#the underground [ undertale verse ]

[pacexlikexaxghost]

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[abyssembraced]

oh... no i didn't done that but, pretty sure i a human in a red hoodie running off laughing straight into a portal after i got pied by him...

(Referenced ask)

"A... HUMAN?"

"AND YOU DIDN'T CAPTURE THEM!? SANS!!!!"

"...OH. I SEE."

At least his brother was the one to fall victim to a prank, for once, rather than always being the mastermind behind them, he supposed. See how he liked being on the end of it.

But ugh, he really needed to clean up!

...Especially if there was a human around!! They may have escaped once, but a prankster always comes back to the scene of the crime! Er... prank. Or wait, was that only for criminals? Still, he would prepare for their potential reappearance regardless!!

[reindeer-dad]

Hey look, I found Rudy's Snowdin cottage in one of those Christmas music streaming videos.

[shadeenderflame999]

Ask-UnderDusk

[popatochisssp]

I have a question, idk if it's been answered b4; are the Horror variants older than their non-horrors? how much older?

thank you, hope you're doing well!

They are!

I hate settling on exact numbers because A) it’s the quickest way to get people to (instinctively) try and fact-check you and B) this is all for self-insertable purposes so being too specific about ages would inevitably exclude people, so I’m not going to do that, but there is a rough sliding scale.

Undertale, Underswap, Underfell, Swapfell, Undergloom, Underfell Fruition, and Swapfell Fruition are all about the same ages (Sanses and Papyri respectively).

Transcendtale and Ascendswap are also in that same age group, but have consciously lived through a lot more timelines, so they’re in a bit of a gray area there in terms of being/feeling older, but technically being the same age.

Horrorswap, Horrorswapfell, and Gastertale are a bit older than the others, chronologically. The horrors’ Chaos after The Human left took awhile to resolve so they ended up getting to the Surface later than their non-horror counterparts, while the G!bros came into existence around the same time as the original Sans would have. They started out as fully-formed youths so they just jumped the timeline a bit.

Horrortale and Horrorfell are older than that. They had the Famine to deal with after The Human left, which took even longer to resolve than the Chaos that the ‘swap ‘verses, so they’re sitting pretty as nearly the eldest.

Descendtale are the absolute oldest ones, but again there’s something of a gray area. The changes brought on by consumption of the echo flower root include a significant slowdown to the aging process, so even though they stayed Underground for another lifetime at the least, their physical bodies are in roughly the same condition as when The Human left.

Which is to say, it’s hard to nail down an exact age for some of them anyway, due to the variety of circumstances in their ‘verses (multiple timelines, accelerated and decelerated growth and aging, et cetera), but that’s the rough scale of it.

[reindeer-dad]

Is Rudy that easy to read?

Well, maybe not that easy. He really does want to see if the familiar stranger's alright... and his curiosity if the portal to an alternate universe has remained open got the best of him.

"You got me there, big gu-- -- err, Asgore." He scratches his head. "My kids think I changed my recipe up for the better. Even the ex-wife thinks I imbued some magic into my pies!"

"Are you here, simply to get free food."

@reindeer-dad

[outboundskelliebros]

OUTBOUND BRO BACKSTORY (in the read more)

The Undertale multiverse is filled with thousands and thousands of Universes. Each of these universes built on code. Some more common universes, like Underfell, had multiple versions of it, where when one person creates their own version of it or tweaks the original, a whole new universe with its own code would be created. All these copies and copies of copies eventually led to the multiverse... glitching. Not enough to cause a major multiversal system crash or anything just... sometimes, code that would be unused would end up... floating freely in the void between universes and even code that had been copied over and over would accidentally copy without a new universe actually needing it so also end up floating free in the void.

With the over abundance of Sans and Papyrus bits of code floating around, it eventually began to compile into scripts large enough to create functioning, new versions of them.

This was how Outbound Sans and Papyrus came to be. A Sans and Papyrus made from code that was out of the bounds of it’s script. They definitely looked like some kind of Frankenstein’s monster made of bits of Sanses and Papyri. They come preloaded with the knowledge of the multiverse, codes and the creators and artists that made them from the outcode character code that’s been put into them already. They instantly see each other as brothers, regardless of if they weren’t technically born from the same parent, they feel a kinship with each other and family bond almost the moment their code fully begins running.

They wake up originally in the void, having to take a long time to adjust to the thousands of personalities and bits of memories and powers and abilities the many different codes in them came with. It’s a huge struggle and the emptiness of the void almost drives them crazy but having each other for support helps them keep from going insane and makes their bond stronger than anything in the multiverse.

Eventually, they manage to stabilise their code to something manageable, mostly by learning to block off code from lesser used AUs since those are generally less prevalent within them and have code from more major code be referred to most often, the most referred to ones being the code from the original Undertale bros and the Underswap version of them since most AUs spin off them but do have other traits influenced from other Aus mixed in so it isn’t a 100% personality match to Undertale and Underswap.

Then they decided to use scripts from outcode characters like Ink, Error, Fresh, (you get it) to know how to manipulate the multiverse so they can finally traverse it proper. Gonna take influence from Ink and say the Multiverse in it’s bare form is a little hard to navigate easily at first like seeing html code for the first time. They manage to look into Aus eventually, feeling kinships for many of them that they look into because of the many bits of code in them that pulls them to the Aus the code had been duplicated from. They begin to feel oddly at home and excited seeing them all but at the same time, feel disconnected from them. It’s an odd feeling that makes them feel reluctant to interact with the Aus outside of just looking at them.

They spend a long time wandering the gaps between universes in the multiverse, redesigning their mix matched forms slowly to look more sleek and less eye sore worth taking inspiration from all the designs they’d seen, taking most influence from the more larger AU code scripts in them until they looked like how they look now, their Classic Form more influenced on the designs spun off from original Undertale while their Swapped Form is more influenced by Underswap based AUs.

They also learn how to ‘build’ their own section of the multiverse in a large gap between verse. Like Ink had managed to build up the Doodle sphere. They take influence from space since the natural monster yearning to see the stars from so many Aus still being based underground plus Outertale AU influences makes them want to have scenery like that around them. Then, they make it so the ‘stars’ in their hub be gateways to universe, basically making a code that if a universe exists, then a star connected to it is made and if a new universe pops up, so does a corresponding star. In no time at all, their little hub bursts with thousands of stars. While the stars could also be doors into the universes, they prefer to use them as simple windows into them...

But it’s not like their hub is locked to any visitors. And maybe their pull to the universes causes them to want to interact with them...

[twinfell-instaquarius]

Canon Twinfell Research (so far)

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What is Twinfell? Twinfell is an AU based around Underfell (creator @underfell) where the monsters in the underground are very edgy, hateful, and fueled with fear. At first, the monsters were just like the ones in Undertale, but after they were trapped underground, they turned to hate and fear. Asgore was the first person in this AU to fall, and everyone went down the same path as him eventually.

The story of Underfell starts after the monsters have fully integrated into this mindset, but unlike normal Underfell, Twinfell also combines the events of Flowerfell as part of the AU. Flowerfell was created by @Siviosanei, where every time Frisk dies, the timeline resets. And when they return to life, a buttercup grows on their body. The flowers could not be removed as it hurts Frisk. Despite the cruel nature of the characters in Underfell, Frisk remains pacifist.

Twinfell takes place 7 years after Flowerfell happens. (In my AU version of Flowerfell, instead of the ending where Sans uses Frisks' SOUL along with the other 6 human SOULs to break the barrier and free all of the Monsters), he instead chooses to absorb Frisks' SOUL and lets the other 6 fade into nothingness due to his depression and grief over losing Frisk, as well as his fears that even after everything Frisk did trying to teach the Underfell Monsters the meaning of kindness and pacifism, that they might not have learned anything at all. Basically instead choosing to trap the UF monsters behind the Barrier with no way to escape.

Undyne, and Papyrus however, learning about Sans GODsoul and remembering how kind Frisk was, and seeing perhaps Asgore was wrong about all humans being heartless bastards, the 3 of them decide to make a rebellion group called the "Freedom Fighters" where they vow to take down Asgore, the Royal Guards as well as Asgore's "Kill or Be Killed" mindset once and for all and make the underground a much more inhabitable place.

How did the AU initially come about ? 

I was fascinated with the story and lore (as well as the overall aesthetic of Underfell) and obsessing over Flowerfell at the time, and I never noticed those two were completely different AUs until I basically did a deep dive into them both. And basically I wondered "what if I combined the two AUs together???" Another reason for it, was because I frankly got tired of the fandom for the most part sort of 'meme-ing' on the Underfell AU and other adjacent "Fell" AUs, I wanted to take the concept of Underfell and make it even more darker and twisted. And also dive even deeper into the whole concept of the Monsters losing their morality and humanity (which was the number one reason why I personally love the Underfell universe the most of all Undertale AUs I've read about and gotten interested in.) And wanted to do my own take on the verse, hence "Twinfell."

What is fighting like in the game ?

If there ever WAS a game made properly for Twinfell, I was sort of thinking the fighting system would be "real-time" instead of taking turns. (Or maybe its still turn based just like canon UNDERTALE, if you are fighting against any of the members of the Freedom Fighters group) vs the monsters on Asgore's side and The Royal Guard, who fight you based on real time.

In the RUINs, it's also turn-based, since technically the monsters are unaffiliated with either side, (some may fight you based on real-time depending how desperate they get in the fight. like during low HP moments etc.)

So I’m thinking just like in the canon Underfell Universe, that there isn’t a “pacifist” or a “ genocide” route.

More of like a Trust, Betrayal, Closure routes.

Trust: Otaku manages to befriend all the monsters and make them trust one another again.

Betrayal: Flowey or Akumu pins the monsters against each other resulting in Frisk getting blamed for it.

Closure: Otaku befriends all the monsters and manages to make them realize the wrongs they’ve committed. Finally finding closure within each other.”

((Still a WIP trying to figure out how this works))

What is the FIGHT/ACT/ITEM/MERCY interface like ? “FIGHT-ACT-ITEMS-MERCY" it’d still be the same as canon Undertale.

FIGHT- Butt heads against the monsters, but when things start getting seriously bad for the monster With them being at the last strand of HP they have, Flowey would step in and say “Maybe now they’ll listen to you” The fight option would be gone and then Mercy-> Spare HOWEVER if you ONLY fight them, it doesn’t mean they trust you, it just means they fear you. Choosing to only fight would still decide the routes.

ACT- same concept, trying to convince them not to kill you by making them trust you. Act takes longer per usual, but instead of Spare it’d be Mercy-> Convince Because by this time they have a little trust in you, and would come around wanting to help you. And themselves.

ITEMS- same thing, except you have a surprise box cutter in flowey's pot that isn’t known about until the end of the route.

MERCY - Self-Explanatory. May change to "Convince" or "Spare" depending on actions.

((Once again, might change later on. Entire AU is still a WIP))

TWINFELL Plotline:

((WIP Still Under Construction))

ALL ABOUT THE CHARACTERS:

AKUMU RENGAI

Both were abandoned on the side of the road near an abandoned shopping mall by their parents at the age 7 and for 5 years they basically lived on their own and did what they could to survive up until CPS (Child Protective Services) of Ebott City finally found and rescued them and brought to an orphanage where the twins lived in for 2 more years and would move from foster family to foster family without much success.

(Mostly due to the Fosters wishing to seperate the twins since Akumu was very rebellious, and was suffering from abandonment issues and trauma, while Otaku was very easy going and well behaved. They thought Aku was a problem child.)

To avoid getting seperated again, Akumu took and lied to her brother to go sight seeing by climbing Mt. Ebott for a "Family Photo" of the two of them standing on the mountain overseeing Ebott City, when they both tripped and accidentally fell into a massive hole near the summit and landed on Golden Flowers….

Fun facts:

The Eldest Twin (by like, 10 minutes)

Has the SOUL of Discipline. (A combination of DETERMINATION and BRAVERY)

Effects: The SOUL becomes rock-hard. Able to bounce off attacks without taking too much damage. (About half the damage.) Though if done, the attacks will eventually fall back down at a faster pace and change color to injure the host at double the attack power it would have normally been.

14 years old.

Very rebellious, and acts much older than her actual age.

Is also extremely protective of her brother, and will even kill both monsters AND other humans if it meant keeping him safe.

Practically trusts no one, except for Otaku considering he is the only family she has left that still gives a shit about her and puts up with her "bad attitude" and issues.

Able to see and use the SAVE stars, cannot RESET.

OTAKU RENGAI

Both were abandoned on the side of the road near an abandoned shopping mall by their parents at the age 7 and for 5 years they basically lived on their own and did what they could to survive up until CPS (Child Protective Services) of Ebott City finally found and rescued them and brought to an orphanage where the twins lived in for 2 more years and would move from foster family to foster family without much success.

(Mostly due to the Fosters wishing to seperate the twins since Akumu was very rebellious, and was suffering from abandonment issues and trauma, while Otaku was very easy going and well behaved. They thought Aku was a problem child.)

To avoid getting seperated again, Akumu took and lied to her brother to go sight seeing by climbing Mt. Ebott for a "Family Photo" of the two of them standing on the mountain overseeing Ebott City, when they both tripped and accidentally fell into a massive hole near the summit and landed on Golden Flowers….

Fun facts:

14 years old (younger than Akumu by about 10 minutes)

Unlike his sister, he's very kind, and able to pretty much adapt to any situation.

Is also very smart and interested in robotics and engineering from a young age.

Tries to stay positive, whereas his sister is a pessimist about most things.

Has the SOUL of DILIGENCE. (A mix of DETERMINATION, INTEGRITY and PATIENCE)

Effects: Otaku's SOUL creates a shield around itself that can withstand 2 bullet hits before it breaks, in which then the user will take twice the amount of damage when hit. The user with this SOUL must thus be more studious in memorizing the attack patterns and be more careful dodging.

Able to RESET, but cannot SAVE.

FLOWEY

Regained some of his emotions during his journey with Frisk

The boot he resides in belongs to Otaku

Uses his 'friendliness pellets' to heal the twins. Each pellet is worth 1HP everytime the twins touches one, they regain 1HP

TORIEL

Makes meat pies out of the fallen humans that had fallen into the RUINS, and stores their corpses in her freezer.

After Chara and Asriel died, Toriel become emotionally detached from everyone, especially her ex-husband

SANS

Let's Frisk take over 90% of the time

he doesn’t get flustered and isn’t always angry, he’s just very tired

let him rest

he sweats easily under that big ass jacket 

he’s been holding in a lot of emotional shit, so he’s constantly radiating his powers which mostly affects his jacket fur

is technically the most powerful with the consequence of hurting himself the most (Due to KR attacking him too since he ALSO has LV, and EXP)

Loves mustard and basically puts it on everything even when everyone else thinks it's disgusting or on food that probably shouldn't have mustard on it.

he tried on Papyrus’ boots once and felt alive

Sans says “I’M GOING TO HAVE ONE HELL OF A TIME”

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The best fanfiction I've ever read

The house of lane 66 (It is only accessible if you have an account on Ao3)

I am no professional story analyzer, I just like reading stuff, not everything I say is correct and some things may be misremembered because I haven't done a reread of the entire thing in a little while.

There is so much to say about this fic. It builds the world so far beyond what I could have ever expected from a fanfiction, especially an undertale fanfiction. I’ve read a lot of undertale fanfics and none have captivated me like this one has. 

Instead of the skeletons being from different universes they are all brothers and are from the same universe. In a lot of fanfiction that I have read the other AU skeletons got sucked into the OG-verse usually because Sans did something with a machine. It’s a good trope but I can only read the same plot so many times without a palate cleanser. 

As of writing this the story is unfinished but I very eagerly await each update. It has a way of just sucking you in, I’ve spent hours at a time reading it forgetting I need basic things like food and water to survive because that's just how much I get sucked into the story. 

I have cried while reading this, I will not lie to you. You might not but I am a crybaby bitch and I get attached to fictional characters beyond the point of it being healthy. 

I pretty much only read reader inserts and it can be hard to find quality x reader fics, this one reached far beyond my expectations. 

I cannot express to you how impressed I am with the writing, the world building and the character development. 

To give a brief explanation of the plot; MC (reader), finds a job listing to be a groundskeeper, having been looking for a job to help pay for her college. She meets a family of monsters, skeletons to be exact.

Monsters had just come up from the underground and were working for a way that all monsters could live up on the surface. Tensions between humans and monsters are high and it is feared that another war between the two is bound to break out.

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Now there is a thing that is talked about that may be a bit controversial. One of the characters admits to having fallen for a character she met when he was underage, only having grown feelings for him once he was of maturity.

Now getting into the morals and shit of that is a whole other topic that I do not want to really get into. I do just want to say I think it further builds on the culture of monsters and the way relationships work differently to humans. 

The building of an entire culture is very impressive to me. Things that are and are not normal to us and things that are and aren't acceptable. The author made it a point to say that she only became interested after he became an adult, the author did not say she had secret feelings for him before that point. To me that is a very important thing. It has been a hot minute since I’ve read that chapter so there may be some other important points that I’m forgetting but I don’t feel like going back to it right now. 

Think whatever you want about it but remember that this is having to do with a culture that is completely separate from humanity, there are of course some things that are the same, mortals that both humans and monsters share, but things do work very differently down in the underground. 

Personally if both characters are consenting adults and the relationship is healthy do your thing. If one loves the other and is not loved back as long as they respect the other person's decision and boundaries I also don’t care. Relationships can get sticky, especially if age gaps are involved. 

ALSO keep in mind that these characters are fake and do not exist so ultimately in the end it doesn't matter. The two characters aren't together and never will be together so that's another thing. 

I decided to add this part because I discovered the author's tumbler and saw they had a post about it. I don’t know, I just thought I’d give my opinion since this whole thing is about my opinion on the story. 

ANYWAY

I want to talk about the character development, just a little bit I swear.

Spoiler warning here because I can't talk about the character development without talking about the characters and how they develop. 

I’m gonna focus on one character that I’m the most interested in; Edge

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Those of you who have read the story up to the current (I am writing this while the fic is at 95 chapters according to Ao3 and 89 according to the author) know that Edge is, well, Edgy. 

He has hated the MC from the beginning of the story and only now around the current end of the story has he begun to really truly start to warm up to her. There were moments where it seemed he had opened a wall but that not really being the case in the end. 

MC acknowledges the false promises Edge has made to her which I as a reader personally forgot about until reminded because nothing came of the promise (and because it had been awhile since I’ve read the chapters in which that happened). 

His warming up to MC has been a painfully slow process but ultimately it feels more rewarding for it. Personally seeing him actually be kind (In his own way) to MC was mind blowing to me. I think it was even more impactful because of the false promises before, it seemed as though the two would just never become anything more than enemies. 

Him actually trying to put in effort to make it up to MC (for an event I will not mention because if someone is reading this without having gotten to it I don’t wanna spoil that part. It’s way too good to be spoiled in a review post. I could make a whole rant about THAT part because I have STRONG feelings about it, both good and bad.) was astounding. I fully expected the same cycles to repeat themselves but it was a very pleasant surprise to see that it wasn't the case. 

That first act of kindness after THE event was stiff and tense which makes perfect sense, It’s going to be tense for awhile and I’m not counting on it to be a steady walk to companionship. I think something else is gonna happen, something bad that tears their building relationship apart again. Maybe not something that was either of their faults, if Edge did another horrible thing I do not think MC would forgive him or give him another chance. Not after giving him so many already. 

Hell, MC might be the one to fuck up and damage the budding companionship. I don’t have any theories as to what might happen between them but it just feels like something is bound to happen. Their relationship is so rocky and fragile and I think it’s bound to gain a few more cracks. 

I personally love Edge and how he’s written and I am so extremely excited to see more of him. He’s been so scarce and every moment with him feels like something special. He seems to never fail to surprise me.

I don’t know if he and MC will ever get together, I don’t think it’s likely but I would really like it if they did. Don’t ask me why I am so weak for him, I HAVE TYPE OK!? If they do get together I think it would be closer to the actual end of the story, if it’s taken this long for them to get to the current stage it would take even longer for anything romantic to burst forth. 

I’m kinda ranting now, I need more Edge in the story aaaaaahhhh. I have audibly gasped at some of the things he’s done and I have had to put my phone down to take some time to comprehend some of his actions, most of his actions honestly. 

None of my friends have read this fic and I need an outlet to talk about it so I am posting it to my tumblr. If you did read this I appreciate you so much ahaha. 

[undertale-museum]

Behind the Stacks

Part 1 (Here) / Part 2

The Orb bought the archive from a private collector who we'll call "Being X." This is relevant due to the surplus of exhibits that have yet to be archived and some that have fallen apart.

Most of them still exist but several had to be salvaged from Comic Dubs or other people's reblogs.

None of the following has yet to be archived. There are links with mature themes but no full nudity as far as the Orb can tell from a cursory glance.

_Roughly 21 items

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Look Into Abyss by drawloverlala

sans, alphys - waterfall

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All That's Left by dyonisia96

sans, gaster - labs

Note: dub

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Asylumtale by furgemancs

sans, frisk

Note: dub

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Shattered Realities by Ink-Mug

Sans, Gaster, Papyrus

Note: dub

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Skele-Chara by InsanelyAdd

Papyrus, Sans, Chara

Note: deviantart link gone, only dub available

Edit 3June24: We haven’t checked deviantart yet but InsanelyAdd did have a back up of the comic saved on Tumblr

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Game of the Creator by Gloomyowl

Red, Blue, Underswap Ensemble, Underfell Ensemble

Note: dub

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Can't Find it by Gochigocochi

Comic 2 / Comic 3

Ink Sans, Dream Sans, Cross Sans

Note: Japanese/English

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Crushed by Garbi (nsfwgarbagedump)

Sans, Red - Kustard - Surface

Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3 / Part 4 / Part 5 /

Part 6 / Part 7 / Part 8 /

Note: +18, mature themes, revealing clothing, no smut

Kustard by [same]

Sans, Red - Underground

Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3 / Part 4 /

Part 5 / Part 6

Note: +18, mature themes, no smut

Guide: Being X found this source, last time ze checked 3-4 years ago some of the comic was on patreon or sub-based website

Later Guide: Part 6 skips several dozen pages. This may be why Being X noted that some may be on patreon. This theory is, as of 18May24, unconfirmed.

Love Fool by [same]

Sans, Mobfell Red - bar

Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3 / Part 4

Guide: there may be more of Love Fool. Again, Being X collected and we have yet to check if it has updated. Considering it's from 2019, doubtful.

Guide: the Sans Comic Dub video was lost. RIP

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Lover of Piggies Dubs

(Crayon Queen Multiverse Verse ) April Fools Comic Part 1 - 6 by loverofpiggies

Christmas Party AU Movie (Undertale Comic Dub)

Momma CQ [ Halloween special!! ] Comic Dub

Sans and Frisk look so adorable The Movie【Undertale Comic dubs】

Momma CQ   /  Playlist

Guide: copied straight from OG archivist's notes, none of the links are broken incredibly

Guide 2: loverofpiggies content is still intact. we haven't archived the dubs as of yet.

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Hopetale by HappYenDay

Undertale ensemble

Dub [3:20]

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Cross x Dream by crossxdream

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The Truce by Jakei

Ink Sans, Error Sans

Note: only salvaged link

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Undervirus by Jeyawue

Sans, Papyrus, Undertale Ensemble

note: dub

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[armarilys]

This is my second Undertale AU AnthologyTale. # Undertale: Anthology - Summary

Core Concept

The Underground is powered by story magic, where different areas represent different literary genres and words have physical power. Reality follows narrative rules and story conventions.

O Key Characters

O Sans

- Scholarly professor appearance with robes and glasses

- Master of story comprehension and analysis

- Protects narrative stability

- Killed the Editor human who tried to rewrite reality

O Reader (Current Human)

- Can read and understand all stories

- Has choice between two main paths:

- Pacifist: Creates bridge between worlds

- Genocide: Corrupted by Editor's ghost seeking revenge

- Becomes unknowing story god and multiverse guardian

O Previous Fallen Humans

- Author: First fall, gave Underground story magic

- Poet: Left verses in Waterfall

- Editor: Killed by Sans, ghost seeks revenge

- Critic: Died in Mettaton's show

- Playwright: Lost in CORE

- Librarian: Found by Asgore

- Each left lasting impacts on Underground's story system

O Multiverse Elements

- Reader becomes guardian with two Sans variants:

- Liminal Sans (joined peacefully)

- Resetverse Sans (joined through force)

- Hold monthly meetings to protect multiverse

- Monitor timeline stability and handle threats

O World Rules

- Words and stories have physical power

- Each area has its own genre affecting reality:

- Ruins: Gothic Horror

- Snowdin: Winter Fantasy

- Waterfall: Epic Poetry

- Hotland: Science Fiction

- Core: Cosmic Horror

- New Home: Historical Drama

O Key Features

- Story-based magic system

- Genre influences physical laws

- Multiple universes exist

- Character roles stay fixed

- Words have literal power

- Narrative rules must be followed

[civicmuses]

I have considered an Undertale verse for the sisters but this is all I've got: The sisters are all monster-human hybrids that live in the woods surrounding Snowdin. While they are naturally capable of magic (like monsters), they also can have high concentrations of Determination and their souls will persist after death. The sisters mostly keep to themselves and often wear animal masks (Sarah wears an owl mask, Marcy wears a bat mask, Marsha wears a wolf mask, and Rosa wears a fox mask), fearful of being found out as half-human. Rosaline is probably the least cautious of the four because she is a kid and wants to befriend some of the other monster kids. The other three (Marcy, Sarah, and Marsha) are much more cautious due to previous experiences of being caught with their faces exposed.

The main problem is that they're human-monster hybrids. According to Undertale lore, eight known humans (Chara, the six humans, and Frisk) fell into the underground.

[inbarfink]

On a similar note to my previous post, I think it’s probably a fool’s errand to try and find when Deltarune happens in relation to Undertale. At least if we’re not talking like a Universe-Reset-Theory thing, but as two parallel lines that the Player interacts with in different points.

I mean, I know the year “202X” appears in the hidden files for Ralsei’s Manual back up in Chapter 1 so a lot of people assume this universe is 10 years ahead of Undertale’s. But to me it’s clear that the two universes diverge so much that those dates are pretty meaningless.

Like ‘ten years ahead of 201X’ seem to make sense for Asriel. Cause, remember, 201X isn’t the year of the events of the game - but the year of Chara’s fall into the Underground. So if he hadn’t died in 201X, he would be college-aged by 202X, that makes sense.

But this world is also full of characters who were born long after 201X, some of which appear to be roughly the same age (Snowdrake, Burger/Pizzapants) or even slightly older (Monster Kid, maybe Susie and Kris if they are counterparts to Suzy and Frisk) than they are in Undertale. And then you get to stuff like Rudy being already dead in Undertale, which might be a matter of things it being further along in his personal timeline or just a matter of chance... 

…I think it’s clear that events, including the dates of characters’ births can get totally rearranged in this verse, so there’s no point in expecting a timeline comparison with Undertale to be totally linear. (Also as far as we know they don’t even use the same dating system lol.)

[reindeer-dad]

So, you live in Snowdin? You ever see those two skeletons that live around there?

Event: UT Rudy has the inbox

It's almost like they were born yesterday...

[antidreemurr]

New Au: UnderExchange

It’s Yet Another Shuffle Verse.

OBVIOUS SPOILERS FOR UNDERTALE AHEAD

Where Underswap swaps people in a pair and Storyshift moves everyone one to the right, UnderExchange swaps the pairs themselves.

First off, the Narrator, the Soulless, The Monarch, and The Caretaker.

These are taken by Asgore and Toriel respectively. While they were once king and queen, the Buttercup Pie accident went far, far worse. Additionally, Chara was insistent on experimenting with Determination, which was discovered far sooner. Toriel, in a desperate search for some kind of cure, injected herself with DT to take herself and Asgore across the barrier in search of help…it ended up just as effectively as Chara and Asriel’s plan. Toriel’s DT allowed her to survive just long enough to die in front of Chara and Asriel.

Which left the two now-teenagers as both orphans and the rulers of the underground.

Eventually the DT experiments continued, and Toriel woke back up as Petal, an intentionally somewhat bad name to remember her husband by.

Chara, of course, immediately declared war on all of humanity, similar to Asgore in Undertale. However, they fully meant it, and stuck to their guns unlike the original mountain king, whose faith in his declaration wavered soon after.

This, of course, terrifies Asriel, who leaves to become the Caretaker of the Ruins, taking an urn of his father’s Dust with him, leaving Chara as the Underground’s sole Monarch.

Frisk’s fall, of course, interacts with the dust in the Urn, and Asgore becomes their permanent narrator.

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The Judge, The Rookie, The Scientist, and The Captain

Undyne and Alphys take the roles of the Rookie and the Judge. Meaning that Papyrus and Sans become the Captain and Royal Scientist.

Undyne and Alphys are already dating, and live together in snowdin.

Undyne keeps her Undying form, however she exclusively uses it to try and further convince you to stop your rampage, allowing you to repeatedly cut her down while she continues to believe in you if you do genocide.

Papyrus, not having this, gets help from his brother to do his job properly. Gadgets, Gizmos, and Gears Galore, along with the inherent strength of Papyrus makes Captain Papyrus of the Royal Guard a formidable foe. Unlike Undyne, however, he can be convinced with enough effort.

Sans managed to save Undernet Sensation Muffet from grievous injury from another human by giving her cybernetic implants and prosthetics (making her the Star) and was consequently promoted to Royal Scientist, which he mostly uses the resources and connections of to help his brother and the rest of the guard, along with taking commissions from the others in the underground.

It’s implied that in the original Undertale sans had a connection with the Royal Scientist, and the Judge Alphys is much the same. However unlike classic sans, Alphys never dropped her apprenticeship. As she’s not the most magically inclined, she was specifically hired as the Judge due to her affinity for soul-magic based technology (like the phone’s ability to turn your soul yellow). She uses this and her minor technomancy to very effectively craft herself the abilities necessary for The Judge.

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The Shy, The Star, The Baker, and the Bar

Grillby takes the form of a quiet Will-of-the-Wisp, watching your journey through sections of the Ruins and Waterfall, and helping you out by leading you to items and less obvious areas.

Blooky is the owner of the Quiet Nebula Café in Snowdin town

Mettaton sells a number of different food items out of a stall, having gotten his body as a commission to sans

And of course, Muffet is the Star, having been a famous influencer on the Undernet for a while before the first less-than-friendly human fell down and injured her greatly. She managed to get away before dying due to her large number of spider friends distracting the human, and sans managed to fix her up with prosthetics and cybernetics, allowing her to make a triumphant return to the scene, catapulting up in fame and becoming an icon of Perseverance and just a celebrity in general. She loves the fame.

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This AU is a work in progress, feel free to leave questions or ideas!

[reindeer-dad]

Good thing his holiday innuendo was lost on the giant goat man in front of him. Extremely fiery bullet dodged. As long as there aren't further requests for elaboration about the inappropriate question, Rudy's in the clear.

He takes a bite out of the cookie from the plate before him. "Well I'll be a kid on Gyftmas day... ..." His eyes water with joy. "These things're flippin' perfect!"

Crispy on the bottom, a dense and chewy pillow of milk chocolates and marshmallows pieces in the middle. Rudy considers his Asgore to be better at baking than he gives himself credit. But this other Asgore? He completely nails the cookie-baking game!

"Hoooo man! You gotta tell me your secret!"

"So, you like being the sleigh rider, or the sleigh?" The thought of those words possibly causing his incineration didn't cross his mind... until the words slipped out of Rudy's snout.

@reindeer-dad

"Start making sense and eat your cookies." he orders.