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[tatatale]

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[sui-imi]

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[howlsofbloodhounds]

So was rewatching Othertale: Before the Hack (part 1) a few days ago and posting about it, which you can find here, and i was taking notes as i did.

You can also find the link to my analysis of the [caring] animation here, and my analysis of the [experiment] animation here and here.

And happy 9th birthday to both Othertale, and Color Sans!

“Undyne, or Ivory, comes from an AU called Othertale. She can play piano and has a nice sense of music, but can’t sing. She’s much weaker than her Undertale counterpart.

In this AU, Sans never existed (aside from a mysterious sock in the house that Undyne and Papyrus eventually move in to.)

And instead, Undyne—an orphaned street kid blind in one eye with her red hair in a braid—starts looking after an even younger orphaned kid named Papyrus from bullies and thieves. Before eventually, the two decide to stick together as siblings.

Due to being more focused on looking after and raising Papyrus, Undyne does not have any goals to join the Royal Guard or free the Underground or capture any humans.

She cares more about her little brother than anything, and even uses piano skills to eventually become something of a celebrity for the Underground while Papyrus goes on to become a math teacher.

Othertale Undyne grows up in a universe where Sans doesn’t exist, Papyrus is her younger adoptive brother, and she had to work to keep herself and her brother alive.

Using her skills in piano playing to perform concerts, she earns enough to get herself and her brother off the streets.

She seems to take this very seriously, such as being nervous and not sleeping, staying up all night practicing. Especially since she’s become so well know that even King Asgore and Gerson Head of the Royal Guard would be there.

Neither she nor Papyrus have plans to join the Royal Guard, so Gerson is still the captain of the Royal Guard.

Neither Papyrus nor Undyne have any official training, although Undyne and the Royal Scientist Alphys are still love interests—with Alpyhs being Papyrus’ Undernet friend, and appearing to have a celebrity crush on Undyne—even giving her a gift for her big concert.

Because the six human souls also don’t exist in Othertale, breaking the barrier isn’t possible. Mettaton operates more like a living weapon than a star, and the amalgamates don’t exist either. Although Flowey still does.

In the present day of Othertale, many monsters have mysteriously been going missing; with the King himself having to speak on the issue.

It is unclear if Undyne is any concerned about this, given how she readily goes on walks alone with Alphys and was eager to explore an abandoned sentry station that showed up out of nowhere when she heard someone calling her name from it.

One day, however, Undyne is lured into the Void through a sentry station; she hears someone calling her name but no one else can hear it. She decides to immediately go exploring because she wants to have fun. She is rather pushy when Alphys is too scared to go in and explore, but ultimately doesn’t force the other woman to go in.

But inside she is confronted by Gaster and Sans/Color!Sans. She doesn’t understand what’s going on, but is knocked out by a magic fueled punch by Color that transfers some of Color’s “soul power” into her, which opened Undyne’s “blind eye.”

Ivory is not afraid to defend herself; not hesitant at all to summon one of her spears and point it at Gaster when he advances on her, warning him to stay back or else she will hurt him. Although she only does this when he attempts to make a move towards her.

She seems very very nervous about her concert, and she doesn’t seem to have been ready for the level of attention and popularity her skills brought her.

Due to her magic eye that Color unlocked, she seems able to immediately tell if there’s danger nearby; like a warning, perhaps from Color himself. She seems to trust her instincts a lot, immediately ditching her big concert and audience to follow her gut and run straight into danger.

When she finds Alphys injured, she’s furious and fiercely protective; demanding to know who did it in a low growling tone.

Once making sure Alphys is okay, her immediate concern after is her brother and his safety. But rather than immediately running off and abandoning Alphys, she expresses this to her—and after getting reassurance that the other woman is okay and understands, she gives Alphys a tight hug before running off after Papyrus.

As soon as she finds and protects Papyrus, she orders her brother to run and get help while she fights off against the other monster attacking him on her own.

She’s able to shortcut a lot like Sans is able to now. Her eye glows like Sans’ did, only yellow this time. Her fish ears/gills pin back when she’s scared.

When she gains her second form, her hair is chopped off to what appears to be about ear length. Her spears are stronger and longer, and she has her own Gaster Blasters.

She dresses like an Underfell Undyne in this form—and she wears a heart shaped golden necklace with the letter “f” on it.

We don’t know where she got it, what it means, who it came from—but it was said to be a gift from someone.”

^ the images I am referring to. (All art by superyoumna.)

This part is in reference to the [experiment] short, and the brother & sister comic.

Before Gaster jumped into the Core and Sans was forgotten in the Void to create Othertale, back when the universe was still Undertale—this universe seems to subscribe to the idea that both Sans and Undyne’s magical eyes were due to experiments by Dr. Gaster.

Sans says that Dr. Gaster made a mistake when giving him his eye, that it made Sans’ body extremely unstable and fragile—and possibly more, although Sans doesn’t seem to hold it against Gaster even when Gaster holds it against himself.

Sans reassures Undyne that Gaster won’t make that same mistake with her, but when the experiment finally works and Undyne is able to see from her fake eye, Gaster immediately tells Sans to remove the soul energy or it would damage Undyne’s body.

Undyne during this flashback seems to be around 5, while Papyrus is at most 1-2, and Sans seems to be in his late teens to early 20s. When Sans is pulled into the Void and the world is rewritten to forget Sans and make Othertale, Ivory’s eye is blind again and later needs to be reactivated by Color transferring his soul energy back to her.

All a part of Color and Shade’s plan to empower Ivory with knowledge and power so she can fight against the impending threat, since Color and Shade cannot leave the Void without the risk of dying.

Despite how Ivory and Shade’s meeting in Othertale’s Void is confronting and wary, in the past, child Undyne seemed to find comfort in Gaster and trusted him a lot—such as wanting him to share in her happiness, being worried about him when he leaves in frustration, and saying that the lab is spooky without him around.

As a child after Sans is forgotten, however, it appears little Ivory met little Sage sometime after an event just referred to as “the explosion.” And ever since then, Sage only ever sought Ivory out whenever the other children would steal from and bully him—and Ivory would beat up the bullies for him and get his stuff back.

One day, while searching for a rubix cube in the garbage dumps, a frantic and crying Sage runs up to Ivory to tell her that the others kids stole his toy car.

Ivory notes that he only ever comes to her when he needs protection. Sage immediately apologizes for this, but Ivory quickly corrects herself as that wasn’t what she meant—this is the moment where Ivory proposes that Sage stick with her instead of surviving on his own.

Sage is reluctant to accept because even though they are friends, they are still strangers. In answer to this, Ivory gives Sage her rubix cube and loudly states that they are neither friends nor strangers—instead they are siblings.

Sage immediately gets excited by this idea, and the two proudly and loudly declare that they are siblings—and Sage promises to always look up to her and support her as his big sister and as the “great Papyrus!”

[toxicundernet]

ToxicUnderNET -> DISCLAIMER

Welcome to ToxicUnderNET an Undertale AU, this AU uses

suggestive humor, curse words, sensitive words and mention of war.

GO AT YOUR OWN RISK

Enjoy! and ask Away!

BLOG AND ART BY: @thatguylucass

Note: if an ask is sent and the reply (done by this bog) is not to your liking or might be too disrespectful please dm @thatguylucass so it can be taken down immediately, thank you! (this doesn't apply to anonymous asks)

MASTER-LIST:

1- Introduction (prologue)

Tox's beginings , Making sans Toxic, His shirts, Tox and his creator (for lols), Tox relationship with the AU, Inspiration of TUN, TUN!Gaster

2- Beginnings of.. Tox? (chapter 1)

The bad sanses, I hate my job, Height insecurities, Family insecurities, Comfort food, Creator awarenes, His first friend-A glitch?, Avoidance, Career in CyberBullying, Career in CyberBullying 2,

3- Understanding ToxicUnderNet (Chapter 2)

ToxicUndernet in the timeline, Carrer in Doxing, Doxing is Bad, Difference between UT and TUN, awa strikes back!, Error!sans diss, Chara and Frisk, TUN Pacisft Route

Filler:

PubGMobile (copyPasta), Nightmare bitty, Interacting in the Undernet, Anons get wierd online, Huh?, Killer and Tox, , Food stolen, Vore insident,

4- Making friends (Chapter 3)

Awa a friend or a cat?, Awa shenanigans, How does Tox comunicate?, Tox's weapons, Coffee friend Date! He has friends, Friendly Awa tox banter, Friendly Awa Tox Banter 2, Tox doesn't belive in love, PoopShitterSqad is born, Forest and tox friendly Banter, Squad Bitties, Star Gazing, Official squad pic, Squad moments

Filler:

Tox and nightmare Royalty AU?, Metting ppl in the UnderNet, Undernet Shenanigans, Anon shenanigans, TUN Mermaid AU?, Tox Shirts 2, Taste of his own medicine, Tournament wishes,

5- Revelations arc (Chapter 4)

First Nightmare encounter, Faltering emotions, Going out, Don't go, How are you tox?, Kidnapped!, Bait, Blueberror, Nothing but Food, You can't escape the war

Filler:

Tox and doctors, New years, Little moments, Human Tox and awa, Verglas and tox

[haveyouseenthisskeleton]

Can you do the explosive fart ask with the rest of the Undertale characters?

I am glad to serve you. Here is the first part of the ask with all the skeletons.

Undertale Toriel - She lets go a little "Oh dear." then turns around to check on you. You then proceeds to snore at her face, and she has to cover her face to not giggle too hard. Then she freezes. Oh no, she's laughing at a fart joke. Sans is a terrible influence.

Undertale Asgore - He jerks awake in bed, a bit surprised by the noise. Then he winces at the smell. Hum. He doesn't want to embarrass you so he leaves the bed. You find him asleep in the bathtub in the morning and you feel terrible.

Undertale Undyne - You call that a fart? She farts back with a crazy amount of echo. You wake up, intoxicated, and run to open the window. Undyne can't stop laughing maniacally.

Undertale Alphys - She screams in fear and falls of the bed, before realising it's just you. Oh dear. That was a traumatising experience. She needs to tell everyone on the Undernet. The next morning, your phone is full of text messages from Sans making fart puns. You're confused why.

Undertale Frisk - They left the bed to breathe and discretly replace themself with Flowey pot to hug. You wake up as Flowey is screeching and trying to push you out of the bed as you're hugging the pot. Frisk left a note to ask you to eat less beans before going to sleep next time.

Undertale Chara - They gives you a look of disgust and wakes up. The next day, as you're going to sleep, you find the door locked with a note saying "You're sleeping in the couch tonight <3". You're mad, but they won't open the door so you don't really have a choice.

Undertale Mettaton - He dramatically starts to die, convulsing in the bed and throwing his arms and legs in your face to show you how much he is dying. He smacks you in the face when you answer only with an ugly snore. How dare you ignore him!

Undertale Gaster - He got so scared he absorbed the entire bed in his goopy body. When you're waking up, you're in the void. All you can hear is Gaster apologizing and promising he will find a way to save you. You decide it's too early for this shit and go back to sleep.

Undertale Grillby - Being an elemental made of fire, he... Uh... Well, he absorbed your fart and now he is all puff out and choking because, well, he can't make the gas get out, he has to burn it. Grillby wants to die right now. When you wake up, he serves you salt coffee and refuses to talk to you. He's mad.

Undertale Muffet - You accidentally killed several tiny spiders. Now they are all panicking and screaming, running everywhere in your room and trying to flee by the windows. Muffet is not very happy to have to deal with a spider apocalypse at 3 in the morning. To calm everyone, she sticks you to the ceiling. You are so confused when you wake up in a cocoon.

Undertale Burgerpants -

Undertale Flowey - He lost all of his petals. He takes a deep breath. A bunch of pellets starts to fly all around him. He is going to make you pay so bad.

Undertale Gerson - He checks if he didn't shit his own pants, then, when he realises it's not him, just shrugs and goes back to sleep. You never know, he's an old man.

[diabolocracy]

Rogue_Prog(tale) Undyne & Alphys

t4t hacker powercouple

undernet usernames are some permutation of "catfish" and "pangonyan"

they are both obsessed with the original universe's Mew Mew

they visit a wide variety of AUs, copying and saving any snippet of code that catches their eyes; they also make their own--mostly aesthetic--mods

they sell this to anyone seeking to "upgrade" their AUs or themselves, usually dealing with pre-void Gasters and monsters who fill a similar role

outcodes who want a personal "modification" have to come to their shop in their AU so they can access their bits and bytes

they guarantee that they will do this glitch- and error-free or they'll revert you/your AU back to its prior state for free

they like to say they have the power of "god" and anime on their side, and they kind of do?

[deltaruminations]

ive said it before but early 20-something royal scientist gaster is really funny like the underground definitely treats him like some kind of young hotshot disruptor he’s constantly being hounded by the press for photoshoots and interviews and there are like 5 super popular fanpages on undernet where people gossip about whether he’s single and write rpf about him and asgore, scrutinizing every photo of them together for signs of a secret relationship. STEM enrollments at hotland university increase significantly shortly after he’s hired. his aversion toward the press and unwillingness to speak on himself beyond the formalities of work only serves to further delight and enchant his fanbase. and when asgore, looking almost as heartbroken and defeated as he did when he lost his actual children, finally announces that the handsome young scientist has gone missing, the underground explodes with speculation and conspiracy. did he fall down? but no one just falls down at that age! was it suicide? was he overwhelmed by the constant pressures of celebrity intruding on his already stressful civic duties? was he a tragic figure of young adult workaholism, cut down before his time by a culture that fetishized his prodigious ambition and success at the expense of his health and needs as a young man? myriad thinkpieces are published in the coming weeks bemoaning the invasive institution of paparazzi reporting, and navel-gazing about the Cult of Youth, and criticizing the workplace culture, work-life balance, and mental health coverage for civil servants. meanwhile, more conspiracy-minded monsters wonder if it’s all a cover-up — was he “disappeared” after learning that the king was keeping them all down there on purpose, manufacturing myths about evil humans and unbreakable barriers as a means of control? or was he a spy for the humans, and his so-called “power plant” actually a mind-control device designed to inspire complacency? why even build a sustainable power plant if they’re all supposed to leave for the surface soon? or was the power plant actually a means to his ends — was he from another universe all along, one in which monster and human technologies were on par, and simply using his knowledge from that world to get ahead here? did he need the extra power to escape back into the multiverse? when the royal guard announces that they’ll no longer be actively investigating the case, a small group of civilians (mostly high school/college-aged kids and one very bored stay-at-home mom, all fanpage members) begin their own investigation, poring over records and releasing U-Tube (Underground Tube) videos and MonCasts (Monster Casts) with their findings and theories. the fanpages buzz with scandal: was he caught cheating on asgore and exiled — or killed — for it? he was last seen in public with someone they identified as a master’s student in the University’s music department — the oldest daughter of someone in the king’s inner circle. she’s subsequently forced to deactivate her undernet profile for a time to escape scrutiny and threats from hundreds of Royal Scienstans. of course within a few years interest wanes to nearly zero, attentions diverted to the hot, new up-and-comer — a shockingly soulful robot — though posts still crop up on imageboards now and then by monsters asserting that they caught a glimpse of him in the corners of their eyes while traveling through waterfall at night; or theorizing that the skeleton zealously calibrating puzzles in snowdin is not his “brother” but actually the missing scientist himself in disguise

[cyberfell-redux]

General Character Lore Part 4:

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If you asked the average monster what the biggest technical advancement monsterkind made while still underground was, most would tell you it was the core. A massive feat of engineering prowess, the core loomed over Hotlands and provided energy to all areas of the underground. There was not a single life it didn't touch, combining ambient magic and geo-thermal energy in a massive collider and energy storage device. If the core went down today, it would still contain enough energy to keep the lights on for everyone for 90 days - or nearly a year straight with clever rolling blackouts and other energy reduction techniques.

Even so, Wingding could not take all the credit for it. It took Sans' theory, and years of tinkering on smaller scale models with Alphys for the final design to be born - he was just the unlucky bastard forced to attend interviews and ceremonies for it. Alphys begged him for a pass and Sans.... well Sans was Sans - try to drag him somewhere he doesn't feel like being and the asshole just *poofs* away.

While the most well known project of his career, the most funded and the best received, the core was not his favorite project. He would smile for the reporters and tell them what an honor it was to work with the Royal Science Commission - how proud he was to be on the esteemed team - all day if he had to. No one really needed to know about his favorite, nor did anyone really care too much about it anyways.

From concept to the first launch, Wingding Gaster had spent the majority of his life working on the old UnderNet. No, not the glorified message board - the original UnderNet framework, including the servers that host the damn thing. if only he had been more assertive about making them pick a different name It served as a framework for all of his future projects: performing calculations for his work, running models of his projects, simulating outcomes of his experiments, and storing the massive amounts of data his work created. His being the operative word in the description above. WD Gaster has never been one to share his work, especially not a piece that was so important. Even so, there are things he is willing to trade for, and Alphys' specialties are one of them.

And so the deal was struck, he provided his theories and designs for a device that could fold material and magic, store the target in a sub pocket in the electro-magic field generated by the core, then allow it to be retrieved with the push of a button. In exchange, Alphys would have a dedicated server for number crunching and whatever else she wanted to run on his framework, along with credit for the release. even now, his pride insists that was his first mistake

That was not too special - yes it is convenient and yes when Alphys released it the device was wildly popular but that was a mere shadow of his real goal.

Everything made of magic has an expiration date. Unless more is added at regular intervals, any construct made of magic will disappear eventually as the magic loses stability and returns to a resting state with the ambient magic around it. Scans of the barrier indicated that no human mage had ever returned to add magic - content as they were to lock monsterkind underground and throw away the key. Even with the power derived from their seven souls it was clear the barrier would fall on its own eventually.

Yes, all calculations showed it was due to fall in approx. 99999 years.

Monsterkind had been trapped roughly 1,500 years ago, so it would only be another 98499 years until they would be free! Long lived as monsters are, longer lived as boss monster are, it was becoming clearer by the day that they would be extinct by the time the barrier fell.

Since the day the prince fell down, the day Asgore declared humanity to be their enemy, the day things became kill or be killed, monsterkind has done worse than stagnate. Content as they were to sublime themselves anyone with eyes could tell this could not continue.

Even so, he and his brothers would see the sun. They would not be turned to meaningless dust by this place, they would not disappear into nothing, they would not WOULD NOT fall here. He had promised it foolishly but he meant it - WD Gaster would find a way for them to make it. Not just until after the barrier fell either, no they would do better than survive to see the surface.

The king's plan of going to war with humanity didn't work for his parents and with the way things were going it was clear it wouldn't work the second time either. Sure they could probably get 6 more souls in less than 98499 years, they already had one, but with the way things were looking by the time the seventh soul was collected monsterkind would be a shell of the proud people they once were. Even if they lived that long, Asgore's philosophy would get the rest killed within weeks.

But what if they didn't have to follow the king's lead? What if they weren't relying on collecting human souls to break the barrier? What if there was a way for them, not the future generations of monsterkind but this generation to wait it out? If only there was a way to press pause on the underground until it was time for the barrier to fall...

Like most of his brilliant ideas, it began simply.

Make a simulacrum that could comfortably contain the minds and souls of every monster in the underground. It must contain the minds and souls, but because of the core's limitations their physical bodies need to be separated and sustained or the loss would kill any monster who tried to leave. He would control the parameters of the simulation, offering lots of variability in things to do and places to see to prevent... well insanity. He would also establish the rules to ensure no one would harm each other - not that it would do much good to try once he turns off pain reception and chemically inhibits their anger.

Yes, this idea was becoming very, very interesting.

It took years of work, years of lying to the king for funding for "a better way to keep human souls in stasis", years of lying to Sans on what the project was and what he needed to have built, years of... not going home as often as he promised BUT it would all be worth it. He'd do whatever his brothers asked of him, once he fixed things, once they were safe, once it was under his control.

The theory was proven with the storage of inanimate objects - he'd done all manner of tests; they went in and returned as if no time had passed at all for them. The simulation was built, the device for uploading souls and consciousness alike was functioning as expected (unfortunately, the Aaron who graciously volunteered could not be released back to the underground - his sacrifice in the name of science would be remembered), and the stage was set.

All that was left was to try it for himself, then he could solve everything for everyone - he is the royal scientist after all, what is his purpose, if not to find solutions?

[glitchedspace]

FellSwapGold time.

FSG Sans (Wine) is one of my favorite Sans', I sometimes even roleplay as him in VRC. He's one of the few characters I have a voice for and I can sometimes easily snap into the voice I have for him. Though, it's probably not that good. I do a sort of gravely British voice (even though he's supposedly Russian)

The first two images was around Christmas and the avatar creator had recently updated Wine with a Santa hat, so I had to get some pics with him wearing it. I don't remember what world that's in the third image, I just remember being with some friends and making a throne for Wine out of pillows. The glasses in the last picture aren't part of the avatar. One of my friends had an avatar that allowed them to disappear, but keep the glasses on and literally put their head in mine to get the look. Wine looks good in them though.

The Wine model has a few face gestures and a Wine glass toggle and a Santa hat toggle.

FSG Papyrus (Coffee) used to be one of my favorites, but some former friends of mine kinda ruined him for me.

I don't remember who was all in this image, besides me (Wine) and the former friend (Coffee). I do remember most, if not everyone else was a friend. We were just kinda chilling up on the roof.

The Coffee avatar is a paid to use avatar (meaning you have to buy the avatar to get it uploaded to your account). Sadly the creator stopped selling and making Undertale related avatars due to ripping. I've seen a few of the ripped models worn by people. Pretty sure they're unaware and I'm not touching them.

I really love FSG Gaster (whom I like to call Champagne/Tea to fit the drink theme the brothers have). She's kinda tied with the Epictale and UnderBeats Gasters as my favorites.

This model, coincidentally was made on Mother's Day. She also no longer has legs. I used to use this avatar quite a bit, to a point where one of my friends started calling me mom, which led me to unintentionally adopting them and another person. It also snowballed onto me indirectly adopting more people. Believe I'm up to 7 VRC kids?

The avatar comes with gogoloco and an eye animation.

The FellSwap!Gold Sans (Wine) avatar is made by TwistedMachine

The MafiaFell Papyrus avatar is made by Wrisk

The FellSwapGold!Gaster avatar is made by Karthol

I'm unsure who made the other avatars

The Undernet world was made by CHARA

The Hall of Souls Snowdin world was made by ☆Frisk☆

And the Snowdin Town world was made by Unidelta

[sui-imi2]

Hello! I'm imi. This sideblog is where I will archive my art.

My main tumblr is @sui-imi

My twitter: sui_imi

Here is my carrd: link.

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TAG LIST

[General]

#imi art - default tag for all art.

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[UnderEats]

#UnderEats

#UnderEats!Sans / #Roo

#UnderEats!Gaster / #Exec

#UnderEats!Papyrus / #Pyrrhus

#UnderEats!Alphys / #Phys

#UnderEats!Flowey / #Guardy

[Commercetale]

#Commercetale

#Commercetale!Asgore / #Groundskeeper

#Commercetale!RiverPerson / #River Person

#Commercetale!Grillbys / #Commercetale!Bon / #Bon

#Commercetale!Grillbys #Commercetale!Byrne / #Byrne

#Commercetale!Muffet / #Mix

#Commercetale!Sans / #Arbiter

#Commercetale!Pin / #Pin

#Commercetale!Chara

#Commercetale!SAVE

[UnderNet Protocol]

#UnderNet Protocol

#UnderNet!Gaster / #Admin

[My Other OCs]

#Cellphone!Papyrus / #Cellphone

#PNG!Sans / #PNG

[sui-imi]

Sketch Dump #1

Here's some stuff both from today and a few months ago!

Frye and Ron belong to nijichiko (twitter)

Basma belongs to basmaruto (twitter/tiktok)

Vendor!Sans belongs to @/pepperpopstar

...and the rest!

[badmusejail]

Gaster shrugged at the query. It seemed to be fine; but he needed to remind himself more often that humans didn't build things to survive conditions like monsters did.

He could always REVERT it if it stopped working.

He navigated to the contacts menu, pulling up a new contact.

"You'll need to have the prefix to route the call to the Undernet," he mumbled, adding it in already for their sake.

He didn't know who worked so quickly to integrate the two systems, but he was glad it wasn't him. Networking was probably a worse hell than the VOID.

"In all honesty I should install service in my lab, just... Because. Real time messaging is a great service."

But it also... sounded so exhausting. Previously, he could always simply say he wasn't at his computer, he didn't see the email, he didn't check his mail. Nowadays, there was an expectation of always being available, and he was already tired.

(Add it to the list of things he needed to do.)

River's hands, fingers, and everything else were soaking wet and so they hesitated at actually reaching for Gaster's phone, unsure if it would be alright with the water. Then they realized if it wasn't then it probably wouldn't be functioning anyway at this point.

They still hesitated, asking, "did the water damage it or is it still functional after all of that?" They were unsure.

Another chuckle came from them though. Email. "Actually, I've never gotten around to email myself," they explained, "I only have the phone so monsters can contact me when they need me to come pick them up."

So close and yet so far.

"Perhaps we shall simply have to check in with one another regularly then. You shall have to message me when you do have connection and ensure you do get somewhere with some sort of signal at least once a day."

It would probably be good for him. Gaster didn't seem the type that really got out much.

"My alternative is going to be messaging Undyne," who always complained they texted like an old man, "and asking her if I can stalk you after your next meeting, so I suggest the other option."

[diabolocracy]

so i dont 4get

Rogue_Prog(tale) Undyne & Alphys

t4t hacker powercouple

undernet usernames are some permutation of "catfish" and "pangonyan"

they are both obsessed with the original universe's Mew Mew

they visit a wide variety of AUs, copying and saving any snippet of code that catches their eyes; they also make their own--mostly aesthetic--mods

they sell this to anyone seeking to "upgrade" their AUs or themselves, usually dealing with pre-void Gasters and monsters who fill a similar role

outcodes who want a personal "modification" have to come to their shop in their AU so they can access their bits and bytes

they guarantee that they will do this glitch- and error-free or they'll revert you/your AU back to its prior state for free

they like to say they have the power of "god" and anime on their side, and they kind of do?

[the-river-person]

Falling Down Around You

Sans had been helping the Guard. His shortcuts were one of the most useful things he could provide to the Underground. It was why he’d kept his job as a messenger and mail carrier despite being the Judge, despite being a practicing psychiatrist. He could jump around the Underground in a few minutes, a journey which might take several days depending on which areas you needed to go through. The fastest road might take you from Old Home to the Castle in New Home in a few hours if you ran the whole way and didn’t stop to talk to anyone. But even the Human had originally taken a few weeks to make the whole trip, because they’d been stopped by numerous puzzles, Monsters who wanted to fight them, and even things like buying things at a shop or getting a room at the Inn. A closed down elevator or a blocked tunnel could delay you even longer, and what if you kept being forced down side routes? So if someone needed a message delivered right then and there, they could either send a text or call. But what happened when you needed to deliver something? Or someone? What happened when the person you’re trying to reach wouldn’t answer? The answer was simple. Call someone who can go there in a flash. And of course he’d been happy enough to do it all. Kept things interesting, let him hear news. Occasionally important things would go through from Gaster or the Royals. He’d be the first to hear about Mettaton’s newest shows. It was he who’d been able to congratulate Undyne on her first ever action film even before Alphys could. All the best Undertube videos, the most interesting articles on the Undernet, even plans for new puzzles. He heard about all of it as he zipped back and forth. Tonight however, he’d taken more shortcuts than ever before. First the King and Queen to Snowdin for Isa, then he’d taken them back to the Palace and immediately began transporting to the furthest areas of the Underground. Looking for the most obscure and hidden Monsters to let them know about the King’s order for evacuation. And he’d even helped special cases out for the guard, transporting fire Monsters who couldn’t enter in through the Waterfall Area, or various Monsters from Old Home who couldn’t easily pass through Snowdin Caverns. Then a Guard had asked him to go down to the Lower Waterfall City in the Cliffs and the Outpost below in the Depths to help transport people out so the elevators would be freed up a little. He had to pause and crouch down, his skull nearly level with his knees. Dizziness was making his head feel fuzzy, but he didn’t want to spend too long recovering from it. A real break would be needed soon or he’d regret it. When he had enough strength back he took a shortcut to Gaster’s cave. Asgore and Toriel were up on the platform with Gaster. He headed that way. “Hey Tori,” he said, and she turned with...well... not quite a smile, but more of a flicker of polite recognition. “Have you seen Papyrus?” She shook her head. “I haven’t, but Gaster said he went to inspect the ship, I think he is still on board.” Sans gave a small sigh of relief. Really there hadn’t been too much to worry about. They were trying to hurry with the evacuation because they wanted as much time as possible in case something went wrong or some Monster was missing. And there wasn’t anyone that could really do his bro any harm, or would even want to. But he’d still felt the icy chill of panic throughout this whole thing. Over near the catwalk, Seamus was packing up the last of the recording equipment, with his husband Evan helping him. Mettaton was nowhere to be seen, and Sans decided that the robot had probably either already boarded the ship or was in line somewhere. Or maybe searching for Napstablook. Over the years the two had had a strange friendship, though neither had ever really said how it came about. And the ghost had become somewhat less self depreciating and a little more confident in their abilities. Really their music had been in the top musical hits chart for over a hundred years now, even the newer albums were popular. Even so, Napstablook was still somewhat gloomy, and that was alright. Nobody could ever match the constant energy that Papyrus had. If Napstablook wanted to be a little gloomy and enjoy long periods of solitude, that was their right. Still working at the computers in the section of the cave that served as Gaster’s lab was one of his assistants. Tertia, who was bird-like and hunched over. She poked at the keys in manner that might have seemed like boredom to anyone else, but Sans knew it was just her way. All four of Gaster’s assistants were very strange Monsters. Suddenly the cave shook.  Lights flickered as the very roof of the cave trembled, screams and gasps came from the lines of Monsters waiting to board the ships. Alarms began blaring loudly and little red lights began flashing all over the cave. Gaster whirled round. “What is it? What’s happening?” he demanded of his assistant who was now typing frantically away at the keyboard, trying to find the source. Down below the Monsters were beginning to panic and the Guard was having to step in to keep things from getting out of hand. Tertia gasped, her grey eyes going wide, the most expressive face he’d ever seen on any of the assistants. “It’s the Core! It’s experiencing an overload! It’ll go down in just a few minutes!” Gaster’s mouth fell open in shock. It was only for half a second that he stood there, but with everyone staring at him, waiting for him to carefully explain to them what that meant exactly and what they should do, it seemed like an eternity of waiting. When he finally did move it was neither carefully nor calmly. The scientist threw himself forward towards the ledge looking down on the ship, grabbing the rails to push himself up so that he was right above where the Guards were. “GET EVERYONE ON THE SHIP NOW! DON’T COUNT THEM! JUST BOARD!” Pandemonium ensued. Monsters surged towards the doors of the ship, climbing aboard with the assistance of the Royal Guards, who were doing their best to keep smaller Monsters from being trampled in the chaos. Gaster was halted by Toriel and Asgore who were demanding to know what was happening. But he had no patience for careful explanations. He dove past them and started grabbing files and notebooks off his desk and stuffing everything haphazardly into a briefcase. “It’s the core!” he screeched, almost in hysterics. “If it falls the entire grid will go down. It won’t be enough to kill anyone as long as they aren’t in the machine itself, but the shock wave will be enough to reach this cave. The ship is programmed to open a Rift in the event of an apocalyptic emergency, and it will think this is one!” Glancing behind and seeing their blank expressions he growled in frustration. “Don’t you get it?! If we don’t get on board the ship will leave without us!” That did it, horrified understanding dawned in the eyes of the two Monarchs and they ran for the stairways along with the rest of the crowds. But the lines still stretched out through Waterfall, there were still over 600 Monsters who hadn’t gotten the chance to board yet. Feeling sick to his stomach, Sans wondered for a second what he should do. Shortcuts. He could save some people. Seamus and Evan were making for the stairs as well and he ran to catch up with them. Grabbing their arms he used a shortcut to tear all three of them from their current position in space and onto the ship, where he left them confused and disoriented, and took a shortcut back. Next was Tertia, who was sitting, not moving, in her chair, staring blankly at the computer screen in shock. She didn’t thank him as he handed her over to the Guards in the ship’s hold. He’d gone back for Gaster when he spotted Realis enter the cave looking frantic. Running that way instead he brought the prince into the ship as well. Monsters outside were desperately pushing relatives, especially younger ones, forward. Though there were no real children left after three hundred years, many still appeared to be children, and their parents lifted them high, ignoring their protests, and practically handed them to the Guards, who took them into the ship. Cousins, lovers, and friends were shoved forward, and other Monsters who only had themselves to worry about pushed their way to the front. He saw Papyrus pull a Froggit as well as both Bratty and Catty into the ship all at the same time. Even Monster Kid had leaned back as far as he could to take the tiny Cinnamon with the curl of his tail while Goner helped Cinnamon’s older Sister, Lapina, climb up using his tail.  A tiny yellow bird who had once carried people across a disproportionately small gap was clinging to her fur, terrified out of its mind. Where had Gaster gone to? He spotted Gaster fiddling with the computers, Sans appeared behind him and saw the little storage chip he’d plugged into slot. The Scientist was trying to copy over his research. “Doc! Come on! There’s no time!” And there wasn’t time. The surge from the collapsing Core hit and the cavern shook again and the lights went out, leaving only the ship and it’s power system separate from the main grid still lighting the space. Screaming and panicked shouting rang out and the Monsters nearest to the ship were forced back. The Rift had begun to open up underneath the floor of the cave. Papyrus was looking frantically around the cave, pushing against his own guards as they tried to close the doors for their fall into the Void. “SANS!!!” he screamed. Sans was only a few steps from the edge of the platform, right over the ship. He didn’t think, he only moved. He was already in the air when he realized that Gaster was with him,  having tried to stop him from making the jump and fallen with him. To all those still in the cave it appeared as if a gigantic flat disk of nothingness you couldn’t describe that had no color to speak of but wasn’t black or white and could be seen even in the dark despite not giving off any light had opened up where the floor was supposed to be. The Ship and the pair of falling Monsters seemed to slow and freeze in place, then slowly... without moving, they simply began to fade away as if they had never been. And with them went the strange grey disk that made up the Rift. From San’s point of view the world around him began to warp and twist as if it were being turned inside out. He could still see the Monsters in Gaster’s cave, but instead of the cave being all around him, it was as if the space around him had been turned inside out and shaped into an orb, leaving only the Void around him as he fell away from the orb. It got smaller and smaller until it was gone, and so was the ship. He and Gaster were adrift in the Void.

[badmusejail]

"Yes, I am," Gaster agreed, letting out a soft exhale and shaking his head.

It was simply the truth. There was no reason to be upset about it.

"I was around...before. Before we were sent underground to begin with. I ... never cared for it up there to begin with." This statement was far less cheerful, just the protruding tip of years of trauma that growing up in the middle of war had compounded onto him.

The details the child needn't be aware of.

"...I am glad that you are enjoying it, though."

Elsewhere, two things were immediately apparent about this particular Gaster's computer. First, it seemed to be of human design, relatively new; indeed connected to both the human internet and the monster undernet.

Second, this seemed to be a monster who had never closed an application in his life. Lurking behind the spreadsheet was another spreadsheet, and behind that, another. Behind that was a slideshow that seemed to be from some college professor's lecture. Behind that a PDF about solar panels. So many apps open they were piling atop each other; Excel, Word, Access, two different art programs, a CAD application. Two separate internet browsers that each had a couple dozen tabs open.

And most horrific of all, a desktop cluttered with what had to be hundreds of icons, not even aligned to a grid.

"Nah, I'm good!"

The armless little thing fell into step, trotting along behind him like a lost puppy. In a way, they sort of were. Not quite lost, they knew their way around the Underground, of course!--but they'd never been in the laboratory before and they hadn't been paying any attention as to where that disappearing guy had been taking them.

Mid-stride, they tilted their head; it was a gesture they put their whole little spine into. The upper-most part of it, at least. Like a bendy straw.

"Dang, you're old," they said with all the cheerfulness and lack of tact commonly attributed to kids their age. "I guess I get it, though. I kind'a miss my old house sometimes. And the sun is cool but I didn't know you weren't supposed to stare at it! Haha."

As the skeletal iteration W.D. Gaster embarked upon the short journey to bring the Monster child to the surface, the intruding iteration claimed the Squishmallow--while looking rather like one, himself, not bothering to take any humanoid shape--and took a closer look at the computer screen. The data was, to him, meaningless. It wasn't necessarily what he was after, anyway.

He was more so curious to see if this machine was connected to a populated network. A hand materialized upon the mouse to minimize what was currently on screen - he was a bad egg, but he wasn't so vile as to erase another's data - before he started poking around to see if it would be possible to cause his fellow scientist any interpersonal problems.

He wasn't done being a little petty.

[rvdvmption]

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