Soft Reset
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castle_perraultAs everything fades away when they die, coming back to life is like seeing everything fading into existence again.
The first thing they're aware of is light, and that they can see, rather than seeing anything in specific.
The second thing they're aware of is sensation, the weight of their limbs pressing into a smooth, stone surface.
Where are they, exactly?
Chara tries to focus, blinking a few times in the hopes of clearing their vision. An empty stone hallway, rather like the one they last died in, with high windows flooding the area with sunlight.
They take a deep breath and try and push themselves into an upright position, only to be hit with a wave of sudden dizziness and have to flop back onto the floor. Okay, that's not good. What happened?
They can remember their SOUL shattering, and laughing so hard their sides were aching. Sans. Bruises. Blood. Theirs? No, not at first. Chasing the other child down unfamiliar hallways. Messy. No EXP increase, no LV.
No partner.
Chara waits a moment, just in case any input is forthcoming, but even after several minutes they remain alone. Once again, they're going to have to do everything themselves.
They manage to sit up with only a minimal amount of dizziness, then lurch to their feet. Minus the dizziness, it's rather like the last time they died and woke up again.
The knife is nearby, again, and they pick it up, again. Their locket is also still hanging from their neck, and they can still feel it faintly beating. But there's also a strange weight in their pocket, and when they slip a hand inside to check- oh. Right. An... alternative version of their locket, they guess.
Gripping the locket tightly, they set out to find their purpose once again.
[As with Frisk's post, this is set three days after their death.]
The first thing they're aware of is light, and that they can see, rather than seeing anything in specific.
The second thing they're aware of is sensation, the weight of their limbs pressing into a smooth, stone surface.
Where are they, exactly?
Chara tries to focus, blinking a few times in the hopes of clearing their vision. An empty stone hallway, rather like the one they last died in, with high windows flooding the area with sunlight.
They take a deep breath and try and push themselves into an upright position, only to be hit with a wave of sudden dizziness and have to flop back onto the floor. Okay, that's not good. What happened?
They can remember their SOUL shattering, and laughing so hard their sides were aching. Sans. Bruises. Blood. Theirs? No, not at first. Chasing the other child down unfamiliar hallways. Messy. No EXP increase, no LV.
No partner.
Chara waits a moment, just in case any input is forthcoming, but even after several minutes they remain alone. Once again, they're going to have to do everything themselves.
They manage to sit up with only a minimal amount of dizziness, then lurch to their feet. Minus the dizziness, it's rather like the last time they died and woke up again.
The knife is nearby, again, and they pick it up, again. Their locket is also still hanging from their neck, and they can still feel it faintly beating. But there's also a strange weight in their pocket, and when they slip a hand inside to check- oh. Right. An... alternative version of their locket, they guess.
Gripping the locket tightly, they set out to find their purpose once again.
[As with Frisk's post, this is set three days after their death.]
hold on let me reset the timeline to 3 weeks ago
Date: 2016-03-20 07:34 am (UTC)"It... It was just a suggestion," he shot back, mustering up a tad bit more courage within himself. He trusted Chara, even if the knife was present. "But they're not pointless! D-Don't you remember all of the fun we used to have?"
Even if he was still trying to act tough, he meant well. He just wanted a new start -- he didn't want to go back and have to experience what they did, especially after he had spoken to Frisk. He had to fix this, or at least try...
Even if it really didn't matter at the moment since they weren't in the Underground.
He had to try. "We can keep on doing that. Th-there's a lot of fun things on the island we can do."
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Date: 2016-03-28 10:49 am (UTC)They shake their head, averting their gaze from Asriel's. "It doesn't work like that," they say. "I've... been employed towards a different sort of fun, Asriel."
Gaining power. Increasing their LV. Destroying things. Flowey would know what Chara means- but Asriel acts the way he did when Chara was still living innocently with the Dreemurrs. Before the buttercups. Before their partner came onto the scene.
Even if their partner isn't around right now, it's only a matter of time before something happens, isn't it?
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Date: 2016-03-28 01:51 pm (UTC)Again, he swallowed hard, trying to get the courage to say something. If Chara was speaking the way they were, they had to be from a different part of the timeline. His gaze lowered away from Chara, voice becoming just a tad lower. "You're from the future then, aren't you?"
It was blunt the way he said it, but he had to give it a shot. He knew that if he was wrong and he hoped he was, that he could try to talk them out of it early. "Y-You don't have to do anything though. Thi-- Ther-- This isn't the Ruins, w-we don't have to worry about any of that right now."
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Date: 2016-04-11 03:00 am (UTC)Even though they'd already figured as much, hearing Asriel bring up the possibility of time travel so bluntly makes their stomach plummet. They have a strange picture in their head of cold darkness welling up around them the way it does whenever they die, of time itself somehow reaching up through the clouds and the earth and the floor to snatch Chara up and swallow them whole.
"A future," they say, distantly. "I suppose that makes you from the past."
They never teach you how to deal with this sort of thing in school, Chara thinks, and the thought makes them giggle.
What Asriel says next makes them sober up. He's not terribly coherent, but one thing is terribly clear: He really doesn't know much about Chara's situation. He doesn't know about their partner, the one who walked with them every step of the way, the one who watched them every step of the way, the one who guided and the one who pushed, a maddening irresistible jerking that seemed as easy for them as it was for Chara to grind their way through monster after monster after monster after monster after monster...
Monsters like this past Asriel. Who probably doesn't realize how easy it would be for Chara to kill him, right then and there.
What would he say if they tried to explain...? But then, even the other child- even Frisk hadn't really known what they were talking about, and they'd been there. How could he possibly understand?
Chara doesn't know what to say. They stare at Asriel, waiting for him to provide any sort of input.
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Date: 2016-04-14 09:58 am (UTC)He grows silent, the answer given wasn't expected at all. He was expecting more -- but at the same time he was glad he didn't. He wants nothing more than to try to continue to treat them as he had before he had came here, but he knows deep inside that it doesn't feel right, but he still tries.
"I am. But... I-I know what happens. I--" There's a visible pause, he looks down at his own paws and clenches his fists. He knows he has to be brave about this, "I was told. Frisk -- they told me."
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Date: 2016-05-01 01:05 pm (UTC)"Did they, now?" Chara says, pasting a placid smile on their face. Their throat feels too tight somehow, and they're surprised at how steady their voice sounds in comparison.
Asriel knows what happens in the future- well, so does Chara, obviously. And they can't help but think of how brave Asriel is being right now, standing up to them like this. And they can't help comparing it to how he was acting the last time they saw each other.
(* Creatures like us... Wouldn't hesitate to KILL each other if we got in each other's way.)
An impulse hits Chara, and they blurt out "Then you should know-"
They pause, and reach inside their pocket to grip the locket they took from Frisk, maintaining a stare upon Asriel's face the entire time. "-That I don't want to be friends with you anymore."
And it's better for everyone if they don't even try.