[You’re upset. You don’t even remember why, but you’re upset, and you’re upset that you’re upset, and there’s a tightness in your chest that makes it feel like you’re being pulled in three directions at once and it’s too much. Where are you? There are so many places you could be-- you don’t know anymore. You can’t do this. You can’t do this. You don’t want to do this. You call the only name you know.]
[It’s not very hard. Asriel is dying, again, but that’s okay, because you’re going to fix it, again. Walking is tedious. You imagine yourself at the place he said he was before he fell and you’re there. The abyss yawns. This is no good. You imagine him alive and well and next to you, but pause. Hm. Now that you really think about it, his stats are way too low, aren’t they?]
[You imagine him alive and well and next to you, HP and DEF and ATK maxed out at 100, and he’s there. Fall? What fall? He never fell. See?]
[(How could he have even fallen in the first place? Didn’t you hear about the glitch that just puts you right back on the ground if you happened to slip?)]
//also, this modifier is sorta a test for an ask blog i might be making?? so if anyone has questions for kidalgamate/wants to harrass them or something then (skype thumbs up emote)
[You check to make sure Asriel is asleep before you leave. Goodnight, sweet prince! You’re not sure how long this will take, but you’re hoping you can get back before he wakes up. It’d be a pretty neat surprise, you think, for him to wake up to see Chara with their own body! For real, this time!]
[Because you do feel bad. Bad that Chara doesn’t have the autonomy they should, bad they don’t have their own body, bad that they’re stuck with you. It’s the least they deserve, you think, for you to at least try to get them one. Right?]
[ * What’s the worst that could happen?]
[You can still remember your first run through the True Lab. You’d been terrified. Even now you can still feel that same apprehension churning your gut, except this time it’s excitement instead of fear. You can’t wait to see the look on Chara’s face when the finally have a body of their own again. You can’t wait to see Asriel’s. It’s gonna be so much fun! You can play Monopoly.]
[It takes a bit of digging (and some lockpicking), but eventually you find what you’re looking for, in a particularly important looking cabinet. Which is a relief!! You’re not sure what you would’ve done if it turned out that what you needed wasn’t even here to begin with. Gone back home, probably. But it’s here. A vial, completely nondescript if not for the translucent fluid that somehow manages to shimmer a little in the darkness. You could almost pretend it’s saying hi!]
[You pick it up, turning the vial this way and that to get a better look at what’s inside. So...this is Determination, huh? You can see little flickers of color in the liquid as it catches the faint light, as if it’s opalescent or something. It’s pretty. You could look at it for hours, probably, but Chara’s impatience is getting to you and you almost fumble and drop it. Oops! You should probably stop playing around now.]
[Asriel said. Asriel said that something like this could work, right? You have a lot of Determination, but not enough- not enough for something like this. Resetting time is one thing, but willing a body into existence for your friend and removing what’s left of their soul from your own is another entirely. You just need a little more. Just a little. You can fix this. You can. You will.]