punful | IC Inbox

who's gaster?

unimportant.

[HOW.]

he looks kind of like you.

except i don't know if it really was him.

i found fragments of... something.

[How the hell can this kid even remember the guy's name. And fragments? Holy shit. Where? Doesn't matter. Doesn't matter, even if Asriel told him, Sans wouldn't remember when he went home, and he gave up trying to fix anything a long time ago.]

doesn't matter. there's no one like that here or back home.

No, not anymore.

The gray monsters say he fell into the CORE. That he was broken up. Did

did you try to save him, Sans?

And you couldn't, so that's why you gave up?

I won't tell anyone.

kid

i dont remember everything

so i dont know what you mean when you say i "gave up"

You said it yourself.

Your voice shook. Your font was gone. I know because...

I used everyone's SOULs to break the barrier. Not just the humans' - everyone's.

But I put them back, I brought everything back. It just struck me as odd that it was out of place among everyone else. That you're the strongest force that keeps me back in the bad timelines. That you can just jump from room to room when no other monster has that ability.

Do you remember who you were, Sans?

[...]

[Is that...what really happened after he had his soul torn out? Is that what happened to all of them?]

[What the hell. What the hell did he say? Did he actually say he gave up? Did he mention Gaster? Holy shit. Its that why Chara keeps asking? Did he mention something weird and Chara remembers?]

[He can't remember. He's never been able to remember. There's not even vague impressions. He just remembers vines wrapping around him, pain, someone screaming--then he woke up, Frisk was unconscious and the barrier had been destroyed. There's nothing in between.]

[Just give up. I did.]

[Fuck. Did he actually say that or is Asriel messing with him? It...sounds like something he'd say.]

i wouldn't worry about it. it's not important.

If everyone else can have their happy ending, why can't you? It doesn't seem right.

[Maybe calling the kettle black here a bit, but Sans did more good for their world than Asriel ever did. Always the flower, always making everyone miserable.]

You can talk without a font.

...

I'm sorry. I know this is probably really awkward. I know we're not friends. But you helped me, and... maybe I want to help you back?

oh so that's what this is.

you're "helping" me.

not sure how talking about stuff that doesn't exist or that i don't remember is helping but

knock yourself out.

Maybe I'm not the monster you should be talking to, then. But I know what I saw.

The monster with the holes in his hands. The gray monsters. You talking about 'giving up' on something.

The [REDACTED].

[Gray monsters. Plural.]

[Oh god, they all ended up like that, didn't they? It wasn't just--]

stop

[Ah. Yeah. Too much at once. He'd forgotten how to not be so... impulsive, without a SOUL.]

Right. Well.

Like I said, I won't tell anyone. You probably won't believe me, but I won't.

[No answer.]

IC Inbox

text, after about an hour of deliberation

text, immediately

text

text

text

text, long wait

text

text LONG DELAY

text

text

text

text

text

text