I go to the next room and see a pond with a long waterfall going into the abyss. There’s a sign, and it reads:
* When four Bridge Seeds align in the water, they will sprout.
I call Sans for some help with the puzzle.
“A BRIDGE GROWS IF YOU ALIGN FOUR BRIDGE SEEDS. BUT THAT’S SORT OF LIMITED IN USEFULNESS. WHY DON’T WE HAVE AIRPLANE SEEDS??? OR, PHONES THAT CAN TURN INTO JETPACKS???”
That was helpful, I think with an internal eye roll.
“* That was foreshadowing, y’know.”
“* Sans mentioned phones that can turn into jetpacks. That’s foreshadowing.”
I complete the puzzle and continue forward.
In the next room, Aaron flexes in. Everything goes black-and-white, and the buttons appear again.
I press ACT and select Check.
* This seahorse has a lot of HP (Horsepower).
* All of his attacks are harder to dodge at the bottom of the box.
And then, my SOUL gets put in a box with a white border.
Aaron flirtatiously says something about checking.
On each side, alternating, strong arms flex upward. I dodge most of them, but get hit once. 17/20 HP left.
Aaron flexes twice as hard.
ATTACK increases for both of us.
Aaron sweats bullets into the box.
Aaron flexes thrice as hard.
Aaron sweats again, and I get hit. 14/20 HP left.
He flexes himself out of the room!
* You earned 0 EXP and 30 gold.
I sigh and complete the next puzzle…
Except Asriel watches as I line up the seeds near the back of the room. After the seeds bloom, I walk into a secret room. There’s a bench, and I reach under it and pull out an abandoned quiche.
I return to Asriel and complete the puzzle.
“* Mind explaining what that was all about?” He asks.
I don’t respond and just walk until Sans calls me.
Sans hears me ask a question, but I don’t hear myself ask the question.
“HOW DID I GET THIS NUMBER…? WE… EXCHANGED NUMBERS AT THE END OF OUR HANGOUT, REMEMBER? ARE YOU OKAY, FRISK?”
“Yes, I’m fine,” an outside force makes me say.
“SO, UH, ANYWAY, WHAT ARE YOU WEARING? I’M… ASKING FOR A FRIEND. SHE THOUGHT SHE SAW YOU WEARING A FROGGIT PONCHO AND A DUSTY TUTU. THEN AGAIN, THE ONLY THING WORTHY OF NOTE WOULD HAVE BEEN THE TUTU, BECAUSE A LOT OF KIDS IN WATERFALL WEAR PONCHOS STYLED AFTER ADORABLE MONSTERS. ANYWAY, IS THAT TRUE? ARE YOU WEARING A DUSTY TUTU?”
I’m about to say yes when the same outside force makes me say no.
“SO YOU AREN’T WEARING A DUSTY TUTU… GOT IT! YOU’RE MY FRIEND, SO I TRUST YOU 100-PERCENT. HAVE A NICE DAY!”
I continue to the next room and walk around all the echo flowers. I want to know what they say, but something keeps telling me that I already know what they say.
Then, a Woshua shuffles up.
* This humble germophobe seeks to cleanse the whole world.
Woshua whistles as it cleans. White suds fly around the bullet board, as this outside force tells me it’s called.
I ask Woshua to clean me.
The white suds again, and this time green ones fly out. I get hit by more white ones, but that’s okay. Woshua’s name is pink, and I spare it. I get 25 gold out of it.
I continue down the hall and touch the wall. A doorway opens up, and I walk through. I black out, but I still can hear Asriel. He’s asking me why I seem like I know exactly what to do.
I wake back up to find myself running from laser blasts. I run and hide in tall grass again. Alphys comes up, and my heart begins speeding. I get flashbacks, and suddenly, I’m in the middle of a panic attack. Alphys walks up to me and reaches into the grass… and pulls out MK. She sets MK back down and retreats.
I leave the grass and see MK right next to me. He says something, but I don’t hear him. I continue forward after he runs off.
I interact with the savepoint, and Asriel reads the save message to me.
“* The feeling of panic courses through your veins, and your breath can’t steady. You know that you have to keep going, but your determination is wavering.”
