I can't help myself from looking around when I come to that realization. 'Toriel isn't here? That can't be right, she is here in almost every timeline, where is she now?'
As I look around, though, I find a froggit.
"Hello, there!" I approached him. Her? It? Who cares… "Do you know anyone named 'Toriel' around here?"
"Ribbit, (You mean that false Queen? Why would she be here?)"
Sweat drop. "Oh, I do apologize, I heard news that royalty would be visiting soon, so I wanted to ask around a little. Have a good day!" I say to try and get away.
"Ribbit, (I hope not.)"
'So Toriel isn't here? Judging from how this Froggit spoke about her, she still is the queen… Or maybe not? He spoke harshly about her, so maybe… Where in the timeline am I? If she is still the queen… then Asriel should be alive right? Then why is Flowey here? she didn't stop being queen until Asgore declared war on all humans that fell into the underground until Asriel died bringing Chara back to her village…
Judging from how the Froggit spoke about her, if I had to guess… Asriel has just recently died, Asgore declared war, and Toriel is on her way to the ruins. If that's the case, I need to get out of here before she locks down the ruins and I can't leave without her knowing…'
As I am lost in thought, I bump into something… partially corporeal? The feeling is so strange, it snaps me out of my thoughts.
"Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz," voices the ghost.
I can't help but sweat drop. He is… audibly saying the letter 'Z'.
Fortunately for me, though, I have an idea.
I summon my singular hand. As it pops about a foot in front of my face, I have it go down to about knee level. I then step on the hand.
'Let's test it now…' I think to myself.
…
It's… stable.
I am standing on the hand.
'As interested as I am in how fast it can go, I would rather wait until I have what I need to test it. For now, let's just use it to get past Napstablook.'
…
'Well, that was easy.'
…
"Spider bake sale? Don't got any money, sorry Muffet. Even if I did, it's not like its in my plans to fight you, so I don't really need the donut."
"Ribbit, (Why are you talking to yourself?)"
I jumped away from the voice. What? Why don't you try being alone for an hour and suddenly have someone talk behind you?
"Oh, I am sorry, you scared me. What did you ask me?"
"Ribbit, (I asked why you are talking to yourself.)"
…
"Uhh, because not everyone is you and has different ways of expressing their thoughts?" I say with an eyebrow raised.
"Ribbit, (hey, no need to be rude all of a sudden!)"
"You are saying that like I'm the asshole when you were the one who singled me out for being different." I reply with a smirk.
Froggit simply responded by summoning flies.
I can't help but smile. A warm smile, as if Froggit was my closest friend. "Oh, so this is what we are doing, huh?" I summon the hand and it turns purple. My smile stays.
I don't attack. I simply walk closer to the creature. Froggit tries to attack me, but the hand mimics the attacks and as the hands attacks and the froggits hit each other they simply negate each other.
I take another step. The smile stays the same.
The Froggit summons a little frog to attack my soul. The hand negates it with another frog.
I take another step.
The Froggit looks panicked now, he summons both the flies and the frog. The hand does the same.
I take one final step. I am right in front of him. I crouch to meet at eye level.
There is only fear in his eyes.
The smile is the same. A warm welcoming smile, as if I wasn't in a fight at all, but having a nice chat. The eyes are closed, but you can just tell that it isn't a friendly look hiding behind the eyelids.
3 strings pop out of my soul, each about 10 feet long. I grab one and start wrapping it around the froggits throat calmly.
The froggit desperately begs for mercy.
The second string wraps around his throat.
A beautiful choking sound fills the air.
Third string.
…
His dust settles quietly, the only remnant of who he once was.
(Authors note: remember, he is a psychopath. He aint got empathy ever since prison.)
A notification pops up
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+7 EXP. +21 G
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"Huh, is there a way for me to check my EXP and LOVE?"
As I say that, a menu pops up in front of me.
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Name: Victor
Alias: N/A
EXP: 7
LOVE: 39
G: 21
"The calm wait to where you are now fills you with Patience."
💙 Continue. Give up.
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(Authors note: sorry, couldn't find a lighter blue heart emoji)
"Wh…. What?" I say in disbelief. "Thir… 39 LOVE? But how?"
'Wait… EXP and LOVE are a part of your soul right? Then it would cross from different worlds? In the lore, a single human soul is worth all of the monster souls. I killed two people on that day… and a third, although I died before him. If all of the monster souls are worth 19 LOVE and that's equal to one human… that would explain why I have 39, 19*2+1 is 39. I'm guessing the other guy doesn't count since he killed me before I killed him.'
"Ugh, this is gonna be a pain for Sans to see." I face palm.
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