The Determined Punk

EVENT MODE: Total reset  True pacifist AU Frisk Ask/RP blog

[lovelybunchof--roses]

Chara lets the Queen take Cherie from them, already knowing that their sister would be best in the hands of her as always. They frown a bit but give a small nod.

"I-I'm okay to walk. I don't think I got hurt," they answer her which was surprisingly true. There was something about the flowers that grew there, able to cushion the falls of smaller humans... "Where are we going?"

Cherie shivers in the Queen's arms, a bit of an odd reaction considering how the small girl felt so hot to the touch. Depending on what Toriel could sense then, she may be able to tell that while the human's illness was certainly an illness, it wasn't one that was typical to plague Humans. Not since many of them seemed to lose a lot of their own Magic. And within this small body was a constant churning and pulsing of magic that could be felt from her, untamed. It was like her body didn't know what to do with it, especially with how much there was and attacked it, and in doing so, itself, trying to be rid of the energy. Her body was making itself constantly sick in an effort to expel the magic because she didn't have proper control of it.

[determinedpunk]

Frisk started walking behind the queen and Chara as they looked up at Cherie. When they had kicked all of this off they hadn't know that they would be making Cherie suffer like this, and the fact that it was so bad was starting to make them feel a bit guilty. They picked up their pace a bit to catch up with Chara and tugged on their sleeve. "Chara can we talk?" They asked, before letting go of the other child's sleeve and slowing their pace to let Toriel get a little further ahead. It probably wasn't a great idea to let here hear what they wanted to talk about. The whole not talking about time travel thing hadn't really been a problem before since Sans was the only one that seemed to know about it, not including flowey, but he wasn't much for real conversations.

[lovelybunchof--roses]

Chara feels the tug on their sleeve and looks back to them, blinking a bit. They then nod and start slowing down their own pace to match the smaller human's. They glance towards the monster Queen a moment before looking back to Frisk.

"What's up, kiddo?" they ask them softly.

[determinedpunk]

Frisk steels theselves then begins talking. "We have a pretty good chance to save everyone here Chara, even the other kids who's souls were in the tubes that Asgore had, I didn't even think it was possible to save them! We just have to wait and all the monsters will be free too!" They say babbling excitedly

[the-ultimate-reset]

The Queen smiled softly down at the young humans, an issue to worry about after she makes sure that they are all alright, and nods "I will do everything in my power young ones to help her be well fret not." She gathers Cherie up in her arms carefully, a soft green glow from her hand as she checks over the child "are you two able to walk? if not i can carry you as well so we may make haste to somewhere more suited to helping her than these ruins."

[lovelybunchof--roses]

Chara lets the Queen take Cherie from them, already knowing that their sister would be best in the hands of her as always. They frown a bit but give a small nod.

"I-I'm okay to walk. I don't think I got hurt," they answer her which was surprisingly true. There was something about the flowers that grew there, able to cushion the falls of smaller humans... "Where are we going?"

Cherie shivers in the Queen's arms, a bit of an odd reaction considering how the small girl felt so hot to the touch. Depending on what Toriel could sense then, she may be able to tell that while the human's illness was certainly an illness, it wasn't one that was typical to plague Humans. Not since many of them seemed to lose a lot of their own Magic. And within this small body was a constant churning and pulsing of magic that could be felt from her, untamed. It was like her body didn't know what to do with it, especially with how much there was and attacked it, and in doing so, itself, trying to be rid of the energy. Her body was making itself constantly sick in an effort to expel the magic because she didn't have proper control of it.

[determinedpunk]

Frisk started walking behind the queen and Chara as they looked up at Cherie. When they had kicked all of this off they hadn't know that they would be making Cherie suffer like this, and the fact that it was so bad was starting to make them feel a bit guilty. They picked up their pace a bit to catch up with Chara and tugged on their sleeve. "Chara can we talk?" They asked, before letting go of the other child's sleeve and slowing their pace to let Toriel get a little further ahead. It probably wasn't a great idea to let here hear what they wanted to talk about. The whole not talking about time travel thing hadn't really been a problem before since Sans was the only one that seemed to know about it, not including flowey, but he wasn't much for real conversations.

[determinedpunk]

Frisk shrugs "I feel a little lingering strangeness from the way that reset happened, but I don't think I actually fell down here like you two did? I was just sort of standing here when I woke up, something weird about how this all happened? Wait... I didn't switch places with you did I? I'm not like a ghost or something right?" They ask with mild curiosity rather then the fear you would expect from someone casually realizing they may have died. Experimentally they poke Chara with a finger and find that they can in fact at least touch them "Probably not a ghost then"

[lovelybunchof--roses]

Chara blinks a bit when they feel Frisk then poke their cheek. They playfully swat at their hand a bit with a whine. "Heeeey! You better not be, we didn't come this way for that that to happen," they huff out with a small blush on their cheeks. They then blink and give them a glare. "Wait, why wouldn't you be more worried about being dead?! Frisk that's--"

They stop whatever they were saying because they think they could hear footsteps coming toward them. They make that small motion of using two fingers to point to their eyes before turning their hand to point at the other red SOUL human, reminding them that they're keeping an eye on them.

[the-ultimate-reset]

When Asriel had informed her of some children in need of aid she had left with all haste, leaving her son back with her dear husband, and ran to where her son had told her the children were. Toriel slowed her pace slightly hearing their voices, dropping into a brisk walk instead, as to make sure she would appear calm, it would do no good if the children thought she was distressed or panicking when she went to make sure they were alright As she stepped into the room and spotting cherie Toriel would move gracefully to the ill child's side "Pardon me young ones, but my son told me that you may need help what can you tell me about whats wrong?"

[lovelybunchof--roses]

Chara hesitates a moment, trying to remember close to what they had said last time when first meeting Toriel. Then it was like the words tumbled out of their mouth like they had known what to say from the beginning.

“She’s always been really sickly… they only know that something keeps making her body really weak and hurting itself,” they explain, their red eyes suddenly glistening with tears. They look up at the Queen of monsters, frowning. “I-I don’t know how to help her…”

[determinedpunk]

Frisk steps back to give Toriel some room, they really weren't sure how to approach this whole thing either, the last time they had met Toriel they had... they didn't even want to think about it... would Sans know what they had done? Sans always knew. They took a deep breath to banish the thoughts before they could overwhelm them and refocused their attention on Chara and Cherie. "Can you help her?" They asked looking as worried as someone who knew how this would go could look.

[determinedpunk]

Frisk moves to help them up "We somehow jumped to your save, that's why you and Cherie are alive and the ruins look different" They guessed "Aaaand Mom is still living in the castle with Asgore and... Asriel..." They say realization donning on them as they speak "Everyone... Chara everyone is alive! Right now everyone is alive! Asriel the humans who fell and got their souls taken, you two, they're all alive!" Frisk says excitedly as they begin to celebrate

[lovelybunchof--roses]

Chara nods in agreement, taking a few slow and steadying breaths as they readjust their twin to rest more comfortably on their back.

"Yeah... Yeah, they are, kid," Chara agrees after a moment with a small smile. They then think on it more and hesitate a bit. "I... I don't know if this is going to continue like how our old SAVE did or not.... Asriel found us here originally. And he helped us home. And now since... we have prior knowledge..." Cherie coughs again, shivering a bit and weakly attempting to grip at Chara's shirt. Right...

"I-I don't know if we... stay and wait or if we go? Something tells me... tells me we need to go?"

[determinedpunk]

Frisk stops jumping around in excitement and returns to Chara's side with a nod "Yeah we should go, if nothing else it would be a good idea to get Cherie some help as soon as we can!" They say turning to the path ahead.

"H-hello? Is someone there?" A familiar voice calls from further in the not quite ruins

[lovelybunchof--roses]

Chara was about to voice their agreement and start on their way, but that familiar voice…! Okay, so the timeline wasn’t too different just yet with Frisk‘a new presence. There would be a lot of questions to ask later on in private but for now…

“H-Hello?! Yes, please help!” They call out in response, shifting their twin’s weight a bit on their back to be a bit more comfortable. “M-My sister… she needs help!”

[the-ultimate-reset]

"There he is..." Frisk says quietly as Asriel peeks around the corner of the first doorway into the ruins. "Oh no, my mom says it's dangerous to play around here, did she get badly hurt? Uhm a-actually wait here I'll go get my mom she can help!" He says ducking back as they hear his footsteps running in the other direction. Frisk chuckles "Was he always like that?" They ask with a soft smile

[lovelybunchof--roses]

Chara chuckles a bit when they hear the fore-mentioned brother answer their calls before running back to find their mother. They then give a nod, looking towards Frisk.

“Oh yeah. Doesn’t change as far as we were with him,” they answer them. They then frown and look over Frisk out of habit.

“Sorry, I was so worried about Cherie… I didn’t even check on you. Are you okay? Nothing… feel off, broken?” They ask more quietly since soon they’d be joined by not just Asriel but Toriel soon.

[determinedpunk]

Frisk shrugs "I feel a little lingering strangeness from the way that reset happened, but I don't think I actually fell down here like you two did? I was just sort of standing here when I woke up, something weird about how this all happened? Wait... I didn't switch places with you did I? I'm not like a ghost or something right?" They ask with mild curiosity rather then the fear you would expect from someone casually realizing they may have died. Experimentally they poke Chara with a finger and find that they can in fact at least touch them "Probably not a ghost then"

[determinedpunk]

Watch out for the spike trap! You do have the pattern remembered yes?

"I've walked that trap over 500 times I'm pretty sure I remember the pattern, it would be hard not to at this point"

[determinedpunk]

Frisk moves to help them up "We somehow jumped to your save, that's why you and Cherie are alive and the ruins look different" They guessed "Aaaand Mom is still living in the castle with Asgore and... Asriel..." They say realization donning on them as they speak "Everyone... Chara everyone is alive! Right now everyone is alive! Asriel the humans who fell and got their souls taken, you two, they're all alive!" Frisk says excitedly as they begin to celebrate

[lovelybunchof--roses]

Chara nods in agreement, taking a few slow and steadying breaths as they readjust their twin to rest more comfortably on their back.

"Yeah... Yeah, they are, kid," Chara agrees after a moment with a small smile. They then think on it more and hesitate a bit. "I... I don't know if this is going to continue like how our old SAVE did or not.... Asriel found us here originally. And he helped us home. And now since... we have prior knowledge..." Cherie coughs again, shivering a bit and weakly attempting to grip at Chara's shirt. Right...

"I-I don't know if we... stay and wait or if we go? Something tells me... tells me we need to go?"

[determinedpunk]

Frisk stops jumping around in excitement and returns to Chara's side with a nod "Yeah we should go, if nothing else it would be a good idea to get Cherie some help as soon as we can!" They say turning to the path ahead.

"H-hello? Is someone there?" A familiar voice calls from further in the not quite ruins

[determinedpunk]

make sure to get to stay warm on your way past snowdin!

"Oh Geeze I hadn't thought of that, I'm wearing a hoodie and all so the cold didn't really bother me, but with Cherie so sick I'm a bit worried" They say with a frown

[determinedpunk]

Frisk moves quickly to Cherie's side as the save screen fades and Frisk sees that they are all now in the ruins, or at least what would become the ruins? The area looked much more well maintained then it normally did so maybe this place wasn't the ruins? or maybe it was the place that would become the ruins. That didn't really matter right now, what did matter right now was Cherie "Chara what's wrong with her?" They ask quickly worry etched on their face "Here we should help her forward Mom's house should be here somewhere right?" They ask

[lovelybunchof--roses]

Chara looks over to Frisk and shakes their head. "Mom's house... isn't here," they tell Frisk after a moment, looking around them before sitting in front of Cherie for a moment. They're careful as they move her body so she could sit up, leaning forward until she was then pressed against Chara's back.

"If I'm right... we're not where you think in this timeline..." they add in, gritting their teeth a bit as they tried to stand,, unsuccessfully. They didn't fall or drop Cherie, but they forgot how much strength this took. "Frisk, can you help me stand up? She'll be okay but... it's her magic. Mom and Dad explain it better than me."

[determinedpunk]

Frisk moves to help them up "We somehow jumped to your save, that's why you and Cherie are alive and the ruins look different" They guessed "Aaaand Mom is still living in the castle with Asgore and... Asriel..." They say realization donning on them as they speak "Everyone... Chara everyone is alive! Right now everyone is alive! Asriel the humans who fell and got their souls taken, you two, they're all alive!" Frisk says excitedly as they begin to celebrate

[determinedpunk]

With a grin frisk counts them down and all three of them press down on the button and nothing happens for a long moment as the button glows red with the combined determination of three red souls before it and the rest of the interface shatter and everything goes black. There was nothing but blackness reaching out into the infinite expanse of nothing for what felt like hours but could have only been a minute before slowly a new save screen appeared, it was much like the one that Frisk was use to but different at the same time

The soft glow of the save point lit up the area and it was as though Frisk finally existed again in that moment as if before they had ceased to be upon hitting the button and now that there was a source of light in this place they could again process things. It was kind of an odd feeling but not as odd as seeing that the formerly ghost twins were also here in this space but no longer ghostly. "Ok that was not what I was expecting at all" they said with a bit of a nervous chuckle "Are you two alright?"

[lovelybunchof--roses]

It was so strange, to go from multiple years not being able to really... feel things the same way as a human would. Or more accurately someone who wasn't dead could with a physical body. The first emotion it triggers though is panic as Chara was the next to practically shoot straight up, gasping slightly and looking at their hands as they shook. It was just like the first time they fell with Cherie, the terror from the fall, the pain that had wracked their body on first impact despite the flowers there to cushion the fall. The next thing that came in was Frisk's voice.

Managing to settle their heartbeat down they look over at them, their eyes widening. "Fr-Frisk...?! Where are... How did we...?" they kept trying to ask, their hands then moving up to their face, feeling the warmth of their skin under their fingertips. "I..."

There was a small groan of pain from the other who had landed but she didn't stir. That's right, Cherie! Chara rushes over to Cherie's side, ignoring the lingering pain from their body to reach their twin.

"Cherie? Cherie, it's okay, you're okay..." they tell her gently, putting a hand to her cheek and frowning feeling her burning. "I forgot... you were sick then..."

[determinedpunk]

Frisk moves quickly to Cherie's side as the save screen fades and Frisk sees that they are all now in the ruins, or at least what would become the ruins? The area looked much more well maintained then it normally did so maybe this place wasn't the ruins? or maybe it was the place that would become the ruins. That didn't really matter right now, what did matter right now was Cherie "Chara what's wrong with her?" They ask quickly worry etched on their face "Here we should help her forward Mom's house should be here somewhere right?" They ask

[determinedpunk]

Frisk wiped their eyes and shakily got to their feet with a sniffle as they struggled to push the feelings back down. "If you feel bad about it then it's not too late, you're definitely still worth saving, and I forgive you" They say coming over knowing that they couldn't touch either of them they just decided to keep a little distance "Why don't we all just try again to do better together?"

[lovelybunchof--roses]

"But that's the thing, I don't know if I can..." Cherie answers softly, shaking her head and looking between the two of them. "I barely managed to... to gain back control here..."

Chara looks over to Frisk frowning a bit before also looking at the Reset button. There had to be a way, right? The fact that this alone was possible couldn't be an accident... "All three of us are red SOULS. All three of us have some sort of connection and understanding to this timeline, to resets and such..." they murmur out loud to themselves as they think.

"Your soul is cracked.... Mine is lost..." the sister mumbles back and sniffles, finally managing to stop the flow of her tears. "Even if we both remember the resets, I-I don't think I can just... not default, you know?"

[determinedpunk]

Frisk chuckles lightly and the reset button disappears as they walk closer to the twins "I think by now we've established that anything is possible with enough determination" As they speak the reset button reappears between them and frisk motions to it before resting their hand on it without pressing it "And I think that might be triplely true if we try it together"

[lovelybunchof--roses]

Chara and Cherie look at the button together now, blinking a bit. Cherie still seems a bit anxious at the thought, looking back at Frisk.

"Even so... How do we know any of it will work...?" she asks softly. Chara gives their sister a small squeeze before putting their hand on top of hers. They give that hand a squeeze.

"That's kind of the thing... we don't. But we have to try. Right?" they ask with a small smile coming to their lips. And in that moment, Cherie looked in their eyes seeing something there she hadn't seen in a long time... a spark. A spark of determination. With Frisk at the twins' sides... Maybe they could do anything. In that moment determination filled her own heart as she gives a firm nod.

"Right," she agrees. And with that, Chara movers their hands to hover over the reset button as well.

[determinedpunk]

With a grin frisk counts them down and all three of them press down on the button and nothing happens for a long moment as the button glows red with the combined determination of three red souls before it and the rest of the interface shatter and everything goes black. There was nothing but blackness reaching out into the infinite expanse of nothing for what felt like hours but could have only been a minute before slowly a new save screen appeared, it was much like the one that Frisk was use to but different at the same time

The soft glow of the save point lit up the area and it was as though Frisk finally existed again in that moment as if before they had ceased to be upon hitting the button and now that there was a source of light in this place they could again process things. It was kind of an odd feeling but not as odd as seeing that the formerly ghost twins were also here in this space but no longer ghostly. "Ok that was not what I was expecting at all" they said with a bit of a nervous chuckle "Are you two alright?"

[determinedpunk]

Frisk wiped their eyes and shakily got to their feet with a sniffle as they struggled to push the feelings back down. "If you feel bad about it then it's not too late, you're definitely still worth saving, and I forgive you" They say coming over knowing that they couldn't touch either of them they just decided to keep a little distance "Why don't we all just try again to do better together?"

[lovelybunchof--roses]

"But that's the thing, I don't know if I can..." Cherie answers softly, shaking her head and looking between the two of them. "I barely managed to... to gain back control here..."

Chara looks over to Frisk frowning a bit before also looking at the Reset button. There had to be a way, right? The fact that this alone was possible couldn't be an accident... "All three of us are red SOULS. All three of us have some sort of connection and understanding to this timeline, to resets and such..." they murmur out loud to themselves as they think.

"Your soul is cracked.... Mine is lost..." the sister mumbles back and sniffles, finally managing to stop the flow of her tears. "Even if we both remember the resets, I-I don't think I can just... not default, you know?"

[determinedpunk]

Frisk chuckles lightly and the reset button disappears as they walk closer to the twins "I think by now we've established that anything is possible with enough determination" As they speak the reset button reappears between them and frisk motions to it before resting their hand on it without pressing it "And I think that might be triplely true if we try it together"

[determinedpunk]

Frisk looks uncomfortable as they think about what Cherie said. "I won't give up on you, but this still doesn't feel right maybe we can figure out a way to let you come out in a normal run? So we don't have to... kill everyone? I just think maybe what we're doing is wrong?" They offer weakly, this wasn't good they really couldn't just abandon someone asking them for help, it just wasn't in their nature. They looked to Chara for help

[lovelybunchof-roses]

Cherie holds her hands close to her chest a moment, sniffling. "I-I've already tried... Something doesn't let me join, and I don't know who... or what it is," she reiterates, glancing towards Chara when she says "who". Chara clenches their fists and grits their teeth, a sound of frustrating coming from them.

"I don't like what you're implying. Cherie, I wouldn't have--" they start to say but their sister ends up approaching Frisk again. Getting protective, they immediately move to stand between the two. "Cherie, I'm warning you..."

"See?! I'm not even allowed to get involved, huh?" Cherie snaps at them in response before backing away looking away with a hurt expression. "....Is... that who you want leading things..?"

"Cherie, you're trying to turn Frisk against me, and that isn't going to work. Frisk, we're done here, it's time to reset."

"Weird... I thought it was Frisk who had all the control here.... we're dead, remember? Have you always been this bossy with Frisk?"

"Frisk. We. Need. To. Go."

[determinedpunk]

The reset button appears in front of Frisk but they hesitate looking at the twins in front of them not sure what to do, they wanted to help Cherie but something felt wrong about how she was acting "What if Chara agrees to let you in? What if we all try together to somehow get you involved in a normal run? I's like to try if you would, I want you there" They say before grinning at Cherie "Even if we can't figure out how to save everyone next run it would still be more fun with such a cutie on the team" They say choosing their flirt option

[lovelybunchof--roses]

"That's implying I'm keeping them out which I'm not," Chara interjects before glaring at Cherie again. "And honestly, you have some damn nerve saying that."

"Well, if the shoe fits," Cherie hums out in response, rubbing at her eyes with another sniffle. "You did always have problems with attention being taken off of you."

"I'm not entertaining this any longer! At this point, you're not even my sister anymore! My sister doesn't hurt people! My sister doesn't manipulate people!" Chara then snaps at her. They look back at Frisk and motion towards the reset button. "Let's go."

"Frisk, Chara's lying. I told you I can feel emotions, and I know when people are lying to me," Cherie then tells the other child. "They're not letting me, and they're pretending not to be. They've always known I was here."

"I-- okay, yes I did know you were here but--"

"Frisk... Are you sure you want an... unreliable narrator telling you where to go? Someone who's interfering with your goal? ...I still have so many things to show you here on this path, I know it's scary but... but it's the only way I get to be here, I didn't choose it," Cherie goes on, pleading with Frisk. "Don't reset. Don't leave me alone again."

"Frisk, I'm not lying about keeping her here and away from other timelines, she's lying to you about that!" Chara argues. "I've been with you this whole journey!"

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Frisk frowns "I believe you Chara, and I'm not trying to choose sides here I just want to find a way that we can all be free of this and happy, there's got to be a way for that to happen right? Is it possible that you might be keeping her out but not on purpose? like uhm breathing we do that without really meaning to right maybe it's like that? They say to Chara before listening to what Cherie was saying, and at the mention of being able to feel other's emotions they got an idea. They pushed all the feelings of regret and grief over what they had been doing to the monsters to the forefront of their mind no longer pushing it down or ignoring it as they struggled to keep the tears from forming in their eyes they watched Cherie closely for a reaction.

[lovelybunchof--roses]

“I-I don’t know, maybe? But why does it have to be my fault? For all we know it’s the timeline itself!” Chara huffs in response. Cherie had opened her mouth to say something in response but she froze instead. This rush of sadness, of grief, of remorse… it flooded through her senses and real tears started forming in her eyes.

“Wh…What? What’s going…?” She started to ask before she found herself hiccuping through her tears. No matter how much she tried to wipe them away, tried to regain her own focus…. No. No it wasn’t her focus. It was… her fiery bright red eyes seemed to dull a bit. She clenches one of her hands tightly for a moment before unclenching it, doing it a few times like she was trying to distract herself.

“Cherie…?” Chara starts to ask. They moved a bit closer to her but Cherie suddenly was pushing Chara away from them, panic etching across her face.

“Stop it! Stop it, get away!” She yells, moving back but stumbling in the process. She brings her hands close to her chest, grasping for something that wasn’t there. “Y-You can’t do that, that’s not fair!” Her tears won’t stop falling. The memories and the pain, they clawed their way up, and suddenly her red eyes soften as the pupils become visible in them for the first time. Chara went over again, slowly reaching a hand out to her. Cherie pushes them back.

“Get away!” She snaps at them again, clenching their fists as they tried their best to cling to that anger. “You don’t know me at all, okay?! I want to get powerful because I want revenge! They deserve to die! All of them! And if that means having to make the sacrifice of killing the Monsters to finally wipe out the Humans…. So be it.”

[determinedpunk]

Frisk wasn't done, not yet Cherie hadn't shown an ounce of real emotion before this point so they knew they were on to something it would just need a little more they took a deep breath and started to remember, they remembered everything, how the monsters had treated them with kindness from the first moment they fell, how they had found a family with Torial and the genuine love and warmth they felt there for the first time in their life, they let that feeling of love and warmth flow into and fuel their grief over her loss at their own hands, it amplified their own pain as tears now freely flowed down their face and quiet gasping sobs escaped them unbidden, as the pain and guilt of what they had done built within them.

[lovelybunchof--roses]

Cherie tried to close out her senses to Frisk’s emotions, trying to retain that anger. She wasn’t ready to let it go… no that’s not right it wasn’t her—, all the same they can still feel their hands shaking. They bite the inside of heir cheek before taking a deep breath.

“You’re not going to change anything, Frisk. The only way to create change is to take them out,” they say. “Don’t you see that?! You know what Humans do to those that are different. Those they view as lesser. You can’t seriously think they deserve to live.”

“Cherie, you’re still there!” Chara says as they go over to Frisk as if to show unity on this. “You died with so much anger and grief… but you don’t want this!” Racking their brain for something; they then realize what Frisk was really doing. They search through their own memories before looking back at their twin. “…Mom was the one who helped your powers, remember? She taught us both how to use them! And Dad was teaching you how emotions can be a strength. A gift, remember?”

“Stay out of this, Chara! You got sick and died! You left me! And then they took Azzy away!” Cherie yells back, covering their mouth a moment as sobs escaped their lips. Different memories filled their mind, how Toriel tucked them in and took care of them while they were still sick upon first falling down. How Asgore had urged for help to discover why they kept getting sick, refusing to stop until the family had an answer. How early one Asriel slept in bed with them because of the nightmares they kept getting, and Asriel putting them back to sleep… “They ruined everything again! They ruined our lives even after we ran away, after we already tried to die because no one wanted us!”

“But… Cherie you…. Don’t know the full truth…” Chara finally admits, looking down at their. “I-It wasn’t that… I got sick…”

[determinedpunk]

Frisk knew the story Chara was about to tell, they had learned it on one of their many runs. It had struck them as unimaginably tragic and right now in the state they had put themselves in to reach Cherie the memory of the home movies they had seen returned unbidden and only added fuel to the emotional fire that was very quickly eroding their own will. "Cherie I-I don't want this anymore, I don't want to hurt anyone It's not worth it, we can't kill the only people that ever cared about any of us just to do whatever you think we can do to the humans" They say between sobs as their legs give out and they fall onto their butt

[lovelybunchof--roses]

Cherie’s eyes seem to flicker a bit, the bright red glow of them slowly fading. Then, her eyes shift to blue as her pupils then become visible, the young girl falling to her knees and sobbing, covering her face.

“I…I never wanted to…” she hiccups out after a moment. “I’m sorry, I’m sorry….” Chara’s eyes widened when they saw the shift to blue in her eyes. They run over to her, tears pricking at their eyes as they reach her, wrapping their arms around her.

“There’s my sister…” they murmur softly, bringing their twin close to them. “Cherie, I’m sorry… we had to to save you…”

“I’m not worth saving… I make everyone worse!” Cherie replies shaking her head and continuing to cry. “I-I was going to make Frisk hurt…. hurt everyone so I could steal their body! I couldn’t stop, I-I don’t know what happened!”

[determinedpunk]

Frisk wiped their eyes and shakily got to their feet with a sniffle as they struggled to push the feelings back down. "If you feel bad about it then it's not too late, you're definitely still worth saving, and I forgive you" They say coming over knowing that they couldn't touch either of them they just decided to keep a little distance "Why don't we all just try again to do better together?"

[determinedpunk]

Frisk looks uncomfortable as they think about what Cherie said. "I won't give up on you, but this still doesn't feel right maybe we can figure out a way to let you come out in a normal run? So we don't have to... kill everyone? I just think maybe what we're doing is wrong?" They offer weakly, this wasn't good they really couldn't just abandon someone asking them for help, it just wasn't in their nature. They looked to Chara for help

[lovelybunchof-roses]

Cherie holds her hands close to her chest a moment, sniffling. "I-I've already tried... Something doesn't let me join, and I don't know who... or what it is," she reiterates, glancing towards Chara when she says "who". Chara clenches their fists and grits their teeth, a sound of frustrating coming from them.

"I don't like what you're implying. Cherie, I wouldn't have--" they start to say but their sister ends up approaching Frisk again. Getting protective, they immediately move to stand between the two. "Cherie, I'm warning you..."

"See?! I'm not even allowed to get involved, huh?" Cherie snaps at them in response before backing away looking away with a hurt expression. "....Is... that who you want leading things..?"

"Cherie, you're trying to turn Frisk against me, and that isn't going to work. Frisk, we're done here, it's time to reset."

"Weird... I thought it was Frisk who had all the control here.... we're dead, remember? Have you always been this bossy with Frisk?"

"Frisk. We. Need. To. Go."

[determinedpunk]

The reset button appears in front of Frisk but they hesitate looking at the twins in front of them not sure what to do, they wanted to help Cherie but something felt wrong about how she was acting "What if Chara agrees to let you in? What if we all try together to somehow get you involved in a normal run? I's like to try if you would, I want you there" They say before grinning at Cherie "Even if we can't figure out how to save everyone next run it would still be more fun with such a cutie on the team" They say choosing their flirt option

[lovelybunchof--roses]

"That's implying I'm keeping them out which I'm not," Chara interjects before glaring at Cherie again. "And honestly, you have some damn nerve saying that."

"Well, if the shoe fits," Cherie hums out in response, rubbing at her eyes with another sniffle. "You did always have problems with attention being taken off of you."

"I'm not entertaining this any longer! At this point, you're not even my sister anymore! My sister doesn't hurt people! My sister doesn't manipulate people!" Chara then snaps at her. They look back at Frisk and motion towards the reset button. "Let's go."

"Frisk, Chara's lying. I told you I can feel emotions, and I know when people are lying to me," Cherie then tells the other child. "They're not letting me, and they're pretending not to be. They've always known I was here."

"I-- okay, yes I did know you were here but--"

"Frisk... Are you sure you want an... unreliable narrator telling you where to go? Someone who's interfering with your goal? ...I still have so many things to show you here on this path, I know it's scary but... but it's the only way I get to be here, I didn't choose it," Cherie goes on, pleading with Frisk. "Don't reset. Don't leave me alone again."

"Frisk, I'm not lying about keeping her here and away from other timelines, she's lying to you about that!" Chara argues. "I've been with you this whole journey!"

[determinedpunk]

Frisk frowns "I believe you Chara, and I'm not trying to choose sides here I just want to find a way that we can all be free of this and happy, there's got to be a way for that to happen right? Is it possible that you might be keeping her out but not on purpose? like uhm breathing we do that without really meaning to right maybe it's like that? They say to Chara before listening to what Cherie was saying, and at the mention of being able to feel other's emotions they got an idea. They pushed all the feelings of regret and grief over what they had been doing to the monsters to the forefront of their mind no longer pushing it down or ignoring it as they struggled to keep the tears from forming in their eyes they watched Cherie closely for a reaction.

[lovelybunchof--roses]

“I-I don’t know, maybe? But why does it have to be my fault? For all we know it’s the timeline itself!” Chara huffs in response. Cherie had opened her mouth to say something in response but she froze instead. This rush of sadness, of grief, of remorse… it flooded through her senses and real tears started forming in her eyes.

“Wh…What? What’s going…?” She started to ask before she found herself hiccuping through her tears. No matter how much she tried to wipe them away, tried to regain her own focus…. No. No it wasn’t her focus. It was… her fiery bright red eyes seemed to dull a bit. She clenches one of her hands tightly for a moment before unclenching it, doing it a few times like she was trying to distract herself.

“Cherie…?” Chara starts to ask. They moved a bit closer to her but Cherie suddenly was pushing Chara away from them, panic etching across her face.

“Stop it! Stop it, get away!” She yells, moving back but stumbling in the process. She brings her hands close to her chest, grasping for something that wasn’t there. “Y-You can’t do that, that’s not fair!” Her tears won’t stop falling. The memories and the pain, they clawed their way up, and suddenly her red eyes soften as the pupils become visible in them for the first time. Chara went over again, slowly reaching a hand out to her. Cherie pushes them back.

“Get away!” She snaps at them again, clenching their fists as they tried their best to cling to that anger. “You don’t know me at all, okay?! I want to get powerful because I want revenge! They deserve to die! All of them! And if that means having to make the sacrifice of killing the Monsters to finally wipe out the Humans…. So be it.”

[determinedpunk]

Frisk wasn't done, not yet Cherie hadn't shown an ounce of real emotion before this point so they knew they were on to something it would just need a little more they took a deep breath and started to remember, they remembered everything, how the monsters had treated them with kindness from the first moment they fell, how they had found a family with Torial and the genuine love and warmth they felt there for the first time in their life, they let that feeling of love and warmth flow into and fuel their grief over her loss at their own hands, it amplified their own pain as tears now freely flowed down their face and quiet gasping sobs escaped them unbidden, as the pain and guilt of what they had done built within them.

[lovelybunchof--roses]

Cherie tried to close out her senses to Frisk’s emotions, trying to retain that anger. She wasn’t ready to let it go… no that’s not right it wasn’t her—, all the same they can still feel their hands shaking. They bite the inside of heir cheek before taking a deep breath.

“You’re not going to change anything, Frisk. The only way to create change is to take them out,” they say. “Don’t you see that?! You know what Humans do to those that are different. Those they view as lesser. You can’t seriously think they deserve to live.”

“Cherie, you’re still there!” Chara says as they go over to Frisk as if to show unity on this. “You died with so much anger and grief… but you don’t want this!” Racking their brain for something; they then realize what Frisk was really doing. They search through their own memories before looking back at their twin. “…Mom was the one who helped your powers, remember? She taught us both how to use them! And Dad was teaching you how emotions can be a strength. A gift, remember?”

“Stay out of this, Chara! You got sick and died! You left me! And then they took Azzy away!” Cherie yells back, covering their mouth a moment as sobs escaped their lips. Different memories filled their mind, how Toriel tucked them in and took care of them while they were still sick upon first falling down. How Asgore had urged for help to discover why they kept getting sick, refusing to stop until the family had an answer. How early one Asriel slept in bed with them because of the nightmares they kept getting, and Asriel putting them back to sleep… “They ruined everything again! They ruined our lives even after we ran away, after we already tried to die because no one wanted us!”

“But… Cherie you…. Don’t know the full truth…” Chara finally admits, looking down at their. “I-It wasn’t that… I got sick…”

[determinedpunk]

Frisk knew the story Chara was about to tell, they had learned it on one of their many runs. It had struck them as unimaginably tragic and right now in the state they had put themselves in to reach Cherie the memory of the home movies they had seen returned unbidden and only added fuel to the emotional fire that was very quickly eroding their own will. "Cherie I-I don't want this anymore, I don't want to hurt anyone It's not worth it, we can't kill the only people that ever cared about any of us just to do whatever you think we can do to the humans" They say between sobs as their legs give out and they fall onto their butt

[determinedpunk]

Frisk looks uncomfortable as they think about what Cherie said. "I won't give up on you, but this still doesn't feel right maybe we can figure out a way to let you come out in a normal run? So we don't have to... kill everyone? I just think maybe what we're doing is wrong?" They offer weakly, this wasn't good they really couldn't just abandon someone asking them for help, it just wasn't in their nature. They looked to Chara for help

[lovelybunchof-roses]

Cherie holds her hands close to her chest a moment, sniffling. "I-I've already tried... Something doesn't let me join, and I don't know who... or what it is," she reiterates, glancing towards Chara when she says "who". Chara clenches their fists and grits their teeth, a sound of frustrating coming from them.

"I don't like what you're implying. Cherie, I wouldn't have--" they start to say but their sister ends up approaching Frisk again. Getting protective, they immediately move to stand between the two. "Cherie, I'm warning you..."

"See?! I'm not even allowed to get involved, huh?" Cherie snaps at them in response before backing away looking away with a hurt expression. "....Is... that who you want leading things..?"

"Cherie, you're trying to turn Frisk against me, and that isn't going to work. Frisk, we're done here, it's time to reset."

"Weird... I thought it was Frisk who had all the control here.... we're dead, remember? Have you always been this bossy with Frisk?"

"Frisk. We. Need. To. Go."

[determinedpunk]

The reset button appears in front of Frisk but they hesitate looking at the twins in front of them not sure what to do, they wanted to help Cherie but something felt wrong about how she was acting "What if Chara agrees to let you in? What if we all try together to somehow get you involved in a normal run? I's like to try if you would, I want you there" They say before grinning at Cherie "Even if we can't figure out how to save everyone next run it would still be more fun with such a cutie on the team" They say choosing their flirt option

[lovelybunchof--roses]

"That's implying I'm keeping them out which I'm not," Chara interjects before glaring at Cherie again. "And honestly, you have some damn nerve saying that."

"Well, if the shoe fits," Cherie hums out in response, rubbing at her eyes with another sniffle. "You did always have problems with attention being taken off of you."

"I'm not entertaining this any longer! At this point, you're not even my sister anymore! My sister doesn't hurt people! My sister doesn't manipulate people!" Chara then snaps at her. They look back at Frisk and motion towards the reset button. "Let's go."

"Frisk, Chara's lying. I told you I can feel emotions, and I know when people are lying to me," Cherie then tells the other child. "They're not letting me, and they're pretending not to be. They've always known I was here."

"I-- okay, yes I did know you were here but--"

"Frisk... Are you sure you want an... unreliable narrator telling you where to go? Someone who's interfering with your goal? ...I still have so many things to show you here on this path, I know it's scary but... but it's the only way I get to be here, I didn't choose it," Cherie goes on, pleading with Frisk. "Don't reset. Don't leave me alone again."

"Frisk, I'm not lying about keeping her here and away from other timelines, she's lying to you about that!" Chara argues. "I've been with you this whole journey!"

[determinedpunk]

Frisk frowns "I believe you Chara, and I'm not trying to choose sides here I just want to find a way that we can all be free of this and happy, there's got to be a way for that to happen right? Is it possible that you might be keeping her out but not on purpose? like uhm breathing we do that without really meaning to right maybe it's like that? They say to Chara before listening to what Cherie was saying, and at the mention of being able to feel other's emotions they got an idea. They pushed all the feelings of regret and grief over what they had been doing to the monsters to the forefront of their mind no longer pushing it down or ignoring it as they struggled to keep the tears from forming in their eyes they watched Cherie closely for a reaction.

[lovelybunchof--roses]

“I-I don’t know, maybe? But why does it have to be my fault? For all we know it’s the timeline itself!” Chara huffs in response. Cherie had opened her mouth to say something in response but she froze instead. This rush of sadness, of grief, of remorse… it flooded through her senses and real tears started forming in her eyes.

“Wh…What? What’s going…?” She started to ask before she found herself hiccuping through her tears. No matter how much she tried to wipe them away, tried to regain her own focus…. No. No it wasn’t her focus. It was… her fiery bright red eyes seemed to dull a bit. She clenches one of her hands tightly for a moment before unclenching it, doing it a few times like she was trying to distract herself.

“Cherie…?” Chara starts to ask. They moved a bit closer to her but Cherie suddenly was pushing Chara away from them, panic etching across her face.

“Stop it! Stop it, get away!” She yells, moving back but stumbling in the process. She brings her hands close to her chest, grasping for something that wasn’t there. “Y-You can’t do that, that’s not fair!” Her tears won’t stop falling. The memories and the pain, they clawed their way up, and suddenly her red eyes soften as the pupils become visible in them for the first time. Chara went over again, slowly reaching a hand out to her. Cherie pushes them back.

“Get away!” She snaps at them again, clenching their fists as they tried their best to cling to that anger. “You don’t know me at all, okay?! I want to get powerful because I want revenge! They deserve to die! All of them! And if that means having to make the sacrifice of killing the Monsters to finally wipe out the Humans…. So be it.”

[determinedpunk]

Frisk wasn't done, not yet Cherie hadn't shown an ounce of real emotion before this point so they knew they were on to something it would just need a little more they took a deep breath and started to remember, they remembered everything, how the monsters had treated them with kindness from the first moment they fell, how they had found a family with Torial and the genuine love and warmth they felt there for the first time in their life, they let that feeling of love and warmth flow into and fuel their grief over her loss at their own hands, it amplified their own pain as tears now freely flowed down their face and quiet gasping sobs escaped them unbidden, as the pain and guilt of what they had done built within them.

[determinedpunk]

Frisk looks uncomfortable as they think about what Cherie said. "I won't give up on you, but this still doesn't feel right maybe we can figure out a way to let you come out in a normal run? So we don't have to... kill everyone? I just think maybe what we're doing is wrong?" They offer weakly, this wasn't good they really couldn't just abandon someone asking them for help, it just wasn't in their nature. They looked to Chara for help

[lovelybunchof-roses]

Cherie holds her hands close to her chest a moment, sniffling. "I-I've already tried... Something doesn't let me join, and I don't know who... or what it is," she reiterates, glancing towards Chara when she says "who". Chara clenches their fists and grits their teeth, a sound of frustrating coming from them.

"I don't like what you're implying. Cherie, I wouldn't have--" they start to say but their sister ends up approaching Frisk again. Getting protective, they immediately move to stand between the two. "Cherie, I'm warning you..."

"See?! I'm not even allowed to get involved, huh?" Cherie snaps at them in response before backing away looking away with a hurt expression. "....Is... that who you want leading things..?"

"Cherie, you're trying to turn Frisk against me, and that isn't going to work. Frisk, we're done here, it's time to reset."

"Weird... I thought it was Frisk who had all the control here.... we're dead, remember? Have you always been this bossy with Frisk?"

"Frisk. We. Need. To. Go."

[determinedpunk]

The reset button appears in front of Frisk but they hesitate looking at the twins in front of them not sure what to do, they wanted to help Cherie but something felt wrong about how she was acting "What if Chara agrees to let you in? What if we all try together to somehow get you involved in a normal run? I's like to try if you would, I want you there" They say before grinning at Cherie "Even if we can't figure out how to save everyone next run it would still be more fun with such a cutie on the team" They say choosing their flirt option

[lovelybunchof--roses]

"That's implying I'm keeping them out which I'm not," Chara interjects before glaring at Cherie again. "And honestly, you have some damn nerve saying that."

"Well, if the shoe fits," Cherie hums out in response, rubbing at her eyes with another sniffle. "You did always have problems with attention being taken off of you."

"I'm not entertaining this any longer! At this point, you're not even my sister anymore! My sister doesn't hurt people! My sister doesn't manipulate people!" Chara then snaps at her. They look back at Frisk and motion towards the reset button. "Let's go."

"Frisk, Chara's lying. I told you I can feel emotions, and I know when people are lying to me," Cherie then tells the other child. "They're not letting me, and they're pretending not to be. They've always known I was here."

"I-- okay, yes I did know you were here but--"

"Frisk... Are you sure you want an... unreliable narrator telling you where to go? Someone who's interfering with your goal? ...I still have so many things to show you here on this path, I know it's scary but... but it's the only way I get to be here, I didn't choose it," Cherie goes on, pleading with Frisk. "Don't reset. Don't leave me alone again."

"Frisk, I'm not lying about keeping her here and away from other timelines, she's lying to you about that!" Chara argues. "I've been with you this whole journey!"

[determinedpunk]

Frisk frowns "I believe you Chara, and I'm not trying to choose sides here I just want to find a way that we can all be free of this and happy, there's got to be a way for that to happen right? Is it possible that you might be keeping her out but not on purpose? like uhm breathing we do that without really meaning to right maybe it's like that? They say to Chara before listening to what Cherie was saying, and at the mention of being able to feel other's emotions they got an idea. They pushed all the feelings of regret and grief over what they had been doing to the monsters to the forefront of their mind no longer pushing it down or ignoring it as they struggled to keep the tears from forming in their eyes they watched Cherie closely for a reaction.

[1st-1]

[lilybug-02]

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!! 👻🎃☠️🦇😈👻🎃☠️🦇😈👻🎃☠️🦇

[determinedpunk]

stay determined, I know your doing your best, for everyone, make sure to take breaks sometimes to rest (a red anon)

Frisk clenches their fist and nods, they were growing more confident by the moment, they knew what they had to do now and more killing wasn't the answer, they would just have to convince Cherie to come with them