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Chapter 97 - Ruins - Part 3

All went black, but after a moment, all went back to normal, and your view is normal, but you notice you are in Toriel's bedroom, while she's in the bed.

You hesitate, everything that happened made the stream chat go wild, and seems to just go wilder and wilder every single time.

You then check your STATS.

"Shayy"

Lv 4

HP 118/118

AT 4 (37) | EXP 741

DF 190 (232) | NEXT 39

MG 80

WEAPON: Folding Pocket Knife

ARMOR: Thick Jacket

GOLD 0

Then, he moved and interacted with the bed.

* ...

* I... I don't know...

* But I rested like a baby.

You hesitate, but then move out of the room, and start exploring. After a big while exploring for new interactions, just to find nothing new, you end in the kitchen trying to find new interactions, until suddenly you interact with what remains of the butterscotch-cinnamon pie, and you then got two plates of the pie.

Shayy: "Chat, did you see that, it was more big before, and it got smaller."

"Yeah, is like it really got the slices from the pie. Incredible how there are much more new sprites, right, chat?"

"Wait, but what do we do with this? What now?"

You checked the stream chat, someone telling to go back to Toriel.

Shayy: "Does someone know what to do? Oh, go back to Toriel? Alright, chat."

You walked then, going through the living room and entrance, entering the hallway and then Toriel's bedroom. Once inside, you walked towards her bed, where she was still sleeping, and then a cutscene started.

The vessel walked, and sat on the edge of the bed, softly waking up Toriel.

"Shayy": "Uhm... M-m-o... Uhh... Mmm..."

He hesitated, but then he simply shaked Toriel, and woke her up. When she moved up to sit, he gave her a slice of the pie, one of the plates.

Toriel: "Oh, thanks, my child."

Then, both started enjoying their slices, but he was eating very slowly, hesitating in doing so as was wondering in thoughts.

"Shayy": "M-m... M-mo-om..?..."

Toriel then stopped, and looked at him, her expression softening.

Toriel: "Yes, my child?"

"Shayy": "I... T-thanks..."

Whispering "M-mom... M-mommy..."

Toriel hesitated, knowing what he said, but by how he said it, easily knowing it was something difficult for him, so she decided to enjoy of hearing it and not mention anything.

Toriel: "You're welcome, my child."

After a short moment, the cutscene ends, and you hesitate, gasping, and then turn to look at the stream chat.

Then you see the stream chat bombing with reactions.

"Lol, he got a hot mommy."

"Goat mom got a new child."

"How will Asgore react to this? LMAO"

Shayy: "Chat... This is going wild."

After a moment, you started moving, and first to do, was interact with Toriel, who was still sitting on the bed.

Toriel: "Oh, my child. Do you need something?"

Then, a menu was shown with two options to say.

Left: * No, don't worry.

Right: * Where is the exit?

You select the right option.

Toriel: "Is in the basement, but... My child... I told you is dangerous outside the Ruins... Are you sure you want to go?"

Left: * No, I prefer staying with you.

Right: * Yes, I have to.

You select the right option again.

Toriel: "Alright, my child. But before you go... I want to give you a test... I want to know you can solve any fight with any monster, than by FIGHTing."

Toriel then got up of the bed.

Toriel: "Come with me, my child."

Toriel then started walking out of the room, and you followed her, then out of the hallway, through the entrance to the stairs to the basement, and then through the long hallway the basement is.

After a moment, you two reached the door gates of the Ruins to go outside, and Toriel remained in front of the door gates as is closed. Then, slowly, she turned around to look at you.

Toriel: "My child. I know you're strong, you have proven yourself. But strength alone isn't enough to survive down here. So..."

Toriel then lifted her hands, and flames appeared floating up of her hands. And the battle started.

Toriel: "Show me what you can really do, my child."

* Wait, no... No no no...

You select FIGHT, but then, the vessel refused, and your turn was skipped.

* I refuse to hurt her.

The fight continued, you kept trying, but the vessel refused every time.

* Why?... Why...?

After a big while of the battle, where both parts were hesitating and holding back, suddenly, the battle stops, and a cutscene starts.

Everything is dark, and only the vessel can be seen, holding the WEAPON on his right hand. Then he slowly moved his hand to look the WEAPON, and then moved both hands in front of him, and then, he stabbed himself in the heart.

"Shayy": "I had enough of being a puppet. I never had a life. Always deciding something-"

Then, he started stabbing his chest over and over while talking.

"Shayy": "I didn't even wanted... Life was always the worst, but I thought I escaped hell, just to see I didn't... But as I always thought... Death is way better, and if I can't have a life being alive in death, then..."

He then moves his hands forward, preparing for the last stab.

"Shayy": "I'll have the life I want dead in death!"

Then, he stabbed again his heart, but now with all the potency he could get, and then, he fell forward, but fell to his knees, kneeling down.

But there was no Game Over screen, only his soul appeared a over of him, and broke. And after a second, it started trembling, and was put back together, and vanished, while the focus went to the vessel.

Red strings then appeared, first to hir right arm that was pulled up, then the other arm, then his back lifting him slightly up, then his legs and neck, and he slowly got up like a corpse being controlled, as is clearly being shown by the red strings.

After a short moment, he continued trembling slightly, as if he was constantly falling down, but the strings continued pulling him up.

And then, he moved uncannily his right arm, and grabbed the WEAPON from his chest, and then, the battle continued, where you could only observe how the vessel selected FIGHT, and slashed Toriel, dealing an immense amount of 9s of dmg.

The battle then finished, and he started walking towards Toriel uncannily, while she fell to her knees.

Toriel: "M-my... C-child..."

* You tell you're sorry...

* But is not heard as you couldn't say it...

* Your voice was muted, and you couldn't talk, or say anything.

Then, Toriel slowly dusted away, and after a short moment, her soul broke and shattered. The only thing remaining being her clothes on a pile of dust.

* You won...

* You got 3639 EXP, and 0 G.

The vessel hesitated, his face completely a shadow, and some tears falling down, while a green point was visible on his right eye.

Then, the cutscene ended.

You hesitated, but then, checked his STATS. His expression being near a void by how shadowed was. And from his complete shadow stare, could be felt as is staring straight at you.

"Shayy"

Lv 10

HP 154/154

AT 10 (43) | EXP 4380

DF 250 (292) | NEXT 1080

MG 200

WEAPON: Folding Pocket Knife

ARMOR: Thick Jacket

GOLD 0

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