RihaUndertale

A Blog for interacting With the Butterfly Monster Riha

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Riha​:

Smiled warmly “Is that so? I guess that means it’ll be extra good.” She said nodding as Gaster commented on how well the younger skeleton did.

“I’m not surprised, he has an aptitude for practical application and physical performance.” She said musingly as she pet Ps head gently looking at him she felt a pang in her heart. For this quiet little moment she could imagine they were a family. Two healthy happy boys, no secrets no plans no worries.

“Oh I forgot to ask, did you enjoy the puzzel book I brought you last time P?” She asked

━━━━━“I DID! I STILL DO! IT’S UPSTAIRS, I’LL GO GET IT!” Before Gaster could suggest he stay up there with his brother to continue with it, he was rushing up towards the guest room he’d prepared for the two of them.

━━━━━“He’s a lot more energetic when in a new environment. It’s more difficult to control and instruct, but he is exceptional when given a task to focus on.” His admittance that 2-P has his value beyond the tests is not without it’s limits. He still believed what he originally planned for them was better, but at least now, if everything else backfired, they were something everyone could still benefit from.

━━━━━Dinner was finished being plated and placed on the table, so his apron was put away, and is grey blazer was finally worn. He looked halfway presentable, in his eyes. And it wasn’t long after that that 2-P came down with his half-finished puzzle book.

━━━━━“MY FAVOURITE ARE THESE ONES WHERE YOU HAVE TO FILL IN THE SQUARES TO MAKE PICTURES! I’LL MAKE A PUZZLE LIKE THAT; IT’LL LOOK LIKE ME!” He exclaimed. Gaster did his best to not roll his eyes.

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She chuckled "That's a kid thing Gaster, he's not being difficult, he's learning. You can't tell me there where never times you got excited." She said with a smile walking over fingers absently sliding along the lapel of his blazer smiling

"You dressed up for me." She said softly hands resting on hig chest a moment as she looked up at him smiling warmly she was about to say something when P thundered right back down the book flapping in his hand.

She had him up easily again settling him on her hip arms keeping him secure as he showed her. "Those are fun, I like those." She encouraged "would you use math for your clues or a word puzzel?" She asked before turning the page.

"Have you tried any of the logic puzzles yet, those are my favourite kind." She explained looking to Gastr she smiled he might not be encouraging Ps creativeity but he wasn't telling him no either. A vast improvement as far as she was concerned

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━━━━━Well, there was the sound of clattering from a distance, followed by a much closer scolding of two giggling boys, but soon enough the door to his home opened. His lab coat was hanging nearby. Tonight his turtleneck was, instead, accented by a grey blazer that the Queen had given him a long time ago. Well, it would be accented. Right now, he had a much messier than usual apron on.

━━━━━“Riha. Come in, have a seat, I will be with you in a moment.” He hadn’t done this in years, but he still knows some things. He’s just not as good at it as he used to be.

━━━━━“MISS RIHA!! HELLO!! HE DIDN’T TELL US YOU WOULD ALSO BE HERE!!!” 2-P exclaimed, radiating excitement from the new places to explore.

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Riha​:

Riha smiled warmly as she stepped in, slipping off her wrap and crouching to greet P delighted to see him she moved lifting the little skeleton into her arms grinning

“He’s good at surprises, he didn’t tell me you would be here either! Where is your brother Exploring I expect hmm?“ she asked giving him a hug before setting him on his feet.

"Why don’t you go get him while I see if he needs any help.” She suggested patting the boys back before heading into the kitchen.

“You’re outdoing yourself, I never expected to see them here, it’s a wonderful surprise.” She said softly as she approached “is there anything I can help with?”

━━━━━“No, thank you. I’m almost finished in here. I would have been finished earlier, but it’s difficult to keep those two under control when they’re in a new environment.” He admitted. In all honesty, he’d been tempted to bring them back to their cell, but it made Riha pleased, so… he’d let them roam the building while she was here. As long as they didn’t leave, he would be okay.

━━━━━“OH TELL HER HOW I HELPED!! I WAS VERY GOOD, MISS RIHA, HE LET ME–”

━━━━━“Yes, yes, I was getting to that, settle down.” He was pulling out a fine dish of Cannelloni; a recipe the queen taught him soon after they were brought underground. “2-P insisted that I tell you he helped prepare the filling for our dinner tonight. Under my careful watch, from what I can tell, he did an… above average job.” Was that almost a compliment? He’s pulling out all the stops tonight.

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Smiled warmly "Is that so? I guess that means it'll be extra good." She said nodding as Gaster commented on how wel the younger skeleton did.

"I'm not surprised, he has an aptitude for practical application and physical performance." She said musingly as she pet Ps head gently looking at him she felt a pang in her heart. Forcthis quiet little moment she could imagine they were a family. Two healthy happy boys, no secrets no plans no worries.

"Oh I forgot to ask, did you enjoy the puzzel book I brought you last time P?" She asked

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━━━━━Well, there was the sound of clattering from a distance, followed by a much closer scolding of two giggling boys, but soon enough the door to his home opened. His lab coat was hanging nearby. Tonight his turtleneck was, instead, accented by a grey blazer that the Queen had given him a long time ago. Well, it would be accented. Right now, he had a much messier than usual apron on.

━━━━━“Riha. Come in, have a seat, I will be with you in a moment.” He hadn’t done this in years, but he still knows some things. He’s just not as good at it as he used to be.

━━━━━“MISS RIHA!! HELLO!! HE DIDN’T TELL US YOU WOULD ALSO BE HERE!!!” 2-P exclaimed, radiating excitement from the new places to explore.

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Riha smiled warmly as she stepped in, slipping off her wrap and crouching to greet P delighted to see him she moved lifting the little skeleton into her arms grinning

"He's good at surprises, he didn't tell me you would be here either! Where is your brother Exploring I expect hmm?"she asked giving him a hug before setting him on his feet.

"Why don't you go get him while I see if he needs any help." She suggested patting the boys back before heading into the kitchen.

"You're outdoing yourself, I never expected to see them here, it's a wonderful surprise." She said softly as she approached "is there anything I can help with?"

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Does Gaster know a thing about Valentines day? Surprise, he sort of does. He's taken the evening off work and made a dinner for Riha at his home in Snowdin. And here's the kicker... he's taking the two subjects too stay in his house, just for her! ...While all the doors are locked and the windows are shut, for only an evening, of course. Still can't let anyone else know they exist, but it's a little piece of freedom. For her.

Since they had made so much progress Riha hadn't wanted to overwhelm him with Valentine's instead with Alphys' help they put togethr a friendship basket instead with little things he'd like as a gift from both of them. He was their friend after all, for Alphys she'd found a toy that looked like the mewmew kissy kitty cutie? Ah, the cute show she liked, a little repainting to fix what had become water damaged and she'd had a friends gift for the scientist as well.

Needless to say when he invited her to his home she'd been pleasantly surprised. She knocked on the door glancing around it had been quite a while since she'd been to snowdin and not bee lined for the forest for soil samples and then left to work.

Something about the little town was so quiet and calm compared to hotland, even the lab felt noisy compared to the gentle peace. She wondered if it was the snow.

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@rihaundertale says, "Gaster... you should try hugging the boys. Not a lot, but maybe once a day."

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━━━━━“Absolutely not. 1-S does not trust me enough to let me get close enough to try such a thing, and 2-P is too clingy. One hug would turn into endless begging for more.” He’s not trying to be withdrawn. He literally can’t hug them.

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Well he made fair arguments but she knew putting it off would make it harder... ah

"Why not start small?" She took his hand gently kissing his palm reassuringly just under the hole before guiding it to her head

"One head pat. A sign of approval." She said warmly "I do it all the time when they do well with their assignments. It would be a good start. Your right S might not go for it initially but I bet if you tespect his bounderies about that he'll understand your trying to change." She suggested offering a warm smile.

"Things won't resolve overnight not for you or them, I don't expect you to be lovely dovey cuddle bug but even the smallest sign of approval will mean the world to them. Even if all you can do is tell S 'good job'." She said softly she was on his side she wanted to help him.

"Are you feeling better after resting with asgore?"

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Riha:

Riha didn’t realise how tense she was waiting for his answer until he gave it. Relaxing she almost sagged smiling softly as she tangled their fingers touching her forehead to his “thank you.” She breathed just for him, whether it was exhaustion from his ordeal or something else, she didn’t care as long as he rested.

She pulled back to give Alphys a smile knowing she’d be relieved as well at his willingness to rest. Hearing Asgore Riha straightened a little nervously,

“Y-yes of course, thank you your highness.” She said formally, though her voice trembled a bit it was like how she’d been when she spoke with Gaster earlier in their relationship though here it was just nerves at speaking with the king, and not romantic ideation

“Gaster has agreed to stay with you and rest.”

━━━━━“…Really now?” Asgore sounded surprised! Pleasantly, of course. He’s never quite managed to get Gaster to admit when he needs to rest, only enforced it when it was clearly necessary. Now, he knew that Gaster had a specific admiration for one of his co-scientists, but he’d never met them before this moment. The king didn’t get out of the castle very often. “Well that’s wonderful. You’re going to have to tell me how you managed that.”

━━━━━“Y-Yes, thank you, Your Majesty.” Gaster grunted. As he stood up, he made sure not to lose his grip on Riha’s hand. He was mainly agreeing to this because of Riha. While he himself was used to working under extreme duress, he couldn’t get away with it right now. For her sake, he would rest with the King until he was certain he was okay to come back. No doubt the Subjects would notice his disappearance soon.

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Riha chuckled at the kings remark and nodded "once I figure it out I'll let you know." She assured mot knowing if Gaster wanted Asgore too lnow the full extent of the relationship.

As he stood she helped carefully, not to much he had pride but she wouldn't let him fall to preserve it.

"Don't worry we'll let everyone in the lab know your ok, a few others on your team where worried about you." She assured him. He didn't need to worry once everything was settled she'd go check the boys. She gently squeezed his hand reassuringly.

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Riha​:

“D-don’t argue!” She exclaimed surprising herself with how stern her words were. Normally she’d be happy enough to give into his will, she tried to coax but she didn’t want him to feel like she was pressuring him to change. But seeing how weak he was knowing he’d been here for days at the mercy of those bastards…

“Me and Alphys can handle things until you’re better, for once… please, take care of yourself trust us… trust me.” She said her voice shaking as she held him gently her wings a dull blue orang fear and sadness mixing as she held him.

He was here he was alive.

“Of course I worried, I should have pushed when I first noticed but I tried telling myself maybe you were just working on something new and got caught up.” She said softly fingers gently stroking his cheek.

“We both know the king can take the best care of you and, it would help us all feel reassured about you if you stayed with him for a few days… please, for us.” She said her hand trembling in his.

━━━━━“C-Come on, sir, you n-need time off. R-Riha and I can handle your workload f-for a while.” Her voice became quieter. “B-Besides, we both know th-the king could use some company…” Well, he was in a lot of pain… and the king was often alone, when not in counsel with his scientists or engineers. And poor Riha seemed to be putting herself in such a state over his wellbeing…

Please, take care of yourself. Trust us… trust me.

━━━━━“…Alright.” He conceded. For once, in all the years of living in the Underground, he let someone other than the king win. Perhaps he was just too tired to argue, or perhaps he just really wanted to alleviate the worry from the young woman that he continued to gently cup the hand of.

━━━━━“Undyne is carting the assailants away for incarceration and further questioning.” If anyone could bring Gaster to full health in a hurry, it was the King. Usually, Gaster wouldn’t let anyone heal him, but this felt… good. His King, his assistant scientist, and Riha, they quickly made his aches vanish and injuries begin to disappear.

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Riha didn't realise how tense she was waiting for his answer until he gave it. Relaxing she almost sagged smiling softly as she tangled their fingers touching her forehead to his "thank you." She breathed just for him, whether it was exhaustion from his ordeal or something else, she didn't care as long as he rested.

She pulled back to give Alphys a smile knowing she'd be relieved as well at his willingness to rest. Hearing Asgor Riha straightened a little nervously,

"Y-yes of course, thank you your highness." She said formally, though her voice trembled a bit it was like how she'd been when she spoke with Gaster earlier in their relationship though here it was just nerves at speaking with the king, and not romantic ideation

"Gaster has agreed to stay with you and rest."

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Riha​:

Riha moved gently supporting him “Hey don’t move yet there’s a lot of damage.” She said softly stroking his skull gently focusing on healing cracks in the bone

“I know You keep getting badgered to rest more but getting kidnapped wasn’t exactly what we had in mind for your break.” She teased softly because if she didn’t she knew she’d cry and she needed to focus to heal him. Why had they done this? She wished she was a stronger monster, had the power to protect him or at least punish the monsters that hurt him.

Her thumb gently stroked unharmed bone in slow soothing circles as she worked.

“I was so afraid you might have fallen into the core….” she breathed weakly voice thick

━━━━━Gaster knew he was being told not to move, but the more she healed his HP, the more strength he slowly felt returning to his weary bones. He even managed a tiny huff of a laugh at her little joke about a break, though it quickly turned into a mild coughing fit. Which made him feel a stronger pang of sorrow when she said what she though might have really happened. So when he finally heard the chunk! of his chain freeing him, despite her wishes, his hand moved and slightly gripped her own.

━━━━━“I… I would never let that happen. I’m… sorry you worried so much.” His voice was so quiet and strained, but he had to say something. He was just so tired. He’d done nothing but sit and wait in this room for days, but he still felt so exhausted.

━━━━━“Th-The king will probably want Dr. Gaster t-to stay in the castle for a bit, w-while he mentally recovers.” She explained. Gaster made a noise that made it definitively clear that he didn’t want that. He’d just need physical healing and he would be right back to where he was.

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"D-don't argue!" She exclaimed surprising herself with how stern her words were. Normally she'd be happy enough to give into his will, she tried to coax but she didn't want him to feel like she was preassuring him to change. But seeing how weak he was knowing he'd been here for days at the mercy of those bastards...

"Me and Alphys can handle things until you're better, for once... please, take care of yourself trust us... trust me." She said her voice shaking as she held him gently her wings a dull blue orang fear and sadness mixing as she held him.

He was here he was alive.

"Of course I worried, I should have pushed when I first noticed but I tried telling myself maybe you were just working on something new and got caught up." She said softly fingers gently stroking his cheek.

"We both know the king can take the best care of you and, it would help us all feel reassured about you if you stayed with him for a few days... please, for us." She said her hand trembling in his

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━━━━━The king was orchestrating the arrest of these three assailants, and towering over the now seemingly cowardly monsters, very sternly. Kidnapping and assault would have the three in their cells for a very, very long time. Alphys, on the other hand, had also come with Riha. Her healing abilities were quite weak compared to other monsters, but every little bit helped, especially when he was this bad. First, though, she was going to break the chain holding him there. “J-Just hold on, s-sir, w-we’ll get you out of here s-soon…” She kept her voice quiet.

━━━━━The two voices were familiar. And kind. And definitely welcome to Gaster in his very fragile state. As he heard the two assuring him, he began to stir. Very slowly; he was in a great deal of pain after all. He hoisted his upper half up on two very shaky arms.

━━━━━“Nngh…” He opened his eye to the first blurry, soon clearer image of Riha. Alphys must be the one rattling by his feet. How long had she been looking for him, he wondered. How long had he even been here? The passage of time was already rather difficult to measure in the underground, but it’s made even more difficult when your captors know you don’t need sustenance, and leave you to your own mind unless they have questions.

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Riha moved gently supporting him "Hey don't move yet there's a lot of damage." She said softly stroking his skull gently focusing on healing cracks in the bone

"I know You keep getting badgered to rest more but getting kidnapped wasn't exactly what we had in mind for your break." She teased softly because if she didn't she knew she'd cry and she needed to focus to heal him. Why had they done this? She wished she was a stronger monster, had the power to protect him or at least punish the monsters that hurt him.

Her thumb gently stroked unharmed bone in slow soothing circles as she worked.

"I was so afraid you might have fallen into the core...." she breathed weakly voice thick

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From @rihaundertale  ⛓️

{ Meme | Accepting }

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━━━━━Amnesia was trying to be more emotionally available for Riha ever since that drunken night... He didn’t really know what that would involve other than doing slightly less work and communicating, both things he wasn’t used to doing anymore, after years of being the withdrawn old man he had become. However, he was finally starting to get the hang of it when ‘the incident’ occurred.

━━━━━He was heading up to see his fellow scientists from Snowdin and had decided to walk instead of short-cut, to hopefully run into Riha, or even Alphys, along the way. It was unfortunate when three rather aggressive science fanatics swarmed him, asking all sorts of questions about the core and his other work. He tried to give short concise answers so he could be on his way, but it didn’t seem to appease them no matter how much he tried. Finally, one struck him, and they carried him off to some part of the capital.

━━━━━They were rather aggressive towards him when he refused to give them information. So when Riha, Alphys, Asgore, and the Royal Guards found him, bleeding and a chain wrapped around his right ankle...

━━━━━Well, let’s just say he’d seen better days.

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She'd known something was wrong, when he didn't come back that first day, she'd known. He had been trying so hard, the fact he wanted to put the effort in had meant so much. But it wasn't that. If asked she couldn't say how or why she just... knew, maybe it came from years of stalking... observation. Maybe it was a butterfly thing. But she'd known deep down something wasn't right.

She tried to convince herself it was nothing, paranoia born of having something so good happen. She'd paid the boys lots of extra attention to make up for it, lavishing them in well earned praise and trying not to look at the clock every few seconds.

On the second day she had approached Alphys. She used her work in food processing as an excuse. They had meant to discuss power from the core to a new farming room. A believable story since The doctor didn't know about Gasters private project. Despite the lizards reassurance, Riha worried.

The third day she begged Alphys to speak to Asgore, Gaster was a work-a-holic sure but he wasn't in his lab or answering his phone. Alphys caved when he didn't answer her calls either.

The fourth day was searching, Riha had gone to the boys in the morning and explained as much as she could that Gaster needed some help and she might not be back till late she'd made them two picnics for lunch and dinner and left them a lot of paper crayons and books. She wouldn't be dissuaded from helping the search maybe it was her firmness or maybe Asgore could see her feelings, but her let her help.

The fifth day they found him,

Of all her fears she'd never expected this, to see him so hurt, the blood the breaks the chains. Nothing else mattered while his captors tried to fight she ran past them leaving their apprehension to the guards.

Stripping off her coat and covering him gently her wings opened the dull grey blooming with colorful swirling lights until the room was filled with green

"Gaster? Gaster please hold on, we're here, we found you."

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Heyyyy... @intothecloververse guess what I finished:D

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A sketch of the last scene I played with @intothecloververse this is sort of a little after Gaster studying his hand with Riha snuggled against him asleep

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Riha​:

He seemed so uncertain so Riha shifted gently pressing her forehead to his letting her silent support do the talking for her.  Her hand moving to grasp his again gently, she wanted to treasure this moment, to feel how close they could be.  She just wished she could do more to ease his mind, He had brought her so much with out even meaning to, how could she bring him some peace as well?  She gasped suddenly as he pulled her close in a move she did not expect in any way shape or form. Riha.EXE has stopped working.

Then she broke into a brilliant smile clinging to him and snuggling close He might not remember in the morning but she would, and she had the recording she’d know it was real,  but how could she ever think this moment was a dream, He was holding her, he had reached out of his own accord and pulled her close.  She closed her eyes savouring it Maybe that display of her power had helped.  Maybe, her fleeing after his reaction to it had shown him what she meant?  who knew, All she knew was she wouldn’t change anything to be right here right now with him.

━━━━━Amnesia had shut his eye once he pulled her close, just reveling in feeling she was there. Sight could deceive you. Touch could deceive you, but it was less likely. He was glad to be alone with her. His defences could be lowered, if only for a little while. He didn’t think about the brothers, and what the two of them would end up being. He didn’t think about the King and all the things he’d done wrong to protect him. He didn’t think about Arial and his grief. All he could focus on was this moment right now. He exhaled loudly. Perhaps he’d just fallen asleep? Three days of work, plus drinking, it was inevitable, really. Especially since he was so comfortable now.

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Riha had nursed her drink before but now even with that slight buzz, maybe the tension of the last few days, and exhaustion with her cycle over, she fell asleep in his arms, feeling so safe in the right place, where she needed and wanted to be, the smile on her face was still there as her breathing evened out and she snuggled into him In the morning she’d feel horribly guilty about falling asleep and forgetting Alphys but at the moment she was to happy to think of anything else,  for her in that moment it was just him and the quiet peace.

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Riha​:

His misery was so clear, Riha wished she could ease his fears he cared so deeply for the king and was so scared for him. She shifted tapping her phone screen not looking away but setting it to start recording. Alphys had warned her already that when he got really drunk he could forget things. She moved to stand with him reaching out to take his hands gently. “Gaster, in the very small chance you can’t find a way, then there probably wasn’t a way to stop it from happening. But I have absolute confidence in you, so does the king.” She said softly as he continued to speak blushing hotly w-wait he now… he had… a… a reason?

And down he goes…

She moves laying next to him staring up shifted to reach up fingers curling gently around his hand.

“You’re not broken Gaster, you’re just scared. You are allowed to be. You feel so much responsibility because of your genius, you keep trying to carry the world on your shoulders but you have so little faith in yourself. It’s such a contradiction.” She said quietly

“We have faith in you, me, Alphys, the king… and others, we know you are capable of amazing things but we are here for you.” She rolled onto her side reaching out to turn his head so he’d face her.

“You won’t push us away. You won’t push me away, I love you Gaster, and if you can’t say it right now I’ll say it for both of us, as many times as I need to, until you can say it again.” She murmured shifting closer kissing him softly

“I love you, WD Gaster, And I won’t ever leave you.” She swore.

━━━━━Amnesia made a little sound from his throat, but didn’t speak again. Every word she said got to him right now, even if they would leave him in the morning. He looked into her blue eyes. He’d never believe someone could even want to associate with him once they’d found out what he’d done. Hell, he was surprised anyone wanted to associate with him beforehand. This was just the icing on the cake. Perhaps he was being too hard on himself, but the brothers were… well, controversial to say the least. The fact that she could still look him in the eye and say those words were impossible, but there it was.

━━━━━Maybe it was partially the alcohol that made him pull her into his bony chest, but he needed to keep her close. To ensure this wasn’t fake. Even though she gave him every single reason to believe it wasn’t, he needed to be sure in his own ridiculous ways. He missed this kind of emotionally intimacy, even if he hated to admit it. Having someone you can truly and purely confide in is rare.

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He seemed so uncertaine so Riha shifted gently pressing her forhead to his letting her silent support do the talking for her.  Her hand moving to grasp his again gently, she wanted to treasure this moment, to feel how close they could be.  She just wished she could do more to ease his mind, He had brought her so much with out even meaning to, how could she bring him some peace as well?  She gasped suddenly as he pulled her close in a move she did not expect in any way shape or form. Riha.EXE has stopped working.

Then she broke into a brilliant smile clinging to him and snuggling close He might not remember in the morning but she would, and she had the recording she’d know it was real,  but how could she ever think this moment was a dream, He was holding her, he had reached out of his own accord and pulled her close.  She closed her eyes savouring it Maybe that display of her power had helped.  Maybe, her fleeing after his reaction to it had shown him what she meant?  who knew, All she knew was she wouldn’t change anything to be right here right now with him.

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Riha​:

Riha shrugged “With out further information on how to even begin theres no way of really knowing.” She conceded before chuckling “but wouldn’t it be nice if it where true?” She asked before blushing as Gasters hand moved his fingers lacing with hers, she gently squeezed.

“Well there is always the chance he won’t have to absorb them…” she said weakly but frankly SOUL science simply wasn’t her expertise.

“And even if he has to he’ll have the greatest minds in the underground to help him….” she murmured blushing

━━━━━Gaster let out a very loud grunt of… some kind of upset. Alphys glanced around before silently excusing herself… Gaster stood up.. sort of, and looked at Riha.

━━━━━“The king is goimng to die, and it’s alal because I couldnt’ finish 1-S and 2-P’s project ’n time. He’s going to end up being jukst another one onf my dmiserable failures. But what edo we expect yat htis point? I can’t even find ea way tvo say I’m sorry to you for what I said. I can’t figuer otu how tso explain whapt i meaxnt, what I vshould have said, how I should haave handled the situation, I’ve ev’n lost the sability to jubst sya three little words. I’ve not said ‘I love you’ in years, even though now I have a ireason to.” The royal scientist collapsed. For a genius, he can not hold his liquor worth a damn. He held his hand up again, to the sky, and stared through the hole, gazing into nothing.

━━━━━“I am broken, msy. Riha. thfere are wqords I don’t mknow hwo to say anymore, things I don’t know ehow to duo, and the king’s death ’s goin'na cbe what finally tells me ot fix mwyself, even though it illw be too lzate by an etern,tiy because I’ve either killed or turned waay everyone I’ve ever cared abouzt.”

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His misery was so clear, Riha wished she could ease his fears he cared so deeply for the king and was so scared for him. She shifted tapping her phone screen not looking awa but setting it to start recording. Alphys had warned her already that when he got really drunk he could forget things. She moved to stand with him reaching out to take his hands gently. "Gaster, in the very small chance you can't find a way, then there probably wasn't a way to stop it from happening. But I have absolute confidence in you, so does the king." She said softly as he continued to speak blushing hotly w-wait he now... he had... a... a reason?

And down he goes...

She moves laying next to him staring up shifted to reach up fingers curling gently around his hand.

"You're not broken Gaster, you're just scared. You are allowed to be. You feel so much responsibility because of your genius, you keep trying to carry the world on your shoulders but you have so little faith in yourself. It's such a contradiction." She said quietly

"We have faith in you, me, Alphys, the king... and others, we know you are capable of amazing things but we are here for you." She rolled onto her side reaching out to turn his head so he'd face her.

"You won't push us away. You won't push me away, I love you Gaster, and if you can't say it right now I'll say it for both of us, as many times as I need to, untill you can say it again." She murmured shifting closer kissing him softly

"I love you, WD Gaster, And I won't ever leave you." She swore.

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Riha​:

Riha noticed, even now she found herself watching any little change in him her fingers twitched and she shifted fingers covering his, a small attempt to comfort him.

“Hmmm maybe natural is the wrong word, what I mean is Mages use magic from their souls, and us monsters are made of magic as well, but there’s some old documents that point to a third type of magic fueled by the earth itself certain stones, plants and even natural locations that humans who aren’t mages could use to tap into magic.” She clarified

“Unfortunately there just isn’t enough information, I had thought maybe we could use that kind of magic on the barrier but with such limited knowledge it’s not a viable answer so I haven’t bothered mentioning it to anyone.” She said honestly sipping her drink

━━━━━“H-Heh… I don’t think that’s very accurate to how Magic actually works. I-I don’t think magic can be anchored to anything th-that’s not living. I-I mean, maybe runes might have b-been a thing in ancient times? B-But I’m not s-sure…” She trailed off. She didn’t really know what she was talking about. She’d never heard about this kinda thing before…

━━━━━Amnesia didn’t speak up, but the girls could hear him mumbling something about magic under his breath. He was turning a little flush. Perhaps as a result of drinking, or perhaps him deciding to flip his hand around and lace his fingers between Riha’s. That was a subconscious movement that he was only sort of aware that he was doing. “The barrier… will be brok’n when we get that last SOUL.” He managed. “Th’ king will take the SOULs and break th’ barrier. An’ then…” he trailed off. Raising his available hand, he stared through the hole in his palm. He didn’t have to finish that sentence for Alphys; she knew what was going to happen…

[rihaundertale]

Riha shrugged "With out further information on how to even begin theres no way of really knowing." She conceeded before chuckling "but wouldn't it be nice if it where true?" She asked before blushing as Gasters hand moved his fingers lacing with hers, she gently squeezed.

"Well there is always the chance he won't have to absorb them..." she said weakly but frankly SOUL science simply wasn't her expertise.

"And even if he has to he'll have the greatest minds in the underground to help him...." she murmured blushing