"So! You're the one Frisk first met in this new world?" Blurted Chara popping in front of Chopper while he was working on a new medicine
"Kyaa!" Cried Chopper, backing away immediately dropping the medicine
"Aww, you're a scaredy cat~," Said Chara
"A...Am not! I'm a man!" Said Chopper
"Okay, tough guy~," Said Chara in a mocking tone
"Wh...What do you want?" Asked Chopper hiding on the wrong side
"I was just curious who the first friend Frisk made in this world was."
"H...Huh?"
"She has a pattern of falling into new worlds and making friends."
"I was her first friend when she fell through a hole and landed on a flowerbed. Well, not a physical friend, but I became stuck with her since then."
"I first met Frisk at the castle because she had a high fever being almost frozen to death." Said Chopper recalling the experience
"Well, she does only meet new friends in only the most extreme ways~."
"So, you're Frisk's first friend?"
"Yup! I gave her advice throughout her journey."
"What kind of advice?"
"Oh, you know, to kill everyone you see~."
"Kyaa!" Cried Chopper hiding the wrong way again
"Hahaha! I'm just messing with you. She would never follow that advice, and I just watched her journey mostly as a spectator. It was fascinating."
"Really? Tell me about her journey!" Said Chopper excitedly.
"Now sit down! This is going to be a long one!" Said Chara in an exaggerated way
Chopper sat in front of Chara eagerly waiting for the story of the untold adventure Frisk had before they all met. Chara told Frisk's Journey; Meeting an evil flower to meeting and a goat mom who lost too many children. Then, the funny skeleton brothers, a warrior with determination, a brilliant scientist who is insecure, a king who became cruel to save everyone, and ultimately save everyone from the god of hyper death and inevitably save the world. Chopper was engrossed in Frisk's adventure with how the people she helped got a happy ending.
"And that is what happened~."
"Wow!" Said Chopper clapping at the epic adventure Frisk had. However, a thought came to Chopper. Chara did not explain how Frisk got her happy ending.
"Wait, Chara!"
"What is it?"
"How did Frisk's get her happy ending?"
"...Well~ That's the problem, right?"
"What is?"
"Frisk's story does not end there, you goof. She's traveling with you guys, right?"
"Oh yeah!"
"It goes on as Frisk continues to try and save everyone. It's funny... The one person that she can not save is herself. She'll gladly sacrifice anything, throwing her life away to make others happy."
"..."
"I wonder if she ever sees that the others don't become happy when they see that the cost is her suffering. That's why I still stay with her. I want to see how her journey ends. Will she have a happy ending in the end? Or an ending where she dies cold and alone betrayed by everyone?"
"Luffy would never allow that to happen to Frisk! We will all achieve our dream! Believe in Luffy and everyone!" Said Chopper immediately
"The trust you all have in each other is weird…" Said Chara to herself quietly
"What was that?" Asked Chopper, hearing Chara mummer quietly
"Nothing! Well, that was Frisk's Journey that I saw~ Why don't you tell me about Frisk's journey here? I rarely got to see her journey here because I was mostly asleep." Said Chara
"Of course! It all started with Frisk waking up in the bed…"
Chopper proceeded to explain about their adventure through the grand line with Chara listening to the story.
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Once Chara left the boys' room after hearing the numerous stories from Chopper, she quietly watched Robin watching over the horizon. However, Chara knew that Robin observed her when she was hanging out with Usopp, Nami, Sanji, and Chopper.
"So~ You're the mysterious woman in this group? It's not nice to eavesdrop, you know~" Said Chara approaching her slowly
"My, I wouldn't say I'm just curious about the young lady who seems to have as many secrets as Frisk." Said Robin turning around
"Haha! You got me there. I do have my secrets~ but it seems like you're hiding quite some things too." Said Chara
"...!"
"Relax! I'm just messing with you. We all have secrets that we don't want to show. Though I'd argue that what you are hiding is more similar to mine~."
"Like yours?" Said Robin in a tense voice
"Oh, you know. A facade."
Robin tensed a little.
"Again~ Relax. I'm just saying this out of the goodness of my heart!"
"..." Robin kept staring at her, unimpressed.
"Okay… You're right. I'm not kind. That's Frisk's thing. But… I still want to know why you're hiding a facade."
"... It's none of your business." Said Robin in a neutral but strained tone
"Hey, you're right. It's not my business, and I don't know what you're going through, and I don't mean to criticize you on it. However…"
"...However?"
Chara suddenly burst with her killing intent, and Robin had a vision of herself being cut down by Chara. When Robin snapped out of it, she was shaking, and she was not cut down. The killing intent was so strong that she saw her own vision dying.
"Wha…..What?" Said Robin, shocked by what just happened
"However… at least you don't have to fear your 'true self" you know?" Said Chara with a smile, and Chara started to walk away.
From the moment Robin saw Chara, she knew something was off. With how she is always having an unnatural smile and also hiding something. Robin realized what Chara was hiding.
"To be able to contain such madness leaking out…!"
Robin felt chills over how raw and intense the killing intent was. So that's what Chara is indeed hiding from others. However… Robin also saw how Chara had a genuinely good time with the rest of the other crews and opened up to them. That was also genuine. Robin recalled Nami's conversation with Chara.
"Most of my life was painful with Nothing redeeming. Even when I had a family, it quickly disappeared due to stupid humans. I feel like even if I was alive, the damage has already been done to the past, and me being alive just would have brought more pain that I don't like. However… When I look at Frisk... Despite the constant obstacles thrown at her, that is unfair no matter how you look. She faces the obstacles with a smile and overcomes them like it wasn't even a problem. I get jealous looking at Frisk and wonder if things could have and would have been different for me if I had her attitude."
While Robin just felt the killing intent from Chara and still feels uneasy about it, she also sees a broken girl like Robin where the world was too cruel to her.
"Just… What kind of past did the two have…? My 'true self'... huh?" Said Robin quietly thinking about Frisk, Chara… and herself.
