#servertale

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To some people, barrier wasn’t the only thing standing between them and their freedom

[goatlineau]

OK everyone is going crazy about the angst which is understandable, but since when did the story progress through so many years? What the hell have I missed? Last time I checked, smol Chara was hugging Asriel because he secretly needed a tackle hug

It progresses whenever we want! We go forward, we go back, we step into the future a bit and hop back.

((inaccurate representation of the story progress))

It depends a lot on what we want to do with an ask we receive. If we feel like making a joke or progressing something. Sneaking in some drama etc. ;3 Of course it was my ideas that put angst into Goatline. There’s just too much potential. I can’t let it go to waste.

>:3c

[askthedoubledoctors]

Well this is quite a dynamic duo

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I know this sucks, but I wasted my gaming time on it, so I’m gonna post it anyway

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“Was that the outfit you wore?” “Correct. It is the last trace of my previous purpose. I plan to get rid of it.”

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SERVERTALE Chapter 17: Twice upon a time

Ne: We need to be ready. Slasher: Oh, come on. We fight those idiots almost every day. Do you really think that they will be a threat. Ne: Listen, Frisk is almost at the end of the Computerworld probably. When she starts activating the portal, it will send a beam up into the sky, which will attract unwanted attention. Amy: Are you saying that both Cobra and Ramirez will show up? Ne: Exactly. Slasher: Still. We can handle Cobra and I haven’t seen Ramirez fight once. He’ll probably be an easy target. Amy: I don’t think that he would be leading the sentinels if he was just another soldier. Ne: Not to mention that the elites are stronger than before. Slasher: Alright. Lets hear your plan. Ne: Firstly, we need to have a backup plan if someone gets taken down. We will be defending the portal on the mountain. If I get get beaten, you shall take my spot and let one of Kris’ soldiers take yours. You’ll need to stick to cover, since there will be a lot of enemy firepower. Engage Cobra from distance while he’s distracted and use the hook of you grapple to your advantage. Cobra’s weak spots are his hands, that’s where his armor is weakest. Amy will use the camera system to help you out. Amy: What if something happens to him? Ne: I’ll just have to defend his and mine stop at the same time. Slasher: You might be fast, but you’re definitely not that fast. Ne: I know, but that’s the best we’ve got. We have dozens of soldiers while they have hundreds, remember? Slasher: You got a point there. Ne: I will keep Ramirez and Cobra distracted while you take out their soldiers. Bring any firepower necessary, the whole place will probably be a warzone. Slasher: I like the sound of that. Ne and Amy look at him surprised. Slasher: I mean the guns part. Warzone is bad. Ne: I’ll help you out when possible, but You’re gonna have to do most of the work. If I say to fall back, I’ll create a shield that will provide you cover. Plan A is aggressive defense. Plan B is moving behind cover and fighting from there. Plan C is any means necessary and we move back all the way to the portal. Hopefully we won’t need a plan to replace C. Understood? Amy: Crystal clear.  Slasher: I’m gonna go check on my weaponry. Slasher exits the house. Amy: Are you really sure about this. Ne: To be honest, no, I’m not, but this is the only chance we have. You can’t fight, and I’m not sure how much can we rely on Kris’ squad. Amy: Why? Ne: They work within the law, which means that they still answer to normal authority, which can be easily bought. Amy: I see your point. Ne: Basically, it is up to me and Slasher to secure the portal. Amy: Is it really okay for me to stay here? I mean, I’m kinda using your house and food here. Ne: Of course it is. I don’t need food and I like having you around. Amy: Good to know. Ne: Are you feeling better by the way? Amy: Well, I am tired, but I generally feel better. Ne: You should sleep. Resting will restore your energy better than I can. Amy: Alright.  Ne gets up and starts to walk away but Amy grabs his hand. Amy: Uhhh, could you maybe... stay here? It feels awkward for me to sleep here if you’re not here. Ne: Well... I’ll stay if you want me to. Amy: Yeah, I’d like that. Ne takes off his helmet and places it on the floor, before sitting back on the couch next to her. Ne: Ok. Then, I’ll stay right here. Amy: Thank you... for taking care of me. Ne: Any time. Frisk is walking through the final room of the core. Chara: We’re almost there. Asgore’s throne room isn’t too far now. Suddenly, a shadow nears Frisk. She looks back, only to see a purple cloak, without anyone inside it. Chara: Riverperson? What are they doing here? Riverperson: Tra la la... The human reaches the throne, but the risks have only grown. Frisk: What do you mean? Riverperson: What your new friends said is not true. Lied, or uninformed, it does not matter. They say that for the piece or King has will. But he will not hesitate to kill. Frisk: But everyone said that he is friendly. I don’t want to fight anymore! Riverperson turns around. Riverperson: Be careful when your next move you choose. Your life we do not want to lose. Tra la la... Before Frisk had the chance to ask any more questions, the mysterious cloak already floated away. Frisk: Who... Who was that? Chara: Riverperson is the transporter for monsters. They own a magic half boat, half cat. No one really knows what they are. Frisk: Can we trust them? Chara: While no one knows a lot about them, there are two facts known to everyone: They know everything and if they wanted you dead... Well, we wouldn’t have been talking now. Frisk: Oh... So I will have to fight Asgore. Chara: Come on, we can’t stay here for too long. Frisk: But what will happen now? Chara: Only time will tell. Lets move. Frisk goes in the elevator and selects the next floor. As she walks out of the elevator when it reaches the location, she is amazed by the next room. It is completely white, and behind a window, the hole city of monsters can be seen, homes and roads made out of black metal and blue light shining everywhere. The black sky is brightened by the lights of the endless city. She wishes that she could just stay here and enjoy the view. When she thinks about it, staying in the Computerworld wouldn’t be bad at all. She already made some friends, and she is sure that with the help of Sans and Mettaton, others would start to like her as well. But she knows that she can’t be selfish. She got here for monsters and Chara, and she plans to get them out. Chara: Are you alright? Frisk: Just enjoying the view. While I can Frisk reaches a house that looks exactly the same to Toriel’s... Ignoring that this one is in way much better condition. Chara: This was our... this was their home when things were better. Frisk goes into the living room. Chara: We would eat on that table and Toriel would read us her books later on at that chair. Suddenly, froggits appear in front of Frisk. She gets in a battle stance, but they don’t attack. Instead, they start talking. “A long time ago, a human fell into the ruins.” “Injured by its fall, the human called out for help.” Chara: That’s... they are talking about me. The froggits go away, letting Frisk continue exploring the house. She goes into the kitchen. After checking the kitchen, she finds a key and takes it. As she passes through the living room again, whimsuns fly in and continue the story. “Asriel, the king’s son, heard the human’s call.”   “He brought the human back to the castle.” Chara: Heh, I remember how he offered his help without hesitation. Frisk goes through the hallway and enters the room in which Asriel and Chara lived in. She finds two presents, neatly rapped in boxes with ribbons. Chara: Open the first present. Frisk opens the box and sees a heart shaped locket inside. Chara: Take it. Frisk reads the small writing on the locket. Best Friends Forever Frisk: Chara, I can’t wear this. It was your present. Chara: But I want you to wear it. Please, he would have liked you more anyway.  Frisk: Fine, but only for you. Frisk puts on the locket and exits the room, leaving the other gift behind. As she keeps walking through the hallway, she encounters a row of moldsmals “Over time, Asriel and the human became like siblings.” Chara: How silly I was, hoping that I would get him to meet you one day. “The King and Queen treated the human child as their own.” “The underground was full of hope.” Chara: Until I took it away from them. Frisk keeps on walking. Frisk: It was not your fault. Chara: You didn’t hear the full story yet. I became greedy... Reckless. Frisk walks in front of a mirror. Chara: But look at you. Despite everything, it’s still you. The same caring, peaceful, kind Frisk I’ve met years ago. Frisk blushes softly. Frisk: It’s hard. Chara: I know. Frisk takes another key and starts walking back. She unlocks the chain and goes downstairs. Two migosps appear. “Then... One day...” “The human became very ill” Chara’s voice becomes a little shaky. Chara: They all cared about me so much. After them, three vegetoids wait for Frisk to come closer. “The sick human had only one request.” “To see their friend on the surface” Frisk: Me? Chara: I was so persistent. “But there was nothing we could do.” As Frisk passes the vegetoids, two loox appear. “The next day.” “The next day.” “...” “The human died.” Chara stays quiet. Frisk walks into two snowdrakes. “Asriel, wracked with grief, absorbs the human’s soul.” “He transformed into a being with incredible power.” Frisk goes around the snowdrakes and sees icecaps ahead. “With the human soul, Asriel crossed through the barrier.” “He carried the human’s body into the sunset.” “Back to the city of the humans.” Chara: We... we were so close. Three woshuas wait behind a corner. “Asriel reached the entrance to the city.” “He knew that he was getting closer to the human’s friend.” “He kept carrying the human.” Behind the woshuas, shyrens await. “Suddenly, a loud noise rang out.” “Two powerful wizards saw Asriel holding the human’s body.” “They thought that he had killed the child.” Three dummies peacefully stand behind the shyrens. “The humans attacked him with everything they had.” “He was struck with blow after blow.” “Asriel had the power to fight them.” Madjick and Knight knight stand together, continuing the story. “But...” “Asriel did not fight back.” “Clutching the human...” “Asriel walked away.” For the first time, Frisk finds a weird type of froggits, which are more armored than the original ones. “Wounded, Asriel stumbled home.” “He entered the castle and collapsed.” “His dust spread across the garden.” This was the breaking point for Chara, as she sobs softly. Armored whimsuns approach. “The kingdom fell into despair.”  “The king and queen had lost two children in one night.” “The humans had once again taken everything from us. Chara: It was me! I-I d-did this to t-t-them. Frisk becomes overwhelmed, by Chara’s sadness and the story itself. Three Astigmatisms hover nearby. “The king decided it was time to end our suffering.” “Every human who falls down here must die.” “With enough souls, we can shatter the barrier forever.” When Frisk passes them, she notices moldsmall, loox and migosp standing together. “It’s not long now.” “King Asgore will let us go.” “King Asgore will give us hope.” “King Asgore will save us all.” Pyrope and to vulkins wait behind. “You should be smiling, too.” “Aren’t you excited?” “Aren’t you happy?” One last froggit appears, and before he hops away, he says one sentence that completely breaks Chara. You’re going to be free. Chara starts crying, not being able to continue. Frisk sits down. Frisk: We don’t have to continue right away. Lets take a break. We could both use it. Frisk and Chara sit in silence for a few minutes, before they start going again. They reach the next room. It is completely made out of blue metals, shining and bouncing light everywhere. The windows have the Delta Rune symbol on them. Even with all the light, a figure far up ahead is still dark. Frisk uses a savepoint, before approaching the figure. As she gets closer, she realizes that it is Sans. Bells ring out through the room. Sans starts talking, but in a completely different voice. Sans: So you finally made it. The end of your journey is at hand. In a few moments,you will meet the king. Together... You will determine the future of this world. That’s then. Now. You will... you will... ah, forget it. Sans’ voice returns back to normal. Sans: listen, kid. i was supposed to judge you, but you two have already passed through enough already.  you were amazing. you didn’t hurt a single monster. you avoided getting love and exp. Frisk: But weren’t those supposed to make me more powerful? Sans: power helps to live, but it also destroys. love and exp are acronyms. they stand for level of violence and execution points. Frisk: Oh... Sans: yeah. good thing you dodged that. Frisk: But what do I do Sans? Sans: what? Frisk: I don’t ant to kill Asgore... But I don’t want to die either.  Sans: you can always not fight him and stay here with us. i know that we don’t have much, but you would be safe. Sans reminds Frisk of her fight with Toriel, only bringing back more painful memories. Frisk: I have to pass through Asgore if I want to break the barrier. Sans: you’re right. that only leaves one option. Sans sighs, tiredly. Sans: i can’t believe i’m doing this. Frisk: Doing what? Sans: I’m about to betray the whole kingdom. Frisk: What?! Chara is equally surprised. Sans: Come on. I’m gonna try to talk Asgore out from fighting you. Frisk: Are you sure you want to do this? Sans: You did so much for us already. This is the least I can do for you. Sans and Frisk start walking to the next room. Chara: I can’t believe that he’s actually going to do this. Sans: i said that i was going to protect you. Chara: Wait, you can hear me? Sans: and see you. Frisk: You have so much explaining to do if we get through this, Sans: a skeleton never reveals his secrets. Chara: Pfft, is that a rule or something? Sans: well, actually, all of the previous members of the font family had a lot of secrets. no wonder that only a few of us are left. Frisk, Sans and CHara reach the end of the corridor. Sans: this is it. remember, stay determined. All of them enter the throne room. They see Asgore watering flowers. Asgore hears them approaching.  Asgore: Dum dee dum... Oh? Is someone there? Just a moment! I have almost finished watering these flowers. Chara: He always loved doing that. Asgore: ...Here we are! Asgore slowly turns around and sees Frisk and Sans, standing in front of him. Shocked, he takes a step back. Asgore: Oh. Sans: heya asgore. Asgore: Sans? Did you escort the human all the way here? Sans: nah, she got here on her own, i just now found her. Asgore: I so badly want to say, “would you like a cup of tea?”. But... you know how it is. Sans: actually, about that... Asgore: Yes? Sans: i think... you shouldn’t fight the human. Asgore: What? Sans: she’s harmless. Asgore: Sans... You do understand that the human has the last soul needed for us to be free? Sans: i will find a different way.  Asgore: Why do you want to protect that human so much? Sans: don’t you see? i watched her whole journey. she didn’t hurt anyone, and judging by her skills, she could have easily defeated most of the underground if she wanted to. Asgore: Peaceful, or not, there is a law against humans. Sans: well, i guess you’re just gonna have to change it. Asgore creates his red trident. Asgore: Protecting a human is treason, Sans. Please... Do not make me fight you. Sans creates his bone staff and defensively holds it in front of Frisk. Sans: if that’s what it takes, than that’s what i’m gonna do. Asgore: In that case, goodbye, my old friend. Asgore raises his trident, ready to attack. Sans holds on to his staff, while making sure that Frisk is behind him. Suddenly, small bullets circle Asgore and they all hit him, knocking him down. Chara: NO! Sans: asgore! Sans drops his bone staff and runs to him. Before he even has the chance to check Asgore’s soul, Asgore’s body already turns to dust. One final bullet flies in, breaking Asgore’s soul into pieces. Chara is completely frozen, not knowing what to do. Sans: that... wasn’t me. Frisk quickly looks around, full of fear, trying to find the attacker. Flowey suddenly pops out of the ground, scaring Frisk. Sans: flowey. Flowey: You idiots. You haven’t learned a thing... All the souls the monsters have gathered so far start circling Flowey. Flowey: In this world... It’s KILL or BE killed Flowey’s face melts as he absorbs the souls. Everything starts falling apart. The Computerworld is breaking as it becomes darker, more glitched than before. Sans: i got this, just gimme a second. Sans opens the console and starts messing with the code. He quickly eliminates the viruses Flowey was trying to use to tear the Computerworld apart. Sans: ok, i’ve managed to stabilize the computerworld, but he still has the control.  Darkness is everywhere. Suddenly, bright lights turn on, showing a picture with a monster resembling a loox and a human from older times with text. Long ago, two races ruled over Earth: HUMANS and MONSTERS One day... The picture suddenly glitches out, deforming the monster and the human they all disappeared without a trace. Everything is gone gain. Sans summons Frisk’s soul and uses her console. Flowey     LV 9999     9999:99 My World    Continue     Restart Frisk finally breaks the silence with a shaky voice Frisk: What’s going on? Sans: he has the control. he has the save... he has everything. Frisk: You sounded like you knew him. Did you fight him before? If so, you know how to beat him, right? Sans: i fought him countless times, but never like this. he is more powerful now than he has ever been. Chara: What do we do now? Sans: the only thing we can. fight for this world. Sans selects continue. Suddenly, a save star appears in the distance. Frisk slowly walks to it, while Sans watches her surroundings, being really careful, since the only light sources in the area are his and Frisk’s suits, the star and her glow stick. Frisk attempts to use the save star. As the console opens, it starts glitching, before it completely crashes. Behind it, Flowey’s huge face lights up on a screen. Flowey: Howdy! It’s me, Flowey. Flowey the flower! I owe you a huge thanks. You really distracted that old fool. Without you, I never could have gotten such an easy shot. But now, with your help... He’s dead. And I’ve got the humans souls. The screen turns off, before turning back on seconds after. Flowey: Boy! I’ve been empty for so long... It feels great to have a soul inside me again... Mmmm, I can feel them wriggling... Aww, you’re feeling left out, aren’t you? Well, that’s just perfect. After all, I only have six souls. I still need one more... Before I become god. And then, with my newfound powers... Monsters. Humans. Everyone. I’ll show them all the real meaning of this world. Sans opens Frisk’s console to check the older save file, but doesn’t find anything. Flowey: Oh, and forget about escaping to your old save file. It’s gone forever. But don’t worry.  Your old friend Flowey... Has worked out a replacement for you! I’ll save over your own death. So you can watch me tear you to bloody pieces... Over, and over, and over... Sans steps in front of Frisk. Sans: do you really think i’m gonna let that happen? Flowey: ...What? Do you really think you can stop me? Hee hee hee... You really are an idiot, trashbag. All of the souls are summoned in a circle, while a huge beast starts approaching, radiating a blood red light across the area. As it gets closer, its disgusting body gets visible, standing tall, made out of plantlike body mass and metal armor everywhere, a flat screen instead of a head and bellow it a four eyed creature with a sideways mouth. On the screen, his intimidating face shows up and he starts laughing like a maniac. Omega Flowey attacks. He starts shooting out razor sharp blades out of the eyes. Sans blocks all of the blades with his staff, while Frisk stays behind him. Two flamethrowers on top of his pipes activate. Frisk and Sans jump back, avoiding the fire. Some of Flowey’s vines rush forward. Sans moves aside, pulling Frisk with him. Frisk gets an idea. She takes her phone and uses the blaster to fire a shot at Flowey. If there was any damage, than it was way too small to be visible. One of the tubes around the eyes lights up in cyan, as Flowey uses one of the souls for more powerful attacks. He summons giant knives circling around Frisk and Sans. They carefully move between the knives, until the soul breaks free and turns the knives into healing magic. Flowey creates multiple bombs in the air, which start falling down. Sans quickly fires a barrage of bones, destroying the bombs. Flowey uses the next soul, creating huge hands which he uses in an attempt to crush his opponents. Sans keeps opening portals and guiding Frisk to the other side. Soon, Flowey looses control over the soul and it gets free. Flowey stabs one of his arms into the ground, while his vines shoot forward to Frisk and Sans. While Sans is busy blocking the attacks from front, the underground arm sends vines to dig up behind them. As the vines reach the surface and rush towards Sans and Frisk, they are stopped when a blue sword cuts them multiple times. Surprised by the sound, Sans and Frisk quickly look back, to see Papyrus. Sans: papyrus?! what are you doing here? Papyrus and Sans keep talking while they block attacks from Flowey. Papyrus: THE HUMAN AND I WERE SUPPOSED TO VISIT UNDYNE, BUT SHE NEVER SHOVED UP. I WENT TO LOOK FOR HER AND SAW YOU FIGHTING THIS THING. SANS, WHAT IS GOING ON? Sans: we’re trying to save the world. i’ll protect the kid, you take care of the abomination. Another soul starts glowing. Papyrus shoots up a long bone from the ground bellow him, lifting himself up all the way to Flowey’s height. From that level of height, Papyrus sees the full room. A strange light fills the room. Twilight is shining through the barrier. It seems The battle has just started. As Frisk sees the skeleton brothers protecting her, she is filled with determination. Sans takes care of blocking Flowey’s attacks, and Papyrus leaps from the bone with his sword, landing on the activated tube and stabs his sword in it, freeing the soul early. He continues to swiftly drop down, his landing cracking the floor below him. Flowey sends a bunch of pellets on Sans and Frisk, while he tries to crush Papyrus with his arm. Sans’ eyesockets go dark and in his left eyesocket, an incomplete blue circle of energy lights up, as he blocks all of the pellets with speed to fast to track. As he stops moving, his eyesockets go back to normal. Papyrus jumps out of the way of Flowey’s attack and uses the chance to cut the now trapped arm. One of the pellets breaks apart into more tiny pieces, cutting Papyrus. Flowey uses another soul. While Sans makes sure Frisk isn’t gonna get hit, Papyrus jumps on the grounded arm and runs all the way up to the soul tube and cuts it open, making all of the attacks disappear. Flowey tries to bring them off their balance, by resetting a few seconds back, but Frisk and Sans remember what’s going to happen next, while Papyrus can’t be attacked in his current position. Papyrus jumps down, exposing himself to Flowey’s attacks. Flowey tries to hit him, but papyrus blocks all of the attacks. Sans and Frisk use that moment to open fire on Flowey, noticeably damaging his screen. Flowey turns his attention to Sans and Frisk again and launches more blades at them. Both Sans and Papyrus raise a wall of bones from the ground, effectively blocking most of them. One blade gets through and grazes Frisk’s shoulder. Sans looks back at her worried, but even tho her shoulder is bleeding, she stays focused. Flowey uses the next soul. Huge fireballs start falling from above. Sans’ special eye lights up again when he creates a huge portal that leads to a few meters above Flowey. All of the fireballs fall on him, slightly burning him. Sans then summons Papyrus’ soul and turns it blue. Sans: paps! get ready to land! Sans changes the gravitational pull of papyrus’ soul, making him fall into the portal, which leads him to the top of Flowey. Papyrus makes a soft landing, before jumping down on the tube and breaking it, and then falling all the way down to ground level. Flowey throws more bombs, but All three of them shoot the bombs. After more attacks, Flowey finally uses the last soul, creating a handgun. He fires the weapon and huge bullets start flying towards Sans and Frisk. Sans quickly turns Frisk’ soul blue and pushes her aside, while he uses his staff to launch himself over the bullets. Papyrus uses the bullets as platforms, jumping from one to the other all the way to the last soul tube. Papyrus jumps next to it, cutting it in the air and falling back down. Flowey looses control over the last soul. All of the last souls start circling around Sans, Frisk and Papyrus, before healing all of their injuries. All of the magic armor the souls were giving Flowey disappeared, leaving him without defense. Flowey starts randomly using all of the attacks, while his opponents start attacking together. Papyrus uses his sword to cut off any nearby part of Flowey, Sans keeps creating bones and firing them off at Flowey and Frisk uses her phone blaster. Flowey knows that all of them are using their maximum potential for fighting techniques, so  he does the same thing. Combining his attacks, Flowey sends bombs, pellets, blades and vines flying everywhere. While Sans might not be able to do much damage to Flowey, He is more than able to perfectly block all of Flowey’s attacks. After some time of defending and attacking, they finally overcharge Flowey. Flowey: No... NO! This can’t be happening!! You... You... Flowey loads his save file all the way to the beginning of the battle. Flowey: You idiots. Flowey’s mouth suddenly opens, firing off a beam of energy so fast that neither Sans or Frisk had time to react, disintegrating both of them. Not a second after their death, Flowey loads the file again and impales them. He keeps loading the file and using those same two attacks. He circles them both tightly with his pellets, not giving Sans enough room to create a portal. Flowey: He hee hee. Did you really think... You could defeat me!? I am the god of this world. Chara: Sans, what do we do? Sans: i... i don’t know. i don’t think there’s a way out of this one. Frisk: There has to be! Flowey: You’re hopeless. Not even your worthless friend can save you now.  Call for help. I dare you. Cry into the darkness! See what good it doe you! Frisk takes a deep breath and focuses. She lifts her soul into the air and it brightly shines, calling out the other souls. Nothing happens. Flowey: Boy! What a shame. Nobody else is going to see you two die! The pellets slowly start to get close, before they disappear. Frisk looks questionably at Sans. Sans: That wasn’t me. Chara: Not me either. Flowey: What? How’d you...? Well, I’ll just- Console with the save file opens up. A row of numbers is written all over it. 01001100 01001111 01000001 01000100 00100000 01000110 01000001 01001001 01001100 01000101 01000100  Flowey: Wh... Where are my powers!? The souls answer Frisk’s call and burst from the tubes. Flowey: The souls...? What are they doing? Sans: i guess you could say... they had a change of heart. The souls start attacking Flowey, slowly taking him apart.  Flowey screams in fear as he tries to force the souls, but they don’t listen. The souls destroy his omega form, leaving him in his flower body, cut and burned. Frisk aims her phone blaster at Flowey for a few seconds, but when she sees that he is too weak to do anything, she lowers the phone, sparing him. Sans created one sharp bone, prepared to stab the broken flower, but Frisk stops him. Frisk: Don’t be like him. Flowey weakly speaks. Flowey: What are you doing? Do you really think I’ve learned anything from this? No. Frisk: Maybe not now... but you might soon. Flowey: Sparing me won’t change anything. Frisk: Neither will killing you. Flowey: Killing me is the only way to end this. Frisk: I’ll make a new way. Flowey: If you let me live... I’ll come back.  Sans: we’ll be ready. Flowey: I’ll kill you. Frisk: You won’t. Flowey: I’ll kill everyone. I’ll kill everyone you love. Frisk: I’m not gonna change my mind Flowey. Sans: sorry, looks like it’s your lucky day, because i trust her. and if she says there’s hope for you, you’re gonna live for now. Flowey looses his smile. Frisk and Sans’ mercy is only rubbing their victory further in his face. Flowey: ...Why? ... Why are you being... so nice to me? Frisk: I believe you can do better. Flowey: I can’t understand. I can’t understand! I just can’t understand... Flowey burrows into the ground and escapes. Chara: What happens now? Dad is dead and we lost the souls. There’s nothing left. Sans: well, not entirely. Frisk: What do you mean? Sans: That power Flowey used to turn back time. you have it as well. now, normally, i really wouldn’t like this, but it’s the only chance we have. Chara: What are you saying? Sans: you need to reset all the way back to the entrance of the throne room. as much as i remember, papyrus said that you should have met undyne with him. if you would get her to like you, maybe we can convince asgore to spare you. i mean, me and papyrus already have your back, but we need more support. i suggest we gather everyone. me as a judge, undyne as the captain of the royal guard, papyrus as the second captain, alphys as the royal scientist, mettaton as the celebrity and toriel as the queen. if we all protest asgore’s decision, he won’t be able to deny us, without us, he has nothing. Frisk: It’s worth a shot. Chara: Not like we can do anything else. Sans: alright, we’ll go with that. but remember, me and papyrus will have no memories of this ever happening, so you’ll have to remind me. i might not believe you, so just in case, use the codeword “seventeen”. got it? Frisk: Yes, I’m ready. Sans: ok, i’ll guide you through. Sans opens her console and finds the save file. he selects it. Sans: ready? Frisk: Yes. Sans: remember, we’re all counting on you kid. stay determined and have fun jumping through time. Sans presses the load button. 01001100 01001111 01000001 01000100 00100000 01010011 01010101 01000011 01000011 01000101 01010011 01010011 01000110 01010101 01001100  Prologue Chapter 16 Chapter 18

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SERVERTALE Chapter 18: More time

Frisk and Chara are brought back to the last save point. It felt weird, traveling back in time. Frisk: Did we just... go back through time? Chara: I’m not sure. It feels more like we erased time. Sans: wait, you did a reset? why? Frisk: Flowey beat us. Sans: prove it. Frisk: Seventeen. Sans: oh. damn it, i didn’t expect him to be so fast. Frisk: Well, at least we’re alive. Chara: Now we’re alive, after resetting our death. Frisk: Don’t remind me, my whole body is sore just from the memory. Sans: how good do you two remember the last timeline? Chara: Perfectly. Frisk: And you? I thought monsters can’t see the stars and remember resets. Sans: most monsters don’t. but i’m one of the few that can remember. tho i only see the past timelines in my dreams, so i’m not really useful now. did he get asgore as well? Chara: ...yes. Sans: sorry about that. next time, we’ll be more prepared. you go to undyne’s house and try to befriend her, and i’ll setup the guards at the souls. Frisk: Sounds like a plan. Chara: Then lets get going. Sans: See you later. Frisk and Chara start walking away and Sans doesn’t move nowhere. After a few seconds, when Frisk looks back, he isn’t there anymore. Sans went through one of his teleports and ended up in the throne room. He sees Asgore watering his flowers. Asgore: Dum dee dum… Oh? Is someone there? Just a moment! I have almost finished watering these flowers. After a few seconds, Asgore looks at Sans. Asgore: Sans. What brings you here? Sans: you need to transfer the guards. Asgore: What for? Sans: ...a reset happened. Asgore: You already know? Sans: i got some help, but yes, i do. Asgore: How much serious was it? Sans: pretty serious, that’s why i need your permission to order undyne a new position for the guards. Asgore: And where would that be? Sans: the souls room/ Asgore: Oh my... I cannot imagine what happened last time... Alright, i will write the order. Sans uses his console to create the paper and a pen and hands it to Asgore. Asgore: I just need to know one thing... How many casualties? Sans: ...only you. are you still sure that you don’t want to know what happened? you never wanted to know before. Asgore: And I still do not. Your father warned me about messing with timelines. One of his wishes was to leave the knowledge of the past timelines to you. I know that it is a hard burden, but I can’t trust anyone else with it. Sans: i know. Asgore signs the paper and gives it to Sans. Sans: thanks. Asgore: I hope we meet for a more calm reason next time. Sans: wish that i knew. Sans creates another portal and travels to the inside of Undyne’s house. As Undyne was walking into the kitchen, she sees Sans popping in. Undyne: SANS WHAT THE HELL? You can’t just get in my house without announcing yourself! His smile widening, Sans gives Undyne the paper. Sans: i’m not here to chat, captain. Undyne realizes that Sans is being serious and on the job. Undyne: Oh. S-sorry Judge, I didn’t know business brought you here. Sans: yup. you are to follow all of the orders that are written here. Undyne: Yes, Sir! Sans turns around, creates another portal, ready to get out, before remembering something else to say as well. Sans: oh, and undyne... don’t harm the human. Undyne is firstly surprised, but then, in rage, she crushes the paper. Undyne: WHAT? Sans: that is a direct order. Undyne: That’s not written here! Sans: it is a personal order. Undyne: Oh yeah? By who. Sans: by me and my judgement. Undyne: And who is to say that your judgement isn’t wrong? Sans turns back to face Undyne, the white sparks in his eyesockets disappearing, while the uncompleted blue ring appears in his left eyesocket. He answers her in a voice cold as ice, his eye piercing right through her confidence. Sans:  l e t s  j u s t  r e m e m b e r  w h o  s t i l l  h a s  b o t h   e y e s  a f t e r  t h e   i n i t i a l   j u d g e m e n t. Sans walks through the portal and closes it behind him. Undyne sighs. Undyne: I can’t believe this. After some time of walking, Frisk and Chara finally reach Undyne’s house and they see Papyrus waiting in front of the door. Chara: Damn, we really kept him waiting. Frisk: At least, this time we showed up. Chara: Doesn’t really fix the situation. Frisk walks up to Papyrus. Papyrus: OHO! THE HUMANS ARRIVE! ARE YOU READY TO HANG OUT WITH UNDYNE? Frisk: Sure. Chara: Do you have any tips? Papyrus: I HAVE A PLAN TO MAKE YOU TWO GREAT FRIENDS! Frisk: Lets hear it. Papyrus: OKAY! STAND BEHIND ME! Frisk moves behind Papyrus. She can’t see anything in front of him because of his big armor and cape.  Papyrus quietly shows Frisk a golden bone. Papyrus: MAKE SURE TO GIVE HER THIS! Chara: How do you even make that? Papyrus: SHE LOVES THESE! Frisk takes the bone. Papyrus knocks on the door. Seconds later, they hear footsteps from inside the house. The door splits up and opens, revealing Undyne in a sleeveless shirt and jeans. She isn’t even nearly as big as she was in her armor.  Chara: No wonder she couldn’t move fast in that thing, it’s double her size. Undyne acts like she hadn’t spoke with Sans just a few minutes ago and acts happy. Undyne: Hi, Papyrus! Ready for your extra-private, one-on-one practice? Papyrus happily replies. Papyrus: YOU BET I AM! AND I BROUGHT A FRIEND! Papyrus moves aside, Undyne still following him with her good eye. She starts introducing, before she even looked at Frisk and realized who she was talking to. Undyne: Hi, I don’t think we’ve... Undyne suddenly freezes, confused. She looks at Frisk, before looking back to Papyrus. They both don’t say a word and keep looking at each other. Undyne recovers and tries to behave kind. Undyne: Why don’t. You two. Come in? Papyrus steps on the welcome mat a few times, cleaning his boots, before he comes in the house. Frisk does the same. Undyne’s house looks small, with only one more door leading away from the current room, which looks like the kitchen, apart from the giant sword and the piano.  Papyrus: HERE, UNDYNE. MY FRIEND BROUGHT A GIFT FOR YOU, ON THEIR OWN! Frisk cautiously hands the bone to Undyne. Undyne: Uhhh... thanks. Undyne: I’ll, uh, put it with the others. Undyne opens a drawer full of golden bones and adds the new one to the pile. Undyne: So, are we ready to start? Papyrus quickly tries to think of an excuse. Papyrus: WHOOPSY DOOPSY! I JUST REMEMBERED! I HAVE TO GO TO THE BATHROOM!! YOU TWO HAVE FUN!!! Papyrus jumps through the window and lands with a perfect roll, before he continues running away. Chara: Well, that was unexpected. As soon as Papyrus gets out of their line of sight, Undyne drops the smile as she turns to Frisk. Undyne: So why are you here? To rub your victory in my face? To humiliate me even further? IS THAT IT? Frisk: No, that is not the reason why I’m here. Undyne: Then why are you here?  After a second of thinking, Undyne realizes that Frisk got to her house with Papyrus, which means only one thing. Undyne: Wait, I get it. You think that I’m gonna be friends with you, huh? Right??? Frisk gives an honest answer. Frisk: Yup. Undyne laughs. Undyne: Really? How delightful!! I accept! Let’s all frolick in the fields of friendship! ...NOT! Why would I ever be friends with you!? If you weren’t my houseguest, I’d beat you up right now! You’re the enemy of everyone’s hopes and dreams! I WILL NEVER BE YOUR FRIEND. Frisk hears Papyrus sneaking back up to the window and smirks. Frisk: Oh, haven’t you heard? Undnyne ignores Frisk. Undyne: Now get out of my house! Papyrus looks through the window and starts his plan, with a big grin on his face. Papyrus: DANG! WHAT A SHAME... I THOUGHT UNDYNE COULD BE FRIENDS WITH YOU. BUT I GUESS... I OVERESTIMATED HER. SHE’S JUST NOT UP TO THE CHALLENGE. Papyrus runs away. Undyne: CHALLENGE!? What? Papyrus! Wait a second! Papyrus ignores her and runs away. Undyne: Darnit! He thinks I can’t be friends with you!? Undyne laughs with confidence. Undyne: What a joke! I could make friends with a wimpy loser like you any day! I’ll show him! Chara: Thank you, Papyrus. Undyne: Listen up, human. We’re not just going to be friends. We’re going to be... besties. Chara: Okay, maybe the plan worked a little bit too much. Frisk silently agrees. Undyne: I’ll make you like me so much... You won’t be able to think of anyone else!!! Fuhuhuhu! It’s the PERFECT REVENGE!! Why don’t you have a seat? Frisk listens to Undyne and sits on the chair. Undyne: Comfortable? I’ll get you something to drink. Undyne takes some of her stuff out of the fridge and the drawers. Undyne: All set! What would you like? Frisk starts to get up to choose what will she drink, but Undyne stops her, by throwing a spear into the table right in front of her. Frisk: Ohmygod okay! Undyne: HEY!!! DON’T GET UP!!! YOU’RE THE GUEST!! SIT DOWN AND ENJOY YOURSELF!!! Um, Why not just point to what you want? You can use the spear! Frisk carefully grabs the warm spear. It’s made out of water, but it is completely solid. She points the spear at the teabox. Undyne: Tea, huh? Coming right up! Undyne starts preparing the tea. Undyne: It’ll take a moment for the water to boil. After a few seconds of waiting, the water boils. Undyne does the rest of the work and gives Frisk a cup of tea. She goes to sit at the other end of the table. Undyne: Careful, it’s hot. Frisk just looks at the tea, not being able to judge the temperature since her suit is heat resistant. Undyne: It’s not THAT hot!! Just drink it already! Frisk takes a sip of the tea and regrets her decision. She feels her tongue burning, but doesn’t say anything, so that she doesn’t offend Undyne. At least, the taste itself is good. Chara: I feel it on my tongue. How is it so hot? Undyne: It’s pretty good, right? Nothing but the best for my ABSOLUTELY PRECIOUS FRIEND!! ...Hey. You know... It’s kind of strange you chose That tea. Golden flower tea. That’s Asgore’s favorite kind. Actually, now that I think about it... You kind of remind me of him. Frisk: How do I remind you of Asgore? Undyne: You’re both TOTAL weenies!!!  ...sort of. Y’know, I was a pretty hotheaded kid. Chara smirks. Chara: Was? Undyne: Once, to prove I as the strongest, I tried to fight Asgore. Emphasis on Tried. I couldn’t land a single blow on him! And worse, the whole time, he refused to fight back! I was so humiliated... Afterwards, he apologized and said something goofy... “Excuse me, do you want to know how to beat me?” I said yes, and from then on, he trained me. One day, during practice, I finally knocked him down. I felt... bad. But he was beaming... I had never seen someone more proud to get their butt kicked. Anyway, long story short, he kept training me...  And now I’m the head of the Royal Guard! So I’m the one who gets to train dorks to fight! ...like, uh, Papyrus. To be honest, at the beginning of his training, I didn’t know if I could ever let Papyrus into the Royal Guard. It’s not that he’s weak. He’s actually pretty freaking tough, even like me! It’s just that... He looked to innocent and nice. I thought that he would never change. But he did. He showed determination to fight. But, sometimes, I still doubt at him. I still have the feeling that he isn’t prepared to do what’s needed to be done. Frisk: Then why did you let him in the royal guard at the first place? Undyne: He was strong, and, well, lets just say his lousy brother forced me to. But he isn’t cold enough. I mean, look, he was supposed to capture you... And he ended up being friends with you instead! I’m not sure if he is prepared for a real battle. Frisk remembers the Flowey battle and how Papyrus did most of the work on damaging Flowey. Frisk: Well, you can’t know until that real battle comes. Undyne: I guess you’re right... Wait a second. Papyrus... HE WAS SUPPOSED TO COOK WITH ME RIGHT NOW!! And if he’s not here to have it... YOU’LL HAVE TO HAVE IT FOR HIM!!! Undyne jumps on the cooking table, knocking everything down. Undyne: That’s right! NOTHING has brought Papyrus and I closer than cooking! Which means that if I give you his lesson... WE’LL BECOME CLOSER THAN YOU CAN EVER IMAGINE! Chara: I don’t feel safe. Frisk: Are you sure that’s a good idea?  Undyne: Fuhuhu!!! Afraid!? We’re gonna be best friends!!! Undyne jumps to Frisk, grabs her and jumps back. Undyne: Let’s start with the sauce!! Undyne stomps on the floor and the ingredients fall on the table from above. Undyne: Envision these vegetables as your greatest enemy! Now!! Pound them to dust with your fists!!  Chara: Don’t tell me we’re actually doing this. Frisk shrugs before she turns her hand into a fist and crushes the tomato. Undyne seems pleased. Undyne: YEAH! YEAH! Our hearts are uniting against these healthy ingredients!  Frisk’s suit cleans itself from the tomato juices by releasing a small shockwave which separates the juices and other dirt from the suit. Undyne: NOW IT’S MY TURN! NGAHHHHH!!! Undyne punches the tomatoes with full force, crushing all of them. Undyne: Uhh, we’ll just scrape this into a bowl later. But for NOW! Undyne stomps again, making pots and spaghetti boxes fall down. Undyne: ...We add the noodles! Homemade noodles are the best! BUT I JUST BUY STORE-BRAND! THEY’RE THE CHEAPEST!!! NGAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! ...Uhh, just put them in the pot. Frisk does as told and starts stirring. Undyne orders her to stir faster. Frisk increases speed, but, since Undyne wasn’t satisfied, She summoned a spear and used it to “stir” better. They start cooking. Undyne turns up the heat all the way until it overheats and the whole stove catches on fire. Frisk: Okay, time to move back. Undyne takes a few steps back. Undyne: Don’t worry, it’s just a small fir- The whole oven explodes, sending bits of fire flying everywhere and setting the whole house on fire. Frisk and Undyne both fall from the explosion, but they soon recover, with only minor injuries. Chara: This is bad. Frisk: We need to get out. Frisk runs to the door and tries to open it, but it’s jammed. Undyne throws a spear that barely misses Frisk and hits the door, destroying it. Frisk quickly jumps through the small opening and lands outside of the house. Frisk: Good thing, we got away. IT was getting dangerous out there.  Frisk looks back and sees Undyne walking out with a new spear in her hand. She realizes that the new spear is probably meant for her. She has a menacing grin on her face. Undyne: Who am I kidding. I’ve been defeated... My house is in shambles... I failed to befriend you. That’s it. I don’t care what Sans says anymore. Chara: Sans? What has he got to do with this? Undyne: One final rematch! All out on both sides!!! IT’S THE ONLY WAY I CAN REGAIN MY LOST PRIDE!!! NOW COME ON! HIT ME WITH ALL YOU’VE GOT! NGAHHHH!!! Undyne is letting Frisk attack first. Chara: We can’t outrun her now. And i know that you won’t actually fight her. What else can we do? Frisk walks up to Undyne and lightly taps her on the arm with her light stick. Frisk: I’m done with my attack and I’m not going to do anything else, like it or not. Undyne first looks confused at Frisk, but then sighs. Undyne: You just can’t muster any intent to hurt me, huh? Heh, you know what? Undyne drops her spear. As it hits the ground, it turns into normal water and is left on the metal floor. Undyne: I don’t actually want to hurt you either. At first, I hated your stupid saccharine schtick, but... The way you “hit” me right now, It... Reminded me of someone I used to train with. Now I know you aren’t just some wimpy loser. You’re a wimpy loser with a big heart! Just like him... Listen, human. It seems that you and Asgore are fated to fight. But knowing him... He probably doesn’t want to. Talk to him. I’m sure you can persuade him to let you go home. Eventually, some mean human will end up here... And I’ll take their soul instead. That makes sense, right? Fuhuhu. Now let’s get the hell out of here! Ne is looking through the cameras set up on his TV, while Amy is still resting next to him. Suddenly Amy’s phone starts ringing, roughly waking her up. She checks the call number and sees it’s Slasher. Amy: Dom what the hell? I was sleeping. Slasher: Well, too bad. I need you to answer me something. Amy stops lying down and sits up on the couch. Amy: What is it? Slasher: Can you setup a small camera on the back of my helmet and connect it to Ne’s surveillance system? Amy: Sure. I have a small camera that should be able to do the job. You’ll just need to come here so i can set it up. Slasher: Great. I’ll be here in a few minutes. Tell Ne that i found all the weaponry I’m gonna need. Amy: Ok. Slasher: That’s all. See you later. Amy: Bye. Ne: What was that about? Amy: Slasher wants an upgrade and he wanted me to tell you that he found his guns. Ne: Good. Amy: And he’s gonna come her in a few minutes so that I can give him the upgrade. Ne: Okay. Amy looks at the TV and notices a group of people wearing hoodies and bandannas, equipped with crowbars. Amy points at the part of the screen. Amy: Look there. Ne: Well, what do we got here. Looks like I’m gonna get a new video for the blog. Ne gets up, takes his helmet, a recording camera and a tripod for it. Amy: You’re actually gonna make another one of your videos? Ne: Why not? As much as I can see, these guys are gonna take their time trying to get in that place. I have time. Amy: Alright. Don’t have too much fun. Ne: I’ll try. Ne exits the house and starts riding to the small alleyway street. When he reaches his destination, he runs up to the top of the building next to the one the thugs are still trying to break in. He sets up his camera and starts recording. Ne: Hello everyone! It’s been a while, huh? Well that’s because I’ve been occupied with serious crime... Be quickly grabs the camera and points it to the thugs. Ne: Unlike these failures. I’ve found out that they have been trying to break in for a few minutes now, but they can’t do anything. What you’re about to see is what happens when someone is so unlucky, that they have to fight me. Ne sets up the camera on the tripod and jumps down behind the thugs. They hear him landing and turn around, only to see Ne, standing right in front of them. Three of them have crowbars, while the forth one has a pistol. They try to react quick, but before the pistol thug is able to shoot, Ne already dashes to him in less than a second and knocks him out with a punch. Another thug tries to hit him from behind with a crowbar. Ne quickly turns around and grabs the crowbar, pulling it apart from the hand of it’s previous wielder and bends it with his hands, before hitting the thug with a single neon bullet. The last two drop their crowbars and grab their knives from their pockets. Ne raises his hands up and starts talking in a sarcastic voice. Ne: Oh no, tiny knives. My only weakness. What will I do now? Ne drops the sarcastic voice. Ne: Wait, I know. He takes his swords and activates them. Ne: Get baited you amateurs. Ne quickly cuts through their knives with his swords and deactivates them, before returning them in his holster. Ne: Ready to give up? The criminals both agree, full of fear. Ne ties up all of them, gives an anonymous call to the police, before going back to his camera. Ne: And that, my viewers, is why you don’t try to rob places. Or at least, not do it with their level of skill. Ne stops the recording and rides back to his house. When he enters, he sees Slasher Amy messing with Slasher’s helmet. Amy: What took you so long? Ne: You know that I like to play with the bad ones. Slasher: Wait. I can see your camera and a tripod. Did you record it? Ne: You know it. Slasher: Oh, yes! Give me that camera, I want to see. Amy: Hey! wait for me! I want to see as well. Slasher: Fine. Amy finishes connecting the tiny camera to the helmet. Amy: There, the batteries should last a few hours, but Ne can recharge it anytime you want. Slasher: Thank you, it’s awesome. Now, let me see those skrubs.   Prologue Chapter 17  Chapter 19   

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SERVERTALE Chapter 16: Following directions

Ne and slasher are running across the city rooftops. They decided that it was best that they don’t use their vehicles, so that they could take the higher and less obvious way. Ne: We’re almost there. Lets run through the plan one more time. Slasher: We get as close to the EDS building as possible, before we grapple up there together. We avoid windows so that we don’t get spotted. I wait on the roof While you sneak in and get yourself connected. Ne connects his helmet with Amy’s mask so that she could hear their progress while she’s at his house. Ne: Did you hear all of that, Amy? Amy: Loud and clear. Remember, try not to use your powers and avoid meeting any guards. Ne: Don’t worry about me. I got this. Ne and Slasher reach the building. Ne holds on to Slasher while he fires off his grapple and pulls himself and Ne all the way to the rooftop. Slasher: So, do you have anything special planned out for me here while you do your part, or not? Ne: As far as I’m concerned, you can go. I only needed your help for the climbing part. Slasher: Alright. I’m gonna head back to your house to keep Amy company. She’ll probably go crazy from missing all of this and being alone. Amy: Hey, I heard that! Slasher: Whoops. Ne: Looks like you’re gonna need to come back with an apology. Slasher: Oh, shut up. Have fun with your break in. Slasher jumps off the roof and grapples to a nearby building, giving himself a nearby landing before continuing to run in the direction of Ne’s house. Ne: Okay, now to get in this place. Ne goes to the rooftop entrance and phase shifts through the lock, popping out on the other side.The hallway is empty, giving him free passage, except for one camera. Amy: Don’t damage it. You don’t want to leave any obvious evidence. Ne: There are other ways to shut down a camera. Ne absorbs the camera’s power and it shuts down. Amy: Better move quick. I don’t think that cameras randomly crashing is quite normal for this place. Ne: Yup, good thing that the door of Kris’ room is terribly protected. Ne runs to the door. Just as he is about to phase shift through it, Amy stops him. Amy: Wait! Was there anyone in the room last time? Ne: Oh yeah, good save. There are two guards, one on each corner closer to the door. Amy: You can’t let them see you. Ne: I know. I got a solution for that as well. Ne concentrates on his powers. He remembers the lights on the ceiling of Kris’ room. He uses the energy of the lights and turns them into neon bullets. Before the guards react, Ne hits the guards with the bullets, knocking them out. He stands still, listening to check if they are maybe still awake. Since he doesn’t hear anything, he phase shifts into the room. The guards were, indeed, knocked out. Ne unzips his jacket and takes two cable ties from his inner pocket and uses them on both guards. When he is done, he immediately zips up his jacket. Ne: Don’t want you two randomly waking up and grabbing your guns. Amy: Do you really enjoy talking to yourself that much. Ne: It’s not talking to myself if you’re listening. And yes, yes I do. Ne quickly accesses Kris’ computer. He sees a lot of files about Kris’ allies and enemies. Ne: This will be useful as well. After a short time of searching, Ne finds the camera broadcast system. He transfers the camera system and the data files to his helmet. Just as he does that, all of the windows get protected by metal plates closing over them as an alarm goes off. Amy: Good job. Ne: Well I didn’t hear you trying to stop me. Amy: You have to get out quickly, they’re probably coming right now. Ne: Oh, you don’t say? Ne quickly phase shifts out of the room back into the hallway. He hears many footsteps and voices slowly approaching. “The alarm came from Boss’ room. The data has been compromised.” Ne: Sorry Kris. Ne quickly dashes through the now armored rooftop entrance, breaking the door and the metal plates that were supposed to make it impassable. “That came from the entrance. Split up. Group A take the entrance, group B check Kris’ room.” “Understood.” By the time group A reaches the entrance, Ne already jumped down to ground level and started running back to his house. Not wanting to create his bike so that he doesn’t attract too much attention, he uses his super speed to run through small alleys. Group B unlocks the door to Kris’ room and enters. All of them had their guns ready, but noticed that there’s no one there. After a few seconds, they notice the knocked out guards.  “Are they alive?” After checking their vitals, the group finds out that the room guards are just unconscious and they notice the cable ties. “Whoever this was, they weren’t from Sentinels. If they were, these guards would have been dead instead of knocked out.” “We have to inform Kris about this.” Ne reaches his street pretty quickly and uses one of his secret passageways to the house. Ne: I’m back. Ne enters the living room, where he finds Amy and Slasher sitting on the couch. Amy: Well that was interesting to watch. Ne: What can I say, not everyone is a stealth and hacking pro like you. Amy: But you did get the job done. Ne shows all of the cameras on the TV screen. Ne: Yup. I got some files about Kris’ allies and enemies as well. Slasher: Oooh, I wan’t to read that. It’s like a diary, military edition. Ne and Amy both looked at Slasher confused. Slasher: Yes, that’s a thing now, don’t judge me. Ne and Amy: Okay then. Slasher: That was accurate. Ne: We know. Amy: Okay, but seriously, If I can’t help today, can I at least come back tomorrow? Ne: Fine. You can. Amy: YUS. Thanks, N! Amy hugs Ne tightly and Ne blushes softly. Ne: Uhhh... Yeah, no problem. Slasher: Imagine the advantage we have over Sentinels now with these cameras and the data you just brought. Ne: It’s a good start, but we’ll need more. Amy: What do you suggest? Ne: We play their game. Slasher: Oh? So you mean that we’re gonna track them and follow their activity. Ne: Exactly. Slasher:; That’s actually pretty smart. When do we begin? Ne: Whenever you want. Amy: I think that the sooner we start, the better. Slasher: She’s right. We’ll want time on our side. Ne: Than it’s settled. Amy, you will handle the cameras and the info on our enemies to help out Slasher, since I have another copy of everything. Amy: Alright, Anything special I should know about the commands. Ne: Don’t worry about that, I’ll set them up. Kris went back to his base as soon as he got the alert on his phone. He asked one of the guards what happened and she told him that she didn’t know, explaining that no one got to see the intruder and that the cameras haven’t recorded anything neither. He went to his room, changed his outfit to a more casual one and took a taxi to Ne’s house. Kris reaches the door. As he grabs the handle, he notices that the door is unlocked so he goes in. When he enters the house, he hears Amy, Ne and Slasher discussing something. Slasher: But what if you just gave her a bigger dose, wouldn’t that make it last longer? Ne: It would just burn out faster. Amy: I’m doing better anyway. I’m good right now. Ne: Not good enough. Kris walks into the room and notices all three of them, and the big TV with all of the cameras on display, confirming his doubts. Kris: Do you realize what all of you just did? Slasher: I have no idea what you’re talking about. Kris: You broke into my base! Ne: Slasher will pay for the door. Kris: I’m not talking about the damages. You stole my data. Ne: I prefer to use the word “duplicated”. Kris: I don’t care what you did. That’s still messed up. Amy: Oh, come on. We just borrowed some of your info. Not like you don’t have it anymore. Kris: That data was private Amy Ne: Just like our identities, but I bet you have a lot about us. Kris: Well, I do about Dominik, but not that much about you two. Ne: Lets keep it that way. You said that you would help, right? Well... this is how we bring down the Sentinels. Kris: What are you talking about? Slasher: Isn’t it obvious? With these, we can track their every move. Amy: It will be way more easy to predict their tactics when we can see them all the time. Kris: Okay, you got a point there, but how do you plan to watch everything at the same time? Ne: I can watch the cameras through my helmet, while Amy will inform Slasher from here. Kris: Wait, why aren’t you fighting with them? Amy: I’m sick... At least, that’s what Ne claims. Ne: She’s done for today. Kris: How do you know that? Ne: I know her illness perfectly. Kris: So you’re some kind of a doctor all of a sudden. Amy: It’s a magic problem. Kris: Oh. She has a weakness, or something? Ne’s visor looses all color as he answers. Ne: None of your business. Kris: What is that supposed to mean? Slasher: Better drop the conversation, He really doesn’t like talking about his and Amy’s soul problems. Kris looses patience and starts walking towards the exit. Kris: Fine. Protect your secrets while you exploit mine. See if I care. Kris exits the house. The lights on Ne’s visor return. Slasher: I knew that he wouldn’t like this. Ne: That’s his problem. We need this information to help us, and as much as I can see, he has more than enough.  Frisk keeps running through the Core. It is way brighter than the other areas. The metal floors are bright blue and the neon lights are just making it even more brighter. Frisk has been traveling through the core for some time already. She has reached a bridge with a laser wall blocking the path. Alphys calls Frisk. Alphys: Looks like you can’t proceed until you hit the switch. B-but, those lasers will activate when you do. Ummm... Looks like they’ll come in this order: Orange. Orange. Blue. Frisk hits the switch. The lasers start approaching, but they’re in the complete opposite order than what Alphys said. Chara: What the hell!? Luckily, the antidote healed Frisk completely by now, so she was able to react fast enough. She crosses the bridge. Alphys: Oh my god, are you okay? I... I’m sorry, I gave you the wrong order. E-everything’s fine, okay? L-let’s just keep heading to the right. Chara: No. Everything is not fine. Frisk: I’ll actually try doing the complete opposite of what she tells me. Who knows, we might find a shortcut or something. Chara: I wouldn’t be surprised, to be honest. Alphys: A crossroads... Uhh... Tr... Try continuing forward! Frisk questionably looks at Chara and Chara realizes that Frisk is trying to decide if she should continue going forward or not. Alphys: W-Wait! No, I think you should h-head north! Chara: Okay, just keep following the path. Frisk ignores Alphys and goes to the next room. Just like the both of them expected, it was the right decision.  Alphys: W-why didn’t you go to the left room? Frisk: I wanted to check what is in this one. It looks like the right path anyway. Alphys: F-fine, yeah, you-you’re right. M-more lasers... Okay, I... I won’t mess around this time. I’ll just deactivate the lasers and let you through... They’re... They’re not turning off... I can’t turn them off, I... I-i-it’s okay! I have this under control! I’m going to turn off the p-power for that whole node. Then you can walk across. Suddenly, all the lights and the lasers in the area turn off. Frisk carefully starts walking through the bridge. Alphys: W-WAIT! STOP! All of the lights and lasers turn back on. The blue lasers harmlessly pass through Frisk, trapping her in place.  Alphys: Th-the power... It’s turning itself back on. D-damn it... I can’t turn it off. You’re trapped. Chara: Why doesn’t this surprise me. As frisk looks around, trying to find a solution, she sees in the distance a tinny blue light turning on in the darkness, before the lasers turn off again, but the rest of the power stays on. The small light disappears. Alphys: Wait... how? I-I mean, I fixed it! You c-can pass now. Frisk moves on to the next room. Alphys: OK! Y-you should... you should... I don’t know? This isn’t going according to plan at all...  Alphys hangs up. Chara: Guess we messed up her trap. Frisk uses the save point in front of her. The air is filled with the smell of ozone... it fills you with determination.  01000110 01101001 01101100 01100101 00100000 01110011 01100001 01110110 01100101 01100100 00101110 Frisk: Where do we go now? Chara: Try the left path. Frisk: Any special reason for that? Chara shrugs. Chara: Just a hunch. Frisk listens to Chara and takes the left path. She remembers the height she is on right now, after seeing the clouds bellow the platform she is walking on. As she walks, Frisk wonders what was the source of the clouds in the first place, not being able to decide if they were programmed or created. Pretty quickly, she sees another path leading to the left. Chara: Turn here. Frisk enters the room and finds another puzzle just like the ones in Hotland. After a few attempts, she solves it and continues forward. Frisk: How do you know where we need to go? Chara: I have some memories of this place. Gaster often worked in the Core and I was helping him out sometimes. Frisk: So he knows you. Chara: Maybe. As much as I know, the other monsters weren’t the ones that forgot the most, they only forgot him. From what I can tell, he seems lost. He might have forgotten something as well. Sans probably knows more about that. Frisk: We need to ask him later on. After some more exploring and befriending monsters, Frisk finally reaches the elevator and a save star. Behind this door must be the elevator to the King’s castle. You’re filled with determination. 01000110 01101001 01101100 01100101 00100000 01110011 01100001 01110110 01100101 01100100 00101110 Chara: We’re getting close. Frisk breathes in, preparing herself for whatever waits through the door and walks in. Darkness replaces the blue walls, as Frisk approaches Mettaton, blocking the path. Chara: How long was he standing there? MTT: THIS IS IT. THIS WILL BE OUR FINAL “FIGHT”. BEFORE WE DO THIS, I JUST WANT TO SAY... I DON’T WANT TO PLAY BY ALPHYS’ RULES ANYMORE. THE WHOLE... KILLER ROBOT THING? THAT’S NOT ME. I DON’T WANT TO HARM ANYONE. I ALWAYS WANTED TO ENTERTAIN, BRING JOY TO PEOPLE. BUT THIS IS NOT IT. AS WE SPEAK, ALPHYS IS HEADING HERE AND SHE IS PLANNING TO “SHUT ME DOWN”, MAKING HERSELF YOUR SAVIOR AND THE HEROINE OF THE STORY. BUT IN REALITY... SHE’S REALLY NOT. SHE WATCHED YOU TRAVEL THROUGH THE COMPUTERWORLD. AN IDEA CAME TO HER MIND. IF SHE WOULD FIND A WAY TO CAPTURE YOU, SHE EXPECTED THAT SHE WOULD IMPRESS UNDYNE AND THE KING, AND HER WISH TO DO SO ONLY GREW STRONGER AS YOU PROGRESSED. I ATTEMPTED TO HELP YOU OUT A FEW TIMES, BUT FOR THE REST OF THE SITUATIONS, YOU EITHER HAD GOOD LUCK, OR... SOMEONE ELSE PROTECTING YOU AS WELL. BUT THAT DOESN’T MATTER NOW. WITHOUT THE FURTHER ADO... The lights on the platform Frisk and Mettaton are standing turn on, glowing a bright red and all of the cameras turn on. Frisk hears someone running behind her, but the doors closed. She hears loud banging on the door seconds after. Alphys: H-hey!!! Wh-wh-what’s going on!! I-i-i can’t get in! Mettaton grabs his microphone as the show starts. MTT: SORRY, FOLKS! THE OLD PROGRAM’S BEEN CANCELLED!!! BUT WE’VE GOT A FINALE THAT WILL DRIVE YOU WILD!! The platform suddenly starts raising with huge speed, throwing Frisk out of balance. MTT: REAL DRAMA!! REAL ACTION!! REAL SURPRISES!! ON OUR NEW SHOW... “ATTACK OF THE ROBOT!” Mettaton attacks! MTT: YOU SURVIVED THE GUARDS, THE CORE, THE PUZZLES, BUT NOW... YOU HAVE TO SURVIVE ME. AND THE THREAT IS AS BIG AS LAST TIME. Frisk relaxes a bit when she hears the hint Mettaton gave. Since she is the only one that knows his plan, no one else will understand what Mettaton really meant. Frisk offers to spare Mettaton. He answers in a voice that suggests seriousness, notifying Frisk that what he’s about to tell is really the truth. MTT: LISTEN, DARLING. I’VE SEEN YOU FIGHT. YOU’RE WEAK. IF YOU CONTINUE FORWARD, ASGORE WILL TAKE YOUR SOUL. AND WITH YOUR SOUL, ASGORE WILL DESTROY HUMANITY. Frisk finds that worrying. Mettaton fires off a few slow projectiles and Frisk flawlessly moves between them,  MTT: BUT IF I GET YOUR SOUL, I CAN STOP ASGORE’S PLAN! Frisk and Chara: What? MTT: I CAN SAVE HUMANITY FROM DESTRUCTION! Chara: I can’t decide between thinking that he is truly meaning that, or is it just because of the potential human viewers. Frisk quietly replies. Frisk: Probably a combination of both. Mettaton expands his arms, trying to grab Frisk. She blocks his attempts with her glow stick. MTT: THEN, USING YOUR SOUL, I’LL CROSS THROUGH THE BARRIER... AND BECOME THE STAR I’VE ALWAYS DREAMED OF BEING. HUNDREDS, THOUSANDS... NO! MILLIONS OF HUMANS WILL WATCH ME! Mettaton sends a row of rockets. Frisk shoots one of them with her phone blaster and the explosion creates a domino effect, destroying the other rockets in the process. MTT: GLITZ! GLAMOUR! I’LL FINALLY HAVE IT ALL! SO WHAT IF A FEW STARS GET FORGOTTEN BECAUSE OF ME? THAT’S SHOW BUSINESS, BABY! Alphys suddenly calls. Alphys: U..uh... I can’t see what’s going on in there, but... D-d-don’t give up, okay!? Th... there’s o-one l-l-last way to beat Mettaton... It’s... um... it’s... This is a work in progress, so don’t judge it too hard... But, you know how Mettaton always faces f-f-forward? That’s because there’s a switch on his backside. So, i-if you flip the s-s-switch... he’ll  be... Vulnerable. Frisk tells Mettaton that there’s a mirror behind him. He acts naive and turns around, giving Frisk the chance to flip the switch and she takes the chance. Mettaton pretends to be surprised. Suddenly, smoke machines and light projectors appear out of nowhere, hiding Mettaton. MTT: Ohhhh my. The outlines of his now tall and more human-like body are barely visible through the smoke.   MTT: If you flipped my switch, that can only mean one thing. You’re desperate for the premiere of my new body. How rude... Lucky for you, I’ve been aching to show this off for a long time. So... as thanks, I’ll give you a handsome reward. I’ll make your last living moments...  The smoke disappears, revealing Mettaton’s metal body. His arms are the only parts that still look the same. The chest area is additionally armored with strong shoulder plates and another layer of metal in front of his chest. Like his classic form, there’s a blue switch on the front part. The outline of the boots and the space between the arm plates is filled with blue lights, while the heart containment area is filled with purple lights. a part of his face still hasn’t been covered, revealing metal parts below the fake face mask above it. MTT: ABSOLUTELY beautiful! The whole room lights up, revealing massive screens on top of a huge stage, with an audience in front of it. There are so many monsters, that Frisk guesses that probably most of the citizens are there. She even spots Sans and Papyrus in the crowd. Sans is carefully watching Frisk, following her and Mettaton’s movement. Papyrus is simply excited to see Mettaton live and is wearing a “Mettaton’s GREATEST fan” that he made himself, by writing it with a marker on a plain T-shirt. Papyrus: SANS, LOOK! OUR FRIEND, THE HUMAN IS PERFORMING WITH METTATON. I WISH I WAS UP THERE WITH THEM. Sans: but bro, if you were up there, you would be to great for mettaton. you would just steal his show. Papyrus: YOU REALLY THINK SO? Sans: you’re a pro, bro. your style is simply too rad. Papyrus: I GUESS I WILL HAVE TO SACRIFICE MYSELF FOR THE SAKE OF THE SHOW. Sans: yeah. just sit back, relax and let me keep an eye out for the show. Some of the screens show the audience, while others are following Frisk, Mettaton and the ratings. Currently, the ratings are 3990. Mettaton EX makes his premiere! Mettaton keeps dancing. Frisk poses dramatically, raising the ratings up to four thousand. MTT: Lights! Camera! Action! Mettaton starts dancing around Frisk, making a few fake kick attacks near her. Frisk makes an effort to dodge the “attacks” as gracefully as possible. Frisk: If you keep up like this, I’m not gonna have a scratch at the end. Mettaton sends small robots and they throw small heart shaped pillows at Frisk. She easily avoids the pillows, amazing the audience. MTT: I’m the idol everyone craves! Frisk avoids more of Mettaton’s dance moves. Mettaton sends more robots and extends his arms, trying to block Frisk’s path, but she easily avoids the arms and the hearts. MTT: Oooh, it’s time for a pop quiz! I hope you brought a keyboard... This one’s an essay question! What do you love most about Mettaton? Chara: I got this. Chara summons the console and opens the keyboard. Frisk can’t decide what to type. MTT: Speechless...? Who can blame you? The ratings increase, while Mettaton saves Frisk’s “essay” for future use. MTT: Your essay really showed everyone your heart. Why don’t I show you mine? The containment glass of Mettaton’s soul opens, releasing it. The soul starts sending out lightning bolts everywhere. Frisk carefully moves in between them and hits away the hearts of approaching robots with her glow stick. MTT: Ooooh, I’m just warming up! Mettaton sends more robots, but Frisk shoots all of them with her phone blaster before they have the time to throw their pillows. MTT: How are you on the dance floor? A disco ball lowers, sending rays of light everywhere around the stage. Frisk playfully dances and moves around the light rays, avoiding them. MTT: Can you keep up the pace!? Frisk continues to dodge the lights. MTT: Lights! Camera Bombs! Mettaton extends his arms next to Frisk, trapping her in a tight space while he sends bombs. Frisk shoots the bombs and quickly moves out of the way of the bomb’s light.  MTT: Things are blowing up! Mettaton uses the same attack and Frisk flawlessly gets through it, just like last time. The audience is getting more and more excited. MTT: Time for our union-regulated break! For a few seconds, Mettaton doesn’t move at all, while all the screens on the wall say “HAPPY BREAKTIME”. The screens switch back to their previous displays and Mettaton starts dancing again, but this time, faster than before. MTT: We’ve grown so distant, darling... How about another heart-to-heart? Mettaton’s soul pops out again, sending out the shock attacks, while it’s armored with a few blocks circling around it. Since he used too much energy on that attack, the magnet links on his arms have shut down and his arms dropped to the ground. Smoke starts floating up from his shoulders. MTT: A... arms? Wh... who needs arms Mettaton gracefully stomps forward with his leg. MTT: With legs like these? I’m still going to win! Mettaton sends out a few boxes forward and Frisk ducks below them before standing back up. The boxes suddenly start going back and hit her from behind, knocking her down. Frisk quickly recovers and gets ready for the next attack. MTT: Come on...  Mettaton sends more bombs and Frisk avoids them. This time, she is ready, as she turns around and waits for them to come back, before dodging them again. MTT: The show... must go on! Mettaton sends a big amount of bombs and cubes in Frisk’s direction. She has a hard time avoiding them, since there are really a lot of them. Frisk decides to just hit them out of the way with her glow stick. Frisk does another pose. The audience loves the show. Chara: Frisk! Look at the ratings! We’re almost there. As Frisk checks the ratings screen, she notices that they really have almost reached the top. MTT: Dr... Drama! A... Action Mettaton sends more projectiles. It is getting really easy for Frisk to knock them away. MTT: L... Lights! C... Cameras! Enough of this! Do you really want humanity to perish!? ...or do you just believe in yourself that much? Frisk: I will get through. Mettaton sends more bombs which Frisk easily destroys. MTT: Well, darling! It’s either me or you! But I think we both already know who’s going to win. Mettaton smiles as he winks. Frisk starts to feel bad a little bit for destroying Mettaton’s body even tho he has been helping Frisk out the whole time. MTT: Witness the true power of humanity’s star! Mettaton activates his soul again and uses all of the attacks he has left. Since they are really slow, Frisk doesn’t have a problem with dodging them. After the attack, Mettaton’s legs disconnect as well and he falls to the ground. MTT: OOH, LOOK AT THESE RATINGS!!! Frisk looks at the screen and notices that the ratings are over ten thousand. MTT: THIS IS THE MOST VIEWERS I’VE EVER HAD!!! Frisk feels better now, since she knows that she helped him out in a way. MTT: WE’VE REACHED THE VIEWER CALL-IN MILESTONE! The crowd is completely quiet, listening to Mettaton’s instructions. MTT: ONE LUCKY VIEWER WILL HAVE THE CHANCE TO TALK TO ME... BEFORE I LEAVE THE COMPUTERWORLD FOREVER!! LET’S SEE WHO CALLS IN FIRST! ...HI, YOU’RE ON TV! WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY ON THIS, OUR LAST SHOW??? The caller is silent for a few seconds. When he starts talking, Mettaton flinches from the voice. He knows exactly who the caller is. Blooky: oh.... hi... mettaton... i really liked watching your show. my life is pretty boring... but... seeing you on the screen... brought excitement to my life... vicariously. i can’t tell, but... i guess this is the last episode...? i’ll miss you... His words brake Mettaton’s heart as he remembers how he abandoned Napstablook, so long ago.  Blooky: ...mettaton... oh... i didn’t mean to talk so long... oh.............. MTT: NO, WAIT! WAIT, BL... H... THEY ALREADY HUNG UP. Frisk walks up to Mettaton and puts a hand on his shoulder to comfort him. MTT: I’LL TAKE ANOTHER CALLER!!! All of the viewers start calling and saying how much they love him and his show. MTT: AH... I... I SEE... EVERYONE... THANK YOU SO MUCH. DARLING. PERHAPS... IT MIGHT BE BETTER IF I STAY HERE. FOR A WHILE. HUMANS ALREADY HAVE STARS AND IDOLS, BUT MONSTERS... THEY ONLY HAVE ME. IF I LEFT... THE COMPUTERWORLD WOULD LOSE ITS SPARK. I’D LEAVE AN ACHING VOID THAT CAN NEVER BE FILLED. SO... I THINK I’LL HAVE TO DELAY MY BIG DEBUT. BESIDES. YOU’VE PROVEN TO BE VERY STRONG. PERHAPS... EVEN STRONG ENOUGH TO GET PAST ASGORE. I’M SURE YOU’LL BE ABLE TO PROTECT HUMANITY. HA, HA... IT’S ALL FOR THE BEST, ANYWAY. THE TRUTH IS, THIS FORM’S ENERGY CONSUMPTION IS... INEFFICIENT. IN A FEW MOMENTS, I’LL RUN OUT OF BATTERY POWER, AND... WELL... I’LL BE ALRIGHT. Frisk tightly hugs Mettaton and whispers quietly. Frisk: Thank you... For everything. MTT: KNOCK ‘EM DEAD, DARLING. AND EVERYONE... THANK YOU. YOU’VE BEEN A GREAT AUDIENCE! Mettaton shuts down. Alphys runs in on the stage, while the other mosnters start exiting from the room. Alphys: I... I managed to open the lock! Are you two...  Alphys notices the disassembled Mettaton. Alphys: Oh my god. Mettaton! Mettaton, are you... thank GOD, it’s just the batteries. Mettaton, if you were gone, I would have...  I would have... I m-mean, h-hey, it’s n-no problem, you know? He’s just a robot, if you messed it up, I c-could always... J-just build another.... Why don’t you go on ahead? Frisk passes Mettaton and Alphys. She looks back one more time and sees Alphys working on reassembling Mettaton’s arms and legs. Frisk glares at Alphys. Frisk: He’s much more than just a robot. He’s a friend. Prologue Chapter 15