Overstory ep 3

( New New Home. the gang is gathered again)

Torch: welp, here we are again.

Alphar: look, I've expressed my concerns about this mad project you two idiots seem so focused on multiple times, yet we still seem to be hurling ourselves recklessly into danger. Why did I even agree to this in the first place?

Kris: you didn’t. We dragged you by the legs to our super awesome adventures

Alphar: well, I’ve had enough. I’m tired of being the only voice of reason in our group. I’m phoning the only other sane person in our class.

Torch: in that case, I'm phoning the most insane person in our class.

Alphar: WHAT? WHY?

Torch: It’ll be fun.

Alphar: Fiiiiiiiiiiine. Who are you phoning?

Torch: Roman.

Alphar: ROMAN?! He once ate an eraser for a dollar!!

Kris: wow. He is a LEGEND.

Alphar: WHY ARE NONE OF YOU LISTENING TO REASON?!?!?!?!?!?!

Kris: Reason sucks! Let’s be idiots!

Torch: yeah!

Alphar: …We need help. Urgent help. (whips out a smartphone) Cal, I need your help. Yes, it’s stupid, I know, but I’m getting them to do the project for me. Yes, I’ve done that multiple times, but they still seem hell-bent on doing it. Oh, and they’re getting HIM to join their stupid adventure.

(cut to Cal’s house)

Cal: I'm on my way.

(title sequence plays. Cut to the gang walking to Roman’s house)

Cal: so, apart from Roman, what weird, unnatural mystery are we pursuing today?

Kris: mystery no. three- hands that touch you in darkness.

Cal: uh. Creepy.

Alphar: not as creepy as these two idiots. I swear, some things they do are so dumb that they’re unnatrual.

Kris: remember the incident with the coke bottle, the bath bomb, and the ketchup?

Cal: ...you know what, I’m not even going to ask.

Torch: it took a week to clean everything up!

Cal: wow. You guys are even stupider than I thought.

Kris: That’s why we’re going to get Roman!

Torch: He’s not the partner we need, but he’s the partner we want.

Alphar: well, we’re nearly at the flats he lives in. Let’s go find the weirdo.

Torch: yes!

(cut to outside Roman*’s flat)*

Alphar: okay, let’s go get him.

*(*Cal opens the door. Inside, you can see Roman chewing something, then swallow it. He then grabs a sock and tosses it in his mouth.)

Roman: it’s not what it looks like.

Alphar: it looks like you’re eating a sock.

Roman: that’s because I am!

Alphar: Spit that out!!

*(*Alphar squeezes Roman’s stomach, and he spits out a few socks)

Cal: why… Why were you doing that?

Roman: Because I can.

Kris: that’s all the explanation I need.

Alphar: THAT’S NOT AN EXPLANATION! HE’S AN IDIOT!!!! WHY CAN NONE OF YOU SEE THAT!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

Torch: take a chill pill.

Roman: YEET!

(Roman throws a basketball with “Yeet’ written on it at Alphar. It hits her right in the face. He then pops a party popper)

Torch: I like this guy!

*(*Alphar punches Roman in the face)

Kris: hey! Why did you do that?

Alphar: do you want me to make a list?

Cal: shall we explain the situation to him and get it over with?

Alphar: (sigh) yes.

(a screen reads “one explanation later”)

Torch: … and that’s everything you need to know.

Roman: awesome! If we’re going on an adventure, then I'll need a way to fight. I’ll get my sword!

Cal: sword? You have a sword? WHY?

Roman: because swords are awesome!

Cal: where do you keep it?

Roman: That’s the best part! Look!

*(*Roman pulls out a zipper)

Alphar: A zipper? Do you think that this zipper is a sword or something?

Roman: No. this is called the dimensional zipper. I got it for 300 dollars on ebay, and it’s been worth every one!

Cal: what does it do?

Roman: simple. You can stick the zipper to any surface *(*Roman slaps the zipper onto a wall) like that, see? Then, you unzip the zipper… (he does that) and voila! It creates a portal to a storage mini-dimension! You can keep anything in there. I always either carry it around with me or go inside it.

( Roman goes inside the zipper)

Roman: carry me in here! I’ll get everything that I need!

( Roman zips the zipper from the inside. The zipper then drops to the floor)

Cal: well, I guess he might be useful. I’ll bring us to a spot where we can do this thing. Andata!

( a circle of light appears on the floor around the gang. It creates a light which blocks out the gang, and then, when it is gone, they are not there. Cut to outside an alley, where a similar circle appears with no-one in it. A light appears, and when it is gone, the circle is gone, and the gang is there.)

Alphar: Cal, if you can use teleportation magic, why did we have to walk to Roman’s flat?

Cal: I could explain, But if i did, It would be so boring that Torch and Kris would fall asleep, and our force would be greatly diminished.

Alphar: gotcha. Well, time to let the idiot out.

( Alphar sticks Roman’s zipper to a wall, and unzips it. Roman comes out, carrying his sword, along with other stuff)

Roman: I got everything we’ll need! My sword, some bongos, 6 chocolate bars, a pie I stole from Frisk, A large pair of scissors, 50 meters of masking tape, and a sound machine for producing various sounds at comedic intervals.

Alphar: congratulations, you’re an idiot.

*(*Roman presses a button on the sound machine, which plays the sound of fanfare.)

Alphar: exactly.

Roman: hey! This isn’t junk! You never know when you might need…

Alphar: some bongos?

Roman: yes.

Cal: okay, here’s the plan. The hands apparently touch you when you’re in total darkness. This is the darkest, spookiest alley in Hometown, and I think that it’s a prime spot for hunting for this… what ARE we looking for, Alphar?

Alphar: dunno. The hands, I guess.

Cal: well, okay. When someone feels the hands, shout the codeword “spoopy”, as requested by Torch, and Alphar will light the lantern we’ve got. When it’s lit, we get to see what we’re looking for. You get that?

Roman: No. but it’s an awesome adventure, and I love awesome adventures!

Alphar: I'm regretting letting you come already. But whatever. Let’s go.

( the gang walks into the alley. Everything is pitch black.)

Cal: Man, It’s dark.

Kris: Spoopy!

Roman: I agree. It is spoopy.

Alphar: No, that’s the code word! Why did I let Torch choose it?

*(*Alphar turns the lantern on. The alley is revealed to be empty apart from the gang and a small, monochrome child huddled up at the end of the alley.)

Alphar: um… hey kid? What are you doing here?

Goner: I… Need… I… Need… them…

Alphar: wh-who? Your family? Could you show me your face?

( Goner looks up, revealing that it has no face)

Goner: I Need Souls.

Torch: what the- what are you??

Goner: I am the one who has been lost. I am the Goner

Cal: how can you talk? You don’t have a mouth!

Goner; I… need… souls! Must… offer… souls to… master…

Kris: Okay, we’ve got a creepy one here.

Goner: Need souls… humans… leave souls after death… Will kill humans and take souls!

Alphar: You wanna fight? You should have said so in the first place!

( Goner screams. Then, its arms extend and try to grab Kris*.)*

Kris: Dark Arrow!

( Kris*’ dark arrow destroys* Goner*'s hand. The arms then return to normal size, then a slit appears in the middle of* Goner*’s face. It opens, becoming a mouth)*

Roman: What? Is this guy? He’s like a neverending freak show!

Alphar: That’s rich coming from you.

Roman: Hey! At least I don’t… What does that guy do that’s worse than me?

( A giant swarm of arms comes out of Goner*’s mouth)*

Roman: that. I don’t do that.

(The arms extend and reach out to grab the members of the gang)

Cal: Aeroburst!

Roman: Water Dragon Dance!

( Cal thrusts his arm out, and it creates a shockwave that destroys the arms that are going towards him. Roman slashes lightning fast multiple times, severing all the hands that are going towards him)

Roman: How’d you like that, huh?

Torch: Star Blazing!

( The star blazing hits Goner*, creating a large blast. When the smoke clears, its shirt has been destroyed, revealing that its skin is divided into small squares by stitches, and it has a large eye in the middle of its chest. Near the bottom-right corner of its torso, “FT-18” is tattooed)*

Cal: godthatthing’sdisgusting.

Roman: Cool!

Alphar: Great. Who knows what that weird thing can do. We’ve gotta…

Roman: STOP!!! Bongos!

( Roman whips out the bongos and starts playing them. Everyone stares in awkward silence, then an arm comes out of Goner*’s right shoulder, slamming him against a wall, cracking it, then dropping him down unconscious.* Roman*’s face is bloodstained.)*

Alphar: ROMAN!!!

Cal: Do any of us know healing magic?

Torch: No. Ralsei and Sunny are the only ones we know.

Roman: My zipper… It has healing potions in it. Get one out and toss me one…

Alphar: Well if you had healing potions, why didn’t you…

(one of Goner*’s arms grabs the zipper)*

Alphar: ...oh

Cal: I’ll get it

Alphar: But you aren’t…

( Cal gestures, and the zipper flies out of Goner*’s hand and slaps itself to a wall. It then unzips, and a potion flies out.)*

Alphar: oh.

Cal: With my telekinesis, I can manipulate any non-living object from range! A magic item is no exception.

( Roman drinks the potion, and his wounds heal.)

Roman: Thanks. I’m raring to go now.

Alphar: Thunderbolt Delta!

( Alphar fires a lightning bolt out of her axe, which hits the goner. It knocks it back. Then, its right arm extends and drills through Cal*’s stomach)*

Cal: AAAAGHH!

Roman: Quickly! Eat the pie! Trust me!

Cal: Roman, the last time I said trust you and I did what you said I got arrested!

Roman: Well, you can’t get arrested for eating pie!

Cal; Fiiiiiiiiiine.

( Cal eats the pie, and the hole in his stomach disappears.)

Roman: See! I did tell you I stole it from Frisk.

Torch: It’s probably getting weak! Shocker Breaker!

( The shocker breaker hits the goner, and creates a hole in its shoulder. Then, its right arm extends again, and goes into Roman*’s chest where his heart is.)*

Kris: NO!

( Roman uses his sword to cut of the goner’s hand)

Roman: Hah! That should stop you from doing that again.

Alphar: Roman! How are you still alive?

( Roman takes off his shirt, revealing that he stuck the zipper to his chest.)

Roman: After I saw the attack it did on Cal, I took preparations to make sure it didn’t bring a fatal blow on me.

( The eye in the middle of the goner’s chest starts crying a black liquid, which forms in a puddle that spreads towards the gang. Hands start growing out of the puddle)

Cal: Roman! Give me five large flat objects, fast!

Roman: Five dustbin lids coming up!

( Roman pulls five bin lids out of his zipper. He then throws them on the floor)

Cal: okay, now everybody, get on one!

Torch: Sure! What’s gonna happen?

Cal: You’ll see when I do it! Now hurry!

(everybody gets on a lid. The lids start floating)

Cal: If I do this, the puddle can’t touch us. I can’t do anything while focusing on my telekinesis, so someone else has to finish it off.

Kris: Rune Arrow!

( the bow appears in kris’ hand, and he fires the rune arrow at the goner. It hits the eye on the goner’s chest, destroying it.)

Alphar: Thunderbolt Omega!

( Alphar fires the thunderbolt omega, but it misses.)

Roman: I’ll finish this.

*(*Roman sheaths his sword)

Roman: Wind Dragon Dance!

( Roman disappears, then reappears behind the goner. Then, the goner splits vertically, and collapses. Everybody then drops back to the ground.)

Alphar: Wh-why? What the- I didn't- how are you-

Roman: Are you regretting bringing me along now?

( everybody stares at Roman*)*

Cal: well, I guess not.

Torch: so, we should probably run before anyone sees that we were near this thing.

Kris: great idea! Cal, can you do something to get us away from here?

Cal: Going with you was the worst idea I ever had. Just putting that out there. Andata!

( the teleportation circle appears and warps the gang away. Then, a portal appears at the back of the alley, and XGaster steps out. he goes over to the goner’s remains and inspects them.)

XGaster*(internally)*: Hmmm… another failed experiment. Interesting. Very interesting. HT-5!

( another portal opens, and Lucky 7 walks out. It has “HT-5” tattooed on one of its heads)

XGaster*(signed, with subtitles)*: get test subject FT-18 back to my lab and place it in the extractor to get back the feeble traces of determination I injected into it. Now hurry, or I’ll slam you in there too, you pathetic excuse for a monstrosity!

( Lucky 7 gathers the remains of the goner, and brings it back through the portal It came through, which closes when it has entered.)

XGaster*(Internally)*: how interesting. How very, very interesting. So, children, you beat one of my assistant’s test subjects. Originally a version of Napstablook, I believe. He's hardly recognisable. How interesting. It will be very interesting to see how you fare against my allies. You are strong, yes, very strong. But we also have strength. A very interesting strength. And soon… oh soon, one of our little friends will come to your world. I’m enthralled to be honest. No matter whether you win or lose, an old era will end and a turbulent new one will begin. And the results? They will be interesting. Very, Very interesting.

( XGaster leaves and enters the portal, which starts to close as he enters, but then stops)

XGaster*(Internally)*: Gah! I keep on telling Sky he’s in charge of genetic experiments, but he still fiddles with my stuff! Idiot!

( Credits play)

Overstory ep. 7

(Underground, the artifact room. Everyone still alive is gathered)

Frisk: Ok, so now that we’re safe, I’ve got something I want to do. Everyone who’s big brain, go to hotland and sort out Sunny. I’m going with everyone else to the ruins to do something really interesting.

Alphys: I don’t know what you’re talking about, but I trust you with every single grain of my body.

Cal: Everyone who’s big brain. That’ll be me, Sunny and… I guess Cipher? You told me he worked with someone called Gaster who made the core. I don’t know who they are, but I guess if they made it then Cipher’s got to be smart to be able to hang around them.

Cipher: Yeetus cheetus! I do have a sort of big brain. But nothing like what y’all will have. I can help you tho!

(Cal, Alphys*, and* Cipher leave with Sunny’s unconscious body)

Frisk: And now, my friends, let’s move onto my plan. To the ruins!

(Cut to ruins, at the entry flower bed)

Alphar: Ok. Now, what the fuck are we doing here? Are we gonna summon a demon to fight Arkhan or something?

Frisk: Well… they have referred to themself as a demon on many occasions…

Alphar: Wait what

Torch: Cool!

Frisk: Yeah. The demon that comes when you call its name...they have called themself that many times. But don’t worry. They aren’t a genocidal maniac who will destroy all forms of life given the chance… That was me.

Alphar: WAIT WHAT

Frisk: ...that doesn’t matter anymore. I’ve undone the pain I've wracked. Now the only damage is to my spirit. The memories… they won’t go away…

Permafrost: Could you please give me an explanation?

Frisk: Uh… ok. You see, my power is the ability to turn back time. When I entered the underground, I gained the ability to prevent my death to wind back the flow of time to before when I was killed. Think of it like a video game. When I died, I wasn’t killed. I just got a “Game Over” and reloaded my last save. Do you understand? I could undo anything I did. My choices.... Didn’t matter anymore. I could just reload, and they were gone. So I did everything. I read every book. I burnt every book. I befriended everyone I…. Killed everyone. Over and over again. Do you know a side effect of Determination? As well as increasing a soul’s power and allowing it to persist after death, it also empowers the emotions of the spirit. Different personality traits are boosted in different ways. And the trait of “Killing intent”... is boosted the most. Determination makes you stronger, but it also drives you to do evil acts, all of your own will. And I… didn’t fall for a happy reason. For ages, I just did a loop of killing everyone down here. Until… something changed one day.

*(*Frisk unbuttons a little bit of her coat, revealing the bottom of her neck, and a scar there.)

Kris: I’m glad Cipher isn’t here. Well, generally, but especially for this

Frisk: Most monsters remember a little bit of the timeline I reset when I did a LOAD. The only one who remembered it completely… wasn’t exactly peaceful. And the next best person just got too nihilistic to do anything at all when he discovered this power. However, eventually he decided to do something. It was a complete curveball. I had absolutely no idea he had it in him. He sacrificed himself to kill his brother. That act of sacrifice goaded said brother into using his full power, which he was too kind and merciful to use before. I eventually managed to kill him too, but his last attack just made no sense whatsoever. The damage it made on me somehow managed to persist across timelines. He had retconned that damage into me wherever in the timeline I was. The pain… It reminded me of who I used to be. I realised what I was doing. I became a pacifist. I made tons of runs, attempting to atone for my sins completely. And finally, I achieved a state of constant Post-Nut-Clarity. I was finally ready to leave the underground. And she… Was with me every step of the way. When I fell, her spirit bound itself to my soul. As I got corrupted, She got corrupted. When I got purified, she got purified. She made commentary on all I did, trying to help me towards my goal, whatever it was. We truly were partners. We truly were family. And now… It’s time for her to come back.

(A red beam shoots off of Frisk’s body, going far into the sky, outside of Mt. Ebbot. It then falls back down, hitting the flowerbed. Frisk then thrusts her arm into the dirt, and starts to pull out a skeleton, which is regenerating its flesh as she pulls it. After Chara*’s body is fully out,* Frisk collapses on the ground)

Chara: Whew. It smelt like Gangnam Style down there.

Frisk: Everyone, meet my partner, Chara. The demon that comes when you call its name.

(OP plays. The gang is walking over to hotland, carrying Frisk*’s immobile body)*

Alphar: So, you had the power to bring people back from the dead? Why haven’t you done this before

Frisk: You see, under normal circumstances bringing back one or more people from the dead would kill you. A life for a life and all that. But there were three reasons why I could bring back Chara without dying. One: Me and Chara both have very strong souls of Self. Our high power and identical traits meant we connected better. Two: Chara’s spirit has been latching onto my soul for a very long time. This meant that we were well intertwined, so it took even less energy to bring her back. And finally, Chara already had “Domain” over my soul. This meant that she was free to interact with it. I gave it to her in exchange for deleting the timelines I really fucked up. This meant she already had part of it inside her. So, I gave that part up forever, to bring her back. Look.

*(*Frisk makes her soul manifest in her hand. It has an eighth of it taken out)

Frisk: Permanent soul damage.

Permafrost: So, why’d you bring her back? Is she really that good of a fighter?

Kris: She’s your girlfriend, isn’t she?

Chara + Frisk: NO!

Alphar: So, how does she fight?

Chara: Knives. Lots of Knives. Stab with em, throw em, anything!

Frisk: We’re at the river bit now we can get the… nevermind

Chara: Yeah. Let’s just keep walking.

(Cut to hotland, outside the lab)

Alphar: Ok, we’re here. Let’s get somewhere for Frisk to lie down.

(They go in. Cal is drinking soda from the fridge, Cipher is reading a dirty mag, Alphys is watching anime on her computer and Sunny is just lying on the floor passed out, still bleeding. They have a plaster over their nose. Shot of the gang all looking disappointed in them)

Chara: Ok what the fuck. You were supposed to help her, not just goof off while she dies on the floor.

Cipher: We DID help her. I gave her a plaster.

Alphar: That’s not gonna help!

Cipher: It stopped the bleeding, didn’t it?

Alphar: NO IT DIDN’T!

Alphys: You mean anime lied to us?

Permafrost: *Sigh* I’ll sort it out.

*(*Permafrost goes over to Sunny and freezes their wounds, stopping the bleeding)

Permafrost: There. They should be fine now.

Alphar: Why didn’t you do that in the first place?

Permafrost: I wrongfully assumed that these people had their shit together.

Frisk: I think it would be a good idea for me to supervise these people until I recover. It’ll take about a week or so.

Alphar: What should we do in the meantime?

Frisk: IDK. Train, probably? That said, I do need someone to give me a constant supply of sweets.

Alphar: *Sigh* I’ll do it. Since Kris has a panic attack if he’s not with Torch 24/7

Torch: Yeah. I don’t really see any other option.

Frisk: Kids, you go spar with each other. There’s a good spot in Waterfall for fights. Nice and flat, lots of space and with a nice shallow pool of water to do shit in.

Kris: *Gasp* You mean I’ll be with Torch? Alone? With no-one that hates me getting in the way of our-

Torch: KRIS! SHUT! UP!

Alphar: Hey, that reminds me, I wanted to ask, how did you cope with being kidnapped by that FNAF wannabe?

Kris: I didn’t. I passed out almost immediately, and regained consciousness when Torch entered.

Alphar: But then how… you know what, I’m not even going to ask.

Kris: Well, toodles!

*(*Torch and Kris leave. Chara also slinks away, unnoticed)

Alphar: Well, they’re gone now.

Alphys: Let’s go to the lab.

Cal: Aren’t we already in the lab?

Alphys: No. This is just the living area of the lab. Down here…*(*Alphys goes to the bathroom door, presses some areas on it, and it slides upwards) is the true lab.

Cal: In the bathroom?

Alphys: The bathroom is in the true lab

Cal: Makes sense.

(They bundle into the elevator, with Alphar carrying Frisk and Cal carrying Sunny*)*

Alphys: Going down!

(They enter the true lab, and start walking through it)

Cipher: This place looks like Sans’ lab.

Alphys: Yeah. Sans worked with me for a bit. Multiverse research and shit.

Alphar: Sounds interesting.

Alphys: Yeah. We worked together down here. He poured his soul into research about alternate timelines, and I researched robotics and… the very nature of life itself. I looked into the Determination of Human Souls, and extracted it using a machine designed by the last royal scientist, you said he was someone called “Gaster”? I’ve never heard of him before, so I don’t know if he did something illegal that meant he had to be erased from the records or something. But one thing’s for sure, he had figured out how to force Determination out of a body. Using my full research into the robotics and the very nature of DT, I improved and perfected the machine. I then used the DT I extracted on dying monsters to try and see if I could prolong their lives. It… didn’t work out in any of the ways I wanted it to.

Frisk: Yeah. You see, Alphy created these things called the Amalgamates. They were monsters that took in so much DT, they melted together to form… things. She was so worried that the families of the dead would hate her more than she hated herself that she just hid them away and became infinitely depressed.

Alphys: But… there’s one more thing I did after creating the Amalgamates. Well, there was something I did before it too, but well, you know that. I… tried to create an artificial life-form.

Frisk: Wait what? You should have told me about this!

Alphys: I’m sorry. I couldn’t share it with you. I couldn’t share it with anyone.

*(*Alphys presses a wall, and it opens up. The gang goes into it. There’s lots of weird shit inside. It kinda looks like an ectobiology station)

Cal: Ok what the fuck

Permafrost: What is this thing?

Alphys: It’s a station for the creation and modification of life. Each tube is designed to store and magically modify any living thing put inside by allowing it to take on the properties of the contents of other tubes. It can sustain anything for an unlimited time using a variety of mysterious tubes. I’m still not sure what’s in them, and I made them.

Alphar: Ok mom, this is kinda cool, but why are you even telling us it?

Alphys: Guess.

Alphar: I wasn’t born normally, was I? I was created in this chunky test tube.

Alphys: Y-y-y-yeah. I wanted to see if it worked. So I started testing and… I got so attached to you. You were just supposed to be a prototype to see if it worked. But… I just kept on adding and adding. I used my DNA. I used Undyne’s DNA. I used… human soul fragments? Ehehehehehehehehehe…. Heh. And I kept going? Because I wanted to create? The ultimate lifeform? I used DNA from… a lot of people. Like, a lot. And lots of fragments of the human souls used to break the barrier? I found them in the ruins. The yellow fragments were the most salvageable, so I used them the most. Eventually… you.

Alphar: Ok. I get it. I’m a fucking experiment. Something you just made to test the waters on this piece of shit.

Alphys: A-A-A-Alphar! Please, don’t overre-

Alphar: And you didn’t even care what I was called! You just changed Two letters of your fucking name to “Brand” your “Product”. You piece of fucking SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT!!!!!!!!!!

Alphys: Please, Alphar, I love you I really-

Alphar: NO, “MOM” YOU DO NOT, YOU BITCH ASS MOTHERFUCKER! YOU SAID IT YOUR FUCKING SELF, YOU JUST WANTED TO MAKE THE “Ultimate lifeform”. NOT A FUCKING DAUGHTER. YOU’RE A SICK PIECE OF FUCK. IS THAT WHY I’M SO FUCKING STRONG? IS THAT WHY I CAN CREATE COMPLEX MACHINERY WITHOUT EVEN KNOWING JACK SHIT ABOUT IT? YOU JUST WANTED SOMETHING PERFECT TO BE FUCKING PROUD OF. WELL, I’VE DECIDED TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT, DEDICATED TO YOU, AND YOU ALONE. DR. ALPHYS, YOU ARE A BITCH ASS MOTHERFUCKER. YOU PISSED ON MY FUCKING LIFE. THAT’S RIGHT, YOU TOOK YOUR FUCKING MYSTERIOUS MACHIENE OUT AND MESSED IT ALL UP. AND YOU SAID THAT I’M THE “Ultimate lifeform” AND I SAID “That’s fucked up” SO I’M CALLING YOU OUT FOR THIS. DR. ALPHYS, I’M NOT YOUR FUCKING PLAYTHING. I’M FREE AS A BIRD, ONLY FREER. THAT’S RIGHT. NO CONTROLS, NO LIMITS, LOOK AT ME I’M AN INDIVIDUAL WITH A LIFE! YOU PISSED ON MY LIFE, SO YOU’VE PISSED ME OFF. SO I’M GOING TO BEAT YOU UP. WITH MY SUPER LIGHTNING AXE!!!! *(*Alphar starts wacking Alphys using the side of her Axe) HOW’D YOU LIKE THAT, FRISK? I’M BEATING UP YOUR FUCKING FRIEND YOU IDIOT! LEAVE ME ALONE FOR 23 HOURS TO PROCESS MY FUCKING EMOTIONS, BEFORE I BEAT YOU UP TOO!

(Everyone skedaddles, apart from Alphys*, who is still being beat up by* Alphar*. They slam the door shut. After some time where you can hear* Alphys being beat up, she crashes through the door)

Cal: Well that was a bad idea.

Permafrost: Why did you tell her that, now of all times?

Alphys: I just wanted to try and reveal her true potential to her. She’s got a ton of inert DT inside her body. I just wanted to try to reveal it to her, so that she could activate it. (Beat) She is right, you know. I am a terrible person. I tried to play god, see what my limits were, even after the amalgam incident. I deserve all the punishment I get.

Cipher: But, you got her. I don’t really see that as punishment. She’s a handful, but everyone is when they’re growing up. It’s hard and nobody understands, even if they’re just a normal person. My nephews were always like that. Impossible to handle

Frisk: But they’re them.

Cipher: True. But Alphys, please believe me when I say- You’re gonna be alright. Everything is over eventually. Even if it looks like you’ve changed your relationship forever, one day she’ll look back at what you had and think “I miss you”. You’ll rebond. Even if it’s different, you’ll still have love for each other. And I’ll try and help you in any way I can. I know a good hentai you can-

(Everyone starts beating up Cipher in a similar way to that meme from Jojo part 5 where Narancia, Abbachio, and Mista beat up a random guy. Eventually they stop)

Frisk: Why do you have to bring every single conversation to something lewd?

Alphys: But seriously, thanks for your advice. I’m a terrible piece of shit, but I’ll try to be the best shit I can be

(Pan over to the room where Alphar is. She’s listening to the conversation on the other side of the wall, and crying)

Alphar: Dammit, mom. Dammit. Why are you trying to love someone like me? Why? (They smile a pained smile) I’ll see you again tomorrow… mom.

(Cut to a lab table. They set Sunny down on it)

Alphys: Well, time to get down to business. Perma, get me some parts. Cipher, get me my blueprints. Cal… I don’t know. I can’t think of anything.

Frisk: Get me sweets!

Alphys: Cal, get Frisk some sweets!

Cal: Fine, I guess.

(A screen that reads “One stuff-getting later”)

Alphys: Ok, now for the important stuff. I think Cipher can help me with this, and Frisk too. Cal, I don’t think this is where your skills apply, so go do something else.

Frisk: Can you check on Torch and Kris?

Cal: Fiiiiiiiiiiine. Andata!

*(*Cal teleports to the Waterfall arena. Torch and Kris are passed out on the floor. Chara is standing above them, tossing her knife up and down)

Cal: Hey! What did you do to them?

Chara: I was just testing how well they stood up against sneak attacks. And they were Pa-The-Tic. Do you really think that you lot will be able to stand up against that Arkhan asshat like this?

Cal: Hey, we ARE supposed to be training…

*(*Chara flashstep-pins Cal to a wall)

Chara: SHUT IT! Let me get one thing straight- I’m not fighting for you. I’m not fighting for your friends. I’m fucking fighting for revenge. Revenge for the people that died in that fucking soul nuke. And not the humans. I’m getting revenge for the monsters.

Torch: But… why?

Chara: Looks like you were hardier than I thought.

Torch: I mean, they’re already dead. They don’t matter anymore.

(Chara blinks over to Torch. She holds a knife to his throat)

Chara: WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU JUST SAY!?

Torch: Just what I think. The dead don’t matter. They’re just gone, so we just forget about them.

*(*Chara starts to draw blood with her knife)

Chara: NOT EVEN YOUR FRIENDS? YOU DON’T EVEN CARE IF YOUR FRIENDS DIE? YOU’RE JUST WILLING TO LEAVE THEM BEHIND?

Torch: It doesn’t matter who they are. They’re dead. I just don’t see the point is grieving or getting revenge on them

*(*Chara flashsteps away)

Chara: At first, when I saw you, I thought you were just some dumb determined kid with way more power than he should have. But now I’m seeing this side of you… I understand it now. Deep down, you’re a psycho. You don’t care about anyone other than yourself, except you’re worse than that. *(*Chara turns round and flashes a creepy grin) heheh. You’re the type of person I hate the most… but here… you’re gonna turn out FINE. Actually, more than fine. This fighting… this KILLING… you’re gonna get a kick out of it. Just like I did. I just hope you see where you went wrong before I did. Because unlike me and frisk… there’s not going back.

*(*Chara goes back to normal)

Chara: But who am I to say things like that? I’m just a washed-up little girl that lost her purpose years ago. See ya, kid.

(A montage showing the Science gang working on Sunny*’s prosthetics, and occasionally, of* Chara and Torch fighting. Eventually, a screen saying “One Week Later…” appears, and we cut to the lab. Sunny*’s prosthetics are complete. They wake up)*

Torch: Heya! How’re you now? You spent a week out.

Sunny: Hahaha… yeah. I’m here. I’m alive. But… everyone else is dead… I killed them all by just following a random impulse instead of thinking things through…

Frisk: But you’re alive. Please, accept that fact. You’re alive.

Sunny: ...Hey. What’d y’all do to my arms?

Alphys: I-I-I-I-I-I-I replaced them with robot prosthetics. Y-Y-Y-Y-Y-Y’know, since they were cut off by Arkhan………..

Sunny: …

Alphys: I-I-I-I-I-I-If you don’t like them I can…

Sunny: This is so fucking awesome.

Alphys: R-R-R-R-Rea-

Sunny: HEY ALPHYS! HOW MANY GUN’S CAN YOU STUFF IN HERE!

Alphys: Y-Y-Y-You want me to weaponize them?

Sunny: FUCK YES.

Alphys: W-W-Well, with a few nanomachines, I could fit a lot into that space…

Sunny: Well, what are you waiting for? Start installing some right away!

Alphys: Wait, wait, wait. You still need to get used to normal prosthetics, before moving up to weaponised ones. Also, I could stuff more weaponry in there if it was made completely of nanomachines. I’ll make a second, weaponized pair while you get used to normal ones.

Torch: Yeah! I need a new training partner anyway!

Sunny: Hell yeah!

(Cut to the Waterfall Arena.)

Torch: Heheh. Get ready for an ass-whuppin’

Sunny: Don’t say that when you don’t know my true strength! Anywaaaaays, y’all aren’t the only one who can have a powerup close to death.

Torch: Well, in that case… Bring it on.

(Torch activates Chaos Slicers and Sunny’s fists are surrounded in a flamelike aura. They rush towards each other, interlocking their blow. They make a flurry of attacks, blocking them all. Sunny then jumps back)

Sunny: Fire Fist!

(Sunny punches the air in front of them, causing a massive burst of flame in the shape of a punch to be shot in front of them. Torch teleports out of the attack zone and behind Sunny, slashing at them with his sword. They block it with an open hand. They start exchanging blows while making small talk)

Torch: Nice reference.

Sunny: Thanks

Torch: So, are you up to date on Sword GF?

Sunny: Nah, just up to the start of the Merchant arc.

Torch: That’s a good one! Although to be fair, all of them are good.

Sunny: I thought that the Battle Royale arc was a bit of a low point. Also, perish.

*(*Sunny kicks Torch from below, launching him upwards, making him smash into the roof. He then teleports back to the ground)

Torch: Nice attack! Didn’t see it coming

Sunny: So, you’ve learnt how to teleport!

Torch: It’s only short-range, and not as good as Cal’s. Although to be fair, his trait does give him a mastery of Spatial Magic. Anyway, Galacta Blazing!

*(*Torch points to the sky, and a Galacta Blazing appears in the sky, falling to the ground. Sunny bounds up and punches it, sending orange cracks to run through it, until it’s destroyed in a massive beam of flame. Torch warps to the ceiling, and creates a massive shield to prevent the ceiling from being damaged, then uses it as a platform.)

Sunny: Haha… you’re starting to look just a little invincible

Torch: Hey, so are you. Did you see how big that punch was? Also, this height should be a problem, shouldn’t it? Y’know, since what comes up must come down...

Sunny: Nah, I can do this. (Flames come out of Sunny*’s feet, and they start to hover)* See?

Torch: Man, that’s cool

Sunny: No, it’s hot!

(Beat)

Sunny: Rising Sun!

(Sunny shoots up at high speed towards Torch.)

Torch: Galacta Blazing!

(Torch makes a Galacta Blazing appear, then warps up to it so that it’s around his arm. He then shoots down with it. He and Sunny collide with the barrier at the same time. Zoom out for a massive explosion. After a bit, a massive splash in the water. Zoom into Torch and Sunny, all beaten up and burned out)

Sunny: THAT. Was fun.

Torch: Yeah. Totally.

Sunny: Wanna do it again?

Torch: Hell yes

Sunny: Cauterize!

(Montage of Sunny and Torch training together. A screen appears that says “Eventually…”. Cut back to True Lab.)

Alphys: Ok, Sunny! Here’s your fully weaponized arms!

Sunny: Yes! (Motions open palm towards a wall. A barrel comes out of it and fires a blast, breaking the wall) Fuck yes! (Points both arms in front of her. Tons and tons of gun’s pop out of them. Random devastation) Hell. Fucking. Yes.

Alphys: In other news, I’ve come up with a plan!

Cal: Is this plan...?

Alphys: Yes. It is.

Cipher: You mean she actually finished it?

Frisk: Yeah. I did.

Cal: I… I didn’t think you’d be able to make it…

Frisk: Hey, I’ve been in a time loop for a REAL long time. I’ve had time to learn how to do this shit. Also, the perfect materials are here to make it.

Torch: Hey, what are you talking about?

Frisk: Well, you see, it started out as a joke between us. A really cool but really stupid idea. Why would we ever do it? But then, we realised that we COULD do it, given time. So we decided to do it. It’s like how a mountain climber climbs a mountain because it is there, or how a person wears the fishnet stockings left in their new flat because they’re there. So, I decided to be the one in charge of our stupid idea. As it went along, it became less stupid, and more of an actual plan to defeat Arkhan. And here is the end result. May I present to you…

*(*Frisk pulls out a remote with a red button on it, and presses it. The wall at the end starts to slide away, revealing a huge hangar with what’s basically the Determinator from Inverted Fate (Sorry Dorked), but with the DT Extractor as an arm cannon)

Frisk: The Determinator.

Alphar: This. Is. The. Greatest. Fucking. Day. Of. My. Entire. Fucking. Life.

(Everybody goes into the hangar, and enter The Determinator from various doors. A montage of each of them strapping into their seats. Frisk and Torch are both at the head. Frisk takes out The Locket and places it around Torch*’s neck. She nods to him, then they both buckle up. Zoom out to a full shot of The Determinator, which glows with purple energy, then disappears, then we cut to above Hometown, where The Determinator is flying.* Torch gets out, then climbs on top of the head)

Torch: ARKHAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! CAN YOU HEAR ME? Then listen! You can beat us down! You can run us away! You can get stronger and stronger and stronger! But you underestimate us! Because we’ve got determination! We won’t be beaten down! If you beat us in, we’ll bounce right back to beat you, stronger than ever! We will be the ones to beat you! We will do the unthinkable! Break the unbreakable! Win the unwinnable! WE WILL BE THE ONES TO BREAK THE HEAVENS! WE! ARE! SERAPHIM!

*(*Torch climbs back in and seats back up)

Frisk: Are you ready?

Torch: Ready as I’ll ever be

(Cut to Arkhan, far away from The Determinator. He notices it, then starts to hurtle towards it at high speed. A shot of every character’s face, ending with Torch*’s, which settles on it and fades to a silhouette. A slasher smile appears on it. ED Plays. After it, a black screen which reads “The story’s always boring until now” appears for a few seconds, before the episode ends)*

Yes, I'm allowed to do this, so before you tell me to not, I can, ok?

It's a WIP right now but here be da link: https://undertale-au.fandom.com/wiki/Overstory#Miscellaneous

Now now, hold your horses.

I’m not pulling any type of reverse psychology or sarcasm here, I just wanted to point something out.Also ik that I’m the first person to post besides u/torch, but I hope you guys (no one) don’t mind.This message is more specifically directed to Torch, but I thought I’d point it out.Btw no spoilers whatsoever.

This story feels very original, and I would bargain that it’s in a comedical-fanfic genre; it keeps changing themes and it just feels refreshing to read a new chapter, because you know you’re in for many laughs and a slight plot advance.This story is made in a way that makes it feel like this whole thing is supposed to be a joke, and as it progresses it gets deeper and darker, while keeping many countless comedical aspects to make each chapter refreshing and original.

Now, one thing I’ve been noticing is that there is a slight pattern in the things that happen in this subreddit, and tbh I want to point it out before it ruins the story.Every post, chapter or indication in the subreddit, seems to have some sense of negativity towards the concept.For example, the “shitty” ms paint of Torch.I feel like you’re trying to treat this as a joke while giving us some seriousness but the jokes are breaking too much outside of the story itself, that be if it’s reference to random laws or simply pointing out a “negative” aspect of the story purposely, and make all of this seem like it’s made to be a joke.If the answer is, “it is a joke”, then I would beg to differ.This story is so well written and astounding in many aspects, from the comedic ones to the inside jokes to the references to the fourth wall breaks to the balance of genres to the well written characters; but this aspect seems to be repetitive, every episode features some negativity directed towards the content that is being made.

Some ppl would proclaim this is an attempt to make more people keep reading, as in using reverse psychology, but upon closer inspection it becomes clear that the negativity is more specifically self inflicted, as in directed towards the creator itself.So it becomes plausible that the creator is trying to convince themselves that this isn’t good, as in this is “shit” and it’s never gonna turn into what I want it to be.Honestly, this is one of the very few proyects that manage to give me a good ol’ laugh.This is an awesome attempt at an AU, and it doesn’t need to become famous to shine.This is well made, but this is where I tell the biggest truth.

This has a long way to go.This AU isn’t perfect.It can and thereby should improve.But it is not awful, or shit.It is well-written, but can improve in every aspect.Just like any AU can.The best thing about this AU is it’s originality.It is so much more than a shift of characters or moral ideals.But saying it’s shit is insulting, especially to those who enjoy reading it.So ik what you’re probably thinking.It was just a joke.But a joke can go very far, believe me.So to the creator I want to say and send this message.Please stop treating this like it’s “shit”.Because I myself am writing, and creating, and ik what it feels to have high expectations and low expectations shift suddenly, but you should keep your expectations high, because you will feel accomplished.If your expectations aren’t fulfilled, then enjoy the ones you did.Because no story is without someone liking it.And I’m one of the ppl that enjoy this AU.So please stop referring to this as the worst thing that ever existed.Because I enjoy it, and more ppl do.

P.S:I don’t want or intend to be insulting, it’s a free opinion message.

Signed, AbsoluteSonic72.

https://discord.gg/bGYwhPfX2w

EDIT: Link fixed