@atechalk said: " guess i'll TRY not to let you die of loneliness . " my susie, for your kris? :3
DELTARUNE CH2 STARTERS - ACCEPTING!
You hadn't been doing anything particularly exciting when Susie had found you, having just taken a moment to yourself, sat alone at the one of the benches near the lake, resting your head on your arms.
Had you been waiting for something to happen? Expecting a visit from your good friend 'Asriel 2'? Or, maybe, you'd just wanted to sit and listen to the birds singing on this beautiful day?
If only you knew.
You perk up only slightly as Susie took a seat across from you, still resting your chin on your soft sweater-covered limbs, only looking up enough to face her. A smile briefly tugs at the corners of your lips, before returning to it's initial blank expression.
โค๏ธ "....."
You don't say anything back, not at first, still just sitting there in silence for a moment listening to the wind & the birds, just with Susie there now. Which does make it a little bit better, you think.
Eventually, you stir, looking up at her, and you say...
HAMMY'S POSTING. Okay I was working on replies (I got two down and will post them soon, yay) but MY FRIEND GIINBEAN JUST FINISHED THIS DRAWING!! ๐ฅบ๐ฅบ This is literally their dynamic in a nutshell (not like Susie would ever say it out loud, hehe).
And, y'know, because I haven't written them in some time now, I'm going to add some stuff me and @atechalk have discussed for the SM/DR AU under the Read More. ๐๐ No spoilers, I'll write something about Chapters 3 and 4 later on.
The TL;DR as to how we got here is in our first thread! It takes place before the events of Chapter 1, and Pump just pulls an SMT III Nocturne and becomes Susie's* friend... WITHOUT her input. This after trying to blow himself and her to bits with a firecracker, but it was justified because she had picked on Skid first. Pump becomes a bit of a shadow in Susie's life to the point that he ends up growing on her soon enough but, in-line with her character at the time, she REFUSES to admit it because she has a reputation to keep intact and the twerp could ruin it.
*It is worth noting The Two Susies Issue as early as I can. Not only because I will never let the jokes down, but because Pump has two โ๏ธ TWO Susies in his life: his big sister and his new monster friend. So, because calling them Human Susie and Monster Susie respectively would be a mouthful, the nickname "Big Susie" for the latter emerged. No, she does not mind it. It makes her sound EVEN SCARIER than she already is. I do not need to use the nickname here but I wanted to mention it regardless.
After Chapter 1, and having met Lancer, Susie has picked on all the similarities the Darkner and Pump have, but cannot do anything other than lament having to keep the Dark Worlds a secret alongside Kris and all of that stuff. That is, of course, until she finds out about the Dark World inside Pump's toybox* straight from the horse's mouth. And she does not get the opportunity to get Kris to come because she is practically dragged to the kid's house to "come see it" upon trying to verify if it was ACTUALLY a Dark World or some make-believe game.
Surprise, surprise, the Toybox Dark World is very real, and these two kids have somehow managed to keep it sealed shut in Pump's room without causing much of a fuss. And so, off these two go!
*For all intents and purposes, this event takes place in-between Chapters 1 and 2. Cannot do much about Chapters 2 and 3 being connected and all.
From a first glance, this Dark World resembles a cross between a pumpkin patch and a playground, where everything borders on being scary, on a first impression, only to have a childish twist behind it. For example, one of the first things these two come across is a tree with two nooses hanging from its branches, turning out to be a swing set. And whether they have a cute swing set moment or not will be left to the reader's imagination. Things in this world simply look spookier than they should be.
This comes most to play upon encountering a Darkner and battling it. It takes place in a very dark place, and its silhouette makes it look like a very freaky gigantic centipede. Of course, after sparing it, it is revealed that it was nothing more than a harmless sock puppet creature. In this Dark World, everything is a children's toy! And no wonder, because children are very good at turning their toys into different things.
Only other thing worth highlighting from this brief adventure, because she has to go get Kris if they do not want doomsday to happen, is that Susie decides to teach Pump how to battle HER OWN WAY. Because, well, that first battle might as well have been a 1v1. This kid carries a hammer with him yet knows NOTHING about battling. Cue Susie's version of a tutorial battle where, in her own words, "if Pump REALLY wants to be her friend, then he has to impress her by getting a hit on her". They are friends already, she just wants to tease the little tyke lol. It is pretty similar to Ralsei's tutorial battle with Kris, except that Susie ACTUALLY likes to spar and drop all the cool villain lines just to be encouraging.
This tutorial sends the point across EXCEPT on the whole "get a hit on Susie" bit. She just does not make it easy through normal means, you know! So what does Pump do when things seem to get difficult? He ACTs and does a little MAGICTRICK on Susie... with a twist: instead of pulling a coin from behind her ear, he just playfully bonks her in the head for a single point of damage.
And that is how this little prologue ends. Sure, they might not have made it far into this world, and leaving the Dark Fountain unaddressed might cause the end of the world, but Pump technically got a hit on Susie, and so TECHNICALLY became even more friends! Yay!!
And so, they get out, close the toybox once again, and Susie promises to come back with Kris so they can get all of Skid and Pump's toys back. That IS the idea, at least, and what kickstarts the actual chapter afterwards. If only she knew of the one truly scary Darkner lurking in the shadows of that world.
@atechalk said: " well , we've worked hard enough . " susie โฆ theyโve been in the library for eight (8) minutes
Deltarune CH1 Starters- Accepting!
"... huh?"
The quiet response of confusion came with a blink of green eyes as she looked up up from her notes, having been so engrossed in the short bit of work she'd gotten done she hadn't fully parsed what the other had meant at first. It's not until she realizes Susie might've been about to leave that a brief panic fills her eyes.
"W-wait...!" Noelle stammers, raising a hand to get Susie's attention & stop her before she'd just wander off in boredom... only to quickly second-guess how desperate she looked doing it, pulling it back and doing her best to hide the brief anxiety with a smile.
"I mean... if you'd like to take a break, we can! Note-taking can be pretty mind-numbing sometimes..." She suggests with a small laugh, clasping her hands over the open book in front of her (covering up the fact her mind wasn't at all numbed). "You don't need to leave, though! The library is a pretty nice place for a break, I think!"
HAMMY'S POSTING. I-I only liked that post because two of my favorite people are in it, omg...
Lee, Luci, I love, love, LOVE seeing you guys in my Dash whenever I check it even if just for a moment while I'm at the job!! Even if I'm not always on Discord, I'm just your biggest fan!! Both of you got me into your respective fandoms through your girlies, who ARE also my favorite girlies!! And ya'll went and welcomed me and my son with open arms as if we had already known each other since forever!! ๐ญ UGH, YOU TWO ARE JUST SO COOL!! And ya'll are LITERALLY NON-STOP fighting in my Activity to be my biggest fan too, what did I do to deserve you??
@pomniegranate โข I know I just wrote you that review, but I just hope you know how positive of an influence you are around everyone that is lucky enough to know you. Even as an acquaintance, both online and IRL! You deserve THE MOON AND BEYOND and I hope you get it, bestie!! Thanks for being friends with me and for always saying good morning and enjoying my silly Tom gifs!
@atechalk โข Still cannot get over how we just?? Instantly hit it off and made a whole crossover AU around what could just have been a silly, one-off interaction. Like, you have no idea HOW EXCITED I was to interact with you after that single post Alice made in my Dash promo'ing you! It was like it was meant to be, and I'm so glad you're one of my closest RP partners now!! We're like PB&J, baby!
Obviously, I don't even have to say it, but I will anyways: back at you two! ๐ฅบ Thank you so much for being yourselves and for being so talented and for giving Pump two amazing girlies he can look up to... You two are so special to me.
