December Holiday and Asriel Dreemurr | Deltarune

Personality

Very little is known for certain about Dess. However, according to Noelle, Dess was very protective of her when they were growing up together, often comforting Noelle in terrifying situations, or defending her from Kris's antics.

Appearance

Dess is a monster who resembles a deer. Her fan design has her with dark brown fur and dark hair with antlers sticking out. She is sometimes depicted with a dusty, olive green coat and dark pants or with a red and black checkered jacket and a black tank top with dark pants. She has a baseball bat and an orange guitar.

According to Noelle, Dess used to be in the same friend group as her, Asriel, and Kris, and, on at least one occasion, they all hung out in the forest by Hometown's Cemetery together. Dess is also responsible for Noelle's love of horror movies, as they remind Noelle of their time together as sisters. Despite the Holiday siblings' relationship being described as close, Dess is conspicuously absent from Hometown, with no mention of her presence in the family's life any longer, suggesting that something happened to her prior to the events of Deltarune.

Chapter 1

Dess is first alluded to by name through an object that can be inspected in Rudy's hospital room: an angel doll that, Rudy explains, was made by Dess and Noelle in youth group. He keeps it as a good luck charm.

If Kris tells Noelle that Susie "eats chalk" while visiting her outside of her house, Noelle at first believes that Kris is joking, similar to the time when Kris told Noelle that ICE-E was real and ate children. Noelle also recalls that Dess once smacked Kris with a wiffle bat until they stopped lying.

Chapter 2

If Kris, intentionally or not, repeatedly frightens Noelle by releasing Cyber City mice into her path, Noelle remarks that Kris is lucky that Dess isn't around to protect her.

While exploring the city, Noelle and Kris come across paths that are intermittently blocked off by forcefields that can only be disabled when each of them steps onto a separate pressure plate. As they travel, the pressure plates spelling out "DECEMBER," Noelle recalls the time she spent with Dess, including an incident where she, Kris, and Asriel hung out in the forest by the graveyard. Dess comforted Noelle, who was terrified at the time.

Noelle looks up at the moon in Cyber World's sky and remarks that she wishes she could show it to Dess. Later, while riding the Ferris wheel with Susie, Noelle remembers watching horror movies with Dess when she was little.

If Kris inspects the angel doll in Rudy's hospital room, Susie begins to tease Rudy for keeping it, until she hears that Noelle made it with her sister. Susie is visibly perturbed at the mention of Dess and opts not to say anything more on the subject.

Chapter 3

Dess is shown in a flashback scene during Tenna's dialogue at the end of Chapter 3. She is shown sitting with her and Kris's family watching television, being the first to disappear in the flashback.

Chapter 4

Kris can enter Dess' bedroom. In the bedroom is Dess' guitar that contains a code, presumably for the bunker. The player reads the digits "122", until Kris rips the SOUL out of their body. (The code is speculated to be 1225 as this number is heavily associated with Dess.)

Trivia In Chapter 4, if you interact with the box of junk in Dess' room Asriel's retainers are there. Under her bed there is a drawing of a dragon (implied to look like Asriel's) and his shirt in her closet. They also share similar star shaped wall stickers. In Chapter 3, it is revealed that "Dess" is short for "December,"[2] keeping with the Christmas theme of the Holiday family. Other evidence for this is during the sequence in Chapter 2 where Noelle recalls spending time with Dess, Kris, and Asriel in the forest behind the graveyard, while the letters she steps on spell out "DECEMBER."[3] Noelle also froze on the word "December" during a spelling contest from Berdly's flashback. Noelle's room in Queen's Mansion has a calendar where every day is December 25. Since her room is based on her internet search history, this implies she is searching for "December Holiday," her sister's full name. The first three numbers of the code hidden inside the red guitar were "1-2-2." The full code could be "1-2-2-5," which would line up with 12/25, the day of Christmas, which is a literal December holiday. "1-2-2-5" is also the parental control lock for music videos featured in a puzzle in Chapter 3. This may be in reference to Dess being the reason that music videos are locked on the TV. In Chapter 3, If there are 1225 POINTs inserted in the B-rank room's gumball machine, Kris gets transported into a looping maze room with a smaller machine in the middle. If Kris interacts with the machine, it releases a capsule with a small triangular item made out of lacque, presumably a guitar pick. If they attempt to take it, it slips through their hand, where they can no longer find it, nor their hand. The implications of this scene are unclear, but the number of POINTs being 1225 and findher.ogg playing in the background might imply that this is referencing an event that happened or may happen that involves Dess.[4] The way Dess is described in Chapter 2, as well as comments regarding the Holiday family throughout the game heavily implies she died or went missing sometime before the events of Deltarune: In Chapter 1, Noelle is unable to go home after she forgets her key, likely because no one is there to let her in. Rudy claims that without him, Noelle doesn't have someone to protect her from her mother's strict behavior. Although they never make a physical appearance, Noelle and Dess are known to exist in the Undertale universe alongside their father. In the unused Undertale alarm clock dialogue, Asgore remarks that Rudy's daughters both get to grow up in the sunlight.[5] In the Xbox version of the Dog Shrine in Undertale, Sans mentions "the antlered girl and her big sis," with the latter most likely referring to Dess.[6] The way that Sans phrases his reference to "the antlered girl" may imply that her sister, in contrast, does not have antlers. However, this is disregarded in Chapter 3's flashback, as her sprite portrays her with antlers. There is a possibility that she only used a reindeer headband for Christmas, however the silhouette is hiding the fact. In a draft of the alarm clock dialogue posted on September 15th, 2017, Asgore remarks about Rudy's "daughter and wife,"[7] suggesting that Dess may not have originally been planned to be a character. Dess appears to be fond of sports, particulary hockey and baseball, implied from the equipment seen lying around her room. Contrary to the rest of her family, she appear to wear shoes, as a pile of of them is seen in her closet. Oddly, all of these are human-like shoes, which appear to not be fit for hooves. There are several references to Dess in the 2022 Spamton Sweepstakes charity event: deltarune.com/icee links to deltarune.com/december in a reference to "my sister." /december/ is a unique 404 Not Found error page reminiscent of those used by Internet Explorer in the 1990s. deltarune.com/dess contains an image of a guitar and the track findher.mp3, a guitar cover of Lost Girl. This may imply Dess plays the guitar. In Chapter 4, it is confirmed that Dess plays the guitar as we see the red guitar in her bedroom in the Holiday mansion. Spamton claimed in a live Q&A that Noelle would respond to his "free friend finder" emails talking about Dess, but he could not acquire her personal information.[8] Furthermore, Spamton may have subtly referenced her theme's filename twice in the Q&A: when talking about the aforementioned "free friend finder", which he spells as [Fr33 fr13nd f1ndh3r], and when being asked about the lyrics of NOW'S YOUR CHANCE TO BE A, of which, as he claims, the first 3 letters are FIN. The Holiday 2024 Undertale/Deltarune Newsletter features a passage written by Noelle mentioning her and Dess’s tradition of making snow angels and Dess kicking snow to make the wings on Noelle’s angel bigger.

Appearance

Rudy is a monster who resembles a reindeer. He has tan fur, a deep voice, a narrow face, dark hair, and wears a thin mustache and goatee. In the Hospital, he wears a white sleeveless hospital gown.

Personality

A jovial and lighthearted person, Rudy resembles Sans in his use of humor and jokes to lighten the mood, and is lively and talkative despite his medical condition. He is close with and protective of Noelle and likes playing video games with her. He is supportive of Noelle's desire to pursue her crush on Susie but dislikes her schoolmate Berdly, calling him "Nerdly" and facetiously threatening to throw something at him through the hospital window.

Main Story History

Rudy was a college classmate with Asgore Dreemurr and knew Toriel through the campus's social scene, describing Asgore as shy in company and Toriel as "a total NUT!" who once hit him across the room with a key lime pie at a party. but The first time when he first met Noelle's mother, he immediately told her she was "a HOT piece of work," and she would slap him so hard he would blacked out.

He would witness Asgore and Toriel's courtship, was Asgore's best man at the wedding, and retained affection for them even after the two families drifted apart. He remembers Kris, not without affection, as "the creepy kid next door" who used to scare Noelle for fun and once got entangled in the family's decorative lights.

Rudy is currently hospitalized for an illness, confined to bed rest and coughing if he laughs too hard. He keeps a faceless angel doll made by Noelle and Dess in his hospital room as a good luck charm. A bouquet of roses from Asgore and a get-well card signed by Toriel and Kris are on his bedside table.

Chapter 1

After Kris's return from the Dark World, they can find Rudy in the bed in the left-hand patient room at the Hospital, talking with Noelle. As Kris stands in the doorway, Rudy and Noelle discuss a crush Noelle has and how her parents first met, and Rudy asks her to bring a video game she's been stalling on to the hospital instead of waiting for him to come home and finish it with her, laughing that he is "bored as HELL" here.

After Noelle leaves, Kris can enter Rudy's room. If Kris examines other objects in the room, Rudy jokes about Kris's rudeness and tells them to be a little friendlier, but is also surprised that Kris looks at the card they'd signed for him as if they never saw it before.

When spoken to, Rudy calls Kris "Krismas" and brushes off questions about his condition, saying that he's only in the hospital for tests. He asks whether Toriel made them visit him, and if not, says they've grown a lot.

Though Rudy loves his "smart, kind, sweet" daughter, he voices deep concern for her, describing her as "defenseless" and afraid of everything. He is unhappy about not being available to protect Noelle, asking Kris to look out for her while he is hospitalized, though he remembers the pranks Kris played on her in the past.

Chapter 2

As promised, Noelle brings her game to Rudy's hospital room and plays it with him. When Susie and Kris arrive, Rudy greets them, before half-jokingly warning Susie not to hurt his daughter. He explains that the hospital has to run more tests, but insists he is well enough to go to church tomorrow. Upon further inquiry, he explains that his wife is tough on Noelle, which is why he feels a responsibility to get better. After seeing the scene in Sans's grocery store with Toriel and Asgore and then talking to Rudy, he expresses frustration that Asgore is asking for free pickles from Sans instead of himself.

In the Snowgrave Route, he briefly holds Susie back as she and Kris are leaving to offer her some advice on how to impress Noelle.

Chapter 4

He is seen attending church with Noelle and socializing with Toriel. Later, he is back in his hospital bed, feeling weak due to overexerting himself at the church service. He promises to build his strength up to be able to attend the festival with Noelle.

Appearance

Carol is a doe reindeer with ash blonde fur, messy light blonde hair, narrow blue eyes, blue lips and blue antlers. She wears a blue cardigan, black pants and a pearl necklace.

Personality

Carol has a very cold, hostile demeanour. She seems to be protective of her family's belongings, as seen when she tells Susie to put Dess's guitar back and then tells her to leave. Because Noelle let Susie have the guitar, she too scolds her, telling her to go to the kitchen so they can talk. Her actions towards Kris (and presumably the Player) counteract her established demeanour, as she seems welcoming and inviting when talking to Kris (and presumably the Player), however, on the Snowgrave Route, Carol will not talk to Kris.

Before the current events of DELTARUNE, she kicked Asgore off the police force for unknown reasons. Although, she has gone on to employ him as a caretaker and gardener for her home.

Personality

Unlike his sibling, Asriel is more open and friendly to the other townspeople. He is very popular in Hometown, and many of Kris's neighbours exclusively talk about him to praise him, unlike Kris. He also has many trophies on his shelf. He likes music, including religious ska. Despite the differences between him and Kris, he does care a lot about them.

Appearance

Asriel has yet to be seen by the player in Deltarune, but in Chapter 4 Susie can look at a photo of him in Kris' house and is surprised to notice he looks like Ralsei, at first believing Kris had simply manipulated a photo of Ralsei. Noelle appears to notice Ralsei's resemblance to Asriel in Chapter 2, and later openly voices this opinion in Chapter 4 during her chat with Susie in Dess' old room, which the Player can overhear while trying to escape from the closet. Kris appears to be in denial about any resemblance, responding to Susie by trying to point out all the differences, and appears alarmed when they overhear Noelle state that Ralsei looks like Asriel.

Main Story History

Asriel is the oldest child of Asgore Dreemurr and Toriel, and shared Kris's bedroom at Toriel's house before leaving for university. Asriel used to be in the local church choir, which sounded "thinner" after he went away. He was friends with Burgerpants, who nicknamed him "Azzy," along with Catty and Bratty, who both remember him fondly. Bratty convinced Asriel to give her his first kiss while playing truth or dare, and the Dreemurr family went to church almost every day for a week when Toriel found out. In the youth group, Asriel and Kris tried to make an angel doll like the one Noelle Holiday made for her father, but never finished because they spent the entire time on its giant wings.

Asriel also once tossed tasty cornflakes to Onion, who remembers him as friendly. One of the few people with something negative to say about Asriel is Catty's father, who refers to Asriel as "Doug" and "Douglas" and complains that Asriel didn't like his wife's cooking.

Asriel used to go to QC's Diner with his family on Sundays after service. After Toriel and Asgore separated, Asriel still took Kris there every Sunday to buy them hot chocolate, after which the two would sit in a corner booth and draw on the window with their breath. He also used to carry Kris to school when Kris woke up late.

Chapter 1

Toriel mentions Asriel before Kris goes to school, excited that he is scheduled to visit home next week, and wonders if he will still enjoy "this little town" after university.

After Kris returns from the Dark World, several characters in Hometown can be spoken to about Asriel. Burgerpants has been saving up money to go to the same university as "Azzy." Asgore wonders if the family can go out to the diner together when Asriel visits, like old times. Berdly claims that Asriel has yet to return the book How to Draw Dragons, which is 2,684 days overdue and has accrued a massive fine.

Chapter 2

While looking through the house the next day, Kris stumbles across How to Draw Dragons, and after noticing the purple character on the cover is dressed "immodestly," Kris concludes Asriel will never return the book. If Kris calls Toriel on their way to the library, Toriel assures them that if Berdly bugs them about Asriel's book she'll throw a smoke bomb so they can escape.

A door with a label that says "ASRIEL" appears at the Queen's Mansion. Upon interacting with the door, Kris closes their eyes while trying to peek through it, seeing nothing. If the party returns to the door after Susie and Ralsei re-join, Susie peeks in the door and tells Kris to hope that Asriel never meets her.

Chapter 4

Asriel's impending return is mentioned a few times throughout the chapter by various characters, particularly the members of the Dreemurr family. While in Kris' home at the top of the chapter, Susie notices a photo of Asriel and asks why Kris manipulated a photo of Ralsei, only to be shocked when Kris reveals this is, in fact, Asriel. Later, while Noelle and Susie are hanging out at her house, Noelle remarks that she remembers Ralsei looking very similar to Asriel, to which Susie agrees.

Appearance

Kris is a human teenager with an amber skin tone and chin-length dark maroon hair with bangs. They wear a long-sleeve lime shirt with one horizontal yellow stripe, and nondescript pants and shoes. One of Kris's distinct traits is that their long bangs cast a shadow that hides their eyes. In the brief moments they tear the SOUL out of their body, their red eyes can glow in the dark. One of their crimson eyes is also visible for a few frames when they descend into a Dark World.

In a Dark World, Kris's entire appearance transforms, making them resemble a knight. Kris dons silver armor: shoulder pauldrons, a cuirass, gauntlets, and boots. They wear a navy blue bodysuit underneath the set, and a pink cape drapes across their right shoulder. Finally, Kris's skin changes to cyan, and their hair transits to navy. The shading for their skin is also used for their cape, giving the illusion of blue stripes in a few of their sprites.

To the player, Kris consistently has a blank, neutral expression. They seemingly stand straight during the majority of non-scripted actions.[1] Kris's expressions and movement are different when they are about to remove or have removed the SOUL.

Personality

During the events of Deltarune, Kris is mentioned to be an introvert.[2] Susie and King refer to Kris as a "quiet person," and Noelle is astonished if they converse about "anything."[3] After Kris's brother, Asriel, left for college, they became distant from their few friends. Kris's side of their shared bedroom is also strikingly bare. The shared game console is underneath Asriel's bed, and their old children's books are in Toriel 's classroom instead. Toriel has also mentioned that Kris is not normally energetic.[4] They have a history of not waking up on time, and often slept through the start of class.[5] Kris also preferred their mother driving them to and from school than walking.[6]

Contrary to Kris's apparent detachment, they do have a variety of interests. Kris has always been mischievous, pulling dark pranks such as covering themselves in ketchup and claiming it was blood. For example, Kris has the option to keep flushing the toilet before or after going to school, with Toriel replying: "You did not put a bath bomb in the toilet again, did you?"

Kris enjoys playing the piano. Prior to the game, they frequently played the hospital piano, despite it "missing most of the good keys."[7] They have searched for tutorials to improve,[8] and Red Big Mouth believes they can play the hospital piano "beautifully." In a private post from Noelle's blog, Noelle mentions that Kris would often come to her house and use her piano since Kris did not have one in their home. Noelle explains that whenever she followed them into the dining room to listen to them play, Kris would immediately stop playing. Without an interruption from Noelle, however, Kris would continue playing, sometimes for hours at a time.[9]

When younger, Kris studied the occult with Catti.[10] They appear to still have an interest in this topic, as one of their search queries was "how to use magic."

At the end of Chapter 1, Red Big Mouth and Toriel both comment on Kris's physical appearance. They cite that Kris seems "a little sick" and does "not look quite yourself" respectively. It is implied that the SOUL is the reason, though the exact cause is unknown. Notably, Kris wants to be perceived as "normal" despite Toriel's concern.[11]

Kris is shown to have a significant amount of agency outside of the player's choices. This is most clearly shown in scenes where Kris rips the SOUL out of their body, but also in how characters react to Kris's dialogue choices: occasionally, the player may choose an option that other characters note sounds like Kris is straining to say. Kris is also shown performing actions independently of the player's control, including protecting Susie from King or awkwardly trying to escape the Sweet Cap'n Cakes fight with Ralsei and Susie, showing their friendship with the two exists outside of the player's influence. Additionally, there are some instances in Chapter 2 where Kris stops inspecting something relating to their home life, preventing the player from learning more: when inspecting Asriel's room in Queen's Mansion, Kris closes their eyes before peeking into Asriel's room in the Guest Hall; when inspecting an article about Asgore's firing and Undyne's promotion, Kris intentionally stops reading before the reason is given. The separation between the player and Kris is most clearly shown in the Snowgrave Route, where it is heavily implied Kris's actions are being done against their will. Noelle describes the voice she heard giving her orders as terrifying, noting Kris has been acting very strange lately. When Kris reunites with the party after defeating Berdly, Susie and Ralsei immediately notice Kris appears distraught.

Another instance of this happens in the normal route of Chapter 2, where after defeating Spamton NEO, Susie notices Kris appearing to be in shock. If the player responds to Susie that they're okay by saying Yes, Kris appears strained in their response, making Susie think that they're not okay; if the player responds to Susie by saying No, Kris yells out the response, concerning Susie and Ralsei. This heavily implies that Spamton's dialogues about being a puppet and cutting his strings to be free, combined with Spamton's ultimate fate, deeply unsettled Kris.

Main Story History

Years ago, Kris was adopted by the Dreemurrs and grew up in a loving family. However, as the only human child in Hometown, Kris often felt like an outsider. Kris once asked their adoptive parents when their "horns were going to grow in." In response, Toriel and Asgore bought a headband with red horns for Kris, who wore it for months.

Growing up, Kris became very close with their older brother, Asriel. The two often explored the forests around town with their neighbors, Dess and Noelle. While the four were close friends, Kris and Noelle grew apart over the years. The cause for this is unknown. Kris had also wanted to befriend Bratty, as she was one of the "big kids." They willingly complied and retrieved food for her until she became sick.

At some point, Toriel and Asgore became divorced. While their family was broken, Kris and Asriel remained inseparable. On occasion, Asriel would buy Kris a hot chocolate at QC's Diner, something they used to do together as a whole family. One day, Asriel had to go away to college, leaving Kris alone and without many friends.

Chapter 1

Kris is first encountered when they are awoken by Toriel for school. When followed outside, Toriel drives Kris to school, leading to a short tour of Hometown.

Kris, being late to class, is told by Professor Alphys to pick a group partner. When Noelle is asked, she checks with Alphys about letting Kris join her group with Berdly, though Susie barges into the classroom, interrupting the proceedings. Kris then gets paired up with Susie. Afterward, Alphys realizes there is no chalk for her to teach a class with and sends Susie to go get some from the supply closet. She then asks Kris to go with her.

In the hallway, Kris witnesses Susie eating a piece of chalk. Once Susie realizes Kris is there, she approaches them menacingly, slamming them against a locker, and threatens to eat their face. She then drops Kris to the ground, stating that Kris has befriended her mother and that "it'd be a shame to make her bury her child."

Kris and Susie enter the supply closet, which turns out to be the entrance to a Dark World. Kris awakens with their street clothes having been exchanged for armor and a cloak, and their skin now a bluish hue. After some exploration Susie is found hiding in a pile of dust.

After a bit more walking, Kris and Susie are attacked by a mysterious figure, who is later revealed to be Lancer. After escaping, they come across Castle Town and encounter Ralsei. Lancer then interrupts Ralsei, accosts Kris and Susie, and fights them for the first time. After the fight, Susie leaves on her own in an attempt to find her way out of the Dark World, leaving Kris and Ralsei on their own. Eventually, Kris and Ralsei catch up with Susie, who begrudgingly rejoins the party.

After numerous encounters with Lancer and getting mad at Ralsei for telling her not to fight, Susie decides to join Lancer instead for a while. This culminates in an encounter between Kris and Ralsei versus Susie and Lancer. After the fight, Susie once again rejoins the party, and Lancer tags along.

Eventually, Lancer grows uncomfortable with the situation and runs off towards Card Castle. Kris and the party attempt to follow him, but some of King's soldiers capture them.

Ralsei and Kris wake up in a prison cell together, but the two quickly realize that Susie is being kept in an adjacent cell. Kris manages to guide Susie through a puzzle, unlocking her cell and allowing her to escape. After a confrontation with Lancer, Susie releases Kris and Ralsei from prison.

After making their way up Card Castle, Kris and the party face off against the King. After the fight, King deceives the party into believing he is willing to redeem himself, resulting in the party being cornered. Kris jumps in front of Susie to protect her but is knocked back by another blow. King approaches Kris and, after taunting them, lifts them into the air, ready to kill them. Regardless of how the King was initially defeated, either Lancer and the King's subjects rescue the party, or Susie distracts King long enough for Ralsei to cast Pacify on the King, putting him to sleep. Which outcome occurs is based on whether or not the party harmed any of the denizens of the Dark World prior to facing the King (except for Jevil, Lancer himself, and the first C. Round).

After saying goodbye to Ralsei, Kris is able to seal the Dark Fountain and return home, along with Susie. Kris can then choose to explore Hometown and speak to the inhabitants. Once Kris returns home and goes to bed, the adventure is over.

At some point in the middle of the night, Kris tosses and turns in bed, only to suddenly leap from their covers and jerkily make their way into the center of their room. As they stand on the carpet, Kris slowly raises their arm before violently tearing out their SOUL from their body and forcefully tossing it into a cage in the corner of the room. The SOUL can be moved in the cage, indicating that the player controls the SOUL, not Kris. Kris brandishes a knife that glistens in the light from the window before turning their head and smiling menacingly with their eye flashing red, similar to the ending of a "soulless" True Pacifist Route in Undertale. The game then cuts to black.

Chapter 2

At the beginning of this chapter, Toriel rushes up to Kris's room, having noticed a knife in the pie. She believes that Kris had decided to sneakily eat it whole while she was asleep. She laughs it off, though, suggesting she should lock the oven in the future before they both set off to school once again.

Later, Kris goes to school and enters the Dark World again with Susie. They meet Ralsei and explore the Castle Town. Eventually, Susie mentions they have homework to do, prompting Ralsei to banish them from the Dark World until their homework is done.

They go to the Library, only to find another Dark World awaiting them, and jump into it, this time with Noelle and Berdly. They soon meet Queen, who acts as the main antagonist for this chapter. She captures Noelle, while Berdly switches to her side voluntarily. Eventually, Kris splits up with the other party members and rescues Noelle. In Kris's company, Noelle starts to learn to be less fearful, accentuating one of the game's themes of personal development. Later, after the entire party gets thrown into the Queen's guest rooms, Berdly learns to be less arrogant after a similar fashion. The final boss fight begins with both parties turning into mechas, and then combat proceeds in the style of Punch-Out!!. Kris seals the Dark Fountain of this world, and the Lightners all return to the Light World.

After walking through Hometown, Kris goes home and Toriel invites Susie to spend the night at her house. She sends the pair to wash their hands. When Kris goes to the bathroom, as soon as they turn the water on, they collapse, raise one hand up, rip out their SOUL again and escape through the window. After a chat between Toriel and Susie, Kris returns to the bathroom, washes their hands and regresses their SOUL. It is later learned that the tires on Toriel's car have been slashed.

At the end of Chapter 2, after Susie (who ended up sleeping at their house) and Toriel are both asleep, Kris opens a Dark Fountain using their knife, presumably using their Determination and willpower as hinted at by the Queen.

Chapter 3

Kris wakes up with Susie on a couch inside a new Dark World, presumably the one opened by Kris in the ending of Chapter 2, in which they find Ralsei. They head to seal the fountain, but are interrupted by Tenna, who has made them all contestants of his game show in TV World. As Ralsei reveals in this chapter, all of the Darkners are parallels of real world objects, and Tenna is actually the Darkner form of Kris's old CRT TV in their living room. Tenna repeatedly speaks to Kris directly during the show, reminding them of their nostalgic memories watching TV and playing games with Asriel as a child.

Kris takes part in the game show with Ralsei and Susie, until they discover that Tenna is keeping a sleeping Toriel hidden in a secret part of the studio, as commanded by the Roaring Knight. Though they want to quit, Tenna forces them to keep playing. They fight Tenna, and once he is defeated, he pleads to Kris that he merely wanted to keep them entertained and didn't want to become obsolete or thrown out. Mid-sentence, he is cut down by the Knight, whom Kris and the others attempt to fight, until they are interrupted by a confused Undyne. She is captured and taken by the Knight.

Kris and Susie chase after the Knight through a door that leads to the Lightworld, outside Kris's house in Hometown. They discover that the Knight has taken Undyne into the underground shelter, which is locked and can only be opened with a secret code. Susie leaves, but Kris stays behind and inspects the secret code, and watches as the door to the shelter creaks open.

Chapter 4

Kris is woken up by Toriel, who tells them that she made them and Susie breakfast. Kris and Susie attend church service, where Kris asks around the congregation for any clues about the code to the Shelter. Susie believes that Noelle's mother, the mayor, would possibly have something to do with the code, so she and Kris ask Noelle if they can work on their projects at Noelle's house.

While at Noelle's, Susie tells Kris to look for clues. While inspecting Dess's guitar in her room, which has a code on the inside of it, Kris tears the SOUL out of their body and puts it in a box in a closet. While the SOUL escapes and traverses the house through the vents, Kris drinks chocolate milk in the kitchen as a mysterious voice over the phone tells Kris that Susie must not find the guitar, and a sacrifice taking place next week. Kris, at some point while the SOUL gets stuck in the basement with Susie and Noelle, goes to Dess's room and hides under her bed, stopping the SOUL from getting near the guitar. Kris hides in the closet with the SOUL while Susie and Noelle go into Dess's room to inspect the noise. Kris hits the SOUL with a hockey stick to stop it from going near the guitar in the closet. They're eventually discovered, and Susie tells Kris to quit making so much noise and takes the guitar downstairs. Kris informs the mysterious voice over the phone that Susie has the guitar, and voice replies "I'll be right there."

Kris gets shaken and mad after they walk in on Sans dancing with Toriel. They try and make the player get them to bed as fast as possible by replacing narration with boring descriptions. Hearing Susie interrupt Toriel and Sans' dancing, Chris gets out of bed and looks out the window, where they see Susie outside in the rain pensively wondering about their next steps. The mysterious voice calls Kris' phone reminding them of their promise.

The chapter's continuation of the Snowgrave Route reveals that while sneaking around outside at the end of Chapter 2, they went over to Noelle's house and attempted to undo the Player's actions, claiming their behavior was just a prank and apologizing, claiming Berdly will be fine and taking the Thorn Ring away. However, the Player can return the SOUL to Kris, whereupon Kris physically attempts to stop Noelle from talking about the Thorn Ring in the Player's presence, but she does not listen, allowing the Player to regain control of Kris' voice and forcing the Thorn Ring back onto Noelle. Afterwards, Kris rushes to the bathroom, throws the SOUL into a trash can, and furiously begins kicking at the trash can.

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