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Asriel got up. It was the first morning since she had returned home from college. She'd come out as trans to Kris and the rest of her family yesterday, the day Gerson Boom was revived in the Church's Dark World. Burgerpants also learned that she'd been his catfish, and since then they were hanging out. It was 9:00 AM now, so she'd probably have breakfast. She went down the stairs and saw Kris' door was open, and Kris wasn't in there. Then she remembered, it was Sunday, the day Kris went to church with Mom. She'd have to go to the store and get a few things for Mom and Kris, and then eat at her place.
She stopped at Sans' store, but was surprised to see another skeleton attending it. "NYEH HEH HEH, I AM THE GREATEST KNIGHT, PAPYRUS, EVER! WELCOME TO MY STORE!" the skeleton said. Asriel was confused. "Where's Sans?" she asked.
"OH, HE'S GETTING HIS TRANSITION SURGERY! THEY'RE TAKING HIS BREASTS OFF!" replied Papyrus. "I'M HIS BRO WHO MAKES THE ROARING AND FOUNTAIN KNIGHT! NYEH HEH HEH! MY PRONOUNS ARE THEY/IT!"
Asriel was confused. "Roaring Knight?" she asked. "What's that?"
Papyrus smiled. "THE ROARING KNIGHT IS ME, OBVIOUSLY!" they responded. "I AM THE ONE WHO CREATES DARK FOUNTAINS AND SEALS THEM, AND I WILL BEAT THE ANGEL! OH, AND I KNOW YOU'RE ASRIEL, RIGHT? SANS TOLD ME! AND HE ALSO TOLD ME THAT YOU'RE GONNA BE MY BROTHER-IN-LAW! NICE TO MEET YOU! I'M IN THE NICEST POSSIBLE CLUB!"
Asriel gave up and told them that she was tired of this bit. She left and went to the ICE-E restaurant. There she found her new boyfriend, Pizzapants, sitting at a table eating lunch. He looked up at her. "Oh, hi, Asriel!" he said. "Sit down and eat with me."
Asriel sat down and looked at her boyfriend. "What are you getting?" she asked. "I was thinking about getting the Hot Dog."
Pizzapants shrugged. "I dunno, I'm getting whatever," he said. "It's just a meal for two, you know?"
Asriel laughed. "So, you got anything interesting happening in your life?" she asked.
Pizzapants paused for a minute. "Well, not much really, but I've got some friends now. Yesterday my whiskers were feeling bad, so I met this cat woman Catty and she got them cleaned up for me. We're good friends now."
Asriel stopped. "Wait, so you're...you're dating other people, huh?" she asked.
"Well, no, she's just my friend," Pizzapants said. "Why, are you jealous or something?"
Asriel laughed. "Well, maybe I am," she said.
I started laughing. I was very amused.
Oh, I should likely introduce myself.
I am Kris. Well, what remains of them. Yesterday, when Gerson was being revived, they used my life-force to revive him. Papyrus and Alvin, that is. I died. That thing inside my body is still alive. So now I've been watching it all as a ghost. Go figure.
Pizzapants continued his conversation with Asriel as I watched.
"So, Azzy, why'd you become trans?" he asked. "You seem like a natural female."
Asriel sighed. "Well, you see, it was actually because I had an encounter with a being called the Player. It controlled me and made me do bad things, and then it made me give myself HRT. Now I'm a girl. So that's why..."
I laughed. The Player hadn't actually made her do it to herself. She just did it willingly.
They continued chatting, and then I saw them. The Roaring Knight. Papyrus. They ran in the room screaming, with a sword made of bones in their hands.
"NYEH HEH HEH!" they screamed.
Pizzapants looked "Wait, wha-"
The next moment, a Dark Fountain was created. The restaurant turned into a dark world. I looked around. I saw Susie and Lancer. "Huh?" I said.
Papyrus was standing in the middle of the fountain, and Asriel was lying on the floor. She was unconscious.
Susie looked at Lancer. "Lancer, what's happening? Is this one of the Dark Worlds?" she asked.
"Yup!" Lancer replied.
"What do we do?"
"Well, we gotta find the Knight!"
"Oh! Wait, who's the Knight?"
"Well, they're the one who makes the Dark Fountains..."
"Okay, so let's find them!"
"Okay!"
Papyrus looked at the two of them. "NYEH HEH HEH! THE KNIGHT HAS BEEN FOUND! I AM THE KNIGHT! I AM THE GREAT PAPYRUS! MY BOYFRIEND ALVIN IS ALSO THE KNIGHT!"
Alvin appeared, wearing a bunch of bling. "Yep, that's me."
"NYEH HEH HEH, ALVIN, WE'RE IN THE DARK WORLD!"
"Oh, that's cool."
"LET'S BRING SANS HERE, TO MAKE THE NEED FOR HIS SURGERY BE TAKEN AWAY!"
"Yeah!"
Papyrus took out a portal and jumped through it. A few moments later, they came back with Sans.
"welp, we're here," Sans said.
Catti appeared. "Wait, you're Gaster! Since Gaster is Sans and Papyrus!"
"yep. gaster is the undertale version of me and pap. haha."
"What's Undertale?" Alvin said.
"WELL! IT'S RESPONSIBLE FOR US BEING ABLE TO REVIVE GERSON," Papyrus said. "AND IT'S WHERE MY DAD BROTHER IS FROM!" they continued.
"Oh, that's cool," Alvin said.
I laughed.
Papyrus pulled out a sword made of bones. "ALRIGHT! EVERYONE WHO'S NOT A DARKNER, GO TO THE ENTRANCE TO THE CASTLE!"
Susie, Catti, Alvin, Pizzapants, and Asriel walked to the castle.
Asriel stopped. She asked Papyrus why.
"WELL, YOU SEE, I'M THE ROARING KNIGHT. I CREATE DARK FOUNTAINS. BUT I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO CREATES DARK FOUNTAINS. THERE'S ANOTHER ROARING KNIGHT. THEY'RE ALSO ME!"
"What? There's...another Roaring Knight?" Asriel said.
"YEP. I AM THE ROARING KNIGHT IN THE LIGHT WORLD, BUT THERE'S ANOTHER ROARING KNIGHT IN THE DARK WORLD. THEY'RE ALSO ME."
"What the fuck?" she asked. "Let's seal the fountain, Pizzapants." she told her boyfriend.
"Okay, Asriel," he said. "And, hey, by the way, nice ass."
Pizzapants and Asriel ran off.
The other people in the Dark World went to the castle.
I observed my surroundings.
I am now amused by the frivolities of the living.
Is this what all lifeforms are like?
It cause me to ponder how I spent sixteen years before becoming a spirit.
There is no value in these supposed 'tribulations.'
I wish I could create a dark fountain.
Perhaps I can become the Roaring Knight, and use it to create a world where I have full control.
That would be quite enjoyable.
I should try it.
To be continued in Act Two.