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[Celestial Ball!]

{Platonic}

{Good old Undertale and Deltarune spoilers and caps warning}

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A young lady, enters the Ball, her skin and hair the same bright shade of red, lacking any eyes whatsoever.

Wispy bangs were framed by the long loose hair from the front half of her head, while the rest was tied up in a mid-ponytail via a brown silk ribbon.

She wore a burgundy cotton dress. Off-shoulder and straight across. The foldover was ruffled chiffon, and bishop sleeves went all the way down to her mid calves. Below the black belt corset tied with another brown silk ribbon was a knee long flared skirt with an iron on butterscotch-cinnamon pie slice patch. One could see her knee high brown leather boots.

The center of her brown silk choker bore an obsidian heart with a white Delta Rune symbol engraved on it. "Center" is a lie actually, the choker and Rune lies at the center of her neck, yes, but the bow formed to tie the ribbon was to the side of the lady's neck.

Her final accessory was a headband of chocolate cosmos flowers, overflowing with the scent of chocolate. Or maybe it was the entire person. Either way, the flowers don't wilt the slightest during the event.

By her side was a cyan skinned knight of short dark blue hair that covered one of their bright red eyes. Above their black shirt and pants was light grey armor: A chest plate, spaulders, boots, and gloves. On the center of their chest plate, another engraving of the Delta Rune.

Around their neck was fabric, tied under one of the spaulders and covering the other. The fabric was either a dull blue which took on a magenta sheen, or a magenta fabric that look like dull blue under darkness, it's hard to tell.

[DELTA the RED SOUL] and her Plus One [Kris the Lightener Knight of Hometown and Castle Town] from the world of DELTARUNE ("I'm also from UNDERTALE!")

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DELTA initially drags Kris around to talk with other guests. During the introductions and conversations, she hypes the two to up high hell "'Tis I! DELTA the Angel of all Delta Runic Lores! And here is my grand champion of the Legend: Kris! The Lightner Knight of Hometown and Castle Town, Human of the Three HEROES!" And that's just the beginning of how much she brags about her and Kris.

Kris let's her do all the talking most of the time, and it's almost anticlimactic what little of an impression they make compared to her.

If you eavesdrop on them, you will hear them squabble about [Nonconsensual Possession] "On both sides! My vessel got trashed by Gaster Bastard and then I got shoved into you without a way out! Remember?", and [SAVE] "Knowing you, you probably forgot to SAVE again" "Low blow! Come on let's go to a SAVE point just to be sure.", and other subjects.

At some point DELTA and Kris will agree to separate, talk to whoever they feel most comfortable with, and stare at people and the areas for extended periods of time? They will occasionally move their position, until their eyes (or location where eyes should be in the case of DELTA) flash white for a brief moment and they leave satisfied.

That my friends is called a [SCREENSHOT] and they're taking as many as they can to share with their friend after this Ball is done with!

Additionally, DELTA has been recording her entire perspective this whole time! Everyone in Castle Town and the Lightner's involved with the Dark World will get to watch the footage as well.

Though DELTA's sleeves seem like they would get in the way, they don't seem to bother her. She makes no effort to roll up her sleeves, nor grab anything she can, be it food, drinks or anything else. It seems she needs no sustenance.

Kris does however, and on top of eating, they're going to sneak in as much food as they can onto their person. Preferably foods that provide the most health or even buffs!

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The two ultimately just want to run around, have fun, record the festivities and screenshot them to share with their friends back at home.

Yeah DELTA is annoying but she isn't here to hurt anyone, she just loves to show off her friends. Oh hey! she has pictures of all her friend from both universes and she's praising them to high hell as well to anyone who'll listen.

"And this is Prince Asriel Dreemurr, The Absolute GOD of Hyperdeath!"

But in a Ball of all sorts of deities, their plus ones, all of whom from a diverse set of universes and with a variety of personalities, some may find their childish antics and behavior irritating or worse.

When civilized conversation or play they're so used to in the Dark World (and Underground in DELTA's case) fails, and battle is the only option, the results are always the same.

It doesn't matter if they're separate or alone. They're either together, DELTA summons Kris to fight in her stead (for she herself doesn't battle), or she'll come to the center of the drama and join Kris before they start the fight.

When the knight engages in battle, the Damsel in Distress will deform in volume. Transformed into a small, bright red heart, she'll attached herself to Kris and take the lead.

In the days of yore, the [Kings] and [Queens] lead their [Knights] to victory.

The greater the strength, skill, and adaptability of their opponent, the more irritable, excited, or even bored the duo will be once the battles is won and DELTA has returned to her human form. It really depends of the enemy.

Do you know why I say won? Because DELTA can SAVE and LOAD, set back the clock and redo whatever whenever she wants. The enemy can win as many times as they want, but DELTA can close the gap of skill by LOADing again and again, learning while the enemy cannot remember. She only needs to win the battle once, SAVE, and then her and Kris's victory is the only one that matters.

DELTA and Kris even use this power to flat out change any mistakes they make or dodge scuffles altogether during the Ball. It seems battles they engage in and bother to win are ones they cannot avoid.

Oh? This a multiplayer server where progress can't be undone? This power applied to one user per World (see Flowey), ergo, DELTA's ability as what is essentially a video game player is exclusive to her. Everyone else gets reset like any other NPC. She is the [RED SOUL], and the future is in her hands.

Of course, UNDERTALE proves that this results in deja Vu and other deities may catch wind or be flat out aware of what's going on. Stronger, older beings might even be able to fight against her power or shut it down entirely.

Maybe my talk of the Angel's powers is DELTA's enthusiasm infecting ME even, maybe she isn't as overpowered as I make herself out to be.

Maybe these kids are in over their heads. Maybe when someone challenges them, Kris will collapse, defeated by the opposition, DELTA, will bring up the SAVE File and try to avoid or restart this battle, but no matter how much she tries to LOAD, it doesn't do it's magic. She'll look up, staring at the enemy in the eyes, and the Angel of No Vessel, unable to defend herself, freeze like a Darkner transforming into Stone, and under the opponent crumble into the dust of Monsters she fought for.

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DELTA!

Stay determined. . .

THE FUTURE IS IN YOUR HANDS.

DELTA

♥️

Celestial Ball

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These kids just want to have fun at the Ball, and this is their first time interacting with an actual Deity EVER! And there's so many from so many worlds and Plus Ones as well! Oh, and this is a Celestial Ball, DELTA just *has* to explore every nook and cranny of the place. When she does burn out on socializing, she is focusing her whole being on SCREENSHOTing, taking in the view of the area, and getting a good look for the camera.

For all her talk of being the Angel who guides the Saviors of world's to happy endings, who freed the Monster from the Underground in UNDERTALE, and help the Three HEROES of Legend seal wild Dark Fountains, she doesn't bring up the whole powers of SAVE and LOAD at all.

She's an Angel as young as a teenage human, around Kris's age (once she was around the age of Frisk, waking up on a bed of flowers). With untapped potential to become a real God compared to other well-aged Divinities, she and Kris wholly understands that they're out of their depth here.

Not everyone is benevolent, Flowey taught her that most well.

Thus the Queen and Knight must keep their greatest strengths all to themselves. never revealing them. When inquired about her power to SAVE and LOAD they'll play dumb ("THERE'S SOMEONE WITH TIME TRAVEL POWERS??? I HAVE TO FIND THEM!") and change the topic or run off to find the time traveler.

That isn't to say that DELTA's actions are a mask, she's wholly honest about her enthusiasm, spontaneous twirls that make her skirt spin, wild hand movements flapping her sleeves, and bragging. She's geniune about this. She won't even say that she takes advantage of how other would assume her a stupid and weak false god who needs to be brought down a peg to hide the full scope of her powers. She'd just say it's their fault for being so stupid and judgemental.

So all she blabbers about is the Delta Rune Legend and Prophecies, told by Time and Space, and the epic tales of these myths fruitions.

When inquired about the more bloody way of fulfilling these Prophecies and Legends—

("Making everything worse defeats the point of being an Angel dummy!")

When it comes to drama though, between DELTA's power to SAVE and LOAD, but absence of experience in interacting with other gods, who do we pity? The duo or whoever they face off against? Only Mist, our host can tell us for sure.

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{There's some terminology in the fashion of my OC's introduction, so if you don't understand what I'm saying like [bishop sleeves] for example, googling should show you what I'm talking about, sorry for any confusion 😅}

{So uh yeah, DELTA is not a god herself but instead the creation of a Divine entity or more, an Angel. Nevertheless, she has the potential to ascend to godhood. What that entails however is a mystery}

{I imagine that DELTA completed the True Pacifist route for UNDERTALE and spares everybody in DELTARUNE. Toriel saved her from dying to Flowey, poor impressionable girl, and she got real attached to her Goat Mom thanks to that. If her savior says she should be kind and SPARE enemies, why shouldn't she when the same kindness was extended to her?}

{She's also the subject of all Delta Rune prophecies, legends, etc., The Angel it speaks off. Angels cannot interact with mortal realms without a body to inhabit as they don't have their own. They're just a soul. And in DELTA's case she has to control of a human body or be placed in a vessel with assistance. She cannot remove herself from whoever she controls, she's stuck with them. Only in divine domains can she remove herself from her vessel and take on a form with her SOUL powers}

{With the Prophecy in UNDERTALE, she didn't like the 'Angel of Death' interpretation, but understood where it came from and resolved to not fulfill the Prophecy through massacre. She's not entirely sure of what the ANGEL'S HEAVEN is, it's relation to her, nor why something she somehow is connected two would be a threat to Lightner's or Darkner's. ("But Angels are meant to be the Guides of Saviors! What do you mean it's going to bring calamity? That doesn't make any sense!)"}

{Does the duo get a SAVE point in the Ball? Can they save and reload as they wish? Do they still have 3 files? Or are they denied their powers completely? At certains points of time? By who? Is the freedom and restriction of their power somewhere in-between this?}

{On one hand we can have the comedy of these two teenagers wrecking gods and their plus ones in battle, with only some attendants being any of the wiser about the discarded timelines where the *duo* got curbstomped again and again and again instead}

{On the other hand, soul crushing angst}

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(DELTA stared at the SAVE menu, refusing to LOAD, this was worse than Omega Flowey. At least there others would to help her. Here everyone was relishing in her loss, and Kris suffering for it.)

(Was this the ANGEL'S HEAVEN? The overwhelming force of Angels and their creator Deities, who would bring Calamity to both the Light and Dark Worlds?)

(Ah, she really was stupid and young. She isn't an Angel of Prophecy and Legend anymore but a rock to be kicked aside while everything and everyone she loved was torn apart. There's no destiny to protect her from gods greater than her.)

( * You called for help. . . )

( * But nobody came.)

( * I'm so sorry Kris. . . everyone. . . )

( * I can't save you from HEAVEN. . .)

( * We're all going to die. . . )

c r a c k

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{You have the absolute freedom to play with DELTA however you want, go ham, I wanna see the shenanigans she and Kris get up too.}

At the door,wearing a dress of sage green that faded into dust at the ends,Is Mist. She nods to the duo,speaking with a voice as soft as the wind and as sweet as honey.

"Welcome to the Celestial Ball DELTA. I hope you have a wonderful time." The lady smiles through her clear veil,eyes showing nothing but kindness. There seemed to be a save point here,right after Mist welcomed then in. One save later,and they were inside the grand hall. Two winding stairs were infront of them,decorated with vines and roses. A short lady,one with pale complextion and long hair tied into a high ponytail walked up to them,doing a curtsy when she greeted them.

"Hello there. I suppose you're here for the ball?" She raised an eyebrow as she spoke the question,looking DELTA and Kris up and down. She studied them for a moment,before nodding. "Please,follow me. I shall lead you to the main ballroom." She began to walk swiftly away,with the duo following close behind. She looks back at them slightly,before speaking. "May I get your names?" She says,high pitched voice echoing through the room.

"I am [DELTA the RED SOUL],and this is my Kight,[Kris the Lightener Knight of Hometown and Castle Town],from the world of DELTARUNE" DELTA speaks first,nodding .

"I'm also from UNDERTALE!" Kris pipes up a second later. The lady nods,coming to a large set of doors.

"Well then, welcome to the Celestial Ball." She opens the doors,and they find themselves standing at the top of a large stairway. The conversation stills,and everyone turns to look at the trio. The lady clears her voice. "I Formally introduce DELTA, the RED SOUL,and her kight, Kris. Hailing from UNDERTALE and DELTARUNE." The lady says,voice carrying throughout the large ballroom. She then bows before opening the large doors and leaving. The doors slam behind her,and conversation continues. The duo head to the floor,looking around at the ballroom. It was quite enchanting,with a beautiful crystal chandelier hanging from the ceiling. A man walks up to them,wearing a deep purple vest overtook his black button up shirt. His brown hair is tied into a ponytail,one that is a lot more voluminous then Mist's. He holds out his hand,a small smile on his face.

"I suppose you are new to the Celestial Realm? I've never seen you around before." He smiles again,this one full of teeth. DELTA shakes his hand,nodding.

"Yes,we're new. You are?" The man laughs.

"Oh yes! Silly me,I forgot to introduce myself. Geppidon,pleased to meet you." Geppidon smiles. "Tell me about yourself!"

DELTA grins. "I am DELTA,the Angel of all Delta Runic Lores! And here is my grand champion of the Legend: Kris! The Lightner Knight of Hometown and Castle Town, Human of the Three HEROES!" She's a bit loud,and some turn thier heads to stare at the group. Geppidon raises an eyebrow.

"My,that is quite the introduction! I'm sure you'll enjoy the party. I have some business to attend to,so I shall catch up with you later." Geppidon bows,before turning around and waving as he dissappears into the crowd. DELTA is eager to introduce herself to more Deities,so she flits around the ballroom,bragging about her and Kris the entire time. Soon the entire Ballroom has heard of the new young God. Some,like Geppidon,are amused. DELTA swears she can see him observing her from afar. Yet every time she makes eye contact,he moves from his spot,going to speak to some high-ranking Celestial God.

However,DELTA can tell that not everyone enjoys her antics,and she decides to stick to the pepole who seem to enjoy her company.

After a bit,she and Kris decide to speratre,with Kris making a beeline to the food table. DELTA decides to speak with Geppidon,who's standing off to the side with 2 other Deities. Geppidon waves her over,and the two turn around. One is a Goddess with a soft figure and a beautiful purple dress. One of her eyes is pitch black while the other seems to hold the entire galaxy in it's depths. The other deity looks DELTA up and down hauntingly. Geppidon smiles,waving his hand elegantly towards the Goddess.

"Erus,my younger sister." He then waves his hand towards DELTA. "Erus,this is the young new Deity everyone's been talking about,DELTA." The goddess nods,smiling.

"Why hello there DELTA. It's lovely to meet you." Her voice is much like Mist's,but it's deeper in tone. DELTA nods in response. Geppidon waves towards the other God.

"That is Helius. Helius,this is,as you know,DELTA." Helius snorts in response.

"I'm well aware. I've heard the chatter." He pauses. "DELTA,we were discussing our world's. Please,do tell me about yours." He sounds a bit condescending. DELTA shakes it off and smiles,going into a spiel about her freinds. Halfway through the story,Kris approaches and stands next to DELTA,who has begun to praise them.

About a quarter way through,Helius cuts her off. "I'm sorry,but I cannot listen to this childish babbling any longer. Young one,if you wish to be accepted into this society,you must learn to not babble on and on. Good day." He scoffs and walks away,annoyed. Geppidon shakes his head,while Erus gives them an apologetic look as she walks after the man. Geppidon sighs deeply,clearly annoyed.

"I apologize for his...disrespect. We'll have to continue this conversation later DELTA,my apologies." Geppidon gives a small,conciliatory smile as he goes off after the two deities,leaving a silent and slightly confused DELTA and Kris.

The duo decides to explore the Ballroom,getting tired of all the socializing. They flit around,taking screenshots and exploring the entire area. They find many different small details,like a room off to the side that was seemingly meant for the Deities who didn't enjoy lots of socializing. The gift table for the guests had very beautiful accessories,ranging from Masquerade masks to wing jewelry. It was quite grand,and DELTA decided to find Mist later to ask for a full tour around the palace.

However,she found that she would get a tour sooner rather then later,as Kris crumbled to the floor,heavily injured. Helius stood above her. "Did you really think your power would work on Celestial Deities? We are older and more powerful than you will ever know child." Helius spits,words dripping with distan and venom. "I knew from the moment you walked in that you were nothing but trouble. And I was right." He was about to land the final blow,when mist pushes through the crowd,trailed by two angels and the lady the duo had met at the start.

"Helius,you know much better than to pick on younger Deities." Her usual kind eyes had hardened. "Please leave the premises Helius. You are not welcome here any longer." She then turns to the lady. "Becca,please lead DELTA and Kris to the medical ward. I shall be there shortly." The lady nods,and helps Kris up. She leads them away without a word,and DELTA can hear Mist telling everyone to continue just before the doors slam behind her. Why had she challenged him? She was in way over her head from the beginning. She had almost failed everyone,just because she thought she could dupe literal Celestial Deities. What was she even thinking? She wasn't even a Deity herself.

What had she been thinking?

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#the first perspective of the celestial ball #i wonder what other things will happen this night?#canonically the event lasts a week #with some banquets sprinkled in #♡♧The Celestial Ball♧♡#mist writes #mist events

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