I am in Home.
The human just fell, I could feel their impact on the flower bed.
Not much time to waste, I've got a villain to play.
I dive with my mind in the ground, the flower I possessed retracting without me to keep it stable.
I glide under the earth towards my destination and resurface, a flower body sprouting for me to inhabit.
The human comes inside and I greet them like I always do, with bullets.
Nothing unusual, they listen to me, get hit and I take a dramatic dive when mum attacks.
Out of sight I use the strange power of the "inventory", selecting my cell phone and dialling Papyrus' number.
* heya.
* Howdy, they got hit, and listened intently.
* nice.
* So, which universe is it?
* let me look.
The ring probably isn't on the table, he rally should have been more tidy.
* Okay, so search in the drawers, call me back, it's showtime.
I hang up and make a short visit to the welcome candy room to get a piece of monster candy.
I ponder whether I should just eat it or store it in the strange space of my "Inventory".
After a few moments I just pick it up and eat it, topping off my HP, no sense in taking risks.
The card says "Take one" in Mum's beautiful cursive writing that is kinda hard to read.
It hurts when mum attacks me.
Not just physically, but also emotionally.
I smile.
It feels good to hurt.
But also to know that she doesn't want to hurt me, only stop me from hurting others.
Back before we ended up like... this, Chara and me once got trapped behind a huge pile of rubble.
Mum melted it down to get us out of there.
I think Dad helped her... but that was long ago, so I don't know if I remember it right.
But every time I see her throw fire magic around, it's a warm breeze compared to that.
Done with the reminiscing I follow the human, stalking them throughout the Ruins.
I make sure to stay barely out of sight and disappear underground when they approach.
While I can use all the yellow flowers down here as extension of myself, they don't have eyes or ears.
Because of that, I have to be physically there in my flower body to watch and listen to them.
It gets boring, just waiting there, watching the human, but if I don't, then we might let one of those murder-y things loose on mum.
But for that we work together, I scout and broface dunks the human.
Still wishing he would let me join him in the fight.
I understand he only wants to protect me, he always cared about me.
He only had to use my help five times in the time we've been travelling here.
And, golly gosh, it hurts so much to see him die again.
I dive back underground and stalk them through the Ruins, watching their progress.
Chara is better at it but I can also read the human, they seem to be a new one, too scared to take a monster candy, stumbling at every corner, not acting the right way right away and having problems with the switch room.
They never fight, only ever acting to spare the monsters that ambush them, never running away but boy, they take their time.
I'm fighting the boredom a bit by having smalltalk with the monsters in the ruins.
Nothing ground breaking, of course, but it's nice to actually find the differences in personality.
I went insane when it was always the same, the constant change staves that off a bit, but more than that it's Chara who keeps me clearheaded.
Having someone to talk to makes a huge difference, even if I sometimes worry about bro, he never really talks about it, but I believe he's spent a lot more time jumping around than I did stuck in my one universe.
If he didn't find me those hundred thousand universes ago he might've lost himself worse than I did...
When the human enters Mum's house I can't follow them without being suspicious, so I sit in my usual spot behind the exit that leads to Snowdin, waiting for them.
Having the first bit of free time in this universe and nothing better to do I check my inventory.
A bicicle, two bags of soil end-green and a bottle of peach ice tea.
Nothing out of the usual.
I can feel something is moving through the house, so I take a quick peek.
Mum is running towards the bed of flowers in the ruins and the pacifist human step out of the door.
I call Chara again.
* ... heya.
He sounds a bit distracted, must be busy with one of his projects, better keep it short.
* Howdy, well, the human is a pacifist and just spared Mum.
* good, i'll get to my post.
* Good. And which universe is it?
* basic as far as i can tell.
* Okay, see ya at the end.
He hangs up.
Somehow he sounds a bit off this time.
I better keep my eyes on him, the last time strange things happened, it ended in dust.
It was certainly the right decision to watch the human.
I stay a bit back and watch their progress.
This is definitely not Basic, but this ain't Alice either.
Chara is definitely off as well.
After the human already left the lamp, he just puts those strange headphones on for a few seconds before doing anything, upturning his palms for some reason.
I can't get that close to him again until he was at the electric maze and boy, that is the most grim expression I've seen him wear since we've begun jumping through the multiverse.
Then there is that strange button puzzle, during which he at one point closes his eyes, raises his arms and begins swaying.
It goes as usual, though he does something unusual before the tile puzzle, he goes up there and looks lost to this world just staring at the flickering projector in front of him.
When he puts the headphones down something shocks him, but I've got no idea what since they're whispering.
Holding a hand to his head he goes before the human even starts with the tile puzzle.
I think for a moment that I could follow him, but before I can move something even more unusual happens.
I'M SORRY TO LEAVE YOU HERE WITH THIS HARD PUZZLE HUMAN, BUT I'M WORRIED ABOUT MY BROTHER! I'LL SEE IF HE'S OKAY AND WILL BE RIGHT BACK!
With that Papyrus leaves the human who trues to get to the other side of the tile maze.
I've got no idea where they disappeared to so maybe I should start with-
* NO NO NO NO NO NO!
That is Chara!
I dive into the ground and resurface where I guess they should be, at the snowmen.
But all I can see is Papyrus.
* Howdy, Papyrus,
OH, HELLO FLOWERY FRIEND! EXCUSE ME BUT I DON'T HAVE TIME, SOMETHING IS UP WITH SANS! I HAVE TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS OKAY WITH HIM, THE HUMAN HAS TO WAIT!
Oh no, this could derail the whole plot.
* Don't you worry about Sans, my friend, I'll look after him.
I give Papyrus my best smile.
* We can't have the human running around here unsupervised, can we?
YOU'RE RIGHT! WHO KNOWS WHAT THE HUMAN WILL DO? AND THANK YOU FOR OFFERING TO LOOK AFTER HIM! JUST KEEP HIM COMPANY UNTIL I HAVE CAPTURED THE HUMAN!
He kneels down and smiles at me.
YOU'RE A GOOD FRIEND, FLOWEY.
* Nah, I'm just concerned as well.
YOU'RE ALWAYS SO FUNNY. NYEH HEH HEH!
I wave Papyrus until he's gone and then jump to Chara.
If this were regular old me, I'd jump at the chance to dust Sans.
But this is the new me, with a Soul, and I'd never dust Chara anyway.
I pull the soul that Chara made for me from wherever it is when I'm not using it.
My body morphs into my true form.
I'll be forever grateful for this second chance.
And I'll do whatever I can.
He stirs when I materialise but doesn't really react, sitting slumped down at his workbench, head resting on the table, a huge pile of dice next to him him.
* Chara! What is going on?!
He turns his head, towards me, stopping with the sorting, the die still i his hand
* nothing...
* Doesn't look like nothing. Talk about it.
He doesn't even look me in the eyes, rolling the die between his fingers. I don't think he even realises that he's doing that.
* what's the point?
He turns back to the pile of dice and continues sorting them. It really hurts seeing Chara like that.
* The point is that I care for you.
* doesn't matter. this sans is useless, i am useless...
No...
NO!
* Oh god, this is... shit.
Bad bad bad.
Breathe!
* You stay here and relax try to take your mind off of those thoughts.
I need to stay calm...
* I'll try and salvage this run.
Because I will not let you into that darkness without a fight.
I jump into Chara's room.
Okay, good thing we had an emergency plan for that...
* today we're training for an emergency we hopefully won't encounter.
* Okay Chara, what is it?
* i die in a pacifist run.
* Simple, I trick dad into giving me the souls and force a reset.
* that might work, now what if you can't reset for some reason?
* I... have no idea.
* you replace me.
Step one, getting a set of his clothes.
It is after the tile puzzle so... the clothes his copy were wearing lie on the floor, should be accurate.
Step two, changing shapes into him.
I concentrate on my soul. When not in my body it feels... soft and malleable.
A push here, a squeeze there and after a few moments I'm done.
I pull the soul towards me and instead of my usual form I come out thinner, no fur and a tiny bit taller.
Getting this trick down was hard, we needed about three hundred loops of Mettaton tutoring me in shape changing before the result was something other than garbled heap of meat. Chara taught me how to create shortcuts, though right now I can only make them while I inhabit a copy of his body. Another thousand or so loops later I finally got good enough that we had a test run.
Chara stayed in the background while I did all the Sans things from start to finish. After a few runs I could do it flawlessly. We also did some Alice me runs.
But here I'm on new land.
Fully clothed and ready for action I prepare for step three, resuming the timeline.
Papyrus should be at the gauntlet right now, so I try a simple shortcut to there.
I arrive at the border to Snowdin, behind the sign.
A few steps carry me toward the gauntlet where Papyrus is already waiting.
THERE YOU ARE SANS! ARE YOU DOING ALRIGHT?
Okay, now for my best Sans impression.
* yeah paps, was just overwhelmed for a moment.
Oh, can't forget to pun on occasion!
* and thank you for sending flowers.
WHEW, I'M RELIEVED TO HEAR THAT! NOW, LET'S CHALLENGE THE HUMAN WITH THE GAUNTLET OF DEADLY TERROR!
The human walks over the bridge towards us.
HUMAN! THIS IS YOUR FINAL AND MOST DANGEROUS CHALLENGE! BEHOLD! THE GAUNTLET OF DEADLY TERROR!
On cue the gauntlet starts it setup, but what emerges is complete overkill.
Automated turrets with all kinds of ammunition, liquid projectors, electric coils and even small scale artillery manned by the little dog that always annoys Papyrus.
If this thing goes off the human won't survive.
WHEN I SAY THE WORD, IT WILL FULLY ACTIVATE! MORTARS WILL FIRE! TURRETS WILL SHOOT! COILS WILL SHOCK! EACH PART WILL FILL THE AIR WITH HAZARDS! ONLY THE TINIEST CHANCE OF VICTORY WILL REMAIN! ARE YOU READY!? BECAUSE! I! AM! ABOUT! TO DO IT!
We all stand there in awkward silence for a few seconds.
* well?
* what's the holdup?
Papyrus looks at me indignantly.
HOLDUP!? WHAT HOLDUP!? I'M... I'M ABOUT TO ACTIVATE IT NOW!
Again, awkward silence.
* that, uh, doesn't look very activated.
WELL! THIS CHALLENGE! IT SEEMS...
He looks at me with a thoughtful look.
A BIT MORE EXTREME THAN I ANTICIPATED.
He pauses for a second.
YEAH! WE CAN'T USE THIS ONE! I AM A SKELETON WITH STANDARDS!
MY PUZZLES ARE VERY FAIR!
The human chuckles at that.
AND MY TRAPS ARE EXPERTLY COOKED!
BUT THIS METHOD IS TOO ONE-SIDED! NO SPORTSMANSHIP!
AWAY IT GOES!
Papyrus turns around and exhales relieved but then remembers the human.
WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT!? THIS WAS ANOTHER DECISIVE VICTORY FOR PAPYRUS! NYEH! HEH! ... HEH?
With that Papyrus runs towards his house, though since he doesn't think that "Sans" is in any kind of trouble he won't be looking for him.
I'm a bit rusty in my Sans impression but I can squeak by... I hope.
After the fight between Papyrus and the human starts I take a quick shortcut to look after Chara.
He is still sitting there, sorting an ever growing mountain of dice, locked in, and aside from me and him, nobody here can teleport in anyway, so he should be getting some time to collect himself.
It will take the human a few minutes to get past papyrus, especially if they go on that strange "date".
I should confiscate anything sharp and pointy from the house.
Since the shortcuts are actually rather exhausting, I opt to walk.
Chara must have spent ages to master it to the degree where he can casually use it, or it has to do with his soul.
I find table knifes, a corkscrew and scissors from the kitchen.
Knock on the bathroom door, no response, I go inside and check the sink and shower for razor blades, nothing.
A quick tour through Papyrus gives nothing and in Chara's rooms I find a single worn dull dagger and a whetstone in under the mattress.
I dump them together on the ground and put them in my inventory under "Heap of pointy things".
That's pretty much the only place where Chara can't get to something.
That won't stop Chara from hurting himself if he is determined, but maybe delay him long enough that he regains composure some composure, if he actually snaps.
I can hear Papyrus running in front of the house, that means the fight is over and it's still a pacifist.
I shortcut to the place where the waterfall sentry station is usually located.
In its place is a table with a chair behind it, a banner saying "sentry station" written in a very crude way and Rufus sitting eagerly behind it with a badge pinned to his chest that reads "Waterfall Sentry Extraordinaire".
Apparently, in this universe he did the same as Papyrus and badgered Undyne until she let him join as a sentry.
So, that bit of script is out of the window as well, so I just stand in the corner and hope the human doesn't speak to me.
And what is the first thing the human does when they enter Waterfall?
Chat it up with me.
I just give them the usual script and take them to Grillby's where the lunch date goes as usual.
After it's done, I have a look at Chara.
He's still barely reacting to anything.
Most of the table is by now covered in sorted dice groups and the heap of unsorted ones is getting pretty small.
I should get him something nice, maybe a good cocoa.
Since the fridge here does contain nothing but bones and the dog, I have to go to New Home for that.
But first I should make sure that I don't lose track of the human.
I shortcut towards Waterfall and have a peek inside.
Rufus is still setting at the sentry station, so, I think the human has not met Undyne yet.
I take a look back and see that Papyrus is not standing there, so they probably have their date right now.
I wait in Chara's room until I hear the dog running outside and play the trombone.
Now I have a few minutes to go shopping.
I shortcut to the city wall and look down.
New Home is one of the few places that can change drastically in between universes.
Sometimes there really are only one hundred or so monsters, sometimes there are thousands.
But usually it's around four hundred.
This time it is a larger one, maybe even more than a thousand.
It's quite extensive and could take more time than I can spare right now.
Luckily I spot a delicacy shop pretty fast.
A few moments later I enter it through the front door, where a small bell announces my arrival.
A humanoid monster exits the back of the shop.
"Welcome to O's delicacies what can I do for, hey Sans".
They have green eyes, are about as tall as I am right now, medium long brown hair and the name tag at their brown leather apron says 'Ace Spade'.
I've never met them before, but apparently this version is a friend of Sans.
* hey ace, what's up?
"Ah, nothing much, with you?"
* same, same.
"So, what are you doing?"
They rest their arms on the counter and wink at me.
"Aside from creeping on little girls."
Are they...
Is SHE flirting with me?
Oh god, what the heck is with this world?
Now, think, what would Chara say in this...
Oh yeah.
* you're not that little.
She giggles.
"Now, what brings you here? Does the missus want more Coffee?"
* nah, am looking for cocoa powder and milk.
She stretches and looks at the shelves behind her, taking a box from them.
After that she checks the refrigerator and shakes her head.
"I've got some cocoa, 80%, but I'll have to look if we still got some milk."
With that she makes her way to the back of the shop.
It has been thousands of loops since I've last been in New Home.
Usually, when broface and I have some time to spare, we train together or hang out.
When I go solo I try to avoid New Home, it's not that anyone here would recognise me as either a flower or a boss monster.
It just has too many bad memories for me back from my Flowey days attached.
I take a longer look around the shop.
On the shelves are many things I've never seen before, PeachIceTea, LOVECookies, AppleLiquor.
But that doesn't really surprise me, the further you get from the human the more things can change per universe, but unless we want to doom the other people living in the universe, we can't really take a vacation... more than once ever hundred or so loops.
I hear foot steps coming from the behind the counter, looks like Ace was successful in her search.
"You're lucky, I thought Maya bought the last carton but we still had one in the back."
* thanks, what do i owe ya?
"Milk and cocoa makes... 25G,"
I get 25G from the Inventory and give them to her.
"And say hello to the missus from me."
She hands me a bag with the milk and cocoa in it.
* will do, see ya.
As I turn around a tall pale monsters walks through the entrance of the shop.
They are almost as white as a skeleton, but seem to possess skin; they're really tall, about as tall as dad though a bit shorter; a fine black line indicates where their mouth is and on their head is slicked back black hair.
They are dressed in dark jeans, a white buttoned shirt and carry a black blazer under their arm.
* Greetings Sans.
They smile a warm, welcoming smile towards me, so I guess they're at least acquainted with Sans.
I return the smile as genuinely as I can.
* heya.
They look at me for a moment.
Was that a hint of suspicion in their eyes?
Did they notice I'm not the real Sans?
"Dad! I was worried! Where were you?"
I take that as my cue to leave.
* Visiting some acquaintances of mine.
With a shortcut I get back to the lab.
Chara has started to build pyramids out of the sorted dice, using their colour in some strange pattern.
I get a cup and start to make Chara a nice cocoa.
When I put it down on the table, I take a quick glance at his face.
He absently stares in the distance, like a million worlds away.
I hope the cocoa will cheer him up.
At least he doesn't do anything stupid, but I should get back to being Sans.
I play along throughout waterfall, always an eye out on the human, but doing this solo as "Sans" is always a chore, especially pacifists, we can't mess those up.
If the Human isn't pacifist we don't really bother keeping track of them and only do what we have to.
I've adopted Chara's "Training, Research or Fun" approach, though, in my case research is really just cracking down on the science books that are in the Core.
Training means that I try to master a new kind of magic, which at the moment is trying to get shortcuts to work even when not in this body.
But I guess that training is suspended for now.
Not much to do here except to play along.
It's not even that important for getting the human to dad.
Aside from the Ruins and Snowdin there is only influencing Papyrus to call everyone.
But if Chara doesn't does this, then the Sans of this world might get in a tight spot.
So, we do this out of kindness.
Or maybe because Chara is kinda damaged in the head and doesn't see fixing the runs in a different way as an alternative...
Yeah, he was pretty battered when we met the in the throne room after I dusted dad.
Like he has been through hell for eternity...
*shudder*
I better observe the whole run and give bro an update when he's... calmed down.
Waterfall is pretty uneventful, I buy a nice cream for Chara, do the usual pranks.
Rufus is going with the human through Waterfall, talking and being adorably clumsy.
It is kinda cute how he is in this world.
Just like Papyrus, he wants to prove himself to Undyne.
To that effort he has built a few human traps in Waterfall.
He always shows the human how they work, Undyne activates them, getting tapped in them and that gives the human a chance to run.
It's actually quite amusing.
Instead of Papyrus being always the butt of the joke, it's Undyne the great and mighty warrior.
It cumulates in the bridge scene where Rufus now gets caught in his own trap and the human has the choice to run or help Rufus out.
They quickly pull the lever that disables the spring-loaded circular saw blade.
Before I can look after Chara, I've got one last stop just beyond Waterfall.
Hotland sentry station in the Undyne chase.
I approach the sentry station.
If Chara isn't in charge here as well, I wonder.
* Fuhuhuhu~
* Hello there~
Apparently... Muffet?
She sits behind her bakesale table, still offering some of the pastries while being sentry.
* heya.
I walk up to her, having a look at the pastries.
While I stand in front of the table, her smile slowly falters.
Something is bothering her?
* what's the matter?
I'm caught in strands of spider silk before I can even react.
* Now here deary~
She puts a kettle with water on the ground and pulls a box with black powder and some filters from under the table.
* You're clearly not Sans~
She pours the black powder in the filter.
* You'll have until my coffee is done to explain what you've done with my boyfriend.
I stand there, dumbfounded and stuck in the silk.
* errr... what?
* My boyfriend.
* About your height, manic grin, a huge dingus.
The water in the kettle slowly starts heating up.
* But certainly not you.
I... didn't expect her to see through this.
It even fooled Papyrus.
* i promise you he's not hurt.
* That doesn't answer my question~
She frowns. Her eyes wander towards the cettle.
* 2 minutes left deary~
* You better hurry explaining.
* So let me ask again deary.
She leans forward.
* What. Happened. To. My. Boyfriend?
Okay... that was... protocol... uh... something?
Goddamn Chara and his stupid plan code names.
* okay, you got me, but we have only about twenty seconds before a human and undyne run through here and the future of the underground depends on the fact that they don't know that i'm not sans.
* What...
Footsteps, crap.
I shortcut out of the web to Muffet's side.
* here they come act natural.
* Uh...
The human runs past us, waving.
I wave back.
Muffet looks a bit confused.
Undyne comes running, but changes course when she sees us.
* Sentry Muffet! I thought I made it clear, no hanky panky during duty!
* Yes Ma'am...
I point direction Alphys' lab.
* human, that direction?
* ARRRRGH! Right!
With that she storms off.
Muffet traps me again with spider silk.
* 90 seconds~ Better hurry.
A steaming Undyne stomps past us, not really paying attention to us.
The human jumps into the boat of River, leaving us alone.
Okay seems I've got to pull off protocol whatever.
Shattered mask! That is how Chara calls it!
So, now time to impress, after all, being impressive is 90% of the whole deal.
I push my soul back, let it reform to standard with a few small adjustments so my body ages a bit, growing into Chara's clothes and pull it back within the fraction of a second.
* Sorry to let you wait, but that everything goes according to plan is of the utmost importance. Now to introduced myself.
I burn through the spider silk with ease, dusting the soot off the clothes and step towards her, hand outstretched and smiling warmly.
* My name is Lou Cypher and I'm in charge of timeline corrections while my brother is off duty.
She doesn't look that impressed but shakes my hand nonetheless.
* Nice to meet you~ And who is your brother?
I lean on the counter, giving her a smile.
* The mind currently inhabiting the body of Sans in this timeline.
* Hm, so, what is he called, your brother?
We... yeah, we never really thought this one through...
* Oh...
She gives me a grin.
* O? That is a silly name~
So, want to tease me?
* Yeah, I know, he actually chose it just for this really bad gag.
Muffets grin dies and is replaced by surprise.
* ... you have to be kidding me.
* I wish, there is a reason why my brother can pass as Sans after all.
It is what Chara would have wanted...
Making me look like an idiot in conversations.
* So, you still have a minute~
Okay, now to gain control of the flow of the conversation.
I pick up the kettle, heating the content to boiling point and pouring it into the filter.
* No offence, Muffet, I have all the time I want. But to answer your question, your boyfriend's body is currently sitting in his laboratory after a mental breakdown of some sort.
She looks Horrified.
* Oh no...
I pour her and me a cup of coffee.
* I'm sorry about that, but that is why I'm busy to act as him for now.
I think I still have milk in my Inventory.
I pull it out and offer it to Muffet, but she declines.
* It wasn't his fault, to be honest. My brother is inhabiting his head and the strain apparently caused a psychotic episode.
All those loops of talking people into doing stuff finally pay off.
* Is he...
* As I said, he's unharmed but sadly unable to play his role in this universe.
She throws a hollow look into the coffee cup after drinking half of it in one go.
* But no worries, once the barrier is open, he will most likely return to normal.
* THE BARRIER WILL OPEN!?
Ooops...
* Yes, now you see why I have to play Sans.
I drink a bit off the coffee.
It's a rush job, but I didn't really have time.
* Because this is the most important day in years and he has a big role to play.
She is overwhelmed by all of that and just sips on her coffee.
* Now, if I may ask, what gave me away?
* Huh?
* I still have to play my part as Sans, so, if you could help me that would make my job easier.
* Oh okay.
Another sip of coffee.
* The Headphones are missing, he never leaves the house without them.
Can't get those, Chara still wears them.
* You slouch a bit much, for one thing, he stopped slouching years ago.
* You also stand too still, his hands are always in motion.
* Then there is the fact that you didn't try to grab my ass-
WHAT?
* Language, please.
* My bottom as soon as you came within reach of me, or rather most of your behaviour towards me.
She shoots me a glare.
* But I swear, I will end you if you try doing ANY of that.
* Wouldn't think of it. Any other tips?
She thinks about that for a moment.
* Avoid masses of people and look in a bad mood when many are around.
She gives me a longer look.
* But honestly? Most people won't notice it anyway.
She stares into her cup again.
* Just, don't be too obvious and you should pass for him.
* Thank you Muffet.
I empty my coffee cup in one go.
* And before I forget it, if you tell a single soul what happened here, there will be dire consequences.
She gives me an angry look.
* How do you mean that.
I shrug and make my way towards Waterfall.
* If anybody believes you, everyone will think that Sans had a mental breakdown that incapacitated him for hours instead of it being a short lapse.
She obviously cares for him and the mental breakdown thing seems to be huge.
With that I am back in Waterfall, out of sight.
I sit down on the ground and take a few deep breaths.
Oh boy...
That was... that could have gone so bad.
I think I've salvaged most of it...
I shortcut back to Chara.
He's stopped building with the dice and is currently just sitting around staring in the air.
I put the nicecream down on the table next to the now empty cup of cocoa.
I know how much he likes chocolate.
I put the cup in the kitchen sink and look for the human.
They're at Undyne's place during their bff date.
I follow them when they're done.
The rest of the run went through as well as I could manage.
I talked with Muffet a lot and got a bit of background on the whole universe.
It seems similar to Basic with the main difference being Sans.
Apparently the Sans of this world is a bit of an oddball.
People are at the same time scared and drawn to him.
There are many rumours about him being psychotic.
He also is royal administrator in charge of the computers down here.
I get more information that I'll pass on to Chara when I'm done.
Judgement hall was as usual and then came my cue to make the Flowey fight.
As usual, it was pretty awesome.
Though in recent years I have to convince the souls to rebel against me.
I'm not evil anymore, so they see my good intentions and are reluctant at first.
But as usual they play along when I've explained it to them.
After the fight is over and the human spares me one last time they go back and do the True Lab after I convinced Papyrus to convince Undyne to give the human the letter.
So many proxies...
After they resurface I have to go through the last conversation...
It plays as usual until the moment mum... flirts (shudder) with me.
* That voice...! Hello, I think we may... Know each other?
* oh hey... i recognize your voice, too.
* So nice to meet you.
* the name's sans.
* and, uh, same.
* Fuhuhuhu~
Muffet walks in, thank god, she'll tell mum that they're-
* Sorry your majesty, but we're only available in a set.
* So, if you want to~
Mum raises her hands pointing to the human.
* Pleases, there are children present.
Then she leans in...
* We can talk about this later (wink)
... please dust me.
But I've got no time for that, I've got to play two roles now.
I concentrate and prepare some flower magic.
When my cue comes I trap everyone in vines, including myself and project a little me that everyone sees.
I use shortcuts to throw my Flowey voice from it and let the last scenes play out as usual, but I'll leave Chara alone during that, he doesn't need the stress.
I can use my soul to replace his.
After everything is done everyone goes starts ascending towards the surface I make a shortcut to Chara.
I think that now was enough time for now...
I change into my usual self with a few minor modification.
He is just standing in the room apparently completely lost in thought, his eyes are empty as well.
I shake his shoulder and his pupils come back.
* Hey, get a grip, I've got to bring you and your body up to speed since we'll get booted from this universe in the next hour or so.
* wha-?
* I finished your run and-
* why?
I draw him into a hug.
Usually we don't do things like that, but he needs it.
* Because you're my brother and when I'll be there for you.
He starts sobbing and crying.
Apologising for something, I've got no idea what since he is incoherent.
Ten minutes later he calms down considerably, his glum, moody behaviour from earlier blown away.
* thank you.
He punches me in the arm.
What gives.
* broface.
He didn't call me that in a long time... he finally is getting better.
* now, what exactly did happen with you?