Takes place after the funeral, but before everyone realizes Frisk is alive.

[justletmewin]

[[Because I'm going to be an asshole to my Asriel.]]

While tending to the golden flowers, Asriel drifted off into a deep sleep. He expected to die--well, not so much "die" as turn back into a soulless flower who can't feel love anymore. He found it nice while it lasted. He yawned and stretched himself awake... his eyes shot open and he held his arm in front of him, flexing his fingers. He's still... himself? The goat startled as he accidentally knocked over a bush of hyacinths that crowded him in a rainbow of colors. What is he doing here?

This isn't the Ruins. It's much brighter than that, and--that's the sky, isn't it? Asriel gets up and walks around while he can still feel his arms and legs. He calls out, asking if anyone's there. He doesn't get a reply, but he does hear singing from far away. It's not in a language he understands, but it's beautiful, and the melody weaves itself through his ears like a soothing balm. Even if it did sound kind of... sad. He follows the singing and finds a throng of people in the distance. While relieved he wasn't alone, the atmosphere was solemn, and a pit formed in his stomach as he wondered if something terrible had happened.

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timeline fudging is go?

[andthebat]

That earns Asriel a stare.

"...Didn't we go over this recently?" the Batman says.

He's quite sure they met at some point, back in the throne room. "Do you know if my family's here?" Asriel had asked. So how did Asriel forget that?

And then another question: how best to explain the terrible situation Asriel walked into...?

"It's a funeral," Batman says quietly. "Two of the children here died."

[justletmewin]

"No, it's the first time we've met." This is so confusing. What's going on?

"Oh... I'm sorry." Well, that was not a good thing to stumble upon. "I'm probably not welcome here, so um... I'll get out of your way."

[andthebat]

Batman is quite sure this isn't the first time. "You don't remember? We met in the throne room." There aren't exactly a lot of small goat-like children named Asriel running around, are there?

"It's fine." The Batman shakes his head, and gestures for Asriel to follow him. Awkward as the situation is, it doesn't seem wise to leave Asriel alone without sorting the issue out. "Come with me, and we'll see about jogging your memory."

[justletmewin]

"S-Sure." Not that he needed his memory jogged. He thinks. But he might get some new information that may make things a little less confusing.

how tf did i take 8 weeks to reply to this

[andthebat]

Batman nods in acknowledgement, and begins to walk away from the funeral. He moves at a bit of a slower pace than he otherwise would- Asriel's short enough that Batman suspects he'd have trouble keeping up.

"What's the last thing you remember?" he asks. That seems like a good place to start.

It's cool! :)

[justletmewin]

"Well, uh... I was looking after a patch of golden flowers and I fell asleep. Then I woke up in an entirely different garden and..." He shivered. "I'm not supposed to be here."

[andthebat]

"Patch of golden flowers," Batman repeats. That seems a very vague description. "Is it anywhere in this castle?"

[justletmewin]

"No... I never been to the castle." He points in the direction of the gardens. "I came from over there."