Well, as if we didn't have enough au's, I made my head rambles into an official one.
Welcome to SoulTale, an au focused on not another sans but my oc Mono. Will I make this into a longer comic? I don't know but there will be more to come eventually!
[In an Alternate Universe of ‘Soletale’… Rather than 'falling’ underground… The 'child’ known as Frisk slit their throat in a suicide attempt… They were hospitalized where they remained in a coma. This was where Soletale truly took place, in the mind of a young adult. However, the dream ended one night when they legally died. After that moment, they needed to be sustained fully on life support. Having been in a coma, then on life support… They finally turned twenty. No longer in their teens, it looked like the plug would soon be pulled.]
SoleTale is an AU where everything changed. All the souls fell at once. Asgore decided to let the kids live and stay among monsters. Chara was adopted by the Gasters. Gaster never fell in the core. There was no Royal Guard. There was no plan to hide if Undyne died. And years later... a Frisk appeared. It was a massacre... Gaster had been the last one to face Frisk... and it was the last fight Frisk fought. Gaster had to use a soul to help... Chara's had bonded with Gaster's after she died... and Gaster made sure to avenge Sans... Papyrus... Lucida... Chara... and the whole underground. After the genocide Gaster had spent 200 years trying to open a portal to another world... but someone opened a portal to SoleTale instead... Core Frisk had come to bring Gaster to the Omega Timeline. Gaster hesitated do to seeing a Frisk after he killed Sole Frisk... but he followed Core. He remained in the Omega Timeline for 5 days and he already wanted to leave... Core said he could... only if he joins the Geno Hunters... a group of genocide survivors who look for other survivors and bring them to the Omega Timeline. Gaster agreed... but he gets something in return... his own space. He hated it in the Omega Timeline and wanted to leave. But he did kinda like it. Core gave him his own world nicknamed: "Omega Void". A cross between Void matter and Omega essence made a universe for Gaster. Gaster then searched out for Sole Survivors like him. And from time to time he would lend a helping hand... and he would just stay in an AU for a long time because he liked it... but he was always on call. And never afraid to fight. Current G: 2 million years old. A liar Has a joy buzzer on hand always Afraid of dogs Has a lot of catchphrases Knows almost everyone And has a lot of favors that people owe him
[See this post for more info/background on this short story.]
It’s late. The hospital room is only illuminated by the light from the moon and the stars gently pouring in from the half curtained window. Opened a crack, a breeze flows into the room for the outside. Its winter. The soft blanket of snow refracts the light of the night sky, making everything appear brighter. Near the window, there is a single occupied hospital bed. The occupant of the room is on life support, the sounds of the machines quietly echo.
Suddenly, Sole appears. Their gaze slowly shifts across the room. Why a hospital room? What sort of universe was this? It seemed to be normal... Based on how minimal their vision had become, it was clear there was very little magic in this world, if any. The half angel’s sight worked best on magical beings and items. Because of this, it takes awhile for them to fully adjust to their surroundings. Finally, their gaze sets to the person lying in the bed. Oh. Right. They were looking for a human body. Slowly approaching the occupied bed, Sole peers at the individual. It does not take long for the half angel to realize that the person is on life support. It is quite difficult to see them... just like a lifeless object. Clearly, their soul was no more.
Wait. Whats this? This person looks familiar..? Sole was having problems with clearly seeing the facial details as well as the person’s body. The human was feminine but not female... They seemed to be an adult, but they had no breasts nor facial hair. Huh. How unusual. Their hair was brown and quite long, as if it had not really been cut in years. Out of curiosity, and since this body was about to become theirs, Sole took a closer look. Removing the blankets, they examine the person in the hospital gown closely and carefully. Once done their full examination, their attention returns to the human’s face. Why did it look so familiar?
No. Way. Sole’s eyes widened. They frown, making a confused expression. Glancing at the terrible scar on the person’s neck, the half angel touches their own throat. Sole pulls away suddenly. It wasn’t possible, was it? .... No... But, what else could it be...? There was no denying it, Sole was looking at themself. The individual on life support lying in the hospital bed was most certainly them.
Frisk. Well.... Sole.... the human.... They were thin and possibly a bit older looking. Their age seemed much less ambiguous, they must be at least twenty. The long hair was the part that confused the half angel the most. Sitting on the bed, Sole becomes lost in thought.
The scar.... It looked an awful lot like the one they had gotten from someone else before... With everything that happened.... The half angel tries to shake such thoughts out of their head. Perhaps... Frisk had been in a coma for a long time? .... There was no denying it, this was certainly a human version of Sole, themself.
Taking a deep breath and deciding not to dwell on it, the half angel gets on top of the body. Their wings start to quiver and fade. Their body seems to falter. Sole begins to pull out a heart shape from their chest. As they do so, their wings disappear and they make a pained grunt. The heart was covered in white golden flames. Their body seemed to be losing stability.... Once the half angel manages to place their core into the human body, Sole’s being is engulfed in the same golden white flames which quickly extinguish, leaving nothing but the human.
Silence. The sounds of the machines. Time seems to stand still. After what seems an eternity, a finger lightly twitches. Soon, the human stirs. Painfully, Sole sits up and begins to remove the life support and other equipment. With a glare... the human magically shuts down the machines before they begin to make noises. Placing a hand on their head immediately afterwards, they seem dizzy. Sole decides that using magic in this body might not be the best idea.
Getting up, the human stumbles to the washroom, turning on the lights. Their eyes adjust and they wince in pain. The mark still lingered on their cheek and their eyes didn’t seem like those of a living human. Sole looks around and finds a pair of scissors. Perfect. They begin to cut away at their hair. Once cut, the remaining strands begin to turn white. It must have been an effect of a magical creature inhabiting a long dead human body. It doesn’t take long for their whole head of hair to be white; short and messy as they preferred it.
After a few minutes of admiring their appearance in the mirror, Sole disrobes. White golden flames cover their body as they make a pained expression while frowning. Once they are fully clothed into something more... interesting... the human sinks to their knees, sweating and panting. Clearly, using magic was very strenuous. However, Sole would need to use a lot of magic to leave with the body. Leaning against the wall, they close their eyes and focus for a long time.
Minutes. Hours. Soon, the sun was starting to rise. Need to focus. Focus... The sound of foot steps. Shit. It was now or never. With that, Sole disappeared.
[(fox-pear): I couldn’t find the words to explain what happened to Sole.... so I did an RP to explain through Sole. Glitch belongs to @sansmcgee ]
((Long post under the cut))
[fox-pear]-Yesterday at 11:34 PM
Sole appears before Glitch, appearing the same as they always have... they wave with their left hand, a red ring on their ring finger "Hey.... Long time no see." Yet... something seems different about them...@Red/Rose/Gaster/Glitch/Lusive
Red/Rose/Gaster/Glitch/Lusive-Yesterday at 11:37 PM
-they turn, their left eye blazing red, tears falling from it, their hurt and sadness evident. They said nothing, twitching and glitch slightly. They were upset...-
[fox-pear]-Yesterday at 11:38 PM
"...Glitch... I've come here to explain to you what really happened to me... I feel like... only you would understand... I don't think... anyone else would truly notice...."
Red/Rose/Gaster/Glitch/Lusive-Yesterday at 11:40 PM
(T̵h҉èn ̸sp͟ea͘k̢.̵.͏) -they spoke softly, voice glitching, clearly showing the difficulty processing what happened over the last few days-
Sole - [fox-pear]-Yesterday at 11:40 PM
"....You know the code?... and how... we're all a part of the code?.... Yet the code is something larger than all of us ...?"
Red/Rose/Gaster/Glitch/Lusive-Yesterday at 11:44 PM
-they nod, thinking for a moment before... Dropping their current appearance. They now stood as a mass of swirling black binary code, vaguely humanoid with just a head and two appendages that seemly act as arms.- (I myself... Am still but complex code. Code complex enough to be self aware... Corrupted code... But code...)
Sole - [fox-pear]-Yesterday at 11:45 PM
they nod "....So... I'm sure you know that [Redacted] killed the being known as Sole? The one that was.... the Sole survivor of a place dubbed Soletale...?"
Red/Rose/Gaster/Glitch/Lusive-Yesterday at 11:47 PM
-they glitch violently, static filling the air and black masses of code lash out from them for a few moments before everything freezes and the mass seems to... Take in a breath... Before it all returns to them and they don't speak for several minutes- (....yes....)
Sole - [fox-pear]-Yesterday at 11:48 PM
"...Well... when he did that... 'Sole' ceased to exist.... completely... all traces of their code, all traces of 'Soletale'... all if it.... ...."
Red/Rose/Gaster/Glitch/Lusive-Yesterday at 11:51 PM
-they seem to repeat this process several times this time, as if constantly reigning themselves in. Now black binary just floats around them, all avoid the other as to not harm them.- (..͜.͞I͡ se̢-è-e̡e͝..҉.͡.)
Sole - [fox-pear]-Yesterday at 11:51 PM
"....They were completely erased... and now... they never existed. Everything to do with them... it never happened... its not real..."
Red/Rose/Gaster/Glitch/Lusive-Yesterday at 11:55 PM
-they move way, the codes pouring off them like water, trying to keep themselves in control. They try to keep listening, but emotions and impulse are powerful forces to fight against...-
Sole - [fox-pear]-Yesterday at 11:57 PM
"...Glitch... its okay.... ....I... didn't want the effects of what 'Sole' did to disappear... so.... I rewrote the code. I implanted everyone with fake memories... I used magic to tie together the loose ends... but... no one really ever interacted with 'Sole'... nor 'Thio'... ... I made what was once canon, which is now no longer canon... into... a fake canon.... ... I'm... sorry if thats confusing."July 13, 2016
Sole - [fox-pear]-Today at 12:02 AM
@Red/Rose/Gaster/Glitch/Lusive
Red/Rose/Gaster/Glitch/Lusive-Today at 12:07 AM
-they merely seem to.. Fall to the ground....even the slightly humanoid features melted away into a stirring puddle of codes, static and glitched screeching that could be reminiscent of sobbing. They understood. They did. But it hurt... It hurt...so much...-
Sole - [fox-pear]-Today at 12:08 AM
"...Glitch...! You don't need to mourn someone who never existed!.... Its okay, you still have those memories.. they are fake... but I still have the real memories.... and.... thats what all the memories are made from.... all the little nudges that needed to be pushed... so that everything still fell into place... thats all me... the me who is here before you...."" A part of the me that is before you, lives in everyone as memories, replacing what never existed."
Red/Rose/Gaster/Glitch/Lusive-Today at 12:13 AM
(I̕T IS̕ N̢ƠT ͞O͢KÁY̷) -it made sense logically, but it HURT. it HURT still because they never had a chance to PROCESS the hurt. Memories were precious to them. More than anything..... They just continued to give out their glitched and static cries-
Sole - [fox-pear]-Today at 12:14 AM
"Glitch... its okay.... Here.... since we are meeting for the first time.... My name is Sole, because I'm solely a soul~" they can't say it with a straight face and they start to giggle(edited)
Red/Rose/Gaster/Glitch/Lusive-Today at 12:16 AM
-they don't react, Just shrinking away more, too much to process... To much pain... It all hurt...-
Sole - [fox-pear]-Today at 12:17 AM
their form glitches and becomes transluscent... golden flames start to fall off of them "....Glitch....""Glitch... I want to help ease your pain..." the flames lick at Glitch"....The flames.... they're my magic... and my magic is me.... I want to hold you....but I don't know how."@Red/Rose/Gaster/Glitch/Lusive
Red/Rose/Gaster/Glitch/Lusive-Today at 12:22 AM
-They continue their cries, shrinking away still. It hurts it hurt it hurt. They can't process right now, emotionally running high. It was hard to focus, hard to think.-
Sole - [fox-pear]-Today at 12:24 AM
"Glitch.... Tell me why it hurts.... That person doesnt exist... they never existed.. but I'm here... I exist... I care for you."
Red/Rose/Gaster/Glitch/Lusive-Today at 12:30 AM
(F́ak͠e m̕em̶ori҉és a͠ren͏'̶t ͜r͏e͏a̛l.̶ Fa͜k̀e͟ ͜d͜oe̕s̴n͞'̀t̷ ͏r͢e̸p̸la͏ce ͠th̶e̴ ͜lo͡s̶t̕. ҉M̧e̴m̕orieş a͡r̵e pr̡ec͜ious an͞d ̵de͢ar̛.͝ ̷T͠hose͘ ͜ar͜e ͟g͡on̛e̸.̸ Fa̢ke does̕ǹ'̨t̀ ͠r͠e͜pla̛ce̕..͏.̧) -its not that the one before them was the problem... It was the fact that their memories were false ones that was the killing blow... To a being that holds each and every memory and ounce of knowledge close as if they were the most precious jewels in existence, being told some of them were fakes is worse than anything...-
Sole - [fox-pear]-Today at 12:33 AM
Sole frowns "Glitch. YOU give memories meaning. It doesn't matter if they are fake or not, you are the one who gives it the meaning. Fake memories can be precious if you want them to... Those memories are a part of the me that is before you... if you don't want them... I can take them away."
Red/Rose/Gaster/Glitch/Lusive-Today at 12:37 AM
-no no... Taking away would be much much worse. They just go quiet in silent affirmation. It was hard to process and think. Once this was done they'd likely disappear for a long time just... Thinking....-
Sole - [fox-pear]-Today at 12:39 AM
their form shakes and flashes of darkness start to consume it and then they shake their head rapidly, the gold flames retreat and lap up the darkness "... Glitch... I'm hurting too... I'm hurt about things... even though I know they never happened... and ... I think its foolish.... that I'm hurt over things that never happened.... but.... its okay... and... there things that never hapened... that I'm still happy about. ....These memories.... this... dream... the dream I had of meeting you, and you being there for me.... that makes me happy""...even if it was just a dream"@Red/Rose/Gaster/Glitch/Lusive
Red/Rose/Gaster/Glitch/Lusive-Today at 12:43 AM
-they pull together enough to hug the other. They can't manage words right now, hoping this was enough...-
Sole - [fox-pear]-Today at 12:44 AM
their form glitches and becomes solid... they look surpirsed and then sad... they hug Glitch in return "...." They hug tighter "...I cant really feel anything.... but I can feel your presence.... and I understand the intent behind your actions... and that intent... feels good.... thank you."
Red/Rose/Gaster/Glitch/Lusive-Today at 12:46 AM
-they nod... They wanted to leave still... To think... They needed to calm down... If they tried to speak it'd be nothing but static and glitching noises-
Sole - [fox-pear]-Today at 12:48 AM
they continue to hug Gltich, petting them gently "....If you need to go, you can go.. when you are ready to ask me any questions...you can always find me... You... and Red as well... I'm sure you both will... but in time...." They squeeze glitch gently
Red/Rose/Gaster/Glitch/Lusive-Today at 12:50 AM
-they nod again, nuzzling them a little, squeezing back, before melting away into codes and disappearing-
Sole - [fox-pear]-Today at 12:51 AM
Sole stands there for a moment longer... processing the way they now interact with the rest of the world... it wasnt so bad...after a moment, they disappear as well
So... my AU ceased to exist.
Everything Sole did still remains... because the memories remain... because their Soul remains....
....But the AU itself is even more gone than it was before... The monster souls?.... they’re gone... its just Sole Frisk, Thio Sans, and Prya Papyrus ... which are one being called Sole.
