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What if I told you that no matter what you do, everything would be
Useless
Worthless
Pointless
You would wonder ‘why? Why me? Why am I no good? Why can’t I do anything? Why can’t they remember?’
…
Your memory brings you back to when you first noticed it.
It started as a weird Dejá Vu. You wake up like any other day, do your thing, no biggie. Until you notice that what you’re living, is the same every single day.
Would you believe me when I tell you I’ve lived the same day for weeks, months, years maybe?
…
I thought it may be a lack of sleep
I could be seeing things
Maybe it was all just a weird dream!
My world ain’t real…
My timeline
My brother
My life isn’t real
…
I still remember when I tried to see the source of it
A flower
A golden flower was the source of it
All the happiness
All the misery
The suffering
Everything…
It was just loading and reloading files because it was bored or ‘wanted to feel again’, as it said
One day I tried to stop it,
It just reloaded,
And again,
And again,
And again…
I guess I just gave up
If I killed it, It would reload
If I let it live, it would mess with us
And reload…
Again and again…
…
I got tired of trying, so I’d rather pretend that I didn’t know any of it
That’s how I met her
My jokes partner
I’d go to that door every day
Crack some jokes
Laugh a little
And go back home with my bro
One day she asked me to promise her to protect a child if it ever fell another one
I’m glad I didn’t do so
I told her I’d keep an eye on them but, no promises
…
Many, what? Years, later, a Human fell into the underground, well another one, anyway…
It would all be the same, they’d come from the ruins, go through snowdin, waterfall and, if they survived long enough, hotland, the core, the capital, and their ultimate destination,
the king’s castle, where they shared the same fate.
D E A T H
…
This one was different,
It was a nice kid
It came from the door I used to crack jokes with my partner
It was kind and helped others
For the first time, it was different
I’d dare say it was fun
Everyone was happy around them
I, was happy around them
Until…
One day it all started again
Our perfect lives on the surface?
Gone
Our happiness?
Gone
Our good ending?
G o n e
. . .
The kid was more powerful than the flower
It held a huge amount of DETERMINATION
And the power to SAVE, LOAD, and RESET
…
But, like last time, it was different…
The kid had bloodlust in their eyes
What the heck?!
I’ve never seen something like this before
The kid not only has the power of RESET,
They also have the power to FIGHT and MERCY
…
It showed us MERCY last time, why ain’t they showing it right now?!
What do they win with killing everyone?!
…
Is it curiosity?...
Is it the thrill of hunt?...
Is it just, FOR FUN?!
ARE THEY KILLING US BECAUSE THEY WANT TO FIND OUT WHAT COMES NEXT?!
DO THEY EVEN THINK ABOUT HOW WE FEEL?!
WERE WE EVER EVEN FRIENDS?!...
…
After everything,
I couldn’t protect anyone…
Not the door lady…
Not the monsters…
Not Papyrus…
Not the king…
Not even Me…
Much less YOU, H U M A N . . .
. . .
You’re free to fight me, give everything you got
Make this fight as tiring as it can get
If you win you live
If you die, you reload right back where you were
If you have MERCY…
…
I w o n ‘ t h e s i t a t e
…
Sorry, ma’am, this is why I never make promises…
…
It’s a beautiful day outside
Birds are singing
Flowers are blooming,
On days like these,
Kids like you
S h o u l d b e b u r n i n g i n H e l l . . .