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The flower spoke after the reopening of the game and to sum it up it concluded with
"Let Frisk be happy, let frisk live their lives"
And our dear player accepted, they felt they had done everything.
And that was it.

THE END.

Until they found a different world - a window opening from an old link

a connection tethered of different yet equally strong origin.

Darkness, void and silence would echo till

NEW GAME

YOU HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED TO A BEING KNOWN AS THE BATTER,
THE BATTER IS ON A SACRED MISSION BE SURE IT IS ACCOMPLISHED
FOR MORE INFO FIND THE ONE KNOWN AS "THE JUDGE"

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"To move my body use the arrow ke-" The Batter says, his Puppeteer cutting him off by moving him early.
"Previous experience?", The Batter thought, "not a new player, they must've been introduced already? or to a similar entity the in past?, or future?.... ah neverminded they'll do for the mission regardless."

They moved forward and met the cat The Judge.

The Judge spoke first " Who is this before me? from what I have deduced no other beings can survive in Zone 0 hence you must be a mere figment of my imagination. However do tell, what is your name?"

The Batter spoke, " I am The Batter and I am on a sacred mission." 

The Judge spoke, "I was addressing not the puppet but the puppeteer"

The Batter was about to say the name of his player and how they couldn't speak until - ❤️" CHARA" The Batter's voice was forced to say that name in accordance to his puppeteer's control. he was unware they could control his speech until now. The Batter kept his composure - a more determined assertive player was no concern if the mission was not compromised.

The Judge spoke, "Although I believe you to be but a mere figment in my mind, it is delightful to meet you Chara, and you too Batter."

The Batter spoke, "Are you the judge then?"

The Judge replied, "indeed so, why do you ask"

❤️No reason. The Batter found himself saying at the volition of his puppeteer... this was going to be difficult wasn't it?

The Batter tried to keep composure and speak, "we are in need of your help, I have a mission to accomplish"

The Judge speaks, " What services could I offer to a phantasmorgal being such as yourself?"

❤️Guide us through the area please. Okay, that one comment The Batter could tolerate even encourage - given how it would speed up the mission.

The judge guided them through Zone 0's various puzzles and The Batter reached a red save block - The Batter's puppeteer saved and quit the game now deciding to rest.

Knowing this strange new world, and your partnership with the Batter fills you with Determination PURITY.

[❤️FILE SAVED]

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The Batter and his Puppeteer had gone to the smoke mines, The Batter had noticed their player had avoided most combat.

"You know if we keep letting them get away we can't purify them?"

I'm not used to this, can't we purify them with mercy?

[NEW BUTTON UNLOCKED - Run became MERCY]

"... lets just proceed"

!!

PURIFICATION IN PROGRESS.

Player made The Batter 'Talk'

The Spectre did not understand.

Player made Alpha translate.

The Spectre understood - 100% mercy meter now.

Player made Batter use Mercy - Spare.

PURIFICATION ABORTED. You got 0 XP and 10Credits.

"What did you just do? that shouldn't be possible?"

[WELL DONE CHARA IT APPEARS THAT YOU HAVE USED YOUR DETERMINATION TO REBEL AGAINST THE BATTER'S MISSION. I AM SURE THERE WILL BE CONSEQUENCES BUT IF THIS IS THE PATH YOU DESIRE I WILL NOT OBJECT - THE BATTER MIGHT THO]

The worker walked up to The Batter,  "Where did you come from? the mines?"

The Batter responds, "yes"

The worker stares in disbelief, "how?"

The Batter continues, "the light of faith guides me"

sigh, at least this time the puppeteer wasn't impeding his speech.

Next came dealing with the barn spectres - The Player had made The Batter spare them all, and The Spectres had vanished, it was surprisingly quick compared to if brute force was used, maybe they would be out before the inspector came

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Right before the inspector came infact.

[Enter Dedan - guardian of Zone 1, and the Queen's inspector.]

Dedan:  "ay, who the fuck are you? You arn't one of my workers."

Batter:  "I came to PURIFY the spectres, they were dealt with"

Dedan: "what, I thought only The queen and her guardians could defeat them!!!"

❤️You are clearly wrong! Else I couldn't have.

Dedan hears the voice leave The Batter's vocals, without The Batter's mouth moving or it sounding anything like them.

Dedan:  "Who the Fuck was that?"

The Batter: " It's complicated, but they are my guide. To help me accomplish my mission - for some reason they can speak through me."

Dedan: "... what even is your bloody mission?"

The Batter: "My Mission is to PURIFY THE WORLD of the impure spectres"

Dedan: "... if you can actually get rid of em do your best, but otherwise get the fucking hell out of my beloved Zone."

Following this Player saves their progress

❤️File saved

Hearing the tall entitled guardian reminds you of a familiar royal guardsmen soon to be royal guardsmen.

Your filled with Determination Purity

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The Batter after going through the post office of shakiya(however you spell it), made it to alma.

He had noticed his puppeteer seemed to avoid the 'Killing Purifying' part of his mission altogether, even against the Burnt Elsen.

The few burnt they had 'fought', were somehow calmed back down into regular Elsen - he had to admit despite The Puppeteer's unwillingness to fight they were a tactical genius.

although this pacifist approach left The Batter weak, vulnerable, and forced to use his limited vocabulary which still mainly included 'I am The Batter and I am on a sacred mission, I must purify the world' but not all in that exact order.

'I have come to liberate the world of malignance', Stated The Batter in response to 1 Elsen who then turned burnt after uttering the question 'Can you liberate me?'

The Batter was forced to talk, it was agonizing, the strings tightening making him talk the Burnt down. On the bright side with his lower stats He had been much more inclined to dodge in fights rather than tank hits.

Eventually he calmed the Elsen down enough, "I'm Sorry, I didn't know what I was-'

❤️We're going to talk to Dedan, we'll make him listen

'What if he doesn't listen?'  The Elsen asks.

❤️You guys could always Unionise?

"Actually yeah that could work, I'll go notify the others, we'll all be out of your way', The Elsen says before leaving.

The Batter feels a need to comment out loud,  "That was actually a pretty good way to save time, now no Burnt's will be in our way'

From that point on everything is fine, The Batter makes his way to the puzzle at the back of the fountains of meat, and there he solves it after a few attempts. However the wall behind that Pedallo puzzle is... hollow? The wall is knocked down.

PASSWORD REQUIRED FOR FURTHER ACCESS: HINT Check file 2  Dedan is guilty of this.

❤️WRATH

In the room beyond the wall is a red heart, throbbing

PURIFICATION IN PROGRESS...

The heart deals no damage, neither does The Batter.

After a few turns The Heart vanishes, the room turns PURE white. There is a chest, The Batter takes out the contence - The Grand Final was obtained.

They head back to the entrance of alma and touch the yellow save block.

Seeing all these flowing rivers of meat, it fills you with DETERMINATIONPurity.

❤️FILE 1 SAVED.

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The Batter stands before Dedan.

"what do you want?"

❤️I come with a gift!

Player made The Batter hand Dedan the Grand Finale.

Dedan took the gift before realizing what it was.

BLUE, the waves of light they erupt like a flutter of purity encompassing the land in the ever peaceful glow of the divine, it is warm but it is also cold. The cracks in the wall are healed. And Dedan's outfit changes along with his voice becoming less angry.

Dedan:  "you have done well dearest Chara, Thanks to you this zone is saved and the faith I needed is restored. As thanks I will award you my card, no fight to the 'death' required as I have seen your pacifistic approach. I do however require a 'conversation' to allow you to ask questions and grow. once you feel you have had enough answers you may spare me."

PURIFICATION NOT IN PROGRESS?

Compotence - talk.

The player asks Dedan a question. ❤️ What actually is the role of a Zone Guardian?

Dedan answers. " Our roles consist of acting sacred vessels of the energy provided by the Sun. We use said energy to keep shape and protection to our zones"

The Player asks an other question. ❤️Why does the Batter feel fed up with my approach.

Dedan answers. "I cannot answer that one for him, however it may be because he believes his way and your way are different, he does not know the challenges that taught you your approach"

*Spares Dedan

Dedan gives you the 'Cancer Card'

"safe travels Chara and purifier. We wish you luck in your further travels and if you decide to you are always welcome to return here"

WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAVE YOUR PROGRESS?

❤️yes

FILE SAVED - you're filled with PURITY

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The child sat in the red room, A blue light suddenly coming from his screen.

A faint cough, He had got slightly better, less ill.
Then he saw The Batter leaving Zone 1.

'oh no Tall mister left' - the child states, slightly assuming the worst, not bothering to look gain at Zone 1, He'd have to look at the next zone in danger, as a distraction.

end of intermission

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The Batter entered Zone 2 and quickly arrived in the library, he wondered if he'd hear one of those weird exposition speeches, he might aswell ask the librarian before his puppeteer makes him.

"what function does this zone serve?"


The response was

"you are in the library of Zone 2, bismark, Here in this zone the first of 4 integral elements is introduced - retirement, it is the most important element because Without retirement old people would take all the jobs and young people would lack purpose and go extinct. But anyway why are you here?"

❤️"we're here to resolve the spectre infestation?"

"oh okay, then go upstairs, and if you could fix those books up their please that would be a real help"

The purifier and his puppeteer ascended the LIBRARBY - The puppeteer laughed at the spelling error they remember from their own last experience... they wonder how everyone back in undertale is... some things are better left forgotten.

Well they keep going books shifted into their rightful place.

Spectres issues resolved by The Puppeteer's patience.

Finally they reach a cat

"you're not the Judge?"

It responds

"no I am not, I am Japhet, commander of the spectres. You seen to have a trait most lack in this place Courage. However your venture ends here. but before we fight may I ask who you are?"

❤️I am Chara and this is The Batter

"Hu So a spectre teaming up with a rare case of courage. Very well now we are acquainted let us fight."

PURIFICATION IN PROGRESS...

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The Batter was forced to talk, Japhet didn't listen.

Alpha tried to inflict sleep, Japhet was only slightly affected

Japhet attempted to land an attack, The Batter dodged

The Batter was forced to talk about his mission, Japhet didn't listen and got slightly more tired.

Alpha tried to inflict Sleep again, Japhet got more tired.

"you... fine I guess I can let you off for now, but don't come after me Batter, or I will exact vengence"

[Knowing you made Japhet flee, fills you with determinationPURITY]

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the mall and the park were both short work... Now the residential area with 3 bunkers and a hoard of spectres commanded by This zone's guardian.

Chara knew what they were doing and that possibly they would not return later, tbh they looked up the bunker codes online.

And click.

The door snapped open.

This time no heart guarded the object in the chest.

The Elsen was pretty jumpy but did not go burnt thankfully.

dealing with spectres had become a cakewalk so far - either tire them out or use their add-ons for translation.

The Batter was internally screaming at his puppeteer's seemingly fatal allergy to violence but had to admit it was quick and efficient. Maybe their wishful thinking has started to slowly effect him but even still he cannot see himself completing his mission this way.

(Hopefully they finally see sense) thought the Batter.

to the top of the tower was a long long climb, but at least they saw Zackarie.

"ah been this high up surely almost makes me forget this is nothing more than a video game Story. Well then, show me the colour of your credits."

"... Oh and while I forget, how you're going about things isn't making you any richer so I'll be lowing some prices and providing additional new stock to make up for your lack of experience"

chara buys some better armour and luck tickets, plus one Taurus orb. Now they are ready to face Japhet.

Minuit time skip to after the usual cannon Japhet dialogue.

"you Purifier, may I see that In your hand, it is imperative"

Sure♥️

A wave of piercing blue light illuminates the roof, the Judge teleports out, mostly due to slight panic. The roof has been dyed blue, the sky is a lighter shade. Japhet has been separated from Valerie.

" I thank you dear purifier and dearest Chara, you have restored my former glory, as thanks you may take my card and some pocket change to spend towards aiding your laudable goal. Also you are welcome to return whenever you like."

You got 3000 Credits plus the card to the next Zone

Would you like to save your progress?

💙Yes no

Knowing you have brought this zone salvation fills you with Purity.

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the child sat alone in the red room, another of his friends had been apparently dispatched by The Batter, or that was what he thought

"Bird man left too"

the colour of the screen glowed slightly a brighter blue.

Intermission end.

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Sugar, the foundation of this horrible zone.

Just the sweet sickly scent made the Batter internally desire to retch out of disgust.

But he couldn't, not with that Controller restricting him more than he'd have wished for from this now cumbersome arrangement.

Nonetheless they proceeded.

(Insert black screen effect if this was in a real game.)

"Who are you and why do you look like HIM?"

"Don't worry your head director, just a heads up that some intruders will arrive shortly. They will deliver something and it will cost you everything. I suggest you do not accept it if you value your freedom."

"... Don't tell me how to run my Zone, I'll accept any gift I am offered"

"In that case there is no way I can let you live director... Forgive me"

(Go back to Batter + player location)

The Zone suddenly darkens in colour, a faint rot begins to be smelled but it is light.

" Odd, something must have happened with this Zone's guardian, we must hurry if we wish to purify this zone or do whatever you did the last 2 times"

[At this point time is of the essence, to ensure victory I am offering you a quick save. Will you Save your progress?]

Yes.💙 No.

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The Batter walked into the canteen, many Elsen were becoming burnt from just a single conversation along the way. The darkness seemed to close in around the wrong paths, making traversing the maze floor trivial. They walk up, into where Zackarie is present.

No...even from a minor glance you can tell something is up, but not enough to put your finger on it.

"Zackarie why are you here?"

the Batter says, straight to the point.

"Pablo decided to head home after he saw the weird corruptioN appear hence I will prOvide guidance instead. Now have you gathered any intell On the resideNts of this zONe, there is sOmething quite odd."

Zackarie responds

"No we didn't get much from them, each one went burnt"

The Batter explains.

"In that case I suggest you check out area 2"

Zackarie suggests before continuing.

"And on a peculiar note I haven't spotted any spectres in this Zone so far, so I'd suggest you prepare incase they are in one of the next areas."

The Batter turns around, only to hear a cutting sound

The judge is now back, on the ground what you thought was Zackarie is now revealed in it's true ugly visage - a ghoul covered in metal threads, it disappears into thin ai.

" Did that ectoplasmic con artist really fool you Batter and Chara? I think you would know better given your recent benevolent deeds, Hence I shall join you on your laudable quest."

The Judge was added to your party.

When you go to take the tram it is absent, you decide to walk across to the other side of the track and climb up using your Add-ons as climbing stones.

It worked - good job the Batter's armors took the brunt of the Overhead electric lines, otherwise he would be dead and his mission compromised - more than it already was.

Soon they jump off the wall onto the other side, for a good long hour they and The judge fall.

The long awaited feeling of hitting the bottom is less painful than the agonising wait.

Zone 3, area 0 - the city.

The city appears to be less tainted by the corruption - the Elsen are still Elsen, the green and orange metal is vibrant but slightly discoloured in a very unnoticeable way.

"Hu this place is a very curious place isn't it Batter, it remains ineffected by the corruption in such a vibrant way. I suggest we take haste, if we hurry we can cut straight through here to area 3."

The judge remarks.

They walk until they reach the plaza. Many are stood in prayer, There is a Priest stood in the very centre.

"Children, the promised time of awakening is nigh upon us, soon this land will be freed of corruption and the serpent's ploy dismantled by our savior. Amen"

"Amen"

A few repeat, while others remain sceptics.

The judge does not share his thoughts as The Batter walks closer into the scene.

"Ah the Savior shows his face, what an unexpected yet still welcome surprise, what can I do for you Chara and dearest purifier."

The priest exclaims, before the Batter gets to the point.

"The tram is not present we're looking to find a way to area 3"

"In that case I may know a way, come through the mines of this area, you'll find one of those mechanisms to teleport - you'll end up at the start of Area 3. Any further questions?"

Why is this area not decaying?💙 ...

"That would be the result of a special element hidden within this area, dug up from the mine."

They followed the advice and went to the mines, there are no torches but The Light of Faith shall guide the way.

There is a strange lack of adversaries, but there are screams and cries echoing throughout and the loud thuds of bodies hitting the ground.

The next scene is extremely unpleasant to The Judge, but unphases the Batter who is used to seeing how corrupt the world.

They see firsthand. Many drop dead and are carted off to the outside, they appear to be mining. From the continued tunneling a strange white mineral(resembling sugar but appears much more solid) begins to form - all of it is quickly collected and separated from a mixture.

Even the tears and sweat is collected and crystallised as the bodies of the Elsen break.

" A break please"

"Get back to work."

And then The Elsen collapses to the ground and is brutally finished off with his body carted off after.

All of this brutal work comes with the bare minimum legal pay.

And finally someone - the manager - walks up to The Batter and The Judge.

"Greetings, you are now in the Salt mines of Zone 3, here the 6th element is produced - salt, it is an essential element acting as a preservative and flavour agent, it is essential because without it meat would have no taste and Food along with infrastructure would decay quickly. "

"Now I assume you two are here for the transporter? It's to your right. Ahem NOW YOU HORRIBLE LOT BACK TO WORK."

Having learnt about salt and it's horrible manufacturing, The Batter and The Judge were almost immediately confronted by the truth about sugar.

And now their next destination lies ahead - area 4.

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The halls of area 4 are black, black with red patches where the doors to unnessecary rooms once were.

The Batter is unphrased but the judge decides this is where they part ways and return to their zone.

There are no people Elsen in area 4. 

The silence is refreshing but also deafening in its own right.

They keep walking, the corridor to the Director's office is not blocked off, but there is a weird floor panel... There's some text that reads ' memo: do not jump down this hole, there are definitely NO secrets'

and of course upon reading that, the player forces The Batter to jump down it.

... He falls down a set of stairs leading to a red room, there is a heart guarding the grand item of this zone.

... The Batter waits.

The heart waits

They stare until it vanishes and the room returns to pure white.

There are 2 chests, one with the grand spectral and another with some Abaddon's meat.

They leave the white room and walk at fast pace towards where the guardian is?

No this isn't right, Enoch isn't here - there's a note

" MEMO: check the roof, you're in for a killer surprise. P.S don't write puns on my signs. P.S Only I get to make dark humour puns. P.S I don't care if you're sans Undertale or know Sans Undertale."

The Batter climbs up the ladder and reaches the roof, Enoch's head is bleeding and covered in black tar coming out of a pipe, there are eyes on that tar. Enoch is barely alive - he sees the object.

"You're the one he tried to stop me from being given that by . Please hand it over - it is of utmost importance."

Hand it over💙 do not

The Grand Spectral is handed over. A blue light manifests itself, consuming the Zone's corrupted sky. Once it dissipates the sky is blue alongside the roof. Enoch is healed and has been removed from the pipe.

"thank you for your aid Chara and dearest purifier🙏"

"If it was not for you I would be dead and this Zone too would have perished. As a reward please take this card - it is for your final destination THE ROOM, that is where all shall be revealed. You are welcome to come back and visit whenever you want - I'll even make some cake."

You got the required zodiac card(author forgot the name and was too lazy to look it up)

Save your progress?

[Yes💙 no]

[File saved]

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To the child's perspective all 3 guardians had been felled.

A figure steps into his room

"cough, Who are you?"

"... Sorry kid I'll make this quick, I don't have much time till THEY arrive"

A sharp scream followed by a coughing fit, at the end of it the room turns a much darker red, and the child is nowhere to be seen... Then the tile layout begins to corroded.

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They walked into the room, there was a corridor filled with living sketches of ectoplasmic entities.

After sparing the enemy, The Batter and Player made their way through.

When they reach the inner most point the Child's room's side door is open - the sign says "come in, it's open"

the other side is drastically different, it's an office? No it has desks like zone 1's post office but it's a sterile grey... With no documents.

There is no elevator - there is instead a staircase...

A perpetual climb downwards leads to a lone sign, the Batter reads it.

"that sign there, it reads - the foe you seek is the one not Infront of you, trust nobody including yourself"

Then the sign is replaced by a spectre...

"This one's different...RUN"

They run back up the stairs, alas the door is locked.

The sound of a large thump is heard as the creature lurches up the stairs with gleeful intent to kill.

The screen cuts black, the Batter and Player reappear immediately at the start of the ROOM.

(You're filled with a sense of unease but still you persist)

[File saved]

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They walked back into the Child's room, a door is open, the note says "come in, it's open"

They walk in.

The space now is divided in 6 segments, "The room", "tall mister", "bird man", "big mister", "the serpent", and "the sun".

They go back into the room, grab the calendar page on the wall and go to "tall mister"

The first thing they notice is the calendar page which they trade for a book.

They go to "big mister" next, he's stuck...

They go to the bird man next, asking him to help the big mister out, they do so in exchange for the book.

Then all 3 of them go to the cabin.

Next destination is "the serpent"

"Hello Child, huh you want me to go wait with you and the others for mom to arrive? Fine just heed my words - nothing here is as it seems. Find the truth."

The last destination was "the sun", which selecting finished this Chapter with the child's diary entry.

"Hi Z, today I made more 4 friends, Dad is still missing, but at least Mom will be back soon, and at least we still get to keep you around."

The Batter and Player then reappear at the start of the room.

(Knowing the circular nature of this space fills you with DETERMINATION)

[File auto saved]

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she spoke out to him

"you finally arrived, long has been the wait for your arrival, return home for you will only make a fool of yourself"

replying with his usual stoic confidence he counters

"That is what I have done, this is the cradle of my father"

Delivering the harsh bitterness of reality she cries

"The cradle is still, his life expired before you got here, consumed by his illness"

He makes one quick question 

"Then HOW, how do we remain, how is this land not pure? Something is wrong."

She still in tears at the loss of the day speaks out again, words like a piercing knife.

"You follow the path led by the Attendant, the one who abandoned father, in desperate need to make a name for himself."

she continues

"I fear the tools he used to fix things have only made things more broken"

he counters

"it is not my choice to walk that path but it is one I must bear with, so let me past"

Infuriated by the monotonous dialogue she starts the fight

PURIFICATION IN PROGRESS...

[Fight], [competence], [items] [flee]

(It appears mercy cannot be shown, you must PURIFY)

She attacks, her add-ons following suit...

The Batter and his Add-ons are left with no HP remaining.

There was no chance of victory

"I... I lost"

The head of The Batter is removed from his body, falling to the ground, the amount of eyes is unclear but the head remains conscious for 30 seconds before finally he is well and truly dead...

Dead,

Dead,

Dead,

What a waste,

To think all this work for a guaranteed failure..

This experiment has reached...

No it's not over..

It appears their original vessel back from the last survey we conducted in THE WORLD PARALLEL TO THE OTHER WORLD, it remains even while discarded.

So it appears they shall persist...

GOOD LUCK.

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With new Vessel in their possession, the Player calmly walked into the room - everything was a stark distorted red.

They kept walking, a hallway is present, walking down is almost slow and agonising.

Until eventually they reach IT.

Stood before the switch, next to the body of the deceased child is the Serpent in human form.

"You're finally here? You're not the Batter..."

"Correct"💙

"... Ah so the controller took on a new form... Then you intend to stop me Chara..."

"Correct"💙

"... I suppose I owe you an explanation, watching you side with HIM, going against your mission... It drove me to extremes just to make sure he didn't win."

"You need to see his true colours, you have multiple saves correct?"

"yes"💙

"Then if you hold even a single kindle of doubt please go back, see for yourself what he has done to wrong us all-"

"... You're not even considering my words are you Chara"

"Very well, IF I must fight to stop you from following through with his schemes then I will"

The Vessel takes out their sword.

(the sickness permeates these halls, knowing your journey is finally coming to an end fills you with PURIFY... No it fills you with DETERMINATION. All your stats went up.)

Launching a consecutive attack, the serpent hisses, its assault is dodged.

The Vessel launched a strong slash, The Serpent took 300 damage.

The serpent launches a formidable attack, but it is dodged.

His attacks are mediocre for a final boss leading to a build up of tension points.

The Vessel shone the Light of the soul onto itself, The Vessel used "z slash", the serpent took 600 damage * 3.

"I admit you're a formidable foe but you are blind, let us finish this here."

The serpent used "advent of the corrupt era", the vessel is inflicted with vivified - can no longer use items or skills.

They put their all into the next strike, hitting the serpent and dealing 300 damage, then entirely unprompted another slash...

999999999999999999999999999

The serpent is severely wounded on the ground.

"well that was unexpected, seems I underestimated you... Go on finish me off... As long as any of me remains... There are no good endings"

Fight Mercy💙

"you're sparing me... Very well, I will leave, pulling that switch means nothing anyway"

The serpent ran away...

You reach for the switch, nobody stops you.

The switch is now on OFF.

IT APPEARS YOUR MISSION WAS... COMPROMISED

I OFFER YOU THE CHANCE TO FIX IT...

OR FURTHER RUIN IT IF YOU PREFER.

JUST RELOAD YOUR SAVE AND GO BACK TO THE OTHER ZONES YOU HAD ALREADY VISITED.

THE KEY TO YOUR "PERFECT END" RESIDES THERE...

OF COURSE YOU COULD STOP HERE, BUT THAT IS YOUR CHOICE - SHALL WE WIND BACK THE CLOCK?

Yes✨ no

EXCELLENT

TRULY

EXCELLENT

THEN

THE

FUTURE

IS

IN YOUR HANDS.

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He felt a strange sense of Deja Vu, together him and his puppeteer were about to cross through that door and face the Queen.

But his body was turned in the opposite direction, not in the mood to complain The Batter watched as his body was piloted towards the red floating cube, and touching it surged off into the Nothingness.

The player then dragged them back to zone zero.

Zackarie is on the roof of the yellow building, the basement door is open. The judge is not here.

They walk into the basement, there's nothing here? No the wall is hollow.

Smashing it down reveals a pedestal - but they would need the grand item of this zone to utilise it.

Luckily the Player had accounted for this and save edited the required object into their inventory.

They place it on the pedestal it turns blue.

"Though this offering is appreciated such a small parcel of land will not do much for me, nonetheless I accept"

the pedestal and surrounding room turn blue. Leaving the basement reveals all of Zone zero is now the same holy blue. Unfortunately the puzzles have all just been reactivated.

They climb the ladder up to the roof, Zackarie is no longer there, in his place is a different merchant with a drawn on third eye, dressed in religious attire.

The Batter walks past and into the room below, the puzzle in this room involves a reorded version of the original puzzle here, with it completed in a trivial amount of time... The Batter heads further down.

The second puzzle is accompanied by a sign

"on the first day God created the sun, what did he make on the last day?"

They complete the Puzzle with ease, flicking the switch with no image above it compared to the others.

"The switch is now on ON"

The lowest floor has no puzzle, instead the door is a drop down to nowhere 

"To proceed we must take a leap of faith, it's a long way down, should we jump?"

JUMP.💙     DO NOT. 

Would you like to save your progress?

YES.💙  No.

[File saved]

Chapter Text

landing in cold plastic, the Batter got out of the pool that had broken his fall.

The area was a long stretch of blue metal, plastic pools, with one giant building in the centre.

Outside the building stands the priest.

"Ah Chara and dearest purifier, you have arrived at last, you have done well to come here - for now the room is the only zone in the foul serpent's possession. However to truly save the world you must be given back the Grand items, while the power of the guardians has been put back towards the lord, the power of their seat as guardians has not. Hence you must place the objects there to return them to their Purest state and grant sovereignty over the land so the serpent cannot claim it"

"... I see"

"Proceed with caution, remnants of the corruption linger, beyond this room is a new Nothingness - the Room is not included here, it will be available once all zones are truly under the Lord's blessings. You are advised to start in zone 1, as Zone 0 was of no issue - the pedestal skipped the step."

"..."

"One more thing Batter."

"What is it?"

"Thank you, you're your aid has restored hope in the world"

The Batter is taken aback, he never thought the world could actually be saved... Maybe he was wrong, doubt in his original mission pierces his stoic confidence for once.

And then he is moved, by the tug of the strings that led him by this path.

The New Nothingness is a very blue one, the floral outer casing is a dark blue, while the Background is a stark extremely light blue. The dots representing the warp points are all a perfect in-between shade of blue. The zones are arranged in a cross formation - the absent room should be in the middle.

And so The Batter enters Zone 1. Touches the BLUE BLOCK - yes the block colour changed to represent the change to the nothingness - then the Player selects save

[The power of the lord shines within you]

[File saved]

Chapter Text

The Batter walked, the tram was present, so he hopped on.

The tram stopped back in Damien, the next stop is blocked by a barricade.

They were greeted by a worker.

"Oh, you again. The Spectres vanished, what possible business could you have here."

💙We came to check in.

"ah well... The Spectres are still here but they stopped attacking."

"Interesting."

"and ugh, the mine regulations on visitor were abolished, since now the annex is being quarried instead of the main passage."

"thanks!"

The Batter walks into the abandoned mine, every worker is absent.
As he wanders down the hall he sees the chests he had once looted... all empty still.
The Spectres roaming the halls avoid him... He goes up to one by will of his puppeteer.

"ah, you purifier, thank you for sparing us earlier, we have been instructed to leave you alone. If in need of directions just follow our paths. The corrupted ones of us are concentrated in the back of Alma. Do not go there if you want to be quick."

Quickly nodding and running through the tunnels, The Batter breaths the air for a moment - there is a slight lack of smoke... it almost feels clean and less choke inducing ... this... this isn't smoke.

A prolonged walk leads into the Farmstead of Pentel, it is very well... off to say the least,
The Batter proceeds to talk to one of the workers.

"What's with the lines in the building work?"

"that's a new Compound, we call it 'Brick', a stable fusion of metal shards, plastic reinforcements, and mixed in meat. the new elements work in harmony now."

"Interesting."

"yes, in fact we're no longer cutting open cows now for metal, turns out we can make low grade liquid metal by extracting it from the milk"

"... is the tram to Alma still functional?"

"No sir. After the whole world turned blue, the Tram to Alma was locked to only working through the post office's basement"

"... thanks"

The Batter heads back to the mines, Wandering until he reaches a usual maze.
It doesn't take long before he reaches the Post Office, this floor is not the basement, not anymore.

Floor 1 - Parcel storage.

New, this is new, the elevator is blocked by Blocks.

💙"Smash the blocks"

The Batter does as they command reluctantly and the puppeteer then makes them enter the reverse of the top floor number('99999') changing it to '66666'.

Floor '-99999' - basement

"that actually worked..."

The Basement is not dark at all...

The tram is there waiting, well time to hurry.

[💙File saved]

Chapter Text

They took the tram...

it was a long wait till they arrived in Alma.

The Batter took multiple slow steps, hesitation perhaps? Was his internal disagreement with his puppeteer so severe that he was passively rebelling? Nope, turns out he was just tired. As they neared the entrance they saw it was unguarded.
Step by step he entered, the rivers inside are a clear substance - very unlike the rivers of red opaque meat that flowed through this impure place in their last visit.

A worker walks up to him.

"Hello sir. welcome to the fountains of Alma, here we produce a compound called 'Water', our job is to decontaminate and extract the water here to distribute across the rest of the zone along with the other zones"

💙"What happened to the Meat?"

"the meat that once flowed here has been purified into water, and the proteins from the original meat have been shifted in production location. Anyway, why are you here?"

The Batter responds, "we are here to aid in lasting purging of the corruption"

And then the Batter and his Puppeteer leave to the office building, or what was once an office building...
Blue vine had Stitched across the faded purple pale metal, Dyeing individual walls and flooring patches blue. Replacing the door was a ladder of blue vine.

💙(Climb the vine)

And so The Batter climbed to the top, and atop it was... an eye?

"So you have finally arrived. Cob is that you?..."

💙"we have come to liberate the land of malignance"

"... you bear the Grand final... very well, if you must do this show me your strength - hold back nothing."

BATTLE TIME!!

(PURIFICATION IN PROGRESS...)

FIGHT💙, COMPOTENCE, ITEM, MERCY.

The Batter deals a strike that deals 120 damage to Source.

the Alpha Add-on uses 'Saturated string', Dealt 120 damage to source.

the Omega Add-on uses a basic attack, Source took 50 damage.

The Epsilon Add-on used 'Classical Drama', The Batter was inflicted with strength.

Source used Return to Nature, the party was inflicted with thorns.

The Batter used 'Run with courage', Source took 240 damage.

The Alpha Add-on used an expiration, Source took 360 damage.

"that is enough, you have proven yourself, now spare me and I shall accept the grand final"

FIGHT, COMPOTENCE, ITEM, 💙MERCY.
💙SPARE.

PURIFICATION ABORTED...

"Thank you..."

Source took the grand final.

A blue gushing light pours into the blue tinted atmosphere.

The Batter is knocked off the roof and reappears back in the nothingness.

[Shall you save your progress?]

[SAVE💙 DO NOT]

Chapter Text

The Batter walked towards the library entrance. This should be interesting. The Batter thought internally.

Even before this quest The Batter had tolerated zone 2 the most easily - it didn't have the plastic artificial humidity of zone 1, nor did it have the sickly sugar of Zone 3, it wasn't an industrial zone like the others and it had more knowledge to learn from than Zone 0. And given how positively zone 1 had changed, Zone 2 would have surpassed its already tolerable state by a long shot.

Under the command of his puppeteer he proceeded, he would make sure to adjust his tone to be nicer to the librarian - he had accepted his mission had reached abandonment by now, so there was no need to be as blunt if he could help it.

"excuse me sir"
The Batter said to the librarian before continuing, trying to come off as polite but ultimately his words are still blunt like the rim of his bat.
"Do you have any new book in store?"

"Yes, after you went up again a weird blue light came from atop this library and moments later some weird guys claiming to be from a church came and replaced some of the fake books with religious texts. They also said Japhet gave them the permission to do so."

He nods and goes up the stairs, his puppeteer will probably make him read the books, for that he is thankful - something new book wise is always interesting. He walks towards one blue book and opens it
"the church's myth: it said the tragedy of the spectral invasion is the fault of the Queen mother. But half of this issue is mortal sin, the spectres are punishment for a life of sin, once possessed by the serpent's venom, it is by the hand of purification they return to God"
The Batter takes note and carries on, picking up the next book he sees and opening it.
"The zodiacs: the zodiacs are the aspects of the old world, said to be aspects of nature before the zones came into being. Otherwise known as Seraphic incarnations, they loiter around the newly cleansed zones governing it by the lord's words. There is one, one who even our lord cannot tame - he may leave but what he is remains. Every Seraphic incarnation may choose to have a pith bearer - someone to carry their will - but by the world's purification most of them are ironically now pith bearers for our lord."

The Batter puts the book back and proceeds up the next stairs. The stairs seem longer this time, but he and his puppeteer stay determined. They take a turn and pick up a book.
"Genesis: when the old world fell humanity began to dwindle... A pity, until the Queen mother and her companions created the zones. From the broken earth made was metal, from the polluted air was made smoke, from the rotting rivers and oceans was made meat and plastic respectfully. But still the sun can only shine for so long... Without our lord that is."

There are no more new books after that so they make their way to the top and find Valerie taking a cat nap on the roof. The Judge is also here sitting next to his brother, The Batter and puppeteer decides to leave them be and search for the Seraphic incarnation of this zone.

[File auto saved]

Chapter Text

Proceeding in quiet silence, The Batter entered the Mall... No sight of Zackarie... Wasn't he supposed to be a recurring character? Eh this happened back in HOME, he'll probably be at the last zone. In Zackarie's place is an Elsen with a third eye.

"Greetings would you like to buy items to support our lord?"

Yes💙  no

Buy <
Sell
Exit

The Player selects "expiration" to buy(The team is severely under leveled due to their previous play style so they need a way to do DMG if all Seraphic incarnations are actually fights like the last one.)
"How many?:"
X99

The player makes The Batter give the required credits to the shopkeeper. (They're super rich from all the spectres they've been sparing in a grind for better equipment)

Then the Player selects "Fortune Tickets"

"How many?:"
X92

Once again the shopkeeper is given the credits nessecary and hands over the items.

Buy
Sell
Exit <

With the great restocking of November 1st done, they can head deeper into the mall. But before they turn away the Shopkeeper stops them.

"be careful, the lord has urged me to caution you that unlike in the cleansed first zone, in this zone and the third, remnants of the spectral plague linger uncontrolled. He asks that if you spare them to reach a certain threshold. I believe he called it 'recruits', it is not for any purpose other than quickening the eradication of all evil from this zone - if you choose not to do so it won't effect your ending but it would be appreciated."

The Batter nods and walks away

As they navigated the maze-like corridors, they found a few cheats containing Abaddon's meat and Belial's meat. Totalling up to now having 19 peices of Belial's meat and 4 pieces of Abaddon's meat in their inventory. The looting of chests went on for a few minutes before they were "accosted" by the "ranks of evil".

The player decided to continue sparing their enemies so... They also decided now to take on that optional quest - recruiting all the Spectres in this zone.
(If we had footage you would probably see the Batter forced to walk on the same 2 floor tiles to get the recruits... Sadly this isn't a sprite comic)

It wasn't long before they reached the 'halfway mark'? Well where the cat food advertisment poster should be, in its place is a poster with a simplistic light blue cross with dark blue writing. They decided not to read the writing.
And then they see...

A save point, guess this isn't the halfway mark afterall - past this small hallway must be the park.

[Competence and HP fully restored. Save game?]

[Yes💙]

Chapter Text

They proceed through the entrance, it is not the park that awaits them but the residential.

The screen transitions to the central plaza of the residential, The priest seen earlier in the visit of Zone 3 is here. Everyone like the Elsen of purified Zone 1 have a third eye.
"My children, this land has become pure under our father. No more shall we suffer from the hold of coruption. The gates to paradise shall soon open."
An Elsen interupts him(One with his eye ripped out)
"lies lies. He told me, there is no heaven... only a void of many hands eyes and mouths."
The Priest rebutes.
"This he you speak of is the serpent, the deciever. you dare reject God's love for you?"
The Elsen responds
"I'd rather die than have my free will taken from me!"
The Priest readies an attack
"then I shall grant you the death you desire-"
The Elsen leaves, running for one of the city bunkers
"As I thought, A coward at heart. well That concludes todays surmon, you may all continue your days and remember... God loves you, God is all around, he will come to collect you when you are ready to accept him."
The priest then whispers to the guards and goes into the building before his guards stand infront of the entrance.

The Batter and by extension Chara walk towards the guards.

"we need to see the Priest"
"no can do, for safety reasons, not till the heretic is dealt with"

Batter POV:

Great just great more side quests... this wouldn't have happened if we'd have gotten on with the mission... This is far off course, and now more work for further opposition of the mission. Well guess I'll just have to bear it...

The Batter reluctantly follows the lead of the strings that still bind him and walks to one of the bunkers.
[CODE REQUIRED FOR FURTHER ACCESS...(hint: look at the chapter number and square it)]

0576

CLICK.

The bunker door opens, and The Batter and Chara walk in.
Standing there and noticing them is the same Elsen from earlier.
"oh it's you, our SAVIOR! You know this isn't right, right? none of this is right, we should all be dead by now."
The Batter internally knows that the elsen is correct but can't say anything.
The Elsen then hands him the torn out third eye.
"take it... take it to the guards, show them. Then kill the priest, it is the only way this can end..."

If it weren't for the strings binding him, The Batter would gladly attempt to purify the priest if it rectified his failure to accomplish his mission, but it wasn't his choice to make at all.
They walked to the guards and showed the eye.
"oh, yes you may proceed now"
steps, each one by one, each louder than his usual sillence, the Batter proceeded to the priest.
"so thou have finally made it dearest Player and Purifier. It is good you made it here, would you by any chance need access to the park to hand over the grand item once again?"
"yes"💙

the priest flips a switch ON, behind him.
"The Park is now open to you, and only you 2. good luck on your mission. may the light be with you"

[file auto saved to slot 1]