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Dellferun Chapter 2

Spoilers for Deltarune Chapter 2 under the cut (I haven’t done a 100% completion playthrough but I did do a run of the main game and watched a let’s play of the Alternate Route.)

When Kris completed their “run” of the dark world on this blog, it was quickly followed up by several shenanigans that did not occur in canon chapter 2, particularly in that their own soul was, for all intents and purposes, separated from them permanently. This is purely because they had a bunch of interference from other characters in the multiverse. They also were involved in a number of other events that, again, were the result of having access to a multiverse.

This, along with failing to befriend their Susie, resulted in them not returning to Castle Town, and not investigating the library and finding the dark fountain that opened up there (if they did visit the library at any point after this, consider that retconned.)

Eventually, their soul (named “Carrie”) got their own body and took turns with Kris (now calling themselves “Inq”) living in Home Town. Some time after that, Carrie vanished.

I originally thought of it as Carrie going back to finish off the inhabitants of the Dark World (as their run, being a “fell” timeline, was one of inevitable violence rather than forced mercy.) I’m revising that now to be that Carrie went back into the Dark World to live with the one friend they actually did make during their time there, Dellferun Ralsei. Ralsei canonically has built rooms for Kris, Susie, and Lancer in his castle, and Carrie has chosen to room in theirs permanently.

They likely discovered the events at the library on their own, and have dealt with them in their own violent way offscreen--and if their own house is to be the setting of chapter 3′s dark world, they haven’t opened it yet because of multiverse shenanigans. (Likely their run resembles the “Alternate Path” in canon Chapter 2, though the whole corrupting Noelle thing probably has less bite here when she’s already an Underfell Noelle. RIP to Berdley though.) Otherwise, they contentedly live with Ralsei in the nearly empty Castle Town, where only a handful of NPCs live since Carrie has, of course, failed to recruit any of the enemies they came across.

Inq is unaware of a lot of this, as they try to keep out of the way of the monsters in Home Town and don’t actually talk to Noelle much, much less Berdley. Compounding this, at some point they couldn’t take living in Home Town with their mother anymore and ran away to live with Asriel in the Big City (something which I’d already written in to explain their large absence on this blog.) In a way, their situation parallels Carrie’s. It’s possible that Toriel and Asgore have seen Carrie around town in the brief times they are not in the dark world and therefore don’t worry about Inq, because from their perspective “Kris” is still here where they can check on them. They’re just a little more scarce, that’s all.

Inq is unaware of their ability to open up dark fountains. Presumably, Carrie could inform them if they ever met again. (For the sake of this blog I’m assuming that Kris isn’t canonically the one who’s been opening up fountains this entire time, and that they just learned how to do so in chapter 2)

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Mun’s not really active on this blog anymore but 

when I’m done playing Deltarune Ch. 2 I think I can figure out a way to make it work in this blog’s canon > > 

if anyone’s interested.

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I DON’T KNOW MUCH ABOUT HER. DIDN’T DIG INTO THE GUY ABOUT IT SINCE I WANTED TO ESTABLISH SOME SORT OF GOODWILL AND TRUST. MIGHT THINK I’D BE THERE FOR OTHER REASONS IF I ASKED ABOUT HER. DIDN’T WANT TO MAKE HIM UNCOMFORTABLE. AS FOR BEING BOTHERED… UH, I DON’T KNOW WHAT TO ADD TO THAT. IT’S A FAMILIAR FEELING. I DON’T LIKE IT, BUT I CAN’T TELL -WHAT- IT IS… ALL I KNOW IS THAT IT FEELS FAMILIAR, AND THAT ALONE IS ENOUGH TO SET OFF A LOT OF ALARMS IN MY HEAD.

AND I’M GLAD YOU’RE TALKING TO HIM MORE. DIDN’T GET TO TALK TO HIM THAT MUCH WHEN YOU WERE GONE (NOR DO I REMEMBER MUCH OF WHAT HE SAID…), BUT I’M GUESSING HE’S A GOOD BROTHER.

Oh.

Talk about real reason you’re there?

Since you mentioned reasons....

He was a bit bad.

But he’s better now. He understands me better.

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WELL… THAT GUY SMELLED ABOUT AS BAD I DID. OTHER THAN THAT, EVERYTHING IS PRETTY QUIET SO FAR. I’VE GOT A TENT UP IN HIS EMPRESS’S TERRITORY. DON’T KNOW TOO MUCH ABOUT IT AT THIS TIME… JUST THAT THERE IS SOMETHING HERE THAT IS REALLY BOTHERING ME.

… THEY DIDN’T HURT YOU, DID THEY? ALSO THAT IS KIND OF ASRIEL TO DO THAT FOR YOU.

Talk about his empress?

Talk about being bothered

It just got bad.

I’m grateful for Asriel.

We talk a lot more now.

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RAN AWAY? ARE YOU BACK HOME OR DID YOU FIND ANOTHER PLACE? YOUR SAFETY IS MY MAIN CONCERN. WHY DID YOU RUN AWAY? DO YOU NEED ME TO PORT SOME FOOD OVER?

AS FOR WHAT I’M DOING… I’M IN ANOTHER UNIVERSE/TIMELINE/WHATEVER AT THE MOMENT. SOME WEIRD MEDIEVAL PLACE OR SOMETHING. MET A GUY. KINDA WEIRD BUT ENDEARING IN HIS OWN SPECIAL WAY. JUST COLLECTING INFORMATION HERE. SOMETHING HAS ME UNCOMFORTABLE AND I WANT TO FIND OUT WHAT IT IS. IT’S SOMEWHERE AROUND HERE… CAN’T REALLY EXPLAIN THE FEELING. IT’S JUST -SOMETHING- AND I DON’T LIKE IT. MY GUT INSTINCT HASN’T LEAD ME ASTRAY YET, SO I’M LOOKING INTO IT. WHILE DOING SO THOUGH, I’M GONNA TAKE IN THE SIGHTS HERE. MAYBE DOODLE SOME OF THE WILDLIFE AND THE LIKE.

Asriel is letting me stay in his dorm. 

Technically, that isn’t allowed, so no one knows.

Staying with mom and dad was not  good for me.

They don’t know I’m here either.

I’m okay. I have food.

Hmm...

Talk about Medieval place?

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BEEN AWHILE! EVERYTHING GOOD THERE?

Hello.

Well, I ran away from home. 

I’ve been gone for a while.

Talk about how are you doing?

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Everything... cut out.

Not everything looks back.

It was very lonely.

A lot of things changed here.

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tired.

checking.

looks like its working again

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Late supper in the ex-Dreemurr household.

“It has been a long time since we sat down to eat together, has it not Kris? I missed it.”

“Yeah.” Inq picked at their food--snail tart-lets and buttered cooked carrots, an experimental meal. Their thoughts were immediately straying to their phone upstairs, the phone that Toriel insisted they leave behind. It was rude to text at the table. They knew that it was terrible to think this, but it felt like they were wasting time here talking to her. There were so few questions that came to mind whenever their mother was involved.

 As for Toriel, she was eating her food daintily, which was a monumental task considering that she had paws bigger than Inq’s face. She had a peaceful expression on her face. But as she finished off a carrot, her eyebrows puckered together and Inq’s stomach lurched. “Well, Sans tells me that you have been acting out at work more often lately,” she said, wiping her mouth with a napkin.

“No I have not,” Inq stammered, not quite looking up. They haven’t been to work in ages. It had been Carrie’s turn.

“Do not lie, Kris, it is unbecoming--Sans told me all about those customers. And besides, I am not angry with you.” She folded her hands together. “I just think that maybe we should have a talk.”

Their stomach lurched more. They thought perhaps it might placate that look on her face if they ate tart-let, so Inq shoved the whole thing in their mouth right before saying, “Talk about what about?”

That made Toriel frown more. “Well my goodness, Kris, it is far more than just some yelling at work. For several months now, you have been acting out, dropping out of school, and getting into trouble.” Tart-let going down sticky, Inq had hardly taken a breath to point out that they had rejoined school when she continued, “Why, just last June, you ran away and we had to assume you were dead and buried you. Something which I still do not remember getting an apology for...”

“I did say sorry.” The events of last June were not at all something Inq wanted to ever think about. “Sorry.”

To their relief, Toriel moved on from it quickly. Not that the next topic was much better. “And then after that, you ended up running away again and worrying me again--”

“I did not run away, Mr. Gaster kidnapped me.”

Toriel paused and swallowed some carrot. “Oh! Yes, that is right. That was a little strange of him. ...Well, then after that, you have stayed home this time but I fear your behavior has gotten worse. I hear about you getting into fights at work, and at school-”

“I am sorry, mom.” Hands clasped on the table, Inq could feel every muscle in their shoulders as their heart hammered.

“You even argued with your father the other day! At least, that is what I hear tell. You know I would never talk to that odious man agai-”

“I’m sorry mom.”

Toriel made a face. “What I am getting at is, I am worried for you, Kris.” She reached a hand over the table and squeezed theirs. “Even before all of that, really, you have been moping so much since Asriel left. You hardly talk to anyone. I am afraid that you are getting worse, that not having any friends is affecting you. I think that if you try a little harder to get along-”

“No. I have friends,” Inq blurted out, drawing their hands in.

That startled her hand off them. “You--you do?” she asked with wide eyes. “I mean--you do! But---who? You do mean real friends, right?”

Inq nodded. They hoped their face was as hard to see as they always imagined it would be with their hair in their eyes. “Yes. ...It has been just hard. So I acted out. I am sorry. I will be better. I met them online.” 

“Oh, online friends,” Toriel murmured, settling back in her seat. Then she beamed. “That is great news! I hope they have been treating you well.”

“Yes.”

“Tell me about them!”

At that, Inq paused for a long moment, prompts--both lies and truth--swirling around their head. They took a deep breath. “Well. They live very far away, but sometime they could visit. Some of them are human...”

“Oh! I am so glad to hear that. I always worried you might feel lonely here, being the only one...” 

“Yes.” Inq speared a carrot with their fork, plopped it in their mouth and softly chewed. “...They are nice. Some of them are older than me, but...”

They continued going, thinking over the many people they’d already met in the multiverse, other Krises or Gasters or even Ralsei. They weren’t the best at nuance, but they figured that there had to be something, somewhere in the middle of truth and lie, that would make their mother happy.

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My turn again.

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Somewhere, someone was texting...

Its me Asriel

Hey kris

Or inq i guess it is now.

i talked to carrie.

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oh

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Listen,

I just wanna make sure that things are cool between us now

after what i did

Like, i didn’t know what the deal was with you and i thought it was my fault. and he said he was gonna help you and he was just my dorky old science teacher from back in the day so i just. figured he was telling the truth.

I mean i know he was full of shit NOW

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he thought it was the truth

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Well there you go.

So like are we cool?

I was just trying to help i wasnt betraying you or something.

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ok

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So were cool?

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yeah

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okay

You’re my sibling too you know?

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ok

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Costume

It’s not a specific character.

Sorry…

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The hair colors look really good

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Even people outside the grocery store could hear the sounds of arguing inside, the voices were so loud.

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I guess it’s my turn then.

I don’t feel good.

I want to be alone.

I don’t want to be here.

I need to get away.

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I don’t feel good.

I want to be alone.

I don’t want to be here.

I need to get away.

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Costume

It’s not a specific character.

Sorry...