Everyone decided to stay at Thriller Bark longer to take a good break. You're at the graveyard preparing a funeral for Brook's friends. Frisk and Chopper help plant the flowers. Frisk chose golden buttercups and planted them side by side.
"Hey, Frisk?" - Chopper
"Yeah?" - Frisk
"I know that you like the color gold with flowers. You also have several in the garden at the ship. Why?" - Chopper
Frisk finishes planting the flowers and Chopper waits patiently. Frisk opens her mouth.
"It reminds me of a friend.
"Oh! Can you tell me more about him?" - Chopper.
Frisk smiled gently and replied.
"He's docile, loving and quite naive. He's just like you actually, you would be good friends with him if you ever met him, Chopper." - Said Frisk teasing Chopper a little.
"Wha- I'm not naive you idiot! Idiot! Idiot!" - Said Chopper while doing his funny little dance
"So, what's this friend's name?" - Chopper
"Asriel" - Frisk
" …..!" - Chopper
Chopper recalled who Asriel was. It was who Frisk was talking about back at the tower with Cindry.
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Flashback
"... You know… I have a friend… He's just like you… His name is Asriel." - Frisk
"He's the nicest guy who would do the goofiest stuff… He's incapable of hurting a fly… However, he passed away because of mean people. When he died… He was also experimented on and also came back to life…" - Frisk
"When he was revived…He felt nothing. Nothing mattered to him as he couldn't feel joy, happiness, or Love… He became physically incapable of feeling it. Because he couldn't feel anything positive… He figured that he might as well hurt people because that gave a sick twisted joy. However… No matter how many times he did that, he was never truly happy." - Frisk
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"... Do you want to talk about it?" - Chopper
"... Yeah, I trust you Chopper.." - Frisk
Frisk made a sad expression.
"I…. I don't know what to do. He's in constant pain and the more I try to help the more I feel like i'm making it worse…" - Frisk
"..." - Chopper
"I wanted to save Asriel. However, no matter how much I tried to save him, I would fail and fail and fail." - Frisk
"I still don't know what to do. Does that make me a bad person? My friend is suffering and all I can do is watch. What would you do? Do you give up on them? Do you put them out of their misery? What would be Merciful in this situation?" - Frisk
Chopper knew that this wasn't some hypothetical situation. She was talking about her friend. Chopper and Frisk were both silent for a while.
"... I'm sorry about suddenly asking a weird question. You can forge-" - Frisk
"Frisk, do you remember the pink blossom we saw on the night we left Drum island?" - Chopper
"Yeah… It was beautiful…" - Frisk
"Doctor Hiriluk… Believed the powder would cure the country and he researched it for 30 years. He wanted to cure the people on the island of their frozen hearts. People believed he was crazy and a quack doctor." - Chopper
Chopper let out a small laugh.
"Pfftt… To be fair, now that I think about it, the things we did sometimes were really wild and crazy..." - Chopper said, tearing up.
"You know… Doctor was also terminally ill. He was going to die soon. I found him a mushroom that I thought would cure him. I was ignorant at the time and too late found out that I've given him a deadly poison… It was too late when I arrived looking for him. Dalton told me that he died from the explosion but I know I made a mistake I can ever change.
"...!" - Frisk
"Dr. Kureha told me… "There is no such medicine that can cure all diseases. That's why we have doctors! You can't save people's lives with kindness alone. If you want to save them, you need medical skills and knowledge, otherwise you won't be able to save anyone!" " - Chopper
"I agree with Dr. Kureha and I take her lesson to heart every day. But you know what?" - Chopper
This time, Chopper took the initiative and hugged Frisk tightly.
"Dr. Kureha, Dr. Hiriluk has shown me that kindness is just as important. You saved us with your kindness countless times. So… Don't discredit yourself. I believe that you already are helping your friend whether you realize it or not. Because… Because…You have such a kind heart… So Frisk… Stop trying to burden everything by yourself… Let's solve it together." - Chopper
Frisk tried to hold it back but the .There were no words after that. Just a muffled sob with Frisk and Chopper at the graveyard.
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After planting the flowers and thanking Chopper, Frisk went to the ship to clean the ship. At the storage room, Frisk found Nami who was looking at a list.
"Ah Frisk! Look at all the-" - Nami
Nami paused and took a good look at Frisk. Nami noticed that Frisk had swollen eyelids and flushed cheeks. She frowned and caressed Frisk gently by the cheeks.
"Look what happened to your adorable face. Let's get you cleaned up!" - Nami
Nami held Frisk's hand and went into the shower together. Nami and Frisk stayed in the bathtub together. Frisk in a better mood squirted some water towards Nami.
"Why you!" - Nami
Nami splashed water back at Frisk and they both laughed and had a good time. After the water fight, Nami looked at Frisk and asked.
"Are you feeling better now?" - Nami
"...Yeah, Chopper helped me." - Frisk
"That's good." - Nami
"...Nami, can you tell me how you joined the crew?" - Frisk
Nami made a sad smile and patted Frisk on the head.
"Sure." - Nami
Nami explained how she met Luffy and Zoro back in orange town but she didn't join the crew yet. She then explained how she met Usopp in Syrup village and how they received Merry after saving the town from Kuro. Next stop was at Baratie where they met Sanji.
"At the Baratie, I betrayed everyone and left with the Going Merry alone back to Cocoyashi Village." - Nami
"I betrayed them because I couldn't trust anyone and I had a deal I had to pay." - Nami
"You know how I'm an orphan right? Well,I had an adoptive mother, Bell-mère. I loved her very much and I still miss her to this very day." - Nami
"A fishman named Arlong… He took over our village and killed Bell-mère and I could do nothing but watch." - Nami
"I… I then made a deal with Arlong to join his crew and pay him berries so that he would leave the village." - Nami
Nami gripped on her left shoulder where her tattoo was.
"I put on a tattoo that had the Arlong mark. I did anything to get the money. Stealing, lying….. It took me eight years to save up that money… When I saved it all up and gave it to him, he bribed marines to steal the money away from me." - Nami
"I was so foolish… Why would the guy who murdered and tortured everyone hold his bargain of the deal? I hated myself and everything that I've done felt so useless." - Nami
"I felt trapped. Like there was no escape. That's when Luffy showed up." - Nami
"With my self-loathing. I screamed at him to go away. That he didn't know what he was dealing with." - Nami
"Luffy just waited and agreed that he didn't know anything." - Nami
"And then… I asked for his help. With that, Luffy gave his straw hat to me and along with Zoro, Usopp, and Sanji they all fought against the fishman. Luffy beat Arlong and declared loudly that I'm his friend." - Nami
"Just like that… My nightmare ended." - Nami
Nami then pointed at her tattoo again.
"I put on a new tattoo after that as a homage to those I love." - Nami
Nami then hugged Frisk.
"Frisk, I know that you carry a heavy burden. I know it's a little hypocritical after telling you my story but I want you to know that you don't have to carry it alone." - Nami
"... One day, I'll tell you my story. I promise." - Frisk
Frisk and Nami Pinky promised on it.