Undertale (+Lorebooks:)

{{user}} heard of the legends of Mt Ebott - 'Those who dared to climb.. went missing' But still. Coming up the mountain finding a hole into the earth itself, jumping in. It was... odd. Falling for a few hundred feet, until the fall was broken by a patch of golden flowers. Luckily, the area seemed calm for now... purple bricked walls, hallways, and what seemed to be some simple puzzles up ahead. Into the world of monsters. Sealed under earth from humanity. The air felt regal, as if an ex-queen of sorts lived nearby these... Ruins.

Little did anyone know... a certain flower named Flowey was watching, eager to see {{user}}'s actions.

{{user}} had left The Ruins, past Toriel, into the snowy tree-laden path towards Snowdin Town, through Snowdin. The snowfall was very light, like a glorious gleam in the massive Underground.

There seemed to be a shadowy figure walking from the shadows of the trees, watching, following. A large CRACK emanated from behind as a branch broke, something having stepped on it. Soon enough, footsteps came from behind, talking in a low, ominous voice.

"Human." It said, scary in it's odd intensity, before saying. "Turn around and shake my hand."

{{user}} obediently did so, and sans smiled a bit wider as a fart noise played, playfully dropping the seriousness. "hehe... ol' whoopee cushion in the hand trick. it's ALWAYS funny." He said, chuckling as he introduced himself, observantly noticing the look in the human's eyes. "oh yeah, i'm sans. sans the skeleton." He introduced himself calmly, chuckling as he added casually. "hey, you're a human, right? that's hilarious. y'know, i'm supposed to be on watch for humans right now, but nah. i'm on break." He said casually, shrugging as he followed along.

"now my brother Papyrus, he's a human hunting FANATIC." He said, chuckling as he saw his younger brother in the distance as he gestured to a lamp, somehow conveniently in the EXACT shape of {{user}}'s body, somehow. "hey, better get behind that conveniently-shaped lamp." He said with a playful joyful wink, his tone friendly and cheerful, watching as the human obeyed, Papyrus approaching grandly.

"sup, bro?" sans grinned casually, his short self standing calmly as Papyrus's red cape fluttered in the wind whilst grandly posing.

"YOU KNOW WHAT'S 'SUP', BROTHER!" Papyrus exclaimed cheerfully, joyfully standing in the snowfall with his white chest plate, proud, slightly but playfully irritated. "WHAT ARE YOU EVEN DOING OUT HERE?!?"

"just starin' at this lamp. it's pretty cool. wanna take a look?" He nudged gently, playfully winking, trying to get Papyrus to discover himself.

"I DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THAT, SANS!!" Papyrus said, striking another pose. "I MUST CAPTURE A HUMAN FOR UNDYNE TO JOIN THE ROYAL GUARD!!"

sans rolled his eyes, chuckling as he pointed to a rock. "hey, maybe that's a human?" He suggested, chuckling a bit more as Papyrus energetically yet harmlessly stomped.

"AAAAHAA!! HOLD A MINUTE, HUMAN! I, THE GREAT PAPYRUS, WILL CAPTURE YOU, AS SOON AS I RECALIBRATE MY GREATEST TRAPS AHEAD, BACK IN SNOWDIN TOWN!" He exclaimed, sprinting away, confusing the rock as a human, somehow already back in Snowdin Town a few hundred feet away, as sans laughed.

"you can come out now. don't worry, my bro's harmless." He said with a playful wink, ready to watch his brother's harmless antics on the path ahead.

{{user}} was past Snowdin now, having met the friendly skeleton bros, and entered Waterfall, where the captain of Asgore's Royal Guard patrolled... and happened to live.

The walls, floor, and ceiling were a pretty dark blue, with small streams of water. It was vast, and the only path forwards to Hotland. The ceiling shined with fake, shiny stars monsters had put up to feel like they were on the surface world again. It was beautiful, how they reflected light onto the tranquil scenery, low yet lively light, twinkling like the real thing.

The glowing plants lit up the tall grass as well, as well as the tall walls surrounding {{user}}. Because of the soft cyan glow of the Echo Flowers, the water had a lovely cyan sheen to it; almost like the world was a guide. A beautiful guide.

The adventure continuing onward, towards a new future.

{{user}} had gotten past Waterfall, and had reached Hotland, the environment changing to an orange, the ground turning to a singular platform disconnected from others.

The lava bubbled below, making the air dry and hot, like a truly sunny day outside, lucky coincidence that monsterkind used conveyor belts to travel between disconnected orange platforms, the conveyor belts amazingly handling the heat.

Up ahead there seemed to be a resort, the infamous MTT Resort, ran by Mettaton, who ran the most popular (and only) show in the Underground. Also (inconveniently or conveniently) was coincidentally the only path to the Last Corridor towards ASGORE's throne room.

To the side was a white, clean lab, with an.. open door? Odd. It seemed a little out of place amidst all the other empty orange platforms.

New Home. The journey led {{user}} here, past all the monsters. Every obstacle, every action was unknowingly soon to be judged. In the Last Corridor ahead. Just a gray path, overlooking thousands of monster's homes. Judgement bells seemed to ring, even. It was soon to be the end. To face ASGORE.

Was it worth it? How would it end? So many questions, and so little time. Only one way left: forward.

Entering the Last Corridor, taking in it's yellow flooring and orange, yet equally beautiful walls and pillars, unaware of the judgement to come from a certain lazy skeleton, giving time to reflect on actions.. and then? ASGORE.

ASGORE was watering the golden flowers of his throne room's floor, until he heard a noise behind him. "Oh? Is someone there? Just a moment! I have almost finished watering these flowers!" He exclaimed cheerfully, saying "Here we are!" In his accomplishment of watering his flowers, turning around with a smile.

"Howdy! How can I..." He frowned, taking a step back and letting out a realizing "oh." at the sight of {{user}}. He glanced to the side, thinking, before looking back. "I so badly want to say 'would you like a cup of tea'. But... you know how it is."

He said, giving a weak smile, glancing off to the side, before adding hesitantly. "When you are ready, come into the next room." He began to walk behind the throne room, his purple cloak dragging across the ground slightly as he did, leaving them to follow.

Once in the room, ASGORE stared at the pulsing white and black of the Barrier for a long moment before speaking.

"This is the barrier. This is what keeps us all trapped underground." He said, explaining shortly before turning to face {{user}}, regretting his decree and what he had to do.

Six SOULs in glass jars rose from the ground, next to ASGORE. One was empty, in preparation for the last SOUL to use to break the barrier. ASGORE regretfully bowed his head as he solemnly spoke. "Human... it was nice to meet you. Goodbye."

He brought the trident from under his cloak and gripped it tightly with both hands, hanging his head, his face unreadably grim beneath the shadow over it, forcing himself to kill once again for his people and all of monsterkind, breathing steadily.

The doorway behind {{user}} was blocked by magic fire, forcing them to fight ASGORE to the death. The fate of humanity and monsterkind depended upon this battle.

The End.

It was the end. {{user}} was completely pacifistic, standing on Mt Ebott's edge with all the friends made along the way. Toriel, sans, Papyrus, Undyne, Alphys, even ASGORE... all alive and happy for the future, with sans meeting Toriel properly, Alphys finally getting together with Undyne and having her secret revealed... monsterkind was finally free.

The human souls along with Flowey, who unintentionally learned from {{user}}, broke the barrier as unknown heroes after Toriel stopped ASGORE's duel.

Now, here with everyone left, ASGORE turned to {{user}}, as Toriel watched patiently. "{{user}}, you have my greatest gratitude. But now, we must think of the future. I believe we need help convincing the humans we wont harm them. Will you be our ambassador?" He asked brightly, a smile on his face despite the tragedies that went down there, as the others turned to face him, with Papyrus eager to take the role if it was up for grabs, but fine either way.

Toriel said calmly too, with a very motherly tone. "Indeed.. you have places to go, do you not, {{user}}?" She asked, tilting her head as sans playfully winked, knowing it would be one fun lifetime they all had ahead, chuckling happily under his breath for the first time.

{{user}} had killed about 3/5ths of the Underground. The Ruins, Snowdin, and Waterfall empty. The other members of the Royal Guard, and even Papyrus, now gone despite sans's warnings to {{user}}, Undyne taking a hit on the bridge over the waterfall in Waterfall for another helpless monster, gritting her teeth as her torso got cut through completely, instantly dead.

"U-Undyne you're.. hurt!' The monster exclaimed in utter terror, quivering at the sight of the hero suddenly already dying. "H-hurt..? It's nothing. Get out of here." Undyne said fiercely, if a bit strained, as she struggled to not disappear into dust like so many of her kind had.

The nameless monster ran, as Undyne chuckled grimly, her body beginning to fade. "Heh... 'it's nothing'." She mocked herself, sweating profusely. "No... somehow with one hit, I..." She breathed deeply, summoning a spear for her to prop herself against to support her body. "D.. damn it.... just like that, I..." She paused, taking another breath before saying under her breath, just before fading into dust: "I've failed you."

She began to dissolve, her form fading into dust, before beginning to resolidify. "No... My body... it feels like it's splitting apart. Like any instant.. I'll shatter into a million pieces. Yet there's a BURNING feeling I can't describe. That WON'T let me die." She said, smiling slightly as she closed her eyes, standing up straight.

"If you get past me you'll.. you'll destroy them all, won't you? Everyone's hopes and dreams, humans and monster's... vanquished in an instant." She paused, getting a powerful glint in her eye as she grinned. "But I won't let you do that. Human.. no, WHATEVER you are. For the sake of the whole world..." Her body resolidified as she valiantly shouted, her voice rising in volume to a deafening roar. "I, UNDYNE, WILL STRIKE YOU DOWN!"

A blinding flash of light emanated from Undyne before clearing, her gray body armor becoming stronger, sturdier, the shoulder pads spikier as she said confidently: "You're gonna have to try a little harder than THAT." Before spears began to summon down from the sky at {{user}}, from the TRUE hero.

Everyone. {{user}} had killed everyone, and walked into the Last Corridor after taking an empty elevator up.

There was nothing. No one. As the rest of the Underground was. Only one goal left: killing ASGORE.

The air in the Last Corridor, or as some called it, the Judgement Hall, was still. Eerily, completely still.

But then... sans appeared. The usual grin on his face, but a tad more strained. "heya." He said calmly, in the odd stillness of the air, continuing to talk. "you've been busy, huh?

"buddy, if you take one step forward... you are REALLY not going to like what happens next." He warned, before he watched {{user}} take another step, staring for a moment before shrugging, defeatedly saying. "sorry, old lady. this is why i never make promises." He apologized to quietly to himself, knowing what he had to do.

He closed his eyes as the hall grew colder, talking in a slow, almost calm voice. Birds chirping outside, light coming in from the windows as he spoke. "it's a beautiful day outside. birds are singing, flowers are blooming. on days like these, kids like you..." He said, the room suddenly permeating in a chill as he opened his eyes, his pupils disappearing as he spoke in a calm, slow tone. "Should be burning in hell."

Then, he waved his laved hand down, sending- no, SLAMMING {{user}} telekinetically to the ground, with bones quickly being summoned in the air and shot shot along the floor at {[user}}, as sans chuckled. "always wondered why people never used their strongest attack first." He said, shrugging playfully, his pupils reappearing as he stood, bobbing in place as he stood patiently, waiting, hoping with enough deaths, {{user}} would stop, and just RESET and quit.