Frisk fell down the underground.
"Howdy!"
"..."
"Uh, why are you looking at me like that- ARGH!" Flowey remembered through resets, but even he did not expect an instant attempt of subduing.
[why so grumpy?] Chara came out again, but it was Frisk's turn to stay silent.
I can't talk … Frisk received backlash for failing to create another symbol with circle magic. Furthermore, he didn't feel any need to talk to these two for the time being. He was not here for pleasure, he was here to experiment.
He didn't wait for Toriel to come and instead, a Froggit found him.
[!]
Slash!
[you won…]
[10 exp! Lv up!]
[lv. 3]
Frisk killed one of Jack's friends on his way down.
As expected, but what is this? Perhaps it was because he was too focused on leaving, but he didn't notice the dust that appeared once monsters were killed, he had even read about it too…
Monsters and Beasts both make me stronger, they are both related to humans and monsters.
"Oh? It seems you aren't such a softie." Flowey praised, in his way of course. Frisk Glared at him.
In front of my goal, nothing else matters…
Frisk waited at Toriels door.
30 minutes later…
"Oh my! Child, are you okay?" Toriel approached slowly, as if scared he would run away. Frisk nodded.
"Im… thirsty," he said with a raspy voice. Without waiting anymore, Toriel opened the door and gave a glass of water.
"What is your name my child?"
"Frisk." he wasn't in the mood for pleasantries. "Do you have any extra clothes? I think I fell into dust on my way down…"
Toriel eyed him with a weird expression, but instead led him toward the bathroom and gave him a similar set of clothes to his own.
[are you okay? You're acting weird…er than before.] now that they were alone, Frisk brought out Flowey.
"Why are you looking at me like that, weirdo?" Flowey growled after seeing the intense gaze that Frisk gave him.
Ah! I remember what I was trying to do with circle magic now! Frisk remembered after focusing on Flowey.
He started drawing the symbol…
Only to end in terrible failure. He forgot about the magic symbol he was trying to create, he couldn't speak and now his vision was very blurry.
"..." Frisk squinted his eyes to see a little better. …What was I doing? I know it was something important… Frisk unsummoned Flowey and started going towards Toriel. After some hand gestures, he got a piece of pie and ate it heartily. He then went to bed.
The next day…
"Ah, it's annoying… I should've told Chara…" Frisk woke up and the first thing he thought was about the magic symbol.
[tell me what? You know, if you fail at creating a symbol, it is because your soul cannot bear it, or someone is interfering with your intentions.] Chara talked as Frisk went to the bathroom to brush his teeth.
"What can I do if my soul can't bear it?" Frisk asked. "I don't remember right now, but the same idea probably will pop up back again." Frisk took a bath while Chara looked away.
[if you can't do the effect in one symbol, split it into many symbols.] Chara said but didn't go into details.
Hmm… true, the backlash gets progressively worse every time I fail, so far they were luckily harmless, but that won't be forever… Frisk put aside such matters for now. Right now, his first goal of confirming the origin of beasts was completed. The next step was to find a way out of the curse.
Frisk tugged Toriel's robes. "Ma'am, do you know why my soul looks weird?" he acted to try to get rid of the curse and also observe Toriel's magic circle.
Toriel drew a magic circle and started a Ritual.
… I don't get the meaning of the symbols at all, but… smaller symbols are created outside with the biggest one in the center… maybe once I get more symbols I can experiment with this…
…
"He's trying again?" Emil's smile stiffened, he prepared to prevent the ritual from working. "You can't get away that easily-"
"You idiot!" Amanda started slapping Emil, breaking his concentration. He now had to prevent the curses from developing in his soul.
"What did I do?!" he couldn't help but shout as he frantically tried to fail the Ritual, but then he stayed still, his magic wouldn't move as fast as he would like.
"You didn't break the rules, but you bent them, how about I do so too?" Chronos stepped into the room and had a smug expression. "You can't just make a blessing with multiple effects! That's against our agreement
"!" Emil shouted shrilly "Wait, guys! Come on…"
I can't let goat-mom succeed! If she does, not even a god will remember what Frisk would do!
Emil ignored external interference and focused on dispelling the ritual. "Yes-"
Cough!
Emil coughed up blood. "You too Synil?" his smile was replaced with a frown. "You guys…" he sighed, then he laughed. "Maybe this will be more interesting this way… but I'm giving you a 'gift' " Despite being suppressed, the god of LOVE cackled like a madman. He modified the magic circle.
…
"..." Frisk felt his soul become lighter… and his eyes started glowing green, as well as Toriel's
[2] [2] [2]
"To protect you, I hope you can accept this old lady as family…" Toriel smiled lightly.
"...yes." Frisk didn't give up on saving his mother, but he needed to do this to please her mother's request.
Another symbol appeared, but this time it was in Frisk's soul… it was the figure of a goat monster hugging a kid…
But the kid was smiling creepily, while the mother was bleeding.
Mother's LOVE
[2] [2] [2]
As the ritual ended, Toriel started coughing a lot. Frisk's soul no longer had a blessing or a curse, instead, he had a symbol of a mother's love.
But why is it so… unsettling? Frisk shook his head and helped Toriel to the couch by the fireplace. He noticed his hair turned back into its brown color, although some strands stayed white.
[are you holding up?] Chara asked
"I feel… weak? I guess it targeted the blessing-" Frisk memories started flooding in! The blessing from Emil stopped them, but now there was no such thing!
"!" Frisk screamed as he clutched his heart, he could barely bear the pain. After a while, the pain subsided. For the next couple of minutes, Frisk and Toriel stayed in the living room, twitching, barely living.
…
..
.
"...ugh…" Frisk's head hurt.
[you're awake, I'm impressed you lived through that.]
"..." Frisk's eyes turned red as he inspected his soul. "at least it's not a crack…" he sighed in relief. "But what exactly was 'that'?" Frisk questioned slowly.
[it's nothing too bad, just some pain…] Chara's hands seemed to rotate to a certain Goat monster that was sitting in a chair, watching him.
… Chara doesn't care- why does she have Aura? Why is she smiling like that?
"My child? Are you feeling well?"
"Im good, just… a bit winded," Frisk admitted. "I'll be fine though, don't worry." he smiled.
I'm still alive, even though someone tried to break my mind. Is it what mom said not just the church, but the goddess of hate herself… Frisk shivered, he could not begin to imagine the implications of going against a god,
"Very well, I will keep you company."
[... interesting, is this your 'god'?] Chara mumbled. She went outside the room and got a look in the mirror.
[oh? My reflection is shown. Neat.] She tried touching all sorts of things, but nothing worked, it seemed that the mana covering her was just a decoration. But already, she could see the value in this.
…
..
.
5 days passed, and finally, Frisk could walk without falling, he also fixed his reversed mana flow that was gained from resetting. Frisk needed time to calm down, he was a step closer to his goal, but now he could see that there were many more steps.
The first thing is to see if I can let Toriel teach me monster magic.
"Oh? Someone is hurt? How about some friendliness pellets?" Flowey said innocently. Frisk looked at him with inspiration.
I can still use summons, and he can use magic. Frisk smiled the time I spent in that library wasn't just for show… I command thee
Thud!
"Argh! I was kidding! It's just a joke!" Flowey growled as he felt the pressure crushing him.
"You are my summon, this means you can't hurt me remember? As long as I can touch you, you're mine." Frisk cackled as he put Flowey in a pot. "Who's the idiot now?"
"..." Flowey couldn't do anything, he had to comply to gain freedom again.
"Well, it doesn't matter. You just need to do what you've been doing so far, do you know any place that has the research of monsters that is more in-depth than a 'librarby' perhaps?" Frisk asked.
"...Beyond the waterfalls, the is a lab in Hotland west of the crossroad." Flowey hoped Frisk died along the way.
"Huh… perhaps one time I should visit this place thoroughly." Frisk couldn't help but talk out loud. "What do you think?"
[I dunno, what exactly are you looking for?]
"Well duh, that's the best place to learn," Flowey thought that he was being talked to, but was instead ignored.
"I'm looking for a way to undo 'beastification'. So far I know that the origin is from humans and monsters. I need to know who created the beasts, the monsters or the humans…"
"What the hell are you-"
[or your so-called god?]
"That too." Frisk conceded. "But let's hope it's not the latter."
"Argh! You idiot!" Flowey stopped trying to make sense of Frisk.
The next couple of days Frisk spent "learning" the 3 wind spells wily sounds, wind cut, and wind surge. Toriel was very impressed, Frisk asked what the symbol in his soul meant.
"It means a mother's love, as long as I'm alive, any curse that may harm you has to go through me first. It also gives you some protection from damage. "
"I see…" Frisk understood, he did some small talk with Toriel before going to his room, he was writing a letter.
The next day…
Toriel fell and grabbed the letter.
{I'm sorry, I wish I could stay with you, but I need to save someone dear to me, you would do anything for those you love too right? Don't worry though, I have a trusty buddy helping me
Once Frisk made sure Toriel was asleep, he sneaked through the room and went to the door, and went outside.
"You just go behind me as if you were stalking me," Frisk instructed Flowey as he let him go.
"..." Flowey just nodded, Frisk didn't need to know he already did so.
"Sigh… I need to infiltrate, but there's no way Sans won't notice me, he's too close. "
[turns out that having that curse was a blessing in disguise huh?] Chara said, Frisk snorted in response.
Having a wind spirit makes things easier though.
" n."
[ r] Chara mimicked.
"Don't you know how to greet a pal? Turn around and shake my hand."
The human complied.
A couple of jokes later… (yes, I couldn't think of any lol)
"Sans, where did you get that whoopee cushion?" Frisk asked curiously.
"Heh, maybe I'll tell ya when I buy my supply." Sans walked off.
Frisk continued and this time he couldn't avoid his confrontation with Papyrus.
he's a nice guy, I'll spare him!