Drabbles 7-?: Didn't Reach Her Eye
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Drabble 7:
"The GREAT WARRIOR of Honor fell to one knee, laughing in the face of the foolishness of her opponent!"
"And then I stab her."
"WHAT?! No, you don't have a knife equipped!"
"Fine. I… kick her."
"NOPE! Not your turn!"
"… Are you serious…?"
MK stood up on his chair, leaning over the table. "Guys! Guys, as Game Monster, I'm going to have to resolve this."
Chara sank down in their seat. "For crying out loud! You always try to ruin this for me! Whenever you resolve something, I don't get to kill anyone!"
Frisk, sitting next to MK, signed something about conflicts not ending in violence.
"What if I want something to end in violence?"
MK, finally done flipping through the rulebook with his face, stood back up on his chair. "Laughing is talking, and talking is a free action. We're still on Undyne's death-turn."
"EAT IT, PUNK!" Undyne bellowed.
"This is so stupid," Chara moaned, "This is never how it would actually happen."
"Then the GREAT WARRIOR said, "But… deep, deep in my SOUL, there's a burning feeling I can't describe. A burning feeling that WON'T let me di-""
"EVERY TIME! GOD can you not think of ANYTHING else?!" Chara complained.
MK looked over the stat sheets. "Well, she is a paladin. Righteous Resurrection is one of her best moves, especially against someone with such a high kill count."
"It's just so stupid, though! I mean, when would that actually happen, ever?"
MK shrugged, an impressive feat without arms. "This game wasn't invented with monster magic in mind. Humans didn't know monsters existed then."
Frisk pulled their knees up into their chest, face dark. Chara shot them a glance, then turned back to the game board.
"Are we done yet?" Undyne asked, "You keep interrupting my amazing speech!"
"Fine. Whatever," Chara growled.
"So the GREAT WARRIOR looks you in the eye, saying, "This isn't just about monsters anymore, is it? If you get past me you'll… You'll destroy them all, won't you? Monsters… Humans… Everyone… Everyone's hopes, everyone's dreams, vanquished in an instant! But I WON'T let you do tha-""
"And then I kick her."
"Still her turn."
"Ugh!" Chara hit her forehead against the table.
" "Right now, everyone in the world… I can feel their hearts beating as one. And we all have ONE goal. To-"
Chara thunked their head against the table to punctuate their words. "Oh. My. God. Just. Take. The. Roll. Already!"
Undyne glared at Chara. "THAT WAS THE BEST PART!"
MK shrugged. "Overruled. Chara has a point: you're stalling the game."
"Okay FINE!" Undyne grabbed the dice off the table and rolled.
"Yes!" Chara hissed. "That is literally the worst possible roll! Now can I kick her to dust?!"
"Let me check…" MK pressed his face into the book and turned a page. (There was a reason he was de-facto Game Monster.) "Nope. An enemy kill count greater than fifty five means any paladin resurrection roll will succeed regardless of the chance."
"WHAT."
"GOTCHA, BRAT!"
Undyne grinned at Chara, but something in the way Chara glared back made sure that smile didn't reach her eye.
"Now I put my foot through her chest plate!"
"Take your-"
Chara tossed the dice, angrily.
"Critical. Again. How do you always do that?"
"Practice. She dead yet?"
Undyne snickered. "Not even CLOSE!"
"If you keep rolling crits, Undyne will last another fifteen turns."
Frisk shot to their feet and left, heading for the kitchen. Undyne stared after them momentarily, then turned back to the game.
"Now, I use my GREEN attack!"
"What level?"
"THE HIGHEST ONE!"
"That'll take…" MK checked the stat sheets, "Fifteen turns of green-enemy SOUL and five of red to charge."
"I DO IT!"
"And Chara?"
"I dodge, then kick."
Dodge. Crit.
"Okay, green leve-"
"Dodge, then kick."
Dodge. Crit.
"Green th-"
Chara rolled the dice again without stating her moves.
Dodge. Crit.
Undyne looked at her HP. "Can she legally keep rolling dodges like that? What are humans MADE OUT OF?!"
"Well, she's rogue, which lets her use any weapon class except heavy and removes the dodge count restrictions."
Undyne rolled her eye. "Fine. Keep going."
Dodge. Crit.
Dodge. Crit.
Crit.
"HAH! That isn't a valid dodge roll!"
"She's right. Chara, you're at 50 of 65 HP."
"I eat my Crab Apple."
"She HAS a- Where did she even get that?"
"That shopkeeper I killed earlier in Waterfall."
"I thought you couldn't kill shopkeepers…"
"Apparently that was in his dialogue, too. So I tried every action I could think of. Did you know he's allergic to Temmies?"
"How does that-"
Chara grinned maliciously. "Tem for a good dusting."
Undyne flinched. "Jeez, kiddo. That's messed UP. Effective, though."
"Dinner is ready, young ones!" Toriel called from the kitchen.
"ALRIGHT! Let's eat!" Summoning a spear, Undyne swept the game materials off the dining table. They crashed to the floor.
"Nyeh! Hey!" MK exclaimed, "Now I lost our game progress!"
"Oh. Sorry," Undyne muttered. Though, with the way that run was going, Undyne had to wonder whether she really was.
Asriel poked his head out of the kitchen. "Hey, guys, Frisk just wanted to tell Chara-" He stomped on his own foot, probably without his conscious control. Tears formed in the corners of his eyes. "Ow! Wow. Okay, nevermind. Owowowow."
Toriel passed through the kitchen doorway, carrying her latest concoction: Chili Cheese Pie. Undyne grinned, but her smile lost the crinkles in the corner of her eye as she glanced between Chara and Asriel.
Frisk and Asriel took The Humans and The Mountain way too seriously. Way too seriously. Almost like everything that happened was real. Chara, on the other hand…
"It's okay. I was only Level Of ViolencE 11. Next time I'm main character I plan to make 12, at least."
Well, all they cared about was stats.
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Drabble 8:
*(Ring, ring…)
"heya.
"is anyone there?
"well… just calling to say… you made a snowman really happy.
"... guess i should say something else too.
"...
"so… it's been a while.
"the queen returned, and is now ruling over the underground.
"she's enstated a new policy."
*Sans babbles on for a while, trying to fill the empty line.
"don't give up wherever you are, ok?
"who knows how long it will take…
"but we will get out of here.
"that's a promise."
"Sans, who the hell are you talking to? It's TWO AM!"
"oh, undyne. uh, nobody."
"Like HELL I'm going to believe that!"
"no, seriously, it's nobody you want to-"
*You hear a brief scuffle.
"Who is- Wait. Papyrus tried to give me this number…
"YOU.
"YOU LITTLE BRAT."
*Dimly, you hear Sans.
"undyne, c'mon, with asgore the human didn't have a choice."
"I don't give a DAMN about ASGORE!
"YOU.
"I trusted you.
"I LET YOU THROUGH.
"You gave me a cup of water when I needed it most.
"And I decided not to kill you, when I had that perfect chance.
"And then…
"You went to her lab…
"AND YOU KILLED HER!
"Why ELSE would she disappear? On that day, of all days?
"What, you thought I wouldn't FIGURE IT OUT?
"TOO BAD.
"I don't CARE about Queen idiot's new POLICIES.
"If a human EVER falls down here…
"I'll kill them.
"And then I'll come to the surface.
"And I'll hunt you down.
"And I'll kill you too.
"I SWEAR IT.
"You better watch out, punk.
"Because I'm coming for you.
"And nothing will make me stop this time, no matter how far you run."
*(Click…)
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Drabble 9:
*(Ring, ring…)
"this is the number.
"you know it's probably going to come after you, once you leave this call, right?"
*Undyne comes on the line.
"Sans, shut up and get your brother to safety."
"okay. whatever you say."
*Sans' voice gets quieter as he talks.
"So. YOU.
"How much was the truth, huh?
"I was so CONVINCED you were harmless.
"And then… you…
"Ngh…
"Toriel. Asgore. Alphys.
"Did you even give Toriel a chance?
"Or did you stab her in the back?
"What kind of sick freak are you, to befriend all of us, FREE all of us, then…
"...
"It doesn't matter.
"I'm at the exit to the mountain.
"Come face me if you dare.
"Because YOU…
"YOU'RE going to PAY for killing them.
"Especially for-"
*Stumbling footsteps approach.
"undyne! i can't find papyrus!"
"What do you mean you- He didn't go to talk them down, did he?!"
"i don't know. maybe?! that… whatever that is, they'll kill him!"
*Undyne's voice grows louder.
"Listen here, whatever you are.
"If we find you and we don't find Papyrus…
"Death will be the least of your worries.
"I SWEAR I'll-
*(Click…)
*You hang up.
*You spot a tall skeleton approaching through the trees of the forest.
*Dappled sunlight shines through the leaves.
*You grin.
*Your cheeks flush with color.
*You grip the Real Knife more tightly.
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Drabble 10:
*(Ring, ring…)
"HEY, PUNK!
"How's the Unen conference going?!
"Those humans in suits giving you trouble?
"If they are, I'll skewer 'em for ya!"
*Dimly, Alphys' voice joins the line.
"U- Undyne! It's U.N., not Unen!
"A- And I think s- skewering diplomats is b- bad for peace talks!"
"BAH! They'll get over it!
"It's their fault if they're giving you a bad time!
"You of ALL humans deserve the best, most Anime-level awesome treatment!"
"A- Anyway, I- I think Undyne is trying to s- say we're s- sorry we couldn't make it!"
"Heck YEAH!
"I'd totally be there, but apparently people who can summon sharp things aren't allowed on human airplanes!
"And Tsunderplane was BUSY, or something!"
"W- Well, his exact words were, 'It's not like I'm busy or anything, I just don't want to-'"
"ANYWAY! We miss ya, punk!
"So finish telling those humans we're not going to kill them and GET BACK HERE before I kill 'em!"
"Th- That's not exactly-"
"See ya when you get back!"
*(Click…)
*Asgore approaches.
"Human. Are you ready for your speech?"
*You nod.
*You are filled with DETERMINATION.
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A/N:
Where is this going? Well, considering these are all separate universes, I'd have to say it isn't really a coherent plot. This'll go wherever it takes itself.