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AtDGO update!

Psst! Hey! You want garbage? 8D Well TOO BAD! You're getting it no matter what you want! *maniacal laughter* >D

And the Dream Goes On Chapter 14: Pry-vate Matters 

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“Yo, Princess! When’s your birthday?”

Squinting at the armless monster kid she’d made friends with on her journey through Waterfall, Frisk didn’t answer immediately. She didn’t want to answer at all, but couldn’t think of a way to do that without seeming rude to someone that didn’t deserve it. So she tried to buy herself some time.

“Why do you ask, Kidalgo?”

“Awww, c’mon Princess! I told ya you could call me Kid!” He looked like he wanted to pout, but was refraining. He bounced on the balls of his feet, a little impatient because this was IMPORTANT and he didn’t understand why his human friend didn’t feel the same way!

Frisk smiled benignly. “I’m sorry, Kid. Please forgive me, but your question just came out of the blue! I’m a little bit confused as to why you’d be asking that.”

“Oh… In that case, it’s okay! Guess it was pretty random, ha ha!”

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And the Dream Goes On Chapter 14: Pry-vate Matters

Garbage delivered! See you next week. *evil chuckle* 😈

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AtDGO update! Ch.25

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Chapter 25: Megalo Strike Back has arrived!

I would like to remind people that this is going to be the last update, for a while. AtDGO is going on hiatus so I can focus on reworking Underfantasy.  If you don't know what I'm talking about go read the real talk (Author's Note) in Chapter 22: Joyride.

AtDGO will be folded into Ufan, eventually, and everything will be one big happy AU~ At least, I hope so... That's the goal, anyway. XP 

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Things were not going according to plan.

Chara did not expect to be intercepted. They’d been careful to stay in the shadows, out of sight of the night patrols. They reached the road back to the Underground and thought it would be clear sailing all the way to Prison. They were well on their way to dispatching Frisk’s uncle… at least, until Sans got in the way.

They didn’t want to hurt him. They didn’t want to hurt any monster, so they were mostly bluffing when they said they would kill him if he forced their hand. But Sans called their bluff, and they had no choice but to follow through.

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AtDGO update! Ch. 24

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Chapter 24: Determination has arrived! 

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The corridor darkened. It didn’t feel right to drag Frisk into a Fight, but Sans knew he had to. He couldn’t risk that thing getting past him, so trapping it in a proper field was all he could do. He just had to control his intent. He would wait for Toriel to show up and hope she could reach Frisk because she had to be in there, somewhere. She just had to be! If she wasn’t…

If that THING killed everything Frisk was to steal her body and soul, he would make sure it burned in Hell.

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AtDGO update! Ch.23

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Chapter 23: A Call to Arms has arrived!

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Papyrus had been sleeping, for once unbothered by the nightmares that’d been a recurring theme in his life for what seemed like forever. There were no lasers trapping him in Hotland, as they had That One Time. There were no dark hallways with gray doors at the end which he could never reach, no matter how hard he ran. There were no feelings of abandonment, or echo flowers whispering terrible things. It was the most peaceful rest he’d had in ages.

So, naturally, when his c-phone buzzed under his skull he’d been a little startled. His muffled “nyeh!” of surprise woke up Sans, but Flowey’s near panic distracted him from properly apologizing.

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AtDGO update! Ch.22

Chapter 22: Joyride has arrived!

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I was writing Chara's dialogue before this post schooled me on how they speak in the game. Needless to say, I was doing it wrong and had to rewrite it. Both in this chapter, and 21. Originally, I'd figured that Flowey had adopted his mannerisms from Chara and was emulating them when he's doing his whole "You're new to the Underground, aren'tcha?" schtick. Ho-ly CRAP was I wrong! XP

After being schooled I developed the headcanon that Chara is more loquacious in their own head than they are when addressing The Player, because they know (somehow) that you're human and they Do Not Like You. It wasn't because trying to convey that terseness outside of dialogue was a total pain. >////>; Don't be silly. Shut up! >////<;

Also, there's some real talk in the author's note at the beginning. ...on with the excerpt.

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Chara awoke to darkness. It had to be the middle of the night, judging by the quiet surrounding the tent, although it would’ve been more accurate to say the relative quiet. An early summer breeze was making all the trees rustle. Insects called to one another and animals moved throughout their territories, predators and prey alike. Everyone was used to such sounds, by now. No one would notice one more predator lurking in the dark.

It was a perfect night for what they had in mind.

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Not much of an excerpt, but I figured this post was long enough. :p

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AtDGO update: Ch.21!

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omg plooooot~ idk what i'm dooooo~iiiiing~ I'm such garbage lol.

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Frisk stared at the apparition before her, struggling to comprehend what had just transpired. Chara still smiled, seemingly amused by her shock. When they spoke their tone was chiding and yet flat at the same time.

“Come now. Asriel’s memories survived… Of course mine would as well.”

Frisk didn’t know what to make of Chara, but what they said made sense, in a way. After all, a good deal of the determination the two of them shared would have come from Chara in the first place, despite the way Asriel won the struggle to control their body in the end. But if Chara was here, in the place that led her to her memories…

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AtDGO update: Ch.20!

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What's this? Is this story actually going somewhere? GASP! :O YES, it's another dream. ...or IS it?

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Mommy said she had to go outside while she and Daddy talked. Francine wanted to stay because she hardly ever saw Daddy, but she didn’t like how loud her parents got when they talked, so she let Nanny lead her to the garden.

Outside was a little bit cold. There was hardly any green, now. Everything was orange and yellow and brown. Francine was proud of herself for learning the names of the colors. She could even write them out! Nanny told her few children her age could do that. But Nanny wasn’t talking to her, right now.

Nanny let go of her hand to talk to Gardener. Francine got bored while the grown-ups smiled and laughed, so she left Nanny’s side to run up to the tree and get a better look up at the branches. There were a bunch of red things…

Oh! They were apples! What were they doing up in the tree? Silly apples. Francine tried to reach for one, to see how it was holding on to the tree, but she just couldn’t get one, no matter how far she stretched her arms. Come to think of it, didn’t Mommy like apples? She should get one as a present!

Francine looked back at Nanny. She and Gardener were still talking. Their faces were getting close to each other, and Nanny’s face was almost as red as the apples. Francine called her, but she wasn’t paying attention…

Francine pouted, but she was used to being ignored. She didn’t really need Nanny. She was a big girl and she could get an apple all by herself! She looked back up at the tree and reached…

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AtDGO update!

Chapter 19: Stay Door-termined

How much longer can I stretch this garbage out for? I have no idea! 8D Onward! Whee~ 

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As relieved as Toriel had been to know her daughter was fine, she still grounded Frisk for three days. Although leaving the tent had not been Frisk’s idea, she should have known to turn on her c-phone if she was going somewhere with Sans. For that matter, she was not supposed to leave camp, at all! But if she was going to do so, anyway, she should have told someone she’d be going out, and who she would be with. 

Frisk should have known better. Hence, she was not allowed to leave the tent without Toriel, and had her c-phone privileges revoked for the duration of her grounding. Frisk did not seem very bothered by that aspect of the punishment. In fact, she seemed somewhat relieved as she handed the device over. When Sans dropped by for tea the day after he absconded with Frisk, Toriel had some rather pointed words for him, as well. 

Once properly chastised, Toriel had been more than happy to return to their usual joke exchange. If it took Sans a few minutes to hit his stride, she pretended not to notice. Frisk sat upon her sleeping bag, laughing every now at then and occasionally making contributions, but she mostly concentrated upon her sewing project for “Flowey.”

It was sweet of Frisk to worry about it, but did a flower truly need a scarf? She was such a quirky child.

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Chapter 19: Stay Door-termined

OMG I had such a hard time picking a name for this chapter! I'm still not happy with it. *grumpy deku scrub noises*