#I think my favorite out of all of these is Wingdings

[forgettable-au]

Forgettable-au character reference sheets!:D

These are the main characters that need one

I don't think flowey needs one because he just looks the same as in undertale lol

Or maybe I'll do one for Papyrus' backback and he can be there

[darkpetal16]

Quick question for all the boys: what nickname would they give to their partner?

ALL?? OK BABE I GOT YOU. but like I can't do an "all" post again there's just too many now lol.

Underfell!Sans (Red): Babe (all), sweetheart (for the shy or introverted babes), doll/dollface (for the feisty babes)

Underfell!Papyrus (Edge): Love (but very sparingly, he’s not fond of nicknames):

Underfell!Wingding (Fell): My dear / My love / My other half / My heart (all emphasis on the my)

Underfell!Asriel (Prince): doesn’t use nicknames unless explicitly asked to. Might refer to you as partner / mate / spouse however.

Underfell!Grillby (Fellby): Sweet girl/boy/pup & Little firecracker.

Underswap!Sans (Blue): Not fond of nicknames but will occasionally call you his puzzle piece. If you ask him to call you something specific, he will.

Underswap!Papyrus (Stretch): Honey, honey bear, honey pie, spicy honey, and if he wants to be ornery / annoy others in public. . .honey bunny wunny.

Underswap!Wingding (Thread): My dear, my little patchwork, darling, marshmallow / cinnamon spice / pumpkin pie.

Underswap!Asriel (Buttercup): Dummy (affectionately). He gets embarrassed by nicknames.

Mafiafell!Sans (Hit): for feminine presenting partner: doll face, sweetheart, lil lady, cookie. For masculine presenting partner: pal, buzz, lil gent, dish. For neutral, mixture of both depending on his mood.

Mafiafell!Papyrus (Boss): He doesn’t do nicknames, per se, but instead waxes poetry for you about you in private. He’d also prefer it if you didn’t give him nicknames in public. Reputation is very important to him and his family and he expects you respect that.

Mafiafell!Wingding (Don): Muse, my dear, darling, puppet, marionette, toy

Mafiafell!Asriel (Heir): Meadow, my haven, my sunshine (if early riser) / my nightfall (if late sleeper)

Slumbertale!Sans (Slumber): Buddy, chum, pal, bucko, friend, fella who naps with me, pillow, blanket, kitten (if you nap often) / puppy (if you do not take naps often), the one who makes plans, my worser half (jokingly), my alarm clock, etc. He’ll come up with obscure and odd nicknames depending on your routine together.

Slumbertale!Papyrus (Mayor): MY RIGHT HAND! There is no bigger compliment because this fella HATES to rely on anyone so if you’re his right hand then you’re someone as invaluable to him as his own right hand.

Slumbertale!Wingding (Abyss): Dewdrop.

Slumbertale!Asriel (Unending): My dream come true, dreamer, buttercup, butterscotch, butter biscuit

Slumbertale!Grillby (Sleeby): His nickname will be dependent on your favorite drink. For example if you like pina coladas he’d call you his sweet coconut, and if you like soda he’d call you his pop-heart.

Horrortale!Sans (Axe): No nicknames unless you specifically tell him to. He just doesn’t think about it.

Horrortale!Papyrus (Sugar): My little meatball, Strawberry jam, rhubarb pie, my berry, love, heart, SOUL

Horrortale!Wingding (Ghost): my heart / our hope

Horrortale!Asriel (Yarrow): butterscotch, cinnamon bun, and sun drop

Horrortale!Grillby (Calcifer): no nicknames!

Reapertale!Sans (Reaper): Nothing set in stone. He'll come up with one time nicknames for puns. Like if you were burned alive & died to met him, he'd call you hot stuff. If you drowned he'd call you a mermaid with lungs. Things along those lines.

Sciencetale!Sans (Doc): he tried nicknames. It came out awkward because he kept stuttering and he was deeply embarrassed so he never did it again.

Sciencetale!Wingding (Professor): Treasure

Siren!Sans (Siren): That’s a human concept, so he wouldn’t choose any. You can tell him what you want him to call you and he’ll accommodate.

Siren!Wingding (Apex): Same as above.

Dustttale!Sans (Dust): Idiot, fool, daydreamer, dreamer, (and very rarely when he thinks you aren’t listening) my miracle

MASTERLIST (HCS & REQUESTED SCENARIOS)

[o-sunny-day]

FORGETTABLE AU SONG????? MASSIVE W??????

I really really like this song, just recently heard it from this new album When Death Was Mine, I highly recommend this song + the entire album + the artists whole work!! its all really good :3

But this song, I feel, works REALLY well for Sans’ POV of what we all know is gonna happen with Wingdings…

FIRST BIT!

How could this happen to us? The push and tug of your trust: are my favorite lines when attaching it to this AU. The perspective being Sans before the incident. We don’t know if Sans had been there during it, or if they’d had some sort of fight before it, or even something else; But I imagine GENERALLY something horrible and dramatic happened before. For the purposes of this im going with them having a big confrontation days before shit goes down. And this line would take place after that confrontation.

The curtains closed, the doors been shut: Wingdings being SILLY! and shutting everything and everyone out to do Gaster shenanigans!!! YAY!

Kicking up dust. Im playing the FOOL again: that dust ofc not being any USUAL dust, no no *finger wag* theres a really cool visual in my head of it being like a transition of Sans going outside to walk it off, going into Snowdin and kicking the snow, before that turning into dust being blown off from HOLES BEIN PUT INTO HANDS!!! for whatever reason why does he do that/why does that happen 😭 i’m excited to find out. Oh yeah and the fool part refers to how currently Sans feels foolish for trusting Wingdings that everything was totally A-Okay/he could handle it himself and Sans didn’t need to push.

SECOND BIT!

Am I gullible enough to take a walk in your shoes? The way you strut with a bluff, the way you act so aloof: More saltiness on Sans’ half. I love Wingdings’ style of lying, he just doesn’t say enough to actually lie 😭😭 I hate him sm.

As if the neckties a noose: this was UNNECESSARY

You’d dance on air for a bet: ok yes I can totally see this as WD just being a risk taker n shit. BUT ALSO PAPYRUS CAN WALK ON AIR SO ITS FUNNYHSDHSDHDSH seriously why does this song work so well

I’m used to balancing acts up to my neck: I really like this with Sans’ character not even just within this AU. He’s doing a LOT a lot of the time, while also making himself look lazy which is just another balancing act in itself. BUT for this AU specifically id imagine its more about Wingdings specifically than just his life in general-

LAST BIT!!!

The truth is that as the older you get, they’re more indifferent to you. The less they’ll act all impressed: This one would be more from Wingdings’ perspective cause yeah Sans is currently pretty frustrated I DON’T THINK HE’D BE THIS RUDE- I think this works better with the context of this being WDs own doubts, he was trying to figure out how to FREE THE UNDERGROUND- now he’s tryna free the godamn universe like MAN 😭 he’s gotta stop putting so much pressure on himself. Though I really REALLY like the idea of him not really caring about making relationships, but still needing to be loved by the wider public in a way. Like relationships? booo. Reputation? YAAAASSS

They’ll find all sorts of new ways to get inside your head: same premise as the last lines but I wanna highlight it cause it also works really well with Wingdings again, spiraling down the madness pit. He’s finding all sorts of new ways to get inside his OWN HEAD overthinking, smh…

Might die before ive said my peace: Wingdings might (will) die before Sans can say his peace to him….

Between you and me, if it’s alright, i’m not staying: Sans, in fact, does not stay at the lab! Those days are over, now it’s time to talk to mysterious door ladies and do nothing at sentry stands and purposefully annoy your brother.

The song as a whole gets a tad more aggressive and energetic than I feel Sans would be like, but the visuals of this happening inside of his head while he’s just kinda going 😶 irl is really fun :3

I haven’t heard the whole album yet cause I need to digest songs one by one especially if they’re such hard hitters- SO MAYBE ILL BE BACK WITH MORE WHEN DEATH WAS MINE FORGETTABLE AU SONGS!!!

oh yeah also the album title and cover is like ALSO REALLY GOOD FOR THIS AU WHY IS MY LIFE LIKE THIS WHY IS EVERYTHING CONNECTED 😭😭 I gotta redraw the cover with Wingdings wait omg hold on

ok quick sketch

LISTEN TO THE ALBUM GANG ITS SO FUN!!

[humunanunga]

10 fandoms 10 characters!

Tagged by @clannfearrunt hiiiiiiiiiiii 👀

1. Tsukasa from .hack//SIGN. I didn't even notice until my late 20s that I'd been making characters inspired by them all this time. But listen. This lost child could fit so much mental illness but they made it out okay and I'm so happy for them. They got friends, a girlfriend and a whole new dad who all got them out of not one but two abusive situations. They were also my first queer rep in fiction. Lesbian? Transmasc, nb/gq? Transfem, even? Doesn't matter which take you run with, there is no cishet explanation for Tsukasa no matter how you look at them.

2. ...I was gonna say Sans Undertale, but you know what? W.D. Gaster, because I love the thrill of the hunt (the speculation about the mysteries surrounding him). Spooky man. Talks in wingdings, the mad lad. Gotta be my favorite sleep paralysis demon. I love cosplaying him. I can't wait to find out if or when we'll learn more about him through Deltarune.

3. Lancer, speaking of Deltarune! What a good boy, he's just a lilguy, his laugh is dopamine. I want to squeeze him like a marshmallow. I love him like I love my cat who begs to be held like a baby. Lancer is baby, no really, he's got so much growing ahead of him to get as tall as his deadbeat dad. (I know what you're thinking. Why didn't I say the other guy from Deltarune? Because we've already talked at length before about everything that makes him such a compelling character. Let the baby boy baby take the spotlight this time.)

4. Calliope from Homestuck. I don't have much to say that couldn't be said just from looking at that cherub. So gender. So very gender.

5. Tanaka Gundham, from Danganronpa. Definitely one of the most characters ever. I fucking love that guy.

6. Mutou Yugi from YuGiOh. I'm just really proud of him. I also love that his thematic dragon is Gandora. Holy shit.

7. Nephrite (centipeedle) from Steven Universe. She skrunkly.

8. Garry from Ib. We know they're going through it, but they were a good chaperone to Ib regardless and we like to see that.

9. Sigh............. Xion. She's the reason Kingdom Hearts was the first video game to make me cry.

10. Number ten, number ten... how about finishing with a problematic fave... Ebel Alfie from Purgatory 2. Reluctant protagonist just wanted to go home and be an angsty emo highschooler, instead gets a demon girlfriend and dragged along to start a revolution. Hilarious.

I'll tag @mini-binni, @child-of-crows, @cryptidbisexual, @fangenstein, @marismolotov, @photochoco, @probablyaposer, @talkingsoup, @ufohh and @wolfgirlakita

[hi-my-name-is-cosmopathy]

I COME BACK WITH MORE SEXYMAN DESCENDANTS OCS WHOM I HAVEN'T DRAWN THEIR DESIGNS FOR

Adam

The supposed spawn of Herobrine

Born in 2018

Glitched out of nowhere

Herobrine took them in considering she's a glitch just like him.

Despite the name yes it's a girl. She/Her

I love my 2018 year old self. Always naming girls with boy names

Became a master in PvP, learned how to create machines, basically the survival skills you'd need in Minecraft.

Hung out with the other monsters very often and got a pet zombie named “Free Hugs”

Looks nothing like her father

Got upset when she got sekai-ed.

Is the so-called intimidating master of fighting and breaking the code so some were afraid at first

But yeah she's just basically like Susie from Deltarune hahaha

Pranks all the other students, mainly by popping out of nowhere

Don't worry this is just her way of coping with how much she misses her rustic life back at home. By projecting her anger

Finch and her are competitive rivals but have stuff in common; they're competitive, aim to be good at many things and miss their old life at home

Well Adam lived like she was in the pre-historic times but updated so there's that

P.E is her favorite subject

She almost flunked Math because of geometry and shapes (in terms of finding areas)

She doesn't know how to build a house in other words

Feels some sort of friendly connection to the slender kids (because both Slenderman and Herobrine were feared creepypastas)

Mia Mathematics

ALSO born in 2018

Daughter of Baldi ig, She/They

She's kinda like. A free tutor for her classmates. But most of them don't wanna study with her

She's really loyal and family oriented

But she's also as psychotic as their dad

Not in a deep way tho. She would just kill anyone who pisses her off.

She's pretty strict and keen about following the rules (because back when I made her in 2018 she was also the Principal of the thing's daughter)

She wouldn't actually kill you for getting her answers wrong. She would kill you for trying to run away (from the school)

Not straight-laced. Whoops

Also looks nothing like her father

Can understand Wingdings

Can understand glitched or censored language basically

Of course, she loves Math! Just like her father :]

Her not-best subject? Character Education.

For those who don't know what that subject is; in the Philippines, it's supposed to teach you about morality or “doing right”.

Her answers are brutally honest

But then again I think most of the students wouldn't pass either

If Jeff the Killer has a child, she would get along with them (I remember making her friend's with a Creepypasta OC of mine before)

Okie thas it :> @sexymandescendants @sparkerinparadise @wiiabee

[clood]

Weird Questions for Writers: 1, 4, 15, 16, 24, 35, 39

eek thank you!!

1. What font do you write in? Do you actually care or is that just the default setting?

if i change the font, i write in times new roman xD i am a science bitch through and through!! i have it set to my default on actual word, but in google docs it's just on arial and i only change it if it starts to bother me. i only care about 25% of the time!

(however i will not write in comic sans ever. no matter who tells me it's good for writer's block or creativity or whatever. i will write in wingdings before i write in comic sans.)

4. What’s a word that makes you go absolutely feral?

feral in a good way? desperate, profound, beholden

feral in a bad way? orbs, member, squelched

15. Do you write in the margins of your books? Dog-ear your pages? Read in the bath? Why or why not? Do you judge people who do these things? Can we still be friends?

hmm i tend not to write in books, one reason being that i was always told i would like, go to baby jail if i did so. another being i don't really own that many physical books. i'm not about to deface public library property! if i like something, i will copy it into my ongoing note in my phone titled "lines that i like" so that i can later go back and reread them and be fond and mushy.

i use bookmarks because i think they are so cute and fun. also i like to use random things too because that way if i ever forget them in books from the library, i might give the next reader a silly little treat.

i do read in the bath, but mostly i will put on an episode of something instead. this way, i am reminded to actually exit the tub at some point, because otherwise i will decay in there and never get out xD

i will be friends with everyone, though i slightly question the people who do the millions of sticky tabs in their books to mark moments. idk, it seems sort of wasteful. but also they are enjoying themselves and their book so whatever :)

16. What’s the weirdest thing you’ve ever used as a bookmark?

haha. i stole a drawing of a fish i had found at a beach house my bf and his family were staying in one spring break. it was a doodle some random stranger had left behind! not sure where it is now :(

honorable mentions include to/from tags my mom made for christmas with pictures of my dogs, and also a cheese stick. (wrapped)

24. How much prep work do you put into your stories? What does that look like for you? Do you enjoy this part or do you just want to get on with it?

this depends! for arms unfolding and where are you roaming, my two big multichaps, i have done extensive outlines. i say extensive, but really it's just been me rambling about what i want in the chapters. for smaller works it either looks like a few random bullet points or i just start writing right away, lest the ideas leave my head before they're out on paper.

i do really love the frantic, word-vomit stage of planning though! it's so crazy and chaotic for me most of the time and it's funny to go back to it as i'm getting further into the story and be like, "oh, yeah. that's where i was going with this!! such enthusiasm!!"

35. What’s your favorite writing rule to smash into smithereens?

i'm a comma abuser.. idk man i feel like a lot of the time i just slap commas wherever the hell i please and neither god nor google docs grammar checker will get me to take them out.

39. What keeps you writing when you feel like giving up?

this will definitely come off as super sappy but it's definitely the community of people i've been lucky enough to find myself a part of. all of the incredible friends i've made through fanfiction/fanart are such an inspiration to me, and it's really been such a blessing to be able to hear everyone's takes on everything—the good stuff and the bad. like, whenever someone is down on one of their pieces or super stuck on something, i try to be supportive and hear them out, so it would be unfair to myself to not give myself the same treatment. also, everyone rocks and is so kind that they really motivate me to keep going :)

THIS BECAME SO LONG I'M SO SORRY XD

[bythebonefire]

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Send me a   ♕   for me to describe favorite rp character of someone else’s.

lol I mean can I gush about your Sans for a moment? All of your muses are such a delight to play against, but we definitely have a lot of Sans/by verses under our belts, and you bring out different facets of Sans in all of them, and by contrast bring lots of different things out of Grillby. You really nail his world-weariness underneath the sense of humor, and that carries over consistently from verse to verse. 

I am, I will concede, extremely soft on film noir verse, because The Aesthetic, and also because your Sans just naturally fits in very well as a private detective in that kind of setting, but I’m looking forward to seeing more of him in your The Thought AU verse, now that we’re doing a thread in it!

Send me a   ♦   for me to describe a plot that I’ve been wanting to do.

You and me had talked briefly about a King Grillby verse and that would be just MMM. Chef’s kiss. Though also, the more we’ve talked about Mafiafell and such, I’d love to plot out some interactions between a Mafiafell Renegade and Mafiafell Wingdings. Pre or post-”whoops I murdered your kids”, I’m not particular. In general I really want to see more of your more morally ambiguous muses--you really do just go all in with them, and that’s something I appreciate. :B

Send me a   ☮   for me to describe an amazing rp experience.

Years ago I was RPing Ashiya from Hataraku Maou-Sama, and ended up on a whim following someone playing Reisi Munakata from K Project. I think maybe I had originally followed them on a blog for a different character? I don’t remember. But we ended up doing this whole plotline together that ended up leading to an unbelievably sweet crossover romance with a really gradual, natural buildup that involved months of flirting and building up their friendship before they kissed under the fireworks at a festival and it was the cutest thing ever. 

We ended up doing multiple verses with that ship. Tons and tons of threads and a couple of shipkids. And then a few years ago, I was at a conference in Anaheim, near-ish to where they lived, and we were able to meet up for dinner at Downtown Disney. We had beignets! It was fun. 

Send me a   ♣   for me to describe a favorite rp ship of someone else’s.

I feel bad admitting this, but I don’t read nearly enough of my friends’ ship threads lmao. 

I’m definitely looking forward to seeing more of you and @starredfame writing Sans and Mettaton interacting in the human AU! idk if you’re planning to go full ship with it, but they have a really cute dynamic from the little bit you did on our Discord, and that’s a dynamic I can see you two wringing a lot of fun content out of. 

I’LL TELL YOU ANOTHER ONE THOUGH YOU ABSOLUTE MAD LAD

THAT I WOULD’VE LOVED TO SEE MORE OF

YOUR RENEGADE AND ELI’S FELL GASTER

I KNOW IT DIDN’T GET TOO FAR BUT I WAS ROOTING FOR THE BI AWAKENING BAD END

[krat395]

Headcanon Gaster Voice

Been wanting to reveal my headcanon voice for Gaster for quite some time now but rather than just simply saying what it was in a status update or journal, I felt that I should do something creative and funny, hence why I made this silly thing. XD 

Anyways, if you haven’t already figured it out, my headcanon voice for Gaster is the amazingly talented J.K. Simmons and what I have here is a collage of several photos of characters he’s portrayed (and one photo of him as himself) with Gaster’s head (and Sans’s head in two pics) on their bodies. Think of it as a sort of tribute to Mr. Simmons himself as well as a fun and creative way to reveal my headcanon voice for Gaster. Fun fact: Around the time I started writing stories; J.K. Simmons was the first person I had in mind for my official headcanon voice for Gaster but then actors like James Spader, Josh Brolin, and James Cromwell kind of made me question my decision. But with every passing year, I never ruled out Mr. Simmons and after nearly five years of writing stories and tons of thought, I can now say that J.K. Simmons is my official headcanon voice for Gaster! Yay! :D Now that’s three characters I have official headcanon voices for (Asriel and Burgerpants are the other two)! :)

Now as for the photos themselves, you probably noticed a bunch of phrases written in Wingdings. Some of you probably translated them already but most of you are probably scratching your heads wondering what hell they’re saying. Lol XD And if that is the case, worry not! I will translate them for you and also talk about each of the pics I’ve chosen for this collage as well as why I chose them. As for the order, I will be rotating clockwise starting with the pic in the top left.

Top left pic: Invincible! You may have heard of it. But if not, you’re probably aware of that “Think, Mark, think!” meme. Or in this case, “THINK, SANS, THINK!” XD And of course Gaster is Omni-Man and Sans is *insert Invincible title card and theme here along with a splash of blood XD* (anyone that’s seen the show will get that joke XD). Say, remember the battles from “W.D. Gaster, the Ultimate Tickle Master?” Gaster “annihilating” everyone that tried to tickle him? Pretty similar to that shocking battle at the end of the first episode of Invincible, don’t you think? Except nobody gets hurt severely or dies in the battles in my story. But it’s similar to the fight in the show in the sense that it’s one OP as f*** man vs several lesser opponents.

To the right of the Invincible pic is Cave Johnson from Portal 2. Cave and Gaster are both devoted to science and are deceased and/or missing during the events of their respective games. And in Wingdings, it simply says, “Lemons”. If you’ve played Portal 2, then you know what I’m talking about. Yep, no need to say any more than that. XD 

(Before I move on to the next pic, I would like to say that in the upper right corner; the Wingdings translate to, “J.K. Simmons as W.D. Gaster” Nothing else, just that.)

Ok, then to the right of Cave Johnson is a picture of Terence Fletcher, the cruel musical instructor from the 2014 film, Whiplash. Remember when Gaster pretended to be a jerk in “A Humerus Sleepover (Chapter 5)?” Well, this is the essentially the character that Gaster was acting like and believe it or not, at the time of writing “A Humerus Sleepover,” I envisioned an angry J.K. Simmons but I was completely unaware of his Fletcher character’s existence! And for those that don’t know, J.K. Simmons actually won an Oscar for his portrayal of this character; an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor to be exact! And in Wingdings, it says, “NOT QUITE MY TEMPO” Probably Fletcher’s most famous line in the movie along with, “There are no two words in the English language more harmful than “good job.”” 

Then below Fletcher, we have Ford Pines from Gravity Falls, one of my favorite animated shows of all time and one I’ve actually referenced in a few of my stories. Ford and Gaster are both scientists with rather unique pairs of hands; Ford with 6 fingers on each hand and Gaster with holes in his hands. And they were both trapped in voids too! But perhaps the most important thing I should mention here is that Ford was kind of my primary inspiration for Gaster’s personality in my stories. Gaster’s kind-hearted behavior towards children and love of role-playing games for example, very similar to Ford! :) Also, that Z.G. JDVWHU is a cipher. Decode it and it says, “W.D. GASTER”

Then in the lower-right corner is Tenzin from the Legend of Korra. Now, I’m going to be honest. I haven’t seen a single episode of The Legend of Korra (I’ll get around to it eventually, I promise). But from what I can tell, Tenzin’s a good and wise kind-hearted man and anyone that’s read my stories will know that that’s what I view Gaster as. A good and wise kind-hearted man, not a villain.

Then to the left of Tenzin is a pic of J.K. Simmons as himself lifting weights and getting buff irl! XD Why did I include this pic in the collage and put Gaster’s head on J.K.’s body? Simple, I did it because I thought it would be funny. XD No other reason, just that. Lol

Then to the left of buff J.K. Simmons is the Farmers Insurance man. You know, that man from the commercials with that jingle, “We are farmers, bum ba dum bum bum bum bum.” I hate to say it but if you haven’t seen at least one of these commercials, then you’re living under a rock. Anyways, in wingdings, it says, “We know a thing or two because we’ve seen a thing or two.” You can’t miss it. Mr. Simmons says it at the end of every commercial, right before the famous jingle. ;)

Then to the left of Farmers Insurance is the yellow M&M with a Gaster makeover. Lol XD And the white symbol on his lower body is the Wingding symbol for a lowercase M. “m” But wait, doesn’t the yellow M&M sound different compared to all of the other characters in this collage? Why, yes, he does. But I chose him anyway because I can picture Gaster sounding like him when talking to children in a silly voice. XD

Then to the left to the yellow M&M is a collection of pics of J. Jonah Jameson and Peter Parker from Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man 2. Gaster is JJJ and Sans is Peter Parker. XD And by the looks of it, Gaster finds it “humerus” that Sans asked him to pay him in advance. XD Had to choose that scene from Spider-Man 2 over something like, “Get me pictures of Spider-Man!” I just had to! And I believe the heads I chose are just perfect! Lol XD Anyways, in wingdings, in the third pic, it says, “*WHEEZE* HAHAHAHA! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!” And in the fourth pic, it says, “YOU SERIOUS?”

And then last but not least, in the center is Howard Silk Prime and Howard Silk from a show called, “Counterpart.” I am only three episodes into this show but in a nutshell, it’s a show where it is possible for people to travel between two universes and interact with their other selves. In most cases, their other selves have different personalities and occupations than them. For example, Howard Silk, the protagonist of the show, is a friendly man that lacks combat skills (at least at first, I’m assuming) and he’s basically been at square one at the place he works for years. But Howard Silk Prime, his other self, on the other hand is kind of a jerk (has a “tired of your crap” personality) but is heavily experienced in combat and has had several promotions over the years. Does any of this make sense? If not, imagine this: imagine if it was possible for the Undertale characters to interact with their Deltarune counterparts. Royal Scientist Alphys interacting with school teacher Alphys, Royal Guard Captain Undyne interacting with cop Undyne, King Asgore interacting with flower store manager Asgore, that sort of deal.

And there you have it, folks! :) Maybe you laughed when you saw this collage of photos, maybe you got a minor chuckle out of it, or maybe you felt indifferent about it. Well, whatever the case is, thanks for viewing. :) And if you’re reading this, thank you for taking the time to read everything I had to say. :)

Undertale© Toby Fox.

All Gaster heads used in this pic: Artwork to their respective owners.

[under-write-reblogs]

Ack! I just realized I never reblogged with all her character information!! .......Well, better late than never!

For anyone who doesn't know, this girl acts as my internet sona. ...She just also happens to double as an OC I use for RP's on @ratsoh-writes blog. (It is that specific instance where this character information comes from, much of which is NOT accurate to real life).

I'll put this below the cut because I know it's going to get long.

Full Name: Kyra Celeste Wingdings

Her AU: Dancetale

Favorite Color: (Coffee’s magic color, specifically when he's blushing)…. Or deep/dark greens.

Social Interactivity Level: Introvert. She likes outings....... when she's the one who made plans for them.

Any socializing and companionship is reserved for a handful of people, and for those people alone. She has her group and is quite happy, thank you very much! But please… let her have some alone time. The social battery is running low.

Favorite Item/Gifts: Trinkets related to a fandom/video game she happens to like. Anything that could be used to care for her multitude of critters. (Decor, substrate, plants, lighting, etc)

Hobbies: While not a professional by any means, she enjoys sketching…. mostly working with graphite and colored pencils, but she's willing to try anything once! (Coffee is helping her branch out to other mediums). She's also a gamer in her spare time. Open-world sandboxes, MMO's, puzzle / strategy games, simulators, first-person shooters… anything really.

Stats:

LV: 0

HP: 726

DF: 34

AT: 22

Status: “Thinking about catching up with ____” (Whoever is on her mind)

Friends: Coffee (Married / Soulbonded to), Wine, Artemis, Helios, Lord, Mutt, Mal, Sans, Papyrus, Slim (and Kay), Zen, Shield, Rowdy, Partner, Saga, G, Lens, Pluto

Personality / Job: 

The girl is defined by compassion. She cares very deeply about people. A Kindness Soul through and through. Not to the point where she's an enabler, but she will go to great lengths to understand people. Not making excuses for past actions, but doing her best to understand the reasoning behind them and prompting them to do better now.

While a bit bashful and shy, she enjoys meeting new people despite her introvertedness. She needs variety in her life and will travel often through both the city and the greater area surrounding Ebbott, searching for something new to occupy her time.

Once you get to know her, not only is she sweet, but she has a mischievous streak a mile long. But everything she does is harmless! Pranks have no real consequences, and sarcasm is her primary sense of humor. (And maybe sometimes, a good pun or two despite Coffee's hatred for them)

She's always had a passion for animals, but after the crash, she decided to specialize in the more unusual/exotic… specifically reptiles! (Even having a whole collection at home, much to Wine's dismay). She actually made a career around her fascination, becoming a "Treasure Keeper" in Ebbott. (I'll try to add the link to Ratsoh's blog describing the job once I find the post again)

Since she officially bonded with Coffee, she has joined a coven and begun training to access her magic. It's..... an ongoing process. But she IS learning!

Did a pretty lady, Kyra, for @under-art-reblogs :) I had a lot of fun, especially designing the clothes!

[forgettable-au]

WHAT IS THIS AU? HOW DOES IT WORK?

A brief (I'm lying, this is a long post) explanation post for this AU for anyone new <3

As I've mentioned before, this AU is based on the theory that Papyrus is (was) Gaster. I did not create this theory, it has existed for a long time nd I'm also not the first person to do something like this with the concept—I'll touch up on that later.

About the Papyrus is Gaster theory

I've looked up a lot of stuff about it but I don't actually know where it originated. It's not super popular but if you're a Papyrus theorist you might have heard of it before!

It is not a super serious theory, it's more about pointing out the weird connections and similarities between Papyrus and Gaster and giving an explanation to the many weird things about Papyrus and his lack of backstory.

Just to mention some things:

Them both speaking in capital letters, having no asterisks, their weird way of phrasing things, Papyrus being described as forgettable, Papyrus hating hotland, him pretending he doesn't know about a lot of stuff ( The lab for example, he know what a lab is but pretends he doesn't in front of Sans), Gaster being related to hands and Papyrus never taking his gloves off, Papyrus weird connection with phones (his photo-graphic memory for phone calls) and Gaster's weird connection to phones(Fun events related to phones, and getting the garbage noise when using the phone in a darkwolrd), their love for puzzles (The CORE is a giant puzzle), THAT one quote that I still find misterious “beside, it’s rude to talk about people that are listening, right? not everyone is as though as my brother”, Papyrus DOES have Gaster blasters it's pretty much canon even if a lot of people ignore it, Papyrus is very smart—he's knowledgeable on many subjects and knows how to build many things— he's the character with the MOST dialogue in the game yet we don't know a lot of stuff about him OR his past, he breaks the laws of physics and of the game, and he's not yet in deltarune! The heavily Gaster connected game!

That's some of the things I could think about, and look, yeah... I'm probably looking way too much into it and these are all just coincidences! The weird Papyrus things can be related to other stuff! But I still like this theory, not because I think it's real but because I LOVE the possibilities!!!

About how this AU works

This au is basically a

"Pretend this theory is real! How would the Undertale timeline work then?"

We're giving Papyrus his backstory while also making a Gaster-focused story at the same time!

This AU imagines how the Papyrus is Gaster theory situation could play out! (And I'll also add some of my other favorite ut theories as a treat)

Papyrus used to be Wingdings and then Wingdings shattered across time and space, Papyrus and Gaster are different separate people.

Actually I kind of, treat Wingdings before and after the accident as different people also... you change a lot when you become an omnipresent being....Wingdings, Gaster and Papyrus I treat them all as different people.

"How did Gaster become Papyrus?"

He didn't "become" Papyrus just like that. After he shattered, he stopped existing the way he did before, he became a being in another layer of the game! But! physically his body was just there...

This is based on how the Goners and Gaster followers have counterparts that are not, uh, goners. A non-distorted version of them existing separately

Papyrus was just kind an empty shell at first. He still kept parts of Wingdings original personality but his Papyrus personality developed on his own with time!

"How did Gaster shatter across time and space?"

Usually everyone agrees it was because he fell into the CORE

Not here! I don't think the CORE caused his accident, it is a power source not a time and space altering machine. In this story, it was some other thing he was working on....

If you have more questions you can check the frequently asked questions post or send me an ask <3!!

About similar content!

I've seen some people tell me this is a good idea for an AU and I agree!! I love this idea SO much, but as I said before I didn't create this concept or theory I just love it a lot!!

I really thought there would be more people that used this concept before but I couldn't find much... so I'm just making it myself!

One of my goals is to make other people like this idea as well and for them to make their own takes on it!

If you also like this concept as much as I do, here's a section with some inspirations for this AU that are also "Papyrus is Gaster" focused

First, you all should really see "I know that I know nothing" by Linssins

It's because of this comic that I discovered that theory in the first place! And really loved the concept. It's my main inspiration.

Unfortunately the comic is unfinished. If you see it, you will definitely see how I took inspiration... Still, the story in this AU is a very different take on the theory, it goes on a different path

Another inspiration was @askthesciencesquad ! This comic is paused but it's also a Papyrus is Gaster comic!

I was very happy to find it, it is also a very different take on the concept but I liked where it was going.

[not-playable-character]

Edit: new link https://archiveofourown.org/works/32099263

ITS DONE!!!!  Finally, the RE8 meets RE7 fic is finished and posted!  so for everyone wondering and if you didn't figure it out already. The image I posted earlier is the seating arrangement of the gang as they play the game.  As always its posted on AO3 and under the cut.  I hope you enjoy @ibest14 I never actually played RE7 but I watched a walkthrough to write this.

It was a normal Saturday afternoon when the Winters family got a very strange package.  It was addressed to the whole family and had no return address.

“What the heck is this?” Rose wondered aloud carrying the small package inside, “Hey mom! Did you order something online?”

“Not that I remember, why?” Mia asked curious why her daughter was asking about the mail, “Who is it addressed to? Maybe your dad ordered something.” She went and stood next to Rose to look at the package.

“Hmm, I think we should wait for dad to get home to open it, I mean it is addressed to all of us.” Mia agreed with her daughter and went to continue making dinner.

Ethan got home a few hours later and was greeted by his daughter with a warm hug, “Haha, hey there kid how was your day?” He asked returning the hug and picking Rose up.

“It was good! We got a weird package in the mail, mom and I decided to wait for you before opening it.” Rose said leading him into the kitchen after he put her down.

“Welcome home, Hon! How was work?” Mia asked kissing Ethan on the cheek.

“Ugh, Williams was an absolute pain again.  He somehow unplugged all of his equipment and disconnected his computer from the ethernet cable again.” Ethan complained sitting down at the dinner table next to Rose. “Chris somehow changed his computer to Arabic and Sal’s computer was changed to have wingdings as the default language and it bricked the whole thing, he said it was an accident, but I think it was one of the dicks that keep harassing him.  I told Chris and he’s looking into it.” Ethan picked up the package and looked at the outside.

“Ugh why can’t these douchebags see that Sal is way better than them.  Probably just jealous of him.” Rose said frustrated at the harassment her uncle was receiving.

“We should invite him over for dinner sometime, lift his spirits some!” Mia suggested placing a glass of juice down for Ethan.  He agreed and thanked her for the juice.

Ethan handed the package back to Rose who tore into the packaging.  Inside was a video game box, “Resident Evil? Isn’t that a game from the nineties?” Rose asked confused.

Ethan leaned over to get a better look, “Yeah it is, I played almost all of them, but I’ve never seen that one.  It looks like its supposed to be the seventh one, but they only made six that I know of.” Ethan became confused taking the box from Rose studying it, it strangely didn’t have a back cover.

“Weird, maybe they are rebooting the series, but why wouldn’t there be a lot of news about it?” Rose asked.  Ethan’s face lit up at the possibility of a reboot of his favorite childhood series.

“Man, I hope so, I always loved Craig Bluemarsh and Leo C. Harrison.  They were the best!  The whole M.O.O.N.S squad from Badger City.  Special Ops turned paranormal investigators was the twist of the decade! And the whole thing with Egbert Walberk and how he possessed himself with countless demons to become basically a god.” Ethan sighs as he reminisces.

“You clearly have bad taste honey because Julie Easter was the best character in the series.  The ace of the M.O.O.N.S squad, the one that Walberk kidnapped to force demons into her with a mind control amulet.  Oh, and don’t forget Chloe Bluemarsh, college kid turned aid worker for those affected by the demons.” Mia added as she chopped vegetables for dinner.

“Ahh yes, how could I forget! Anyway, this looks like a cheap bootleg or fake.  Probably just a prank from Dani or Angie.”  Ethan said tossing the case further on the table looking upset.

“Aw man…. That’s lame dad.” Rose says dramatically throwing herself over the back of the chair.  “I’m keeping it anyway; the box looks cool.”

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A month after the whole package incident, Rose bursts into the house beaming.  “Dad, Uncle Chris just told me that we are having a meeting with the whole gang! We should totally bring that janky game we got and show it off!”

“Whoa, slow down Rose! You’re gonna hurt yourself running around like that.” Ethan says watching his daughter bounce in place.  “Why do you think we should bring that thing anyway? I doubt there will be anytime to just sit around and play a game, if it’s even real.”  Rose rolls her eyes at him.

“Dad, I’m sure Uncle Chris can pull some strings so we can have a little get together.  We never get to see each other all at once!” Rose states, putting on her best puppy dog eyes, “Don’t you want to see the gang, Dad. It would be so much fun.  You know how much I miss them all.” She begs.

Ethan can physically feel his resolve crumbling at his begging daughter, always caving into her once she pulls out the puppy eyes, “Fine, I’ll talk with Chris and we can bring the game with us, but you are responsible for the PlayStation and if it gets damaged or broken you have to buy the new one.” He says in his dad voice, trying to be stern.  Rose squeals and jumps into his arms hugging him.

“You’re the best dad ever!” She says running off to prepare for their long weekend at Blue Umbrella.

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“Ok, is everyone comfy, I’m about to start the game!” Rose said excitedly setting up the PS4 in the Blue Umbrella lounge room.  Everyone was present, Rose even convinced Miranda and Elena to join them after Milena was put to bed.

“I am unsure of what we are even doing sweet thing.” Alcina said settling into her chair near Donna.

“Well, I’m gonna play this weird game I got, maybe Dani can take over if I get tired.  We are just gonna check it out, if its good, Great! If not, we can make fun of how bad it is!” Rose explained sitting down on the couch wedged between Daniela, Angie, and Heisenberg with Bela and Cassandra on the floor in front of them.  Alcina wasn’t convinced that it would be fun, but she couldn’t deny Rose’s request considering how excited she looked.  She sighed and pulled out her reading glasses seeing the small text on the screen.

“Psh, what are you a grandma?” Heisenberg teased. Alcina growled at him.

“Oh, please grow up you child.” She replied trying to de-escalate the situation knowing Rose and her daughters hated when they argued.

“I see making your head bigger didn’t help your eyesight.” He continued to tease sensing her anger.

“I grew proportionally you ignoramus, becoming larger would not fix my farsightedness.” She growled out becoming angrier.

“Guys….” Rose said sadly at the two arguing.  Heisenberg immediately stopped his next sentence and turned to give Rose a side hug.

“Sorry kiddo, I forgot you hate it when we fight.  I’ll stop, I promise.”  He says sincerely as Alcina nods looking guilty, Rose smiles accepting their apologies.

“No more sappiness get to the action I’m getting bored!” Angie cried out from Daniela’s lap.  Rose rolls her eyes at the doll’s bratty attitude and begins the game.

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The game begins with a very familiar video to Ethan and Mia and the sight of Mia recording her warning message on the ship.

“What the…. How is this happening?  It showed the recording from my eyes, but I never recorded that…” Mia says stunned.

The next scene starts with the sound of a phone ringing and the overhead video of a car driving down a highway.  Ethan begins to speak to and unknown man in the voice over explaining how he was contacted by Mia and that she wants him to come and get her.

“This has to be a sick prank!  How did these people get that phone call!” Ethan shouts getting more and more upset as the clip plays. Mia places a hand on his arm to comfort him.

“Maybe there will be an explanation later.  There has to be….” Mia says trying to calm Ethan.

Rose pauses the game as it shifts to Ethan’s perspective in the car, “We don’t have to keep playing if this is making you guys uncomfortable.” She says to her parents.

Ethan takes a deep breath, “No, no… it’s fine, you were really excited for this.  I was just shocked.  I’m okay to keep going, as long as you are okay too Mia.”  She nods in agreement with her husband clearly rattled but pushing through.  Rose nods continuing the game as she walks Ethan through the thick Louisiana swamp towards the Baker house.

The first obstacle they encounter is a locked gate.  She moves him down a path leading to a trashed car with camera equipment scattered around it.  Looking in they find a scrip proposal for Sewer Gators Ep. 17.

They then come across a broken gate with a sign that says, “Accept Her Gift”, “Oh yeah definitely just walk through that incredibly ominous gate into the disgusting swamp.” Heisenberg says gesturing towards the screen, “I’d just say, ‘sorry lady I’m not that desperate for a wife’ and dip.”

“He has a point dad, I mean really its been three years.  Just move on.” Rose says to her father.

Ethan blushes, “Hey you can’t judge a man in love.  I had to know what happened.”

“Nah man, just accept the death bro.  Totally not worth it.” Daniela says interjecting.

“I’m right her you know.” Mia says scolding them.  Rose giggles and continues on.  They come across the remains of a fire with Mia’s purse laying there.  They then enter the Guest house finding it to be disgusting and in disrepair.

“God, I forgot how gross this place was.” Ethan says wrinkling his nose.

Rose looks around the living room area, finding a hidden chain that opens a hidden room they go through. Exploring further leads them into a flooded basement they are forced to crawl through.

“Oh, please Ethan, I know you are insanely stubborn but the corpse in the flooded basement should have been an indicator to leave immediately.” Alcina says as the dead body floats up in front of them.

“Ok, Ok I get it I’m a crazy person for going on, but can we please stop commenting on it.  I’m aware of the insanity.” Ethan replies as Rose comes up into a basement room with a jail cell containing Mia as well as other information on people who were listed as turned or dead.  They pick up the bolt cutters and break open Mia’s cell.  While they are being reunited Mia acts strangely warning him of the dangers and of Daddy.

“Pft, seriously? Daddy?” Dani snickers at Mia.

“Don’t start.  I was possessed by a child obsessed with family.” Mia says glaring at Dani.

Rose follows Mia through the basement where she and Ethan stop to talk about the last three years.

“Come on! This is a life or death situation, get a move on!” Cassandra yells out at the screen.

Rose continues to creep through the basement following Mia as Ethan learning more about her capture as they walk.  They come across a living room type area where Mia starts to act strangely, talking about family and when Ethan leaves, they hear her crash through the wall revealing a staircase to the house.  They move through the house looking for Mia.  They hear crashing coming from the stairs they came from and return to find Mia on all fours crawling up the stairs.  She attacks Ethan looking monstrous as she throws him back up with superhuman strength. She then attacks him with a knife stabbing him through the hand.  After a struggle she regains control rambling about a strange her as she slams her head against the wall.

“Jesus man, that is hard core…” Heisenberg says in awe. Mia grimaces at the memory.  Rose continues on wandering before they are attacked by Mia once again.  They fight her off with an axe.  “Ethan, my friend, you always have to double check that your enemy is dead.  She is definitely gonna get up again, classic horror trope.” Heisenberg says wisely.

“Karl, this actually happened.  I wasn’t thinking about ‘horror tropes’.  I was focusing on surviving.” Ethan says to him.

“Also, of course I’m going to get up, I’m sitting right here.  I’m clearly not dead.” Mia says exasperated.

Rose moves on with the game ignoring them and answers the phone that had begun to ring.  “Dad why did you answer the phone? Just leave.” She says as Zoe gives her warning to Ethan.  “Oh yeah let’s listen to the random phone lady and not just break a window.” She says rolling her eyes.

They move on solving the puzzle for the stairs catching a glimpse of the not at all dead Mia.  Replacing the fuse, they are jumped by Mia again who attacks him with a screwdriver pinning him to the wall before chopping his had off with a chainsaw.

“My god man! How did you keep going!” Sal exclaims looking at Ethan who just shrugs.

They find a pistol in one of the rooms and use it to take care of the attacking Mia as she rants crazily. Finally taking her down, they are ambushed by Jack Baker who punches him in the face.

“See I told you that you should have moved faster, now ‘Daddy’ caught you.” Cass says as Ethan falls over and is stomped on by Jack.  They see him being dragged and Mia being carried by Jack, the scene changes to Ethan strapped to a chair with Zoe staples his hand back on.  He finally fully awakes to a disgusting family dinner with the whole Baker family.

“Ugh, I miss Momma’s cooking so much.” Mia says reminiscing happily.  Everyone stares at her as they see the disgusting meal on the table in game.  She blushes, “Before she went fully crazy, she was an amazing cook.  Her gumbo was to die for, oh and Daddy’s fried chicken, mmm.”  She explains to them.  No one seems convinced as the scene continues with Lucas throwing food at him and Marguerite tries to get Ethan to eat, and Jack cuts off Lucas’ hand. Jack comes over and forces the rancid food into Ethan’s face as Marguerite rants and leaves angrily, Jack then cuts Ethan’s face before being interrupted by the doorbell.  They escape and flee through the house trying to find an exit. They find a key and are chased by Jack before escaping to the crawlspace.

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They explore the house before a police officer tries to ask Ethan questions.

“Man, that officer is kind of a dick…” Heisenberg says realizing how rude and unprofessional the officer is.

“He was a massive dick.” Ethan says frustrated at the memory of their interactions.  They make the way to the garage to meet the rude officer who refuses to take the situation seriously which leads to his death and Ethan’s continued entrapment.  “See, massive dick, we could have escaped, but noooo.” He says.

Rose nods in agreement as she avoids Jack in the garage and tries to defeat him with the car.  The car crashes and catches fire revealing an on fire Jack who is knocked down by the resulting explosion.  They collect the items in the room before climbing up the revealed ladder. Jack stops Ethan and shoots himself in the head with Ethan’s gun.

“I’ll say it again, he ain’t dead.  He’s coming back sooner or later.” Heisenberg says again.

“Yeah, no shit Sherlock. This game’s been full of tropes so far.” Cassandra responds to him rolling her eyes.

Rose continues on solving puzzles and making their way through the labyrinthine house avoiding the obviously not dead Jack and the molded that are scattered around the house. They see Jack mumbling to himself about being “her” and talking about how he is going to kill Ethan.

“God he’s so cool.” Dani says as he leaves the room getting looks from the others, “What? He’s a cool villain.”

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The fight with Jack was a bit of a struggle for Rose, but she made it through with Heisenberg, Dani, and Cass cheering her on.

When he finally exploded, both Heisenberg and Dani called out in joy, “Now that’s how you kill a villain!” Heisenberg shouted out with a laugh and high fived Dani over Rose’s head. As they make their way through the house again completing puzzles and finding Grandma in random places.

“She is the one who caused all this.” Alcina says pointing at Grandma.  Ethan and Mia looks shocked.

“How did you know that?” Mia asks. Alcina scoffs as if it is obvious.

“She hasn’t had the focus at all, yet she appears at random seemingly following Ethan, who we know is the next victim in mind.  She is clearly Eveline.”  She says smugly to everyone’s shocked faces.

Rose moved on ignoring the gloating.  She came across a trailer in the yard, exploring it revealed that it was Zoe’s home containing some useful items that she ignored moving to leave as the phone rang. Zoe explained about the mold and how to progress.

“Why are you so trusting of this woman, you don’t know her, and she has admitted that she is a part of the family trying to kill you?” Bela asked turning to face Ethan.  He opened his mouth to answer but nothing came out, he paused thinking and shrugged.  Bela rolled her eyes at him, “Typical man thing.” She mumbled out returning to her original position.

They move on to the old house and Marguerite just as Zoe instructed. Coming across baby dolls strung up from the rafters of the bridge.  “Whoever made those should be killed.” Donna said quietly.  Everyone looked at her confused.  “The look like such poor quality dolls, anyone who cares would never let them fall apart so easily.  Cheap plastic is the worst fate a doll can experience.” She explains confident.

“You aren’t upset at the fact that they are strung up, just that they suck?” Rose asks her.

“Of course, you can do what you like with them, but the craft must be respected.  These cheap factory made ones are a disgrace.”  Donna explains upset at the virtual dolls.  Rose mumbles an ok before moving on into the bug infested old house.  They make their way through the house avoiding mutant bugs and solving puzzles.

“Gotta say girls, these things really remind me of you three.” Heisenberg says as Rose burns her way through the nests of bugs.

“How dare you compare my girls to these disgusting things!  They are clearly superior in every way.” Alcina says angrily defending her girls.

“Thank you, mother, but he has a bit of a point.” Bela says to her mother with Cassandra nodding in agreement.

“Momma has a point though too! We are better than those things!” Dani says beaming at her mother. Cass mumbles suck up under her breath and is smacked by Dani.

Soon after they find Mia in game again, she explains her amnesia and is taken away by Lucas.  Not being able to help they continue on through the house again.  Eventually they are found by Marguerite who begins to stalk them through the house attacking them with her swarm of insects, insane rants, and vulgar obscenities.

“This lady is something else…” Heisenberg says cringing at Marguerite.

“For once we agree on something Karl.” Alcina agrees cringing as well.  The others nod in agreement with them.

They make their way through a secret passageway revealed by the spider shadow puzzle.  The wall space was infested which had everyone cringing at the writhing masses of centipedes.  They collect the crank and the crow key and try to enter Marguerite’s room before she throws him down the stairs and through the floor.  After a short encounter, she falls into the hole and melts into black goo. They collect information on the D series pieces and Zoe calls again, and she mentions they only need the arm piece as she has the D series head.  They return to the hole to see the goo gone and a long spindly arm take the lantern needed to progress.  They follow the monstrosity to well in front of the old house returning to Zoe’s trailer. They return to a new section of the old house where they are attacked by a mutated spider like Marguerite.

They run around the house, avoiding her swarms and attacks while burning her with the flamethrower and peppering her with shotgun shots to the disgusting nest on her lower half.

“I take it back; you girls are way more similar to the bug lady.” Heisenberg says once she finally dies. Alcina slaps the back of his head and growls at him.

“Momma can we mutate like that too!” Dani says excitedly as Bela and Cass cringe.

“Absolutely not.  Do not even think about trying.” Alcina scolds while Heisenberg and Rose chuckle at them.

“Why would anyone want to have a gross bug vagina?”  Cassandra turns around asking her sister.

Dani shrugs, “I don’t know, I just think it would be neat.” Rose shoves the controller into Dani’s hands and takes Angie from her.

“No more bug talk, you play, I’m getting tired.” Rose says stretching.

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They find their way into Eveline’s secret room and collect the arm.  They go to meet Zoe in her trailer only to find that no one is there.  They answer a call from Lucas where he tells Ethan that he has both Zoe and Mia, and that Ethan needs to play his game to save them and get the head.  They make their way back to the main house’s dissection room where they pull the snake key out of the dead deputy’s neck hole.  Lucas’ voice come out through a speaker explaining they need to find two keycards so they can meet.

“Ohhh, I love this guy! I’m getting so many ideas for new games, hehehe!” Angie says excitedly bouncing in Rose’s lap.  Donna glares at the doll chastising her through their mental link.  Angie pouts at the scolding.

They make their way through the increasingly molded main house solving Lucas’ puzzles and dodging the molded shambling around.  They find the blue keycard and make their way down into a secret room containing the red keycard.  Lucas calls again at the phone in the main hall, leading Ethan to a party in the barn.

They enter the barn to thumping music and glowing paint under a black light.  They come across a room with a television showing Lucas ranting and waving the D series head around, ranting about how he doesn’t want to give up his gift and that they can only get the serum from him before the television explodes.  They make their way through the barn avoiding trip mines and coming up to a locked gate with a passcode.  Lucas makes an appearance taunting Ethan and giving him incorrect passwords before a trap springs and a secret door opens up.

They wind through the barn avoiding the traps and taking out the molded arriving at Lucas’ arena where they fight off a giant molded.  After the fight they find the correct passcode to enter the birthday room.  They solve his puzzles and escape through the hole created by the dynamite.  They see a television with Zoe and Mia, Zoe explains where they are before Lucas cuts the camera to himself ranting about nothing.  They collect the D series head and leave the barn making their way to Zoe and Mia.  They release Zoe and Mia before collecting the completed serum.  Just after they are ambushed by a fully mutated Jack.

“Wait he isn’t dead?! I can’t believe I didn’t call it!” Heisenberg calls out as Dani fights Jack.

After a long grueling fight, taking out Jacks many swollen eyes and using one of the two serums to calcify him at Zoe’s request.  Walking down the pier they are faced with a choice to cure either Zoe or Mia.

“Well clearly we are supposed to cure mom. Its what dad did in real life.” Rose says.

“True, I did.  I did feel bad though, Chris ended up saving Zoe and her uncle, so it all ended up good.” Ethan says.

“Yeah, sure choosing Mia is what really happened but what if we chose Zoe?” Dani asks hovering over Zoe in game.

“No! We can do it later right now we are choosing mom.” Rose says sternly.

“Fiiiiinnnnnee.” Dani whines out giving Mia the serum.  They take the raft down the river listening to Ethan and Mia talk about the situation before they come across the wrecked boat Mia and Eveline arrived on.  They are attacked by the mold, and they switch to Mia’s perspective as they hear Eveline speak to her through their mental connection.

“Well, this is going to be interesting, I’ve never seen this before.” Ethan says as they move into the ship. They find an unconscious Ethan who is taken by the mold deeper into the ship.  They move through the mold infested ship as Mia, getting flashbacks as they move on.  They follow the phantom Eveline to a room containing a television where they watch a video tape that blends into them playing through the situation leading to the crash of the ship and the infection of the Baker family.

They see Mia’s partner Alan who explains he is the reason Eveline escaped he explains that she needs to fix his mess and they begin to track Eveline through the ship.  They finally come across Eveline in the engine room before she runs off again.  They find Alan again in the room next to the one where they started the video tape. As he explains that Eveline is deteriorating, he insults her, and she overtakes him with the mold.  The mold then spreads to Mia infecting her.  They then see Mia recording the warning video from the beginning of the game.  The section ends with Mia being blown off the ship and floating unconscious in the water, before returning to the present with Mia and the Phantom Eveline talking. Making their way to the bridge they use the surveillance cameras to find Ethan trapped in mold in the engine room. On the way there they are impeded by the phantom Eveline and the remaining molded.

As Mia finds Ethan, the perspective swaps back to Ethan’s mind as he speaks to a sane Jack.  He explains that Eveline is the cause of all the murders and kidnappings.  He says that they were infected when He rescued her from the crashed tanker.  Jack also explains that stopping Eveline will stop the mold.  Before Ethan awakens to Eveline and Mia arguing.  Mia rips him free from the mold prison and gives him the tissue sample before locking him out of the engine room urging him to kill Eveline.  They continue through the bayou to a salt mine near the Baker house.  They hear a military broadcast explaining a team was sent in to take down Eveline. They traverse the salt mines finding an underground lab with information on Eveline and the E series mold.  They use Eveline’s tissue samples to make the E- Necrotoxin that is used to kill her permanently. As they exit the mine, Ethan sees flashes of Eveline as she sends the molded to kill him. They exit the mine into the original room Ethan found Mia in where he has a vision of Mia panicking.  He continues to see visions of Mia’s attack on him and Eveline controlling her.  They stab Eveline with the serum, and she reveals her true form as Grandma before melting away and mutating into a large monstrosity.

As Dani fights the massive face of Eveline, Miranda mumbles to herself, “Absolutely fascinating.  How she responds to different stimuli and the delayed injection of the Necrotoxin.” Rose and Dani scream forgetting that Miranda was sitting behind them.

“Jesus Christ! What is wrong with you! You scared the living hell out of us!” Rose yells at her turning to face Miranda who has a notebook open in her lap.  “What are you even doing?”

Miranda blushes at being caught, “I was taking notes on how E-001 reacted and how the family responded to the infection.  It is incredibly fascinating that the whole Baker family mutated without becoming one of the shambling molded.”

“Trust me she was about to run off and work more before I stopped her.” Elena interjects into Miranda’s rambling.  “Don’t worry, I won’t let her work on the Eveline project outside of simply watching videos.” Miranda’s blush deepens and she looks embarrassed at being called out by her lab assistant.

“Good, no more mind control children allowed.” Dani says rudely turning back to the screen continuing the final fight.

Ethan is thrown from the house and sees helicopters arriving at the house as he is attacked by Eveline. He uses an unknown gun to shoot Eveline calcifying and crumbling her finally.  After the battle, Ethan and Mia are rescued by Chris.  The final shots of the game are Ethan speaking over clips of marshlands and the reveal of the Blue Umbrella helicopter.

“Well that certainly was something….” Ethan says as the credits roll.  Mia wide eyed and shocked nods in agreement.

“So, all that actually happened?” Rose asks her parents, they both nod. “Ok well that doesn’t explain how the heck this got made or why we were sent it or by who!” Rose rants.

“Who cares, it was awesome!” Dani exclaims high fiving Angie who cheers with her.

“Can we leave now? My back is beginning to hurt.” Bela complains standing up and stretching.

Rose boos her, “Fine be boring.  What did everyone else think?” She asks everyone left in the room.

“Amazing! Fantastic! Ten out of ten!” Dani exclaims clinging onto Rose.

“It was interesting, very cinematic.  A bit tropey at times but it works in its favor.  Especially since this technically happened.  The villains were enjoyable and empathetic at the same time.” Heisenberg critiques.

“Yeah, whatever it was fine.” Cass says getting up and leaving the room.

“I had quite a nice time, I’m glad you suggested this, Rose.” Alcina says picking up the sleeping Donna. “I’m sure Donna will apologize for falling asleep tomorrow morning.  Have a good night.”  She kisses the top of Rose and Dani���s heads and leave the room.

“It was quite informative, thank you for inviting me, Rose.  I truly appreciate it.  Now I must go and review my notes.” Miranda says looking at her notebook as she slowly leaves the room.

“We are actually going to bed, but thanks for inviting us, Rose.  We’ll have to do it again soon!” Elena says grabbing Miranda’s arm and taking her notebook.

“I think your mom and I have some talking to do, but you guys have a good night sweetie.” Ethan says getting up before kissing Rose on the head.

“Yeah, outside of the horrifying content of this ‘game’ it was fun.  Have a good night honey.” Mia says following her husband to their room.

“Alright seems like the party is dying down and someone has to get Sal to his room.  Seems like he and Donna can’t stay up late like us cool kids.” Heisenberg laughs out shaking Sal awake.  Sal stands up groggily and leans ion Heisenberg as they leave to their respective rooms.

“Lame everyone left. You want to stay up or are you hitting the sack too?” Dani asks Rose.

“I think I’m going to bed too.  I have a lot to think about.” Rose says hugging Dani, “See you in the morning Dan.”  Dani decides to follow Rose and they head to bed.

In his assigned quarters, the Duke watches the group scatter to their rooms for bed, “I’m glad they enjoyed my little gift. ��Hopefully, it answers some questions for them.” The Duke says to himself chuckling.

[avionvadion]

You know what would be a really awful, angsty plot twist that would follow up with a lot of hilarious shenanigans???

If after Irene brought Gaster and Frisk back into the timeline, and tried to peacefully, willingly give Asgore her soul so no one would have to fight, Frisk just RESETS.

Because after Frisk is returned, they gain control of the SAVE file. Irene no longer has the ability. And they refuse to let Irene die. So they RESET to when they first fell down, and free the monsters True Pacifist style instead of Irene.

Gaster isn’t erased from existence anymore, so his presence is permanent, but people don’t really question it. They wonder if he’s always been there, but can’t recall if he hasn’t. Everyone just accepts him as part of the skeleton family, and Papyrus is happier than ever. Sans somewhat remembers, so he just lets it happen. Papyrus treats Gaster, just like before, as his dad.

Yet as a result. Irene never falls down. She doesn’t get stabbed by a human and chased to Mount Ebott either, because the monsters would have been freed by then. She doesn’t befriend Sans or Papyrus, and she doesn’t remember Gaster. She doesn’t remember anything, though she probably gets such strong deja vu when interacting/seeing the monsters.

She probably won’t even meet the Skele-fam until months later, when she’s working and they’re grocery shopping. Sans is obviously asleep in the cart and buried in all the groceries, while Papyrus is pushing it around and checking things off a list. Gaster is just there to supervise because well-meaning as he is Paps sometimes grabs the wrong things.

And then boom. They enter her line and she’s the cashier and Gaster knows her but she doesn’t know him, and Sans is like sort of aware because he recognizes her- he remembers that she isn’t a threat, is a friend- and Papyrus, chatting away after answering the usual questions of “did you find everything okay” and “hello, how are you today” probably mentions that he can’t find his favorite food anywhere.

Irene: “Oh really? What is it? Pasta? Actually, no, hold on. Let me guess. You… seem like an oatmeal and dinosaur egg kinda skeleton!”

Papyrus: “WOWIE!? YOU CAN TELL!???”

Irene: “Wait, I was right? Uh… cool! Egg-cellent, actually. Um. The… oatmeal should be in aisle five, I think. Yeah. Aisle five or six.”

Papyrus: “THANK YOU, HUMAN THAT I DEFINITELY DON’T THINK IS SUPER FAMILIAR FOR ANY PARTICULAR REASON! I SHALL GO GET THE OATMEAL NOW AND PRETEND I DID NOT HEAR THAT BAD PUN. SANS- GUARD THE CART!”

Runs off. Sans snorts, then lazily opens an eye. “sure thing bro.”

Que awkward waiting for Papyrus to get back. Ends up staring at Gaster for a bit. He notices.

Irene: “O-Oh, uh, sorry. I just- uh, I don’t know you, right? I mean, I’m pretty sure I don’t know you; I think I’d remember a skeleton as pretty as you- I MEAN I JUST think I’d remember meeting a skeleton!? I-I don’t think I’ve seen one before, well maybe. Do you come here often? Is this a store you shop at a lot? I’m sorry this is weird I’m gonna stop talking now.”

Slaps hand to face, cringing.

Gaster, speaking in Wingdings without signing, mostly just as a test: “We Have.”

Irene, understanding what he said instantly without realizing: “Wait, what? Really? When?”

Gaster: “Before.”

Irene: “…Hah?”

Papyrus finally returns, triumphant and excited: “THEY HAVE THE OATMEAL!!!! NOW WE CAN PAY THE NICE LADY!”

Irene awkwardly finishes checking them all out. Goes to hand Papyrus the receipt. Papyrus is about to put away when he pauses.

“FOR NO PARTICULAR REASON, I AM WRITING DOWN SEVERAL NUMBERS THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BELONG TO ME OR MY VERY KIND AND GOOD FATHER-“

“Papyrus, What Are You-“

“-WHO DEFINITELY MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE TALKED ABOUT A HUMAN THAT LOOKED LIKE YOU-“

“Give Me The Receipt, Papyrus-“

“-AND I FEEL LIKE YOU AND I COULD BE THE BESTEST OF FRIENDS. YOU FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE A VERY KIND AND FAMILIAR SOUL.”

Sans, snorting again as he shifts beneath all the groceries, watching the scene take place with amusement. Gaster, both flustered and irritated. “Papyrus!”

Papyrus shoves the receipt in a very startled Irene’s hands. “CALL US ANYTIME, HUMAN!! ESPECIALLY OUR DAD. ALSO ME. BECAUSE I AM A VERY COOL FRIEND TO ALL MY VERY COOL FRIENDS, AND I THINK YOU WILL BE A VERY COOL FRIEND, TOO.”

“O-Okay.” Irene nods. Awkward, and a bit embarrassed, grins. “I shall… do that. I guess. Apparently. Uh… have a nice day.”

Gaster is just sort of groaning into one of his hands, unable to believe Papyrus just did that, while Papyrus laughs.

Gaster: “For The Last Time, I’m Not Your Father. I Just Created You.”

Papyrus: “THAT MAKES YOU OUR DAD! NYEH HEH HEH, YOU EVEN HAVE A DAD MUG!”

Gaster: “You Scratched Out “Scientist” And Wrote “Dad” In It’s Place. That Does Not Make It A Dad Mug.”

Papyrus: “SOUNDS TO ME LIKE YOU’RE IN DAD-NIAL! NYEH HEH- eugh. SANS, I’VE BEEN HANGING AROUND YOU TOO MUCH.”

Sans winks and finger guns him. “sorry not sorry, bro. also, you should listen to paps, daddy-o.”

Gaster: “Stop.”

Sans: “don’t think I didn’t see you using the dad mug last week. if you hated it so much you could have just painted it back over.”

Gaster: “We Are Going To The Car And This Conversation Did Not Happen.”

Papyrus, happily pushing the cart and following after him: “IT TOTALLY DID HAPPEN BECAUSE YOU’RE OUR DAD AND YOU LOVE US, AND THAT HUMAN WAS TOTALLY GIVING YOU THE LOOK! SHE’LL ONE HUNDRED PERCENT CALL TO ASK YOU ON A DATE! THEN SANS AND I WILL HAVE A DAD AND A MOM!”

Gaster: “Stop.”

Irene, meanwhile, questioning what the hell just happened and why she was actually tempted to call the numbers the loud skeleton gave her:

[spaghettiandart]

memories in three

Originally posted this on the aminos sometime during march, but decided (as of may 3 at 12 am) to post it here too! Yay spur of the moment decision! The rest of the post is from the blogs on the UT and UTAU aminos, and the story is under the cut.

author's note: this was mostly made to be part of my oc's backstory, but then i realized it could exist as a nice character development thing. the art was done on medibang paint and took 2 weeks.

characters: w. d. gaster, grillby, oc

categories: fluff, angst, friendship.

warnings: non-graphic violence, death, blood, mild language. 

word count: 4092

[I] |        one - the calm 

The time they had was always finite. Even at the genesis of it, they knew. They'd look at eachother, a circle of three, assigned to stick together and be loyal to one another, and they knew there'd be no way they'd get along. 

It was so easy to pretend, but with five months gone and passed it was getting harder to feign ignorance. 

The violent crackles and pops of Grillby's flames match the rapid beating of his SOUL, colors rising to the white and lowering until it was a pathetic red in uneven jitters of anxious panic. He focused on pouring the rum into the barbarously crafted wooden mug, the familiar motions soothing his shaking hands until he felt some semblance of normality surround him. 

The background quiet set him on edge, still. He could feel the flames on his shoulders worming their way through the openings on his armor, fingers immediately twitching to cast a flame ball, or reach for his sword, or pour another drink, or so something so that they weren't empty and susceptible to the whims of his ever-twisting emotions. 

The tension- oh, how he hated the tension. Being silent was his favorite sport, his carefully cultivated talent, but he was a creature born and bred to exist in the midst of warm chatter and noise. He was not the type of man to be relaxed in silent, cold hate, and neither was he the type to mediate it. 

Grillby picks up the three mugs by their handles, two hanging precariously from one hand, cradled to his chest, and the other already making its way to his mouth. The liquid stung at him, but not in the way human beverages did. While their concoctions were tasteless and lowered his HP by decimals, this was warm and fuzzy and the bubbly froth filled his mouth like cotton. 

His team was already there. WingDings Gaster, Grand Arcane Battle Artificer of the Deltarune Legion, and Igneous No-Name, Grand Arcane Battle Mage-Scribe of the Deltarune Legion. The names were long in Human English, even longer in traditional Monster languages, but Titles had Meanings and must be Specific and Precise so as to grant Monster the Respect they Deserve. Said verbatim by his own King when he was given his title. 

(Grillby No-Name, Fifth General of the Deltarune Legion, was what was inscribed on the back of the wings of his own silvery Deltarune-Symbol pendant. Every Monster soldier got one, regardless of their station and their specific designations. His own was cold enough for precipitation to collect on the metal, enchanted to withstand heat damage.)

His enchanted helmet is resting on a stack of parchment like a paperweight, turned away from the table so that its face was pointed at the wall. The silence was turned up tenfold the minute Grillby sheepishly walked into their section of the "room", and the two magic-users turned their mutual cold shoulder on him as well.

It shouldn't hurt, but Grillby had to stop himself from reeling as if he were struck by a physical hand. Oh, this wouldn't do. 

They were a team, after all. Of the same Legion, of the same Fifth Division, of the same status. The silence killed him, repulsed his being down to the core because it was so very anti-him. Anti-Flame Elemental, even, because even when they were quiet the crackling of their flames were enough to communicate their feelings to another. 

He only had body language to go off of the two. They may be masters at putting up facades, but he was a master of interpreting them, so the minute he sets the mugs down on the table he immediately pushed the stack of books piled in between Gaster and Igneous like a great wall crumbling to the ground, uncaring of the way the two jumped and jolted at the noise. 

His SOUL pounded, filled with anxiety and slight reprieve at the sound, but he needed more. He hated speaking, he much rather would be the one spoken to, but there are little people to be found who'd like to ramble for hours on end to a stranger save for drunken heretics at the little old tavern he used to manage decades ago. 

"What in the goddamn are you doing?" Igneous exclaimed, hood haphazardly slipping off her head and catching onto her big ears, holding on for dear life in a losing battle. 

"I concur. What on Earth is wrong with you?" Gaster snapped the large tome he was pretending to read shut, the sudden action too surprising for him to not address.

Grillby takes the time to sip from his mug, before setting it down lightly. "... You're both acting like children when we are all adults. Talk out your problems."

Igneous glared at him with an impressive amount of venom. For someone with only two eyes to convey emotion, she knew how to convey it. "I am not talking to a child murderer."

The remaining monster in the room scowled at Igneous, and then at Grillby. "Tell the Mage that human children are the easiest and most reliable source of SOULs to harvest to bolster our ranks."

Igneous' eyes narrowed and her glare intensified. "Tell the Artificer that by killing the humans' children we'd only encourage them to attack as harder. Also tell him he's a shitbag for suggesting it in the first place."

"Tell the Mage that she's a naive twat if she thinks that war can be won with no sacrifices."

"Tell the Artificer that sacrifices of that degree are uncalled for and that he smells of elderberries."

"I do NOT smell like elderberries you-"

Grillby clapped his hands once. A burst of flame shot out from the vents on his shoulders and the palms of his hands, making the bickering pair freeze simultaneously from where they were slowly turning their heads to face each other. 

"This is what I am talking about," the Swordsman looked at them both with a disappointed gaze from behind his crystalline glasses. "... Children, we are adults. You're going to apologize to each other and agree to disagree, or else I will burn one of the books you collected from the Human Mages."

Gaster slammed his hands down on the table and began to stand, expression thunderous. Igneous' eyes widened to such a degree that they threatened to pop out of her head, and she snapped her head back as if he struck her. 

"Child number one, sit down. Child number two, stay quiet- I know you will say something and I will make you regret it," Grillby steepled his fingers, the effort of speaking for so long already taking the energy out of him. He heaved in a breath, the air making his flames crackle with strength. "... Child number one- it may be hard to realize this, but killing children is inarguably immoral and degenerate. Child number two- I advise you to set your pride aside, else your inability to accept the flaws of your naivety may cause you more harm than good... Now apologize, because I am becoming very annoyed at having to speak so much..."

The two stared at him as if he sprouted a second flaming head from his shoulder. Grillby lit up a single finger and held it over a stray paper on the table that escaped his rampage on their books. 

Gaster was the first to break. "... ahem," he shifted uncomfortably, and stuck his nonexistent nose in the air so that he looked down at Igneous. "I suppose that I will have to concede at that. Your... interesting... worldview is something we can't quite see eye to eye on."

Grillby stared at him harder, and his shoulders slumped as he hunched over the table.

"And I apologize for my unprofessional conduct," he sighed, picking at the knicks and scratches in his hands in a nervous manner.

The Spirit Remnant stared at the- Skeleton? Shadow Creature? Wraith? Gaster never disclosed what kind of monster, exactly, he was- with clear contempt that faded away into uncomfortable and annoyed vulnerability. She rolled her shoulders, tail curling around her left ankle protectively.

"You're still a terrible creep, and I cannot deny that I would sooner pound you to dust with my bare hands than see you harm a child of any kind," she said, quietly, "but I understand that... things must be done for the greater good, sometimes. I apologize."

The air became heavy with guilt and frustration at that, but at least they weren't outright holding each other in contempt. Grillby prepared himself to speak for hopefully the last time that day. 

"... Good. Adult One, Adult Two, may I present to you your rewards for acting your age," he slid over the mugs of wine to the both of them, glad that he couldn't physically let out the relieved sigh he would have released were he able to breathe at the sight of the suddenly bright expressions the two had.

Igneous casted a furtive, unsure glance at Gaster, who angled his body away from the both of them and glared at the papers beneath him. He didn't cover them from her view when she leaned over to glance at them, her brows quirking in question as she took another sip. 

The mood didn't instantly change to comfortable. They didn't relax around each other, not immediately. But Grillby could feel the tension in his shoulders drift away as he watched Igneous quietly shoot the other with a question, and Gaster exchanging it with one in return. 

The stress of the war was taking its toll on him, but seeing the two gratefully take small sips of his homemade rum and shyly exchange words about their respected professions made the weight on his chest lighten just a little. 

|        two - the storm 

The battle is disorganized chaos, and he hates it. Not for the slaughter, not for the blood shed, not for the dust carried by the wind. He hates the sheer animalistic frenzy everyone on the battlefield was sent into- it's as if the second the fight began the primal instinct in their minds seemed to suddenly reveal itself, possessing their bodies and taking away their willpower to keep their hidden urges hidden. 

Such was evident in the human shoving his sword into the throat of a bunny monster, rendering them to dust before the blade could slice its way out. Or a monster with a dragon's muzzle unhinging its jaw like a snake and snapping up a human mage, their spine crushed under the pressure in an instant. 

Or even his own... companions, battling back to back against a frenzy of knights, swords gleaming and magic spewing around them. They were beaten down, armor covered in mud and muck, and from the minute trembling carried across their bodies it seemed as if they were ready to topple at any moment. 

Gaster's fists tightened as his Special Attack blasted yet another beam of energy to render a pitiful human to ash, the conjured hands twisting in midair before flocking to his sides like a pair of dogs. He looked down from the cliff he was standing on at the clearing they were fighting in, chest heaving from exertion. He couldn't let it overtake him, not yet, but the exhaustion was close to killing him. His limbs hurt to their very core. 

Igneous and Grillby were practically attached at the spine with how closed in they were. Igneous had snaked a hand around a human's neck, crushing his windpipe before resting her weight on Grillby's back and launching herself in the air. 

Her conjured wings flung out from her back, and she slammed her foot into the chest of another knight, caving it in from the magically-reinforced pressure. 

Despite the human bodies piling up around them, more seemed to flood the two as if recognizing them to be the heavy hitters they were. A human swung out with his sword, and Grillby caught it with his own flaming one, pushing it back. The two were neck and neck, heels dug into the ground as the gleaming blades fought against each other. The human's head shifted forward, as if they were saying something, and Grillby's flames burst into a column of blue, indignant fire. 

The human took the opening his anger gave them by twisting their body and throwing their weight into Grillby's chest, pummeling him into Igneous and the ground. 

Igneous flipped head over heels, wings dissipating as she lied face down. Grillby was shakily getting up, but the human struck out and suddenly there was a hole in the side of his armor, frost creeping around it. 

Gaster scowled, and took a few steps back from the cliff in preparation. A voice behind him interrupted his motions. 

"You meet your end, monster," a voice hissed from behind him. He tilted his head slightly, and upon seeing that it was only a mage he scoffed. 

"Do tell the clouds hello," Gaster flicked the human mage away with little pressure and much disdain from one of the conjured hands, and set his jaw as he hopped onto the back of one of his hands. There was no time to be wasted with meaningless banter.

Hell would sooner freeze over than him seeing his fr- companions, his companions- Fall Down. 

Smaller hands materialized around his body, hitting and punching and swatting away oncoming attackers as he rode the hand down the side of the cliff. The fingers stretched out, and he bent his knees ever so slightly. 

As the end of the cliff was reached, curving into the clearing, he jumped with all his might off the hand and to the side, landing in a roll before hopping to his feet. 

The hand continued on, and barrelled into the human slowly approaching Grillby with the force of a stampeding bull. 

Their sword flew out of their hand and embedded into the bark of a nearby tree with a 'thunk!' and Igneous quickly picked up the slack as the hand dissipated, energy coalescing in her hands. Feathers caged the human in.

"... God... no, no," the human moaned in pain, attempting to get up on their elbows. They glared up at the three just as Grillby picked up his sword from where it lay discarded on the ground, grip trembling. 

"You dirty freaks," the human weakly said, their chest heaving and breath wheezing. Perhaps that hand broke a few bones... oh well. Gaster found that he didn't much care about not knowing, this time, taking much pleasure in watching Grillby advance at the human with his own sword held aloft. 

"You're not m-monologuing, right?" Igneous spoke up, her own breath wheezy. Catching the brunt of Grillby's weight must have hurt, because her entire body was trembling with poorly hidden pain. Almost unconsciously, Gaster shifted his body so that he was in front of her. Her body was trembling in shock and indignation, eyes wide and animalistic as they focused on the human. She looked ready to pounce. "Goddamnit... what are you waiting for, Grillbz? Just end them already!" 

The human ignored her, slowly getting on their knees. Their fists clenched. "Y-you... you won't win this war. Kill me, but my brothers and sisters will avenge me! Our mages, our knights, our horses, our citizens- they'll all fight, all against you monsters!" 

"Please kill them," Igneous practically begged Grillby, her wispy 'hair' flickering piteously. "They’re not useful. They’re not- just- kill them, please.”

"No, wait," Gaster found himself muttering, suddenly. Igneous snapped her head in his direction, eyes wide- and he almost flinched back at the desperation in her eyes. What did that human say? "I want to see what he'll do."

Grillby was examining the human curiously. His masked head tilted this way and that, his hands exchanging the swords as he stood in front of the human, looking down at it. Music, unidentifiable in genre, played in the distance. 

The human looked up at him, glaring through the slits of their helmet. "You know... you know this. And... y-you know what I said before... I w-was right. Kill me, but you'll have to live with that... and that's enough for me to die happy."

There was silence. The two stared at each other, carefully. 

"Well?" The human barked. "You're not going to end it? Take me prisoner, then! Flaunt me around! I still won't-!"

Their head was on the ground in a SOULbeat. Gaster and Igneous took a simultaneous step back as blood stained the grass underneath the human, the armored Flame Elemental examining the corpse before kicking it on its side, stomping back to them.

"... Wasn't going to let their dying words be them telling me what to do," he muttered once he reached them. 

Igneous' shoulders seemed to drop suddenly, and she looked around them. Corpses, bodies, dust- they were all strewn about the battlefield haphazardly. There was no art behind them. No grand imagination from the divines above. 

Just the reeking scent of death lingering over them all. 

She took this in, much like Gaster was, and then looked at him. She had no mouth to smile with, but her eyes crinkled ever so slightly at the edges. 

"You saved our skins back there," she said, voice still quavering from the quiet horror carried within it, and reached out a hand to him. Gaster hesitated, but let it land on his shoulder. The tall monster gripped it firmly, resting her weight on it. "I won't forget this, you know."

"You can start bothering me about it tomorrow," Gaster said, feeling a bit lightheaded. 

Igneous shook her head at that, and gave it a few pats before moving away and CHECKing herself, digging around her small inventory for food. "I don't mean it like that. I mean- yes, I am absolutely going to tease you about this for the next month, but... you... you really do..."

Grillby sheathed his sword suddenly, and looked up at the cliff from where he rode down from. There was a quiet surrounding them. "... care about us."

Gaster shifted from foot to foot. He was no child. He was an adult, for God's sake. Why did he feel so... embarrassed, all of a sudden? 

A cheer rose up in a crescendo of voices from beyond the cliff just as the sun made its way to the top of Mt Ebott and began to hide behind it. The battlefield was painted in a swath of gold and pink, and suddenly he wasn't so much focused on the chaos of it all as he was on the way the colors seemed to highlight the edges and curves of the two in front of him, how it made them all the more... real. 

Gaster stepped closer to the two. "The humans have retreated. We should be... getting back, now."

It was Grillby who set a hand on his shoulder this time, his face pointedly looking away and at the sunset. "... five minutes."

"Ten," Igneous chimed in, brushing his arm with her own. 

The trio stood there throughout the sunset and into the night, and Gaster woke the next morning with his friends resting on either shoulder, the dewy grass fresh underneath him and the battle feeling as if it took place years ago instead of the evidence of it being right behind him. 

He watched the rising sun and smiled. There's the peace he was waiting for. 

|        three - the pieces

The last time Igneous woke up from her  Hibernation Pack, it was to a boss monster with kind eyes looming over her. 

She panicked, at first. Scrambled back, and then turned to alert the Spirit Remnants that she was resting with that there was an intruder in their den. 

All that she was met with was piles upon piles of dust. 

"I was able to stop him from hurting you, too," he had rumbled from behind her, " but I'm afraid that I was too late for your companions."

She turned back around, eyes wide with outrage. 

He held a paw out towards her, offering comfort. It was stained with the humans blood. 

She took it, and pulled him close, demanding that he give her a way to get revenge. His paw clenched involuntarily from surprise, and his dark claws nicked her ethereal skin. 

Her essence joined the human's blood, and in the budding tears in her eyes an agreement was formed. 

Centuries later, Igneous wakes up in a comfortable, warm bed inside a comfortable, warm home underneath the large mountain that she fought for her life on. 

The nightmares were long gone, and memories were reserved for the day to sort through. All that was left for her dreams was darkness and static and white, mutilated hands reaching out for her with holes dug deep into their palms.

She never remembered them, and woke up each morning with the sense of loss lingering heavily in her chest. 

In the room over, the sounds of chatter and the dinging of a bell signifying the front door opening and closing began to grow louder and more frequent. Igneous was frozen in the hallway connecting her and Grillby's bedrooms, curled up in a small armchair haphazardly placed there five years, seven months, and six days ago when the two were refurbishing the building and couldn't decide in which room to put it. They decided to share instead, setting it outside and in between their rooms. 

She pulled her knees up to her chest, the chattering growing louder in her ears. Soon she'd have to step out and start taking their orders, but breakfast doesn't officially start in another… ten minutes, or so. 

She can take her time. 

The swaying pendulum hanging on the wall across from her demanded all her attention, grabbed her by the shoulders and looked her in the eyes and reflected her past to her. Her stomach flipped with each sway of the object, hands traveling from her knees to her ankles and gripping them tightly.

It's been centuries. But that loss… was it only from the monsters dusted? Was it only from what that human revealed to Grillby and to her during that fateful fight? Or was it from that missing piece, the hole that separated both her and her friend, the dust-ridden and empty guest bedroom untouched that rested at the end of the hall? 

Her fingers clenched tighter, digging holes into her pants that would be covered up by her boots later. 

Was it the unfortunate fates of her pack? The piles of dust she woke up sleeping on, almost ready to join them before Asgore interrupted their murderer? 

Was it what the human said? The quiet words, so low but loud enough at the same time to be heard from miles away, repeating in her ears? The truth, maybe even the sneer in their voice when they spoke, "Don't worry. We didn't dust all of our prisoners… but you will never find them." 

Or the missing piece? The unknown factor that frustrated and scared her to no end, the pounding in her ears whenever she looked at the words unscripted on that silvery pendulum swinging back and forth and back and forth in a maddening rhythm from where it hung on the wall? 

Her claws dug deeper, caught onto fabric, pulled. The seams of her pants ripped at the ankle, and her flickering, pseudo-fiery essence darted out in quick licks at the air. 

The words stayed in her mind whenever she looked at it, dissapeared when she looked away, reappeared with all the context behind them when she looked back.

Every morning was the same routine. The same, desperate staring at the Deltarune-symbol pendant hanging from the wall. The same hope that she'll remember the name after she looks away. 

The dread of not knowing if she'll remember to do it tomorrow. 

She reread the name for the four hundred and thirty fifth time, desperately imprinting it on her mind. Grillby had long stopped even glancing at the thing decades ago. She won't forget. 

She looks away. 

"Shit, I'm going to be late," Igneous muttered, staring at the clock instead. She stood from the chair, confused and wobbly in the knees. "I could've sworn I was just sitting for a few seconds…"

She hurried off down the hall, pulling on her boots as she walked through the Fire Exit. 

The pendulum swung on the wall, shaking as the door slammed closed, its name forgotten. 

Wing Dings Gaster

Grand Arcane Battle Artificer

Deltarune Legion

Division V

[zichqec]

Another new ghost! This time, it’s one of my interpretations of Gaster, Dusty! And also his cat Obsidian. (You can download the .nar here)

I’m really excited for these two! They don’t have nearly as much story content as S does, but Dusty has a lot of fun features!

He can translate things into Wingdings!

He can translate things out of Wingdings!

...Wait, did I say Wingdings? I meant literally any dingbat font you have installed on your computer. Want to learn to read Klingon? Irken? Pyrobats? He’s got you covered! You can add as many fonts as you want!

(Pictured: Rhomus Omnilots)

Some of his functions are specific to Wingdings, but I made this compatible with as much as I could! Functions specific to Wingdings include teaching you mnemonics to remember Wingdings by, a few Wingdings games and quizzes (Yep, he’s got games!), and a small portion of his dialogue.

Speaking of games, he has games to help you practice whatever font you’re learning! By completing games successfully, you can earn G, with which you can purchase items for Obsidian and gain her affection.

But of course, if you’re playing hangman or translating random words, you need a pool of words to choose from, right? Dusty has multiple categories of words, and a feature that lets you add your own categories, as many as you like! Want to add the names of all the characters from your favorite show? Go for it! All your OCs and your friend’s OCs? Sure! The sky is the limit!

All of this in addition to the usual ghost features, including calling other ghosts (even picking ones at random for you) and checking the weather!

But what about the cat, you say? She’s got a lot of silly little functions you can use, such as a magic 8 ball, or the ability to tell her anything you want and be totally ignored! You can also drag and drop her onto Dusty to make him hold her.

Also important to note: if you have my ghost S also open, he and Dusty have a few conversations! It’ll also unlock a small amount of content. I want to greatly expand this in the future, but for now it’s just the basework.

I think that’s enough for one post, this is getting pretty long. I hope you’ll give them a try! I had a lot of fun writing them, especially Obsidian, and I hope they’ll bring you just as much enjoyment. I plan to keep updating them in the future, so keep an eye out for updates! Dusty will let you know when one is available automatically.

Also, if you find any typos or bugs, no matter how small, please do let me know!

You can download the .nar here!

Don’t know what a ghost is or how to install one? Check out my website here, where I have instructions and info!

[formerlyfandy]

Ivory, pencil, cupcake and clouds

ivory - describe your pajamas?

im actually wearing them right now lmao (never got out of them)

Its a set of white shirt and pants with small gray peanut people spaced all around. Most are wearing party hats coloured either yellow or blue.

pencil - do you own a journal?

before i wouldve said no cause i never have any use for them but now yes, i have a journal :D I practice wingdings in it! i'm also gonna learn a couple more fictional written languages with it too :]

cupcake - are you a good cook?

if you count not burning down the kitchen as a good cook then yesa! Sure! (in all seriousness tho, i think im fairly dedcent at it)

clouds - describe one of your favorite dreams?

ooh fun! :D (good thing i wrote it down lmao)

okay, this is directly copied from my notebook so here we go

just so you know i have never had a "normal" dream ever soooo :\

"I was at the poppy playtime factory during the day(not the same shape, moreso one room and cubed). Everyone was shoping and I was talking to huggy. We were hanging out and eventually kissy missy joined us. I got picked up by huggy. When the day was near ending a tour guide started talking. [Insert sibling name here] somehow climbed to a lever so a tube that had coffee (or something in the dream i thought it was coffee) in it started draining. Everyone started panicking and then a huggy attacked somebody. Then another. And another. I finally ran. I got to a road and started hitchhiking. Finally a biker woman let me on. We bonded then I was at the house with her boyfriend and her (the two were kind of like parents). We were talking and plating with glowstick insides, i was wiping it on the table (the huggys didnt like it and got hurt from it). A wave of huggys appeared and attacked us. Then i was in front of the factory. I was scared to enter but i did anyways. I did my best to keep quiet but when i got to the back where a big door was i saw huggy. (apparently youre not supposed to think, say, or look at/about huggy otherwise he'd attack you). I quickly looked away and curled up into a ball. but huggy didnt kell me.? we went up to a platform and talked (it was kind of like those tall shelves at the end of an ikea). When he got sad or upset he went kind of goopy with purple slime. Then suddenly kissy missy became goopy with black slime from the aisle a few feet away from us. the goop shot up to the cieling. she used the goop to pull herself up.

suddenly we were running. there was a ladder and a staircase infront of a door (the door was higher up with the stairs leading to it). I used the ladder to go faster (huggy was always following me). once i got to the door i was too short to open it. i asked huggy and he picked me up. i opened the door and he put me down. i found my drawing tablet and something else. words appeared saying the stats of huggy (cant remember what it looked like). he wasnt okay and started turning mean? so i ran. then it went black.

i was suddenly back in the factory and little words said level 4 or something as well as something about tiptoeing. the aisles were way lower and there were cats with cauldrens. I pretended to be a cat. I went on all fours and tried to be as quiet as possible but then someone (i think kissy missy?) came through doors holding something. She tossed it into a cauldren and i had to go eat it? i didnt get into the cauldren tho out of fear she was gonna cook me. she did this a couple times before giving me another one in a cauldren. i pretended to eat this one but didnt because it was poisoned. fin (i woke up)"

yea no idfk what was going on either but i just-

huggy :DDDDDDDD

[ragingbookdragon]

Things Citizens Of Gotham Have Seen The Batfamily Doing

A/N: Believe it or not, it’s so much easier to write HC’s about the Batfamily as a whole than as individual characters. Enjoy! -Thorne <3

ª     Saw Nightwing misjudge a throw on one of his wingdings and accidently hit Red Hood who turned around, pointed to the metal imbedded in his arm and screeched, “Bitch! Do I look like one of them?!”

ª     Evidently, Nightwing wasn’t in too great a mood as he just yelled back, “With that big-ass red bucket you got on your head?! Yeah! Yeah you do!”

ª     Watched Red Robin pull a French press from his backpack and press coffee grounds with a red bull.

ª     He took a sip, looked over and said, “I’m fairly certain I’m gonna die at some point tonight. I can’t wait.” Then he downed the entire thing.

ª     Saw Robin stand on the ledge of the old clocktower and do the whole, “I am vengeance…I am the night…I am Batman!” speech. Except he replaced Batman with Robin, and when he was done, someone screamed, “Hell yeah you are! You’re my favorite superhero!”

ª     Robin didn’t stop smiling for a solid hour.

ª     Watched Batman go through a self-checkout in the store buying four separate first aid kits.

ª     When asked why he needed so many, he simply stated, “The boys get boo-boos.” He paused for a moment, picked up the Superman band aid box and asked, “Can I get another superhero? Maybe Wonder Woman instead?”

ª     Saw Red Hood sit with Harley Quinn on a curb and talk about how shitty the Joker is. Harley broke down crying, and he obviously didn’t know how to handle that, so after a moment, he asked, “…Do you wanna go beat him and his goonies up or something?”

ª     Harley sat up, wiped her eyes and said, “Can we go get milkshakes after?” Red Hood agreed.

ª     Watched Red Robin look at his un-extended staff and ask Nightwing, “Do you think if I hit the extension button mid throw, it’ll hit Robin before it extends completely?” Nightwing sighed and said no.

ª     Red Robin looked unconvinced and questioned, “Are you saying ‘no’ as in you don’t think it will? Or ‘no I can’t throw it at Robin’?”

ª     It was the second one.

ª     Saw look at Red Hood and quietly say, “I’m proud of you.”

ª     Red Hood didn’t know how to respond, so he just said, “Right on Ghost-Rider.”

ª     Watched the Batfamily argue in the middle of a Taco-Bell at two A.M. while Batman simply stared at the menu.

ª     When the fistfight broke out over who ate more tacos from the box then was allowed per-person, Batman gazed at them and deadpanned, “Why are you all the way you are?”

ª     Each boy turned to him and silently pointed at him.