Chapter Text
Discouraged from the phone call last night, Kris decides to just go back to sleep and face the world another day.
That day being in a couple hours.
Kris wakes up early in the morning, feeling no less shitty from the night before. As they rose from the bed, they glared the SOUL hovering around in its bird cage.
The hell did it look excited for?
Kris disregarded that thought as they approached the cage, slamming open the door and shoving the Red Heart-shaped Object back in themselves.
Part of them knew they had no real reason to resent the SOUL, as the plan involved stealing it from it’s original vessel, but it didn’t make it any easier to lose control of their own body and be forced to hide any possible information it could see. Especially since it kept looking and interacting with every little thing.
Suddenly, bombarded with horrific memories of drums and puns, Kris quietly sped walk down the stairs wanting to get out of the house as soon as possible.
“hey kid”
The cage snapped their head to the bum ass skeleton man sitting on the family couch, as their mother lay passed out aside him.
”sorry bout the noise last night. guess your mother and i befriended too good. how ya doin” he winked.
Motherfu-
Nunya..
Motherfucker! ❤️
fine.
“well you could say that, but-“
Kris walked out of the house and made sure to slam the door on the way out. Part of them felt those violent intrusive thoughts poking at their brain, this time they didn’t feel too guilty by them.
One benefit of the SOUL’s nosiness, is that it got them a clue where Susie lived, since that's where they’re headed
As Kris approached Susie’s apartment door, they thought back to how weird Susie was about her home. Maybe just knocking wasn’t the best idea, luckily the SOUL had the same idea
Howl and bark! ❤️
Knock anyways
Slam into
Leave
Immediately after the first bark, increasingly louder footsteps could be heard from the other side of the door
”I HEARD YOU THE FIRST TIME SHUT THE FUCK UP, KRIS!!”
Despite her shouting, Susie was grinning slightly. Although the redness her eyes was noticeable, and so were the dark bags under them
“Am I ok..? No.. I..” She shook her head, wanting so desperately to let go of whatever clouded her mind, “I just don’t wanna think about that right now, Kris. Anyways, don’t tell me you came here just to ask me something dumb like THAT!”
Susie’s smile wasn’t entirely conveying her true feeling, but Kris knew it wasn’t fake either. Susie’s optimism and bravery in the face of impending doom almost made them feel like maybe things could be okay.
If only…
Something like that.
Are you sure?
Come with? ❤️
Fine, I guess.
“Uhhh. Sure Kris where to?”
“Kris”
”Kris”
”KRIS!”
”ARE YOU KIDDING ME-“
Not Like I wanted this…
”Well, well, well! It seems that my secret admirals have gathered to battle in combat for my hand in honor!” Berdly announced smugly from the “librarby” counter.
Kris and Susie both glared at Berdly, mouths hung open, not sure whether to laugh or heckle him.
I met someone else..
Susie admires Noelle.
Who would ever look at you that way.
Anything for fellow gamer! ❤️
”Anythi-“
“What the hell, dumbass! Why’d you bite your hand so hard”
”Isn’t it obvious, dear Susan” Berdly smirked. ”Clearly their desire and hunger for a luscious 10/10 gamer is so powerful, they must restrain themselves in my presence!!”
“Oh my god, Kris we’re leaving come on.. STOP FIGHTING ME LET’S GO!! I DON’T GIVE A DAMN IF THERE’S A BALL?!”
The cage sighed, annoyed. Not only because Susie wouldn’t let them get the ball under the table that had been collecting lint and dust and looked so eatable, but also because the SOUL seemed to be on it’s usual routine of forcing them to interact with every person out in public
And there were a lot more monsters out than usual, setting up decorations for the festival today and buying food and snacks
They kind of zoned out until they were opening the door to the hospital
Fuck fuck fuck fuck FUUUCK!!
Walking past the lady at the front and towards Rudy’s room, they could see 3 deer monsters through the mini window
Carol’s head was turned against the window, hiding her facial expression, but her hand was on Rudy’s as he spoke back to her. Noelle stood to her dad’s other side blushing like a wildfire
The soundproofing on the door was pretty solid, however even that wasn’t enough to muffle the sounds of Rudy’s loud airy laugh followed by coughing
”I know a talked a lot of shit, back at Noelle’s, but let’s avoid her she’s scary as hell” Susie stressed, nervously sweating as she dragged Kris away. Kris was so relieved they could kiss her
”What are you- stop trying to bite me, dumbass!”
“So whatever happened to the guy at the lake? He sai-“
“Alright, geez! I won’t ask anymore..”
As the day went on, the festival decorations and events were nearly finished being set up. The SOUL kept checking the locked Flower King shop expectantly, but eventually got bored of interacting with the other residents since they wouldn’t shut up about the festival and say anything new
So of course, they broke into school on break and jumped into the closet hole that led to Castletown. Susie naturally had no objection to any of this, besides Kris sucking the water fountain and needing to be pulled away
The SOUL made a beeline to Seam’s shop at speeds beyond a monster’s comprehension
“Back again? Been quite a while, hasn’t it?”
The SOUL hands them the 4th shadow crystal
The second the soul touched their “paws” Seam seemed to… shutdown almost. Their head downcast and whispers indistinguishable from their’s and another
Well to anyone else, a familiar rage returns to Kris. It killed them they could not express their hatred or anger for what stood before them, it holds the face of Seam, but the darkness of another emanated from its puppet
W O R R Y N O T
I T W O U L D N E V E R
I T I S A F R I E N D A F T E R
to A L L
It’s head rose back up, “eye’s” piercing Kris’s, into their SOUL
“youllfindthe5thwontyou?!?!” It “find it(her)maybeaskhersheshouldknow”
Kris walked out of the shop, hand clenched to their side, teeth gritted
The SOUL probably didn’t know, even they didn’t
And yet, all they wanted to do was beat it into the gro-
”KRIS KRIS, YOU ARRIGHT?!!” Susie shouted hyperventilating. ”Goddamn you’re fast. Well, did Seam tell you anything?”
Not Seam, they grumbled
”Really? But-“ Seeing the pained expression in their face, she decided to distract them like they did for her. They were a friend after all
”OH LOOK THERE’S RALSEI!” Susie pointed dramatically at the Dark Prince at the castle doors
Kris’s head snapped towards him, before Susie picked them up bridal style and ran towards Ralsei who perked up
“HEY, DUMBASS!” Susie shouted “CATCH YOUR… uh THEYFRIEND!”
A Kris shaped projectile was thrown at a wide eyed, blushing Ralsei who froze and screamed before getting squashed
Susie cackled as she approached the pair, Ralsei giggled nervously, putting no effort in trying to push Kris off
”A-are you sniffing my fur?”
Nah, they lied continuing to press their face against his belly
“Arright Arright, enough gay shit,” Susie interrupted, pulling Kris off of Ralsei, who did not make it easy. Neither did Ralsei as they gripped at eachother before finally being pulled apart
After everyone dusted themselves off, Ralsei suddenly remembered the night before overcome with guilt. Somehow, fighting the Titan wasn’t the most dreadful thing the Fun Gang faced
“So, Susie how-“
“I’m fine, Ralsei” Susie reassured, both him and herself. “We know nothing is gonna happen everything will be fine. We’re just here because Kris wanted to visit before the festival”
“Did you wanna visit too, Susie?” Ralsei knowingly smiled
”Well yknow, not THAT badly, they just wouldn’t stop complaining and crying so I just HAD to let them come here”
”Sure I- Oh Kris do you have something to say? You keep tapping me”
Come to the festival
Prophecy
Ralsei
Flower King ❤️
”F-Flower King??” I- uh, Kris…” Ralsei’s head downcast in guilt. “I’m sorry, Kris. I know I promised I’d be more honest, but this is one of those things where it’s better if you figure it for yourself”
Come to the festival
Prophecy
Ralsei
Flower King ❤️
“Kris, just… check on your father today”
Come to the festival
Prophecy
Ralsei ❤️
Flower King
”How am I doing? Oh, I’m fine, Kris!! Just… take care of Susie..”
“I’M RIGHT HERE, DUMBASSES!!”
Come to the festival
Prophecy ❤️
Ralsei
Flower King
”What was the prophecy? You didn’t see? I.. I don’t think Susie would be happy if I told YOU. Perhaps she will when she’s ready?”
“… why’d you say it like that”
Come to the festival ❤️
Prophecy
Ralsei
Flower King
“Kris.. you know I can’t come. But perhaps we can do something later? Maybe after, maybe just us.” Ralsei drawled, whispering the last part
“HEY I- oh OH oh oh” Susie smirked, Kris choked and Ralsei tilted his head in confusion
“Anyways, see ya later Ralsei. We got to get ready for a festival, I got a date with Noelle and I’m forcing Kris to third wheel”
”Get ice cream for eachother, for me!”
”…huh”
The SOUL, now moving past the dialogue, forced Kris to run around Ralsei and into the castle as Susie followed without question
They went down into the prison and straight to the Spade King
“…Lightners” He grumbled, a low growl echoed the room. “Word is you took down a Titan, tell me.. is that true”
“Yeah!!” Susie exclaimed in no shortage of pride. “Kris cut it up pretty good with that sweet shard I cut from the Knight’s blade, and an old man saved us”
“I must say, you truly are moving up. Surviving the Knight and Titan, I hate to doubt the might of the Roaring Knight, but I fear we are in great danger should fate allow you people to move any further”
“Hey! We put our necks on the line for Darkners!” Susie slammed the bars that separated the darkness and light. “There’s so many new Darkners we could’ve harmed, but instead recruited them after dealing the fountain, and the Knight tried to kill Jackenstein and Tenna. If anyone endangers Darkners it’s them”
”So you destroy the Heavens, and offer them Hell, then you call yourselves heroes. Utterly pathetic” The King scoffed. “As for those Darkners, had they simply obeyed the Knight then they would’ve been fine, there’s no place for Darkners who turn against their kind in the Knight’s worlds”
Susie knew, he was wrong, but had no idea what to say. What can she say to someone that’s so hellbent on hatred and harming the Light
So she said nothing, and just gave up walking away from the gate to wait outside for Kris
”Lightners even use eachother, I suppose. Nothing to say without your lapdog, without your puppet, huh?”
Defend ❤️
Confirm
”…”
The King let out a terrible laugh. “You can’t even say? Your hand is shaking, you know it’s true. In a way, I’m grateful how destructive you are even compared to other Lightners, you’ll lead them to their downfall. I remember when De-“
Kris slammed the bars with their shield, tears threatening to gloss their eyes, before they left with Susie and wiped their eyes
Susie and Kris’s rooms remained unchanged, still attached to eachother
Queen was drunk as hell on acid, and was repeating nonsensical sentences like
“Kris Dreemurr Pictures”
”Kris Dreemurr Search History”
”Butterscotch Pie Recipe”
“How To Hide My Search History Check”
”New Plushies”
”How 2 sneakly eat hair”
So Kris instead went to Tenna’s room with Susie. They had forgotten to give him to Mettaton, so Tenna had remained manic and desperate while Lanino and Elnina attempted to calm him down. Even Roulx was in hiding
“Ha Ha Ha HA HA HA, hey! HEY KRIS! Heh, where have you been. Watchin any other TVs or some other screeen!!!” Tenna said, growing in size at the world part, a strange grin plastered on his face
Suddenly, Kris had an idea
“Huh, you have an owner in mind. AMAZING NEWS, KRIS! I KNEW I COULD COUNT ON YOU, WHO IS IT!! TELL ME THEY LOVE TV PLEASE!!!!
Mettaton
Knight
Susie
My Dad ❤️
“Yo-you mean I can…? OH HOW WONDERFUL, KRIS! It won’t be the same without the whole family, but I’m elated to see Asgore again, I promise I’ll play only the best from the cowboy program if you bring by Asriel when he gets back!” Tenna wrapped Kris in a tight bear hug leaving them dangling while he swung them around
Tenna then entered their pant hole
Kris then left, and the SOUL led them to Ralsei’s room which was still as empty as it had been yesterday. Make’s sense, not a lot of time to focus on that
The door opened behind you, there stood Ralsei
”Hi, Kris!” He looked around nervously, before turning his attention back to Kris “Uhm, I uh.. I think we should close our eyes and think about Susie! She was doing something funny with Lancer”
The SOUL was already familiar with this trick, but decided to play along anyways
After a few seconds, Kris breathed a sigh of relief after confirming to Ralsei the SOUL was gone briefly
“I noticed you were kind of shaking and looked stressed after leaving Seam’s. Has something happened?”
They nodded, struggling to find the words before finally speaking
Seam, has been asking for the Shadow Crystals we got from some of the enemies we found. They usually tells me something after, but this time it was different. Something, something I knew before stood in their place
Kris spoke vaguely, they knew what it was. What it did, and has an idea of what they will do. Either way, they knew they weren’t any better. They didn’t feel like they even had the right to be upset about anything
“Kris. I -uh. Why didn’t I bring this up sooner, I keep doing the same mistake I keep-“ Ralsei was spiraling, Kris grabbed his face and forced him to look at them
Ralsei’s breath hitched, at the contact, at the comfort, and at the beautiful red eyes that stared into his pink ones. He grabbed the hands on his cheeks
It’s okay, Ralsei. I understand, I understand more than anyone ever could. Just talk to me please
Drops of tears trailed down Ralsei’s pretty fluffy face. “The crysta- Kris don’t lick my face!!”
I’m listening, keep going
Ralsei blushed furiously, continuing to hold Kris’s hands before continuing
“Shadow Crystals are windows into the Light World from where they are forged
For Darkners to gain form, they must be isolated from the Light entirely
For Darkners to anchor to the Light world, they must be still and just see
The reason Darkners like Jevil and Spamton went mad, is because they danced in the space between the end of Light and Dark
Without the Dark to give them form, and without the Light to give them sight, it’s like they cracked
Except, these cracks are beyond repair and exist no matter the spectrum
In the Light World, they have no true form and in the Dark World they have nothing anchoring them to reality
It provides them some deeper understanding of both worlds, and allows them to wield power normally limited to Lightners, at the cost of their sanity”
He looked out of breath by the end, he was talking so fast, Kris was sure they missed some of it. They pulled Ralsei into a hug
“So, theoretically speaking..
A Darkner with enough strength
enough insight
and enough willpower
They could channel these crystals and enter the Light World with no limitations.”
Kris became pale at the implications, the thought of that thing walking around the Light World…
Except this is nothing new, they had seen it in the Light World before, before all this. Before they even knew about the prophecy or the Knight or anything else
What is it planning? I’ve seen it lurking in other Dark Worlds. Is it trying to come back to the Light World? What could it possibly want after last time?! Is it trying to bring other Darkners?
So many thoughts raced in Kris’s mind as they played with Ralsei’s ears absentmindedly, who was staring up at them trying to read their expression
Their train of thought was interrupted by the return of the SOUL
Susie had left to her apartment to wear slightly less scrappy clothing, while Kris and especially the SOUL sprinted to the Flower Shop with different kinds of excitement
Kris had spent a lot of time thinking about the whole “stitch” with Seam and the beast, and decided to give it a rest. Now the thought of the “Flower King” whose identity was no secret, filled their mind with concern and questions
They had to check on their dad, first and foremost. They had no idea what they expected
“The Flower Man, Trapped In An Asylum.”
”The vast garden is charred in an inferno of jealousy”
Luckily, or maybe not, the SOUL had the same idea and ran to Asgore’s shop immediately after returning to the Light World. Well not before taking 30 minutes staring at all the decorations
Kris swung open the front door of the Flower King shop
They pulled the door open. To their surprise, nothing unusual was happening, well aside from Asgore holding a massive pitchfork
Asgore was staring at something in his hand, before processing the bell ringing from the front door, instantly shoving it in his pants hole and turning around with a smile
”Welcome to- !!” His grin grew wider, as he wrapped Kris in a hug, much gentler than last time. Well as gentle as Asgore could possibly hug. “Kris! You’re just in time, I just opened the shop for the festival. Carol urged me to stop giving away flowers for free for now, and promoted my shop, so with some extra cash I can finally get back in business and even buy you that plushie package you were telling me about!”
”Anyways, enough about that. You need anything?”
Mom
Flowers
Tenna ❤️
Holidays
“..? Oh, Kris is that our old TV!? You should return this before your mother notices you took it outside again!” He chuckled, a nostalgic memory with a twinge of longing
“Hm? Your mother doesn’t want it anymore? Well I do miss those cowboy shows, and when I used to let you stay up past midnight and watch it with me before your mother stared us down from the stairs!”
”… Heavens, it’s been so long. Thank you, Kris, I’ll cherish this gift..” He shoved the big tv down his pocket… somehow
Mom
Flowers ❤️
Tenna
Holidays
“What’s that Kris? You want some flowers for a special someone? Well only if you promise to tell me about the sometime!!” He excitedly disregarded Carol’s demands of not giving anything away
You got a Bouquet Of Flowers
They were well watered and fresh
Mom ❤️
Flowers
Tenna
Holidays
“Your mother? She befriended Sans? Ah well she’s a funny woman, I’m sure they’ll be great friends! I’d love to partake in puns sometime”
Mom
Flowers
Tenna
Holidays ❤️
“Which one, Kris, there’s so many!”
“… you okay, Kris? You look agitated.”
Carol ❤️
Rudy
Noelle
Dess
“Things were tense yesterday, huh? Ever since Dess disappeared… she’s been kind of on edge. I try telling her she doesn’t need to always be on Noelle, usually doesn’t go well for me!”
Carol
Rudy ❤️
Noelle
Dess
Asgore’s face fell, but he quickly recovered. “It’s alright, Kris. Rudy’s just a little sick, no big deal. Soon, everything will be okay. And then everything can go back to normal”
Carol
Rudy
Noelle ❤️
Dess
“Noelle’s growing up to be a fine, young woman. Why don’t I ever see y’all hang out anymore? Well actually… uh never mind, Kris!”
Carol
Rudy
Noelle
Dess ❤️
A sad smile formed on Asgore’s face. “I know you miss her a lot Kris, and I know how hard it is for you to talk about her. I’m sure she’s still out there somewhere, we just need to Find Her.” He pulled Kris in for a hug. “There there, no need to tremble everything will be okay”
Carol
Rudy
Noelle
Dess ❤️
”Did I ever tell you about that time I almost hit Dess with my truck? Oh I was so scared and guilty, I gave her my ‘The 7 Ice Cold Beers’ pack… maybe don’t tell her parents about this”
The SOUL led Kris to Asgore’s depressing sleeping quarters, looking around for anything new
The wedding flowers were arranged in a circle, and locked in a glass case, was posters and familiar looking horns
A new watering can stood pridefully among the flowers
There seems to be a bunch of new packs of seeds for plants Asgore never showed an interest in growing
Nothing else seemed new, except…
A sticky note with some numbers stuck out to you, almost like a code
Kris and the SOUL wrestled for control over the eyes, before Asgore barged in looking somewhat nervous. He still had that pitchfork, Kris now realized, he hadn’t put down once
“Kris, get out there! You’re gonna miss the festival, and the customers are coming.” He put a hand to their shoulder leading them out
”One more thing!” Asgore said, his hand not moving from Kris’s shoulder. “Is everything alright, Kris? I’m glad you’re feeling more talkative lately, but you… you just don’t seem like yourself..”
Kris, in a panic nodded furiously. Asgore eyed them skeptically, but decided to drop it for now. “Well let me know if you need to talk, Kris. Love you!”
With that, Kris walked off breathing a little funny
THATS CHAPTER 1, FINALLY DONE. NEXT TIME I’LL UPLOAD THE WHOLE CHAPTER AT ONCE INSTEAD OF JUST SPAM UPDATING IT THROUGHOUT THE DAY AHHH
So yeah, the actual plot will start next chapter. Just got a little carried away, maybe I’ll move that expedition dump some day. Anyways hoped y’all like it