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followerofmercy · 5 years

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Your turn! “It was just a sandwich, calm down.” - How much subtext do you put in your writing? / “What is the typical duration of an LSD high?” - How much research do you typically do? / “Whomst’d’ve.” - Do you carefully follow grammar rules? / “I love all my children equally,” she said, holding her favorite child. – List your favorite characters to write about, please.

“It was just a sandwich, calm down.”

You remember rolling your eyes in English class when the teacher would talk about how the rain is actually a metaphor for something? Yeah, I’m that teacher. I’m sorry. Not really. It depends on the story but I do put a lot of subtext in. Competition doesn’t have mu- wait no that’s a lie. I’m constantly trying to reinforce the importance of having adult friendships, lol. Ask Bad Posture Gaster has a lot about how to treat the elderly because I’m… I have very strong feelings about how people my age treat old people. I haven’t gotten to that part of the story yet because surprise hiatus but still. Sentiment is there.

“What is the typical duration of an LSD high?”

Again, it depends. I don’t care about having period-appropriate clothing or architecture so I never research that sort of thing, but yes I did look up the typical duration of an LSD high. It’s around 6-12 hours in case you were wondering. I’m also doing a lot of research for PapyRob. I can get away with some artistic liberty because, well, it’s fantasy military not the United States military, but I want to be relatable and true to life. I’ve researched at least 4 hours for the first three chapters.

Side note: I hate writing physicists or mathematicians. I’m all about those life sciences and I have just enough of a scientific background in those other fields that my conscience won’t let me hand wave things, but not enough that I can confidently write them (and I’m not about to take another physics class so I can write fanfic better). That is why I never have Gaster or Alphys talking about science even though they canonically would.

“Whomst’d’ve.”

Go hog wild as long as it’s legible. Some things are really important - quotation marks in the right place, always start a new paragraph for each new speaker in a conversation, its/it’s and than/then and they’re/their/there, but as far as subject matter? You go. You end those sentences on prepositions you funky little dude.

“I love all my children equally,” she said, holding her favorite child.

Papyrus hands down. It’s just. So. Easy. I also get a lot of compliments for him being in-character so that’s just icing on the cake.

Ariella Lucidas/Consolas. She’s the main character of my novel’s deceased wife and it’s really unfortunate because she’s so interesting. She’s still gonna play a big part in the story but hot damn I wish I could include her PoV.

Patrick Consolas. I love this boy, but he. Is. A. Moron. So many bad decisions, boy.

Honorary mention to Flowey for being my most time-consuming character to write. I had to do a lot of mental gymnastics to figure out how the little weed worked and I fully blame him for my BegforMercy alter ego, the one that plays the chaotic neutral nonsense in villainpapyrus and stir-crazy.

#fomasks #writing #fomwriting #ask meme

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mysterion-the-ghost · 3 years

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Gallowstale chapter eleven

Mk's pov

I turn around to see a group of people walk towards me at first; then they started running towards I don't really know why.

-a few minutes before the group spotted him-

Sans' pov

We were finally going on a supply run as we just ran out of food supplies. Frisk and Flowey were play fighting as we all walked while Paps kept an eye on the two being in the back of the group just in case of a surprise attack. I sighed and stick by Chara as they silently chuckle at their siblings.

“Are they always like this?” I asked them and received a nod from them as they had a smile; they seemed to be used to the play fighting and oddly found it just as amusing as I did.

Undyne seemed a little annoyed by it, though, as she turns to scold the two to quit horse playing around and keep their focus at hand; otherwise, the two would be left behind. Though it sounded like a threat, it was an empty one…...knowing Undyne; she had a strict rule that no one was left behind, but she would pick up the pace if the two didn't hurry up.

The two groaned, but they stopped play fighting as we near another small town…..and let me tell ya, it was a ghost town like there wasn't as much carnage as we usually see. I mean, it was probably because not many people lived there, to begin with, but at the same time, there were enough houses for a good amount for a small-town population, so maybe we'll see survivors soon then.

As we were about to walk into the store, I noticed a loud sobbing sound, and the others must have heard it too because they also stopped walking after I did. “Did you guys hear that sobbing noise?” the flower asked, looking at us, and we nodded.

“Let's go check it out! Maybe someone is hurt!” my brother suggested having a sorrowful look as he fidgets with his medical bag that was slung over his shoulder.

Undyne and I hesitate because last time we checked a noise like that, we were ambushed, and I don't look forward to that again. “I don't know, Paps, we might get ambushed….” I finally said after a moment, and Undyne actually agreed with me on this.

Paps sighed softly and looked upset. “But what if we don't? Then that poor soul will be killed if we just ignore it….” he says, being serious as he stares at me.

I sighed because this was also true, so I look at Undyne to see what she thinks about it before she gave in. “Fine, we'll go check it out…” she groans as rolled her eyes at the grateful Papyrus.

The group then went towards the sobbing sound. As we got closer, the sobbing got clearer. It was a kid about maybe eight or nine who was sobbing for his mom to wake up. That's when we saw a small child nudging his mom, trying to wake her, but she wasn't moving, and she looked like she was dusting slowly, but I don't think the kid noticed it.

The others looked bothered by this, mostly Chara. Their expression looked to be in deep thought as if they remembered something. They were probably thinking about their parents.

“Yo, kid!” Frisk shouts, being the first to speak as they moved ahead of us to get closer to the kid. The kid had paused his sobbing to turn to us confused.

The rest of us started walking towards him before catching a glimpse of those ink creatures coming behind the kid, and we started running, trying to get to the kid in time.

The kid noticed us running and froze before looking behind him. At seeing the creatures, he went utterly stiff in fear.

No one's pov

The group continues to rush to Mk as the creatures try to get there before them. Undyne yells at the others to form a circle around the kid as the group gets closer to the kid. As the group form, a circle around Mk, the creatures got closer, and the group, already knowing how to kill these things, started fighting the creatures protecting the kid.

Frisk uses their magic to make more weapons using a spiked bat to bash some of the creatures in the head-smashing their brains inward before the creature dusted quickly. Chara uses their pistols and their magic to make knives as they shoot some creatures while throwing knives at others. Their knives would go through the creatures' limbs, stomachs, and chests before going through the creatures' head, making them dust quicker than Frisk was dusting them.

More ink leaking zombie-like creatures come, and the group continues to fight for the kid who was frozen in fear as he watched the group fight and kill the evil creatures.

Sans used his magic to make bones come from the ground and go through the creatures splitting them in half. The sight of the creatures in half was disgusting as they had organs like humans, but their color was an odd greenish-yellow color meaning the organs were rotting away. If the group were close enough, they would see bugs and worms inside the creatures' bodies that are really disgusting, plus the weird ink like blood added to the horrid sight. Then the creatures would dust, some faster than others, but there were a few that dusted just as slow as Mk's mom.

Paps was using his gaster blasters as he saw it as a faster way to dust the creatures, though he was using a lot of his magic, so he sees why his brother chooses not to use the gaster blasters as much. He continues to use them, though, to handle most of the creatures.

Undyne was having a blast using her magic to make spears as she was, like Sans, splitting the creatures in half or, like Chara, she aiming at random spots before aiming at their head. She would laugh or grin every time she would dust the creatures.

The group continued to fight off the creatures till there were none left. The group looks around, still on guard as they take a breather from a long fight. The kid finally looked a little relieved and caught the breath he realized he needed.

Sans looks over the kid. “You….ok….kiddo?” he asked in between breaths, still concerned.

Mk slowly nodded and mumbled a thanks to the group. The group honestly felt bad for him since he just lost his mother and was still so young.

Undyne stares at the kid for a moment before she kneels down in front of him. “How about you come with us, little dude? We'll take care of ya, and we're just about to get supplies so you can grab whatever you want,” she said softly as she gently wiped his tears from his face.

Mk stares at her before looking at his mom. “What about mom? Can she come to?” he asked, looking back at Undyne. This made the group feel even more guilty as the kid was too naive to realize that his mother was dead, which was a sad sight to the group.

“She's in a better place, little man.” Flowey surprisingly said to the kid in a soft tone.

‘So he can be nice instead of an asshole..’ most of the group thought, having the expression of the neutral face of displeasure.

(The -_- expression for those who don't know what I'm talking about)

After the group convinces Mk to come with them, they all head to the town store and grab any and everything that they need/want.

After the group was satisfied with all they got, they headed back to the base with full inventories and their bags outside of inventories.

Mk was still a little down that he left his mom, but the group was pretty cool and so welcoming that he felt at ease that at least his mom was with his dad now.

-at the base-

The group put all the food supplies away, and every pantry, cabinet, and room in the fridge, including the freezer, was stocked for months of food so the group would be alright for a while.

Frisk, Chara, and Flowey went to decorate their rooms with the personal stuff they got from the store as the other three monsters stayed with Mk.

Undyne smiles at him. “Look, you can stay here as long as you like and do small chores, but you aren't going to leave here unless we move bases or in case of emergencies, ok?” she spoke softly as she looked at Mk, who nodded. “And you aren't going to train with us till you're at least 13,” she said, having this grandma vibe right now.

Mk groaned and didn't like the sound of that. “But I don't want to be stuck here all by myself! That's boring, plus you guys fought for me. It's only fair that I train with you guys!” he said, looking at her, and the skeleton brothers were surprised that the kid even wanted to train.

Undyne blinks at him, not expecting that response from the kid, and she sighs. “Alright, how about this? If you can prove that you can be here by yourself without being caught by those things, then we'll discuss the training, but for now, you wait, understand?” she spoke in a more deadpan as she and the kid stared at each other before the kid finally agreed to the terms.

Before Undyne takes Mk to a room, she hums. “What's your name, kid?” she suddenly asked, and the two were at the entrance to the hallway of rooms.

“Just call me Mk.” came Mk's soft response as the two started walking again.

-back to Alice's lab-

???'s pov

I was looking at the hit list my parents had, and I felt terrible because most of the people on the list had kids, and one of them was around my little brother's age.

“Suki suki?” came a small voice from behind me. Ah, speak of the devil there was my little brother probably here to visit me.

“Yes, Pan?” I asked softly though my voice was very soft and almost non-existent due to me screaming a lot during punishment or when my parents experiment on me.

Pan smiles and gently hugs me from the side. “Hi, I stole some pastries from the cupboard for you,” he said softly and was really sweet.

I smile a little. “You'll get in trouble,” I mumbled sadly at him. Pan just continues to smile at me as he looks up at me.

“I know, but it's worth it to see you smile, Itsuki,” Pan said, hugging me more. I grew flustered and softly hugged him back. He indeed was too precious for me.

“I love you; you know that, right?” I spoke softly as I gently kissed his head and hugged him more.

“Hehe, I know I know Suki,” Pan said softly before handing me a cookie. I gently took it and split it in half before we both had a piece of the cookie.

After we eat our sweets, I smile and kiss his head again. “Now go but upstairs before they see you, ok?” I spoke softly and smiled as he frowned, but he nodded as he wiped his face before leaving me alone in the lab.

After he left, I heard bigger footsteps and hurryingly put the hit list back where I found it, then went back to my "room" which is more like a small closet with jail cell bars as a door. I quickly slip in and lock the cell back before putting the chains back on my limbs as to not look suspicious.

My mother walks into the lab and pays me no mind as she gets her lab coat on before my father soon joins with another poor soul in handcuffs. The poor soul looked like they were some homeless person I heard them talk about. The poor soul looks at me for a moment before my father takes him to the experiment room. The poor soul didn't come back, and as far as I know, is probably dead...

#undertale au

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fantasychica37 · 7 years

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Things I Did in Undertale

When I was playing, after I had accumulated a large number of fails, I decided to keep track of all the interesting things I did in Undertale to share with the world once I had finished.... only the list wound up being very different than I expected.

-Believed Flowey because I was a naive little cinnamon roll (OK, I watched the first 5 minutes of a playthrough when I was deciding whether or not to buy it, but still!)

-Got stuck with the menu controls and accidentally selected FIGHT and couldn’t figure out why I couldn’t move between items (although it seems to me like everyone has trouble with the menu & controls, next time have the controls available to look at, Toby Fox)

-Got killed by TORIEL

-Supposedly this is a nearly impossible feat and that’s quite impressive I managed that... nope, Asher, I just accidentally ran into the bullets like an idiot

-My friend was giving me vague hints so I tried to fight her and almost kill her and she had a full half of her HP left and I swear I wasn’t.... all right FINE I accidentally killed Toriel are you happy????

-And I had no idea what was going on and then she was still so nice WAAAAAAAH WHY MOM NOOOOOO

-Stood there for a second frozen in horror before closing the game window

-Had to do the whole long home sequence YET AGAIN

-Ate the cinnamon-butterscotch pie fighting Toriel

-Finally get past Toriel but then FUCKING FLOWEY MAKES FUN OF ME FOR SUCKING AT VIDEO GAMES SHUT UP I HATE THIS GAME

-What the... These monsters are so weird, and act like kids, and WAIT A MINUTE everyone is attacking me for no reason even though I haven’t killed anybody (permanently) I HATE THIS GAME

-Went on a date as a child??? I feel dirty participating in such a questionable situation...

-JIS STIY DITIRMIND shut up you condescending game that kills me and then offers me false encouragement

-Joined the online fandom early and got stuff spoiled

-Got stuck on Undyne and her stupid yellow arrows, gave up until I got my friend to get me past her when I went back to college for Homecoming two months later

-My grandmother was watching me play and got really interested in it!

-Many people in my Greek house full of nerds: “OMG you got Toriel to kill you? That’s very hard and very impre-” “SHUT UP I SUCK AT VIDEO GAMES”

-I HATE THIS GAME

-Therefore I missed the anniversary

-Apparently I should have been picking up more items to use as armor and HP, oh that random junk was armor???

-Got past Undyne thanks to my friend and THE GAME CAN’T KNOW I CHEATED BY GETTING MY FRIEND TO PLAY FOR ME HA TAKE THAT YOU STUPID GAME

-Instead of getting to progress with the story, went back to do some arcane trick that got me Dog Residue (WTF even is that?????) and then did grinding for 1000G to send Temmie of all people to college??? and THEN RIGHT WHEN I THOUGHT IT WAS ALL OVER had to do grinding for 750 more G to get armor that would help me (I now realize my friend may have suggested that because I suck so much) and then she wants to go to grad school??? How is she this smart????? wtf is even going on??

-My friend looked it up and said that it started at 9999G and if I had a price of 750G I’d died 25 times at least (i suck at video games i hate this game well i like it but i also hate it)

-Not sure who Alphys had a crush on but I remembered fandom stuff and I guessed right! Thanks fandom!!!

-Got mad at my friends a lot when I lost (although Jerrell deserved it for telling me that when the game crashed the game was over; I’d been too spoiled for that)

-Failed twice more to have enough stuff for boss fights despite trying to

-spent from Friday night through Saturday playing almost nonstop and trying to chat with my friends while doing so because I’ve waited so long to progress!!

-YOU MEAN I COULD HAVE AVOIDED THIS WHOLE FREAKY HORROR MOVIE SPIDER THING IF I’D ONLY BOUGHT THE STUPID 5G SPIDER CIDER??!!??

-...but I got through. I held on, and I persisted, and I got through.

-And that Temmie Armor is making things a lot easier.

-Still died left and right even with Temmie Armor...

-Including to something called freaking Tsunderplane.

-Wrote “fuck” a lot, Toby Fox, tried to write the Oath of Feanor for Mettaton’s essay

-I knew about Toriel and I think I knew about Asriel and Chara (can’t remember now, even though it’s only been 6 days since I finished the game it feels like a lifetime) but oh that New Home sequence!

-After all that suffering and the two months waiting for someone to peacefully get me past Undyne... it was a crown of honor to be judged by Sans. All of this- it has finally started to pay off. Bless you, Sans. (I am morally superior, look at me. *struts*)

-Felt for all the world when I was collecting as much stuff as possible to face Asgore like I was Harry Potter walking to my self-sacrifice in the Forbidden Forest.

-Called out for Asher, or Jerrell, or any of my friends, to sit with me in my emotion like no one ever sat with me in a time like this, called out like a lost child, confused and a little quietly... but nobody came.

-threw away things that I later realized were armor out of stupidity, threw away the worn dagger because somehow I forgot I had to fight Asgore... got empty gun instead eventually (but according to my save file I beat Asgore and Flowey by punching them with a glove. Sigh.)

-Asher, who showed up eventually, told me that I had to fight... but in contrast to Undyne with her yellow arrows and annoying music that I had to mute for my sanity, whom I would have loved to kick the butt of out of annoyance and frustration, I didn’t want to fight Asgore. Not in the slightest.

-Slammed that Mercy button and stroked Asgore’s face with a finger

-KILLED MY DAD IT’S ALL MY FAAAAAAULT

-OMG OMG MY GAME CRASHED THIS IS SO COOL

-UGH EW WHAT IS THAT

-But... to my surprise, I am not grossed out by Photoshop Flowey.

-Ran away right before my Greek house’s corporation meeting to fight an evil flower, huddled in the next room not talking to anybody

-Does Flowey not want me to keep playing and want me to go outside and do something better?

-No apparently I have to fight, oh right, it’s me being a naive cinnamon roll like at the very beginning of all this

-Went back in room, continued game during meeting with sound off

-Had to break when I got nominated for a position (didn’t get it)

-And cocooned safely in my armor, I played without fear- and when I did die, it wasn’t so horrible- kept going at it, and eventually received gifts from the souls.

-Had to break to get dinner, thankfully Flowey was still waiting for my response even though my laptop had gone to sleep for lack of power

-Slammed that Mercy button and stroked Flowey’s face with a finger (yes, always, I wish I could always do this, I wish everyone could be saved, in the real world too, o please)

-I’m back at the beginning, I think... maybe, if New Home is symmetrical to home... and I step through the door and... WAIT, THAT’S IT? WHERE AM I? HOW COULD I LEAVE? AND WHAT IS IT WITH THESE GAMES AND NOT LETTING US HAVE COMMUNICATION AND REUNIONS AND COHERENCE EVEN WHEN IT’S LOGICAL TO DO SO??

-But Asher said to trust the game, and- now, after I’m cradled in the fruit of my own kindness, after kindness has paid off as surely as Ned Stark defeated Littlefinger, and imbued with a calm confidence... I will.

-Was going to wait to play the second ending but wound up finishing the game later that night, with a member of the class of ‘82 or ‘83 who had never heard of Undertale before watching over my shoulder

-What Alphys was saying about souls... DO ALL THE PROBLEMS (Flowey) COME FROM SEXISM AND EXPECTATIONS OF WOMEN THAT CAUSE THEM TO HAVE LOW SELF-ESTEEM?

-Wait, why are they calling me Jess? I thought Jess was me as the player... later I found out that Jess was the first human, the one who is behind the Genocide route, and, in essence, the soul of the standard videogamer who grinds for EXP. I WOULD NEVER DO THAT, TOBY FOX YOU DICKHEAD! THIS IS NOT FAIR, I DO NOT ACCEPT THIS STEREOTYPING!

-Begged the ‘83 to hold my hand as I went to the end, and I awkwardly held it and he didn’t stop me

-IT’S TORIEL OH MY GOD IT’S TORIEL AGAIN JUST LIKE THE BEGINNING... AND LOOK! Everyone is here supporting me because of my unwavering Mercy and kindness! ( All of this- all the stupid dates and everything else I didn’t want to do because I wanted to get on with the story all paid off?) I love people talking like this, I am tear streaked and radiant, triumphant...

-Wait GOD DAMMIT ASGORE TAKE CHARA’S SOUL AND HANG OUT AROUND AN ICU OR SOMETHING TORIEL WAS RIGHT

-...aaaand what was I expecting from Undertale but Flowey ruining everything? It’s just like Game of Thrones or any story, really; you never get to keep your happy ending.

-Begged the ‘83 to hold my hand and he did

-But... cradled safe inside ages’ worth of grinding just to be kind, inside the fruit of my own kindness, with the assurance that I can get hit and not hurt so much or have nothing happen even, which makes it so that I don’t have anything to fear, and knowing that I only need to hold out and keep trying until the game delivers me its happy ending, knowing that I can, after all, trust the game- it makes me feel that even if I do die starting over wouldn’t be so bad, and that I am free to explore, free from my fear and dread for the first time in my life. I suppose that I am... filled with determination.

-Of course, I win, and I am crying, and so is Eric my ‘83 friend, and my kindness causes the villain to save the day, and oh! I get to hug Asriel, and yes oh yes I will take care of Mom and Dad for them, and everyone is talking and everything is beautiful, and I didn’t go all the way back to Asriel because I didn’t think I could but I walked through the land, yet AGAIN, talking to everyone, and then I went back, and I heard that Flowey would tell you to let Frisk be if I tried to play again, so yes, I am ready for my adventure to be over- I’m so disappointed that I’m not the one going to live with Toriel (we have a guestroom that they all could fit in while they get on their feet...), but I’ve had my fun and it’s time to let them go and be happy. I am sobbing and laughing for joy, and I beg Eric’s hand, and he gives it to me... and I step through the door.

-I’m sure many of you have seen how I have depression and lots of empathy so I feel bad things so strongly, how I was ruined over Theon Greyjoy, how I wish I could always be nice to everyone, and things would be okay for everyone- and o! This, this is my ultimate triumph, and it isn’t real none of it but this might be the greatest triumph I ever have, the greatest crown of honor I ever wear...

-except... fewer of you know that I am a Christian, albeit I put absolutely everything else before God, and playing this game has made me understand the idea of endurance, and perseverance, and acting as God wants you to, and faith in His providence, and I wonder if when I get to heaven it will feel like this.

-I LOVE THIS GAME.

-It is Sunday, October 8, 2017, at 12:57 (12:59?) am and I am tear-streaked and radiant. For once, I’ve gotten a perfectly happy ending, and yes, I do live with this glorious sunrise every single day, so: I say yes yes yes I will stay with you, and walk off holding Toriel’s hand just as I used to, and watch the credits for a long time, laughing with everyone’s happy ending, and at the end of it all (such sweet details are my favorite thing in the whole world), I get a second slice of butterscotch-cinnamon pie, the Annoying Dog shows up, I close the game embrace Eric who just met me but now knows me better than most, he leaves... and then I, just as the game wanted me to do all along with “you live with this?” and, in unexplored routes, “you murderer playing the game again and again”, open the door and poke my head outside, relishing the night sky and the crisp-cool air, and I praise God for everything that the real world is. I live here, and I can trust in that no matter what I have to do, if I just keep trying I can do it, and I’ll always, eventually, be taken care of, and I am absolutely, wholly filled with determination.

(I open the game again. Flowey speaks to me. I close the game. All is well.)

#undertale spoilers #undertale #undertale true pacifist route #undertale neutral route #undertale pacifist run #thank you to all my friends who watched with me and told me what to do and supported me and got me through #i love you all

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