made his own dream come true. Undertale. It was an extraordinary game that received worldwide recognition and touched the hearts of men.

Like all things in life, it came and went and similar to many stories before, it lived on in the memories of players.

I couldn't let go, as I am obviously here now.

You couldn't either, hm?

Well, maybe we can come to an arrangement.

I will give you a story and I will achieve my mission. Does that sound good? If not you don't need to continue here. You could just stop reading.

You are not stopping are you? Well, I can already tell that this will be very, very interesting.

See you soon.

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A game of chess is starting. Are you black or white? Will you win or lose? What is at stake?

With questions still filling your head, your opponent makes his first move and the Introduction suddenly ends.