Test Drive Meme #2

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i. WELCOME HOME

So you've made it home without being maimed, mauled, or otherwise lost! Isn't that lovely? You've scoped out your room and everything seems to be in some strange kind of order. There's a distinctly lived in sort of feel about the whole of the house with every basic amenity afforded it, but what's this? What's that? What are these other doors beyond the usual staples of a living room, bathrooms, and the like? What, you didn't think you lived all by yourself, did you? Say "hi" to your roommate! Or perhaps they're just more family that you've forgotten you had?

ii. BUMP IN THE NIGHT

For whatever reason, you find yourself too far from home to return safely before nightfall, which leaves you with two options. You can either brave the vicious creatures that rise from the swamp when the sun sets or try in vain to hide in one of the rundown buildings scattered throughout the town. There are no locks and no more than a few panes of glass or wood between you and that which roams the streets. Or perhaps, by chance, you've lucked out and are close enough to the Library to seek shelter. For even if you are being chased, the moment any creature steps within a few feet of its walls, they burst into flames and die. How fortunate for you! Now, please mind your manners. You wouldn't want to activate the protections of the location and find yourself out on your butt with the monsters, would you?

iii. MIRROR MIRROR

It's a flickering icon that catches your attention in the centermost piece of the smooth surface that appears as some strange sort of screen. Touch it and the surface of the mirror ripples and reveals what appears to be some sort of interactive message board that appears to be going so strong. Perhaps you aren't so alone after all. Will you reach out through a post to the network?

iv. NOT ALL WHO WANDER ARE LOST

The sun has finally risen and you know what that means! Time to go exploring! With eighty percent of the town burned down or otherwise uninhabitable, there are lots of places to go wandering in search of answers and items. Too bad you're more likely to find a bunch of junk and more questions than answers, but you know what they say: "One man's trash is another man's treasure." From suspiciously human bones to broken old appliances to priceless jewelry and everything in between, if it's something someone would have in a house or shop, there's a good chance you can find it charred and-or buried somewhere around town.

Why don't you take a look around?

v. WILD CARD

Alternatively, feel free to choose your own adventure and do something else within the setting!

Comments

[buttercuppies]

No. Get off of me though.

[forgottenchild]

[You figure that's fine. Things with Chara will probably take time so for now you'll let it go. You finally release the other from your hug, but not before one last determined squeeze.]

Do you want some chocolate?

[Because you happen to have a bar with you that you picked up along the way and might be inclined to share.]

[buttercuppies]

...Is this a trick?

[forgottenchild]

[Well you were going to ask him to say please, but baby steps here.]

Nope.

[You pull the chocolate bar out of your pocket and offer it over for peace]

[buttercuppies]

[ Chara looks wary, looking back and forth from Frisk to the chocolate bar. his stomach grumbles a little and he finally takes it, unwrapping it slowly ]

...This didn't come from that pile of dirt, did it?

[forgottenchild]

I brought it from the fridge, it's okay.

[You weren't sure why you grabbed it besides habit, but now you're glad you did.]

[buttercuppies]

[ Chara looks different now. he looks worried but almost hopeful. it reminded him of home...

he's acting more like a child would than...what he normally does. he was still there, despite all that had happened before and all that followed him now. Chara breaks a piece of the chocolate off and pops it in his mouth ]

[forgottenchild]

[Despite earlier accusations, you know a lot more about Chara than anyone knows about you. Maybe it's time that changed. Friendship has to go two ways after all.]

Asriel asked me why I climbed a mountain with such a bad reputation. I didn't say anything, so he dropped it. But, the truth is...

[You pause with a sigh, pulling your knees up to rest your chin on them.]

I fell into the underground with the stick I was using to get through the brush and a dirty bandage. I wore bandages a lot. My parents would get in fights, and sometimes I'd be caught in the middle. So, I figured, it'd be okay if I disappeared, right? No one would notice, or care.

But I didn't. Toriel... she found me. And at that time, I was so disappointed I didn't disappear, I wanted to try again. So I left. But I wouldn't fight. No matter how many times I was hit, or killed, I was determined to never be like the people who raised me. I wanted to be different from them. And the more monsters I met, and made real friends for the first time, the less I wanted to disappear.

[buttercuppies]

...Why are you telling me this? [ not that Chara didn't want to know. but this was random. Chara never wanted to disappear like that, in fact, he wanted to be the only one left. just Chara and his brother... that sounded great ]

Huh. I've never had parents, until I came here. [ he says this like it's no big deal, taking another piece of chocolate in his mouth. he has no sympathy for Frisk because frankly, their stories aren't all that different ]

[forgottenchild]

Because I've never told anyone before.

[And you had really intended it to stay that way, but it doesn't feel right to hide things from Chara. Whether you like it or not, you're stuck in this together.]

I don't think I want parents. Even Toriel... I really like her, but I just can't. I don't want to associate her with what I remember of them. The only person I'd feel safe calling a parent....

[You flush a little, awkward, but... he can't see if he's not here, right?]

It'd be Sans.

[buttercuppies]

Nobody else...? [ why? why keep that to yourself for so long? that's all Chara could think. he drops his hands for a moment, now looking at the other ]

Sans... Really?

[forgottenchild]

It was easier to say "I want to go home" rather than "I want to go somewhere to die". And after everything was over, I felt... I don't know. But I didn't want any of them to know, I didn't want to see how they'd look at me if they knew the truth. So I kept quiet.

[You love all the monster friends you made with all your heart, but you don't think you could stand the horror or pity if they knew your past and your reasons. It's funny, really. Because even if you told yourself you wanted to disappear, to die, you had so many chances and yet you were DETERMINED not to give up.

Maybe all you really wanted, deep down, was to find people who cared. And after Toriel, and Sans and Papyrus, it gave you enough hope to hold on.]

Sans... is the best. He cares so much, and so deeply, and even if he looks and acts lazy he's so cool and protective. He makes me feel safe, for the first time in my life.

[You pause, taking a breath before letting it out.]

That's why, when fighting him, I found the strength to give up, to reset, and fix what we had destroyed. It was all for him, to have a chance to be with him again. Every time he killed us, every time he refused to give up, I felt my heart grow stronger and give me the strength I didn't think I had on my own.

[buttercuppies]

That must've been what called it in the first place... [ and called him back from the dead of all places... ]

You seem to forget how he treated you...how he treated us. [ there's a dark look in Chara's eyes ] I'll never forget his threats and when he stood in our way. Never. All because his brother was killed...

[ while we're on that subject ] Frisk, why did you kill Flowey?

[forgottenchild]

[You're not quite sure what Chara means by what called it, but you think you have an idea. And it's not one you like. But, for now, you'll leave that part be.]

We needed to be stopped. And all he was trying to do was protect and do what he felt was right. We should never have killed anyone, especially Papyrus, who only wanted to be our friend despite everything.

[And now, now you think you see where some differences lie. There were so many resets, of course, you and Chara didn't necessarily come from the same one.]

I didn't kill Flowey. I couldn't. Even after I had to fight him, even after he threatened to kill me again and again if I spared him, I still showed mercy. And then, when I fought Asriel, and I had to save the souls of all of my friends, I didn't stop until I saved him, too. I tried to go back, to talk him into coming to the surface with everyone, but he refused.

[buttercuppies]

We needed to be left alone. If Sans could see all the other timelines, he should've seen the one where everything was erased. That was the best option for everyone. [ Chara tilts his head ] Then you didn't kill him? I remember that we did. Or have you reset so many times that you don't remember anything clearly anymore?

[ which explains the next part. Chara bites off the next piece of chocolate ] It was there. It was with him there too.

[forgottenchild]

[You're pretty positive you've never killed Flowey, how could you? And that Chara's been through more resets than you have, by far, but there's something more important than pointing out any of that.]

...What is it?

[Whatever it is, you're Determined to beat it. You have, and you will, again and again.]

[buttercuppies]

You know already... Don't play dumb, Frisk.

[forgottenchild]

[You don't think you do. You never really put much thought into it, because your main objective was keeping your friends safe and trying not to die too much in the process.

You had thought it was just how Chara was, how Flowey was, but you should have known something else was wrong. You're just a kid, and sometimes you don't think things through, but there is one thing you do know.]

My determination is stronger.

[buttercuppies]

Yeah, uh huh, that's what I thought too. [ he smiles at the other ] So did Asriel... But we weren't as strong as we thought after all.