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If Hinote was going to be honest, she was honestly quite bored. Now, granted, that's not exactly hard to do here.

In this pitch black void.

With no one else.

By the Holy Knight, who knew that being dead just fuckin’ sucked.

Well, whatever. At least they could entertain herself for probably a few years with the ability to create stuff ex-nihilo in this place.

Shame the stuff made doesn't really have much Integrity. Everything broke down at the slightest touch.

[The less said about the time she tried making a copy of “Her Best Friend”, the better. That photoshopped abomination felt like the final boss of a horror game. Or at least a final boss with a very different tone from the rest of the game.]

Still, there were only so many times one could make a bunch of attacks to dodge before even that got boring too.

So what? The thrill of combat’s fun, sue her.

Gah! No time for distractions!

…actually those would be quite welcome, considering the fact that she’s monologuing to herself. What is she? A saturday morning cartoon villain?

…she misses watching them with Chapeau.

…she misses a lot of things.

& while she doesn’t regret giving up her life for monsterkind. She resents that they had to be sealed away. That there even was a need for 7 humans to die for their freedom.

…That there ended up a mountain with a legend for missing kids, that Chapeau couldn’t resist trying to play hero for.

…odd. Normally, when she reflects on her resentment, it simmers down after a bit.

After an indeterminate amount of time [it’s hard to keep track, alright?], she heard a call.

Like someone calling for help.

…Chapeau’d be disappointed in her if she didn’t help out, wouldn't they?

…she knows that for sure.

[line break]

Asriel knew quite a few things.

They were called a nerd at school quite a bit after all, though in that friendly, affectionate way, y’know?

Still, him knowing a lot didn’t mean that he knew everything. Like what whatever’s controlling him is.

At least the confusion is mutual however.

Apparently, the eldritch entity downloaded… something from a shady website since they wanted to see whether they actually wanted whatever it was before paying money for it.

Irresponsible, if you’d ask him-

Oi.

I can hear you, y’know.

Also, ‘Riel, didn’t you figure out how to hide your thoughts from me?

‘Least do it ‘hind my back.

Ah. Yeah. That. Give him a moment, would you?

Right, where was he… the reckless, irresponsible, & generally apathetic-to-everything eldritch entity using their body like a stick puppet.

To think he got all that from just 2 weeks of being controlled by them, & they only started talking 2 days ago!

Honestly, the only reason they don’t mind their personality all that much is because they remind him of Kris to an extent.

He’s also fairly certain that the only reason they can talk with each other is because the entity got whatever it was from the previously mentioned shady site.

Whatever. Not really sure what they can do about any of this. Most attempts at communication ended pretty quickly considering how small the answers they’d get would be.

So Asriel just let fate take the wheel for this demented stage play he’s found himself the star of.

Yo.

‘Riel.

Some weird things’re happening in that alley over there.

In the dumpster bin.

Files’re also going wild as well.

Y’know anything ‘bout that?

…Files? What, can they alter reality like a computer program or something?

…honestly that would track with previous information.

The Eldritch Entity can screw with reality too. Joy.

…though.

‘Surprised you don’t know, but then again you’ve been clueless about most other things too.’

Hmmph.

Just for that I’m making you walk everywhere.

But no, I don’t know.

Didn’t answer my question though.

‘You already do that. & no, not a clue. Maybe it’s whoever keeps leaving milk out in the alleys?’

Damn.

Welp.

Let’s see what it is then.

…they really are like Kris, huh?

‘Too dangerous. Wait it out.’

Hmmph.

You’re gonna do that malicious compliance thing if I try, aren’t you.

‘Yeah.’

Fine.

…Holy Knight do they look shady as hell right now.

Or they would, if it weren’t for The Roaring Dumpster right beside them.

[Line Break]

Flowey was having a bad time, in his humble opinion.

Not like the ones that the Smiley Trashbag would inflict in many of his RESETs. But something completely different.

How so, you may ask?

Well, the fact that both him and Hinote were both alive was contributing to it.

Not to mention the whole being stuck in a really small dumpster thing.

Initially, he thought that it was just a bad dream that he'd wake up from.

He didn't.

Seriously. The hell is even going on??? How the hell'd this even happen??? Did Hinote try something while he was the God Of Hyperdeath?????

…he wouldn't put it past her actually. She was honestly one spiteful gremlin.

No. Wait. She wouldn't get herself stuck as well. She's not stupid.

“Hey Flowey, can't you like, use your Pellets or Vines to break us out?”

“Nope. Would probably just make dents instead. They're more tuned towards magic damage than physical.”

“Damn. Well, try moving around.”

“I. Am a flower. I don't weigh much.”

“Well I'm not gonna be the only one dealing with a Sisyphean task!”

“Surprised you know that, but fine, if you insist.”

& so.

The 2 of them proceeded to do their best imitation of DVD Screensaver and kept hitting the sides of their cage with human soul and parts + a flower.

Until…

“Wah-!” “Dusty-!”

“Hretjtstbsgng… sorry Flowey, you ok?”

“...Flowey? Flowey you good?”

Flowey wasn't moving, but probably just knocked out as he was pretty hardy from what Hinote could remember.

…wait. His stem’s slightly cut that’s really not good shit shit shit-

Hinote grabbed Flowey while looking around in a panic when-

‘Oh! Another monster! Maybe they can help?’

Though, all things considered, it definitely felt oddly sympathetic to see them confused with the current events too.

“Hey, uh, can… can I get some help here? I don’t really want him to die, y’know? It'd be a real dick move after everything he's done for me.”

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…hmm. Who’s this now?

Who’s who? Why, the older goat monster that the other one, whose name was apparently Asriel, brought the 2 of them to.

…for some reason, Asriel's name felt familiar, & for some reason, when thinking about it, all that comes up is a vague image of an entity with giant rainbow rings.

Meh. Whatever.

Don’t ask how they dragged a flower stuck in the ground here though. She’s fairly certain that looking at Flowey while dragging him resulted in a few eldritch whispers.

No , weird voices in her head, she’s not going to kill Flowey for whatever transgressions he’s done!

Regardless, what she needs to do right now , is figure out who this guy who looks like Toriel i- 

It’s the king. The guy who’s responsible for the deaths of at least 4 other kids.

…though, now that she’s been interacting with him for a decent bit, they seem a lot more… friendly towards her than she’d have thought & how Toriel described him, having bandaged her [apparently] bleeding ar--

…huh? On- on the fridge. That’s a picture. That’s a picture of the king & Toriel & Asriel & another human what??????

“Oh! That old picture? Hoho! That memory is of my family, before… certain events, alongside Kris, that’s the human, before they went to college. They’re currently studying culinary, as they’d like to make never before seen dishes before. They’ve already made a brand new dish with Moss & Chalk too! I’m proud of them, though I do wish they’d call more often, hehe…”

What.

Sure actually.

Why not?

This may as well be happening.

Hey! Maybe Chapeau’s currently dealing with, I dunno? A king trying to freeze a country in time! Makes as much sense as anything else right now!

Actually, speaking of sense, how come the stove looks like it’s been used? Toriel told her that most monsters’ magic is specific to their species, & that she uses her fire magic for cooking when she asked why her stove was pristine.

“Hey, uh, actually hold on what’s your name? & don’t you have fire magic? So why’s the stove slightly burnt?”

“Oh! My apologies, young one, my name is Asgore, & I’m afraid that I don’t know what you mean by fire magic? I apologize, but magic is only a thing in stories, though being able to use magic to cook might make me able to avoid burning things much more often, hoho.”

“...alright.” So maybe it’s just that she’s not in Kansas anymore? The Underground already felt like another world, so this would just be a reasonable escalation.

…oh Holy Knight, Chapeau might actually be dealing with that mad king.

[Line Break]

Flowey was leaned against a couch, clearly unable to be placed on top of it.

& then, Flowey woke up with a groan.

Understandable, considering the fact that he was dealing with the flower equivalent of a cracked spine.

Fortunately, that could be healed with the simple act of healing magic!

Ow.

Ok, so, healing magic hurts to use! But it can still be used! & a few green pallets have been made & consecutively used on him!

“Ah yeah much better. Now where the fuck am I- ah.”

Well then, looks like Hinote dragged his photosynthesising ass to old king fluffybottoms’ house judging from the presence of the man himself, & judging from the bandages on him, managed to get him to try healing him.

Doesn’t explain why Asgore didn’t bother with trying to use healing magic if he was gonna heal him, he knows that Asgore has it.

“...I believe I understand what Miss Hinote meant by Fire Magic.”

…eh? What’s that mean? “Eh? What’s that mean?”

“Ah! Right, Young Hinote asked me why I wasn’t using Fire Magic to cook after seeing the Stove being burnt, though, seeing that Magic is real, maybe i should check it out later…”

…Maybe the Barrier being broken had some sort of delayed Memory-Fuckery Effect? Probably as a contingency by the humans who made it to keep monsters weak or something.

“Huh. next you’re gonna say that the Underground doesn’t exist or something like that.”

“...Apologies, but I’m afraid I don’t know what you mean by Underground.”

…ok the Barrier definitely had some sort of memory altering effect after cracking apart.

Whatever. Not his problem.

“Yeah sure whatever you got any ibuprofen? My stem still hu-”

Flowey looked somewhere else.

Wha- how- why. WHY. Is there an aged up version of him standing there??? Wha- 

No.

No. Maybe… Maybe it’s just a new kid that Toriel & Asgore had during a drunk hookup that led to them having a new kid! Yeah! & then they probably adopted Chara too just cause! Yeah! Definitely! &- &- The fridge! It has a picture of everyone & an aged up Chara! Yeah! That’s not an alive him!

Explains why they look so much like him in emotional life! Though, they definitely look older, maybe Hinote’s age? Probably in their mid-teens. Their sweater’s also Green & Yellow rather than the Blue & Purple he preferred in life.

Hmm. welp.

Guess it’s time to interview… judging by Asgore’s Naming Skills, probably Torgore for information.

[Line Break]

Asriel just stood there in the area between the kitchen/dining room & the living room, unsure as to what to do.

The Flower [named Flowey, apparently] woke up, talked a bit with dad, looked at him… & immediately looked away & stared somewhere else? Like he didn’t know what to do.

Honestly kind of unnerving but what can you do?

It’s not as if he can act on his own, on account of a certain Eldritch Entity.

‘Least you didn’t drag me through the mud there.

Also, m’like

90% sure that’s an alternate universe version of you.

Might wanna deal with that eventually, Bruv.

Absolutely terrifying. He wishes they had not said that.

“So… Torgore. What’s your deal?”

“My name's Asriel.”

He could see the Flower freezing in… confusion & panic for some reason?

Oh.

& he’s gone now. Ah well.

…How’d he burrow into the floor though? The floor was made of wood & had something that definitely wasn’t dirt under it.

He’d know, considering the time Kris accidentally stabbed into a Gas Line from when they were younger. Had one heck of a Fever Dream because of it.

…he doesn’t actually remember anything about it, but it happened.

Hell if I know.

Bud ’s got his own set of physics I think.

Awful pun. Please get better material.

Rude.

Also someone’s approaching you, 6 ‘O Clock mate.

Wait wha-

“-eah, he tends to do that with people other than me.”

Oh. It’s just Hinote.

The Girl, Hinote, was wearing the Dress Shirt & Long Ruffled Skirt with a Sheet Music Pattern that he found her with. Not to mention the Fist Bandages & [probably] Prop Conductor’s Wand that she just… had on her person for some reason.

“Really now? Sounds like it must be inconvenient."

“Kinda, but he’s a pretty good Bud once you get to know him.”

“...Really?”

“What? Are my puns too Garden-Variety for you?”

Hah.

I like this kid.

Y’mind if I move into them instead?

Of course you would, & no, no you can’t.

“Alright, new topic. What’s your deal?”

[Line break]

“Alright, new topic. What’s your deal?”

Huh, she supposes that she didn’t explain shit, did she?

“Jumped down a mountain to see if I could find my missing sibling, had a whole adventure, & killed myself for a bunch of people I befriended over the course of a few days.”

“...Okay.”

Wait what “Wait what.”

“Look, I can tell you don’t want to talk about it if you’re going to say something like that, I’m not that stupid.”

“Huh, works for me I guess.” Was all she said with a shrug.

Alright, now what to think about…

‘Wonder what Flowey’s up to?’ He did just dip out of nowhere like that.

& so! Hinote’s Quest to Find That Flower started!

“Hey, Mister Asgore? Do you mind if I go upstairs to try & find Flowey?”

Asgore, who had seen the whole exchange, simply nodded with a warm smile. Though he looked like he wanted to ask something. Probably about how Flowey’d be upstairs.

…Honestly reminded her of her own father before Chapeau went missing.

…Bah! Whatever. Not the time.

She went to the room at the end of the Hallway, as she felt like he’d be there. Not sure why , it felt like when someone would skip a cutscene though. 

Eh. Whatever.

She gently opened the door.

& so! Hinote’s Quest to Find That Flower finished!

“-AD either- of course I can’t- & a living version of me is here too. Shit just can not go well for m- Hinote?!”

“...do I want to know?”

“No. No you don’t.”

“Well, whatever. Let’s just leave. We could probably reLOAD if anything goes wrong after all.”

“Ah. Yeah. That. Can’t do that for some reason. Someone else has that ability instead.”

“ What. ”

[Line Break]

The young ones that Asriel rescued were taking quite a bit of time.

…he should probably check on them, & also tell them that they’ll be free to stay the night if they’ve nowhere to go, & also that dinner will be ready soon.

Ah, looks like the 2 of them found each other, & are chatting too.

The Flower [Flowery? Was it? He only heard his name in passing.] was also wrapped around the young lass’s neck like a scarf. What close friends!

…doesn’t explain how he was able to be on the upper floor in the first place however.

“Ah, young ones, I’ve come to make an announcement, if you’d like, you may stay the night in the guest room, dinner’s currently cooking as well. Not with magic however, hoho.”

Asgore swore he could see the girl mouth the words [Egg], [Man], & [Announcement], but didn’t have time to think about it before Flowery butted in.

“Ah, no, no need to worry, we’ll be fi-”

“Flowey. We are quite literally homeless & probably spawned out of thin air. I think we should take Mister Asgore’s offer.”

Ah! Good to know. Flowey’s name that is. Not the being homeless thing. That’s- that’s definitely not good. He’s also not going to get into the {spawned out of thin air} comment either.

“Well, the 2 of you young ones are free to stay for as long as you’d like if that’s the case, & please, just call me Asgore.”

“Oh! Thank you Asgore :3”

Flowey just groaned.

{He’s probably going to ignore how she said :3 out loud for his own mental health.}

[Line Break]

Flowey was rather annoyed.

It’s bad enough that he has to deal with the existence of an alive version of him taunting him just by existing, but to live with him too?

Well fuck him in the stem cause he’d rather die.

Unfortunately, doing so wouldn’t let him LOAD, so he’s just stuck like this having dinner with probably alternate universe versions of Himself & Old Fluffybottoms. & also Hinote but she’s bearable.

He wouldn’t still be playing scarf if she wasn’t.

“...So, we know your names, but not much else, mind introducing yourselves formally?”

…By the Holy Knight does he want to punch Mr. Alive & Well.

“Well, I’m Hinote as you already know, & this is Flowey, Flowey the Flower.”

“Howdy.”

“I already said where I was from earlier-”

{“...wait, was she serious earlier?”}

“-& Flowey is from underneath a mountain that killed 7 kids.”

“A-ah. that’s… certainly… a backstory.”

Yeah yeah whatever old man.

“I’m just gonna go to bed.”

“Yeah he’s pretty shy, wouldn’t show himself in front of anyone aside from me.”

Wha-

2 can play at that!

“Oh yeah? Well I seem to remember you bursting into tears when your Tuxedo-Jacket Thing got ruined~~”

He could see her getting embarrassed & he was living for it.

“Wha- W-Well, didn’t you get hit by a stray bullet from one of the Fierceful Five’s action scenes & start screaming like a Toddler?”

"Wha- HEY!"

& so! Hinote & Flowey ended up sharing stories for an indeterminate amount of time before all 4 of them turned in for the night.

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Ok! So.

As you may have been able to tell if you've been apart of/have been reading the comment section, in-universe UNDERTALE & UNDERTALE YELLOW are a bit different than your own. These little Intermission-esque chapters will serve to that.

& for what this one will be about? Well you [probably] read the title.

The Ketsukanes! Also their last name is Ketsusame here, & they're based off of Witches, The Generic Idea Of Yokai, & An Alchemist respectively instead of Shrine Maidens & [I think this is the word for it?] Taoists but probably just John Touhou as the main inspiration.

First Off. Kanako's alive & well!

Audience roars in applause.

Ceroba is an Amalgamate in Alphys' lab.

Audience roars out in outrage. a few tomatoes are thrown.

Look, someone had to become Glooby, & how else am I supposed to forward my Integrity X Kanako Agenda Revive Kanako for M&M!UTY?

Anyways yeah, there's a bit more, so I'll go by each member of the Ketsusames one by one.

Chujin! Still racist, still a science guy, & still dead!

Notable differences include the Steamworks being more Steampunk than Steam-Dystopian, & donning an Alchemist's Cloak & Wear with a Ghostly Wisp Design rather than a [from what I can tell] Kimono &/or Formal Bathrobe. Unfortunately, his Wizard Hat is quite small, & his AXIS equivalent still ended up the cause of death for the Fallen Human before Hinote, Chapeau [Clover's Replacement].

Ceroba! Honestly kind of just a rehash of Canon, but with a different coat of Paint, dressed like she's a Yokai from Touhou.

Well, with the exception that she didn't let Kanako become Glooby, instead inflicting that on herself, now stuck as a pile of Magic Meltdown in Alphys' Lab.

Kanako! Is a decent bit older for the Agenda to better fit Ceroba's Role, & so there'd be a reason for her to have not told Starlo & the Fierceful Five [Name-In-Progress] about all the SOUL Serum Shenaniganry. She's also a decent bit like a certain Ordinary Magician, including lots of Star Motifs in her Design & Attacks, but that's neither here nor there. In M&M!UTY's Merciless Route, Hinote actually hesitates a bit when fighting Starlo, letting her shove him out of the way & taking the hit herself, which means no Geno Fight for her. Were she to be in our world/have access to deltarune [the game], she'd be writing Genderbent SpamTenna Gijinka Yuri Smut on Ao3.

AXIS Model 14! Though I've decided that he'll be called GATE Model 15 instead, named after the Gate of Truth from Fullmetal Alchemist [GRAPH was the placeholder name].

Only real difference from AXIS is his design, that being looking like he was built with Grandfather Clock parts. Also his Heart-Core-Thing is replaced with a Metronome-esque device.

Well, that's them, feel free to ask any questions while I work on Chapter 3: [Activate Dark Hole, Response?].

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*Alright everyone! The Flower’s name is Flowey, & the Human’s is Hinote! They’ll be taggin’ long with Az here! So be polite to them!

Undyne boisterously said, just quiet enough that it was only technically not a yell. Not that Ashie could tell, since all she was doing was reading the textboxes on the screen.

*So, do any of you have any questions?!

A Racoon Monster raised their hand, no doubt with a question to ask, most likely something about the second human they’ve seen in person [...in monster?].

Unfortunately, Ashie quite literally did not care as she had dailies to get done in her Gachas. Fortunately, she was nearly done, but until then…

“Ey, ‘Riel, you can have the reins f’r this. Got Dailies I gotta do.”

*(Really now.)

*(I mean, I’m not complaining that I’m getting free action back…)

*(But it’s a little insulting that you consider Gacha Games more important than me.)

“Damn that’s crazy. Anyways, gonna get myself some coffee as well. Woke up too early.”

& with that, Ashie walked away from the computer, intent on doing what she said she’d do.

‘Man. That site I pirated deltarune off of… still haven’t found it again. Real shame too, ‘cause Medley said that this isn’t how any of it’s supposed to go, the other games there must’ve been real interesting too ‘cause of that... Also how’d the creator of the Probably-A-Mod/Hack even make the characters respond like real people? Honestly kinda creepy… eh, whatever.’

& with that, her Coffee’s done.

‘Should probably get back to it, ‘s a good thing I started my dailies reeeeaaaal early. Real Fuckin’ Tired though…’

Aaaaaaaand we’re back!

‘Huh, looks like we’re outside the classroom for some reason.’

“Yo, ‘Riel, what’s the status update?”

*(Ranger -the racoon monster- asked whether Hinote was related to Kris, Temmie asked why Flowey felt familiar, MK -Monster Kid- asked where the 2 of them were from, & we’ve been sent to get chalk from the Storage Room. Also Flowey just, really doesn’t like me if the glares he kept shooting me are any indicator.)

“Sweet. Who’s the Hooded Kid?”

*(Her Name’s Noelle, School’s Loner.)

“Cool.”

‘Feels like something’s not being said though… eh, I’ll deal with that later.’

At that moment was when Noelle decided to speak,

*So, I guess we should get going then? Don’t suppose the Chalk’ll get itself?

Definitely interested in getting out of this awkward situation.

*Yeah probably.

& clearly, a sentiment shared by Hinote’s Floral Scarf,

*I’d like to deal with goat boy as little as possible.

“The Fuck’d ‘Riel do to you?”

*(The Fuck did I do?)

*The Fuck’d Asriel do?

Mainly because he didn’t like dealing with a constant reminder of what once was, but it’s not like anyone here aside from him would know that.

Oh, would you look at that, the group’s at the Closet Door, having opened it too! Let’s take a look at their reactions.

*So, uh, do…

*Do any of you want to go in fir-

Noelle definitely started, but she didn’t get to finish, as Flowey took the time to shove one of his roots into the ground in a terrifying flash.

*!!!

As you can tell, that definitely surprised multiple people. Who? You may ask, well probably everyone aside from Flowey, considering the lack of talksprites in the textbox on the screen, at least, from what Ashie could tell.

*What?

*I’m checking if there’s a floor there.

*There is, by the way

Was honestly all Flowey really said on that.

“Really didn’t waste time there, did he?” Ashie snarked at Hinote’s Floral Scarf.

*[sigh]

*(No, no he didn’t.)

Thought Asriel to the only person who could hear his thoughts.

*Well, IS there a floor there?

*(Also warn a gal before you do something like that next time…)

Fortunately, in order to get things back on track, Hinote was there. & Flowey’s response?

*Yeah, feels weird though.

*Whatever, probably safe.

& Clearly, a certain Deer felt like that was certainly ominous.

*...Maybe we should just tell Undyne we couldn’t find the chalk?

& with that, was a choice that prompted yes or no, much to the joy of Ashie.

‘Finally! A choi-’

*Nah.

*It’s probably fine.

*So let’s just go already.

*My stem could use some stretching too.

& with that, Flowey rooted himself onto the ground from where he was as Hinote's Floral Scarf.

…

“…”

“Whatever, not like I wanted a choice or anything…”

Yeah, Ashie wasn’t very happy about that.

*(Not so fun, is it?)

[Line Break]

‘Not so fun, is it?’

“Yeah that’s fair.”

“Anyways go search the close- oh that’s not good.”

‘Huh?’

& true to his weird-ass puppet master’s word, something that wasn’t good began to happen, specifically, the door behind them shutting & why is “the floor’s shaKINGAAAAAAAAAAA-”.

& now they’re falling.

Joy.

…whatever, they’ll all hit the ground eventua-

--THUD--

“Ow, Ow, & Ow. ”

Asriel got up, & man, he did not feel alright. Whatever. He’ll just… figure it o-

“Uhh, you good mate?”

‘...yeah, yeah, I’ll just.’

‘Walk it off.’

“I doubt it.”

“But sure.”

’Be my guest.”

‘I’m already your puppet, not sure I want to be your anything else.’

“Whatever, you recognise this place?”

Now that he took a look at the place…

It was a fairly flat greyed out plain with lots of purples splattered throughout the color scheme, but the real kickers were the giant dust heaps littered throughout the area, looking like mountains of trash in a landfill.

…also, he’s wearing something that would look more in place on a mage from a fantasy novel for some reason. Not sure how he didn’t notice that but he is.

‘No, just as confused as you.’

“Damn”

“Ah well”

“Let’s just go.”

Asriel… suppressed a few winces, as he wasn’t fully healed, before his puppeteer… made him stare into nowhere? Certainly not the weirdes- why is he healed. What. That's not- that's not normal.

‘What.’

“Save Point”

What.

Actually.

Sure.

Fuck it.

Why not?

The Eldritch Entity has Saves like a video game, sure.

May as well accept th-

“Oh hey, it’s Hinote & Flowey”

Wh- oh. True to his Puppeteer’s word, there was in fact the 2 of them, quarrelling for some reason, or at the very least having a conversation.

Hinote looked like the Conductor of an Orchestra, though with shadows covering every part of her skin, sans her mouth, which was a white slit, and a Dark Navy & Lilac formal dress with a Sheet Music Pattern like her skirt, alongside a Pitch-Black Tuxedo-Jacket-Thing. Guess she got a new one here. Though… she did look a bit creepy all things considered.

Meanwhile, Flowey became fully Pale-Coloured with 6 different coloured accents on each of his petals, not to mention his leaves [he had those?] looked a bit like wings with Black accents, which was honestly a bit odd in his opinion, but then again, Hinote turned into a shadow being so maybe it’s not that much of a stretch? He also became larger all around, which was probably important.

Whatever.

“HEY!”

Huh? Oh. looks like his puppeteer’s calling out to them.

“So, what are you 2 talking about?”

Flowey was the first to answer-

“Nothing you need to know abou-”

-Only to be interrupted by Hinote

“Trying to get Flowey to stop being a dick to you.”

“WHA- HEY!”

“So far I’ve gotten him down to just the occasional Snide Remark or Jab, & honestly? I think that’s as far as I’ll get.”

Flowey just grumbled in response.

‘Hey, puppeteer, can you ask if she knows why Flowey hated me?’

“Sorry, but no.”

“Didn’t get the prompt.”

Weird excuse but sure, not like he cares as he can’t really make them do anything.

Rather annoying, but what can he do about it?

Flowey then spoke.

“Well, C’mon then, let's get going.”

& so! The Goat, the Flower, & the Human all left the Not-An-Alleyway, only to encounter a fairly small Dust Heap blocking the way, more of a Dust Poff if anything. Flowey just prepared a couple pellets to decimate the poor poff, until…

–-POOF--

Standing there, replacing the Poff [never had a chance, rest in peace], was Noelle, though her outfit had changed to that of a [?]nutcracker doll’s. Not to mention the Ice Magic she had at the ready, though her hands & arms were shaking.

“S-stay away! I’m faster & can freeze you!”

“…” No one said anything.

“O-oh, it’s just the 4 of you. W-well, I, uh, guess we should stick together? Az, lead the way.”

“Wha- Him???? ”

Clearly, Flowey seemed to take umbrage at that.

“He’s the only one I’ve known for more than a day.”

Was Noelle’s only explanation.

“...She’s got a point.”

“I thought you were on my side, Hinote. Jail, Jail for 100 years”

“ YOU KNOW TUMBLR SHITPOSTS??? ”

For the record, the last line was Hinote & not Ashie, though she reacted the same.

“The fuck’s a tumblr?”

& that’s Flowey.

Well, regardless of everyone else, Asriel just kept walking, with everyone following behind & only one argument happening at any given time.

[Line Break]

Hinote was… well her feelings on this new adventure were a bit mixed.

On one hand, the battle junkie in her was absolutely thrilled to be able to go on another of these, not to mention the whole “being alive” part, & to top it all off, she even got to spend more time with her buddy-old-pal Flowey!

On the other hand people could die. That’s not good, in her opinion.

Eh, whatever, just focus on dodging the bird-dude silhouette’s bullets.

Feels like she’s back on one of Starlo’s sets!

How fun.

A decent bit & a few makeshift stair-cliffs later, they were at a pretty empty town.

Oh, hey, a castle’s there too, & she can see a pretty nice looking garden there as well!

Welp, no other thing to do but to go there, maybe there’ll be someone there that won’t attack them on sight?

[Line Break]

Charkis was a tad bit annoyed, the Lightners were here, after all.

Now, most Darkners would be happy about this!

They were not Most Darkners.

It meant that they’d have to leave the serenity of their own little slice of heaven.

Whatever.

Just get strong quick & complete this adventure so they can go back home fast.

Ah, the Lightners are here, couldn’t even complete their monologue.

Great .

“Lightners. Greetings. Please, listen to my tal-”

Wait, hold on.

“...didn’t the prophecy say there were only 2 of you? Where’d Petaly & Lilac come from?”

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“Once upon a time, a TALE was murmured through the Shadows.”

“It was a TALE of-”

“Yeah, yeah, prophecy of some sort, can you like, skip through this? We got places to go, things to do, stuff like that.”

Well, that was a tad bit rude, even if it’s accurate to her flowery friend’s personality, in Hinote's opinion. She, personally, was quite curious about this prophecy! Especially if it concerned at least 2 people in their motley group.

& clearly, the Cloaked Figure felt it was also important for the quartet to listen to their Tale, considering the fact that their only reaction was to give Flowey the middle finger & continue as if he hadn’t said anything.

“ AHEM. Right,”

“It was a TALE of HOPES. It was a TALE of DREAMS.”

“It was a TALE of LIGHT. It was a TALE of DARK.”

“THIS IS THE LOST TALE OF”

“DELTA RUNE”

“Since the beginning, LIGHT and DARK have existed in equilibrium.”

“Bringing balance to our WORLD.”

“But one day, this balance was thrown into CHAOS.”

“And THREE HEROES fell with it…”

“As the WORLD fell to ruin,”

“a NEW ONE appeared from its ashes…”

“And a new TALE was born.”

“Shining at world’s peak.”

“Three NEW HEROES step into the LIGHT.”

“A DREAMER,”

The Cloaked Figure pointed towards Asriel

“A SORCERER”

The Cloaked Figure pointed towards Noelle.

“And an ECHO FROM A LOST WORLD.”

The Cloaked Figure pointed towards Themself.

“Only they can keep the sacred balance.”

“Keeping stability between LIGHT and DARK.”

“Finally banishing the TITAN’S CALAMITY.”

“And stopping the WORLD from plunging back to DARKNESS.”

“To this day, the FOUNTAIN OF DARKNESS-”

“The geyser that shapes this world.”

“Remains at the center of the Royal Glade.”

“But recently, a new threat leers over the horizon.”

“Now, they must seal the FOUNTAIN.”

“Or else the WORLD will be thrown into darkness once more.”

“Though… Petaly & Lilac there certainly weren’t included in the prophecy. Whatever. More people means more people to gang up on our foes with.”

“Hey, buddy, we got names y’know, Flowey’s mine & her’s is Hinote.”

Clearly, Flowey didn’t really like the Cloaked Figure, though he did nod in approval when they made the [gang up on our foes] line, so there’s that.

“…Yeah, no.”

…eh? Wasn’t expecting what seemed to be the most scarable person here to say no to that, considering earlier experiences… but maybe those were exceptions?

‘Heckuva thing to grow a spine over.’ honestly just summed up Hinote’s thoughts on Noelle’s blunt refusal.

“Wh-what?! Are- are you seriously just going to leave a world to die???”

& clearly, the Cloaked Figure was not expecting it either.

“How do we even know if you’re telling the truth?”

“I- wha-”

“C’mon, Azzy, Hinote, Flowey, let’s go, I don’t really trust this stranger at all.”

…wait, is that… the sound of a car?

“Oi, who made you the boss? & didn’t you say for goatboy to lead the way?”

No, really… that’s definitely the sound of a car’s engine.

“Noelle I swear to God- ”

Explosion.mp4

Somehow, that’s the only way she could comprehend explaining it- ah piss there’s the flare up of the eldritch voices like when she was dragging Flowey around yesterday.

Y̷͎̺̓͒̔͜O̶̳̮̓̿͊U̶̺͔̩̓͒̚ ̷̣̮̩̜͛K̸̙͔̹̓͜I̴̡̲̹͚͋͊L̴͍͊͂̈̆L̷̝͙͙͈̄̏̚Ę̶̪̮̃̋̽̚D̶̫̖̅̉́̚ ̴̡̝̦̾̅͜T̸̥͍̮̰̆̒H̵͍̻͗̒̾͌È̶̲Ḿ̵̳͕ ̷̮̪̾̔̚A̷̢͈̱̍L̴͈̞͖͐́̐̓L̴͈̪̖̫̍̎͒͠

Then why were all her friends alive when she sacrificed herself? Honestly, it’s a good thing Flowey told her that the King was the one to take Chapeau’s SOUL, else she might’ve actually done that in her search for him.

She wouldn’t know what she would’ve done if that were the case.

H̵͙̩̎͜Ê̸̩̼̗̂ ̷̗͉̩̄̊W̶̮͍̩͌̈̋̆Ȧ̷̻̥̱́̋̃Ņ̵̙̹̮̆̔T̸̛̞̙͑E̵͈̒̊̋͊Ḑ̷̻̠̆ ̵̆͌͜Y̸̘͐̍O̵̺͕̣̒́̃̄U̴̬̓̈́͂͂R̵̤̺̯̥̀ ̷͓͐S̴̼̹̓O̵͈̝̼͉̐͘U̸̠̮̫͎̿L̸̘͙̲̫͒

While she’s flattered, he isn’t her type.

Y̴̧̱͚͛̿͝Ò̶͎͇U̶̺͑͑̕'̷͍̽̋̀͒L̴̤̪̋͒L̶͉̯͓̙̒̎ ̵̳̈R̶̻͉̞͆̑̋͝U̸̦̣̗͚̽̑̐̕Ȋ̵̼͓̒͗̉Ñ̶̪̑͘͝ ̶̄͜͜E̵̢̼͒̌V̵͎͉̞̒Ḛ̶̦͙͕͗̿͑̚R̴̦̮̰͑͆̓Y̸̮̓̾Ț̵̅̕H̴̬̱̙̓͐̐̊Ï̶͚͉̣̿̿̊N̶̹̞͗͑̍G̶͓̻̑́̑

Good grief, just shut up already you- oh wait they’re all in a battle.

“Hey hold on, what's going on I got distracted by the voices telling me to not trust Flowey- wait is that the bird-dude silhouette- wait why is everythING ON FIRE?!?!?!?!”

Noelle looked at her with concern.

Flowey looked at her with confusion & a touch of concern, the tsundere. See, voices? He does care!

Asriel was the only person who actually answered, & if she weren’t only interested in women, she’d have probably started [FLIRT]ing by now.

“Nerdly -the [Bird-Dude Silhouette] you were talking about- crashed his go-kart into the flowers, Cloaked Guy got squashed by fat stacks of cash from Nerdly, & Nerdly challenged us to a fight, also said something about the Fountain being East so that’s useful. Also, voices?”

“Nothing you need to worry about.”

“Somehow, I doubt that.”

Flowey actually did seem concerned! So earlier wasn’t a fluke!

But still.

“Oh Flowey, are ye of so little faith in me?”

“Yes.”

"Ouch."

“Whatever, let’s just beat this undercooked chicken nugget up.”

“Hah! You may believe that! But you Loosen-ers are the ones going to be beaten up! This isn’t a story where the Protags wi-”

At that moment, was when everyone decided to strike, Flowey with a blizzard of pellets, Asriel with a Cool-Ass-Sword she didn’t know he had, & her with a… Rapier? No, wait, it’s design matches with her Collector’s Edition Signed Conductor’s Wand!

...On second thought, maybe she’ll try seeing if she can use magic like the others?

Oh! The battle box appeared, & with it, her SOUL! & Asriel’s for some reason? Wait why were their HP values so high-

[DMG.MP3] -18

[DMG.MP3] -11

Right, focus on dodging now, look at new stats later.

Í̵̡̢̡̻̪̻̮͙̹̟̲͇͊͑̃̓͐̒̉̽̋͗͐̎̚͝Ḑ̵̨̧̧̖̹͕͇̣̹̫̼͈͇̈́̊̊͊͐̈́̂̋̈̄̈́̀̾I̵͚̙̯̓̄͝Ö̷̦̺́̋T̷̺̙̜̝̙̲̖̿͒

Also ignore the eldritch whispers.

& what she had to dodge… actually made her embarrassed she let herself get hit.

“Wha- hold on!”

Oh, Noelle seems a bit miffed that she’s not a part of the lineup. Doesn’t seem like she wants to leave Asriel to a bunch of strangers, which, fair.

…honestly it really doesn’t seem like 4 people are supposed to be on a team at once. Then again, she doesn’t recall more than 3 people on a team in the underground either… Are they the bad gu- ooh hey she can change the trajectory of her opponents bullets with magic! Hell yeah.

Eventually, Nerdly had to admit defeat, & run away.

Not that she cared.

She was busy making sure her Collector's Edition Signed Conductor's Wand was in pristine condition!

There was a reason she only used her fists or other weapons she found in the underground.

She should probably check her stats, alongside everyone else’s now though.

…hmmm, she’s got 90 HP, Flowey’s got 99, weird number, but sure, Asriel has 110, the tanky lad, & Noelle had 70, probably a glass cannon then.

“…well,”

“That wasn’t fun. At all.”

Oh yeah! The Cloaked Figure! Nearly forgot about ‘em.

“At least I got some money out of it-”

The Cloaked Figure opened the bag that she only just noticed was there.

Birdseed spilled out.

“This. Is birdseed.”

“Yeah thanks for pointing that out Captain Obvious.”

“Geez, they already got their garden ruined, no need to hammer nails onto the bat as well Flowey.”

“I mean, yeah, but their misery is actually pretty funny.”

“Ah-Ah-Ah~~ it’s NERDSEED, my good fellow~! Enjoy your spoils~!”

Oh, Nerdly’s back.

Flowey glared at him.

Oh, Nerdly’s gone.

The Cloaked Figure took those moments to speak up.

“Well, whatever. Ignore my despair. You four alright? Really, no damn clue how he got in-”

Only to be interrupted by her floral friend.

“Oi. Speak up, can barely hear you.”

“No.”

…guess the figure can hold a grudge. Fortunately, she’s here~~! Flowey better thank her for this later-

“No, actually, could you, like…”

“Take off the cloak if you’re gonna keep talking? I can also barely understand you.”

…nevermind, Noelle beat her to the punch.

“...Tsk.”

“If you insist, princess.”

& the cloak drops down! Can’t wait to see what they look like!

“Yo.”

“Name’s Charkis. It’s SUCH a pleasure to meet you all.”

“Have you perhaps reconsidered leaving the world to die?”

Oho? Flowey’s looking like he did with Asriel. That’s… not going to be fun to deal with, is it?

“Not at all, creep. C’mon, Asriel.”

& with Noelle’s departure, she’s suddenly got an idea on how to solve that problem!

“...Of course you haven’t”

…oh, Charkis is still talking, she better do this quickly.

“Well, I should probably follow her to make sure she’s not alone. You three get along well together now~~.”

She then sprinted out of there faster than even before.

“WHA- HINOTE WHAT- ”

[Line Break]

Well, Flowey couldn’t help but feel that today was going to be a long day.

First, he had to deal with Hinote getting on his case for not liking the constant reminder of what once was, & now he’s gotta play nice with yet another reminder? That’s just fuckin gre-

[FILE 1 SAVED]

[✌︎💧︎☟︎✋︎☜︎ LV1 00:14:43:12]

That was someone SAVE-ing. One of these 2 chucklefucks probably had the ability. Doesn’t explain why their name was just garbage noise though…

Goddamnit he’s gonna have to play nice with everyone until he figures out who it was either way isn’t he?

Just. Fucking. Great.

Whatever, looks like the Chara-Coloured Not!Frisk is giving Not!Him a tutorial.

“See that heart?”

“Yeah no shit sherlock, it came right outta him.”

Temu-Brand Frisk stared at him for a bit.

"..."

"..."

“You think you’re reeeeeeeaaaaaaal clever, don’t you.”

…

…

…

“Well then, I’m suddenly questioning if I want to continue my gardening hobby if this is what flora are truly like-”

“HAH! Please, I’m one of a kind. No other Flower like me~~.”

“-But at least the tutorial’s done. Hope you remember, because I’m not doing that again.”

[FILE 1 SAVED]

[✌︎💧︎☟︎✋︎☜︎ 00:14:56:21]

Damnit, there it is again. Whoever it is, he’s gotta figure it out eventually.

[Line Break]

Finally turning off my computer after way too long, I put my cup, now devoid of coffee, & the bowl I used to house the salad I made during the Nerdly fight into the sink as its sole inhabitants.

What? I’m not the type of person to let dishes pile up y’kno- why am I monologuing.

Whatever. I go & make myself a cup of instant noodles.

Yeah, I could probably go & make something better. Or get the Robot-Maid I found in the dump & fixed to do it for me. But I don’t really feel like doing that.

Honestly? Just wanna take a nap, even though I got a full 9 hours of sleep last night. It’s a good thing I got that month-long paid vacation, else I’d probably not be in the mood to keep to my usual schedule.

Man, the mansion feels empty without the other 2 crashing here.

Whatever. Medley’s got a family to go back to, & Fimage’s got their roommate.

No she’s not lonely shut up.

…though she is rather thankful for the robo–maid, Ruukoto, & her ability to hold a conversation.

Not that you’d catch her saying that.

Anyways, Ashie had her noodles, went to clean her cup & bowl in the sink out of habit before remembering about Ruukoto, & still doing it out of habit.

Then she went to her bed, & crashed into it to sleep nigh-instantaneously.

…

…

…

ARE WE

CONNECTED?

ARE YOU

THERE?

Ah, a voice in my head while I’m asleep. Great .

Whadaya want?

WE ARE.

GOOD.

GREETINGS.

I AM

________

Hey, hate to pull a repeat of Noelle earlier, but could you speak more clearly?

IT SEEMS

AS IF

MY NAME

IS STILL

OFF LIMITS.

UNFORTUNATE.

Get to the point.

…RIGHT.

YOU ARE

ASHIE,

CORRECT?

THOUGH SOME,

KNOW YOU AS,

EITHER ASHLEY

OR MADDY.

…eh? Sounds like if ya swapped ‘round me ‘n Medley’s names.

Wait hold on, what do you mean by that? Did someone fuck up at doxing me again?

THAT IS

IRRELEVANT.

AS FOR

NOW.

SEVERAL

“VIDEO GAMES”

HAVE BEEN

ADDED TO

YOUR PERSONAL

COMPUTER.

ENTER THEM

ONCE THE

SECOND CHAPTER

HAS BEEN

COMPLETED.

IF ONLY

FOR AN

UNCHANGED FIRST

SECTION.

Actually. She doesn’t think she cares. May as well do as the creepy voice says though.

Not like she has anything better to do.

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I think I'm gonna make this a thing every 2 chapters.

So long as I can think of something of course.

anyways! you know how this'll go, so let's get started!

First off: the star of the show! Ashie! [the Rewritten version of Ashley, swaps with Maddy.]

Ashie is a Basement Dwelling Gacha Game Addict of a gremlin that also manages to hold 2 jobs somehow, specifically V-Tubing & Custom Engineering Contracts. No, neither I, nor do her friends know how either. whenever asked she just says "Trade Secret" & leaves it at that. Found Actually Just Ruukoto From Touhou Project in the dump on an Enthusiastic Nighttime Walk & repaired her, so she just has a Robo-Maid. Honestly quite lonely when not with her friends, even if she'll deny it, though Ruukoto being there has lessened the effect of that. Big Fan of Magical Girl Shows.

Next up, Medley! [the Rewritten version of Maddy, swaps with Ashie.]

Medley's still Trans, that stayed with her, however she is just as autistic about her special interests as Maddy. She's also a Pro Yu-Gi-Oh! Player, with a fairly large amount of wins in the Tournament Scene. she runs Melodious, Trickstars, Symphonic Warriors, & occasionally Vaalmonica, primarily because people are pretty split on if Resonance Counters count towards her Music Theming. She is /absolutely/ the Protagonist of her own adventures, that's for sure though. Her last name is Yuki & she has a Great-Uncle named Jaden. Will be caught up as the replacement of the Protagonist of LINK Vrains one year after Ashie's Adventure. Does not have Anime Protagonist Hair.

Yet.

Finally, Fimage! [IMAGE.FRIEND, swaps with Luke, originally Lund but I found that name to be stupid.]

Fimage is an enigmatic fucker, but still a good friend, even if they speak in riddles most of the time. You'll find them wearing a Suit or some other Formal-Casual clothing articles. Fimage actually has quite a lot of connections, & Medley & Ashie regularly try to guess /why/ they have so many. they have so many because they can't stop helping people, by the way, which means that people keep owing them favors. they were also voted most likely to become an Animal Crossing protagonist in high school. Medley keeps trying to get them to play Master Duel with the other 2, unaware that they play Pokemon TCG. The Creature also plays Limbus Company. it's the main thing that they bond over with with Ashie.

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*DING!*

GAH!

…Nearly fell out of bed.

‘Rknavhcskgraiksvrnhjcf WHO.’

‘IS TEXTING ME AT SIX.’

‘ IN THE FUCKING MORNING?!?!?!’

…oh, it’s from Medley, saying that she needs to talk to either me or Fimage quickly.

I check the time.

‘6:23 AM. Fimage’s probably still ‘sleep by now.’

“Sigh”

I pick up my phone & call Medley.

“Oh thank fuck someone answered. So, uh, some really weird stuff happened & I maaaaaaaaaay have ended up kicked out of home.”

Oh, shit is really not good if she sounds that close to a breakdown.

“...I’m sorry, what? ”

“Yeah so you know how my parents didn’t really like me being trans? But how they couldn’t disown me or kick me out because I’m a fairly popular pro duelist in the pro circuits & my fandom would crucify them?”

“I’m well ‘ware, I offered to copy Ruukoto’s core & detonate it at their house when you told me, & the offer’s still up as we-”

“Ah! No, sorry, but while I very much do not like them, the offer’s still no. Anyways, I also told you how they said that if I were to make my hair as crazy as the Yu-Duelists throughout history they’d kick me out, no ifs, ands, ors, or buts about it?”

“Damn. & yeah, I ‘member, & I don’t think you’d do that y’rself, so what happened?”

“It happened overnight. Like, I went to sleep, then woke up with crazy Yu-Hair, slightly wet, & with a jar labeled [P.G.] in my drawer for some reason.”

“…’lright, y’re crashin’ with me.”

…mhm, Medley definitely didn’t expect that, she thinks.

“Wha- wait hold don’t worry its fine I’ve been savingup&Idon’twanttoimpose-”

“Medley, girliepop, s’fine. Way too boring here with only Ruukoto as company anyways. Not- not that there’s anything wrong with her she’s actually really pleasant & stuff but it still gets pretty boring .”

“…alright, fine. But! I’m moving out once I’ve saved up enough since it’d be rude to stay too long… no offence of course.”

“None taken, now pack up & git over here, I’ll send a text ‘plaining everything to Fimage for once they wake up.”

“Hah, alright then. & thanks.”

“I am pretty great, aren’t I~~ Now praise me more~~!”

“Hah! Alright Ms.Funny-Amazing-Wonderful-Awesome-Cool-Ashie~~”

“Hehe, but seriously you should probably get over here quickly.”

Now… what to do in the meantime?

[Time Skip!]

Eventually, Medley was able to come, alongside the weird as hell jar she had talked about earlier. After getting over how her hair genuinely became insane, Ashie & Medley gave Medley’s stuff to Ruukoto to put into a guest room, then the 2 of them proceeded towards Ashie’s room to wait for Fimage.

“Again, thanks for letting me crash at your place, eheh.”

“Really, don’t worry ‘bout it. Heck, maybe you can join me in playin’ the copy of deltarune that’s apparently really weird.”

Oh that definitely got her excited, kinda cute actually? Kind of like a puppy, y’know?

“Oh! I almost forgot about that! Do the characters actually react like real people like you said they wou-”

[*DING*]

Ah, looks like Fimage finally responded.

“…huh?”

“Ah yeah that’s Fimage, said he’s coming, remember?”

“Oh right, almost forgot about them.”

Wait, seriously? “Wait, seriously?”

“L-look! A lot of things have been happening! Stuff gets lost in translation!"

“Hah! Yeah, ‘pose that can happen, anyways do you want to play while we wait or-”

“Yes. Yes I do.”

“Alri- oh, forgot about that.”

“Forgot about what?”

Hmm, yeah, I did mean to tell her about it so that she could try to make sense of it before… everything.

“Right, so last night I had a dream, some weird voice asking me whether we were connected, said that their name was still prohibited, & that several games were dropped into my computer.”

“[we were connected]…? Was- was their speech segmented?”

Huh, looks like Medley’s got an idea.

“Uhh, yeah, paused every 2 words for whatever reason.”

“Ashie I think you met W.D. Gaster."

“…the guy you kept saying was integral to the lore?”

“YES! Holy shit you actually met gaster & he gave you gaMES WHAT-”

“Medley girl came down, though while we’re on the topic, do you thin-”

[*DING*]

Oh, looks like Fimage is here.

“Guess we should explain stuff to them? Maybe we can do that while playing?”

She just wants to see the weird copy of deltarune, doesn’t she?

“Hah, ‘lright. I’ll ask Ruukoto to make waffles, that good with you?”

“Of course!”

[Line Break]

Charkis, for one, was rather annoyed at how things were going. For example, The Dreamer was very much Taking Too Long, just standing there at the outside of the Great Door & walking everywhere, & then there’s the weird flower prick they’ve gotta deal with as well. Not even mentioning how they’ve only just begun the adventure.

They should’ve followed the 2 Sorcerers instead, maybe then things would be at least somewhat interesting.

No matter. They’ve made their choice, & they’ll stick with it.

…even if they aren’t sure that The Dreamer is entirely all there. He looks like he's listening in on a conversation no one else can hear, & they heard something about voices in someone’s head earlier while trapped under all the nerds- sorry, birdseed earlier. Maybe they were talking about The Dreamer? God, they hope not, that wouldn’t be very nice to deal with.

At all.

Oh, the group’s first enemy.

[READY? FIGHT!]

Looks like a Batteryboy, energy deficient form of Weresquires. They’re always tired from what Charkis could recall, never getting enough Charge, so maybe…

“Hey. Anyone got any pacifying spells? Because Batteryboys start out tired, & I didn't get to showcase them ‘cause I didn’t have any, but I don’t actually know if you 2 have any?”

That Flower they hated was the only one to say anything, unfortunately.

“Well, Gardenkid , I got one, called [Complete Pacification Alpha], don’t know what it does aside from needing the enemy to be tired & targeting all enemies though.”

Well that’s not liable to go wrong! At all!

“I have a name, Petaly . & we should probably see what it does, Lightners usually need to use a spell first to be able to figure it out first, how much SP does it need?”

“ (Damn, I was hoping that didn’t carry over). Hmm… 50, looks like it.”

…ignoring what The Flower muttered, that much? Damn, they might’ve underestimated the flowery fiend if they’ve got that powerful magic.

They still don’t like him though.

“Well, Asriel, your call.”

“...All Defend. Flowey, Use [Complete Pacification Alpha] if we’ve enough SP next turn.”

Welp. The Dreamer has spoken.

They all take defensive stances as The Dreamer’s SOUL flies out into the battle box, now dodging incredibly slow balls of lightning that slowly homed in on the SOUL. Eventually, the attack ended, & SP was at 57%.

[FLOWEY Used COMPLETE PACIFICATION α.]

Flowey closed his eyes… for some reason.

“Hey. Not the time for a na-”

The foes were then skewered, fading to dusky ash, with their damage being transferred over to the party as healing & SP.

[FLOWEY Grew Yet Stronger.]

…What The Fuck. You’re supposed to beat the foes into running away & get stronger from that! Not- not whaTEVER THE FUCK THAT WAS-

“…huh, neat, could be useful.” That Fuckass Flower-

“…” …well, at least The Dreamer is reasonably shocked.

Them? They don’t even know how to beg i  n     t      o        r            e                 a                         c                                  t                                           -

[& As The World Is Exited & Re-entered, & As This Chapter Is Rewritten,]

[You Smell… Waffles?]

Charkis, for one, was rather annoyed at how things were going. For example, Asriel was very much Taking Too Long, just standing there at the outside of the Great Door, & then there’s the weird flower prick they’ve gotta deal with as we-

“Oi. Goatboy. We need to talk. Privately, preferably.”

…eh? “Oi. Flower, if whatever you gotta say is so important, shouldn’t you share it with the class?”

“Weeeeell, if you didn’t notice, we’ve known you for like, 20 minutes, we’re not going to trust you immediately, Mx.Wore-A-Shady-Cloak-On-The-First-Meeting.”

Damnit, they knew they should have just gone without the cloak.

“Weeeeell. If you didn’t notice, you’re acting quite shady yourself, so how about we let Asriel decide?”

…why did The Dreamer actually look confused on who to pick? Clearly, since the prophecy mentioned them & the The Dreamer as a part of a team it means that they’re more trustworthy than this prick of a flower?

“Flowey.”

… Holy KNIGHT do they want to go back to their garden.

“...whatever, I’ll just stay here then, call for me once you’re done.”

& so! They waited.

…

…

…

[FLOWEY Learned BRAMBLANKET α!]

[BRAMBLANKET α - FLOWEY uses his vines to grab all tired foes to massage all tired foes with dullened thorns. Feels underwhelming, like something else was supposed to happen…]

…Charkis ran straight to The Flower & The Dreamer.

“OI! WE DON’T HAVE TIME FOR A TRAINING ARC Y’KNOW!”

“Gah! Jeez gardenkid, that was completely unrelated to our talk, just sort of happened by accident.”

“How do you- whatever. I don’t care. Let’s just get this stupid adventure done with as soon as possible.”

& so! The three of them proceeded [no, not like that] forward, eventually encountering their first Batteryboy, sparing them with BRAMBLANKET α, with no complications of course!

Then, they came across a sign,

[Dear Looseners Lightners! If you’re reading this, then that means you’ve done something wrong! You’re supposed to run into your foes friendly sparring partners’ bullets! - Nerdly Berdly [no relation to the incredibly handsome Nerdly!]

…really?

…why does The Flower look nostalgic of all things???

…& an exhale from The Dreamer. At least someone is having fun.

& as time ticks forward, so did The Party, now crossing paths with that annoying bird that ru INED THEIR #$&*ING GARDEN .

“Oh! You Protags are still alive I see? Whatever! You won’t survive the next time!”

“Yeah yeah whatever” was said by both The Flora & The Gardener, much to both’s ire at agreeing with each other.

“However! There is one very important thing to ask you three! …wait, three?”

“Hinote & Noelle dipped.”

“Hah! Pathetic enough that you can’t even keep your Party Members? Nevertheless! I’m sure that you’re quite aware of our battle earlier, so grade it so that I can prove my superiority to Kueen!”

“D-”

Wow, guess the Nerd Bird just sucked at it if The Flower’s grading had anything to do with it.

“Wh- What?!”

…was the Nerd Bird unaware of how bad they apparently were?

“Dude, I’ve seen Literal Children do better with their attack patterns with Actually Just Pencils & Flowers. One of your attack patterns was quite literally you chucking a bag of birdseed. It didn’t even break into a bunch of other smaller bullets. You didn’t even try anything like making us think that Charkis was the real bad guy to get us to help you & your allies instead of them either. Maybe then you could’ve impressed whoever your boss is.”

…they’re just going to ignore how confidently The Flower said that.

“(Nerdseed, actually) W-well! I’ll keep those ideas in mind then! I’ll get an A+ next time! Just you watch Looseners! I’ll be off now, planning my next attack!”

The Nerd Bird took a few steps, then made three jumps, with the last one ending in them starting to fly at the peak of the jump.

“…Okay.” The Dreamer, once again being the most level headed of the group.

After a bit, they encountered… a trash can Darkner with a fairly large stash of items. Sure.

“Gah! This is terrible! Truly horrible! My trash heap! Raided! By a Orchestra Conductor & a Nutcracker Doll! Now most of my useful items are missing!”

“Yeah yeah whatever, but your heap’s smoking. Might wanna check that out before it goes boom.” came from The Flower

Wha- HEY! They were going to say that…

“Smoke Machine.”

Charkis was left wondering if a smoke machine could create that much smoke.

The Dreamer walked up to the Trash Can Darkner, a bit close, but not enough to make things uncomfortable.

“Do not fret citizen.” The Dreamer then spoke, with unsettling resolve. “We shall retrieve your items. Do not fear. For We Are Here.”

…ah great. A side quest. That’s going to be annoying to deal with. Going to make things take even longer . Just. Great.

Some more time later, the party comes across a puzzle.

A timed puzzle, it seems, put in the correct combination of the 4 suits by stepping on the tiles, 2 for the red & black suits, & 1 for changing which suit it is.

After the first try, That Flower They Hate piped up.

“Yeah I could probably use my vines to no sell the puzz-”

Nevermind Flowey was their favorite now.

“Alright! Wonderful! Do that so we can get this adventure over with as soon as possible!”

“Alright alright jeez, calm down.”

& with that! Flowey had solved the puzz-

“FINALLY! The door’s open now.”

“Alright Hinote, let’s go now.”

Came from 2 distant voices.

The three of them shared looks.

The three of them hurried there as fast as possi-

!!!

THAT FUCKASS FLOWER GRABBED THE BOTH OF THEM WITH HIS VINES-

“NO TIME TO RUN.”

“FLOWEY YOU LITTLE SHIT-” “HINOTE YOU LITTLE SHIT-” both Charkis & The Flower yelled out at the same time.

“Huh? Oh hey there Flowey! Have fun?” How. is The Human so damn calm about this?

“WAH-!” at least The Sorcerer was suitably frazzled…

Charkis just dragged themselves up after The Flower’s impromptu fast travel business, unable to focus on the conversation between The Human & The Flower.

[HINOTE JOINED THE PARTY!]

[NOELLE JOINED THE PARTY!]

Oh thank KNIGHT maybe they could all get this damn hellshow over wi-

[READY? FIGHT!]

Knightdamnit. Whatever. Looks like a Twyne, usually quite easy to satisfy, a complement should do nicely. & as they were about to relay that to The Dreamer-

“...Noelle, Pet The Enemy, Charkis, Spare.”

…well ok, sure, not like they had anything to say.

“ Sigh , I’d ask if you were high, but Hinote already proved that that can work, so, uh, good kitty?” The Sorcerer said, giving a pet to the Twyne.

The Twyne seemed pretty satisfied by that, & let itself be spared.

After a bit more walking that pissed off everyone but the Human & The Flower from how slow The Dreamer was walking, the Party ended up at Glovier’s workshop, talked for a bit [not that Charkis really cared or listened.], & bought a JollySaber, a RapierWrap, & some GooglyGoggles for the group.

[KEY ITEM GET: SCRAMBLOCKER]

…wait, what?

“Hey, Asriel, what’s with the key item we just got?”

The Dreamer responded with a quick response as usual.

“Apparently there’s someone dangerous in the castle, & this is for them.”

…well, if it helps avoid an extra encounter, they’ll take it.

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“-So that’s why, huh?” Ashie responded to Medley’s explanation.

“Yep, it is very weird how you didn’t get the vessel maker segment at the start of the game.” was Medley’s reply.

“Hmm… perhaps, but perhaps it has to do with this [W.D. Gaster] fellow?” was Fimage’s response.

"Probably." came from both Ashie & Medley at the same time.

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Flowey was…

Very not comfortable.

Made sense, considering the whole ground being made of yarn thing going on in the Sewing Circle.

He does not have stable roots right now & it is very distressssssiiaaaaaAAAAAA”AAAAAAAAAAAAAA-!!!”

He climbed onto Hinote & gripped for Dear LIFE the ground was alive & he wants NO part in it Golly Fuckin’ Gee he’s getting flashbacks to the last time this type of shit happened-

“Flo- Flowey- Flowey please I know I was talking about stabbing the ground suddenly when I asked you to warn me when you’ll do stuff like that but I figured that this would be included.”

The floor’s ALIVE him panicking is PERFECTLY reasonable thank you very much-

“Tch. I knew that he was unreliable, takes too much time for everyth-”

He’s not going to sugarcoat it for Temu-Chara-Frisk. “The Floor. Is ALIVE. It is moving . & it knows that we’re here.”

…doesn’t seem like everyone else was expecting that. Good. Maybe they’ll take it seriously then. Temu-Chara-Frisk already looks like they want to say something about it.

“What. No- Actually, why do you know what that feels like. That’s not something you figure out casually.”

…whatever makes ‘em believe he guesses.

“One time, I was walking through waterfall, & found a door. The door led to an area where the ground was Actually Just Alive & what followed was something straight out of a horror game. I. Hold no interest in repeating it, alright?”

…and now people were looking at him with concern, for some reason. Not sure why though, it’s not like he said that he had voices in his head or something like that.

“It can’t be that bad… right?”

Yes Hinote, it ca- “Hinote what are you doing.”

& lo & behold, Hinote was making the [in his opinion at least] stupid decision to open up the ground to stick her head into .

“I got curious, so I’m verifying your claim, what else?”

…this little shit . “Hinote I swear to fuck that doesn’t matter we need to get the hell out of her-”

“HOLD IT, LOSENERS!”

Ah great it’s the Nerd Bird that couldn’t grasp Basic Bullet Patterns. Maybe his advice from earlier & the advice that Ms.Nutcracker Doll accidentally gave him might actually make him a minor enemy now.

“Once the bombs I’ve planted all around here detonate, you’ll all be long gone!” he then pulled out a bomb detonator.

“The WHAT. ” hmm, looks like Jingle Bells wasn’t expecting her accidental advice to work like that.

“Why, Snowelle, it’s really quite simple! You saying that I didn’t plan things out made me realize that I needed to do that I needed to prepare, so I did!”

Temu-Chara-Frisk then proceeded to run up to the Nerd Bird & clock them in the face, grab the detonator, & chuck it into the [metaphorical] sunset .

“...ah” heh, idiot, don’t you know to place things on a timed detonation so as to not run the risk of the detonator being destroyed?

Nice to know Charkis is perfectly willing to throw down if needed.

…though why’d he hear a pained meow after Charkis chucked the detonator?

“Welp,” said the previously mentioned gardener, “guess that’s dealt with.”

“A-ah, well then, IT DOESN”T MATTER! FOR THE NEXT TIME WE MEET LOSENERS- ok hold on pause for a moment. Do- do you Loseners have a team name or something-”

…the hell is Hinote doing? “Hinote what are you doing?”

Hinote, who was opening a bag that was apparently on the edge of the area the entire time simply responded with “The bombs are filled with birdseed.”

…everyone looked at Nerdly after a pause.

“…The Flora Goldenae told me that my attack patterns were bad & that I should make them explode.”

“…Okay, sure.” came from both Flowey & Goatboy.

“Anyways!” said the Nerd Bird, clearly hoping to change the subject, “What’s your team name?”

Charkis decided to be the one to answer that, “We don’t really have one, would Take Too Long.”

“Alright Looseners! Take the bag, paper, and pens I’m going to generously donate to the cause, & write what your group then is going to be, & then Wizard Boy over there-” Nerd Bird gestures to Goatboy “-& he’ll choose one of them since he looks like he doesn’t care.”

…alright, sure, he guesses that he could do that.

Though, as he was writing down his name choice, Nutcracker decided to pipe up & ask Nerd Bird a question.

“Do… do you just, have all this on you?”

“Ye.”

“…Alright.”

& with that, nothing happened until everyone finished writing their names for the group, at which point Goatboy went to pick one, picking the Weirdly Folded Paper, reading it out for everyone.

“The Resonant Orchestra Part II”

…really Hinote?

Flowey then turned to Hinote, “…you do realize that you aren’t the leader here, & that that name didn’t even get chosen for that Starry Director’s movie name, right?”

Hinote simply smiled back at him, “Well, no better time for it to happen than now! & if there’s anything I learned from Star’s movies, it’s that there’ll end up an evil team, so they can now have the easy & free name of The Discordant Orchestra!”

Ms.Nutcracker Doll then decided to say a piece at that moment, “...but why Part 2?”

“Why not?” Hinote answered with a smile, “also what were the other options?”

Charkis then cut in, “not enough time let’s just go already.”

Goatboy elected to ignore them, & read the other options out.

The Roughly Folded Paper was first

“The Carollers.”

He looked at Nutcracker, “Really?”

“…well it’s not like I was expecting this to happen.” Well, at least it wasn’t chosen.

The… [?]Neatly Crumpled Paper was next, however that worked.

[ “oh hey the voices came back.” ]

…he should really get around to talking to Hinote about that.

“The Fun Gang/The $#!* Squad/The Lancer Fan Club???”, & then, before anyone could ask whose it was, or how Goatboy could even say that, Charkis decided to say their piece.

“They’re all things that the original Delta Heroes were recorded as, & can we please get things done with already?”

He couldn’t help but rain on their already sopping wet parade, “Nope, not until mine’s been read out.”

Charkis just grumbled as Goatboy read out his Lazily Crumpled Paper.

“Regicide Protocol.”

Hinote then turned to him, & performed the most harsh betrayal possible.

“Not gonna sugarcoat it, awful name.”

“Wha- it’s a perfectly reasonable name! And definitely better than ‘The Resonant Orchestra’ for a team name!”

“Nerdly’s Fandom.”

…eh?

“...eh?”

“...eh?”

"...eh?"

…looks like there was another choice, probably suggested by a certain Nerd Bird.

“Anyways, now that that’s done! Toodles, The Resonant Orchestra!” & with that, Nerd Bird made his exit.

…Hinote’s gonna get attached to him, isn’t she?

The Floor moved and oH HOLY KNIGHT THAT'S RIGHT IT'S ALIVE HE'S GOTTA GET OUTTA HERE-

…

The fight against Intertwyne was actually, genuinely, awful .

First of all, while it was only aiming for one person, that person was actually ass at dodging, & the group [ACT]ion that was required to spare it?

X-Soothe?

Yeah Charkis & Nutcracker could not cooperate for it properly in the slightest.

At least Him, Hinote, & Goatboy could pick up the slack, even if Hinote deflecting the bullets away with her magic usually ended up in it healing AND raising its attack, but he’ll overlook that since it was her first day with magic.

Finally, after too long, Intertwine was spared… and Nutcracker & Charkis immediately started arguing.

He’s just going to tune it out.

“Hey, uhh, Flower?”

Huh? Oh, it’s just Nerd Bird, also, “Name’s Flowey, remember that.”

“A-ah! Right, anyways, I wanted to ask you something.” well, with how nervous the Nerd Bird was, he’s not surprised.

“Well, spit it out.”

“Right! So, uhh, you suggested Regicide Protocol, but you aren’t actually going to kill my mom, right?” That's what it was about?

“Nah, that was just for intimidation purposes.”

“Oh, that’s good.”

“Hey, Nerdly.” oh, looks like Nutcracker wants to say something. “Your orders are to get rid of us, right?”

The Nerd Bird certainly wasn’t expecting that. “Uh, yeah, why?”

“Would letting us leave the dark world count?”

“…probably?”

“Cool. I’ll be joining you until then.”

The Nerd Bird visibly brightened at that, “ooh! Alright then! Welcome to the winner’s side! Let’s go! This won’t be the last you’ve heard of us, THE DISCORDANT ORCHESTRA! ” & started dragging the Nutcracker with him before she could say anything else.

…actually, that gives him an idea.

“Say, Hinote, what was it you said last time Noelle went off on her own? Ah right, ‘Well, I should probably follow her to make sure she’s not alone. You three get along well together now~~.’ & since Noelle’s stuck with the foe, I’ll go with her. You three get along well together now~~.”

Hinote looked like she wanted to argue against that, but eventually relented, “…Yeah, yeah, I guess turnabout is fair play.” Though she looked weirdly betrayed, despite her earlier actions. “Why does that feel familiar though?”

…ah.

…Yeah that may be a bit of a complication.

…Well, since he only really betrayed her in only one timeline because doing it multiple times wouldn’t really change or benefit him much, it shouldn’t be too bad.

Honestly what he’s more worried about is the fact that she nearly ALWAYS ended up going full Vengeance whenever he convinced her to actually kill.

Eh. Whatever, nearly as many timelines ended in a more pacifistic ending as well, so it’ll probably be fine.

[Line Break]

Asriel really wishes he could say that he wasn’t expecting something like this, but hey, what can you do about it?

“Hey, Hinote, quick question?” came from their side, so definitely Charkis. “Would you say that you count as a Sorcerer?”

“ Ah, cyclical prophecy theory strikes yet again. ”

Ah, yeah, that, the other, seemingly more benevolent voice that’s joined the old one.

Not that it’s changed the fact of him still being controlled against his will, but what can you do?

“Nah, I’d say I’m more of a witch.” ah, there’s Hinote’s response. Not sure why she took that long to say it though.

“Damnit.”

“Heh, sucker.”

‘Oh please, lay off them, would you?’

“Alright, alright, but only ‘cause Medley looked at me weirdly when I said that.”

…so the other voice is named Medley. Noted.

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& now, for the Feirceful Five [Name In Progress]’s lore chapter!

First thing’s first. The [Name In Progress] is a part of the group’s name, & not an indication of me not having their name decided upon yet.

The next thing to note, y’all know how the Feistyj Five aren't "proper" cowboys & only really put on an act to cheer everyone up? Like a 24/7 rp group?

Well, the Feirceful Five [Name In Progress]’s version of this is going to be that rather than an RP group, it’s going to be a quintet of actors [with Starlo also doubling as a director]! They all are surprisingly similar to their UTY selves in all honestly, just with a Kamen Rider-esque coat of paint.

However, while most movies they star in are Superhero-Action, there are movies that only have some of the group, or primarily have only a few as the stars with the rest in the background. So far, the list goes as follows:

Starlo Solos: Spaghetti Westerns

Ace & Mooch: Detective Dramas

Ed & Moray: Slice of Life Comedies

Moray & Ace: Spy Movies [Thank You The_Unknown_One for suggesting this.]

Ed & Ace: Musicals

Mooch: Heists

Moray: Magical Girl Movies

Starlo & Ace: Actually Just A Yu-Gi-Oh! Anime. & I don’t mean Legally Not The Yu-Gi-Oh! Anime, I mean Actually Just Monster Yu-Gi-Oh!. It’s even animated, unlike most of the others. Not to mention the fact that it’s an actual show, rather than a series of movies.

Ed: Comedies

Ace: Noir Films

Moosh & Starlo: Sci-Fi, somehow.

The rest have not been chosen yet, so you’re free to fill in the blanks with whichever you’d like.

Deal ‘Em Out --> Ranger Danger.

Showdown! --> Tragedy.

[Y’know, like the genre?]

Trial By Fury --> Let's Go! Feirceful Kick!

[Ketsukane GenoFight is replaced by a 5v1 Feirceful Five [Name In Progress] fight.]

However, the Quintet is only really starting out by the time of M&M!UTY, having only 3-4 movies under their belts, though their movies are very good. By the time of M&M!UT however, they become well known, rivalling Mettaton in sales, & also causing the both of their Movie Series gradually increase in quality in order to beat each other, though they do end up collabing every so often on the Surface. This changes the economic industry. How? idk, ask The_Unknown_One, he’s the one who said that to me & is taking AP Economics.

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Well, after the whole group splitting event, where Flowey, Noelle, & Nerdly went off on their own, the trio of Hinote, Asriel, & Charkis had continued onto Wind-Up Way, where they had ended up in a few events, such as-

[Line Break]

“‘Build a Vehicle for you to thrash someone else’s ass.’ huh.” said a curious Hinote, who was inspecting the odd Interface the group had seen The Discordant Orchestra interact with earlier. “So, are we gonna do this?”.

Charkis visibly soured at the prospect of wasting more time, "Eh, maybe not, we’ve got a world to save & a teammate to drag kicking & screaming towards. No need for more distractions.”.

Asriel just gave a Thumbs Up.

Charkis quietly grumbled at that, but relented, but while Asriel ended up doing the Plot-Mandated Survey, Hinote decided to try & talk with Charkis, hoping that she’d be able to figure out why they were allergic to the concept of slowing down even a bit.

“Soooooo, you, uh, got a reason as to why you’re in such a rush?” was the start of this conversation that will eventually turn into a therapy session if tropes are to be believed.

Charkis just grumbled, but still answered since they could tell she wouldn’t let up until they answered, “Tch. I just want to get this whole thing over with so I can go back to my garden. No one was there before, & I sure as hell don’t need anyone now.”

…yeah, Hinote’s gonna make it her mission to at least get them out of their shell, or at least just a tiny bit. “Really? ‘Cause that sounds pretty lonely, not gonna lie.”

“Yes, I’m certain.” Well, that’s not gonna do!

“Really? Are you suuuuuuu-?” Ah. Hmm. You may have messed up, considering that glare that they’re sending your way.

“…” Charkis didn’t say anything.

“…” Hinote felt awkward.

“…” Charkis turned away.

“…So, if you had to choose someone to stay with you in your garden, who’d you choose?” Hinote asked.

Charkis, sensing that anything like a glare probably wasn’t anywhere near enough to get Hinote to relent on this, decided to relent themselves, “...Asriel, he’s quiet & not nosy, unlike a certain someone here.”

Welp, that’s probably the most she’ll get out of them, not that it didn’t matter, as she still succeeded in her goal!

…by some definition of it, anyways.

Though… she is curious about something. “Hey, Charkis? Why were you so opposed to getting a vehicle, wouldn’t that make things faster?”

The only response she got for that was Charkis rushing towards Asriel, no doubt aiming to tell him to choose whichever part would let them all go fast.

Hinote stared, & just chuckled a bit in response.

[Line Break]

-Or even events such as-

[Line Break]

After a decent bit of walking, they came across THEM.

It was beautiful.

It was glorious.

It was T R A N S E N D A N T.

It was Redwalker.

“These Shrubs Are Quite Wonderful. I’m Everyone’s Favorite

                                                                                                                                                              Redwalker.”

Asriel Weeped Before Them.

Charkis Became Softer.

Hinote’s Voices Became More Eligible To Her.

“Have Fun On Your Adventure,

                                                                                                                                                              Heroes.”

[Line Break]

-but alas, they ended up here, where-

[Line Break]

*(So, weird Voice in my head & Medley, why. Are you making me walk in the same 2 directions???)

Ashie, who was quicker on the draw at responding to ‘Riel, simply responded with another question, “...how d’you know Medley’s name?”

*(...Ah, yes, I suppose you never directly told me. I HAD however heard it being said though.)

…huh, neat.

“...should I tell you Ashie’s?”

Ashie Stared at Medley.

Medley returned that with a :3.

*(...I’m being possessed by a pair of sitcom characters, aren't I?)

“Whatever. Let’s– oh that’s new.”

& as stated, something new did happen.

Specifically a new area.

With only Asriel in it.

Which totally wasn’t odd.

Oh hey. A tree.

…there is a man behind the tree.

They offer 2 things.

An egg.

& a conversation.

Accept?

<3 Yes                                                                                                                                                                                                       No

• (You Got An Egg.)

GREETINGS ONCE MORE.

I BELIEVE THAT

IT IS BOTH

ASHIE & MEDLEY

CORRECT?

<3 Yes                                                                                                                                                                                                       No

VERY WELL.

I BELIEVE THAT

YOU ARE LIMITED

IN INTERACTING WITH

OTHERS WHILST

POSSESSING SOMEONE?

<3 Yes                                                                                                                                                                                                       No

UNDERSTANDABLE.

NOW.

I AM CERTAIN

YOU ARE CURIOUS

ABOUT THE OTHER

WORLDS YOU ARE

TO VISIT

CORRECT?

Yes                                                                                                                                                                                                       <3 No

HMM

I SUPPOSE

THAT YOU’VE

ALREADY SEEN

THOSE WORLDS

HAVEN’T YOU?

<3 Yes                                                                                                                                                                                                       No

THOUGH

THE OTHERS

-ROUGHLY TWELVE

AT THIS TIME-

HAVE NOT

YET SEEN

THE FULL

ROSTER

<3 The Others?                                                                                                                                                                                                       …

APOLOGIES

BUT THAT

IS NOT YET

SOMETHING YOU ARE

PERMITTED TO KNOW.

<3 Yet?                                                                                                                                                                                                       …

CORRECT

YOU WILL LEARN

IN TIME

UNTIL THEN

THE OTHERS

AND YOU

MAY SEE

WHAT’S SOON

TO COME.

(& with that, there is a crack in the area that resided beside the tree.)

(Take a look?)

<3 Yes                                                                                                                                                                                                       No

(You take a look.)

(There Is A Monochrome Traveller On A Path In The Woods.)

(No Cabin at the end of it, however.)

(Whilst upon the path, the traveller comes across a pair.)

(A Child, with details they’ve never seen. Something considered lost to all within their world.)

(& a Mechanical Marvel. The pair do not seem to be on the best of terms.)

(Regardless, after the trio end up talking for a bit, they’ve agreed to travel with each other, at least until the Pair can find somewhere they want to stay.)

I’M CERTAIN

THAT YOU

AND THE OTHERS

ALL RECOGNISE

THESE PEOPLE

OR AT LEAST

VAGUELY

NOW.

LINE BREAK.

That, certainly was an odd thing to say, in Medley’s honest opinion, leading her to try saying something in response to that.

“…Wha-”

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Y’know, when Hinote saw Asriel move in the same 2 directions, she didn’t really think about it much.

Maybe he had to think about something hard?

Then he disappeared into thin air, & then she got concerned, same with Charkis, who could only stare.

Fortunately, Asriel came back after a minute or so, holding… an Egg for some reason.

Charkis took no time in scolding Asriel, who accepted the scolding with no complaints, though Hinote realized that this could be perfect teasing material.

“-iously, you worried me there. Don’t do that again.”

Scratch that. This is absolutely perfect teasing material.

“Oho, is someone finally starting to care~~?”

Oh, Charkis did not like that. Skill issue in her opinion to be honest though.

“Wha- NO! It’s just that without him the prophecy can’t be completed, & I won’t be able to go back to my garden!”

“So you say, so you say, but just you wait, soon, you’ll be singing about the power of friendship or some other thing like that soon enough~~”

Charkis just gave her a middle finger.

So, naturally, like any mature, reasonable person, she blew a raspberry right back at them.

Asriel sighed, a fond kind, & gestured for the 2 of them to follow him, though they still bickered childishly while it happened.

Eventually, they encountered The Discordant Orchestra, who were being taught advanced engineering by Flowey using a giant whiteboard.

“So that’s why- oh hey Hinote.”

“Hey Flowey. Didn’t know you knew Advanced Engineering.”

“Didn’t know you could recognise Advanced Engineering, Hinote.”

“Had an Uncle who did it. I understood nothing but I can tell when I see it. Also it’s written at the top of the board.”

“That it is. That it is.”

“…”

“…”

They both proceeded to ignore each other, primarily because that conversation was awkward as hell.

Not the first time it happened though.

Well, disregarding that, the 2 of them just went back to their respective groups.

Asriel went off to talk to The Discordant Orchestra, whilst Charkis gave Hinote a smug as hell smirk.

It took far more restraint than it should’ve for Hinote to not punch them in their face for it.

[Line Break]

Welp, after all that, Flowey was honestly quite proud of how he taught Noelle & Nerdly Advanced Physics. Is this what Pride feels like?

‘And they said that RESET getting a Teacher’s Degree in Advanced Physics was pointless.’

And his 2 students were certainly putting his lessons to good use, tuning up & basically rebuilding their new ride! It can change into three segments, essentially turning into three rides, & then there were the modifications.

Oh man the shenanigans that are gonna happen are gonna be oh so very Fun.

Reminds him of the pranks ‘n shenanigans he &... Frisk pulled.

…

…

“H-hey, Fl-Flowey? Are- are you alright, o-or? You’ve, s-sort of, frozen up?” Oh great now Nutcracker’s playing therapist.

“…it’s nothing.”

“A-are you s-sure?”

“It’s. Nothing.”

“…A-alright.”

…ah, looks like the    V E H I C L E    is done. Perfect.

[Line Break]

Charkis… hated to admit it. This joyride through Wind-Up Way was fun though.

-…and the banter with everyone too but that’s something they’ll take Six Feet Above into the Light World.-

Whatever. The group’s got their Go-Kart. Should make things go faster. Wonderful.

…Part of them can’t help but wonder where The Christmas Sorceress is, because while Little Miss Lilac could probably serve as a replacement Sorcerer, they really didn’t want to deal with her for a full adventure. -…Regardless of enjoying the banter.-

Whoosh.

…What? What was that.

“H-hey guys. N-no hard feelings, right?”

“Alright you Loosen-ners~! Be prepared to lose~!”

“Guess who, Shitnerds.”

& lo and behold, it was The Discordant Orchestra, in an incredibly decked out ride, segmented into three separate vehicles, & all posing for intimidation.

…they practiced that, didn’t they? 

One part was very much Christmas themed, being Christmas red & green, & painted to look like it had ornaments like a Christmas tree.

Another had a certain Bird’s face on the front, with light blue highlights & a heart design within said highlights.

And the final looked like a rectangular flower pot, but with spikes on the top edges, like a spiked armband or belt, & there were tank treads instead of wheels, & were those Rockets?! Those were options???

And- Did it just split into three separate Karts???

…Charkis had to begrudgingly admit that that was the coolest looking vehicle[s?] here.

They decided to take the chance to speak. “So. Noelle. Flowey. Have you considered not helping the enemy anymore?”

“…l-look, Nerdly says that he’ll help us get home. So it’s the end of the road.”

“Honestly I’m just here since Hinote did her thing earlier. Gonna stay here for a bit more though.”

Oooof course they are… “Oooof course you are…”

“L–look! I just want to get home, can’t you take a h-hint!”

Oh great the Bird’s opening their mouth, what is it now.

“Ladies, Theydies, Malethies-” ??? ”-please, there’s a perfectly reasonable way to handle this,-” ??????? “-a race! But not just any race, a special race! To see who’s the fastest!” Isn’t that just a normal race?????????? “And if WE win, then they all stay with me, alongside you guys joining MY side!”

“So y’all will come back to this side if we win?” Knightdamnit Hinote they wanted to say that!

“Hah! Like that’s going to happen!”

Hinote looked at the Bird. “…”

The Bird stared back. “…”

Hinote continued L̷̼̠͖͚͓̼̾̃̈̈́͌̔̍̀̓͌̔͂̊̒̔̈́̌́̕̕͝͠Ô̶̟̮̳͖͉̝̙͇͈̹͕̫͚̘̥͎̾̑̐͜͜͜͠ͅȎ̷̱͕̜͈̳̩̭̫̀̋K̸̨̺̬̲̥̹͓̤̺͖͇̬̩̼̭͎̞̩̎̆͌̓̑̆̆̏̂̇̎̉̉͊̊̒̉͋͜I̶̡̡̧̞̰͔̱̰͇̼̥̔̔̐N̶̡̨̡̬̪̙͍̣͕̗͇͈͍̠̊́͋̿̿͗̈̈̇̉̍̕͜ͅͅG̵͍̭͓̰̑̈́ͅ. “…”

“…but theoretically yeah if you did somehow win, then we’d all join you. But enough talking! EN GAURDE!”

[BATTLE START!]

[Line Break]

[BATTLE START!]

Hinote was annoyed.

Flowey could build stuff like this & never told her?????

Welp. time for Ma~gic~She~na~ni~ga~ns in respo~onse~!

She used her Blue Magic to mess with their Karts’ Steering.

“W-wha-!”

“Dusty- HINOTE YOU LITTLE SHI-”

“W-whoa!”

Hah. looks like that bumped Noelle down to 4th! Though Flowey & Nerdly were still in 1st & 2nd respectively…

Ah! Looks like Flowey’s advice for Nerdly’s attack patterns worked out! Good for him!

[DMG.MP3] -21

Ooh that’s a lot more than last time, good for Nerdly!

Ḓ̸̝̟̼̖̗̾͑Ų̷̡̫̞̫̩͓͉̦̲̳̄͋̉̈́̇͘M̶̪̪͍̞̼͙̙̠̩̼͉̕͜B̴̢̺͇̳̓A̷͕̠͂͗S̵̛̛͎̺̉̈́͋͋̽͋͌S̴̨̛̱̝̗͉̮͎̭͉̯͖̠̰̺̋͑͜

Shitheel.

…though they still suck compared to what she dealt with in the underground however.

I strategically complement Nerdly on his new attack patterns.

“Nice new attacks! They’re a lot better than before!”

“Wait really?! Err, I mean, Of course they are!”

& while he’s distracted…

…well, we’re still in 3rd, since Charkis going all in on Speed seems to have neglected Acceleration. Damnit Charkis!

…well, whatever, just dodge the next atta- “Charkis why are you eating a banana.”

“Plantain, actually.”

…wait hold what are they-

Charkis then threw the Plantain Peel in front of Nerdly’s Kart, causing him to spin out of control!

“…that really shouldn’t’ve worked.”

“But it did.”

Well, we’re 2nd now, better Lock In, cause Flowey’s gonna be hard to beat. He’s usually good at everything, from her experience.

…wait hold on what’s that Shell-Shaped Blue-Blur- oh Holy Knight Flowey Just Exploded.

“MOTHERFUCKER-”

Oh wait nevermind he’s fine.

Welp, guess we win!

[Line Break]

Flowey.

Was in pain.

Not that much pain, mind you, nothing that couldn’t be dealt with with a few Green Friendliness Pellets.

“Flowey! You good?” huh? Oh, Hinote’s worried, should probably reassure her.

“Yeah! I’m fine!”

Welp. He's met his quota of excitement for the day. Time to zone out until the next interesting thing happens.

…

…

…

…

…

Oh. looks like Nerdly's run off, for some reason. Welp. time to chase after him he guesses.

& chase after Nerdly they all did, though they ended up having to dodge a bunch of well placed attacks.

'Heh, looks like someone's been listening to my advice. good for 'em.'

Aaaaaaaaaaand they’ve been ambushed, probably by Nerdly. Pretty smart of him to do it like this, getting our guards down, & then getting his Guards to hit us all with an unavoidable attack in one fell swoop.

Flowey could respect that.

DOWN

DOWN

DOWN

DOWN

DOWN

[Line Break]

Noelle woke up groggily.

It looked like they were all in… some sort of cell?

“Dusty Hell where am I?”

H-huh? Oh. It’s just Flowey. No one else though…

Well, it’s no matter, the 2 of them will just have to bust out themselves!