Chara sighed. "Temmie, did we really have to go so soon?"
Temmie replied. "We were there longer then we needed to be."
Asriel says with a frown. "We will give them food later right?"
Temmie replied. "Yeah, I did not lie about that."
Asriel replied with a smile. "Cool, um do you think my mom will remember me?"
Temmie does not reply.
Chara speaks to him in a concerned tone. "Why are you not talking for Temmie?"
Temmie replied. "I think we are being followed..."
Chara laughed. "That's silly. I see nobody else and hear only us."
Asriel tilts his head. "How do we even see each other anyways? This scary place is completely dark..."
Temmie says. "Because of the belts that Gaster created and this necklace of mine. We can see and hear each other. Your belts are powered through the energy of the savestar. Mine is powered through something as well, as a reminder they are locators and recording devices. Not to mention a way back to the lab....Oh and next time, try listening to me alright?"
Chara and Asriel look down at the ground for a moment. They both say. "We're sorry."
Chara says. "Didn't you say this before or something?"
Temmie responds. "Yes, but I was seeing if you both remembered and you do. Nice to know."
Temmie presses a button on his necklace and they enter through it.
- - - - -Where Gaster,Dust and Horror are at.- - - - -
Gaster is sitting near the tank, reading a book. Horror is asleep on a chair nearby.
Dust is dragging something into the main room.
Gaster immediately looks in Dust's direction. "What are you doing!?"
Dust sounding tired. "dragging in a Piano, i got this from my universe. don't you like music? Cleaning,playing cards or reading is boring after a while. why not some music to lighten things up a little?"
Gaster chuckled. "You are doing something to lighten things up? everything seems fine to me, but sure nothing wrong with a little extra content of things to do in this old lab."
Dust laughed. "sooo...You are old after all."
Gaster closes his book in mid read. "That is rude."
Gaster gets up and walks towards Dust,
he says. "Here I will help you with the piano. You look like you are struggling with it."
Dust growled. "do not touch..." Gaster touches the piano, to help him anyways.
Dust grumbles.
Gaster says to Dust. "Where do you want this thing?"
Dust replied. "In the old abandoned room full of those old beds."
Gaster shakes his head sideways. "No, we will have it here...I will make some room. Although this is the work area, yet it also has a fridge and dining area...so it might work."
Dust looks at Gaster and says in an angry tone. "so were do we put it?"
Gaster sighed. "Relax, we can have it near the reading area. It seems rather fitting, don't you think?"
Dust replied. "i agree." They carefully walk towards the reading area and place it down.
Horror wakes up at the right time, making a disturbing sort of snort noise. "what is with the piano, are we having some sort of musical?"
(Proceeds on something similar now XD
Dust immediately looks in Horror's direction with a cold glare. "heh heh heh, no but if you say another word about the piano, i might have to get out my secret weapon."
Horror walks over to Dust. He says with a twisted grin. "stupid piano."
Gaster does a brief facepalm. "Horror, why are you doing this?"
Dust reaches into his right pocket and gets out something small. It looks like a weapon. (XD)
Gaster raised his right bonebrow at Dust.
Horror says to Dust. "What the hell..." Dust is holding a Glock. Dust says in a loud and crazy voice.
"WANNA HAVE A MAD TIME!?" Dust loads the gun and starts to shoot at Horror.
Gaster growled and said to them both. "Stop! Are you trying to wake and upset her? or worse accidently harm or kill her!"
Gaster quickly grabs both of Dust's shoulders, turning him around with a tight and firm grip, now staring directly down at him, eye-sockets black. "Do not start attacking Horror in the lab or show any form of violence, self defense is fine but not when it is around Toriel...You were going to attack Horror because he insulted your Piano, get a grip! It is an inanimate object, it will not be hurt if Horror insults it. It is physically fine. So relax and ignore anything Horror says about it, if his words bother you so."
Gaster lets go of Dust.
Dust responds. "It is very personal to me."
Gaster shakes his head. "Your actions were reckless, he was just trying to mess with you. The piano is perfectly fine."
Dust sighed. "okay...." He looks at Horror with a glare.
Horror chuckled. "all that over a Piano..."
Dust speaks to Horror. "i am basically you, you know, well in another form...what the hell is your problem?"
Horror responds. "a mean streak...I do not play well with others. I haven't in awhile, but hey that is the same with you right?"
Gaster says to them both. "Get along you two..."
Dust replied. "we both have our bad days and you know it, my universe with its genocides and his being starvation with a insane ruler! tell me gaster....do we really have to wait 8 long years to have your help? because if so, i am out of here."
Horror crosses his arms. "same, I was not expecting to wait, maybe you could speed up her aging process?"
Gaster replied in a serious voice. "you both need to be patient! I will not speed up her age, that will most likely harm or destroy her! Look, she has the role of Frisk now, only more complex. Give it time, I can try to help with your Universe Horror, but as for Dust. That will need extra work, someone who can handle savestars and has handled them before ...." His voice changed in tone.
Dust smiled. "you're thinking of the kiddos aren't you?"
Gaster has his hand under his chin, he is in deep thought for a brief moment. "Maybe, you two do not have to wait...While Toriel rests and grows over time, we could find a way to reawaken Chara's determination and see if Asriel has any. But to be honest, I'd rather wait...They would not be as powerful as Toriel, I am sure her boss monster-like strength still exists somewhere...Chara has a gentle heart, same for Asriel.
Yet Chara hates humans as much as we do, that still has me befuddled. I will never think of Chara as a Human. Asriel will always be the Prince. He deserves special attention. Chara as well, sure they were adopted but they became Asgore and Toriel's child. Loved by them both. Dust, horror, I cannot risk their lives...Even if it did cause my goals to speed up somehow, I will not risk their lives because of your impatience.
I created the savestar, I know how it works, I even told Temmie about it. We can take turns traveling, without any extra help for now. Trust me on this alright?"
Dust and Horror both grumble. Dust walks out of the main room. Horror shrugged. "alright, I have plenty of time. not sure about dust's universe though."
Gaster is silent, he cleans the mess dust made with his weapon. He starts walking back to Toriel, only to hear a noise behind him.
Both he and Horror look to see a portal opening up. Temmie,Chara and Asriel walk out of it. Temmie looks at the floor for a moment then back at gaster, he says. "What the heck happened to the floor?"
Gaster replied. "Just a little scuff between Dust and Horror. Everything is fine now, I will tell you later after the birthday celebration."
Temmie replied. "Alright."
Gaster says with his arms crossed. "A travel to Underswap huh? Your adventure sounded very engaging."
Horror says with a grin afterwards. "Yeah, Temmie is a father! Isn't that lovely?"
Temmie stares at Horror.
Horror says to him. "Your wife before was Toriel? I wonder how Gaster feels..."
Gaster looks in his direction and he says. "Horror, do me and Temmie a favor and stop." (lol XD)
Chara and Asriel both start to giggle, they both say very loudly. "GRANDPAL GASTER!" They start laughing.
Gaster looks in their direction. "Shhhh!"
Chara says. "Aww, someone is being a father!"
Gaster says with a frown. "She is an infant now, please be a little quiet."
Chara and Asriel both sigh. Asriel says. "We're sorry, hey can we give our new friends leftovers later?"
Gaster nods. "Sure and to make things easier this time around, Both Me and Temmie will take turns, he can stay here in the lab and i will bring you back to that Underswap universe to see your friends."
Temmie says in a curious tone. "How? There are multiple Underswaps."
Gaster smiled. "Our belts mark the locations of the universes and put them in the computer database. The last location visited, we can save it off as a personal location for these two."
Horror says. "What has you feeling all these emotions?" Gaster crossed his arms. "The process with bringing back their mother did something to me, what i do not know...Hmmm, maybe because I gave part of myself to recreate and revive her."
Horror replied. "okay and?" Gaster shakes his head side ways.
Gaster sighed. "I could have possibly accidently touched her remains, a monster's remains will have some of their magic and essence left over after death for a short while, maybe even longer. It is longer with Boss Monsters."
Temmie says. "You know this, how?"
Gaster's expression turns cold. "The human and monster war, I remember past monsters dying before me and those around me going through this as well. We experienced side effects that lingered, making us feel the emotions and personality traits of those who died."
Gaster looks to see Dust. "When did you return into the main room?"
Dust replied. "Just now and I heard everything you said...."
Gaster says to Dust. " With you, the side effects are different....I can only assume the resets keep these side effects from ever happening."
Dust replied with an odd smile. "glad I never experience them....."
Dust turns back around and starts leaving the room.
Gaster says. "Look, let's change the subject with a calm party alright?"
Dust says. "I am not the partying type."
Horror says. "same."
Gaster says to both Dust and Horror. "It is just a calm time together, talking about Toriel, memories of her former life and celebrating it and her rebirth. There is not going to be anything loud or annoying. Just conversation, food,drinks,some gifts and that is all."
Chara sighed. "Too bad, there is not going to be any music for the birthday."
Dust snaps his fingers. Everyone looks to see Dust at the Piano. "I could play some music."
Temmie says. "You play piano?" Dust nods. "want a music sample?"
Temmie looks at Gaster with a raised eyebrow. Gaster says. "Sure, i do not think the pleasant sound of a piano would bother her."
Temmie says. "She's not even an infant, she's a skeleton-goat fetus. I do not think the sounds will bother her."
Gaster says with a raised bonebrow. "She is not a fetus, her body is just in a slow growing process."
Dust says with a chuckle. "heh, sorry to burst your bubble old man, but she is a fetus!"
Chara and Asriel both say to Gaster. "Gaster, how did you hold her?"
Gaster says to them both with a smile. "Magic."
Horror laughed. "your answer was pretty lazy, how?"
Gaster replied. "Natural instincts of a Skeleton Monster I presume, that is the only way i can explain it, there are ways to handle a babybones."
Horror and Dust both say. "gaster...were you a father before?"
Gaster shakes his head sideways. "No, but I remember years ago, seeing how children of our species were held and remember a little bit of how they were cared for. I have a small amount of parental books left over that survived from the war, and these children help me with guidance on child care."
Horror laughed. "You're going to have guidance from kids?"
Dust says to Horror. "hey horror, what has you extra moody lately?..."
Horror replied in a cold tone. "my thoughts lately of queen undick and my universe....lets get this celebration over with."
Temmie shakes his head. Chara and Asriel, start handing Gaster the shopping bags. Temmie unties the small shopping bag he has around his waist. He hands it to Gaster. Gaster places them on the floor, he walks over to the largest table near the coffee machine, he wipes it off and then washes his hands and then dries them.
Gaster now dries the table with some magic hands he summoned.
Chara and Asriel look at it with awe. Asriel says. "That's amazing!"
Gaster looks at Chara and Asriel. He slightly smiled. He says. "Thank you, now how about we fix everything up and start this shall we?"
Chara and Asriel start going through the shopping bags and get everything out.
Horror sighed. "need my help with anything?"
Gaster looks in his direction with a raised bonebrow. "Sure, why are you asking suddenly?"
Horror says. "I just remember the times Paps and i did similar things like this and seeing as we are allies now, i guess, i should start being nice huh?"
Temmie says to Horror. "are you drunk or possessed?"
Horror, ignoring Temmie. Waits for Gaster's response. Gaster says with a concerned tone. "You can help with the decorations, i do not see why we need them. This is Toriel's birthday and she will not even see them."
Horror shrugged. "atleast, her kids or uhh...well previous kids? can enjoy it."
Chara and Asriel stare at Horror for a moment, they resume going through the bags.
Dust gets out the paper plates and cups. Temmie goes through his bag that was not moved, he gets out a beautiful old looking Victiorian table cover. He looks up at Gaster and says. "Could you put this on the table for me?"
Gaster walks up to Temmie and carefully picks up the decorative table cover/cloth. Heading back to the table. Chara and Asriel get the bags off the table.
Gaster places the cover/cloth on the table, spreading it and looks at Horror. "Seeing as you want to help. Here are the wall decorations, a rug? Hmm and some food to put in the fridge. Please do not eat it, we are sharing this together."
Horror glared, he thinks to himself. *you hand me food to handle? oh big mistake...i might eat it. ehh. i will try to control myself."
He shakes his head. He walks to the fridge and puts the food in. Horror turns around and snaps his fingers from his free hand, he places the rug down from under the table somehow. (Magic! XD)
Some time passes, Gaster gets the food out of the fridge and prepares the food and drinks. Chara and Asriel help. They walk back over to the table and place it down.
Horror stares at his plate. He says to them all. "I will just eat this alone....Hunger and I do not go well together, i might turn violent." He closed his eye-sockets with a sigh.
Gaster says to him. "The couch is over there, you do not have to leave the main room."
Horror shrugged. He walks over and starts eating his food before they do. Temmie neatly starts eating his food, Chara and Asriel eat their food.
Gaster begins eating his food after checking on Toriel again. 10-15 minutes later? After eating their food.
Gaster and Dust carry the plates and cups to the sink.
Gaster cleans the dishes.
Temmie is sitting at the computer going through the files.
Gaster looks in Temmie's direction with his right bonebrow raised. "Temmie, toriel is not going anywhere you can relax."
Horror chuckled. "yeah , relax, you're a father after all."
Temmie picks up something from the desk, he turns in horrors direction and throws a stapler at him.
Gaster snaps his fingers and turns it blue. "No!"
He says to them both. "Get along alright? Or at least for today, act as if you are friends?"
Temmie says immediately. "More like acquaintances...Never friends."
Dust stares at Temmie. "hey, we're allies...we might become that someday."
He slightly chuckled. "might as well tolerate each other."
Chara sees Horrors arms crossed. "to make things easier for all of you to understand, i have mood swings. I am also a maniac. a lunatic, gaster why the hell did you choose me as an ally?"
Gaster says. "Because I want to help both you and Dust, you did not ask for the things that happened to you two."
Horror replied in a cold tone. "do you want to help us because of your goals? or because you feel bad?"
Gaster replied. "Multiple reasons and you know it, believe it or not i do care..."
Horror laughed with a cold n' twisted smile. "sorry but before this with toriel, you barely felt anything. your soul was hanging by a thread. so is your soul healing now? don't get mushy on us old man..."
Dust says to Horror in a cold voice. "gaster looks like he is improving to me, he was boring before. colder then me and that's saying something!"
Chara says in a bored tone. "I WANNA TALK ABOUT MY MOM!" Asriel throws a paper cup onto the floor. "YEAH!" They start acting up, to get their attention and to annoy them.
Everyone looks in their direction. Gaster says. "Calm down you two, we will talk about her now, alright?" He shakes his head sideways for a moment.
Gaster walks over and picks up the paper cup, snapping his fingers from his right hand. Gaster puts it in the trash can. "Let's talk about Toriel now, memories and then enjoyment of the gifts, and be glad she is here again."
Chara and Asriel look in Toriel's direction. "We are already happy she is here."
Toriel starts kicking in her sleep, Chara and Asriel both saw. "Awwww!!!!!!"
Gaster runs over and checks the computer and sighed, it sounds like he is relieved. He looks back at everyone and says. "It appears she is dreaming somehow..."
Dust walks up and looks at Toriel. "do you think she is having good dreams?"
Gaster replied with a raised bonebrow. "Yes i do, i mean she was just reborn, she can not possibly...."
Gaster looks back at Toriel's former children, he says in a odd yet calm tone. "Remember the former events, but i am sure she will remember at some point..."
Gaster thinks to himself. *I am starting to doubt it. But for these two, I will try to be optimistic about the whole situation.* Chara runs up to the tank and hugs it, Asriel does as well.
Asriel says. "I remember all the amazing food she made, the pies! And the jokes she told hehehe! Puns so many! She was the best!" Dust and Horror are silent.
Dust makes a cough noise. "Was she really kiddo?"
Asriel nods. "Yeah!"
Dust grinned. "I know alot of puns kid, hmm well here is a simple and clean one. what's the most musical bone?"
Asriel tilted his head. "What?"
Dust replied. "the trombone." Asriel laughed. Chara as well.
(goes into lazy-mode, i'll say both dust and horror said alot of puns.)
Dust satisfied, Horror told some puns as well. His puns upset Chara and Asriel XD dark puns, dust had to tell clean puns to calm them both down lol, mean Horror XD
Gaster turns Horror blue and is about to get him out of the main room, until everyone hears this god awful screeching noise from the tank. Everyone looks to see a small Temmie in front of it.
It is Underswap Temmie. "Oh i wonder what this is....Looks important." He smirked. "Is this Toriel? I wonder what would happen if i pressed this button?"
Gaster growled. "Get away from the tank...." He lets go of Horror.
Horror looks at Underswap Temmie and he says. "who the heck are you?"
Underswap Temmie replied. "A different Temmie and i came here to ruin your plans, which is obvious. I mean, Ending Resets? Genocides? Idiots! I need those! All Universes have them for a reason! How can Resets truly be an issue?
I mean really, Other universes ending after lots of Resets? That is stupid...You are all more crazy then me! This Toriel is going to help prevent it? I won't let her...Bye bye twerp!"
Asriel and Chara run in his direction feeling something familiar, feeling what they can only assume is. "DETERMINATION." Their running speed increases, they feel anger towards the temmie and hope towards saving their mother. Gaster snaps his fingers,same for Horror and Dust. Temmie runs towards Underswap Temmie's direction.
(US-Temmie my Boi, you are getting ambushed XD)
He smirked. "TOO-LA-"
Chara and Asriel their speed is so fast, they cannot be seen. They show up in front of The Tank.
Asriel lands a kick towards Underswap Temmie, causing him to fall away from the Tank, Chara gets in front of the tank, shielding it. Feeling a strength they cannot describe, but it is only towards one person, their mother and stopping the intruder of their new home.
Asriel yelled with a growl. "GET OUT OF MY NEW HOME AND LEAVE MY MOM ALONE!!!!" unaware, he summons large fireballs. His eyes are a glowing red, the same color as his attack.
Chara silent, they mouthed. "Whoa..."
Asriel yells at Underswap Temmie. "TAKE THIS!!!! AHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!" He starts throwing fireballs at him.
Underswap Temmie says out loud. "SHIT!!!!" he is having issues dodging.
Asriel increases his attacks. Chara wanting to join in, but can't. They hear teleportation noises near them. Horror and Dust both say to chara. "kid, we got this. go!"
Gaster says behind Chara. "Oh my god, Chara go! Toriel is safe."
Temmie replied. "Yeah and so is Asriel."
Chara runs towards Asriel and Underswap Temmie, they tighten their hands into fists. They quicken their running, they are behind Underswap Temmie and manage to dodge Asriel's attacks, he does not see Chara.
Chara punches Underswap Temmie from behind, on the back of his head. Causing him to fall forwards. Asriel sends the fire towards Underswap Temmie still.
Chara yells out. "ASRIEL LOOK OUT, I AM RIGHT HERE!"
Asriel sees Chara and stops for a moment, Chara gets out of the way and he resumes quickly. Underswap Temmie is now a pile of burnt ashes.
Temmie shakes his head for a moment. "A creature posing as a Temmie, how disgraceful and revolting. Good riddance."
Chara and Asriel suddenly see something before them, it's the form of stats. LV: 5.
Asriel starts crying. "W-wait a minute....I killed someone...."
Chara starts crying as well. Gaster quickly walks up to them, they start hugging him. "We're awful! We killed a monster! We're bad!"
Gaster replied. "He was not our ally and attempted to destroy Toriel. I am sure Underswap will get a Reset, he'll return there, any exp you gained, will turn to 0."
Chara and Asriel both gasp. "A-A reset!? But we have friends there! We have to do something!"
Gaster replied with a sigh. "What was the route, when you three were there last Temmie?" Temmie says in a calm tone. "It appeared to be pacifist. There should be no problem if that is the case, our computer will detect any odd activities of that particular Underswap universe if a human should start anything."
Asriel and Chara feeling upset. Chara says to Gaster. "We still killed someone...."
Asriel feels tears falling more from his face. "Wait...They were like me, weren't they?"
Gaster nods. Asriel cries even louder. "IM A MURDERER AGAIN! I KILLED ANOTHER ME! IM AWFUL!!!!" Chara hugs him.
Gaster shakes his head. "I doubt they were another you, more like someone in your place. Goatkid is you. So that would mean, they were actually Monsterkid in your place."
Asriel sniffled, he rubbed his eyes. "I am really bad..."
Gaster walks over to them both. He gets on his knees and he says. "You two are not awful, you did not mean to destroy him. He was attempting to harm Toriel, you both protected her, as for the LV. I will try to help you both with this somehow. Just know you are not awful alright?"
He looks in the direction of Underswap Temmie's remains in disgust. "I really do not like messes in my lab, not your fault. I will clean this for you."
Gaster looks back at them, he pats their heads and smiles. "Your courage saved her, you are both good children, never doubt yourselves. Your kindness knows no bounds."
he gets up and turns to the remains on the floor. He sighed, now walking over to the dustpan near the trash can. Gaster gets the dustpan and the broom next to it. Now heading over to what remains of Underswap Temmie.
Gaster cleans it up and throws it away. He walks over to the sink and washes his hands, dries them.
He looks at Chara and Asriel. "I will check up on Toriel, afterwards we can pay your friends a visit, shall we? That should lighten the mood. This time, Temmie can stay here and i come along and visit this Underswap Universe."
Chara and Asriel smile. "So we can bring the left overs?"
Gaster nods. "Yes, i said we would."
Gaster walks over to the table and checks to see if there is any damage, the table is untouched. Gaster walks over to the fridge and prepares some cake,ice cream and other food for Chara and Asriel's friends.
Chara sighed. "Gaster, are you sure we are not terrible?"
Gaster replied. "Yes, i am sure. I find it odd how you got that much LV, from just one Monster or whatever he was..."
Asriel sighed. "A demon Temmie plush? or a soulless Temmie? I could not tell."
Temmie speaks from the Computer. "It was a Plush. I saw it in Detail."
Gaster walks over to both Chara and Asriel. "There, that is everything. I even have the belts ready. These new ones should keep me in other universes much longer. I am sure in time, maybe i will not need belts anymore."
Temmie says to him. "How exactly?"
Gaster says with a smile on his face. "The savestar, while working on it, maybe-"
Temmie says with a scuff. "Bad idea, try something else. Remember what happened to our Universe? All through the power of your creation, going unstable. I would not risk it in the slightest! Besides there is a possibility with enough universal travel over time, maybe your limitations will simply go away on their own."
Gaster sighed. "You're right, it did go unstable and bad enough through Toriel.."
Temmie nods and says. "Yes and there is a strong possibility that the savestar or part of it is still attached to her."
Gaster's eye-sockets darken, he replies. "She has determination, Temmie....A Savestar or as Humans would call it. A Savepoint. It's the manifestation of your own DETERMINATION..."
Gaster sees Temmie's right top and bottom ear twitch.
Temmie says to Gaster with a frown. "So did we just give her a new Savestar or revive the unstable one? This Determination, it's more than an emotion, a feeling. You made it into something completely different and it can be dangerous, because when someone or something evil has or feels it.
There are only bad results...These two are stable and kind, so there has been good results from the two.
Asriel had Determination as a flower before and has it again from the looks of things. It seems fine with him. Chara, it's normal. They are human. Toriel was never meant to have Determination...Your creation killed her and our universe, do you really think it is a good idea for her to continue having it?"
Chara says to Temmie. "Gaster did not mean for these bad things to happen, why not lighten up on him? He created the savestar for monsters for good reasons before."
Temmie sighed. "I think her having it again is a bad idea., but if things work out then alright. Everyone makes mistakes."
Gaster says in a serious tone, while looking at Temmie for a moment. "Yes, everyone makes mistakes, but you know why i created it. I had no ill intentions. I am sorry for the awful things that happened to Toriel and our home."
Temmie sighed. "I am sorry too, this whole situation is a real mess right now."
Gaster nods. "Agreed. But I believe we can fix it, might take some time but i am sure the results will be positive."
Temmie replied. "With enough work into it, yes. I have no doubts. I am going to resume my work. See you later."
Gaster nods. Chara and Asriel wave to Temmie.
Horror says. "Wow, that was a ear full of grouchiness if i ever did see it..."
Temmie looks in his direction for a moment, feeling annoyed. He shakes his head.
Dust lets out a cigarette. "Yeah, nice conversation." He chuckled.