Chara: This chapter came out later than ususal because our author was enjoying the new stuff he got for Christmas...that, and he's a lazy asshole like Sans.
Sans:..it's kinda true.
Asriel: Well, no respect from Chara, that's for sure now...
Muffet: He was also eating a lot of food. Our author gets rather hungry sometimes. Food for the mind, I suppose.
Undyne: That, and he was a bit nstumped about how to put this together. Luckily he was able to do it eventually. Oh, and a bit of a surprise character shows up...and you will not believe how significant he's gonna be in this new quest of ours.
Toriel: Ooh! A new friend?
Frisk: I can always appreciate a new friend!
Flowey: New to everyone else, maybe...but not to you, Frisk.
Frisk:...?
Chapter Start!
"Alphys, darling! You're going on such a vital and critical journey! A journey sure to be filled with twists and turns! Perils and drama! Action and, ahem...romance?~"
"Mettaton...I'm gonna need you to stop..." Alphys mostly rolled her eyes at the former two, but found herself blushing at the last.
"Right. Now I know that I have to stay behind to help keep Ebott's citizens calm and orderly. The humans and monsters alike. They need their star to help them relax and focus on other important things, things that don't involve panicking and screaming. Magic from us was paranoia-fuel enough. Magic from beings that are so much crueler than us...it might be a problem. But still, I want you to know that I can be there for you if you need me. Do you remember?"
"Yes. I remember. I have the Metta-Pager on me just in case. You'll be at my side as soon as you possibly can." Alphys nodded. It was literally a pager that was shaped like his face. The positive is that the signal is technology and magic put together just like the original, and it's rather powerful. Mettaton will be able to track it's signal to it's exact location and be there as soon as possible. Though Undyne refuses to carry it on her, preferring for Alphys to hang onto it instead. "I'll call you when I need you. For sure. But until then, you just focus on working with the others and keep things stable around the city."
Mettaton slowly knelt before Alphys and took her by the paw. "Your faith in be will be glamorously rewarded, darling. This Shining Knight in Glamorous Pink Armor will take this responsibility with the utmost seriousness! You have my word, my dear!" Mettaton went to kiss her paw, only for it to vanish instantly. He blinked in astonishment. He then suddenly found himself face to face with a unamused Undyne holding Alphys over her head, grinding her teeth together. He raised his hands and slowly backed off.
"Mine." He heard her possessively growl through her teeth.
"Undyne...it's okay..." Alphys said with an awkward laugh.
Chara sighed as he shook his head at Undyne acting possessive. He personally thought she was taking it a step too far. Though he guessed he couldn't blame her. He admitted he did feel a sort of possessiveness for his two brothers. Which is why he had to be careful to keep himself under control on this journey. As determined as he was to end the magicians, he also wanted to keep them safe. Not to mention-
He felt something soft pressing against his back. It was soon followed by six arms wrapping around him from behind.
"I'm back, Dearie!~"
Yeah. That's about right.
Chara felt Muffet pulling away from him, and he turned around to look at her...only for his eyes to widen with surprise. Muffet had made a slight change in wardrobe. She chose to wear a purple, slightly figure-hugging mini-dress with a pink and purple spider pattern covering it, and black tights covering her legs underneath. She also wore black boots that also helped cover her legs. Her hair was tied back in two ponytails once again, though they managed reached down to slightly drape over her shoulders. She still wore her cute pink bow over her chest.
Muffet used her top hands to form peace signs towards Chara. "Well? What do you think, Chara-Dearie?~"
"...Uhhh..." Chara blinked as he blushed slightly at the sight of her. "Um...Muffet? Why...?"
"Why what? This is what I picked." Muffet said casually, blinking in confusion. Though he was able to easily tell that said confusion was not genuine. If there was anything useful that Mettaton was able to teach her, there wasn't much clothing that couldn't be worn in battle. All it took, was improvisation. How she would improvise like this...that'll be interesting to find out.
"Muffet...ya really get a kick outta messing with me, don't you?"
"I don't know what you mean.~" She was really gonna keep going with this?
"Oh really? You mean to tell me you had nothing to do with where I woke up this morning?"
The Spider smiles mischievously as she tilted her head to the left while hugging her arms, turning to the right while slyly closing her eyes. "But Chara-Dearie, you looked so nice and cozy when you were snuggling into my chest. How could I possibly force you to pull away? I wanted you to have a good night sleep before our big expedition begins." She slightly opened her eyes, smiling deviously as she saw Chara's blush brightening. "And if that was going to help you sleep...then who am I to deny you? Ahuhuhu~"
"She has a point! Cozy sleep is good sleep!" Frisk said enthusiastically.
"You're not helping, Frisk." Chara deadpanned."We all know how you feel about that sort of thing. You do it all the time. And then you got Asriel doing it too!"
"Wait what?" Asriel blinked innocently.
"We refuse to be ashamed of giving and receiving cuddly hugs." Frisk countered without hesitation.
"Oh my! Frisk, you've made an absolutely good point as well! Let me reward you with a hug~" Muffet cooed as she walked up to Frisk and pulled him into a hug, and he gleefully proceeded to hug her back. Being taller, she affectionately petted the top of his head, followed with a light kiss while hugging him to her chest, as she gives a side glance to Chara and teasingly stuck her tongue out at him. He sighed in defeat.
They're not gonna let me win this, are they? Neither of them are.
In the meantime, Dogamy and Dogressa, along with the rest of the Canine Unit, were standing alongside Red as they were currently saying good luck to her.
"Now Puppy Red. It appears you're going to be in for quite a struggle when you officially set off on this journey. I can't help but worry about you. You're so strong...but you're still our little pup. The elder canines always worry about their pups." Dogressa says while kneeling to Red's level, placing her paws on her shoulders. "I can't stop you from going. Nope, you're not gonna be deterred from adventuring alongside Prince Asriel. You have dubbed yourself his Royal Knight. You cannot leave his side, especially not for something as important as this. It is reasons like this, that I implore you to do your best to assist him from the troublesome events you're sure to face."
Red huffed a bit as she placed her paws on her hips. "With me and Azzy working together, there's not much that can meaningfully stand in our way. We're just that good a team together. We're not gonna get our tails handed to us by seven chumps who can't seem to let go of the past." She said with a sassy swish of her tail. She blinked a bit as she felt Greater Dog lower his head and bite on her cloak, pulling on it slightly and whining softly. "Don't be like that." Another soft whine and a shake of his head as he gently pulls again. "I know that you're scared for me. But this is something that I have to do. I can't let Asriel do this by himself. You have to understand." She gently pushed him off of her cloak, only for him to return and bite down on her skirt. She sighed as she turned and patted his head. "Come on, Greater. You have quite the jaws for someone as gentle as you. I don't wanna have my skirt torn off trying to get you to let go..."
Oooh?~ Muffet thought, intrigued. Chara could tell by the look on her face that it wasn't innocent intrigue.
Red gently got Greater Dog to release her skirt, with the assistance of Lesser Dog and Doggo pulling him away. She then got to petting his head again. "I know how much you'd like to look after me, seeing that I'm the youngest member of the pack. But you'd be a much bigger help to me here than you'd be out there. You have to help the other members of the pack keep Ebott secure alongside the humans. I'm really counting on you and the others to do this for me."
"She's right, Greater. We have to trust her to look after herself, and trust the others to have her back. She may be a pup, but she's not helpless." Doggo added, placing a paw on Greater's shoulder. "You gotta let her go, bud."
Greater whined softly, still very insistent on wanting Red to stay...but he accepted that stopping her was not going to happen. He leaned up close to her and licked her cheek. Lesser Dog joined him and licked her other cheek. Doggo went on and patted the top of her head. Dogamy also took the time to hug her from behind. Red smiled as she enjoyed all of their embraces.
"You have to take care of yourself as much as you take care of Prince Asriel, Puppy Red. Your pack will be waiting for you when you return." Dogamy said with a smile.
"Indeed. You're his Alpha. He needs an Alpha to keep him straightened out, just like Toriel does for Asgore." Dogressa told Red with a bright smirk. "And not only that, knights do look out for their Royalty. If you're really insistent on staying as his knight, you'd better follow it through."
Red nodded strongly. "Right. I'm not gonna let you down, Dogressa. Not to worry, I'll look after Asriel. And everyone else, too." Dogressa nodded in approval as she pulled Red into a hug. Red wrapped her arms around her and softly closed her eyes, muzzling into Dogressa's neck. Both of their tails began wagging from the embrace. Soon enough, Dogressa pulls away as she lightly nuzzles Red's nose, then licked her cheek. Red responds by licking her cheek in return.
"Hey, Red. It's time for everyone to go." Asriel said while waving his arm from where she stood.
"Right! I'm coming!" Red nodded as Dogressa released her, following after the Dreemurrs and everyone else.
Gaster and Gerson were seeing everyone off. Gaster was paying extra attention to Sans and Papyrus. The latter seemed to have an incredibly different aura over him than before. He had no idea what exactly it could be. Though it would seem that Papyrus has gained somewhat of a deeper understanding of how serious the situation was.
Given how the last time he didn't take things seriously turned out...it's clear that he won't be making that mistake again. The same goes for Sans, participating proactively instead of reactively. They both grew quite a bit.
"We'd better make sure that we can keep the city in order, with the humans help. The last thing we need is a majority of intense overreactions instead of calm and order, especially with a problem such as this one..." Gerson said quietly. "I sincerely hope that they can all do what they need to. We can't abandon the citizens here, and yet a part of me really wants to join them. Even when I know I can't make a meaningful contribution...not how I am now."
"Any contribution we can give to make this entire thing go along smoother is considered meaningful." Gaster said, his arms behind his back. "We know our roles. Now we have to trust that they can properly succeed in theirs."
Geno Alphys watched her counterpart and her friends head out, before sighing and closing the blinds to their house. While they were busy with that, she would be busy with something else. Something very important. She adjusted her lab coat and adjusted her goggles, going down to the basement. She closed the door behind her as she observed the machine before her. Since Sans had not a lot of further use for it, he lent it to her. And now, she would use it to serve a rather important purpose. Plus, she had a remote to fix for...reasons she can't divulge in right now.
"Alright...let's see what I can do with you while they're gone..." She said, with all of the resources necessary to make this work environment more suited to her work time. Lab equipment, lab goggles, lab coats. And a poster of Mew Mew Kissy Cutie on the wall beside her, as well as the flashlight. Yeah. With this awesome poster, I feel much more motivated now. Let's do this.
With a crack of her knuckles, Geno Alphys got to work.
(Meanwhile...)
"Alright Flowey. You're the one who's leading the way. Do you have any idea of what we're doing and where we're going?" Frisk said as he had the potted plant nicely positioned on his head, the latter using vines to keep himself strapped to his head.
"Yeah. I can give you a couple details as to what we're dealing with and where we'll have to go." Flowey instructed. "Alright. If there's one thing that you'll know for sure, is that they already know you're coming. so trying to sneak up on them won't be as easy to do. I got lucky the first time and avoided being seen. I'm sure this luck won't hold out a second time."
Undyne folded her arms under her chest and nodded in understanding. "I'm gonna take a guess that we're not looking at an easy infiltration?"
"Nope. They'll sense you by your magic presence. They won't be coming out to meet you...but they will know that you're coming. That, and they've already announced their intentions and they know about our intent to stop them. They're...interested in what the monsters have to offer."
"...Hold on a second. They're waiting for us?" Red asked in a fit of irritation. "They think we're so minor a threat to them that they can won't even bother facing us themselves from the get-go? They already sound like jerks! I'd like to give them a piece of my mind when we find them!"
"That way of thinking they have is well-deserved. Considering who they are, their confidence is pretty justified. They're obviously very powerful." Flowey muttered.
"But why are they now showing themselves? Even more confusing than that, how did they manage to avoid being found for such a long time? Someone of such power should have been noticed by now." Muffet wondered with a tilted head.
"That also relates greatly to their location. If their existence is made known, it's only because they themselves allow it, like the other day. You'll see what I mean once we get there. I think you all will be rather shocked by what we find." Flowey grinned. "I'm not even going to hide my piqued interest. I know a lot is at stake here, but this is definitely not gonna be a boring experience."
"Good to know that Flowey has all of his priorities straight and in order." Asgore said sheepishly.
Sans took some time to ponder. It was honestly quite ridiculous to think that the magicians would be a be capable of appearing and disappearing whenever they wished and remain unable to be tracked. That's his thing. Though he wouldn't put it past them. He honestly wouldn't be surprised if they were capable of such a feat. Annoyed, but not surprised. He already saw what one of them could do, powerful enough to completely defeat an unprepared Chara. Underestimating them would surely be folly.
He truly wished Flowey had a bit more information on the magicians themselves and not just their objectives. It would make everything a lot easier if he had significantly more information to apply to the situation. He'd like to be able to counter as many possible troubles coming their way as possible. Through some parts of their sucesses were based on mere trial-and-error. Not his favorite method of solving problems, but he wasn't very picky about solutions. Any solution would do, so long as it works.
"quick question. how exactly do we find them?"
"I know a guy. He was very imperative to me getting to their hiding place the first time. He's a total wuss and he doesn't really interact with others as much as he would like to. But I can tell you one major detail. Frisk knows who he is."
"I do...?" Frisk said, surprised. No one immediately came to mind, but Flowey insists that Frisk knows who his contact is. Perhaps he doesn't clearly remember, but they HAVE met before. He didn't know what to think of it, but Flowey didn't sound or feel like he was lying.
"How can this person you speak of possibly help us with this...?" Shamir asked curiously.
"His magic is what makes him a very important asset to this operation. As ridiculous and silly as it is...he's actually gotten a LOT of use out of them." Flowey narrowed his eyes. "That's where the bad news comes in. This is why I said that us getting lucky a second time wasn't going to happen. Of course I can get away fairly easily. However, he's not so lucky in that regard, as he's much easier to catch than I am. He's like Sans. Excellent magic performance, but his stamina with it is greatly lacking."
Flowey was putting much emphasis on how important this mysterious contact was. If he could really help them find the magicians faster, then it really was vital for them to keep him safe. However and whatever it took. That is, they would have to find him first. Find him before the others, and in order to get to where they need to. Flowey continues to give them the impression that it was not accessible through normal means. At least, that was the conclusion that Sans was able to reach. If it took magic to reach this place, it must have been detected, hence why Flowey was cautious about getting there a second time and acknowledging that it won't be as easy as the first. That...was surely going to be troublesome.
Soon, Red suddenly stopped as she narrowed her eyes and sniffed the air a couple times. She could smell something sinister...and empty? Nonetheless it gave her a bad feeling, and it was enough to make her emit a warning snarl. Asriel and Frisk were initially startled by this, and the others immediately turned their attention towards her. They could tell that this particular snarl meant that danger was awfully close, and they needed to play close attention to her reactions. Muffet was having the same reaction. Her decently high senses-which she proudly has without magic-have also alerted her that something was nearby, something yet, only she and Red were able to somewhat get a sense that something was very much off. But why?
Red narrowed her eyes as she grabbed her cowl and slowly pulls it over head. "I smell something...something off..."
"You can smell it, Red? I sense it too. And it's nearby..." Muffet said uneasily.
"WHAT? BUT WE DON'T FEEL ANYTHING." Papyrus said with confusion. Said confusion spread to everyone else as they each tried to get a sense of what had Red and Muffet on-edge. Though when no one reacted the same as they did, their puzzlement grew.
"I don't feel anything nearby..." Frisk said quietly.
"I'm certain of it, dearie. Canine scent and spider senses working together can be quite reliable. We should go and see what it is." Muffet said as she and Red lead the way. Chara and Asriel, each growing a bit concerned, both followed the girls on their trail. Frisk hesitated a little, until Flowey urged him to continue onward.
Chara narrowed his eyes. "She's right. Red's nose and Muffet's spider sensory has been able to detect some things that magic can't. The rest of you stay here, I'll look after them." He said as he goes onward to follow and join the younger group. Asgore and Toriel obviously grew very concerned about them going out on their own, but they both trusted them to be alright. Alpys and Sans were both obviously concerned, but they chose not to say anything. Papyrus and Undyne, while also concerned, but were also completely confident that they would be fine.
Red was leading the way, nose first with her eyes remaining narrowed. She knew she smelled something foul, and she was very certain of it. And for some reason, the only persn able to sense something off was Muffet. Everyone else was close to clueless about what's going on, except possibly Flowey. He looked a bit uneasy just like the others. Chara, Frisk, and Asriel were still highly confused and slightly in the dark about what's going on, and it put Chara greatly on edge because of it.
When they've gotten at a certain distance, they all stopped when Red stopped at a certan spot. She closed her eyes and raised her nose upward for a few extra cautious sniffs. She eventually stopped and opened her eyes again. Muffet also looked around when they both confirmed that this was the area. Frisk turned his head back a little, taking proper care that Flowey was still hanging onto him. Red and Muffet stayed cautious. Something was definitely here. Though the matter of where the presence was is what makes the matter rather concerning. Red sniffed once more, while Muffet narrowed her eyes. Nothing seemed to be-
Muffet used all six of her arms to pull the Dreemurr Trio down to the ground with her, as a wave of dark fire passed over them. Red was swift to turn around and slash the second fireball in half, dissipating it within a moment. Chara was instantly back on his feet, searching for the offender of the attack. To his slight relief, it wasn't one of the magicians, just someone with a cloak a around him, as well as black gloves. Though to his slight annoyance as well, there were at least two more similar him. They all obviously had hostile intent against them. Through he was suprised he wasn't able to sense them coming, only Red through her strong sense of smell, and Muffet through spider sensory. But why couldn't he or his brothers sense them, especially since the group was using magic?
And something set Asriel off with a sense of dread and great feeling of caution. He saw all of their eyes. They were halfway closed, but that's not what gave him chills. It was the nature of the eyes themselves. They were dull and colorless, with no sense of emotion within them at all. Not even a cold stare emitted from their glares. There was nothing within them. Completely lifeless, and holding an untold amount of nothingness within them. Asriel takes a step back in confusion and shock.
...Why can't I sense their souls...?
The leading attacker soon struck again with another wave of dark fire. Chara, able to use a similiar magic, pushed his hand out as it harmlessly passes by him and the ones closest to him. Though the assault has just begun, and not entirely within their favor. The second cloaked attacker soon raised his hand as a five spikes of ice shot towards Asriel, while the third one raised one hand to shoot black lightning towards Red. Asriel raised both of his hands as he shoots fire from one paw and lightning from the other, countering both attacks and causing a slight explosion that forced both sides back.
"Hey! Who are you guys?!" Red demanded from the attackers. She didn't receive an answer, not even a blink. There was no shift in emotin, or even the acknowledgement of the question she asked. This didn't suit well with her, as she quite irritably growled at them. "Well, they're certainly focused..."
Too focused... Flowey narrowed his eyes suspiciously.
One of them shoots out at them with a trio of ice shards towards Frisk. His soul turned green as a glowing green frying pan appeared in his hands, and he accurately batted them out of the way in three different directions, away from his friends and brothers. He still kept it manifested as the other conjures a larger ball of fire in his hands, before pulling bak and throwing it towards Frisk. He focused on his pan as he swings again to catch the fire, spinning once and launching it back at them. The resulting explosion from the fireball forced them to scatter in three directions, in which the others wasted no time in making sure they stayed this way.
The lightning user conjures a streak of lightning from their hands and as cyrrently aiming towards Frisk and Asriel. The bolt of lightning was soon cut off by Red's Royal Guardian manifesting right in front of them, mentally commanding them to keep watch over Frisk. She turned swiftly and swiftly slashed a block of ice rusuhing towards her in multiple pieces. Though to everyone else, it loked like she only swung once. "Are you guys just not gonna speak? Or blink? Anything?" She was answered by another ice block thrown towards her. Her eyes narrowed as another snarl leaving her muzzle. "If being jerks is the only way you're gonna respond, then fine!"
"Wait! Can't we just-" Frisk started, though he was cut off by another bolt of lightning aiming to crash down on him. He crossed his arms, a green dome shield covering his body and defended against the lightning strike. The lightning streaks scattered right over his head, causing no harm to the others around him. He put his shield down and continued to observe the attackers. I don't understand...are they not willing to listen...?
The attacker with lightning began conjuring more lighting in their hands. Though before they had the chance to release the energy, their wrists were tied together by a string of purple webs, cuttung off the magic to their hands. Muffet lowered her hands and shook her head. "That's enough shocks out of you, dearie. Can't have you constantly aiming at Frisk with-" Muffet blinked when a strong stream of fire burned the webbing off of their wrists, also severely burning the hands. However, the receiver of said fire blast didn't even flinch. She tilted her head strangely. Not even a whimper of pain...can they not feel pain...? She didn't have enough time to ponder, as she tilted backwards to dodge a fireball aimed toward her head. That was far too close for comfort. She turned towards the one shooting fireballs towards her. With her eyes twinkling, she swiftly avoids the fireballs thrown her way with swift dodges and spider-like reflexes. She'll need to get closer in order to start doing damage.
Asriel was luckily able to tell what her intentions were. He held his paw outward as a flurry of stars shoots out of them, signaling Star Blazing. Another fireball was about to hit Muffet, but it was dissipated by a stray star hitting it a few feet before it could reach her, and the rest of them struck the fire magic user head-on. This left them distracted long enough for Muffet to swoop in and shoot multipe webs towards their hands and feet, keeping them restrained. Red soon rushed towards them and slashed at their chest, knocking them down in a matter of moments.
The ice-user held their hands up and once again blasts a volley of ice-shards towards Frisk. His soul turns yellow as a yellow toy gun appears hin his hand, and he shoots multiple yellow magic bullets shattering the shards into multipe pieces. The ice user continues to strike, placing their hands on the ground as pillars of ice began jetting out of the ground. Asriel turned round and manifested a circle of fire around Frisk, causing the ice attacking Frisk to instantly melt away in a matter of moments. The Royal Guardian deployed by Red to protect Frisk immediately fires a purple ball of energy towards the ice user. They tried to protect themselves with an ice barrier, but Muffet shot a web ball towards them that tied their hands together before they could complete the attack. The purple energy soon struck the ice user right in the chest, striking him down and knocking him on his back.
The last one remaining, the lightning magic user, didn't even show concern for the fallen allies. This piqued Chara and Flowey's curiosity as well as furthered Asriel and Frisk's concern. They didn't even show the slighest reaction in anything that's happened so far. That was causng troublesome thoughts, as well as being highly concerning at the same time. Chara continued to ponder. So far they didn't show any sign of sentience whatsoever...Chara's eyes slowly narrowed as he raised his shadow arm, and it slowly morphs into a clawed hand. He bent down to his knees, and rushed towars the lightning user. Seeing Chara rush towards them, they made the attempt to stp him with multiple lightning bolts towards him. He effortlessly dodges a majority of them, jumping left and right, ducking under certain bolts. Until he approached them with his hand pulled back.
Frisk and Asriel looked on in shock as Chara's clawed hand pierced right through the lightning user, who instantly stopped attacking once the attack landed. Red blinked in confusion, while Muffet tilted her head in confusion.
"At first I was confused as hell...but now it makes sense." Chara said calmly. His clawed shadow hand pierced through the lightning user's chest, and he held the soul of the being in his hand. The soul had a white outline...but that was it. There was no color within it, it was completely blank. "This soul...to be able to have it, and it gives you the ability to use magic, yet it doesn't give you any sentience. In other words..." As he said this, the soul promptly shattered, and stood unblinking as the lightning user promptly falls backwards, landng on his back. "They're lifeless bodies serving as a vessel for souls without a consciousness..." Flowey's eyes darkened significantly at this. This sounded far too familiar, and he was fully aware of why and how.
"Oh? That's rather creepy." Muffet commented with a tilted head, not sounding too put off about it as everyone thought she was. "I do wonder how that could have happened. it's rather unlikely that they just turned out this way on their own...oh dear. Having spider sense managed to alert me that they were dangerous, despite them looking almost normal." Chara was now sure she's been reading comic books...
Red sheathed her sword and folded her arms. "This is really weird. A type of soul without any essence to offer actual sentience, and yet powerful enough to make a corpse move and grant it magic abilities...I knew I smelled something foul about them. And because it has no essence of it's own, the others weren't able to detect them like me and Muffet could."
"But...but that doesn't make any sense. How is this possible? And who's responsible for it...?" Asriel wondered, gazing at the fallen magic users with shock. They weren't the magicians they were looking for, yet they were able to use magic anyway. Not to mention they had souls that are giving them magic but they had no sentience of their own. Flowey was soulless, but at least he still had his own personality. So this...he didn't know what to think about this.
"That comes later. It's not our main concern right now." Flowey muttered. "Now that these guys are dealt with, it's about time we meet with our contact. These guys must have been hunting him down because of what he's seen and what he knows, so he should be hiding somewhere." He looked around a bit, still staying attached to Frisk, who was still confused as to what happened.
...Everyone heard a step from the shadows. They were at least able to properly sense the soul of this being this time. And to their relief, this person was not hostile. Far from it. They felt...awfully shy, actually.
This person was a monster. A rather chubby monster with mostly orange skin, and brown accents, and light brown hair with a fedora covering the top of it. He was walking forward, twiddling his fingers while looking down at the ground, his tail sheepishly dragging behind him. He looked up to the others and waved shyly. That is, until his eyes landed on Frisk. His eyes widened as he stopped looking shy and looked more surprised than anything.
"Oh my gosh...it really is you...Frisk. The grumpy scary flower told me he knew you, and he was telling the truth. Here you are!" The monster placed his paw on his chest. "Do you remember me at all...?"
Frisk now knew what Flowey was talking about before, this was definitely someone he knew. Someone he was close friends with in some previous timeline...except this one seems to remember him as well. It might have something to do with him being in the wrong time and space...there was no mistaking it.
"Is...is that you, So Sorry...?"
Anyone who doesn't know So Sorry, feel free to look him up. Unexpected character that proves very important from here on...it's rather surprising.
Muffet: My goodness! Our journey has begun on such a mysterious and strange note...and I made a costume change! Chara must think I'm so pretty~
Chara: ...You look the same to me...*blush*
Frisk: What was going on with those guys...they wielded magic, yet there was nothing within their souls...?
Asriel: Those souls...they were powerful enough to grant them magic power...yet they didn't give them any sentience whatsoever...? They didn't have any sense of self...
Flowey:...
